Artisan Award – Scrapbook Page #2: Road Trip
This is my favorite of the three scrapbook pages I submitted for Stampin’ Up!s Artisan Awards. It falls somewhere between shabby and classy…there is a lot of distressing but the lines are pretty clean.
Read MoreAlmost Artisan – Card #4 – Flower
Another of my Artisan Award entry cards. I’m going to write up a detailed tutorial on how I made the flower but here is the short version: Use the Scallop Oval punch for the flower petals. Punch at least 7 ovals. Cut them in half at the shortest point of the oval and then glue them into cone shapes. Then glue the cones together. Use the Heart to Heart punch for the center of the flower. Punch at least 10 of the smallest heart. Fold in half and glue them together. Use the Five Petal punch for the leaves. Punch at least 3 petals. Use one whole punched petal for the base of the flower. Cut...
Read MoreAlmost Artisan – Scrapbook Page #2: Exploring Savannah
Here is another scrapbook page that I submitted for the Artisan Award. I’m excited because I saw a it in one of the photos folks have been posting of the display boards at Convention! Other than the solid card stock, gold brads, ribbon pretty much everything on this page is now retired product. The letters were cut using the Timeless Type and Billboard Dies. I jazzed up the paper pieced ornaments at the top using Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (which is hard to see in this photo). I ruffled the ribbon by sewing a running stitch through it and then pushing the ribbon into ruffles. You can...
Read MoreAlmost Artisan – 3D Item: Wristlet
This is my the other 3D item I made for the Artisan Awards. The colors of this photo are a little “off” – in person the colors are truly Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, and So Saffron. I purchased a wristlet pattern that looked pretty straightforward and then adapted it so that I could use the Scallop Envelope die for a front pocket and make the strap from SU! ribbon. I used MDS to create a pattern that I then printed on my printer using printable fabric. I used Printed Treasures and was extremely happy with how the fabric turned out. It prints on 8 1/2 x 11″ sheets and the...
Read MoreAlmost Artisan – Card #3: Floral Wallpaper
This is my favorite of the cards that I created for the Artisan Awards. It was inspired by the wall paper in my 1st floor powder room, which looks like overlapping pieces of paper with drawings of plants on them. I knew that I wanted to use Herbed Expressions for one of my entries, but was struggling for the right idea. Then one day in the powder room it hit me – to recreate the wall paper as a card. I knew it would have a very natural, earthy feel to it, so I used Naturals Ivory paper. I stamped each image twice and colored using Watercolor Wonder Crayons. I then distressed each piece...
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