"Mel Stampz" - 5 new articles
First ever Paper Garden Projects Holiday Hop!   Welcome to the first ever Paper Garden Projects Garden Walk blog hop!  Makin' a list, Checkin' it twice! This will get you in shape for your holiday list checking. ;o) We know you've been nice & never naughty, so to win some goodies, please just: 1) Follow the hop order (below)--visit the Paper Gardeners' blogs & subscribe 2) Make a little list with the designers and their treats on it 3) Email to custserv@papergardenprojects.com by midnight-EST Nov 24  1...Blog hop prize information 2...Candy Cane cookie land (cookie tin gift idea) 3...Cookie recipe (Walnut Shorbread with Candy Cane) 4...Blog hop order -1-  prize info Here's all the prize info, courtesy of Cathy: "Everyone who sends the correct list of designers and treats will be entered in a random drawing to win one of 3 prizes. You need to send an e-mail to the address above; please don't leave your list as a comment. You have until midnight (EST) on Nov. 24 to make your list and check it twice.... The first prize is a festive collection of Holiday paper crafting goodies.  The prize includes:
The second prize is a $7 gift certificate to the Paper... P.O.D. Thankfulness Trees (and some news!)
It's so wonderful that the American Thanksgiving is so much later in the year (than our Canadian one), so I can stretch out being Thankful! :o)
This project is a Thanksgiving Thank You tote decorated all in Purple Onion Design stamps. (Another thing I have to be grateful for. Thanks to Michele, I get to play along with her & her amazing Design Team for the Holidays!) It's a large tote: 4.5 inches high 8 inches wide 2 inches deep (front to back) 
It has side loop-ies: 
and it has a pocket inside: 
1... some stamp faves: Purple Onion Designs 2... making a Large quilted forest tote bag 3... making the 4.5 x 8 inch tote bag-(12x12 paper) Tree trunk from Celebitties doodles:
Autumn definition from the 4 Seasons Definition set: 
"Season" from the 4 seasons words: 
-2- 
...make a quilted (beaded) forest :o) 
I can't get enough of punching this little tree in shapes (it's so sweet with scallop circles/squares...cut free-hand into rectangles/triangles.) I've gone over the top with beading on this, but you can make a lovely little tree--or a whole forest--in minutes. :o) 
Mo's Skating pictorial: heat embossed paper piecing & fake french knot snowDear Subscribers, SO sorry for the extra double email post this morning. I'm sleep deprived LOL.      First off, you guys give me too much credit! You may be very happy to know that these are not french knots. They're plain old knots with embroidery thread and you'd be surprised how quick & easy they are (all the details are at the bottom of this pictorial) :o) 1...heat embossed paper piecing Mo's Digital images 2...cheap tricks (fake french knots for snow) ...and now for my #1 addiction: paper piecing Mo's stunning images -1- heat-embossed paper piecing with Mo's Digital Images: (If you'd like to see a larger picture please click the photos) (listed in the instructions) :o) making the paper piece layers: THE IMAGE ("Skating" from Mo's Digital Pencil) is embossed from my printer on Incandescent cardstock from Paper Temptress [using clear embossing powder & a heat gun (just print, sprinkle e.p. quickly when it comes out of the printer & heat set.] BELLA's COAT: BasicGrey patterned paper Urban Prairie Paper: Petticoat--shaded with Prismacolour pencil crayons. The bottom of her coat (on the main image) is stitched with a row of turquoise embroidery thread. COLOURING... is all done with Copic markers since the Incandescent paper needs the permanence of them. It gives it a really unique sparkle. Laying down the paper piece layers: Skating (Mo's Digital Pencil) It's the day of the month that we have Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge-- and we hope you can join us in making something! :o) Here's the weather we have this week:
This weather here is playing along with this month's Mo's Dream Team Challenge--which I get to host today (Yay!!!) Mo's Digital Pencil  It's "precipitation inspiration!" teehee. Make a card with a Mo image & snow or rain (or water...) LOL Hope you can play along with us!!! I love rain, but I'm from Ontario, originally, where it really snows winters, so... Here's my challenge card, some snowy skating at night: It uses Mo's playful image called "Skating"  Love Bronte & Bella's sweet lil' faces! If you'd like to see how this was made, please check out the tutorial here:     Blog Hop Order: -Mel (you are here) the ultra ultra talented--> Rach (and then follow on to these amazing ladies from there) :-D -Jak -Kerttu -Mina -Cheryl -Elaine -Suzanne -Shell -Lori And it's a double whammy of mojo today, since Mo's Challenge Team has a challenge today too-- A recipe challenge that you can find here:    Angel's Landing tutorial & a new(?) square punch scallop edge(If you're looking for the Cuttlebug Challenge Festival of Lights, please scroll down or click here.)  For the Angel's Landing Hop, please scroll or click here. and now for the pictorial schtuff...      Here's that tutorial for the Angel's Landing card posted this morn' Hope you enjoyed the hop & Thanks so much for checking this out! Step 1) Cut a circle of cardstock & cover it with patterned paper: (this circle is 4 3/4 inches in diameter to fit a 5 1/2 inch card) Step 2) Make a stitched butterfly trail: 2A) Use the Angel's Landing "flight-trail-left" (from the new Button Bugs set) as a piercing template by: --printing it at 120% on copy paper. --laying it over the circle and piercing through into your image. --Then, stitching with needle & thread or faux stitches. (I added the flower on my image as an anchor for where I wanted the trail, since my paper pieces are in panels & I wanted them to run diagonally...) 2B) Pierce & stitch around the outside of the circle. (I used thread that matched the Kraft background.)  Step 3) Print different sizes of the Simply Flowers (also from Angel's Landing). This paper (from GCD Studios Paris Nights collection is one of three kinds of cardstocks on this card that lets you emboss from the printer.) I printed the flowers in gray--in hopes that the butterfly would stand out more--and quickly sprinkled clear embossing powder on (as soon as the paper came out of my printer,... More Recent Articles |
