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Easter treats with the scallop tag topper punch

15 Tuesday Apr 2014

Posted by Carolyn in 1 1/4 inch circle, 1 3/4 inch scallop circle, 3D projects, Cupcakes and other tasty treats, Gift bags, Punches, Scallop Tag Topper, Using up scraps

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circle punch, Easter gifts, Easter treats, kids craft ideas, Lindt bunny craft, scallop circle punch, Scallop tag punch

Hello

Today I wanted to show you some little Easter gifts we made for the teachers at my son’s daycare.

Easter treats with the scallop tag topper punch

There are so simple to make even a 4 year old can (mostly!) make them – and he (mostly!) did.

I cut a series of strips of card stock 4.9cm x 21cm long.   (21cm is the width of the short edge of an A4 piece of card stock.   I’ve found if you cut 4.9cm instead of 5cm wide, not only does the piece fit beautifully into the tag topper punch, but you get 6 strips out of 1 sheet of A4 paper – bargain!)

I scored 8cm in on each side and then punched each end with the tag topper punch.   I used my 1 1/4 inch circle punch to make “the window for the bunny’s house” (as my son called it).   The chocolates are mini Lindt bunnies that I found in packs of 5 at Kmart.   I put a mini glue dot on the bottom to hold the bunny in place, then tied up the top of the tags with ribbon.

James was quite happy with how they looked undecorated:

Simple tag topper punch Easter treat

I however felt the need to ‘pretty it up’ a little further, so made a “window sill” (again, according to James) to go around the window.

Decorated Easter treat with the scallop tag topper punch

To make this decorative border, punch a 1 1/4 inch circle from some scrap paper – leaving room for the border around the edge of where you’ve punched.   Then take your 1 3/4 inch scallop circle punch, centre the hole and punch.  Voila – a decorative scallop border perfectly sized to fit your punch!

Here’s hoping his teachers like their little Easter treats.

Caro x

 

 

 

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For you flower – and matching envelope

07 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/4 inch scallop circle, 1 3/8 circle, Birthday, Cards, General occasion, Kids cards, Punches

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best of 25 years, cards, For You flower, Stampin Up

Hello

For those of you that follow Stampin’ Up!, you would know that it is their 25th anniversary this year.  As part of their birthday celebrations, they are bringing back some of the most popular stamps from the past 25 years.    I am very pleased with the November stamps, as they include one of my favourite stamps from the past few years – the one I call the For You flower (I’m not sure if it has a real name!).

Here is a card I made last year using this stamp:

For You flower card

 

One of the reasons I love this stamp so much is that it coordinates with the scallop punch and the 1 3/8 ” circle punch.

When I found this card, I also realised I had some left overs of the stripy paper.   And ta da – I made a matching envelope with my brand spanking envelope board punch!!!

Envelope with Envelope Board PunchI can’t tell you how excited I am by this envelope board punch.   I have been checking the blogosphere and already have lots of ideas I want to try out – oh, and making envelopes with it of course!

Thanks for reading

Caro x

 

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Simple scallop frame with punches

06 Tuesday Aug 2013

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/4 inch scallop circle, 1 3/8 circle, Punches, Tutorial

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Yesterday I showed you my favourite baby card to make.   One of the clever tricks involved in making that card is the scallop ‘lace’ around the neck and legs of the jump suit.

I wanted to show you step by step how to do this – as it is a really good trick for making a scallop border as well.    To make these ones, I used the Stampin’ Up!  1 3/4″ scallop and 1 3/8″ circles punches.   You could use any size punches though, as long as the circle punch is slightly smaller than the scallop punch.

Step 1:  Punch a circle, leaving enough room around the edges for the border

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Step 2: position your scallop punch around the punched out circle to make an even border

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Punch – and voila!   A gorgeous little scallop border.

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If you were going to make the baby onesie card, you would need to cut the border roughly in half (always measure against the card!) to stick around the ‘leg holes’ or ‘neck hole’.

I like this technique though as it also makes a really nice border for a stamped image. It can also make a cute flower.

Such a simple technique, but really effective.

Enjoy!!

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My favourite baby card

05 Monday Aug 2013

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/4 inch scallop circle, 1 3/8 circle, Baby cards, Cards, Tutorial, Using up scraps

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baby cards, cards, Punches, scraps

One of my favourite things to make is a card for a new baby.   Today I wanted to show you my favourite card to make of all time – a little “onesie” baby card.

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It might look a little tricky, but it’s really quite straightforward once you get the hang of it.   The main tools you’ll need here are a craft knife and ruler and/or straight hands with scissors!, a scallop punch and a circle punch that is just slightly smaller.   I’ve used the Stampin’ Up! 1 3/4″ scallop circle punch and 1 3/8″ circle punch.

I’d love to say I came up with this idea all by myself – but I used a tutorial kindly shared by Stampin’ Up! demonstrator Becky Jensen.    This is such a great tutorial – step by step instructions with pictures of each step.

The only changes I’ve made to Becky’s basic design (which is in inches) are:

  • I’ve used standard Australian sized card (10.5 x 14.8 cm)
  • I’ve cut the arms at 4.5cm
  • I cut small strips of scrap designer series paper to decorate the arms instead of using the scallop edge punch for the arms.
    I have made these cards using the scallop edge punch to decorate the arms as well (it matches the scallops at the neck and legs) but I must have given them away so don’t have any pictures.  I’ll have to make some more!

Once you’ve made a few of these, you will probably feel you can use your trimmer to cut the section out to make the arms and body (ie, cut in 4.5cm and then cut down to the leg).  Once you master that, these cards are ridiculously quick to make.

These are so much fun to make I always seem to make them in batches.  These cards are another good way to use up little scraps of paper you don’t want to throw out.

Here are a few more pictures:

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Here are some packaged up for sale.  They look so cute all lined up together!

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I hope you enjoy making one of these cards next time you have a new arrival to celebrate!

Caro

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Home decorations with flower punches

26 Sunday May 2013

Posted by Carolyn in 1 3/4 inch scallop circle, 3D projects, Big Shot, Blossom, Boho Blossoms, Fancy Flower, Home decorating

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Hi there

Continuing my recent mission on using up paper from my enormous stash, my son and I recently decided to make some flowers I can keep in my office all the time.

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We used a variety of Stampin’ Up! punches – Blossom, Fancy Flower, Boho Blossoms, and various scallop and circle punches as well as some die cut flowers.   Stick them all together with glue and dimensionals to make flowers, and finish off with a button or brad in the centre.   We used Riding Hood Red, Cherry Cobbler, Bravo Burgundy and Poppy Parade (retired) card stock.

I attached these to ordinary kitchen skewers and put them inside an old vinegar bottle which had lovely leaf designs built into the glass.

Mr 3 is very pleased with the flowers in my office!

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