Top Tip Tuesday Dig Out The Old Challenge

Hello and welcome here!  It's time for a Top Tip Tuesday Challenge and this time you need to dig out your old stuff, anything older than 6 months, use it in your creation, and name it in your post. How fun is that!  I finally used some of my stuff I've been meaning to get around to using.  Jeanette has a great Designer Paper Envelope Tutorial, so be sure to pop by the TTT Blog.

Challenge - Dig Out The Old

Tutorial - Envelope from DP, Jeanette

DT Tips

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

I have a My Mind's Eye pack of paper I haven't used yet, I have to admit it's from 2009...shame on me, lol.  It was a gift, and because of its size, I store it in a different area than my other patterned paper. So it was definitely time I used some:) The other items that I haven't used in over 6 months - the Corner Punch, the stamp, the Ribbon, and the Pearls.

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For a chance at the following prizes, be sure to link your creation to the Dig Out The Old at Top Tip Tuesday, you can enter up to 3 times!! For a chance at an extra prize leave a tip on your blog and be sure to leave 'tip' after your name in Mr. Linky.
Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks.

Sew Sweet - £10.00 voucher

Nicecrane Designs - $15 gift voucher

TIP -  Leave your Spellbinder on the CS to act as a mask so that when you stamp your image the ink stays within the oval, and doesn't mar the fancy edge.

Recipe: PP-My Mind's Eye Jen Wilson La Paperie, CTMH CS-White Daisy, Ink-Memento Black, SS- Penny Black Words Like Flowers, Spellbinders-Floral Ovals, EK Success Interlaced Corner Punch, Wild Orchid Rose Petal Seam Binding, Copics-R02, R05, R11, YG93 & YG97, Pearls & Foam Squares.

Enjoy, 

Deneen

Top Tip Tuesday Clean & Simple Cards

Hello and welcome here!  It's time for another Top Tip Tuesday Challenge!  This time the challenge is C&S which means Clean & Simple...which was a challenge for me, lol.  Samantha has a great Tutorial on creating C&S cards.

Challenge - Clean & Simple

Tutorial - C&S Sketch by Samantha

I couldn't stop at just one card so I have several to show you.  Here are the first 2 I made.

Card Sizes: 4.25" x 5.5"

Recipe: Digital Stamp-Bugaboo Hummingbird Flowers, CTMH SS-Card Chatter Sympathy, CTMH CS-Petal, White Daisy & Sweet Leaf, CTMH Ink-Petal, Sweet Leaf & Black, Black Fine Tip Felt Pen, Pearls.

I love how quickly these cards came together.  My TIP for this week is by drawing a line around the edge of your card you 'ground' your image without having to add a lot of embellishments.  

A big THANKS to Bugaboo for letting me use Hummingbird Flowers for my cards.  I printed the image on white CS, and then added the black line with a felt tip pen.  I finished the cards off with a sentiment and a couple of pearls, super easy!

Some close-ups of the 2 cards:

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For a chance at the following prizes, be sure to link your creation to the Clean & Simple Challenge at Top Tip Tuesday, you can enter up to 3 times!! For a chance at an extra prize leave a tip on your blog and be sure to leave 'tip' after your name in Mr. Linky.
Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks.

Simon Says Stamp - $20 gift voucher for their store

Bugaboo Stamps - 7 Digi Images of your choice

Ooh La La Creations -1 of their CD's

Here are a few more C&S cards using Hummingbird Flowers:

Card Sizes: 4.25" x 5.5"

Recipe: Digital Stamp-Bugaboo Hummingbird Flowers, Flourishes SS-Tag Lines, CTMH CS-New England Ivy, Sweet Leaf, Pansy Purple, Petal & White Daisy, CTMH Ink-Black, EF-Craft Concepts Budding Vine & Provocraft Textile, Spellbinders-Big Scalloped Circles Lg, Foam Squares, Pearls.

For these 2 cards, I embossed a piece of CS, matted it with a darker piece of matching CS, and cut out the image with Spellbinders Scalloped Circles. My fingers itched to use ribbon and some border punches, but alas the challenge was C&S, lol.  I really like how they turned out though.

And last, but not least, I made a couple of 3x3 cards.  I sized the image a little smaller than the ones I printed for the larger sized cards....that's the beauty of Digital Stamps!!

 Recipe:  Digital Stamp-Bugaboo Hummingbird Flowers, CTMH SS-Say It In Style, Flourishes SS-Tag Lines, CTMH CS-Petal, Indian Corn Blue, Outdoor Denim, Blush & White Daisy, CTMH Ink-Black, Black Fine Tip Felt Pen, Copic-BG0000, Spellbinders-Lacey Squares & Classic Squares Sm., Pearls & Foam Squares.

I used Copic Marker BG0000 to add a touch of colour to the image on the blue lacey card.  I used the black felt pen to add lines to the 2 other cards.

Don't forget to pop on over to Top Tip Tuesday to check out the other C&S cards by rest of the DT.

Enjoy,

Deneen

TTT Anything But a Card Challenge

Hello and welcome here! It's time for another Top Tip Tuesday Challenge and this time it's Anything But a Card.  Carol is sharing Wedding Stationary Tips & Ideas, and the DT is sharing some great Tips.

Challenge - Anything But a Card

Tutorial - Wedding Stationary Tips & Ideas by Carol

DT Tips

Purse Size: approx. 6.5" x 7" (tall)

I decided to share a gift bag in the shape of a purse.  I found the template HERE, but I see that the post is no longer there so I'll have the template I saved from there at the bottom of this post...I just wanted to give credit to the original creator.

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Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks.

Stamp and Create - $25 certificate for the store

Robyn's Fetish - 4 stamps of your choice

It's super easy to put together and I have other samples HERE if you would like to see them.

Here's another angle of the purse.

Tip - I didn't have a pink flower so I coloured my paper flower lightly with a Copic Marker - R83 - and added some drops of the Colorless Blender to soften the look.

Recipe: CS-Brown & Cream, EF-Provocraft Tiny Mosaic, Spellbinder's-Twisted Metal & Tags Accents, Prima Flowers, Copic-R83 & 0, Brown Lace, Pearl, Rhinestone.

Here's the Purse Template I saved from the website I shared above:

Right click on the template and save.  Open a Word document and change the Margins so that they are at zero...be sure to do this BEFORE inserting template.  Insert Photo and the template should take up the full 11".  Print the template twice, cut out both (cutting off the black lines), attach the 2 pieces together along the center line (fussy I know, but then you end up with a nice size gift bag.) Transfer the score lines to your purse, but DON'T score your template...they're there for reference. Your template is ready to use.

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Buckles: 1" x 1.25" (4)--I cut 2 slits with my X-acto knife, one near the top and one near the bottom, so that I can slide the handle through.

Handles: I cut mine 3/4" rather than 7/8" like Bridget did. Cut 3/4" x 12" (2)

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I cut my purse inserts - the cream CS - slightly smaller than my purse template, embossed and attached to the front and back.

Be sure to use Sookwang Adhesive to join your purse together!! When I used other adhesive, it kept wanting to pop apart, but when I used Sookwang, it stayed together.


I just realized that I will have to go make a copy of the pocket!  That was part of the Template on the website.

Enjoy,
Deneen