Inspired by Nature. This card is the quintessential Autumn card as if has every fall color that I love.
Supplies: orange cardstock, purple cardstock, white cardstock, olive ribbon, scallop border punch, purple marker, Stampin Up ink colors, and Stampin Up Paisley Print stamp set.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus
I’ve seen some amazing Halloween banners online lately and I was inspired to create my own. So I gathered my supplies and got into the spooky spirit! Here is how you can make your very own spooktacular bunting:
Supplies:
black crepe streamer paper
scrapbook paper (I used 6×6 pads of Apothecary Emporium & Mischievous)
white cardstock
orange cardstock
paper glaze or glitter glue
black glitter
black ribbon
2 3/8 Stampin Up scallop circle punch
3.5 inch scallop circle punch
1.5 inch circle punch
Black ink
hole punch
foam squares
Stapler
Adhesive tape
Cut 12 banner pieces out of scrapbook paper. Then ink the edges with black for a vintage look.
Next, create crepe paper rosettes using your hands and a stapler: Basically you just fold the crepe paper in your left hand (if you’re right-handed) into small, angled pleats. Holding the pleats down, keep going until you have formed a circle, try to keep it even. Stop and trim extra crepe paper when you have a circle then staple the middle of the rosette so it doesn’t unravel…you may need to staple a few times. I stapled each one three times just to make sure!
Next punch twelve 3.5 inch scallop circles out of white cardstock, then twelve out of orange cardstock using the smaller scallop punch. Rub black ink on all the edges.
I made a template for the letters using Photoshop, I printed them on white cardstock, and punched them out using a 1.5 circle punch and then used paper glaze om each letter so that the black glitter would stick. I let those dry for about 30 minutes. (See below for a free printable of the letters I created!)
To assemble: Use an adhesive roller to attach the orange scallop circle to the black crepe rosette to the white scallop circle and onto the banner. Use foam squares to attach the glitter letters to the top. Finish by punching holes in the top of each banner piece and string them together using ribbon.
Now sit back and enjoy the wicked view!
Free Printable: Spooktacular banner letters PDF File. Use a 1.5 circle punch for letters.
This card is simple and oh so girly. What little girl doesn’t like flowers and butterflies?
I took a pink card and rounded the corners. Then I took some blossom scrapbook paper and cut it a little smaller than the card and rounded its corners. I attached the chipboard flower (Cupcake Love Chipboard Shapes from Little Yellow Bicycle) to the middle of it. Next, I took my handy-dandy Martha Stewart butterfly punch and punched two different shades of butterflies and attached those using pop dots. Lastly, I applied little gems to the corners!
Thanks for looking!
and that means Fall season is upon us and I’m so excited about Halloween! Not only is my son’s 1st birthday party theme ‘Spooktacular’ but its one of my favorite holidays….so fun and creative!
I found this tutorial on how to make your very own Creepy Halloween Specimen Art. Its pretty simple, you just need some punches, foam dots, a frame and maybe a ruler.
Such a great idea for some quick holiday art on the walls. To learn how you can make this, go to Tatertotsandjello.com
1st birthday card for a special cutie! Here is a little green/pink card I made recently.
I took a piece of pink and white polka dot cardstock I had and punched the corners of it, then applied a big sticker that read Cutie, I outlined it with a pink marker and stamped happy {birthday} right above it (i wasn’t showing up much so I went over it with the same pink marker). I took a premade 1 sticker, attached it to some green paper and cut around it then added st after it so it says 1st. I applied the whole pink piece to the card and then edged the bottom with a heart punch. I swiped the edge with some pink ink. It needed a little more jazz so I took my pink marker and made dots around the corners and used a white pen to create some curved lines. It was finished with pink bakers twine at the fold. The inside was given a girly look with a cute clothesline stamp in red ink.
Here is the card I made for the baby shower I talked about in my last post. Its sweet, simple, and sparkly.
I used a pink card, applied a tiny heart border along the fold, then stamped the card with the saying “Precious Little One” and sprinkled glitter onto it. I scallop punched the bottom right corner of the card and since I love my Martha Stewart elephant punch….I decided to place a green elephant in the middle of it. (it was actually on the inside of the card)
Then I took some cute buttons and attached them to the card using glue dots. Such a quick yet sweet card.
The washcloth cupcakes was part of her gift (as seen in the previous post) but here is the card I made for my friend that’s expecting twin boys.
I started off with a green card from Paper Source. I punched out a 2.5 scallop circle of patterned cardstock and a smaller scallop of light blue cardstock. I needed a focal point so I took my Martha Stewart elephant punch and punched out two cute little elephants from teal and white polka dot paper. I then added a tiny heart to the two overlapping trunks with a foam dot. I punched the edge of the card and swiped some navy blue ink across it so it would pop. Then I cut some velvet scalloped ribbon as an embellishment for the card. I laid that down and then adhered the scalloped elephants on top. It was missing something so I took a pen and wrote out: GOOD THINGS come in multiples on the card. I added some glue and sprinkled some glitter on the Good Things to make it sparkle!
I added a punched out elephant to the envelope flap too! I think it turned out pretty good.
I made this birthday card for a friend’s daughter. The theme of the party was strawberry shortcake and I just happened to have some stickers to match!
I took pink cardstock folded it in half vertically and then punched a border on it. I then took a diecut strawberry and attached it to a die cut green scallop background…it needed a little something so I outlined the edges with a yellow marker. Next, I took my 2.5 inch jumbo scallop punch and made another background for the strawberry, so it looks layered. I had some red cardstock, which I punched the edges of and adhered it to the card…attaching the strawberry/scallops on top. I tied a red ribbon around the card and put a strawberry shortcake sticker on top..lastly, I took a tiny scallop-shaped diecut and applied a number 3 to it and placed it next to Ms. Shortcake. I love how girly it is!
I was looking to refresh my front door with something summery…after all, I potted new flowers and a new tree to gain some curb appeal..so I thought why not make a wreath to make my plain ole front door pop? I’m tired of the fake floral wreaths I see time and time again. I did some research and found the perfect DIY summer wreath!
Here are instructions for DIY wreath project I tackled. My method and materials are different from what she mentions, mostly because I wanted a bigger wreath cause I knew an 8 inch wreath would be dwarfed by the proportion of my door.
Materials I used
Kraft paper roll (looks like wrapping paper roll)
Scallop punch (mine is 3.5)
12 inch straw wreath
glue gun
unsharpened pencil
scrapbook paper and pages from old book
1. I cut long thin sheets from my Kraft roll to cover my entire wreath…I just wrapped them around and hot glued it until I couldn’t see any more straw. (see pic)
2. Punch a bunch of scallops using your punch. I didn’t count how many I punched but it was a lot. Fold paper a few times to make it quicker and get more circles.
3. Take unsharpened pencil and fold scallop around it so it looks like a blossom, place hot glue at the point of pencil on the Kraft paper. Then start gluing them one by one, close together onto your wreath. I used the pencil to push down on the wreath to make sure they would stick.
4. Continue until wreath is full.
5. Cut different butterfly sizes from colored paper and book pages. I chose lavender! (butterfly template found here)
6. Hot glue the center backs of the butterfly onto wreath in any order you like, mine went from small to big on the right side of the wreath.
7. Hang on door, and admire all summer long!
Here are a few of the cards I made for the special Moms in my life.
I had a blast making these fun cards. For the purple and green MOM card I used Stampin Up’s Day of Gratitude medallion clear stamp. On the purple card, it was inked on orange scrap paper with pumpkin pie ink and then I used a red pen to color in details and purple glitter to make it pop against the background. On the MOM card, I used the smae stamp but this time I used it on kraft paper with clear ink and then used a white embossing powder and my heating tool to make the image rise. For the Flowers card, I layerd flowers and stapled them to the card using a tiny stapler (this is easier then using a glue dot) and then adhered blue gems in the center of the flowers. I made a flower pot from photo corners and drew stem lines from the flowers to the pot using a brown pen. The Dots card was simple…started out with a green flower, white glittered brad, a punched scallop shape from kraft paper, and a brown polka dotted paper with corners punched and then adhered all to the green card. I finished it with white dot details.
A few materials that I used:
Folded cards from PaperSource
Day of Gratitude stamp set by Stampin Up
Heat embossing tool used for medallion design on MOM card
Martha Stewart Glitter (white and purple)
Double Loops Corner punch by Martha Stewart
EK Success edge scallop punch
White Uni-ball gel pen
Lavender ribbon from Michaels
Brown satin photo corners from Martha Stewart (used for the garden pot on flowers card)
Prima paper Flowers
Tim Holtz tiny attacher stapler
Blue gem stickers from Michaels
2 1/2 inch Scallop punch
Scrap paper
red pen
Le Pen brown pen
Hope you make your own Mothers Day cards this year!
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