Artistic Embellishments

Monday, January 9, 2017

Sale-a-brate with Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper

Hello stampers!

I have a project featuring the fabulous {Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper}. Colouring seems to be super popular and once again, Stampin' Up! is right on trend. The best part about this paper is that you can earn it for FREE during Sale-a-bration. With every $60, before tax/shipping you can select this paper or choose from a bunch of other great products. Since I'm a fan of colouring, this paper was the first thing I chose to earn during this promotion.

I used the new {Watercolour Pencils} to colour in the floral images. Then just blended the pencils with an {Aquapainter} and you can't tell the flowers were coloured with pencils at all. The pencils are awesome!

I decided to fussy cut the images from the paper to make my card have even more depth than the colouring alone. It didn't take very long either. As a finishing detail to the flowers, I added some {Wink of Stella - Clear}.

The sentiment is from another Sale-a-bration product - a stamp set called {Avant Garden}.

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

Watercolor Pencils

Stampin' Dimensionals

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

Aqua Painters

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Paper Snips

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

8-Sided Popcorn Box with Instructions

Hello stampers!

I have a fun box to share with you complete with photos and instructions. I used the {Popcorn Box Thinlits Dies} to make a larger version. I used night of navy card stock and {Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper}. The sentiments used are from {Gift from the Garden}. I hope you like it.

Cut 4 - die cuts (8-1/2" X 11" piece of Card stock, cut at 5-1/2" will make the 4 pieces). Fold score lines and assemble as shown below.

Attach the final tab to the opposite end like shown below.

It looks a bit wonky right now, but it needs some re-enforcement to make it sturdier.

Cut 1 piece of 1-3/4" X 4". This tab is to be adhered first and forms the box. Cut 3 pieces of 1-1/2" X 3-3/4" and add to the tabs.

Continue to add strips until all the tabs are adhered. It will look like the sample below.

I cut another 4 pieces and adhered into the inside of the box to make it more sturdy. I also die cut the largest circle from the {Layering Circles Dies}.