Video Tutorial

Here is a very unprofessional video showing how I made this card. Please excuse the blurriness, and everything else that is not quite right:) I think you can at least get the idea, even if it's not the best.

Edited to add: I believe this folder from Darice is called "Hanging Ornaments."

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Video Tutorial

OK. I made another card using the folds that I shared yesterday. It's nearly identical to the card I posted a few days ago. You can view the tutorial here.

Please note: Start with a piece of cardstock that is 12 inches by 5.5 inches. It makes a card that is 4 x 5.5.

Here are a few more pictures:

I hope that helps! You can find the measurements on this post.

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Instructions

I was asked for a tutorial for making this card. After trying three times to record myself making another card like this, I gave up! Perhaps I'll try again soon. For now, I'll just show a diagram of cutting and scoring, and also measurements of matting, if you want to decorate it.

This looks pretty complicated, but it's really not! Start with a piece of cardstock that is 12 inches by 5 1/2 inches. Cut two slits that are one and a half inches from each side and between the two-inch mark and the ten-inch mark. Then do your scoring. There are "hill" folds and "valley" folds. To do your "hill" folds, leave the right side of the paper up when you do your scoring. To do your "valley" folds, turn the cardstock over and score on the back side. The "hill" folds are marked by the dashed and dotted lines, and the "valley" folds are marked by dashed lines. So, start by scoring two inches in, above and below your cut lines. Move to the four inch mark and score between the two cut lines. Then move to the ten inch mark and again score above and below the cut lines. Turn your cardstock over. Score at the four inch mark above and below the cut lines. Move to the eight inch mark and score along the whole width. Then fold! You should end up with the card base that I made:)

If you want to used patterned paper like I did on my card, here is the pattern to cut. This will fit both the card front and the back, so you would need two like this. Start with a piece that is 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches and cut per this pattern.

If you want to cover the entire thing, you will also need pieces with these measurements.

I know these are not ideal instructions, but I hope it helps. Please feel free to ask me questions. It really helps me if you email me so that I have your address, or at least make sure I have a way to contact you. (If you "View my complete profile," you will see a link to click on to send me an email.)

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"Thumping" Technique Video

Several people have asked me about the "thumping" technique that I used on this card. It's very simple, and I thought I would do a very short video to show you how I do it. You can view the video here. The tree stamp is from Gina K. (Not professionally done, by any means, but you can see how easy it is to do it!)

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Double-Fold Card - Again

Someone asked how to make the cards that I posted on Tuesday, so I thought I would do another one and give the dimensions. So "anonymous," this is for you!

Cut your cardstock to 11 x 5.5 inches. Score at 4.25 and 8.5 inches. Emboss the portion of your card that is 2.5 inches wide - this is the front. 

 For this card, I added a yellow piece behind the front of the card and I punched it with a Martha Stewart border punch. I added patterned paper (from a Die Cuts With a View stack I got at Archiver's) to the middle section and stamped the sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

I added a greeting to the inside of the card. So, there you have it! And I dedicate this card to Sheri. It seems like a very spring-y card to me, and Sheri's already waiting for spring! 

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Some Answers

No pictures today, but I'll try to explain how I printed on yesterday's card. Thanks for the comments!

I use Microsoft Word for printing on the insides and occasionally outside of my cards, but any word processing program would work. For yesterday's card, I had already done the stamping when I realized I didn't have an acceptable stamp for the sentiment. So, in Word I decided on the font and alignment of my chosen sentiment. I just put it towards the middle of the document and printed it on thin white "typing" paper. I simply put my stamped piece behind the printed page, lined it up the way I wanted it to be printed, and drew around the edges - on the back of the printed page. Then I put some repositionable tape on the back of my stamped panel and stuck it on the front of the printed page using the guide lines on the back. (Holding my stamped image and the printed page up to light allowed me to see through each of them.) I used two pieces of tape on the stamped image to hold it in place and ran it through my printer. I hope that makes sense! Normally I think I would print first and then stamp, but it's nice to know there are options:) Please feel free to ask any more questions you may have. You can leave a comment, or you can email me using the link in my profile - on the right side of my blog.

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"Look, Ma - No Lines!" ... or ... a Tutorial on No-Lines Embossing

 

I've been asked by several people how I use my small Cuttlebug folders without having lines from the edges of the folders or without "smushing" the embossing next to it.  This is how I do it.

I took a giant-size cereal box (from Costco) so it's nice and sturdy and thick cardboard.  I cut four pieces just smaller than the sizes of my folders.  I glued them together.  The picture on the left shows the pieces before they were glued together.  The one on the right is what I used for this card.  I have done a tutorial and uploaded it to YouTube.  You can find it here.  (You really can't see the embossing in the video, but you can see the procedure!)  The "recipe" for using my BIGkick is to use Tab 1 and one clear plate.  You'd have to experiment with your embossing machine to determine what plates you need to use.

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Two Brayered Cards

I have two cards to share with you today - because I don't like to waste any "card parts!"  I had a couple friends (that I have met through my blog) that wanted to see how I did brayering.  I finally got around to doing the video for them.  I had to do it twice, and I decided to use both pieces and make them into cards.  (I am NOT an expert - far from it!!!  However, if you would like to see my video, you can find it here.  Also, a couple people asked about the Daisy Edgeabilities video, too, so here it is.  Neither video was made for "the public" - just for three people - but I'm willing to embarrass myself and share them!)

The background for this first card was made by me a couple years ago.  I learned it on-line, but I can not tell you where I found it.  It is not my idea.  I used More Mustard cardstock, rubbed a white dye ink pad on it, then used a Close to Cocoa ink pad and dragged an edge on it.  It was really VERY simple and I was amazed at how easy it was and how well it turned out.  I matted with Always Artichoke cardstock.  The stamps are both from Technique Tuesday.

This second card is almost identical to a sympathy card I made a short while ago.  The embossing folder is by Quickutz and the matting is Buckaroo Blue.  I used the same stamps as the first card - by Technique Tuesday.

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Daisy Edgeabilities Birthday

A friend asked me to demonstrate the Daisy Edgeabilities in a video (a long time ago!) and I finally got that done on Sunday.  So, I thought I'd make a card out of it.  Here it is, Annie:)

So, as I said, the daisies were all done with a Daisy Edgeability.  I cut a piece the size of the card front to put inside the cut-out portion.  I embossed it from the top and then from the bottom with a Swiss Dots folder and scored a double line on each side of the blank part.  I colored the embossed daisies with watercolor pencils and an aquapainter.  The sentiment is from Stampendous.

Edited to add:  I will add the link to the video I made for embossing.  It is NOT professional and was only made for a friend, but I decided to share:) You can find it here.

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Another Tutorial!

I’ve had a few people ask me for a tutorial on using embossing paste, and have asked where to get it.  I get mine from my friend, Vicki B.  You can find her email address and her store on her blog, Heartwarmers From Vicki.  She sells most anything from Dreamweavers to Copics to Spellbinders to Hero Arts to Penny Black to Tim Holtz … you get the picture!  (You can also get the spatula, glitter and stipple brushes from her.)  If you want something, juust ask her if she can get it for you!  And here is my tutorial.  It’s a little blurry and very unprofessional, but I think you can get the idea.  Hopefully I can get a card made with this piece by Thursday’s blog post.  (Tomorrow is WHAT IF? Wednesday.)

Here is what I used for this project.  I think you can see everything, but if you have questions, please feel free to email me.  (LJNeus@hotmail.com)

And here is a picture of the dried image.

 

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Wow – a Tutorial!

I got a few emails about the scoring on the card that I posted yesterday, so I thought I would try doing a tutorial.  If I do another tutorial, I will spend a little more time on it.  And maybe get a manicure and put some lotion on my hands!  But for today, here it is!

The scored and embossed cardstock is Certainly Celery and the matting cardstock is Bermuda Bay.  I embossed the bottom layer with a Sizzix folder.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink’s Birthday Basics and I stamped it with Bermuda Bay.  The butterflies (punched with a Martha Stewart punch) are mounted on Pop Dot pieces, and I added pearls for the bodies.

I’d appreciate any comments you might choose to leave!

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