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Card Making: Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

16 Tuesday Apr 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Uncategorized

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Birthday cake and candle 2

Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

Stephanie

Today is my friend Stephanie’s birthday so I made her a Birthday Girl card!

Scarlet Calliope Card for Stephanie 2013I used “Sugar Chic” from Heidi Swapp and let me tell you I am in love with the colors and the patterns in this stack!  I used a gorgeous ribbon from Lovebug Creations, this one is called “Purple-Dise”.

Before I start creating any of my projects, I always go online to see what other people have been doing and get some quick inspiration. I discovered that there are cute paper bows available from Heidi Swapp, but my local craft store only carried the paper stack and no embellishments, so I had to improvise. I sketched out a template to make a Paper Bow and you are welcome to use it and share it! (As long as you don’t sell it!) Template is at the bottom and here’s the tutorial!

How to Make Paper Bows

1. Print out the template. You may want to make the bow larger or smaller using your scanner or printer settings, depending on your project. The template will make a bow that is approximately 3″ wide x 1.5″ tall. You can either cut your scrapbook paper down to 8.5×11 and send it thru your printer, or print the template onto plain white copy paper. If you print directly to your scrapbook paper, print the template on the blank side so that you don’t waste any cute paper with the frame and title printed on it. If you want to get fancy, cut the bikini top shape out of one paper, and cut the remaining pieces out of a contrasting paper.

2. Cut out the pieces that look like a bikini top, two triangles and the small rectangle. (The doodle on the bottom is so that you can see what it looks like when it’s complete.) If your paper is single sided, you’ll want to cut 2 pieces of bikini shaped paper at the same time, and layer them wrong side to wrong side. If your paper is double sided, you can skip that last part.

3. Add a dot of glue (hot glue works really well for this!) or a glue dot on one end of the bikini and bend it gently towards the middle, but don’t allow it to fold, you want it to stay puffy. Bring the other side of the bikini in to the middle and give it a small dot of glue. If you use liquid glue, use a clamp, paperclip or clothespin to hold the bow in place while the glue dries. Or, use a small snippet of blue painters tape.

4. Bend the small rectangle around the middle of the bikini and secure it with a drop of glue on the back side.

5. Now add the tails to both sides using a drop of glue. They can flare out to the side or hang down, it’s up to you! Allow to dry.

Scarlet Calliope Card bow detail

Isn’t that Cute?

Scarlet Calliope Paper Bow Template 2

Shopping List:

  • Ribbon: Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon, “Purple-dise”
  • Cricut: “Storybook” cartridge
  • Paper: Heidi Swapp “Sugar Chic”

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the template and the tutorial.

xo,

Christine Barker

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Blog Hop: Oh No! Kimi’s Turning the Big 3-0!

05 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Blog Hop, Cardmaking, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mini Album, Mixed Media

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You only get to turn 30 once, so we’re celebrating Kimi Cremar’s birthday in a BIG way! With a blog hop featuring 15 INCREDIBLE crafters on 14 blogs, you’ve been seeing a fantastic variety of projects, tips and techniques. If you missed any of the party locations before you got here, the map to the party is down below.

Kimi Birthday Blog Candy 3

Before we look at my project, I want to tell you thank you for joining our blog hop. It means so much to me that people are visiting and leaving comments, it really inspires me to keep creating and posting my handmade love! You’re at stop number 3 and the road map for the hop is down below in case you get distracted. (Oh look, glitter!)

Scarlet Calliope Birthday cake and candle

I’m really not much of a card maker, mostly because I’m always remembering people’s occasions at the last minute. But, I do love making mini albums, so when I found out it was Kimi’s big three zero, I started pulling together my favorite papers, paints and embellishments.

Scarlet Calliope Kimis Blog Hop 5

I started with a chipboard album and painted each of the pages, front and back, first with gesso (it works like a primer) and then with regular acrylic paint. Then I selected some papers and using my Curvy Cutter from EK Success, I cut the scrapbook papers into rounded squares. I then took those cut papers and cut each of them again into 1/3 and 2/3 sections, so that I would have coordinating papers to mix and match on each layout. I used my Cricut “Storybook” cartridge to cut out the numbers. And since Kimi is having a milestone birthday, rhinestone bling was definitely in order!

Scarlet Calliope Kimis Blog Hop 3

Kimi’s favorite colors are Pink and Light Lime Green so I used those colors lavishly. All ribbon used throughout is Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon. Party hats and balloons are cut from the Cricut “Celebrations” cartridge.

Scarlet Calliope Kimis Blog Hop 2

I LOVE Bunting, or garlands, or pendants or whatever the cool kids are calling them these days They’re so fun and whimsical I just had to use them on top of bakers twine. And, by the way, I found red and white bakers twine on clearance for 70% off in my local Target dollar section Friday night. That means you can score some for just $.30!

Scarlet Calliope Kimis Blog Hop 1

I was inspired to use the layered ticket idea from a project that my creative friend Dorcas, the Crafty Card Angel, used. I stamped my sentiments onto card stock and then used my “ticket” punch. Cupcake was cut from the Cricut “Doodlecharms” cartridge.

Scarlet Calliope Kimis Blog Hop 4

Here’s the front cover opened up to show the layout with the back cover.

Crafting Concoction:

  • Ribbon: Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon
  • Cricut Cartridges: Storybook, Doodlecharms, Celebrations
  • Paper: DCWV “The Sweet Stack”

Did Someone Say Blog Candy?

But wait, we’ve got Party Favors for you! I bet you heard about the BLOG CANDY, right? Check it out!

Jaded Blossom gift certificate

$15 Jaded Blossom Gift Certificate

Kimi Birthday Blog Candy 4

Heidi Swapp Flowers and Color Shine spray in “Georgia Peach”

Kimi Birthday Blog Candy 5

This prize pack reminds me of chocolate cake! Mmmm!

BLOG CANDY #1

  • 2 Canvas Corp 6×6 Pads
  • 1 Pink Paisley 6×6 Pad
  • 6 Flower Trims
  • 1 Cupcake Shaped Mini Album
  • 3 Chocolate-hued colors of Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in “Gentleman’s Jacket”, “Sugar Plum” & “Beary Brown”

BLOG CANDY #2

  • Heidi Swapp Flowers and Color Shine Spray in “Georgia Peach”

BLOG CANDY #3

  • $15 Jaded Blossom Gift Certificate

Who wants to win the Blog Candy?

  1. You must leave a comment on each blog in the hop
  2. Sign up to follow every blog
  3. Wish the birthday girl, Kimi Cremar, a “Happy Birthday” at the end of the hop
  4. Winner will be chosen and announced on April 8th

The Party Bus is This Way

Ok, are you ready to visit the next blog in the party? Head over to Jenny Johnson’s place and see what kinds of cuteness she has going on!

Too Much Punch? Here’s the Party Map:

In case you got lost, here are the stops:

1. Tanya Stilwell –http://www.scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/

2. Martha Pineda- http://beautifulcreationsmp.blogspot.com/

3. Stephanie Eaken www.stephanie-eaken.blogspot.com

4. Michelle Criswell www.scrappinwithmybug.com

5. Candace Pelfrey www.papercraftsbycandace.com

6. Dawn Rene Carlyle http://designsbydawnrene.com

7. Ellen ♥ CardMonkey ~ http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/

8. Julie Cricut Chick – www.cricutchick.com

9. Dawn Mercedes – www.dawnmercedes.blogspot.com

10.Christine Barker – www.scarletcalliope.com < < < You are here!

11.Jenny Johnson- www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com < < < Here’s your next stop!

12.Dorcas – http://www.craftycardangel.com/

13. Zeni – http://www.scrappyzeni.com/

14. Kimi and Pam – http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

Thanks everyone and Happy Birthday, Kimi!!!

xo,

Christine Barker

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