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Paper craft Christmas table decorations

20 Sunday Dec 2015

Posted by Carolyn in Boho Blossoms, Christmas, Curly label, Extra Large Oval, Home decorating, Petite curly label, Punches, Scallop oval, Tutorial, Word Window

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christmas craft, Christmas napkin rings, Christmas place settings, Christmas punch art, Christmas table decorations, Paper craft Christmas decorations, Punch art Santa belt, Punch art Santa hat, Stamped laminated Christmas place mats, Stampin Up

Hello!

Today I want to show you some crafts I’ve been making ready to decorate the table on Christmas Day.  This is the first year I’ve hosted Christmas at my house, so wanted to make the table look nice.

I have made laminated and stamped Christmas placemats, Santa hat place setting cards and Santa napkin rings for each guest.

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Laminated and stamped Christmas placemat

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Stamped Christmas place mat

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Punch art Santa hat place cards

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Punch art Santa belt napkin holders

These are all things I’ve featured in my blog in the past.  If you’d like to know how to make them, please check out the older posts for detailed instructions:

  • Laminated and stamped Christmas Placemats click here.
  • Punch art Santa place setting cards – and making the punch art Santa hat – click here.
  • Santa napkin rings – and making a punch art Santa belt – click here.

I’ll try and remember to post a picture of the decorated Christmas table!

Wishing you all the best for a happy Christmas and a safe and fun festive season.

Caro x

 

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Easter Bunny treat boxes

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by Carolyn in 1 1/4 inch circle, 3/4 inch circle, 3D projects, Big Shot, Boxes, Candy Wrapper, Dies, Extra Large Oval, Gift bags, Home decorating, Kids party, Punches, Small Heart, Word Window

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Hello

Given we’re starting to head towards thinking about Easter crafts I thought I would show you some pictures of some little Easter gift boxes I made last year for our Easter brunch.

Candy wrapper Bigz die easter treatsThese are made with the Stampin’ Up! Candy Wrapper Bigz Die which is retired from the current catalogue, but thankfully making a return at a whopping discount in the current Clearance Rack *.

Here is a close up of one:

Easter Bunny gift box

The eyes are made with circle punches, the nose is an upside down small heart punch, and the ears are made from the extra large oval punch and the word window punch (cut off). I drew on the whiskers but you could probably be fancy and use twine.

These looked so cute on the table and lots of mini eggs fitted beautifully inside.

I hope that kick starts you thinking of some cute Easter craft!  Thanks for reading.

Caro x

*As always, please let me know if you’d like to purchase any of the Stampin’ Up! products you see on my blog, or any of the other products in the catalogue for that matter 🙂

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Punch art Santa hat

19 Monday Aug 2013

Posted by Carolyn in Boho Blossoms, Christmas, Extra Large Oval, Punches, Scallop oval, Tutorial, Word Window

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Christmas in July, punch art, Santa hat

Yesterday I showed you my Christmas in July (in August!) themed easel card with a cute little punch art Santa hat.

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I got the idea for the Santa hat from a blog called Denise’s workshop.  It took me a little while to figure out how to make the hat using the punches I have (all Stampin’ Up!) so I thought I’d show you how I made it.

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First I punched out a red oval from the Large Oval punch:

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I then used the Word Window punch to cut out a section on an angle to make the shape for the curve of the hat:

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Next I cut a white pom pom out of a flower from the Boho Blossoms punch:

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Then I cut out the fur trim on the hat from the Scallop Oval punch, and trimmed across the top:

mail.googleI stuck the pom pom onto the hat with a mini glue dot and trimmed the bottom of the oval for the hat:

photo-5Tip: see how the cut where I trimmed off the bottom of the oval is not straight?   I found when I cut straight across the bottom of the oval the hat itself ended up looking a little ‘wonky’.   After a bit of trial and error I discovered it was better to hold the ‘fur trim’ across the hat and just judge by eye where the right spot to cut was.  Each time I made a hat it was a bit different, as each time I’d punched the Word Window section at a slightly different angle.

This picture shows you what I mean – judge how the hat should look and then figure out where to trim the bottom of the oval:

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Stick on the trim and you’re done!

I decided to use these as place settings for our Christmas lunch.

photo-4They looked really cute all lined up together!

photo-3Hopefully this might inspire you for some Christmas craft a little later in the year.

Thanks for reading!

Caro

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Masculine birthday card

18 Sunday Aug 2013

Posted by Carolyn in Birthday, Cards, Extra Large Oval, Masculine, Uncategorized

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cards, masculine cards

Hi

A quick post tonight to show you a picture of the card I made for my Dad’s birthday, which was today:

photo-9I used Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip card stock and DSP.  I punched the happy birthday greeting using white ink on brown card, punched it out with my large oval punch and raised it on dimensionals:

photo-2The other details I love on this card are the scored lines on the right:

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I made these using a stylus and my Simply Scored scoring tool.

I sometimes struggle to make masculine cards, but I think I might make this one again as it was pretty simple but still effective (I think?!?)  Dad seemed to like it, so i guess that’s all that matters 🙂

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Easel cards part 2

13 Tuesday Aug 2013

Posted by Carolyn in 3D / pop up, 3D projects, Cards, Extra Large Oval, General occasion, Kids cards, Punches, Tutorial, Uncategorized

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3D, cards, Kids cards, Punches

The other day I showed you some drink labels for a party I’d made using an easel card layout.  This is another card technique that is really quite simple – but usually gets a ‘wow’ from the person who opens it up.  Who doesn’t love minimum effort and maximum wow?!?

Easel cards are really versatile – labels, place settings, cards, grown up, kids … anything really! I’ve found that kids particularly love these because they have to figure out how they work.   It can also be a nice way to display a photo on your desk or kitchen bench.

Today I want to show you how to make the card.  First though, some pictures!  Here’s an example of a kids one from the front:

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And as an ‘easel’:

photo-7And some “grown up” butterfly ones:

photo-5photo-4I think this last one is the first card I ever made after going to a class run by the very talented Sally Ann Williams (check out Sally’s blog at http://www.sallycancraft.com)

[And yes, I’m still sorting through my old photos!!!]

Making the cards

To make these cards you need 2 pieces of card stock.  I like to use these dimensions: Piece 1 – 21 x 11 cm and Piece 2 – 11 x 11cm.  Why these dimensions?  Well, an A4 piece of card stock is 21cm along the short side, so it’s easy to just cut at 11cm to make your first piece.

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Step 1 – score Piece 1 across the short edge at 5cm and 10cm in from the long edge.

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Step 2 – fold the 10cm score line over as a valley fold.  Then fold the 5cm score line as a mountain fold (ie, back on itself)

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Step 3 – decorate Piece 2 (11cm square) however you like.  This will be the front of your card.  I’ve found it can be quite effective to leave your square plain and actually decorate a separate 10.5 x 10.5cm piece of card stock and layer that onto the front of the card. This gives you a nice layered/framed effect.  In the two butterfly cards I’ve shown you above I’ve done two layers – a 10cm x 10cm white piece and a 10.5 x 10.5cm mat.

Step 4 – put some glue onto the ‘folded back’ section.  This is where you will stick the front of the card.  I’d recommend using Snail Adhesive from Stampin’ Up!.  I’ve tried other glues from Officeworks and $2 shops but in my experience they are not strong enough for an easel card and lose their stick after a few days.

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Step 5 – stick on your card front!  This picture gives you the idea of how the card is stuck together:

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Step 6 – you need to add something to the base of your card to make the ‘easel’, ie, to prop the front of the card on so it will stand upright. You want a finished card that works like this:

photo-3What can you use to prop up the card?  It can be anything that is thick enough for the front layer to rest on and stay upright.  This could be a button, a piece of thick ribbon, or a punched shape raised on dimensionals as I’ve used here.  (Dimensionals are double sided sticky foam dots sold by Stampin’ Up! which add height to embellishments on your projects).

Here is an example of how I’ve used punches and dimensionals to make a “prop” for the easel card:

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I’ve cut 3 large oval punches in brown card stock and stuck them to the card base.  I’ve then stamped and punched a white ‘For you’ image and used dimensionals to stick it in the middle of the punched ovals to give some height to prop up the easel card.

You can also use plain ribbon if it is thick enough, like this:

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Or a button, like this:

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Note: if you use a button the card won’t sit quite as nicely when the front is closed.

Hopefully that all made sense – feel free to leave me a comment if you’d like me to explain anything!

[BTW: The red card in the pictures is one I made while I was writing this post so I could take photos and demonstrate the steps.  I broke my own rules and stuck the square piece on before I decorated it, so I could show you another way to prop the card up.   I now have to figure out how to decorate the front!)

Thanks for reading – I hope you enjoy making your own easel card.  Or if you have tips on how I can make mine differently I’d love for you to share them!

Caro x

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