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Simple Card with a Paper Rose

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 28, 2014

I love cards without sentiments – especially when you're not quite sure what you want to say. Sometimes I just want someone to know I'm thinking of them. A simple card is the perfect solution for those times. This card has lots of texture so it isn't plain but still simple. (I think so, anyway 😉 I hope you like it!

Cut a piece of Whisper White Cardstock (SU!) 5-1/2" x 7" and score and fold at 3-1/2".
Layer onto a piece of So Saffron Cardstock (SU!) that is 1/16" larger than your card.
Cut a piece of Whisper White Cardstock 3-1/4" x 4" and emboss with the French Script Embossing Folder (TH). Cut into two pieces – one measuring 3-1/4" x 2-1/4" – the other measuring 1-1/4" x 3-1/4".
Layer onto So Saffron mats that are 1/8" larger. (3-3/8" x 2-3/8" and 3-3/8" x 1-3/8").
Attach a piece of 3/8" Whisper White Tafeta Ribbon to the back of the smaller piece with Glue Dots. (Don't tie the excess ribbon yet.)
Adhere the larger mat to the top of the card and the smaller one just below it.

Cut two pieces of White Cardstock – one 4-1/2" x 2", the other 3-1/2" x 2".
Using Snail adhesive, attach them to eachother overlapping the smaller onto the larger.
Emboss them with the French Script Embossing Folder. Use a sponge dauber to apply So Saffron Ink to the raised portions of the embossing and to sponge the edges.
Adhere to the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.
Wrap the White Ribbon across the inked pieces and adhere to itself using Glue Dots.
Where the ribbon overlaps itself, attach a White Paper Rose using Glue Dots. Use the ink that is left on the sponge dauber to ink the edges of the rose.
Spray the entire card with Glimmer Mist.
Attach 3 Rhinestones to the lower right corner of the card.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp/Monday - Not So Mellow Yellow

MojoMonday – #343 Tall & Skinny

Sentimental Sundays – Clean & Simple

Brown Sugar Challenge – #91 Anything Goes

Crafting By Desing – April Showers Bring May Flowers

Creative Moments – Anything Goes Spring

Word Art Wednesday – Challenge #129 Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly – White +1

Paper Crafting Magic – No Patterned Paper

Craftitude – Anything Goes or Easter

Pile It On Challenge – Floral Fantasy

Ladybug Challenge – Here Comes Spring

Inspiration Emporium – A Few of My Favorite Things

Categories : Cards, Paper Flowers

Anniversary Card with Bling

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 24, 2014

I love shimmer and bling! In fact, I can be quite a Bling-A-Potamus sometimes! It's an effort for me to not go overboard when it comes to glitter and Rhinestones – LOL! When I want to have lots of bling on my card, I try to keep the rest of the card as simple as possible. White on White can be so elegant. A simple Embossing Folder is all you need to give texture and interest to your card in a way that compliments your Rhinestones and Glitter.

This card was created for the ScrapbookerPhD Challenge #10: Bling it Up. How do you bling up your projects? Enter any new paper craft that shows off your bling!

Categories : Cards

Simple Card with a Hybrid Metal Flower

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 23, 2014

Welcome back!!!!! I've missed you! Typepad is the company that hosts this blog and they were under a Cyber Attack for the past 4 days which took down all of the blogs! Craziness! I couldn't post and you couldn't visit. So, Welcome back! I've been having some fun with flowers, as you know. (See this post) so I decided to try a hybrid flower using both metal and cardstock.

This flower uses a Lovely Lavendar Craft Metal Sheet from Add A Little Dazzle. Radiant Orchid is the Pantone Color of the Year so I wanted to use that color for the Dazzling Divas Design Challenge today. (Inpiration photo below) Because the color is so vibrant, I wanted a simple card so I decided to do white on white. I will try to get a Video up later today. 😀

Embossing Folder is Basket Weave by Darice
Ribbon is Whisper White Organza by Stampin' Up!
Stamp is embossed in Silver and is from the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set (SU!)
Silver Shimmer Paper was used for the corners
Metal is Lavendar by Add A Little Dazzle
Punches: Blossom Flower Punch, Petite Petals, Flower from Itty Bitty Punch Pack

Categories : Cards, Craft Metal, Paper Flowers

Handmade Paper Flowers using Dies

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 18, 2014

Creating flowers from paper punches is easy and fun. (See yesterday's post HERE.) But…there are many dies that are specifically made to create paper flowers. Stampin' Up!'s Spiral die is one of them! This video shows how easy it is to use a die to create paper flowers. My YouTube Channel has lots of other Paper Crafting Videos – including the Fun Flowers Die below.

These flowers were made with the Fun Flowers Die (Stampin' Up!) and cardstock. You can see the original post HERE.

I hope I've inspired you to create some flowers of your own! Thanks so much for stopping by! 🙂

Hugs,

Cathy

Categories : Cards, How To Videos, Paper Flowers

Handmade Paper Flowers Made Easy

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 18, 2014

While I was working on the Metal Flower Video yesterday (See it HERE), I came across a bunch of other flowers I've made. I thought you might find it helpful to have a visual for How to make those paper flowers as well. I love making my own Paper Flowers and incorporating them into my Card Making and Paper Crafting Projects. They're really easy to do! You can use different shaped Punches or Dies and all types of materials but I usually just use simple punches and cardstock. You can also incorporate different techniques into your flower making. I often use the Faux Suede Technique with my flowers - other times I spritz with water instead. Your punch size and the number of layers will all yield slightly different results. This post shows a few options with Videos so you can see how simple it is to create your own paper flowers. There are links to other posts and tutorials as well but, if you don't want to miss anything, Subscribe to my YouTube Channel to be notified when my Videos post.

Today's flowers were all created with Punches. Tomorrow, I'll show you flowers created with Dies. Don't hesitate to email me with any questions. Cathy@StampsAndScrapbooks.com

The flowers above were created using layers of cardstock that were punched using a Scallop Circle Punch. The Faux Suede Technique was used.

The flowers shown here were created using two different size Flower Punches - SU!'s Blossom Punch and Petite Petal Punch. I also incorporated the Faux Suede Technique.

This is a Shabby Chic Version created with only the Blossom Punch and Faux Suede Technique.

You can do these with any size Scallop Punch. The 7/8" Scallop Punch will produce smaller flowers - like THESE.

Spritzing the cardstock with water or shimmer mist will give you a "harder" flower and therefore a slightly different "feel". The Fancy Flower Punch will produce the flower below. (Original post HERE) Punch the cardstock out, spritz, scrunch it up and allow it to dry. Then, assemble the layers on top of each other.

The flowers below use the Pansy Punch and a slightly different technique – You can see the original post HERE.

The last flower for today is a "Hawaiian Blossom Flower" created by Chi Nguyen. I just fell in love with it! It's bright and fresh and "happy!" You can see the Video below the photo.

You can use lots of different materials to create your own Paper Flowers - cardstock, crepe paper, coffee filters, tissue paper – and even Craft Metal! Here's an example of a Craft Metal Flower. You can see the original post HERE and the Video HERE. When I started this post, I didn't realize how many flowers I've done! Haha – I will continue with more ideas and videos tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by and reading this far! 🙂 You can see more ideas on my YouTube Channel.

Categories : Cards, How To Videos, Paper Flowers

Create Flowers Using Craft Metal Sheets

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 16, 2014

As promised, I’ve done a Video for you showing how I created the Mother’s Day Card with the Flowers made from Craft Metal Sheets. I’ve actually split it into two videos so, if you only want to see the flowers, you can just watch that video. If you would like to see how the entire card was made, you can watch the full video. I will be posting a few more samples tomorrow and I have a bunch of Flower Making Videos on My YouTube Channel – www.YouTube.com/StampsAndScrapbooks. Email me with any questions at Cathy@StampsAndScrapbooks.com 🙂

This Video is a “How To” for just the Craft Metal Flowers:

This was the Mother’s Day Card where the flowers were used. The Video for the Card is below the photo.

If you enjoyed these Videos, Subscribe to my YouTube Channel to be notified when new Videos post.

Categories : Cards, Craft Metal, How To Videos, Paper Flowers

Mother’s Day Card with Craft Metal

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 16, 2014

Mother's Day is right around the corner and who better to create a handmade card for! This Mother's Day Card uses Craft Metal Sheets from Add A Little Dazzle for both the lattice and the flowers. I created a quick VIDEO so you can see how the metal flowers were made. You can check back or Subscribe to my YouTube Channel to be notified when it posts. The inspiration photo for the Dazzling Divas Design Challenge is below.

The card is Whisper White Cardstock cut 4-1/4" x 8-1/2". Scored and folded at 4-1/4".
The next layer is Whisper White Cardstock cut 4-1/8" x 5-3/8".
The Pink Pirouette Cardstock is cut 4" x 5-1/4" and run through the Big Shot in the (SU!) Fancy Fan Embossing Folder. Adhere to the Whisper White layer.
Wrap a piece of White Satin Ribbon around the card layers and secure in the back with Glue Dots.
Tie a Double Bow with White Satin Ribbon (See HOW TO VIDEO HERE) and adhere to the card front with Glue Dots.
Cut a piece of Add A Little Dazzle White Craft Sheet in the SU! Bigz Lattice Die and adhere to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Stamp "Happy Mother's Day" from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Versamark Ink onto Whisper White Cardstock and emboss using Silver Embossing Powder mixed with Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder.
Cut greeting using Bitty Banner Framelits and the Big Shot.
Run a 3/4" x 2-3/4" piece of Pink Pirouette Cardstock through the Big Shot in the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and adhere the greeting to it. Use Paper Snips to cut a banner shape to border the greeting.
Adhere greeting to the center of the Lattice using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Create 4 flowers using Perfect Peacock Craft Metal (2) and Scarlet Red Craft Metal (2) by punching out 3 pieces for each flower using the Petite Petals die.
Cut one petal from one of the flowers and apply a Glue Dot to the back of one of the remaining petals. Overlap it onto the adjacent petal. Snip off the cone shape from the bottom and adhere to the next flower using a Glue Dot. Adhere that flower to a third flower using a Glue Dot. Attach a Rhinestone Basic Jewel to the center of each flower.
Use the Bird Builder Punch to punch out leaves from a Garland Green Craft Metal Sheet and adhere behind the flowers.
Arrange the flowers and leaves on the front of the card and adhere with Glue Dots.

The photo doesn't do justice to the richness of the metal! This is a great way to use your left-over scraps! You can, of course, use cardstock to create the flowers if you prefer. In fact, you can do most anything with Craft Metal that you can do with paper!

Challenges:

Dazzling Divas Design Challenge – Mother's Day or Anything Goes

Crafting By Design – April Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes

Crafty Girls – Anything Goes

Craft Hoarder's Anonymous – Pick A Stamp, Any Stamp

TTCRD – Anything Goes

Artistic Expressions – Monochrome or Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge – Spring is Here

STAMPlorations – Stamp & Your Favorite Technique (making flowers)

Anything Goes – Girly

Brown Sugar Challenge – Mother's Day

Inspiration Emporium – A Few of My Favorite Things

Crafty Hands – Anything Goes

Categories : Cards, Craft Metal, Paper Flowers

Sassy Paris Card

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 14, 2014

I was trying not to distress the heck out of this. It was difficult, but I managed it. LOL! This is a new stamp from Sweet & Sassy and I love it 'cause it is already collaged – so less work for me!

Cut a piece of Blush Blossom Cardstock 4-1/4" x 11". Score and fold at 5-1/2". Distress the edges a little.
Cut a piece of Modern Medley Designer Series Paper 4-1/8" x 5-3/8".
Cut a piece of Basic Black Cardstock 1" x 5-3/8" and scallop the edge with the Scallop Border Punch and adhere to the front of the DSP.
Cut a piece of Blush Blossom Cardstock 3/4" x 1-1/4" and center a piece of Very Vanilla Seam Binding over it. Secure the ribbon behind it with a Glue Dot and the adhere the whole piece to the Designer Series Paper with SNAIL Adhesive.
Stamp the largest stamp from "To Paris With Love" (Sweet & Sassy) in Versamark Ink onto Whisper White Cardstock and emboss with Silver Embossing Powder and a heat tool.
Sponge over the stamped image with Blush Blossom Ink and a Stampin' Sponge. Distress the edges slightly with a Distress Tool.
Attach to small pieces of Very Vanilla Seam Binding with banner edges to the underside of the White Cardstock.
Adhere to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Adhere Pearl Basic Jewels to the scallops on the front of the card.
Dot the "i" in "Paris" with a tiny Pearl.
Adhere a flower to the lower right corner of the stamped layer.
Cut a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to 4" x 5-1/4" and adhere to the inside of the card.

Challenges:

Mojo341

Vintage Journey – A Little Bit French

Sweet & Sassy Challenge – Happy

Craft Hoarder's – Pick a Stamp

Crafty Girls – Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes

Crafting By Desings – April Anything Goes

Categories : Cards

You’re Fabulous Metal Card

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 9, 2014

Quite a few people have asked me about using Add A Little Dazzle Craft Metal Sheets in their Paper Crafting Projects. First, I must warn you…They're addicting! Second, you use them very much like cardstock. You can run them through the Big Shot in an Embossing Folder, you can cut them and score them and stamp on them. I've done quite a few cards with them so you can type in "metal" in the search bar on this blog to see more. So, for today's card, I wanted to show you how easy it is to use your Craft Metal Sheets with Dies.

Cut Whisper White Cardstock 5-1/2 x 8-1/4". Score and fold at 4-1/4"
Cut another piece of Whisper White Cardstock 5-3/8" x 4-1/8" and run through the Big Shot in the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder.
Cut a piece of Perfect Peacock Craft Metal Sheet using Tim Holtz's Distressed Doily Die and adhere to the card front using Sticky Strip and Glue Dots.
Wrap a piece of Wisper White Organza Ribbon around the front of the embossed piece of White Cardstock and secure in the back with Glue Dots.
Adhere to the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.
Stamp "Fabulous is what you are" from the Million & Once Stamp Set and emboss with Silver Embossing Powder and a Heat Tool.
Cut out using the Oval Framelits Dies. (#4 if you're numbering from largest to smallest)
Cut out a piece of Brushed Silver Cardstock using the Oval Framelits Dies. (#3).
Layer the white oval onto the silver oval and adhere to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Embellish the lower right corner of the card with 3 Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels.
All supplies used were Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Challenges:

Dazzling Diva Design Challenge – #20 – Spring/Easter or Anything Goes (Inspirational Photo Below)

Categories : Cards

Enjoy the Journey Canvas

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· April 8, 2014

I just want to go on the record here…I am WAY out of my comfort zone with this project. I bought this TH Canvas and wanted to do a "Journey" project with it. My new fave technique is Embossing Paste with Stencils! This uses the Harlequin Stencil from The Crafter's Workshop. There's beautiful distressing built right into the stencil. I tried to give you detailed photos and instructions and included a short video showing you so the project. Let me know if you have any questions. Enjoy! 😀

The next photo is a sideview so you can see the texture and dimension. The Film Strip was adhered with Glue Dots so I could curve it. The edges were adhered to the canvas using Glue Dots or Staples.

First, I put The Crafter's Workshop Harlequin Stencil over the Canvas and spread Embossing Paste over it. (Clean your stencil immediately) Allow to dry.

Then, I sprayed Walnut Ink over the Embossing Paste. I used a rag to lift off some of the Ink in places so it wouldn't be quite so dark or uniform.

A small piece of TH Kraft Cardstock was cut, distressed and inked with Vintage Photo Distress ink and then Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

The tag was created using the same technique I used for the Vintage Postcard – You can see the Tutorial HERE.
Once the background of the tag was done, various stamps (map & script) were stamped over the top of it.

I wanted to use the Idea-ology word band that said: "Enjoy The Journey" but it was silver and I needed it to be bronze so I first rubbed Evergreen Bough Distress Ink into the words and allowed to dry.
Then, I applied Antique Bronze Distress Paint over the top of it and tapped it until I got the look I wanted. I smudged some of the Evergreen Bough in places as well.

I cut out a photo from one of TH's papers.

The photo was too white for the projects so I distressed the edges with a Distress Tool and sponged over them with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
I used an Industrial Sticker and sponged over that with Vintage Photo Distress Ink as well.

Crinkle Ribbon was dyed by spritzing it with water and running Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pads over the top, crinkling and then drying it with a Heat Tool.
Idea-Ology Gears were attached to the tag using a Paper Piercing Tool and a Screw Brad.

The gears were cut from Chipboard using the Gadget Gears Die.
They were inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then inked with Distress Embossing Ink and embossed with Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder.
The Chipboard was then cut in half and adhered to the tag using Glue Dots.
The Word Band was attached to the tag using fibers that are secured behind with Glue Dots.
The Tag was distressed with a Distress tool and Inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
A Mini Corner was attached to the bottom left corner of the tag and then it was hammered to distress it.
A strip of leather was attached to the side of the tag with Sticky Strip.

A scrap of printed Mulberry Paper was torn and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then attached to the canvas. The photo and stick were adhered on top.