Friday, December 10, 2010

C061 Majestic Evergreen


Prepare card by folding 8½ x 51/2” red cardstock in half. Crease fold with a bone folder. Set aside.


Cut green cardstock 4 x 51/4”. Randomly stamp pine sprig 09.114.E page 35 using Versamark inkpad. From the wrong side, mark a vertical centerline near the bottom of the card with a pencil. Reinforce with scotch tape and punch a hole on both sides of the vertical mark and again about 1/8” towards the edges of the card using a ¼” hole punch..


Rip 11/2” wide by 5” long. Weave fabric through all four holes beginning on the right side of the panel, threading from the front of the panel. Glue panel to the card front. Set aside.


Iron fusible web to a scrap of fabric. Cut to measure 21/2 x 31/4”. Remove paper backing and iron on to 23/4 x 31/2” gold cardstock. Glue to the center of the card and set aside.


Punch ten oak leaves from green cardstock. Glue four leaves upside down, side by side to form the bottom row of the tree. Overlap with the next row of three, then two leaves. Glue one leaf right side up to form the top of the tree. Mount to the center of the fabric panel.

Inspired by a card in the January/February 2001 issue of The Rubber Stamper, page 89.

First taught this class on November 27, 2002

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

C077aa Label Stamping

Instructions for this card are on my April 22, 2010 post or type C077 in the Search Box to find it.

Stamp - 32.017.K page 301.
Cardstock - Hunter, Wallpaper, gold cardstock.


Ink - Black memories, Vivid Straw, Vivid Inky Blue.


Accessories - Avery labels, corner rounder, stipple brush, paintbrush, Iredescent Medium paint.

Monday, December 6, 2010

C095 Wallpaper Mitten

Prepare card by folding ½ x 51/2” off white cardstock in half. Crease fold with a bone folder. Set aside.


Choose four pieces of wallpaper. Number them from one to four.


Cut wallpaper #1, 4” x 41/4”. Adhere to card front leaving a 1/8” border at the top and both sides. Set aside.


From wallpaper #2, trace a rectangle 41/4” x 11/2” using a pencil. Rip along one 41/4” length. Cut the rest with scissors. Glue with straight edge along the bottom. Set aside.


Using the postage stamp punch, punch three pieces from off white cardstock. Swipe with matching ink. Adhere evenly across the bottom of the card on wallpaper #2. Add a snowflake punched from wallpaper #4 to each postage stamp square. Set aside.


Cut a tag from wallpaper #3. Mount onto off white cardstock. Trim close. Edge with ink. Set aside.


Cut a rectangle 13/4” x 21/4” from off white cardstock. Edge with ink. Punch a snowflake at the bottom left corner. Glue to the bottom portion of the tag. Adhere the punched snowflake to the top of the tag. Punch a mitt from wallpaper #4 and glue to tag. Set aside.


Stamp phrase 07.335.E page 377 onto off white cardstock using contrasting ink. Punch with 11/4 square punch. Swipe edges with ink. Adhere to a 11/2” square from wallpaper #4. Glue to top left corner of card.


Place tag on card in a pleasing manner with one corner tucked under the bottom panel.

First taught this class on March 30, 2007.

Friday, December 3, 2010

M166 Merry Christmas Happy New Year


Stamps -



Cat 23.317.J page 249;


Phrase 23.697.H page 343;


Background 14.418.S page 257.


Ink - SU! Ruby Red pigment and dye, SU! Close to Cocoa pigment, Versamark.


Cardstock - SU! Ruby Red pigment, SU! Close to Cocoa, Off white.


Accessories - Crystal embossing powder.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

C057 String of Ornaments



Prepare card by folding ½ x 51/2” chili cardstock in half with a bone folder. Stamp edges with pine sprig 09.114.E page 35 using Versamark. Mount with 5 x 33/4” decorative Christmas paper, then 3 x 4” gold cardstock and lastly, 21 /2 x 21/2” decorative Christmas paper. Set aside.
Silver emboss one ornament 02.076.F page 123 and another one with gold EP on green cardstock.


Silver emboss one ornament 02.076.F page 123 and another one with gold EP on chili cardstock.


Cut out ornaments. Punch 1/8” holes at the top of each ornament. Thread with 8” of gold cord. Tie a loose knot approximately 1” from each end. Apply mounts to each ornament and adhere to card in a pleasing manner.

Inspired from a card from the Stampers Sampler August/September 1999 issue page 20.
First taught this class on October 30, 2002.
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