Treat Basket : Season of Love

Good Morning Everyone

How have you been?
Today I bring you some super easy treat baskets to gift to your loved ones. Since Valentines is around the corner and we all love to gift something or the other to our dear ones.

 

 Isn't it so lovely?? I have made this basket right from scratch and these floral beauties are also handmade. I have used lots of Dress my craft products here.

 

 Here are two sets {Treat basket and Mini card} that have created. It is super quick and easy to make and perfect to be gifted as token of love.

Dress My craft pattern paper that I have used to make this project are gorgeous Teenie Weenies collection.

The quality of paper is amazing it is super sturdy and thick. 

HOW TO MAKE BASKET -

In order to make this basket you will be needing some basic supplies,

List of Supplies - 

1- Thick piece of Card stock {12x12"}

2- Glue (Tacky glue)

3- Patter papers - Teenie Weenies by Dress my craft 

STEP 1

To make this set of Basket and Mini Card, you will be needing 

- 1 pc of Card stock measuring 5" x 4"

- 2 pcs of Card stock measuring 5" x 2"

-2 pcs of Card stock measuring 4"x 2"

 STEP 2- 
You will be needing 4 pcs of 1" inch strip to join the above card stock together.
- 2 pcs of 1 inch strip x 5" inch in length
-2 pcs of 1 inch strip x 4" inch in length
-4 pcs of 1inch strip x 2" inch in length

All you need to do is score in half these 1 inch strips

STEP 3-

To make the basket band you will be needing 2" wide and 10" inch long piece of strip

I have used Martha Stewart Border Punch 

STEP -4

Now glue all the pieces adjoining them with help of strips.

And decorate your basket using your favorite supplies from Crafters Corner store.

To make this card I have used 4"x3" inches of card stock and used beautiful DMC Teenie Weenies collection.

I hope you liked this fun easy peasy gifting solution this Valentine season.

And I hope I am able to inspire you.

All supplies used are available at Crafters Corner store.

XOXO

Isha 

List of Supplies- 

Black Card stock - Dress My craft

Teenie Weenies paper collection Dress My craft  

Tacky Glue

Pastel Pollens

Microfine Glitter dress my crafts 

Martha Stewart Border Punch  

Create magic with embossing folders!!

Hi friends!

I know I had disappeared from the blog world  for a while, all thanks to my sprained wrist and fluctuating energy levels.I haven't touched my craft supplies for a long, long time, which is not common. Anyway I hope all of you are doing well. :)

I'm here to share some information on embossing folders that might be useful to you.

I am sure all of you are aware of embossing folders and the way they work.

I have browsed a lot and selected few techniques that are easy (for me :p).

Shall we get started now? :)

1. The first technique is just embossing... The card here will give you an idea of what an embossed paper/ CS will look like..

2. Have you ever tried inking up your embossing folders? Well... you must if you haven't . Ink your folder with distress inks, spray some water and you will be amazed with the result...

Note- You must ink the smoother side of the folder. You will know what I mean if you own an embossing folder. Also, spraying water is very necessary for the ink to spread.

Here is the outcome. Doesn't look pretty? I have used mustard seed, tumbled glass and shabby shutters for this one.

For this card, I have used only worn lipstick distress ink.

3. Stamping the 'smooth side' of your embossing folder is another fun thing to do. I came across this technique by the name 'kissing technique' on IBS blog. Gave it a try now... 

This is what you have got to do....

Stamp the smooth side of your folder with a BG stamp (or any stamp if you want to try) and emboss your CS as usual. You will see that you have a nice BG all around your embossed design.

Check out the tutorial on IBS blog here.

It's so easy. Here is the outcome.

What do you think?

4. Here is something crazy that I tried. Haven't seen anywhere but I'm sure I'm not the first one to try this.

Just like in the above kissing technique, I have stamped the smooth side of my embossing folder with a BG stamp, but with versamark water mark ink this time. Run throught your CB or Big shot pr any other die cutting or embossing machine. After embossing, immediately cover the entire design with embossing powder and heat emboss. 

It hasn't come out perfect but with practice, guess I will get better.

5. This is easy. emboss and highlight the desired part of your embossed image with a white gel pen. I have outlined the whole image for fun! :) You can do whatever you want. There is no right and wrong when it comes to creativity, don't you agree? :)

6. Next is partial embossing. It's really very easy and I love the result.  

Run the embossing folder only part way (not all the way through your machine) and then rotate the handle of your machine in anti clock wise direction to get out your folder. Oh no! I'm not good at explaining! :(

 you will understand when you see the pictures...

I left space for sentiment and embossed the rest...

7. You can emboss various kinds of paper in with embossing folders, also fabric. I tried embossing vellum and WOW! embossed vellum is sooo pretty. See it for yourself.

8. Next is water coloring the embossed design. For this I inked up the folder (smooth side) with worn lipstick distress ink and later after it dried, colored the flowers and everything else with water color pencils.

It's pretty, isn't it? :)

Well... that's it for now.

Here is the LINK you might want to check out. It's from here that I got my inspiration. There are also many videos that will help you use your folders in a better way.

If I find time, I'll definitely make another post on embossing folders.

Supplies used-
Cuttle bug embossing folders.
Versamark water mark ink pad
Distress inks- worn lipstick, mustard seed, shabby shutters, tumbled glass
Hero Arts year round sentiments. (If you want this set, contact Shalini, she will surely be able to help you get it.). There is a huge stock of HA stamps in our store. You must chem them out.
Silver embossing powder. You can get embossing powders in colours... click here for info.
Mulberry flowers- Keep your eyes open for a whole new range of flowers...:)

If you have any questions regarding techniques shown above, leave me a comment and I'll be happy to answer.

You want to know about any product? Then send a mail to Shalini at info@crafterscorner.in

Have you participated in the gifts galore challenge yet? Click HERE for details.

Hope to see you soon! Bye! Take care...

Sindhu...

Flip-Card Tutorial using partial die-cutting!

Hi Everyone,
Hussena here to share with you a tutorial on how to make a flip-card using your dies and Big Shot..It's a really very easy way to make some fast and interactive cards to get the 'WOW' factor from your friends and family..So first let's gather our supplies and you all will need the following to make these cards below.
                                                               

                                                   

Supplies needed for the tutorial :-
                                  
Big Shot Machine
Spellbinder's Nestabilities Label 4
Martha Stewart Scoring Board
Fiskars Sure Cut paper Trimmer
Cardstocks
Pattern paper of your choice ( I have used the Prima Zephyr Paper Pad.)
Distress inks(Totally optional)
                                                               

And now for the tutorial :-

I have written the steps in the pictures itself..I hope this makes it easier for you all to understand it.
  
Step 1- Take a piece of cardstock measuring 7 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches.                                                                                        

Step 2 - Fold it in a zig-zag pattern.                                            

Step 3 - Your card should look like this now.                                          

Step 4 - Now measure,cut and glue your pattern paper on to the front of your card.                                                     

Step 5 -Now place your die on the smaller side of the card with it's centre point aligning with the 2 3/4 inch scored line and stick it with either a Washi Tape or any repositionable glue.                                                

Step 6 -Now make your cutting sandwich for this you can refer our DT member Mallika's post on how to create a cutting sandwich for your dies...Place your acrylic plate only up to the 2 3/4 inch score line and run it through your Big Shot..This will allow you to only partially die-cut one end of your card which is required for the flipping mechanism.                                             

Step 7 -Now that you have cut one end ...Turn your card around and place your acrylic plate on the  3 3/4 inch score line and again partially die-cut it...Please take care to place your acrylic plates to the the required scored line...otherwise you will end up cutting up the entire piece.                 

Step 8 -After you have die-cut both the ends,your card will look like this below....Now, peel off the pattern paper from the die-cut ends...Don't worry if you mess up a bit..This will later on get covered up.                                        

Step 9 -Now using the same label die, die-cut  two pieces of cardstock....One plain and other colored....The plain one will be attached to the back side where as the colored one will be in the front of your card.                              

Step 10 -Attach the white cardstock on the front side and when you flip your card this will go on the back.                         

Step 11- Attach the colored cardstock on the back side as shown.                                                      

Step 12 -Once both the die-cuts are attached, this is how your card will look.                                          

Step 13 -As you can see,when the card is opened, the white die-cut piece comes in the front where you can write your message.                                

Step 14 -Once the card is closed, this is how it will look.                                              

Step 15 -Here are my sample cards before I have embellished them.                                              

Supplies used for embellishing :-

Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanicals and Flutter By.

Prima Zephyr paper Pad , Best of K & Company Papers.

Distress ink : Tumbled Glass., Versafine Onyx Black Ink.

Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch

Marianne Embossing Folder- Daisies.

Hope you all like my tutorial..If you have any queries do leave me a comment below and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible!..

And don't forget to participate in our current challenge 'Summer Sundae' to win some lovely prizes

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Tutorial : Creation of a Card using Spellbinders Edgeabilities

Hello folks,

This is Pallavi and today is my turn to show you some ideas with dies/embossing folders.First a disclaimer,I have to let you know that I am brand spanking new to the  world of diecutting and I am still figuring out the basic things that you can do with these.So if you already know about these things,forgive me.I am still in the new love phase with this dies, so every little thing seems like a great discovery to me.:-)

Anyway,after racking my brains and stalking google,I failed to come up with anything which you seasoned crafters might not already know.So,I threw caution to the wind (melodramatic eh?) and decided to experiment with the Spellbinders Edgeabilties dies.Now the first mistake that I did was to not research how these dies work before buying them.I don't want you to make the same mistake,so here is a little bit of information about these specific dies.Please do read ,if you are planning to buy these.

There are two categories of Edgeabilties dies.First are the Classic edgeabilties dies.These have a cutting edge which is in various shapes like scallops, postage stamp, ric rac etc.These dies also have two decorative inserts which can be cut and embossed and matched with the edger die.Then we have the Classic decorative inserts which is a set of three decorative inserts which can mix and match perfectly with any of the edger dies.So basically you buy one or multiple set of  Classic Edgeabilities and different sets of decorative inserts and you can mix and match and create multiple combinations.Spellbinders says that with these dies you can create more than 70 combinations Cost effective much?To get so many different edges, you will have to buy a ton of edge punches.

Anyway on to my mistake now.I did not know this and I bought just the decorative insert.So, I can't
show you the edger function of the dies,but I can show you what I did with the decorative inserts.

Learning : Always research a product before buying.:-)

For my post today, I made a card.Here is how I did it.Its super easy.

1. I took some thick vellum and cut it to the size I wanted.I then embossed it with the Spellbinders
 M-bossabilities which is basically an embossing folder.(The instructions on how to emboss are given on the product packaging)

This is how the vellum looked after embossing

2. After embossing, I used one of the decorative inserts and used my die cutting machine to cut.I repeated the same die at regular intervals till I covered the whole panel.You can refer to Shalini's tutorial on the basics of die cutting.She has provided nice pic-based based step by step instructions for this.

3. I then layered some glittered cardstock behind the vellum and you get a sort of a peekaboo effect.

Then it was just a matter of adding my embellishments and finishing up the card and here's how it looks.I layered various dies as part of my embellishment.For the design behind the die cut.I cut out two fancy tags with vellum and then cut them in half and thats how I got those 4 pieces.

Supplies used:

Big Shot Machine
Prima Rondelle Paper
Worn Lipstick distress ink
Fiskars Surecut Paper Trimmer

Dies used :
Spellbinders Classic Decorative Inserts Three
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Floral Ovals
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Tags Two
Spellbinders Nestabilities Gold Label 4
Spellbinders M-bossabilities Revesrsible A4 folder

Glitter sheet and die cut piece from my stash.

Hope you liked this mini tutorial.If you have any questions,please feel free to write to us at info@crafterscorner.in

Cheers
Pallavi

Summer Sundae Inspiration! :-)

Hi Everyone,
This is Hussena here to share with you my inspiration for this month's challenge theme 'Summer Sundae' set by our amazing and talented DT member Pallavi! :)....I am sharing a card based on the theme and here's a look at my card :-
                                 

                                                       

A look at the inside of the card :-
                                                         

I have followed the color inspiration and the recipe  ingredients...And my recipe is as follows :

I have used 2 base cardstocks and 1 pattern paper.
Used more than 1 die although the challenge requires 1 punched element or 1 die-cut element.      
And my 3 embellishments are : Pearls,Rhinestone and the Flower Brad.          
And my touch of glitter I have added on the sides of the bird and on the Eiffel Tower as well!        

This card is so totally different from my usual style..I am not sure whether its turned out as I wanted to but I have experimented on a little bit of shabby chic/grunge-look specially the torn paper look with the doily insert below..That is one technique which I have been meaning to try for some time..Guess,need lot of practice still :)And As Dies is the the focus of this month at Crafter's corner I decided to play with the new Memory box Die that I had purchased recently  from the Crafter's Corner shop especially the Wrought Iron gate die so I die-cut these and over-lapped  and stuck them on each other to form a fence...I really like the way it has turned out..The fence I mean, and I have punched and distressed the small flowers and created the vine-like look...Did you notice the bird-cage with the solitary bird..Well of course,I did a bit of manipulation there too and used the part of the Wrought-Iron die to create the bottom half of the cage...Pretty isn't it ?


Okay now onto the supplies used  in my card :-

Base CS : Stash
Pattern paper : Webster's pages
Dies :Memory Box -Wrought Iron Gate Memory Box Birdcage, Memory Box Nestled bird ,MFT Die-namics-Eiffel tower,Spellbinders Nestabilities: Label 3,Cherry Lynn Flourish leaf strip.
Punches : Punch bunch Hydra cluster,Martha Stewart Doily lace punch.
Stamps : Unity and Sentiment from TPC
Inks : Momento Rich Cocoa,Versafine Onyx Black pigment ink
Distress inks : Scattered Straw,Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar.
Brad and pearls from Stash.

Hope you all like my card... Do drop me your comments/suggestion's would love to hear from you and if you have any queries regarding any of the products used please leave me a comment here or  write to us at info@crafterscorner.in   and I will try and get back to you ASAP :) ... Please do play along our current challenge Summer Sundae to win a beautiful die and paper pad and the random draw as well :)

Have a Nice day everyone!