T.N.T. Thursday

 

Today for T.N.T. Thursday I will be showing you how to make this fun and simple Triangle fold card. You can whip up these in no time. I managed to make 5 different designs in less then an hour. Make sure you take a look at the other examples at the end of this post.

 I had so much fun using my free Sale-a-Bration stamp set, Patterned Occassions 129624. This set could be yours also. There is still time to get it FREE with a $50 order, but you need to hurry. 

Sale-a-Bration is coming to a close on March 22. Just go to my business website: bernadettebliss.stampinup.net and place your order. It will come right to your 

door and you can get to play with it also!

For this card you will need the following :

• One piece solid CS cut at 5"x 4 1/4"
• 2 pieces of  DS CS cut at 3" x 4"
• 1 piece of Very Vanilla CS cut at  4" x 4"
• Stampin Spot 
•  Large Scallop punch
• 4" piece of coordinating ribbon 
• Glue dots, SNAIL Adhesive

 

  You will take the 3x4 inch piece and fold the top half into a triangle. Make sure the bottom of the triangle sides match. Take your bone folder and crease the fold well.

Fold the straight edge that is remaining up to the edge of the folded triangle.

Run a strip of SNAIL Adhesive along the inside edge of the triangle. Fold over to close. Next run several strips of adhesive along the straight edge. 

This will be the edge that you will be adhering the white CS to.

 Line up Whisper White CS to the edge of the triangle. 

This will be done for both triangle pieces

Cut out one scallop using the Large Scallop Circle Punch and a circle for the image. 

I used Stampin' Up!s Circles #2 using the second largest circle. Sorry, I'm not sure of the size of it.

 

Stamp your image on the white inner circle. Place the scallop on the front of the card with a small glue dot towards the bottom  point of the top triangle. Taking the 4" piece of ribbon, cut it in half. Glue the 2 pieces together with a glue dot. Place another glue dot on the top and adhere the ribbon to the back of the circle. Add Stampin' Dimensionals to the back then add it to the scallop. 

Trim your ribbon and your DONE!

 

Why not give these a try and see how fast they go together. You will have a nice little stash of everyday cards that will put a smile on someones face. I did add small sentiments to the inside of my cards using the  Teeny Tiny Wishes 127802 and Petite Pairs 122497. 

*Just make sure your sentiment is small enough so it does not go past the edge of the scallop.

Well that's about it. I apologize for this getting up so late in the day, but  yesterday just got away from me. I'm trying to have these T.N.T.'s up by 9 AM EST. Some weeks it works and some weeks it doesn't. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. Drop me a comment here or on my FB page. I would love to hear what you think. Have a CRAFTY day!

Here are the remaining cards in the Set

If you would like further information on how I decorated these cards, feel free to contact me at:

bernadettebliss@gmail.com

*Original design by Linda Heller of stampingschool.com*

Thank God

Today's card is one that I'm linking to MOJO284 Blog and Word Art Wednesday Blog. I originally was going to do a black, white and red combo with this sketch and may still, but the Print Poetry DSP 129312 which is in the Spring catalog, "spoke" to me again and besides it is certainly a Spring looking paper. Appropriate for this time of year. This is just a 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" pack that has 48 sheets of paper: 4 ea. of 12 double-sided designs. This is my fourth card using this pack. 

Can you tell I like designing with it!

RECIPE

Paper: Print Poetry 129312, Patio Party DSP 126916, Midnight Muse CS 126843

Summer Starfruit CS 126839, Whisper White CS 100730

Stamp Set: Trust God 126702, Papillon Potpourri 123757

Ink: Midnight Muse 126860, Lucky Limeade 126984

Sweet Extras: Ribbon - 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon/ Midnight Muse 126847

 Pearl Basic Jewels 119247, Perfect Polka Dots Folder 117335

Punches: 2 3/8" Scallop Circle 118874, 1 3/4" Circle 119850, Bitty Butterfly 129406

Edgelits - Large Scallop 127019

Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Pierce-Mat, Stampin Dimensionals, Anywhere Glue Stick

 SNAIL Adhesive, Glue Dots

Make it a wonderful day and stay CRAFTY!

The Excitment is Mounting!

 

In a few short days my 30 minute creative escape arrives in a box right to my doorstep.

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Happy Birthday

 

This is my first card made with the new Secret Garden 129144 and the matching

 Framelits Dies 129372. If you buy this set as a bundle you will save 15%

I was able to get so much wonderful inspiration from

 Stampin' Connection, so I had to try my hand at creating a card.

RECIPE

Paper: Print Poetry DSP 129312, Very Vanilla 101650, Primrose Petals 126841

 Gumball Green 126840

Ink: Primrose Petals 126858, Summer Starfruit 126991

Sweet Additions: Pearl Basic Jewels 119247, 1/2" Very Vanilla Seam Binding 120999

Large Scallop Edgelits 127019, Ovals Collection 129381

 Paper-Piercing Tool 126189, Stampin' Pierce Mat 126199

Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping , attend your place of Worship tomorrow and go CRAFT today!

Happy Easter Little Chick

Today is the final card that I will be posting in the Everybunny set. There are two more images and I do  have a design in mind for another, but I think that will have to wait until next week.

RECIPE

Paper: Very Vanilla 101650, Watercolor Paper 122959, So Saffron CS 105118,

 Old Olive CS 100702,  Island Indigo CS 122923

Ink: StazOn Jet Black Ink 101406

Various Watercolor Wonder Crayons

Sweet Additions: Old Olive 3/8” Striped Organdy Ribbon  129291

 Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder 117335

Adorning Accents Edgelits 125595

Stampin' Dimensionals, Aqua Painter, SNAIL Adhesive

*The card design is from Linda over at stampingschool.com* 

Thanks for stopping by and as always, have a CRAFTY weekend!

T.N.T. Thursday

 

Today is reveal day on how to make this sweet little Easter Gift box. 

Let's get started!

These are the pieces you will need to assemble the box. I used the Two Tag Bigz Die to cut the four main pieces. Also shown in the picture is the second tag on the die. It will not be used, but I thought I would give you a look at what it looked like. Once embellished it would make a great bookmark.

1. Cut four of the tags. Two in the patterned paper and two from the solid CS.

I used Print Poetry for the outside of the box 

and Raspberry Ripple for the inside.

 You can cut two at a time in the Big Shot, but not more then that.

2. Cut a piece of CS 7 1/2" x 5/5" for the handle

3. For the box frame, cut a piece of solid CS 2 7/8" x 6 3/4". 

 Score at 1/2" in the landscape position

 and 2" in the portrait position.

4. Taking the 4 tag pieces, fold each piece on the fold lines. Run a bead Multipurpose Liquid glue

  around the outer edge. Place one patterned piece and one solid piece together 

making sure to line them up.

5.  Take the "box" piece and cut up to the score line on the 2" end. 

Do this on both sides as shown in the picture

6. Score the box on all score lines. Taking a piece of Sticky Strip

 and run it up the back side of the 2" end.

 7. Next place a small piece of Sticky Strip along the longer side 

diagonally as shown in the photo.

8. Now it's time to assemble the box. Expose the sticky strip and

fold the short sides up and secure by burnishing the edge. 

Do this on all four sides.

8. Take the completed outside pieces and run two pieces of Sticky Strip 

across bottom edge of the inside solid side.

9. Attach the outside piece to the bottom of the box making sure

 you have the scored edge lined up with bottom edge.

 

This is how the box should look when the 2 pieces are added.

10. Next stamp your image with StazOn Basic Black on Watercolor Paper. Let it dry a few minutes. I used Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter to color the image. You can also use Stampin'Write Markers or Ink and Blender Pens.

11. When your image is dry, using the 1 3/4" Circle Punch, punch out the image. 

This will be a little tight, so be careful not to clip his ears. 

Using the Small Scallop Punch, punch out a piece of Summer Starfruit.

 I took my Paper Piercing Tool and punched holes in the center of the scallops,

 but this is not a necessary step. Glue and layer the pieces together and set aside.

12.  Bend the handle slightly and place it into 

the slots on either side of the basket. With a paper piercer or hole punch,

punch through the handle and the box at the point were the hole is on the inside .

13. Place a small white brad through holes, fold over prongs to secure the handle

14. Place  Stampin' Dimensionals on back of the image and place

it on the front of the box making sure to cover the brad.

Cut a 6" piece of Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon and form into a simple bow.

 Attach it just below the egg on the image with a Glue Dot.

Fill it with some "grass" and  Easter goodies and your done.

I hope you give this a try and if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me.

 Have a great and CRAFTY week!

God's Special Work of Art

 

I had a chance to sit down and create a card for MOJO Monday sketch 283. I have been wanting to us the floral paper from the new paper pack by Stampin' Up! The card went together a little differently then I envisioned it, but I am happy with results.

RECIPE

Paper: Very Vanilla 101650, Raspberry Ripple 126842, Pretty in Pink 100459

 Print Poetry DSP 129312, More Amour DSP 129309

Ink:  Staz On Jet Black 101406

Stamp: Trust God 126702 ( C )56+

Sweet Additions: Designer Bundle Brads 129329

 Artisan Embellishments Kit129328 ( cotton lace)

Pearls (non SU)

Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Have a wonderful and CRAFTY day!