Papertrey Ink Flower Blog Hop

Today is the day for the May Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink. The challenge was to use flowers.

I decided to to make another post it note holder with an acrylic frame. The frame size is 4 inches x 6 inches. Utilizing two Papertrey Ink stamp sets, Flower Fusion #1 and Fillable Frames #5, I created my header.




First, I cut the frame out using the Fillable Frames #5 die. The border and sentiment was stamped on with Cottage Ivy Memento Ink and Versafine Black Ink. Then, I cut out the flowers with the Flower Fusion #1 die and then stamped on them with Versamark Ink. For the leaves, I stamped the stems with Cottage Ivy Memento Ink and then cut out just the leaves. Since I love using buttons as the centers for flowers, I threaded them with some white DMC floss and glued them on to the flowers. I hand cut the banner behind the header and attached it to the frame using pop up dots. The base paper is from American Crafts. A post it note was adhered to the frame. I quickly altered a RSVP pen and tied a pretty shear polka dotted bow to complete my gift.

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Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

I've been busy sewing my Bitty Bags and decided to participate in the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. The challenge for the Blog Hop is to use scallops.

So, this is what I came up with. The paper is from Bazzill and Bo Bunny, while the ink is from Memento. I made a tag for my bag using the Fillable Frames #5 Die, Nestabilities Standard Tag Die, and the Flower Fusion #1 Flower Die. The stamped image (the stem) is from Flower Fusion #1 Stamp Set and the border from Fillable Frames #5 Stamp Set. The flower and the scalloped tag is popped up using pop up dots. A little button and ribbon finished off my tag/bag combination. This is the perfect set to give to someone special for any occasion.

Here is a close up of the tag:




Don't forget, today is my first blogoversary! Yay, Woo hoo!! You still have time to enter for the my blog candy give away. Just scroll down for all of the details.

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Beth

Scarecrow Tutorial

Here is the tutorial for the Scarecrow that I did for the Paper Punch Addiction Blog Hop. I actually only used three punches, and they are all for his head.

The head is the vase punch or as Laura calls it, the uterus punch. The nose is a triangle and the eyes are the tear drop punch.

To make his outfit, cut out the following:

All measurements are in inches.

Shirt Sleeves: Cut 2 strips 1/2 x 2

Shirt Bodice: Cut 1 rectangle 1 1/2 x 1 3/4

Overall Straps: Cut 2 strips 1 x 1/2

Overall Bib: Cut 1 rectangle 1 1/4 x 1 1/2

Pant Legs: Cut 1 rectangle 2 x 1 1/2

Pocket: I just cut a small square free hand.

Hat: Cut 1 rectangle 3 x 2 1/2

Cut the corners off shirt bodice, overalls bib, and cut a slit to make the pant legs. I just did this free hand. To assemble the scarecrow:

1) Glue the sleeves to the shirt bodice. Glue the straps onto the shirt. Glue the bib on so that it hangs over the shirt (when you turn it over) about a 1/4 inch. Then, glue the pants on where the bib overlaps the shirt . Don't worry about the line showing, you can cover it up with a little raffia belt. Use a white gel pen to add stitching lines.

2) Make 6 little raffia bundles. Don't worry about the size, just make them a little bigger because you can give him a hair cut after they attached. Glue 2 on for feet and 2 for hands. You can glue little buttons or bows to his cuffs.

3) The hat is just the basic paper sailor hat we used to make as kids from newspaper.

4) For the face, I cut the stem off the uterus punch. Glue the eyes (tear drops) and nose (triangle). The mouth is drawn in with a sharpie pen. White gel pen was used to highlight his eyes and a little pink ink gave him some rosy cheeks. Glue his hair and hat on, then attach it to his body.

You are now done with the scarecrow, just add him to anything to give new life to any fall project! Thank you for all of your kind words and patience while I finished the tutorial. If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know. If you decide to make this little guy, I would love to see a picture of it.

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Beth

Blog Hop Tutorial and Happy Birthday, Dad!

I would like to thank everyone for the all of the comments and compliments on my scarecrow that I made for the Paper Punch Addiction Blog Hop yesterday. I am working on the tutorial, I was up until 2:00 AM working on the scarecrow, so I need to go back and figure out how I made it! As soon as it's done, I will post it. Thank you for your patience. (PS-Mom, I only made one of these bags, so, yes, you can have it!)

Today is my Dad's birthday. Happy Birthday! I'm not going to post his card until he receives it, just in case he sees it here before he gets it in the mail. Sometimes his mail is a little slow.

My Dad and my brother, Richard.

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Beth

Paper Punch Addiction Blog Hop

This my first ever blog hop. I'm not really sure what I'm doing, so please bear with me! Of course, I waited until the very last minute to make my project. I studied all of the paper punch art at Splitcoast and that is how I decided to make something fall themed. I'm really into lunch sacks right now, so I made this goody bag. The scarecrow and pumpkins are made from various punches. The fence is a yellow Sizzix die. I finished it off with a tea dyed clothespin. I hope you like it. My table is a mess with little bits of raffia EVERYWHERE!

Go on and check out what the extremely talented ladies participating have dreamed up. (Edit-I think I fixed it!) I know that I didn't do this right, I couldn't figure out how to paste the link list, so I did it the hard way. If you can't connect to the other blogs, go to Paper Punch Addiction, she has the list of all the participants. Sorry to make this so difficult, I really don't know what I'm doing!!

Paper Punch Addiction
Blinkin' Thinkin' & Inkin'
It’s A Stamp Thing
Kelli’s Korner
Northwest Stamper
Ink Paper Stamps
Gwen’s Paper Expressions
Stamping My Life Away
Gettin’ Crafty
Krafty Kate’s Kupboard
Brenda’s Stamping Corner
Beth-a-Palooza
Bonnie’s Creative Place
Craft Chaos

Supplies:
Paper: Cosmo Cricket, The Paper Company, Bo Bunny, Recollections
Misc: Raffia, lunch sack, clothespin, buttons, ribbon, paper punches, pop up dots, sizzix, fence die, white gel pen, black sharpie

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Beth