Nov

09

Stamped Card With Sparkly Embossed Bag

The lovely Blythe shares with us this pretty project that’s perfect for holiday gift giving or, you know, a wedding.

501 Stamped Card With Sparkly Embossed Bag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While the project focus is on the sparkly-embossed organza bag, I think the card is the real showstopper here. How gorgeous would this be adapted into an invitation? And the bag? An excellent way to present favors.

SUPPLIES:
[Note: The numbers in parentheses refer to the item's current catalog number in the current Stampin' Up! Idea Book.)

  • Stamps: Medallion (115223) and Tiny Tags (118091) both by Stampin' Up!
  • Card Stock: Very Vanilla (101650) by Stampin' Up!
  • Ink: Old Olive Classic Ink (102277), Craft Stampin' Spots - Brights Collection (119718) by Stampin' Up!
  •  Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder (101930)
  • Heat Tool (100005), Powder Pals (102197)
  • Old Olive Satin Ribbon (117292)
  •  Jewelry Tag Punch (117190)
  • 1/16" Circle Punch (101227)
  • Linen Thread (104199)

INSTRUCTIONS

For The Bag:

  1. Cut a piece of card stock or thin cardboard slightly smaller than organza bag and insert it into the bag.  Lay the bag on a flat surface and smooth out any wrinkles.
  2. Ink the Medallion stamp well with Old Olive Craft Ink. Stamp on bag as desired.
  3. Sprinkle the stamped area generously with Iridescent Ice embossing powder. Shake off excess powder into a container (you can re-use any unheated embossing powder).
  4. Using even back and forth motions with the heat tool, melt the embossing powder. Be careful here; you'll want to heat only until the powder turns liquid. Overheating will pucker and melt the organza. (See below.)
  5. Remove card stock from bag. Insert your favor or gift.
502 Stamped Card With Sparkly Embossed Bag

Heating The Embossing Powder On The Bag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Gift Note:

  1. Cut Very Vanilla card stock to 3″ x 6″, score at 3″ and fold in half to create card.
  2. Ink Medallion stamp with Old Olive Craft Ink and stamp image on card front.
  3. Sprinkle with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, shake off excess powder, and heat set using the Heat Tool.
  4. Tie Old Olive Satin Ribbon around card.
  5. Using Old Olive Classic Ink and the solid tag image from Tiny Tags, stamp off once onto scrap paper, and then stamp onto Very Vanilla card stock.
  6. Ink “merry” image with Old Olive Classic Ink and stamp over solid tag image. Punch out the image using the Jewelry Tag Punch.
  7. Punch a small hole in the Jewelry Tag using the Handheld Circle Punch (or use the Paper-Piercing Tool). Tie the Jewelry Tag to the Satin Ribbon using Linen Thread.

503 Stamped Card With Sparkly Embossed Bag
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Blythe:
Blythe Klipple is a demonstrator for Stampin’ Up!
Email: blythe@stampinwithblythe.com
Blog: http://www.stampinwithblythe.com
Stampin’ Up! website & Store:  http://blythestamps.stampinup.net


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May

13

Featured DIYer: Raechel (And Her Invitations)

We love it when you guys and gals want to show off your rockin’ DIY projects!

DIYer Raechel sent in her handcrafted invitations that she made with her cousin Marion of mayanrocks.com.

Congrats, Raechel! We hope you had an amazing wedding day!



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Apr

30

Fab Fonts Finds: LD Cursive, Fontleroy Brown, DT Flowers

It sounds cliche but your choice of font can make or break your stationery design. With the hundreds of thousands of fonts available, finding the right one can be daunting. Don’t fret, pretty people! DIY Bride will bring you a weekly dose of the best free and commercial fonts.

FontleroyBrown – Free
fontleroybrown Fab Fonts Finds: LD Cursive, Fontleroy Brown, DT Flowers
LDCursive – $3.00
LD cursive Fab Fonts Finds: LD Cursive, Fontleroy Brown, DT Flowers
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Apr

19

Fab Font Finds

It sounds cliche but your choice of font can make or break your stationery design. With the hundreds of thousands of fonts available, finding the right one can be daunting. Don’t fret, pretty people! DIY Bride will bring you a weekly dose of the best free and commercial fonts.

Lauren Script {free}

lauren script Fab Font Finds
IM Fell Flowers {free}
imfellflowers Fab Font Finds
Nelly Script by Tart Workshop {commercial}
nellyscript Fab Font Finds



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Feb

04

Real Yudu Project: Alieand#039;s Save-The-Dates

DIYer, Alie from Borrowed Turquoise, was kind enough to share her gorgeous DIY save-the-dates she made with her Yudu screenprinter.

Alie printed vintage hankies for inclusion with her STDs. How utterly beautiful are they? She also gave a good review of the Yudu. Please check out her full post here.

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Alie's Save-The-Dates Printed With Yudu Machine





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Feb

04

Real Yudu Project: Alie's Save-The-Dates

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DIYer, Alie from Borrowed Turquoise, was kind enough to share her gorgeous DIY save-the-dates she made with her Yudu screenprinter.

Alie printed vintage hankies for inclusion with her STDs. How utterly beautiful are they? She also gave a good review of the Yudu. Please check out her full post here.

Alie's Save-The-Dates Printed With Yudu Machine




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Feb

04

Real Yudu Project: Alie’s Save-The-Dates

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DIY Bride Alie's Handkerchief Save-The-Dates

DIYer, Alie from Borrowed Turquoise, was kind enough to share her gorgeous DIY save-the-dates she made with her Yudu screenprinter.

Alie printed vintage hankies for inclusion with her STDs. How utterly beautiful are they? She also gave a good review of the Yudu. Please check out her full post here.

DSC 0406 1024x680 Real Yudu Project: Alies Save The Dates

Alie's Save-The-Dates Printed With Yudu Machine




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Nov

24

DIY Letterpress Resources

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So, you wanna go the DIY letterpress route. Groovy! Whether you use the L Letterpress or are fashioning your own printmaking contraption, you’re gonna need some supplies. Custom Plates:

  • Lifestyle Crafts, makers of the L Letterpress, will soon be offering a custom plate service.
  • elum (creators of some of the most gorgeous letterpress stationery on the planet) is offering a letterpress platemaking service at Letterpressplates.com
  • Boxcar Press, respected letterpress gurus, also offer custom plates.
  • DIY Bride: stay tuned for our DIY platemaking tutorial.
  • Note: when looking for plates, you’ll want the KF152 type photopolymer plate. It’s best for the L Let and die cut machine presses due to its deep relief and plastic backing.

Inks: Letterpress inks are expensive and because they’re sold to the letterpress trade, they come in larger-than-necessary-for-a-crafter amounts.

  • Lifestyle Crafts sells inks for the L Let in 20 colors. They come in 30 ml tubes for around $7.00 a pop. The colors water-based can be mixed. Nearly all of the L Let retailers sell the inks. Shop around for the best prices + shipping.
  • NA Graphics deals mostly in oil-based inks but they do have smaller sizes for the casual printer.

Papers: Paper is extremely important in letterpress-type printing. It needs to be thick and cushy to be able to take the impression from the plate. Most letterpress operators use papers that are made of cotton rag.  Beware that many printmaking papers are sold in large sheets, not in convenient 8.5″ x 11″ sizes. Below is a  list of the types of papers (brands and lines) and resources where to buy. This is, by no means, a complete list but should keep you busy for a while. Crane – Lettra 80# text, 110# and 220# covers Crane -  Palette Fabriano Medioevalis French Paper Muscletone 140# cover Magnani – Pescia Porridge Papers Rising Museum Board Rives Neenah Classic Crest in 80# text, 130# and 165# covers Somerset – white or natural white – 250 gsm (120lb) Where to buy paper: http://www.archpaper.net/ http://www.artpaper.com http://www.atlanticpapers.com/ http://www.crane.com http://www.dickblick.com/categories/printmakingpapers/ http://www.grungepapers.com/HandmadePaper.htm http://www.keldonpaper.com http://langdellpaper.com/ http://www.legionpaper.com/ http://www.frenchpaper.com/ http://www.mohawkpaperstore.com/shop-by-project/specialty-processes/letterpress/list-view?sort=asc&order=Weight&search=attributes http://www.neenahpaper.com/ http://www.paper.com http://www.paper-papers.com/ http://www.porridgepapers.com/handmade-paper.html http://www.strathmore.com/ http://www.thepapermillstore.com/



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Nov

23

DIY Letterpress, Pt. 1

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Courtesy of Lindsay Weirich

Hey DIYers, As the L Letterpress has captured our attention, Lindsay Weirich at The Frugal Crafter blog has come up with a way to make similar debossing/letterpress set-up using her Big Shot die cutting machine, some masonite board, and duct tape.  Ummm, can you all say ‘super smart’?! Thought so.

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Courtesy of Lindsay Weirich

This is a neat idea for those who already have a die cutting machine and aren’t looking to add another with the Lifestyle Crafts machine or starter kit.

From Lindsay: When I saw the home letterpress kit from Lifestyle Crafts I was intrigued but I wasnt about to spent $150 on a whim especially since I had a die cutter and zillions of rubber stamps already, they also have a starter kit that has the contraption that you use the printing plates with, ink and paper for $70 but that is still a lot of money in my book. So I took an old plexiglass cutting pad from my Big Shot, a piece of Masonite and some duck tape and made this:

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Lindsay's How-To Shots of her DIY Letterpress

To see exactly how Lindsay did it, please hop on over to her blog post. Please do give her a hello and a thanks for sharing her talents with us!



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Sep

12

Library Card Save-The-Dates

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I love, love, love incorporating everyday places into a wedding theme. Museums? Great. A favorite diner? Neat. A school cafeteria? Utterly adorable.

If you’re a book nerd like me, then you’ll get a kick out of using library cards as save-the-dates (or even invitations).

To get you started pop on over to the Catalog Card Generator, where I made this:

cardimg 300x183 Library Card Save The Dates

How cute is this? Very cute, I say! Keep playing with the generator and you’ll find different card styles and colors come up each time. Nifty!  Unfortunately, the generator only outputs files into low-res graphics. They’re 72 dpi which is great for online viewing but doesn’t work so well for printing (you need at least 150 dpi for a decent print; 300 dpi is preferred.)

Now, if you’re wanting something printable head over to Chia’s Rubber Stamp Art and snag these bare bones templates:

chia 300x162 Library Card Save The Dates

As an alternate, Ez at Creature Comforts, has this lovely set available to you.

freelibrarycardtemplates 300x300 Library Card Save The Dates

You need fonts now, right?

I like MAILART font to mimic rubber stamps (great for the date).

mailartstamp 300x55 Library Card Save The Dates

One of my favorite typewriter fonts is Traveling Typewriter and it goes quite well with MAILART above.

traveling 300x35 Library Card Save The Dates

ALL of these things are FREE, by the way. If you decide to download any of them, please give a big thanks to the creator(s) for their generosity and talent!



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