Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Halloween Card and Treat Tags

Today I'm back on the Graphic 45 blog with a fun Halloween Card and Treat Tag set  featuring Hallowe'en in Wonderland Deluxe Collectors Edition.  You'll want to head over to the Graphic 45 blog to check out the rest of the photos of my project as well as fellow design team member Lena who has also created a fantastic project for you.


For my second project on the Graphic 45 blog this month, I decided that I would create a fun Halloween card and treat tags. Using two Kraft ATC Tags, I was able to create cut treat tags perfect to give away at school or at that halloween party. 

Tip: For adhering the two tags together, make sure to score at ½” from the bottom of the tags, this way the bottom of the tags will sit on top of each other.


Here is a tutorial on how to make the treat tags at home:

For the card, I layered a few patterned papers along with some fussy cut images that are all found in the Hallowe'en in Wonderland Deluxe Collectors Edition. To finish the card I  added a few shabby chic keys as well as some black Hug a Bug Seam Binding Ribbon.


Here is a tutorial on how to make the Halloween Card at home:

To see more pictures of my Halloween Card and Treat Tags, you'll want to head over to the Graphic 45 blog.


Supplies Used:

- Hallowe'en in Wonderland Deluxe Collectors Edition
- Staples: ATC Tags - Kraft
- Staples: Shabby Chic Metal Keys
- Hug a Bug Seam Binding Ribbon: Cream and Black
- 100lb White Cardstock
- ½” Circle Punch
- Corner Rounder
- Black Soot Distress Ink
- Blending Tool
- Sookwang Tape
- Liquid Glue
- Foam Squares

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to head over to the Graphic 45 blog  to check out the rest of the photos of my project as well as Lena's fantastic project!

-Katelyn



Monday, September 19, 2016

Halloween Sneak Peek



I hope that you had a fabulous weekend, I just wanted to stop in quickly to share with you a sneak peek of one of my Halloween projects for Graphic 45. You'll want to mark your calendars for tomorrow, Tuesday, September.20th as I will be up on the 
Graphic 45 Blog. On the same day I get to share the blog with Lena and she will also have a fabulous project to share with you. I hope that you'll take the time to stop by the Graphic 45 blog and check out both of our projects.  I will also be sharing on Tuesday with you some photos of my project on my blog.

- Katelyn 

Friday, September 16, 2016

Steampunk Happy Birthday Tag

I'm back on the Southern Ridge Trading blog today to share some more inspiration for our current monthly challenge which is "Your Favourites". With the challenge in mind I created a Steampunk Happy Birthday Tag that's sure to inspire you.



You'll want to head over to the 
Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog so that you can check out all the details on how I created my Steampunk Happy Birthday Tag. While you're there, make sure to participate in our monthly challenge. You can find all of the details here on how to enter.

- Katelyn

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Happy Anniversary Emerald Creek Dares!

It's an exciting time on the Emerald Creek Dares blog as we celebrate our one year anniversary. To kick off our anniversary the design team has created some fabulous projects using a wonderlust theme. What does wonderlust mean you ask? It means the desire to be in a constant state of wonder. We still have our anything goes challenge happening, so make sure to participate. 
For my project I decided that I would create a fun fairy happy birthday card featuring some of the fabulous stamps we carry along with some embossing powder. Let's get started so that I can share with you how to create your own fairy happy birthday card.


To start, you'll need to blend Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar Distress Ink on to a piece of 100lb White cardstock that measures 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" using a blending tool and piece of foam for each colour. Once your happy with the blending of the ink, with the Worn Lipstick foam on the blending tool, pick up some ink and apply the ink through the doily stencil onto the custom pink background. To give some extra interest on the background, use a mister and mist some water over the entire background. Dry with a heat tool. Edge distress the edges of the custom background paper. To finish the distressed edges of the custom background paper, use a blending tool and black soot distress ink and ink the edges.


The last step to finish the custom background is using the Be Gone Ya stamp.  Apply Embossing Distress Ink to the right hand side of the Be Gone Ya stamp and stamp in the bottom right hand corner of the custom background paper. Clean the stamp. Apply Embossing Distress Ink to the left hand side of the Be Gone Ya stamp and stamp in the top left hand corner of the custom background paper. With the image stamped in either corner, sprinkle Onyx Frost Embossing Powder over top of the stamped images. Tap off excess and emboss with a heat tool. Set background aside.


Using the Stitched Oval Die from Sizzix, cut out two of the largest ovals out of a piece of 100lb white cardstock. One oval you'll leave as an entire oval and the other one, you'll need to separate the stitched part from the oval (you'll only use the stitched edge part). For the stitched edge piece, you'll need to apply Distress Embossing Ink to the entire piece. With the ink on the stitched piece, sprinkle Onyx Frost embossing powder overtop. Tap off excess and emboss with a heat tool. 


On the whole oval, you'll need to blend with the corresponding blending tools Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry onto the oval. With a mister, mist the oval and dry with a heat tool.  Once the whole oval is dry, apply Black Archival Ink to the Princess Fairalee stamp and stamp in the middle of the oval. Reapply the Black Archival ink to the Princess Fairalee stamp and stamp onto a piece of scrap 100lb white cardstock. Colour the fairy on the white cardstock using Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar, Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Markers. To finish off the wings on the fairy, use the clear overlay sparkle pen from Spectrum Noir. Fussy cut out the coloured fairy and ink the edges of her and the oval with Black Soot distress ink.  Add foam squares to the fussy cut out fairy and adhere over top of the stamped fairy. 


Apply Black Archival ink to the large butterfly stamp and stamp onto a piece of 100lb white cardstock. Continue to reapply Black Archival Ink to the large butterfly and stamp onto the white cardstock until you have four butterflies. Colour two of the butterflies with the Spun Sugar and Black Soot Distress Marker and colour the other two butterflies with the Worn Lipstick and Black Soot Distress Marker. Once the butterflies have been coloured, fussy cut all four out. With the butterflies cut out, ink the edges of all four of them with Black Soot Distress Ink.


Apply Black Archival Ink to the Faerie stamp and stamp onto a piece of 100lb white cardstock. Reapply the Black Archival Ink to the Faerie stamp and stamp onto the same piece of white cardstock. Colour the two stamped faeries with Worn Lipstick and Antique Linen Distress Markers. To finish the wings on the faeries, use the clear overlay pen from Spectrum Noir. Once the faeries are coloured, fussy cut them out. To finish the edges of them, ink the edges using Black Soot Distress Ink.


Brand new charm alert! We have just got these new fairy charms. I used Pitch Black Alcohol Ink on them and inked them up as they were a brushed gold before.


 With all the elements stamped, I started assembling my card. To start, you'll want to foam square the oval to the middle of the custom background. Once the oval is adhered, add one of the Worn lipstick and one Spun Sugar butterflies to the bottom right hand corner of the oval. Make sure to leave room so you can adhere the small faerie in between them. You'll repeat the previous step but this time adhering the butterflies and faerie to the top left hand corner of the oval. For some added dimension on your butterflies, slightly fold the wings up. To finish each corner of the oval I added one of the fairy charms and a few black roses.



The last step for my fairy card was to apply Black Archival Ink to the Happy Birthday stamp and stamp in the bottom left hand corner of the custom background paper.



Products Used From Emerald Creek:

- Fairy Charms

Other Products Used:

- Southern Ridge Trading Company: 10mm Black Roses
- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Worn Lipstick, Embossing Ink, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar and Black Soot. Distress Markers - Black Soot, Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen, Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar and Squeezed Lemonade. Alcohol Ink - Pitch Black
- Ranger Ink: Black Archival Ink & Mister
- Crafters Companion/Canuck Crafts: Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens - Clear Overlay
- Tim Holtz for Sizzix: Stitched Ovals Thinlits
- Bo Bunny: Licorice Double Dot
- Misc: Heat Tool


Make sure that you go and check out the rest of the Emerald Creek Dares Design Team taking part in this challenge as they have all created fantastic pieces for this week's challenge:




Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Fairy Birthday Card. Don't forget to enter your project into our Emerald Creek Dares Challenge for your chance to win a $50.00 gift certificate for the Emerald Creek Store!

- Katelyn



















Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Steampunk Box with Mini Album

Today I'm up on the Graphic 45 blog with a fabulous Steampunk Box and Mini Album featuring Steampunk Debutante Deluxe Collectors Edition.  You can head over to the Graphic 45 blog to check out the rest of the photos of my project as well as fellow design team member Magda who has also created a fantastic project.


For one of our projects on the Graphic 45 blog this month, we were challenged to create either a steampunk project or a Halloween project. So I decided to create a Steampunk project that involves a ton of fussy cutting and combining the ATC book box and book box. To create the mini album I used the tags that came in the Book Box. 


Tip: For adhering the paper to the book boxes, use liquid glue as it’s easier to adjust the placement of your paper.


Tip: To finish the outside of your book box, add a door pull to the middle of your book box as well as antique brass claw feet to the four corners.


For the mini album, you'll want to head over to the Graphic 45 blog to see the rest of the photos.

Supplies Used:

- Steampunk Debutante Deluxe Collectors Edition
- Staples: Antique Brass Claw Feet
- Staples: Antique Metal Door Pull
- Staples: Metal Brads
- Staples: Large Tag Album – Ivory
- Staples: ATC Book Box – Ivory
- Staples: Book Box - Ivory
- Hug a Bug Seam Binding Ribbon: Cream and Black
- ½” Circle Punch
- Corner Rounder
- Black Soot Distress Ink
- Blending Tool
- Sookwang Tape
- Liquid Glue
- Foam Squares

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to head over to the Graphic 45 blog  to check out the rest of the photos of my project as well as Magda's fantastic project!


-Katelyn