Floral Punch Craft Card

A simple Flower card with a Tutorial

I was always admiring a flower FPC card made by my friend Pam and she kindly talked me through making the flower over the telephone, mind you I'm not really sure if I did it correctly but I liked the end result so I thought I would share it with you.

Leaf Stamps, ink & Ribbon by PTI

Tutorial - How to make the red Flowers

Tools used, Punch Bunch medium Flower, large ball tool, tweezers, scissors and fine scoring tool.

Punch the flower shape out of red paper.

Turn over the flower and score 2 more lines in either side of the middle line you have just scored. You should now have 5 scored lines in total for each petal.














Using a ball tool in a circular motionpush gently on the centre of the flower until the flower is a cupped shape.









Cut a piece of black paper into a rectangle roughly 3/4 " x 2" we will use this to make the centre of the flower.










Fold the rectangle in half to make a
thinner rectangle.













With your scissors cut little snips along the length of the folded paper from the open ends towards the folded edge about 2/3rds of the width of the paper, continue all the way to the end.











Once you have made all of the snips your folded paper will look like this.

Spread glue along the fold and nip the end of the paper in your tweezers, start to turn the tweezers towards the glue winding the snipped paper around the tweezers until you get to the end of the paper.








Once the flower centre is set, splay out the cut paper with your
fingers untill it forms a pom pom then remove it from the tweezers.











Add a wet glue to the center of your flower shape & add the pom pom quilled shape on top of it.










This is the finished flower I used 3 to make the card, I added some punched out leaf shapes to finish the arrangement.

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A note from Julie

Stunning card Jak and another brilliant tutorial!!

Head on over to Jak's wonderful Crafters Kitchen Blog for more inspirational creations

Using Fake Tattoos

I love using Rub Ons but sometimes I can't find exactly the one I need - OR they are so expensive I can't afford to stock such a huge range.
So I have taken to using kids fake tattoos as part of my "Rub On" range - they come in all shapes and sizes and best of all, they are tailor made towards the types of things the kids like!
They are particluarly good for boy LO's - especially the Tribal tattoo designs.

Follow these easy steps and have a try at putting some "Fake Rub ON's " on your LO:

You Need:
Container of water
Fake Tattoos
scissors
tissues
Your LO almost completed.




Place the tattoo on the spot you would like it to go FACE DOWN.



Wet a tissue until it is sopping but not DRIPPING and dab gently at the back of the tattoo. It will start to become less opaque.



Use the back of a spoon or an embossing tool to gently rub on the back of the tattoo to make it sure it "grabs".



Carefully peel off the tattoo.

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A note from Julie

What a great idea Sarah and a fantastic layout too!!

I'd never have thought about using fake tattoo's.

For more inspiration go and visit Sarah's fantastic blog HERE

Cupcakes YUM

I know there's a million cupcake cards etc out there but who can ever get enough of them...well now there's a million and one. Im sharing my cupcake card and pattern with you all.

For this card project you will need:

Vanilla or chocolate card stock for the base card.
Vellum for the front of the base card.(cupcake wrapper)
three different colours of card stock for the icing layers.
Red card for the cherry.
Brown card for the cherry stalk.
Cuttlebug emboss folders.
Ribbon and a cute tag.
different colour inks.
Gliter and Dimensional magic.




Now you have all this lets get started. Using the pattern below cut out the base card on the fold. the embossed vellum and cut to fit the front. Emboss the three icing layers with tree different emboss patterns.

Working with the base card...here shown as vanilla cake....attach double sided tape across the top and bottom of the card front and stick your vellum cupcake wrapper over the top. Using a brown ink and sponge, soften all the edges which will help hide the tape under the vellum and look like your cake is cooked to perfection.


Next Ink the edges of the icing layers in the colours to match, punch a 1" circle for the cherry and use the off cut of the circle punch(in brown) to help you cut a stalk, ink these two in black.

These are all our parts done now lets put it together. Lay a strip of foam tape along the top of your card frontTape down the largest icing layer paying attention to where the top of the card is.....shown here in arrows. this is the back view.

Next put another strip of foam tape on the lower part of the next icing layer so you wont see this tape showing at the back.

Do the same with the smallest icing layer.

Heres a back view of the card....the reason i show this is that if your going to make beautiful hand made cards you might as well do the best you can and make it look the neatest you can....no nasty foam tape showing here :)

Now you will shape your cherry with an embossing tool.

and attach foam tape to the back being carefull not to let the tape show after its stuck down.
Glue down the stalk and to acent the cherry ive use a small punch peice at the base of the stalk in black.
Heres a close up

Attach the ribbon...i made a card incert to cover the ribbon and tape inside the card.

An i used these cute little bread clip dies from sizzix for the message

Clip this over the ribbon and keep in place with some foam tape.

Lastly use some kindy glitz glitter on the embossed icing and dimensional magic or crystal laquar on your cherry to give it a yummy shine.

Good enough to eat!!!!!!!!

Hope you enjoy .........Valita

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A note from Julie

ooh that really does look good enough to eat!!

Thanks for another fantastic tutorial Valita

Go and check out Valita's fantastic blog HERE

Seed Packet Holder

SEED PACKET HOLDER
by Vicki Hook

Supplies:
Cardstock Base:
4 1/2” x 11”

Patterned Cardstock:
2 3/4” x 3 3/8”
1 5/8” x 3 3/8”
Giga Scalloped Circle (punch one)

White Cardstock:
1 1/4” x 3”
Mega Circle (punch one)

Other Supplies:
1” circle punch, corner rounder, Scor-Pal, Coluzzle Nested Circle and Companion circle templates, stamps, ink, brad, glue

Directions:

1. With the long side across the top of the Scor-Pal, place the left end of the Cardstock Base on the 2 1/2” score line. The right end will be hanging off the side of the Scor-Pal. Score at 4 1/4” and 9”.

2. Turn it so the short side is across the top. Score at 1/2” and 4”.

3. Cut the 1/2” section off on both sides from the left end all the way down to the 9” score line.

4. Round the corners on the left end using the corner rounder.

5. Miter the corners on the remaining ½” sections on both sides.

6. Using the Coluzzle Nested Circle Template, cut a circle in the section that still has 1/2” sides. Use the “3rd from center” groove on the template and place the circle 1/2” up from the score line and centered side-to-side.

7. Using the Coluzzle Companion Circle Template, cut a circle in the 2 3/4” x 3 3/8” patterned cardstock. Use the “4th from center” groove on the template and cut a circle in the 2 3/4” x 3 3/8” patterned cardstock. Center it in both directions. Adhere it over the opening in the cardstock base.

8. Round two of the corners on the small white and patterned cardstocks. Stamp sentiment or image on the white, then adhere them to what will be the flap.

9. Stamp image or sentiment on the white Mega circle, then adhere it to the patterned Giga Scalloped Circle.

10. Attach the circles over the window with a brad at the top.

11. Fold on the score lines. Adhere the 1/2” sides to the back.

12. Place a packet of flower seeds inside the pocket.

13. And the scallop circle slides around for a peek through the window so you can see the flowers!

This makes a very cute birthday card/gift that is easy to mail! ENJOY!

******A note from Julie Thanks for another wonderful tutorial Vicki To visit Vicki's brilliant Blog click HERE

For the Doctor Who Fans, The Tardis

Hi, and a huge thanks to Julie who has asked me to contribute to this wonderful Blog. I was asked to feature my Tardis card i recently made for my sons birthday. Now don't look at this and think it is too hard because its not. so here we go.....

I used almost a whole 12x12 sheet of card for this. So select a blue that looks closest to the tardis and first fold a 4 1/2 by 6 3/4 " card. This is your base card. From the left over cut 2 side sections at 6 3/4 " x 1/2 "and a middle strip at 6 3/4 x 1/4" add foam tape to the back edge in black ink and mount these down either side and the middle of the card.
The roof has 3 sections the biggest at 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 " edge in black ink and foam tape this level with the top of the card.
the middle roof section is 4 1/2 x 1 1/4 " add foam tape to the back edge in black ink and mount this a little higher.
the top roof section is 3 3/4 x 1 1/4" add foam tape to the back edge in black ink and mount this a little higher than the middle.
The light on top is a 3/4 ' circle punch cut in half and using a small peice of white card for the light and blue for the light base edge all in black ink....mount this on with foam tape.
The base is 5 x 1 1/2 "add foam tape to the back edge in black ink and mount along the base of the card.
Now cut 8 squares 1 x 1.1" edge them all in black ink but more on 2 side to give depth to each section. Mount these on with double sided tape adding the six smaller white windows in each of the top squares and the message in the next one down also edged in black ink.
Top finish add 2 door handles which were off cuts from a punch and a brad for the lock. For the sign i used small letter punches and hand writing.....i hope ive explained this ok ....heres the measurements have fun with it.....Valita

A note from Julie

Thank you so much Valita I love love love the Tardis and I know all Dr Who fans will

I'm so happy that you agreed to contribute to this blog :)

Everybody go and check out Valita's brilliant blog HERE

Note Card Gift Box Tutorial

This box is very simple to make, and can be made either square or rectangular. The lid and base are constructed in exactly the same way. The first part of the instructions covering how to calculate the size of card to cut, takes far longer to explain than to do! Click on any of the photos for a closer look.

First of all, you need to measure the envelopes for the cards you will be putting into the box. Add on 0.5 or 1 cm to both the length and width of the measurement, depending on how thick the card is, and how much space you want around the envelopes. This box was made from Stampin' Up Whisper White, which is a thinner card, and I added on 0.5cm. For thicker card I would use an extra 1cm. Then you need to decide how deep you want the box to be. To do this, I stacked up the cards and envelopes and measured the height of the pile, rounding up to the nearest half cm. So now you have the measurements you need to calculate the size of the piece of card to work with.


My envelopes measure 8cm x 8cm, and the stack measured a little under 3cm. This is the calculation I did:

In the diagram below A = width of the envelope + 0.5cm i.e. 8 + 0.5 = 8.5cm
B = length of the envelope + 0.5cm i.e. 8 + 0.5 = 8.5cm
C = height of the stack of cards and envelopes rounded up to next half cm i.e. 3cm

So to calculate the size of the piece of card needed for the base of the box I did

Width C +C + A + C + C or 3 + 3 + 8.5 + 3 + 3 = 20.5cm
Length C + C + B + C + C or 3 + 3 + 8.5 + 3 + 3 = 20.5cm

Then the size of card for the lid just needs to be an extra half cm overall ie

Width 20.5 + 0.5 = 21cm
Length 20.5 + 0.5 = 21cm

So once you have done your calculations, cut out the two pieces of card to those measurements. In my case one piece 20.5cm x 20.5cm and the other 21cm x 21cm. Do the following with both pieces of card.

Measure in from each corner the height of the box (3cm for my box) and then the same amount again. Do this on all sides. Score at these measurements as shown in the photo. The extra half cm for the lid will end up allocated to the centre, which is where you need it to be.
Cut along the score lines to remove each corner as shown.

Fold and crease along each scoreline. Flatten the card back out, then score diagonally across all of the small corner squares as in the picture below.
Put double sided tape on the four edges - here I have used Stampin' Up's tape as it is a nice strong one.
Remove the covering strip from the tape, and fold in the flaps on two opposite sides, sticking them down. Doesn't matter which sides, as long as they are opposite each other.
Take one of the corners and fold in as shown.
Now fold back along the diagonal score line and press along the fold to crease well. Make sure as you do this that the fold is falling so that the corner will be nice and square. Now is the time to make any adjustments to the folds to ensure squareness. Worth taking some time here to get a good finished result.
Do the same on the other side of that edge. You need to end up with two triangles pointing towards each other on the side like this.
Remove the cover strip from the tape, and fold the flap over to cover the triangles. Press down firmly to stick in place. Do the same on the other side of the base.
Will look like this when it's finished - nice and neat.Nice and neat on the outside too - with no 'raw' edges.
Repeat with the piece for the lid. The double thickness on the sides gives a nice sturdy finish to the box, even when thinner card is used.

Decorate the outside of the box to match the cards within.
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A note from Julie

Thank you so much Joanne for another wonderful tutorial this is fantastic!!

Everybody go and visit Joanne's Mainly Flowers blog HERE she is so talented!