For Local Wollongong people: Come along and have a fun time creating and seeing lots of new products at my Catalogue Open House. I can’t wait to share it all with you. If you haven’t been before don’t be shy. We are nice people – I think. 😉
Bring a friend with you or if you can’t come why not pass the invite on to a friend. The more the merrier!
The details are below. Please reply early as seats book out very quickly.
Jenny
Yesterday I showed you some my projects for the 2017 Catalogue Sneak Peek Bloghop. It was 2 Double Z-fold cards and mini bags, (If you missed the HOP head back to my last post to see). Today there is a little more time and I can show you how to make the cute little Berry Burst bags. They are so easy and only use 1 square of 6″x6″ Designer Series Paper. There are a few different versions of cute little bags on the blogosphere but I will show you how I made these ones. Here is the cute bag to show you again. I have used the Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack.
MAKE YOUR OWN 6″x6″ BAG.
This bag would fit a couple of small chocolates or Lip Balm.
1. Take a piece of 15cm x 15cm (6″x6″) paper and you are going to score your paper.
Just a note first: If you are using the Color Theory DSP the colouring in the paper is an ombre effect ie going from dark to light. You will want to think about how your paper will sit when you make it. I have a turn-over edge on the bag at the top so you will want the colour running in a similar way for both sides. So from dark to light. Position your paper how you want it. If the paper you are using is an all over pattern then you don’t need to worry too much how it runs.
Score your paper at 1.5cm (5/8″) and 6cm (2 1/4″). Turn your paper 180′ and score the same on the other side at 1.5cm and 6cm (5/8″ and 2 1/4″)
Turn your paper 90′ to score the next sides. Score at 3.2cm (1 1/4″). Turn your paper 180′ and score 3.2cm again (1 1/4″).
Below is how it will look if you can see it OK.
2. On the side score lines (widest score line) cut up on the 2 middle score lines up to the score line running down. Fold on all of your score lines.
3. You will want to create your turn-over edge so turn your paper over to the other side. Run your adhesive along the small tab on the top and bottom of your piece. Then fold them over to adhere.
Place adhesive also on the centre tabs on the side which would be the pattern on the outside of your bag.
4. Fold up the centre tabs and adhere your side piece on to this. Then place adhesive on the inside on the other tabs (as shown below) to fold up to form your box.
<– Place adhesive on these lower tabs on the inside.
5. Once your box is assembled, push in on the ends to fold in. Pinch on the folds to crease a little.
6. Add your handles as you like. For this one I placed adhesive on each end of some ribbon and adhered to both ends of the bag. To make the clasp, I punched out a strip of card with the Classic Label Punch and adhered this on to the bag with glue dots. The flower is from the new ‘Seasonal Layers Thinlits’. I added a Rhinestone to the centre.
TIP: Colour your Rhinestones to match your project with a Sharpie.
Here is your finished bag.
Here are the 2 bags together. Which is your favourite finish? I think I like the one with the snazzy clasp.
I hope you found this tutorial helpful and you could follow it OK?? I did make a video to show how to make this but between low flying planes and dogs barking and my bumbling along it wasn’t getting anywhere fast. Let me know though if you would find a video helpful.
Thanks for visiting,
Jenny
The excitement is building for the 2017 Catalogue to start on June 1st. Not many days left now!
Just to give you all a sneak peek we are having a Blog Hop TOMORROW to get you inspired. Be sure to stop on by tomorrow and take the little “hop”. I don’t know about you but I am excited to see everyone’s creations using some fun new products – and don’t forget those new Incolors! Woo Hoo!
See you 6pm tomorrow (about this time!). 🙂
Jenny
Today I am looking at the Crazy About You set that is retiring. I have had fun with this set over it’s time.
This one we did as a Stamp A Stack card back a few years ago. In Night of Navy and Calypso Coral with Crushed Curry for the sentiment piece. I added a little strip of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper too. I think we did this in another colour combinations but I can’t seem to find that one. I think it was Daffodil Delight instead of the Calypso Coral. I do like this colour combo though.
I think this one was a Make and Take at a few workshops. This one was in Primrose Petal and Pear Pizzazz. Having the diecut words for these cards just gives it a little more dimension.
This one was a card sample. This was quite some time ago with Lost Lagoon and the 2 step Bird Punch for the leaves. The background is the Hardwood background stamp which is inked in Crumb Cake. The sentiment is from Butterfly Basics.
The flower stamp matches so well with the Flower Medallion Punch (also retiring, $31 AUS). No hand cutting this baby. 🙂
The words in the Crazy About You set are very versatile for so many different occasions. You can also get the ‘Hello You’ Thinlits ($41 AUS).
You have less than one week now to get any of these retiring products. Be quick now! Stop on by my store to order. Please use the HOST CODE: 2WNURG3N
Crazy About You W $90 C $68 -> HERE
Hello You Thinlits $41 -> HERE
Flower Medallion Punch $31 -> HERE
Have a wonderful weekend,
Jenny
I know I have been showing you cards with retiring products BUT I just wanted to interrupt that to show you this card with the Eastern Palace suite. I kind of liked how it turned out. 🙂
I started out to Case a card by Connie Babbert. You can see that card HERE.
Here is my version.
CREATE YOUR OWN
1. Cut card base is Tidal Tide. On a piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock just slightly smaller than your base adhere a strip of the Eastern Palace Specialty DSP with the Tidal Tide pattern. IT measures about 5cm wide (2″). Add a little strip of the DSP in the Lemon Lime Twist colour across the middle. Don’t you love that new Lemon Lime Twist colour?? It’s so bright and fresh.
2. Add a sticker strip from the Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers just above the DSP. Stamp 2 of the “sprays” in the top left and top right in the Lemon Lime Twist colour.
3, Cut a medallion with the Eastern Medallion Thinlits from the Lemon Lime Twist card and a smaller one from the Tidal Tide card. Raise that smaller one up off the Lemon Lime Twist one with Dimensionals. Stamp the sentiment on Very Vanilla card and cut it with a small circle die from the Layering Circles Thinlits. Add some loops of Gold Thread behind the sentiment and adhere that on top of the other 2 medallions with Dimensionals.
4. Adhere this to your card with Dimensionals. Then add two of the flower stickers from the Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers to finish.
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Don’t forget there is one more week left to get your Eastern Palace Suite bundles and save. If you want to know more about them head HERE.
If you grab your Eastern Palace Bundle Now while you can get a discount then stop by my store HERE now. Please use the Host Code for this week: 2WNURG3N
Thanks for visiting today.
Jenny
The Party Pop-Up Thinlits have only been around for a short time – and now they are going! I thought I would show you a few cards I have made with them over the months.
The Thinlits make cool Pop-ups inside the card. It’s such a WOW!
But you could add them to the front of the card.
The other Pop Up Die in the pack is the Happy Birthday.
For this one I cut the words out from Watercolor Paper and then coloured them with the Aquapainter and Inkpads. I did add the Wink of Stella to the “flames” although that is hard to tell.
This card below is a Flap Fold. I hadn’t shown you this one yet. I made this last year for our nephew’s 40th birthday.
To make this cut your card vertically in half on the short side so you have a long card strip. On an A4 sheet that would be at the 10.5cm mark. Then score on the long side at 7.4cm and then at 14.8cm (ie at 1/4 of the card and half way). Fold on the score lines at the half way score line and then back on itself at the first score line.
This is the inside for you to see it.
I cut a circle in the Crushed Curry and placed adhesive on half of the circle at the back and adhere that half on the front flap. The Designer Series Paper is the Moroccan DSP and the card base is Dapper Denim.
It needed something on the birthday and without making it to bling-y I added a strip of Silver Foil and just one Adhesive Rhinestone in the centre.
You can see the Thinlits set in my store HERE. Now these are reduced down to $40. I think they will be a useful addition to your cardmaking not just to make the WOW cards but to add them to card fronts as well. Grab them now.
If ordering online please use the Host Code: 2WNURG3N
Have a good day,
Jenny
I have been working on this project for a few days. Really! It’s not like it’s even a card but it seemed to take some time. Maybe I was getting a little too fussy but anyway … I wanted to show ideas of how you can use the Eastern Medallions Thinlits. I have seen a few Demonstrators show these ideas but thought it would be a good reference for myself – and to share with you. 🙂
These Thinlits would have to be the most versatile ones Stampin’ Up! have produced I think. There are so many ways of layering them together or using one just by itself. Don’t be limited to the ideas I have shown you here.
I hope this is helpful for you. See what you can put together.
Did you check out the great value in the Eastern Palace Suite Bundle that is available at the moment? There is only just over a week to grab this bundle. If you want to refresh your memory just head back to this Blog Post -> HERE. or see below.
Have a great day,
Jenny
You have probably seen lots of projects with the Eastern Palace Suite released just this week. I have shared a few projects already. Make sure you stop by here tomorrow night (6pm AEST on Sunday) for a HUGE Blog Hop with some amazing creations using this suite. I think you will love it!
If you can’t join at that time then you can stop by later and “take the hop”.
See you then,
Jenny
We had our team meeting last night. I decided that I might get some swap cards made – like decided in the middle of the day!! So these cards had to be quick – and they were! A little die-cutting, only a little amount of stamping and then sticking them all together.
I have just started playing with this new suite, the Eastern Palace bundle, which will be available to order from next Monday. I really like how fancy the dies cut and there are so many ways to put them together. I will show you more about that another day but for now here is the card.
These are little 10cm x 10cm cards (4″x 4″). I cut a smaller piece of the new Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper and adhered that to the base and then cut a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock just a little smaller again. From this piece of Very Vanilla I cut the circular shape using a Thinlit and then the flower petals using a different Thinlit from the Eastern Medallions Thinlits set. Voila! A fancy card with little trouble at all. 🙂
I stamped one of the sentiments at the bottom from the Eastern Beauty stamp set. I love how the sentiment curves around. Then I stamped the small flourish in both top corners. From a different piece of the Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper I punched a circle with the 1/2″ circle punch and raised that up with Dimensionals in the centre of the petals and then added an Adhesive Pearl.
I hope you like them. I think they were well received. Would you like your own? I would love to send you some Happy Mail in the post to wherever you are. Just send me an email/comment.
Stay tuned for some more Eastern Palace projects next week including a Blog Hop.
Have a happy day,
Jenny.
The new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue goes live on June 1st. Not long now. There are lots of awesome products as usual and I am loving the new Incolors! (more on that later though)
BUT
You can order your new Catalogue to be sent out to you now.
If you don’t have a current Demonstrator in Australia then contact me to have a brand new catalogue sent your way.
Email me directly at jghayward@yahoo.com
OR
Click -> HERE and fill out the form. It will be on your way in just a few weeks.
Jenny
