Today I'm highlighting some of my favorite projects from the Schlosser Designs Flickr Gallery. Have you added any of your projects lately? I'd love to see them! Amy T. made this awesome card using the Furnishing Fun set. I love how the chair seat has a different "fabric"! Amy H. made this awesome card with the Outside the Box set. Love how she cut out the centers and popped them for dimension. Tracy made this adorable birthday card using the Hey Cupcake set. Love the embossed center and scalloped edges! Ryann used the vase filler in the Furnishing Fun set in an unconventional way to make a great patterned paper! Tiff used … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday: Holiday Cards plus Giveaway!
The holidays will be here before we know it, and if you're like me, you might just wait until the last minute to make those holiday and Christmas cards. Here's a few ideas I whipped up that look great, but take a minimal amount of supplies and time to create! For all the embossing I used my Cuttlebug. If you don't have an embosser, try paper that is already embossed, or just a nice pattern will work great also. The sentiment on all say: may every day of this new year bring you a reason to celebrate. I just printed these directly onto the cardstock with my printer. That way, you can create any sentiment you want, and aren't just limited … [Read more...]
Announcing…
I am SUPER excited to share with you the talents of: Kristina Werner! She is an extrenely talented designer! For the months of August and September she will be showing us some awesome ways to use the Schlosser Designs Stamp Sets. Head on over to her blog and see for yourself the graphic designs of Kristina. You can see one here that she's already done. Kristina graciously answered a few questions for me. (Hope they weren't too cheesy, but I can't claim that I'm a professional journalist by any means!) Besides making completely awesome cards and paper projects, what do you like to do in your spare time? I love to read, but … [Read more...]
Post #98
I'm calling this one a Tent Card. It's also really easy to make. For the "tent" base cut one piece of paper 4 1/4" x 4 3/4". Fold it in half so you get a folded piece that's 4 3/4" x 2 1/8". For the stand up part I cut a piece of paper 4 3/4" x 3 1/2". Stamp or embellish whatever you'd like on it. I used the stamp set Hey Cupcake. All the words are separate so you can stack them, put them in a line, or skew them like I did for this card. When you're done, just adhere the bottom 1/3 of the embellished piece to the folded tent piece and stand up. You can unfold the tent piece and write inside. This would also make great place holders … [Read more...]
Post #97
Also super easy! Noticing a theme? I've been wanting to try a card with black and gray so this is it. The background is black, with a gray inset. I stamped the Cheers sentiment from the Borders and Corners Set along the top and bottom to make a kind of border. Then I used the scrap from my flower yesterday, trimmed it into a square, rounded two opposite corners, and adhered to the front with foam tape, for extra dimension. I really liked the shape it made by rounding two corners, instead of all four. Thanks for peeking at the project. Don't forget to comment some time this week and say Hi! … [Read more...]
Post #96
Super Simple card! For this card I used the Borders and Corners "Thanks" sentiment. I stamped and then used clear embossing powder to make it dimensional. For the background I just cut a piece of the light blue paper that was 4" x 2 3/4". (I sketched a diagram of what I did below.) Then just cut it into 4 pieces, similar to the dotted lines on the diagram below. Once you have them cut out, just layout on your card background with a little space between each one and adhere. Add a little flower and silver brad and you're done. Easy as pie, or cupcakes, depending on which you like most! :) … [Read more...]
Tutorial: Stamping is fun on fabric too!
Ok, so you remember what happens when I do a tutorial right? I'll be giving away something that you'll need to complete the project. And this time you get a choice! The winner will get to choose between a brand new StazOn ink pad, or a set of 4 ready-to-be-stamped-on napkins. So, after the tutorial be sure to follow the directions to enter! I made a few napkins this weekend. Of course I used the new stamp sets! I wanted some for birthdays or if we have company over for dessert. I used the Hey Cupcake set and the StazOn ink. The StazOn ink is permanent. Then I just embellished the cupcake with french knot "sprinkles". (Thanks to my friend … [Read more...]
Borders Set…more than just borders!
Here's a card I made with the borders set! The shapes in this set are also great for making background designs for paper. See, the same shape that is bordering the "Thanks" is also stamped multiple times to make the background paper. Finished size is 6 1/2" square. … [Read more...]
Tweet Day Gift Bag
Swap is tonight and the theme was a gift bag. It could be a gift box, bag, or anything else to give a gift in. I bought the craft paper brown bags and embelished them. A little tag. (hint: tag sentiment and border might be images from my new stamps. Do you like them?) Close up of the birdie. I cut out the shape from the paper and adhered that to the bag. Then I used tacky glue and traced around the bird. I pulled out a skein of yarn that I bought just because I liked it. I outlined the bird with the yarn for a little dimension. I think it turned out nicely. … [Read more...]
More Cards
Well, I said I'd go to bed early tonight but my new stamp sets just came in and I just HAD to try them out. So I told myself I'd make one card and then go to bed....but then I made some more, and then Percy (one of two of our furry babies) decided to try to get inside the printer. It didn't work to well but it was sure cute. So below are pictures of some more cards I made plus some of Percy trying to infiltrate the printer. This is one of the first shaker cards I've done in a while. There are black and green beads that shake over the froggie picture. This was a pretty easy card. I used a brown satin ribbon and pleated it. … [Read more...]
