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Artisan Award – Scrapbook Page #2: Road Trip

Katy — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:27:53 +0000

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.

Almost Artisan – Card #4 – Flower

Katy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:30:19 +0000

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 the other punched petals into individual petals and glue to base to extend the leaves outward.

Glue the flower petals to the base. Then put a big glob of Tombow Multi in the middle of the flower and press the center of the flower into the glob. Push a rhinestone brad into the center. Let sit until the glue dries. I added some more bling by using Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds on the edges of the flower.

Recipe:

Stamps: Dreams Du Jour
Paper: Tea Party DSP (retired), Shimmery White, Certainly Celery
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: chipboard brackets, Dazzling Diamonds, Fire Round Rhinestone Brads
Tools: Scallop Oval Punch, Five Petal Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, sewing machine

Almost Artisan – Scrapbook Page #2: Exploring Savannah

Katy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:00:53 +0000

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 also do this by putting sticky strip down and ruffling it as you glue it down.

Recipe:

Paper: Merry Moments DSP (retired), Brushed Gold, Old Olive, Real Red
Embellishments: Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Playground Buttons (retired), Gold Brads, Masterpiece Ribbon Originals (retired), 5/8″ Old Olive Satin Ribbon
Tools: Craft and Ribbon Sissors, Billboard Die, Timeless Type Die, Sponge Dauber, Paper Piercer

Almost Artisan – 3D Item: Wristlet

Katy — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:24:38 +0000

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 image quality is sharp and the colors true. I would definitely use this brand again.

The strap is made from ribbon from the Ribbon Originals Elementary collection (now retired). The pocket in the front was cut using the Scallop Envelop die. I used buttons from Fresh Favorites I (also retired) on the strap and the pocket.

For the zipper pull, made beads from Tea Party and Old Olive Patterns DSP by cutting a long thin triangle, applying Tombow Multi, and wrapping it around a toothpick. I then strung them on some jewelry wire and attached a Simply Adorned 6/8″ Square Charm. I then added a bit of the So Saffron ribbon from the Ribbon Originals Elementary collection.

This project was my first attempt at sewing anything on a sewing machine. That is not a skill that my mom passed down to me (instead I got lots of cooking lessons). I was really intimidated by it, but once I figured everything out I really had fun. As you will soon see I got sewing machine happy on one of my cards and scrapbook pages!

Almost Artisan – Card #3: Floral Wallpaper

Katy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:17:58 +0000

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 using Creamy Caramel Classic Ink so that they’d look like aged pieces of paper. I then glued them to the card base, and trimmed the overhanging edges off.

I popped up the sentiment with Stampin’ Dimensionals and put some brads in each corner (the photo makes the brads stand out much more than do in person).

The sentiment wasn’t standing out all that well, so I brought focus to it by wrapping linen thread around the card in a fan-like manner. The thread helps to draw the eye away from the rest of the card and down to the sentiment.

I just adore this card. Boy I miss it. I’m going to have to make a bunch for myself at some point this summer.

Recipe

Stamps: Herb Expressions
Paper: Naturals Ivory
Ink/Coloring: StazOn, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Creamy Caramel Classic Ink (retired)
Accessories: Earth Elements Brads (retired), Linen Thread
Tools: Stamping Sponges, Paper Piercer, AquaPainters

Almost Artisan – Scrapbook Page #1: Gazpacho

Katy — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:21:39 +0000

For the past few years I’ve been a member of a CSA (community supported agriculture) farm share. Throughout the summer and fall I pick up a box of fruit and veggies at my local produce stand. I never know what will be in the box and it has made me a more adventurous cook.

One of my favorite things to make during the summer is Gazpacho, so I thought that a recipe scrapbook page would be a great way to capture my CSA experience.

This page is made mostly from paper and embellishments from the soon to be retired Write Stuff Specialty paper. The letters on the left are cut using the Billboard die, and the letters for the title are cut using the Timeless Type dies. The “g” in gazpacho is from On Board Lots of Letters and was covered in Really Rust textured cardstock.

The ribbon is Crushed Curry 5/8″ Polka Dot Grosgrain, shaped into ripples. I played around with a couple different ways of shaping the ribbon – I sewed it into pleats, put a running stitch through and squished it, and finally settled on using Sticky Strip to glue it into small ripples.

Almost Artisan – Card #2: Merci

Katy — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:56:21 +0000

The inspiration for this card came from a couple different places. The idea of doing a card that was inside a room looking out at the Eiffel Tower had been bouncing around in my head for a while. The original draft of this included the bird cage off to the side. The layout didn’t really work, so I scrapped the bird cage to just focus on the window.

The inspiration for the background came while I was at a panel discussion for my full time job. The hotel room where the event was being held had a brocade-like print wallpaper that had light vertical stripes on it. I quickly jotted down the idea and tried it out that night. I first tried it with white and vanilla craft inks, but the look wasn’t quite right. So then I tried the Champagne Mist shimmer paint and it was perfect!

To make the stripes look nice, I used my Hobby Blade to cut a rectangle into a beat-up presentation cover I “rescued” from work. I then positioned it over the cardstock and applied the paint using a sponge dauber.

The landscape was painted on Watercolor paper using Watercolor Wonder Crayons and the Eiffel tower was stamped on Brushed Silver card stock with StazOn.

The window frame was made from Kraft (now Crumb Cake) cardstock that I stamped with the Woodgrain stamp and then colored using Creamy Caramel Classic Ink applied with a Stamping Sponge. I then cut it off and then attached using dimensionals.

The frame with the sentiment is from the Hodgepodge Hardware in Styled Vanilla. For the insert, I stamped the flourish stamp in Chic Boutique in Versamark and then gold embossed. I then stamped the sentiment in Old Olive.

The frame is attached with Old Olive 5/8″ Satin Ribbon that is tied with some Linen Thread that has had Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint applied to it.

Recipe:

Stamps: Chic Boutique, Woodgrain
Ink/Coloring: Black Stazon, Old Olive, Versamark, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, Creamy Caramel Classic Ink
Paper: Storybook Specialty, Watercolor Paper, Very Vanilla, Kraft (now Crumb Cake), Brushed Silver
Accessories: Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Linen Thread, Gold Embossing Powder, 5/8″ Old Olive Satin Ribbon

Almost Artisan – 3D Item #1: Sunflower

Katy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:21:31 +0000

This is one of the 3D items that I submitted for the Artisan Awards. The flower is made from Patterns DSP (Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Old Olive) and is on a Definitely Decorative Chunky Frame decorated with a Definitely Decorative Scallop Frame, and hand cut petals based on the Cheep Talk Definitely Decorative Stencil.

The flower is not as difficult to make as it seems. It is time consuming, but as long as you can glue and bend paper, you are set. It is a great project to work on while you watch tv, because it is repetitive and a bit mindless. Here is the tutorial and template:

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Almost Artisan Card #1: Cupcake

Katy — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:47:42 +0000

I’ve finally got my Artisan project photos all edited, and have started writing my posts about them. So starting today I’ll be posting one Almost Artisan project a week – roughly in the order I created them. Here is Card #1 – Cupcake:

This card was inspired by a photograph of Liz Lemon’s cupcake pajamas in Entertainment Weekly. I’d originally imagined it as a standard sized card with a bunch of color blocks with a cupcake on each.

But when I mocked that up I was really unimpressed with it. So then I decided to scale down to one cupcake on a 3×3″ card – I wanted to make a confection-y nugget of a card.

The card base is Shimmery White card stock that was run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Die.

The ribbon is from the Masterpiece Ribbon Originals collection. It is actually two pieces – one long one, and a second shorter one that was folded to make loops. I sewed the two ribbons together to make sure they would stay together.

The next layer is a Love Notes Kisses (from the Occasions Mini) that I dyed using a Pretty In Pink Reinker. On a plate I mixed reinker with water and then let the paper soak in the mixture until it had soaked up the color. It took several tries to get the color I wanted, and unfortunately I didn’t keep track of the ratio of reinker to water! After it dried, I paper pierced around the edges to add some extra detail. It is popped up with two layers of Stampin’ Dimensionals to give the ribbon enough room underneath.

The last layer is the little glittery cupcake. I stamped the cupcake in Black StazOn and then colored with Stampin’ Write Markers. I then heat embossed the cupcake with a combination of clear embossing powder and Dazzling Diamonds. I then cut it out and covered it with Crystal Effects to make it extra shiny and button-like. It was popped up with a Stampin’ Dimensional.

Recipe:

Stamps: The More the Merrier
Paper: Love Notes Kisses, Shimmery White
Ink: Pretty In Pink Reinker, Black Stazon, Stampin’ Write Markers, Versamark
Embellishments: Masterpiece Ribbon Originals, Clear Embossing Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Crystal Effects
Tools: Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Craft and Ribbon Sissors

Check out the Almost Artisans!

Katy — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:33:59 +0000

I’ll be posting detailed posts about my Artisan Award projects weekly on Thursdays. If you can’t wait, you can check out the photos by clicking on the “Almost Artisan Projects” tab above. Also, please check out the great work of my fellow Almost Artisans, listed below.

Cindy
Jamie
Jackie
Patty

Katy
Melissa
Tina
Kelly

Ashley
Carmen
Monika
Tracy

Sam
Jenn
Renee
Carrie