3D Papercraft

Scor-Pal has a new line of 3D Papercraft, designed by InArtCraft. There are animals, shapes, and numbers. I decided to do one of the cats. When you purchase one of the items, you get a pdf file that you print onto cardstock and then assemble.

I made it harder on myself by making it in black, but I have some tips for working with black cardstock. I used a laser printer, which makes a shiny line that you can see with good lighting. Then, using the pdf file as a reference, I wrote in the numbers with a white gel pen. If you don't have access to a laser printer, you can print the file out on white copy paper and glue or tape it to the black cardstock. 

To assemble, cut out the shapes, score along the fold lines, add Scor-Tape, fold the tabs in and, matching the numbers, tape all the tabs in place.

I had so much fun making the cat, that I decided to make the Birds on a Wall. We get a lot of Blue Jays here, so I made them in blue. 

There are some good tips on the Scor-Pal page to help you make your 3D creations. I hope you'll give them a try!

Telescoping Card Tutorial

Hi, everyone! This is a tutorial for my Telescoping Card that I made for this month's Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge - Fall/Harvest or Halloween.  You have until the end of the month to enter and you could win a $25 gift certificate to the Scor-Pal store!

I found this card design in the Die-cutting Essentials magazine. It looked like a fun card to make, so I thought I would give it a try.

To make this card, I used the following supplies:

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

White cardstock

Gina K. Designs (GKD) Red Velvet cardstock                                                                         

GKD Give Thanks Patterned Paper                                                           

Cottage Cutz Square Stitched dies and Circle Stitched dies

GKD Honey Mustard cardstock

GKD Give Thanks stamp set and coordinating dies

GKD Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set

GKD Honey Mustard, Warm Cocoa ink

clear embossing powder, ribbon

Cut four 11" x 2" pieces from white cardstock. Using your Scor-Pal, score each one at 2", 4", 6", 8" and 10", then accordion fold.

Cut twenty 1 7/8" square pieces from the red cardstock, and sixteen 1 3/4" square pieces from the patterned paper. I used two designs from the patterned paper.

I just laid the papers on the cardstock for the picture, but you'll want to tape them onto the middle of the red squares! Tape a plain red square onto the middle of each of the folded strips, and the decorated squares onto the other sections.

Cut two 6" square pieces from white cardstock. Tape the 4 strips to the bottom of one of the squares, one in the middle of each side, and then tape the other square over them.

From a different piece of patterned paper, cut a 5 3/4" square piece and layer it onto a 5 7/8" square piece of red cardstock. Tape this onto the top of the white square. With the square dies, cut a frame from white cardstock and add it to the middle of the patterned paper. Cut a smaller square from white, add a sentiment, and attach it inside the frame.  

Cut a 2 1/2" square from white cardstock and trim it down to make a cross. Cut two circles from the red cardstock and a smaller circle from patterned paper. Layer these on top of the cross and punch a hole in the middle. Thread a piece of ribbon through the hole, attach it on the back, and cover it with the other red circle.

Tape the cross to the end of the four panels, centering it on the underside of the panels. Decorate the center red square on each panel. 

This is the view from the top, with the card collapsed down.

Here is a view showing the sentiment inside.

I hope you will give this a try. It makes a showy card and was fun to make!

Feathers

I found these cute, little feathers on my lawn, so I decided to make one more card for the Mod Squad Challenge - Back to Nature. I am also entering it in the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge - Repeating a sentiment.

I decided to repeat my sentiment in different shades of blue. I used my Misti to line up the sentiment from the Gina K. Designs Massive Messages stamp set and then shifted the cardstock up an inch before I stamped the next colour. I used Sea Glass, Ocean Mist, Turquoise Sea and Tranquil Teal Gina K. Designs ink.

The background was matted with Gina K. Designs Turquoise Sea cardstock and attached to a white card base. I added a strip of Turquoise Sea before I attached the feathers and a couple of pearls.

Using Leaves as Stamps

This month the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge is repetition of the sentiment, or part of the sentiment. For the Mod Squad Challenge - Back to Nature, we need to have a piece of nature on our project, or use a leaf as a stamp. I combined the two challenges on my card.

I lined up Happy Birthday sentiments from Gina K. Designs (GKD) Fabulous Frame, By the Sea and Happy Birthday to You stamp sets on the door of my Misti, and stamped them in GKD Sweet Corn and Peach Bellini ink. I moved the card around, so the stamps were not lining up in the same position in each row.

Once I had the background finished, I inked up a set of three leaves that I found with GKD Faded Brick ink. I stamped this three times over the background. I used a sponge dauber to pounce the ink on the leaves, so I would get a good impression. I used the stem to pick it up and then pressed on each leaf with my fingertips.

I left room at the bottom, so I could attach a piece of ribbon and then added a leaf that I stamped with VersaMark ink, from the GKD Give Thanks stamp set, and cut out with the coordinating die.

I layered the background with a piece from the GKD Give Thanks patterned paper pack, and attached this to a white card base.

I was quite pleased with the way the leaves 'stamped'. They made a nice pattern on the card.

Outdoor Scene

This week, the Mod Squad Challenge is called Back to Nature. We need to use an item from nature on our project, or use leaves as a stamp. 

When I was out for my walk today, I found a piece of wood that looked perfect for a project. I picked up a few other things and made a scene on the piece of wood.

I started by sanding the wood to make it a bit smoother. I stamped the sentiment, from the Gina K. Designs (GKD) Dazzling Dahlia stamp set, with GKD Chocolate Truffle Amalgam ink. Because I didn't have the wood completely smooth, there were parts that didn't stamp, so I used a toothpick that I tapped on the ink pad to fill in the voids.

I thought the scene would look better with a little colour, so I added some GKD Powder Blue at the top and GKD Jelly Bean Green and Sandy Beach toward the bottom. Then I used a glue gun to attach all the pieces - bark, moss and cones. I used a marker to draw in the 'tree trunks'. 

I was really pleased with how this turned out. I'm glad that it was a challenge over at Mod Squad!

Telescoping Card

This month, I am the host of the Scor-Pal More than One Score Challenge. The theme is Harvest/Fall or Halloween. You can make a card, box or other project, as long as it has more than one score and follows the theme. 

I live in Canada, so we celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. I decided to make a Thanksgiving card.

Here is a different view, showing the sentiment inside.

Come back on the 15th of October, when I will show all the steps in making this card!

90th Birthday!

My father turned 90 last week, so I wanted to make a special card for him.

I stamped the leaves from the Gina K. Designs (GKD) Skeleton Leaves stamp set onto some GKD Honey Mustard cardstock with VersaMark ink. Then I heat embossed them with copper embossing powder. 

Using my Silhouette Cameo, I cut out the sentiment from Honey Mustard and the mat for the sntiment from GKD Dark Chocolate cardstock. I covered the sentiment with some GKD White Glitz Glitter Gel to give it some sparkle. Once it was dry, I glued the sentiment onto the Dark Chocolate mat, and glued it onto the card panel, which I had also matted with Dark Chocolate and added to a white card base.

I am entering this in the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix challenge - Fall is in the Air, and the Simon Says Stamp / Gina K. Designs STAMPtember Collaboration challenge.

Alcohol Ink Fall Background

I had recently bought some Yupo paper and decided to play with my homemade alcohol inks. My parents anniversary was this week so I made this anniversary card.

I first spritzed the paper with rubbing alcohol and then dropped colours of ink onto the paper.  I kept dropping different colours to get a Fall effect. To finish it off I went over it with a foam pad. This gave it a smoother finish.

Once the ink was dry, I made the pattern of falling leaves. To do this, I used my MISTI so that I could stamp in the same place several times. I placed one of the leaf stamps from the Gina K. Designs (GKD) Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set onto the door of the MISTI, inked it up with GKD Whisper Amalgam ink and "stamped" it onto the paper. This lifted the alcohol ink off the paper. I removed the Yupo paper, put in regular cardstock and stamped the image. This transferred the alcohol ink onto the cardstock. I repeated this process a few times for each leaf image.

I cut the sentiment out with my Silhouette Cameo using GKD Sweet Corn cardstock and cut the background out of GKD Dark Chocolate. I mounted the background and sentiment onto some GKD Fresh Asparagus cardstock before placing it on a white card base. To give it some sparkle, I used some Clear Wink of Stella on the sentiment.

I'm entering this into the Gina K Designs September Monthly Mix Challenge, Fall is in the Air; and the Simon Says Stamp/ Gina K Design collaboration.

Here is a picture of the bookmark I made out of the cardstock that I transferred the alcohol ink onto.  After I transferred the images I added some Sweet Corn ink to colour the background.

Fall Tag

On the Mod Squad Challenge blog this week, we are to make Anything But a Card. Over at Gina K. Designs, the Monthly Mix Challenge is Fall is in the Air. We are to create our own patterned paper, or use some of our Gina K. paper, with a Fall theme. I decided to make a tag with my homemade patterned paper.

To make the patterned paper, I placed the stamps on my MISTI cover, and using ink cubes, inked up the stamps and stamped them onto a piece of white cardstock. I turned the cardstock, stamped again, and repeated until the piece was covered. I coloured in the acorns with alcohol markers.

I punched the top of a piece of Sweet Mango cardstock to make the tag, punched the paper and added it to the tag. 

For the sentiment strip, I didn't have any cardstock that was the colour I wanted, so I used a piece of white and sponged on Warm Cocoa. I stamped the sentiment with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it in white. I added a piece of ribbon that seemed to match perfectly!

We're preparing to be hit by Hurricane Dorian later this evening. The rain and wind have started and a lot of people have lost power. I better get this posted before we lose power, too!


I used the following supplies:
Gina K. Designs: Autumn Wreath Builder, Sweet Camellia stamp sets
                     Ink: Sweet Corn, Fresh Asparagus, Red Hot, Warm Cocoa, Sweet Mango, Honey                                         Mustard
                     White, Sweet Mango cardstock
MISTI
VersaMark ink
Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers GB6, GB10
Stampin’ Up! Scalloped Tag Topper punch
white embossing powder, ribbon from my stash

Back to School

This month, the Scor-Pal More than One Score Challenge #63 is Back to School. At first, I was stumped, as I don't really have any stamps for the occasion, but then I found this patterned paper pad in my stash.

I started with a piece of cardstock measuring 8 1/2" x 11". I made a mark 3" from the bottom on one side and 5 1/2" from the bottom on the other side. I lined up the two marks and cut along the line. You should end up with two pieces that are the same. You can set one aside for another card.

With the long edge along the top and the 3" side on the left of my Scor-Pal, I scored at 2 3/4" and 8 1/4". Then I flipped it over so the 5 1/2" is on the left and scored at 5 1/2". 

I decorated the card with the We R Memory Keepers Hall Pass 6x6 paper pad, using Scor-Tape. I wanted to add a couple of embellishments, so I used the Gina K. Designs Fruit of the Season Stamp set and matching die, stamped in Cherry Red Dye ink, for the apple, and the Art from the Heart Stamp set, stamped with Whisper Amalgam ink, for the pencils. I coloured in the pencils with some coloured pencils.

It's hard to believe that September is here already! While I like the warm temperatures in Summer, I always look forward to the cooler temperatures and pretty leaves in the Fall.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you will give this month's challenge a try!