Saturday, February 13, 2010

cardsketch 60

Good saturday morning everyone!!

Here is cardsketch 60 -



And my sample (which is a dupl. of the card I made for the Unity store hop today.) I'm going to try and put up another sample later today or tomorrow...



** cardsketches are uploaded every saturday.

** If you do happen to make a card with a sketch, I'd love for you to post a link to your sample in a comment, so I can see. (Please credit this blog for the sketch if you post somewhere).

All sketches can be accessed directly through the "card sketch" subcategory on the right hand bar under "Labels", and are copyrighted by me. Thanks for playing. (TFP)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Unity Thursday - 2-11-10

Good morning everyone!! Happy Thursday!!

Today, we're playing with the February 2010 kit of the month again, Nothing But Blue Skies. I love rainbow images and this quote is so perfect.....



Have a wonderful Thursday and enjoy the rest of your hop through the DT blogs...




(I design for unity stamp co)

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Tutorial - Chinese New Year Red Envelope

Chinese New Year is one of the biggest holidays of the Chinese calendar, and it is this coming Sunday! It coincides with Valentines Day this year.

It is Chinese tradition to give red envelopes with money to the children in the family, to bring prosperity in the coming year. Since they're paper based, I thought I'd make some this year. This is the template I used - please bear with me - I drew it by hand so its not pretty and graphic. My skills in photoshop are very limited. (I also scanned it in pdf - if you want me to email it to you please just leave me a comment or email me and I'll go ahead and send it to you). This is supposed to be a drawn image on a normal 8.5x11" sheet of paper.


Cut it out and use as a template. Trace it over red paper and cut out. I have seen it where people use all kinds of paper. My feeling is - it must be red. These are "red envelopes" - using another color is like saying let's have an easter puppy or easter bear. No no no... it must be the easter BUNNY... and in my house, red envelopes must be red paper....
Or if you don't mind the print lines, just print it directly onto the backside of your main base paper.

Cut it out and fold along the score lines.
Adhere your edges

It is the Year of the Tiger, and luckily, Tiger stamped images are not too hard to find. This one is from Inkadinadoo - Asian Characters. These are clear stamps.

I stamped directly on to orange paper, and then on the back side of the scraps of red. I am going to be piecing these and needed two colors. (**Note: the top left tiger was stamped in Memento. The image was slightly blotchy - so I restamped with versafine in the rest of the images).

Cut out and piece...
Then embellish your envelopes. The text stamps are from CTMH, and the die cuts are from Spellbinders.

Happy Chinese New Year to you!! May the Year of the Tiger bring you health, happiness and prosperity!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

cardsketch 59

Happy Saturday everyone!! I'm back with Cardsketch 59, easy lines... :)And here is my sample, using a Tilda/Magnolia stamp.


Thanks for stopping by!!

** cardsketches are uploaded every saturday.

** If you do happen to make a card with a sketch, I'd love for you to post a link to your sample in a comment, so I can see. (Please credit this blog for the sketch if you post somewhere).

All sketches can be accessed directly through the "card sketch" subcategory on the right hand bar under "Labels", and are copyrighted by me. Thanks for playing. (TFP)

Friday, February 5, 2010

Tutorial - little messages gift pack

Hi everyone!! Happy Friday! I'm here with a cute Valentines day gift for your significant other, a little packet of love notes. (Reprinted from the Rubber Romance blog...)

First, cut a piece of plain white copy paper in half length wise, then into strips.

Write on each strip a reason what you love about your significant other.... I think handwriting is best here for the personal nature of it but you certainly could write it on a computer, print it out, then cut into strips after.... Fill up your strips, and roll each message up.



Print the Button Box template from Mirkwood Designs on the backside of a piece of double sided printed paper.

(here's the front side of the paper so you can see what it looks like...)


Cut out your template, score along the score lines. (**note: the print and score lines don't bother me because they are on the inside. If it is an issue for you, print the template onto a white piece of paper, and then use your print out as a template/guide over printed cardstock. You can trace with pencil or simply hold it on top of the paper as a cut guide.)

Tuck your rolled message into the base of your little box/envelope. DON'T adhere your edges. You want it to open up like a cute little packet of notes.

Use stickers to spell "I love..." and adhere to the top flap:

Color your Rubber Romance Image - this is "You Shouldn't Have".



Mat your stamped image, and use same stickers to spell a title. Tie the whole thing with a bow tied string.

On Valentine's Day, it's just a matter of a pull, and all these cute little notes roll out with reasons why you love your special someone...




Enjoy.

(i design for rubber romance stamps)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Unity Thursday 2-4-10

Happy Thursday everyone!! I can't believe it is February already. Anyone planning to watch Superbowl this weekend? or going to any fabulous Superbowl Sunday sales? My local quilt store is having a 40% entire store!! I just might stop in for a bit... :) Fabric is like pretty printed paper for me. I just love looking at it.

Today, we're playing with the February 2010 it of the month, Nothing But Blue Skies. Its just so cute!! And I just LOVE LOVE the quotes. Here's my sample -


Be sure to check out the DT's blogs today for more examples!! Have a wonderful weekend!

(i design for unity stamp co)

Monday, February 1, 2010

Unity Feb10 Kit release

Good morning everyone!! CHA crept right up and over us, and its February 1st! Unity reveals the new kit of the month every first of the month and this month, its GORGEOUS!!! Hop on over to Unity's blog to take a peek! :) I can't wait to start playing with this kit.

Have a wonderful week!

(i design for unity stamp co)