Tutorials

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When I was at Leadership, I saw this gorgeous box that Vita Padalino had created and I took her box idea and created a whole new class with it. I posted this photo a while back and said that I was doing it for my February stamp camp. I had a bunch of people ask me for the directions so I finally have the tutorial done for this class thanks to my wonderful friend Rebecca. She knows I am computer challenged when it comes to doing PDF type things so she helped me do this one. I am offering it to you for FREE with a $50 online order. I also have other class kits to choose from. Just click on the "Free Card Kits" button at the top of my page. Since it is Sale-abration, you also get a free stamp set or punch with your order. There are lots of things to choose from in the Sale-abration catalog.  I am also selling the tutorial for $4.95 if you are interested.

New punch tutorial from Stampin Up!

My friend Bonnie Thurber who works at Stampin Up made this great video tutorial for using the new border and corner punches that are in the Occasions mini catalog. Check it out to see how easy it is to create some awesome projects.

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M&M Matchbook treat video tutorial.

Hey stampers,

It is time for another video with me today. Don't laugh but about halfway through taping, the kitchen timer goes off and just keeps beeping. I was making banana bread and didn't realize that it was almost done when I started taping this for the 4th time. I didn't have time to film it all over again from the beginning so I just kept on going so just ignore that beeping. It is not your mind playing tricks on you. One of these days I will master the editing with stopping and starting. Anyway, I hope you like this video.

Here are the measurements….

kraft 3 x 8 1/2, scored at 3 3/4 and 7 3/4

christmas cocoa 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 , and 1 x 7

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Christmas Dove Treat Bag

Here is a picture of the project up close. Keep scrolling to see the video at the bottom.

and here is the side view….

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Baby Wipe Technique video!

I finally had a chance to do another video! I hope you like it. I would like to do a lot more videos but I need to be able to do them faster. It does take a couple of hours from start to finish…..mostly the editing is what takes so long. It would be so much easier if I could just tell my computer what to do and it would do it for me! LOL! I am showing the Baby Wipe technique with the Autumn Splendor stamp set from the Holiday mini.    

Gift card holder tutorial!

Hey stampers,
I posted a cute gift card holder the other day (June 25th)  and had several requests for directions so I did a tutorial with the help of my daughter Lindsey….she is the hand model holding things so I could snap the pictures.

The original project was done with the Urban Oasis paper and since that is retiring today, I thought I would switch it to the new Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper. I got the original idea from a project on Shelli’s blog. It was a gift she gave to Stampin’Up employees. You can fit 2 gift cards in it or a gift card in one slot and a note in the other one.

This is the finished project and here is how you do it…..

Cut your designer series paper to 4 x 8.

Cut your cardstock in half so that it is 8 1/2 by 5 1/2.

Score the cardstock at 4 and 8 on the long side and at 2 3/4 on the short side.

Fold the flap over at the end and put your snail adhesive down that edge.

Bring the other side over and close it.

Now fold it in half from the bottom.

Leaving it folded, lay the folded piece on the edge of your top note die so that the folded edge is hanging off. You want a little more than half of it hanging off the edge. Make sure you have it centered evenly too.

Run it through with it hanging out like this.

You will be left with this cool looking edge.

Apply your snail adhesive to one side of the project and then flip it over and line it up about 1/8 inch from the top edge of your designer paper.

Now apply the adhesive to the other side and press it down (I have flipped it around in this picture)

Then I used the eyelet border punch along the top edge and then folded that over.

Tie with a ribbon and add your tag and you are all set. Super quick and easy project.

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My April stamp camp class tutorial is available now!

So many of you have asked for the tutorial to my April stamp camp, so one of my wonderful downline (Rebecca Weil) helped me type up a class planner (ok, she really did all of it). I am not a computer person. Thanks also to Sue Bjorgaard for coming up with the original idea too! My downline are sooooo AWESOME!!!! It would have taken me a year to type all of this out. It is 6 pages with all dimensions listed and color photos and diagrams to make the projects shown here….

 Cheep Talk class tutorial $9.95 or free with a $50 or more online order. I will email you the pdf file when I receive your payment or order.  Just click on the buy now button below or email me at stampgirl2@cox.net if you place an online order from my website. Thanks!!

Tutorial for brayered background using the Manhattan die….

I have had so many requests asking for directions to Melissa’s card that I posted a couple days ago so I decided to do a tutorial with pictures so it would be easier to understand. So, here you go…..

This is the original card I posted….created by my upline Melissa Ellis

and here are the directions…..

This is what you will need……a brayer, a classic ink pad, the Manhattan embossing folder, a Big Shot machine with the cutting pads and all purpose platform, and whisper white cardstock.

Step 1: open the folder so that the flat side is on your right (you can see the arrow and sizzix symbol through the other side)

Step 2: Ink up your brayer in the classic pad color of your choice and roll over the  plastic embossing folder making sure to cover the whole right side….

Step 3: Place your quarter sheet of whisper white cardstock into the center of the folder and close.

Step 4: Run this through your Big Shot machine like you usually would….as you can tell, my cutting pads are well used…..it is kind of hard to see through them anymore! LOL!

This is what it looks like when you pull it out…..

Step 5: Open the folder and remove your paper

The flower will stay white but everything else will turn the color that you brayered onto the folder.

Here is another one I tried using Pacific Point ink.  The darker color really makes the flower pop.

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Pleated card tutorial

I have had several people email me about the pleated card that was made by one of my downline (Pam Browne). So, I called her and got the directions and tried it out myself and thought I would just go ahead and take pictures as I went so you could see how easy it is to do. Here is the original card that she made….

and here is what I did….Step one…start with a 12×2 inch piece of DSP.

Score it at 1, 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 3, 4, 4 1/2, 5 1/2, 6, 7, 7 1/2, 8 1/2, 9, 10, 10 1/2.

So, you are scoring every inch, then half inch, then inch, then half inch, etc

The first piece on here is my practice one in case I messed up! You can do a bunch of these at once by taking your whole 12×12 sheet and scoring it and then go back and cut it later.

Here is a close up of the scoring lines….

Step 2…..start folding from the right end so that the large piece is on top and makes a mountain, then the short pieces make the valleys…just keep on going……

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and it will look like this…..then put your snail on all of the short pieces and press down.

The finished pleated piece will look like this:

then you can use it on your card and tie your ribbon around the right side.