Paper Arts Club Stamper of the Month Card!

Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing my Stamper of the Month card that I made for Paper Arts Club this Wed., May 29th.  The great thing with SOTM is that whoever the 'random' winner is, she will receive ALL cards submitted for the challenge!  I just wanted to submit a card, even though I'm not eligible for the drawing, because I love doilies and I love tulle!!!

As you can see, I wrapped the tulle over the outer layer of the Melissa Frances True paper.  Before I did that I found an old pressed flower in my flower press and affixed it to the panel first.

I folded the doily in half and accordion folded it and colored it with Distress Stain Old Paper, Distress Ink Vintage Photo and Ranger Perfect Pearls Pearl spray.

Hope you are inspired by my vintage card and can join us this Wednesday at Paper Arts Club!

Hugs,

LYN

Creations by AR New Release and Hop!

Welcome to another month of new release template fun from Creations by AR!  This month's template is called Tux and Gown Box Set and is so versatile for any number of occasions.  I chose a party theme suitable for birthday, anniversary or any special event.

My vision of the 'boxes' was that they needed decoration above them, so I painted fruit skewers white and added bead chain to the pink box and twine to the grey box.

 The pink box itself was kept fairly simple with the added gems at the bodice and the glittered wood beaded 'feet.'  The fruit skewer topper has a Spellbinders diecut sign with clustered flowers (Paper Mart), gems and tulle (craft store).

Here's a side view of the dimension of the topper.  The striped label is hot glued to the skewer.  The front label is affixed to the skewer with hot glue also. 

The grey box is adorned with a 'fireworks' paper flourish.  A Muse Studio diecut stars adorn the fringe along with an A Muse Studio sentiment.

Here's another angel of the grey box.  The fireworks element was hot glued to the fruit skewer. The stars and banner were added with a bent section of wire.

Papers (Simple Stories Snap Color Vibes, Glitter Paper Unknown), Sentiments (A Must Studio), Ribbon (Paper Mart), Glitter (Melissa Frances), Paint (Ranger Studio Paints), Flowers (Paper Mart).

How can you win this template?

Leave comments on each designer's blog listed below and you'll automatically be entered for a chance to win the Tux and Gown Box Set. Comments will also be accepted on the Creation by AR Facebook Page and on the Paper Craft Planet's AR Group! To be eligible, you must leave your comments between 6:00 am (EST) Tuesday, May 21st and Friday, May 24th by 12 noon (EST). Winner will be announced on Saturday, May 25th on Creations by AR Group as well as on the FB Page and Creations by AR blog.



Now off you go to hop over to the next designer's project!

Adela

Jak

Julia

Lisa

Lyn (That's Me!)
Patti J
Sue K

Sue M

Dreamweaver Stencils - Tiny Treats!

We are focusing on small tokens for teacher appreciation, kids, wedding and anniversary favors, etc. for the entire month of May and have also teamed up with May Arts ribbon for a year, so you'll be seeing lots of added ribbon pretties in our work!

 

My project today uses the Double Glitter Technique.  I chose a round balsa wood box purchased at a craft store that I painted white on the outside and inside (Ranger Studio Paint).  My design vision was to create a feminine, frooh frooh project and the gathered May Arts wired ribbon helped a lot to make the statement I was going for.

 

The double glitter technique worked great on the lid.  I used LL335 (Fuscia) stencil and coated it thoroughly with DW Handmade Hawaiian Coconut (DHHS) prior to pressing it firmly onto the double layer mounting paper (MPDS).  Using the "waterfall" technique, I first glittered all the green areas first.  For tricky areas near the flower, I grabbed my Picasso tool (LL332) to assist in sprinkling glitter in exact areas.  Tap off.  Next, add the glitter for the flowers.  Tap off.

Remove the stencil by flipping it over to rest on your work surface.  While supporting the stencil, peel the glittered mounting paper off so you don't bend the stencil.  The remaining background area is  glittered with ultra fine glitter.

The scallop circle on the lid is a Sizzix diecut.  I cut two scallop circles from white chip board and added an acryllic window in between the two diecut layers.  The top layer of the scallop circle is embossed with the LJ820 (Flower Lace) stencil.

 

Here's another side view of the project with added painted 'feet' of wood beads.

 

So let's open the lid!

 

 

There are tiny little gift tags of my favorite dragonfly (LS56) pasted with pearlescent embossing paste.

 

 

Oh my!  Remove the notecards and there's the negative of the leftover scallop circle affixed to the botton along with a cutout dragonfly and the inspire sentiment (LL405) stencil!  The dragonfly was spritzed with Making Memories Plum Sake and Stormy Waters and covered with Irridescent spray and cut out.  Inspire sentiment was stenciled with black mat paste and sprinkled with black glitter and cut out.

 

Be sure to visit the rest of the team to see their interpretation of Tiny Treats! We'd love to see your comments.





Dream It Up!
Laura Drahozal
Lyn Bernatovich (That's Me!)
Pam Hornschu
Heidi Erickson
Louise Healy
Cyndi Bundy
Jessica Griffin
 

 

Monday Tutorial - Ombre Technique Using Ink Pads

Today's tutorial on Paper Craft Planet is wonderfully easy with great results!  All you need is 2-3 inkpads (I used A Muse Studio pigment inks:  Blueberry, Ocean and Bermuda).  Pigment ink stays wet a little longer but behaves very much like a dye base ink.  Experiment with inks that you already have!  Any scraps you color can always be used for background paper.  

 

Ready for the technique?  I taped the demo and only did it once, so forgive my amateur effort.  (I saw someone else's You Tube video and she pronounced Ombre totally different than I did, but I used the Spanish accent!)  Stamps (A Muse Studio Charming Gardeners), Papers (A Muse Studio).

 

Find the You Tube link HERE to my 4 minute how-to video.

 

Hope you give this Ombre technique a try and you send me photo of your work!

 

Happy paper crafting!

LYN

 

Lynnie's Mini

Happy Mother’s Day!  Today I am posting my very first Scrappy Sunday project on Paper Craft Planet!  Back home, I offer classes themed Lynnie’s Minis ‘cuz I love them so much.  Scrappy Sunday seemed like a good spot to post this project that begins with a 12×12 size sheet of paper.  Since this mini book fold is already out there, just click on the LINK to see how easy it is to construct.  I used Tim Holtz’s video for the basic construction.  I did not construct my covers as he did nor did I finish the pages with washi tape.   I simply added a cover 3-1/4 x 6-1/2.

For today’s project, I used Fancy Pants Designs Park Bench Collection.  The flower on the cover is made of hand torn circles in different sizes.  Tears are purposefully made along all the edges.  A brad holds the flowers together.  Each flower layer is really scrunched toward the middle and then spread open to create a 3d flower.  To allow for the closure band, I made a folded pocket behind the flower allowing the end of the band to insert.

With the cover piece (3-1/4″ x 6-1/2″), score at 3-1/8 and 3-3/8″ to create a spine that is approximately 3/8″ wide.  To create a closure, cut a 1″ x 7″ strip.  Insert one end behind the flower.  The other end will insert through a slot behind the flower.

Pages 1 & 2 – My book isn’t finished so you can see the layout of each page.  Basically, every other page has a pocket for a tag.

 

Pages 3 & 4 – Left side pocket, right side diagonal pocket.

Pages 5 & 6

Pages 7 & 8 – You will need to poke two holes approximately 1-1/2″ apart and thread string/jute through and out to the spine.  (Refer to spine photo above.)  I added a button for decoration and tied a bow.

Pages 9 & 10

Page 11 & 12

Pages 13 & 14

Tag insert.

Now that you’ve seen the unfinished book, wouldn’t it be fun to make this mini the finished pages?  I would LOVE to see your version!   Just tag your mini SSMay12 (exactly as typed) so we can grab your project!

 

Dreamweaver Giveaway and Tutorial on PCP!

Welcome to another fun Dreamweaver Stencil tutorial!  Today I've combined last month's theme of Mists, Drizzles and Showers with this month's theme of Tiny Treats!  A tag is an instant bag decoration for any occasion and this one has some fun techniques besides being bright and cheerful.

I love this stencil (LX7002-Plaid) for it's versatility in creating plaid designs.  Using two colors of Memory Mist (Mango Lemonade and Fruit Punch), I chose the lightest color first and sprayed over the stencil and let it dry (below photo on right).  While waiting for the paper to dry, I flipped the stencil onto another piece of cardstock to get a second (negative) image from the leftover spray (below photo on left).  Clean and dry the stencil and re-insert the cardstock panel but turn it 45 degrees to set it up for the plaid layer.  Spray the second layer and lift off the stencil and flip it over to the other cardstock panel to create the  negative plaid design.  When the first panel was dry, I wanted a less intense orange layer, so I laid the stencil back over the panel and sprayed Memory Mist Iridescent and got exactly the look I needed!

For the Spring stencil (LM293 Spring), emboss with Dreamweavers White Embossing Paste and remove the stencil.  While still wet, sprinkle with ultra fine glitter and tap off.  Let dry.

To create the charming dragonfly (LS56 Dragonfly), I embossed it using Dreamweaver's Black Matt Paste.  Once dry, I added a quick spritz of Memory Mist Mango Lemonade to add color.  When dry, fussy cut out and sprinkle ultra fine glitter to the wings using a Quickie Glue pen.   Mount with a pop dot for added dimension.

To create the background on the tag, there are 3 simple steps:

1.  Spray the tag with Memories Mists Fruit Punch just enough to get it covered.  Let dry.

2.  Lay the Plaid stencil over the tag and spray again with the same Fruit Punch only add more color on this step.  Remove stencil and let dry.

3.  Lay the Hexagon stencil over and spray with Memories Mists Iridescent!  Voila!  Trim off the tag (save the pieces for later!)

The tag is finished and all it needs is a bag.

If you’re looking for more information and tutorials on working with Dreamweavers Stencils, be sure to visit the Dream It Up! blog for monthly challenges and more opportunities to win! LIKE us on Dreamweavers Facebook page too!  The winner from tutorial two weeks ago is will be posted on Paper Craft Planet shortly.  You will need to email Pam at phornschu@yahoo.com with your address.  Head on over to Stencil with Style site and choose a favorite stencil you’d love to win. Be sure to mention your stencil choice HERE in the comment section on the Dreamweavers Challenge page. You have two weeks in which to comment on Paper Craft Planet for a chance to win from this post!

Also, the Dream Team has its regular Thursday Hop today and can be found HERE for more Tiny Treat inspiration.

Happy paper crafting!

Lyn

Dreamweaver Stencils Challenge - Tiny Treats!

We are focusing on small tokens for teacher appreciation, kids, wedding and anniversary favors, etc. for the entire month of May. We have also teamed up with May Arts ribbon for a year, so you'll be seeing lots of added ribbon pretties in our work!

 

 My project this week is a wedding, anniversary or even a Mother's Day gift!  Sometimes when giving a gift, I like to go big on the packaging, especially if I'm giving money. The acryllic box (Clear Bags) works very well for this purpose and I have them on hand at all times.  It's all about the presentation!!!!

 

 Because of the elegance of the stenciled background, I purposely kept the card simple (not easy for me!).  I just couldn't put too much over all that pretty sparkliness (well I'm sure I could have)!  A Dreamweaver dry embossed  sentiment (LL405) on gold mirror card did the trick to finish the card front. 

Here's the card technique.
 

 

I used the LJ907 stencil with Translucent Embossing Paste.  (I am making an assumption that you already know the actual pasting technique.)

While still wet, flick Dreamweavers Metallic F/X randomly over the panel.

 

Turn over the panel and flick your fingers against the cardstock to dislodge any loose particles.

 

 

Fill in the remaining areas with any ultra fine opaque glitter.  Once the glittered areas are covered, turn the panel over and flick your fingers against the cardstock to dislodge any loose particles.  Once dry, take a soft brush and cleaned up any stray particles in the non embossed areas.

 

All that is left is to trim the embossed panel, add a mirror card panel 1/8" larger overall and affix to the card front.

 

For the ribbon flower, you will need "wire" ribbon.  Find the end of the wire and begin to pull it to form gathers.  Do not yank on the wire but gently keep working the ribbon into gathers.  Tip:  The wider the ribbon, the more you will need to complete a flower.  Once you have a good amount of gathered ribbon, start spiralling from the center of the flower out.  You won't see any of the wire from the non gathered edge as that is rolled under as the spiralling continues.  To anchor the flower in place, I (personally) use a hot glue gun 'cuz I want everything stuck fast.  A craft mat comes in handy for this type of work.  What's nice with the wired ribbon is you can scrunch it and it will stay where you want it!

 

The ribbon is stenciled with Glossy White Embossing Paste and while still wet, it was sprinkled with ultra fine glitter.  Gently brush away any stray glitter specs once it is dry.

 

Be sure to visit the rest of the team to see their interpretation of Tiny Treats! We'd love to see your comments.





Dream It Up!
Laura Drahozal
Lyn Bernatovich (That's Me!)
Pam Hornschu
Heidi Erickson
Louise Healy
Cyndi Bundy
Cherylynn Moser