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Techniques & Tutorials
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Wednesday, 13 June 2012 00:00 |
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Supplies: Canvas Stretched on Frame or Board, Paint to prep canvas with
Background Papers, patterned and solid, Vellum and Chipboard
Brick-style embossing folder
Decorative Scissors and Exacto KnifePunches: Butterfly, Flowers, Circle
Silhouette die cut images and words
Embellishments: Ink to distress edges of paper and canvas, brad for doorknob, stickles, small Prima Flowers
Glossy Accents, Mod Podge, Pop Dots and Craft Glue Gun
Fine Point pen for accent work
1. Prep canvas with a neutral color paint to compliment your paper choices. 2. Sketch out a house using tracing paper to help get the scale correct so it’s proportional with your other elements. 
3. Break down the various sections of the house so you can paper piece it together later. Ink edges for added dimension. Mount the house base and door to canvas with Mod Podge (MP).
Roof: Use striped paper and deco scissors to imitate shingles. Cut strips; fancy cut bottom edge and layer on top of chipboard triangle. The chipboard gives durability since the design will be spilling off the edge. Trim out the triangle and pop dot under each shingle for dimension. 
Chimney: Create chimney on brown cardstock that has been embossed with a brick-style embossing folder . Mat onto black cardstock to make it stand out. Adhere behind roof pitch.
Window Frames: Use chipboard for window frames and light blue vellum (or plain vellum that you ink to be light blue) to create the appearance of glass. Mist all the chipboard black , then glue the vellum behind it. Save pieces to mount on house after everything else is MP’d on. 4. Mount words and images (cut with Silhouette) onto canvas with MP. Silhouette designs used: Welcome, Fence, Bottom layered butterflies. “To our Home” cut on Silhouette using computer font. 5. Cut strips of patterned paper to decorate the outside edge of canvas and adhere around the canvas. Apply final layer of MP over entire canvas. Let canvas dry overnight. 6. Add dimensional items - roof, chimney, flower garden and windows. For the doorknob, cut the prongs off the brad and use Glossy Accents to glue in place. 7. Flowers and Leaves in Garden: Punch large flowers with paper punch and layer multiple times. Curl the edges up before adding each layer. Add small Prima flowers. Layer flowers to create a garden using Glossy Accents and use Stickles to accent the flower. Leaves: Create leaves with a circle punch by punching the circle a second time to get the shape of leaf desired. Working on an old mouse pad, press the length of an Exacto knife blade lightly down the middle of leaves to add dimension. Attach leaves as desired. To attach the leaves, dispense a puddle of hot glue onto a scrap and dip leaf tip into it, then quickly slip it between the flowers. Tweezers are helpful! 8. Butterfly Design on Top: Layer punched butterfly on top of butterfly cut from Silhouette. Glue only the center of the butterfly so you can put pop dots between the wings for added dimension. Affix to an area of the sky and dot-dot-dot the butterflies flight trail with a fine tip Sharpie.
Ta Da! That’s It! Have fun and enjoy adding your own special touches when you create one yourself! |
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SP Card Club Exchange
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Written by Cathy Smith
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Monday, 11 June 2012 00:00 |
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"Thinking of You" or "In Memory Of" - May Featured Card Showcase Our card exchange for May is one that was requested by card club participants when we did a shout out for theme requests for this year. "Thinking of You" and "In Memory Of" card ideas are always sought after as they can be more challenging to create when we need them. Thanks to all the May participants! This month's featured card is designed by a familiar face in our card exchanges, Kathleen, who often creates TWO different sets of cards for the exchanges, as she did for the May exchange also. Here is one of the two cards she created for the exchange. Kathleen combine the classic Memory Box Orchard Frame die with the elegant touch of Pearls painted on the tree branches and a stamped sentiment that says it all in this "In Memory Of" card. Some of the other cards contributed in this exchange were "Thinking of You" cards as well as some "In Memory Of" cards. They are all on display at the store for your viewing pleasure! The background is inked and blended. One way to achieve this look is to use 'direct to paper' with various dye inks and then use a blending tool with foam and blend the colors together. Add more colors to get the look you want. Try this technique on different papers, too - glossy, regular cardstock, patterned paper, etc. Our card exchange for June is "Hooray for the Red, White and Blue." It will be so fun to see how the June participants each interpret the theme in their card creations! Have YOU ever participated in one of our monthly card exchanges? It's a great way to share your ideas with others, sometime be challenged to think "outside the box" and also to receive lots of card ideas from others! You create 10 cards of the same design, with 10 recipes (one for EACH card). Drop Off 3rd Saturday: June 16 Cards need to be dropped off by the close of business - 6pm. Please don't be late - we simply cannot accept late cards - thank you for your consideration! The fun of each card exchange is we don't know what you're going to do - we can't wait! |
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Products
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Written by Cathy Smith
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Wednesday, 06 June 2012 06:52 |
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We've received a wonderful shipment from Impression Obsession of stamps and dies .... yes, Impression Obsession is now making dies! Jacque and Shelby, two of our talented Design Team contributors, have been creating with the new arrivals, so prepare to be inspired by these cards! Shelby used Liquid Pearls as centers of the Maya Rose rosettes on this card - what a great touch! 
And how about this cute card - great for Copic coloring ... We love die cutting - and stamping, so what could be better than Impression Obsession dies and stamps that quite literally are "made for each other"? In many cases, you can choose between rubber cling stamps or wood mounted - which both coordinate with the low profile dies we have come to love! These dies are great to work with. These dies are manufactured by the same company that makes Cheery Lynn dies and Memory Box dies, so there are NO WORRIES about these dies!
Here's a closeup of Shelby's New Home card.
I love the plaid background she used; it is one of Simple Stories "Baby Steps" papers.
And look at what Jacque did with the house die ....
there really is "No Place Like Home" 
And how about that cute bird, and the bird nest? You guessed it, stamps with matching dies make is so quick and easy to create with. 
"Hang in There" is the name of this next pair of birds,
Shelby used on the "We've Moved" card. And there are LOTS of sentiments stamps that will go nicely with this pair also.
There's "Best Friends", "Have a Beautiful Day", "I like Hanging Out with you" and several more. 
Impression Obsession has always been know for their wonderfully detailed, almost "sketched" images.
We love the Classic Truck stamp Jacque used on these cards, and as usual, they have thought of everything.
There is even a stamp that says "You're a Classic"! 
This is just a taste of the new Impression Obsession arrivals at the store.
We hope you'll stop in to see more of their tantalizing goodies!
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Techniques & Tutorials
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Written by Shelby Thomas
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Tuesday, 05 June 2012 00:00 |
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Pizza Box Basic supplies needed:
Card Stock 12x6.5, Two sided adhesive, scoreboard, scissors
and
Other items need to decorate your box.
 When completed this box will measure Approximately 4.5x4.5. It can be used to hold4.25x4.25 cards (or smaller), candy, gift cards Or anything else you can dream up! 
Step 1. Align the 12x6.5 cardstock with the 6.5 side to the top of scoreboard. Score at 1” and 5.5” all the way down. 
Step 2. Align the cardstock so the 12” side is aligned at the top of the board. Score at 1”, 5.5”, 6.5” and 11”. 
Step 3. Create tabs by cutting the score lines on the long side of the cardstock…Your cut line will be 1” (where the horizontal and vertical score lines intersect. 
Step 4. Turn the card stock over. Place strips of the two sided tape on the tabs as shown. 
Step 5. Begin by adhering the tabs to create the box. I recommend removing the two sided tape as you go. The tabs will be on the inside of the box. 
Step 6. Complete by decorating box with lots of beautiful papers, die cuts, stamps, ribbons etc.
Shelby's Decorated Box features Impression Obsession Dogwood 3 stamp,
Impression Obsession Square Shaker Frames cutting die,
Maya Road Mini Rosettes and Burlap by the yard,
and Cosmo Cricket papers - all in stock now!! 
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Memory Box
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Written by Cathy Smith
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Monday, 28 May 2012 00:00 |
Did you miss out on our very first
Memory Box exclusive stamp sets?!? These limited edition stamp sets
completely sold out in just
3 weeks in February of last year (2011) 
Dave Brethauer, owner and designer of Memory Box Stamps,
created these 4 exclusive,limited edition stamps for us
and has re-released them for us for a few short weeks in June.
Once these are gone, they will be gone forever.
Set 1 features the Sweet Bird Collage
(to commemorate our "Sweet 16" store anniversary)
and a coordinating message stamp and a cute
bird on the side of the message stamp.
Set 2 is Dave's collage stamps, Bloom, with a
"Flowers and Friendships" combo message with
small message stamp and small flower on the side.
 
We are happy to ship to you - Call us at 719-528-1338 or
email us at
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to order your sets. Each set is $22.95 U.S. Shipping $5.95 for 1 or 2 sets
Canada $8.95 for 1 or 2 sets These are the cards Dave created with the exclusives -   Lovely, aren't they?
Thanks, Memory Box, we LOVE your products! |
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