I Love Papercrafts

You Rock Valentine

 
Here's a fun valentine for the little people in your life!  I've had this Just Jawing set forever, and I love the You Rock greeting that comes with it.  It can be used in so many ways.   This card features some real bling bling with the silver chunky sprinkles glitter and the silver cardstock.

I've added some fun accessories here to step up the card a bit - a circle brad and the black and white striped ribbon.  That's it.  You could easily simplify this for mass production with out accessories. 

More valentine's day projects in store for the rest of the week! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Jawing

Ink: Basic Black Classic

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Brushed Silver Cardstock

Accessories: Sponges, Circle Brads, Two-way glue pen, chunky glitter, black and white striped ribbon

Tools: Corner rounder punch

Wednesday Kid's Craft Idea - Animal Crackers Cards

Super quick and easy kid's craft project today.  It's pretty obvious, but something I often forget about.  On a rainy day about a month ago, I helped my son stamp all the images in the Animal Crackers set and make little cards.  He colored them with his crayons and that was it.  This is a great set for the kids with cute sayings with the duck verse being you quack me up!  This set is $26.95, and can be stamped with our without the sayings. Really, who can resist a duck, giraffe, penguin, squirrel and bunny.  You can check out the artwork in the stamp set here:

You can call or email me to order this set, and check back next Wednesday for another kid's craft idea.

Wednesday Kid's Craft Idea - Die Cut Flowers

It's Wednesday, so it's time for a kid's craft idea to help all of us fill up the summer months.  Today's project features the Big Shot die cutting system from Stampin' Up.  If you don't have one of these babies, you really need one!  My son loves cutting out shapes (and I do too!) for all of his crafting projects. 

This project uses the Daisy #2 Big XL die, which cuts three sizes of flowers.  Here's how you make one of these flowers:

2. Step 1
3. Paint thin wooden dowl in color of your choice using acrylic craft point and put aside to dry

Step 2
Run paper of your choice through the Big Shot using the Daisy #2 die to create flower layers. In this case we have a large Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo large flower, a Rich Razzleberry medium flower, and a Crushed Curry small flower.

Step 3
Punch out a 1 3/4 inch circle out of thin cardboard. (The piece of cardboard that comes in your designer series paper is perfect for this purpose).  Layer the flowers as desired using this base.

Step 4
With 1/2 inch circle punch, punch out circle from scrap of designer series paper.  Attach to centre of build a brad with SNAIL, and then add crystal on top. Using paper piercer, punch a whole through all flower layers and cardboard, and thread the brad you just created through all layers and affix

Step 5
Attach stick when dry to back of flower using sticky strip.  Tie ribbon as desired.

You could easily make a bouquet of these and put them in a pot or watering can for a gift or cute home decor item.  Think of the possibilities!

The Big Shot is really a must-have for kids crafting for home or if you are a teacher!  The machine is available for $132.95 and that includes all the necessary cutting plates and platforms to go with it.

 Please feel free to call or email me with any questions you may have about this project, or to order your Big Shot today.  I promise you and your kids won't be disappointed.  check back tomorrow for another project, and next wednesday for another cool kids project for the summer!

Popsicle Card - From A-Channel Appearance Today

Hope you had a chance to see me make this card on A-Channel this morning!  And if you did - thanks for watching! 

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I wanted to share the basic directions of the popsicle card shared on the show today, and the first week of the kids crafting ideas I will be sharing on the blog every Wednesday for the rest of the summer: 

1. Cut card stock to 4.5 inches by 5 inches.  Fold at 2.5 inches on 5 inch side.

2. Take corner rounder punch and round top left and bottom left and right corners.

3. Take scallop circle punch and punch out top right hand corner to look like a bite has been taken out of the popsicle.

4. Stamp orange image from Tart & Tangy stamp set in Pumpkin Pie classic ink on Whisper White cardstock. 

5. Punch out orange using 1 1/4 circle punch, punch out circle of Old Olive cardstock using 1 3/8 circle punch and adhere orange to Old Olive circle.  Then adhere circle on card.

6. Decorate inside as desired.  Adhere popsicle stick to back of card.

To step up this card, you can make the orange a bit more interactive using the Scratch and Sniff technique.  A PDF of this project, and the scratch and sniff technique is available here: Download Popsicle Card from www.ilovepapercrafts.com

Please feel free to email me for more information or questions - maggie@ilovepapercrafts.com.

Happy stamping,

Last Chance List Countdown - Wild About You!

Don't the googly eyes crack you up?  Very simple card - but the eyes are enough to make it fun and fabulous.  This is the little alligator from the soon to be retired Wild About You stamp set, which is definitely one of my son's favorites. I can guarantee I will be holding on to this one for a long time to come. 

I made this card ages ago, so the designer series paper here is retired, and both the animal and the greeting (Hugs & Wishes) are on the way out in 6 short days! Be sure to check out the last chance list by clicking here. 

A final tip for you - if you want to adhere googly eyes and make sure they stay put - use Tombo Mono.  Once that dries the eyes aren't going anywhere.

Final last chance list countdown cards will be posted tomorrow.  If you aren't a newsletter subscriber, click on the sign up now box at the top of the page, and get signed up. My July newsletter will be packed full of things you won't want to miss.