Just a quick reminder that the deadline for the September designer challenge is tonight at midnight! Be sure and play along for a chance to be our November Challenge Guest Designer!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Glue Arts Week Winners and a Chance to Win a Kindle!
First off we have the randomly chosen winners from last week's Glue Arts week.
The winner of the Scor-buddy is:
Deborah345 said...
Love the pumpkin card candy holder - adorable.
Wowza, I never knew how many awesome projects you could make with a Scor-Pal! I love it! Thanks so much for the chance to win such an awesome prize!
Friday, September 23, 2011
A Sweet Treat to Wrap Up Our Glue Arts Week!
Today is the final day of our special Scor-Pal/GlueArts week. As you can tell our designers have enjoyed pairing these great products with their Scor-pals. We have one last project to share today.
We will be giving away some great Scor-pal and GlueArts prizes so be sure and leave a comment each day this week! There will be two winners randomly selected from all comments throughout the week. One will receive a Scor-pal scoring tool and the other will receive an assortment of great GlueArts products. You have until 8am CDT on Monday to leave comments. We will announce the winners later that day both here and on the Scor-pal Fan Page.
Once you are finished here be sure and stop by and visits the GlueArts blog as to see what they are up to as well. Also, don't forgot to visit the GlueArts fan page and, of course, stop by the Scor-pal Fan page. We have some great prize giveaways, contests, ideas and more there as well.
Now for the sweet treat box created by designer Virginia Nebel
Supplies: Scor-pal, Glue Arts, American Crafts pattern paper, Sizzix diecut
Here is a fun treat box to make with the Scor-pal and some Glue Arts adhesive. Other supplies needed is a steel rule diecut and a 4 x 12 inch paper piece.
Position the paper so that the full length runs across the Scor-pal. Score at 6 inches.
Turn the paper and make a little notch at the 2 inch mark, repeat on the opposite end.
Line up the notch and the centre score and score a line connecting the two points.
Repeat on for all sides. You should end up with a diamond shape scored out.
Fold along the diagonal lines. Apply the Glue Arts Extreme Tac adhesive squares on the flaps, fold up securing the box together.
You have just finished making a little treat box. Now it’s time for some fun embellishments.
Make 3D shaped tags by cutting the Glue Arts Raisen through your diecut. Repeat same diecuts on pattern paper.
Peel off the tape backing on one side, position some twine on and cover with paper diecut on both sides. Tie through the top of the treat box.
Here is another peek at what the final project looks like:
Thanks so much for joining us this week! We will be back on Monday to announce the winner of this week's prizes!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
A Black Cat Treat Box and a Haunted House Card
Day Four of our special Scor-pal/GlueArts week and we have some more fun projects lined up for you!
We will be giving away some great Scor-pal and GlueArts prizes so be sure and leave a comment each day this week! There will be two winners randomly selected from all comments throughout the week. One will receive a Scor-pal scoring tool and the other will receive an assortment of great GlueArts products. You have until 8am CDT on Monday to leave comments. We will announce the winners later that day both here and on the Scor-pal Fan Page.
Once you are finished here be sure and stop by and visits the GlueArts blog as to see what they are up to as well. Also, don't forgot to visit the GlueArts fan page and, of course, stop by the Scor-pal Fan page. We have some great prize giveaways, contests, ideas and more there as well.
Our first project today is a black cat treat box from designer Gini Cagle. Gina used the Square Treat Box tutorial from from the Scor-pal website and added a cat rosette that was inspired by a home decor project from Martha Stewart.
Scor-pal scoring tool; Scor-tape; Glue Arts ExtremeTac Adhesive Squares; Glue Arts U Cut It Adhesive Foam; Bazzill Cardstock; Basic Grey Patterned Paper; Ribbon, Metallic Thread
To make the cat rosette, cut 2 pieces of black card stock, 1.5" x 12". Score every half an inch and pleat fold.
Attach the two strips together with Scor-tape to form a circle. Press the circle down in the center to form a rosette, and glue in place.
Add pieces of card stock to decorate the face. Apply Extreme Tac to glue the eyes, ears and mouth of the cat. Cut a small piece of U Cut It Foam, and fill in the hole in the center of the rosette. Color orange with a copic marker.
Make a loop of metallic thread, and tie a knot in the center. Clip the ends to make whiskers. Place this on the UCutIt Foam. Glue the nose over the top with the Extreme Tac.
Complete the Square Treat Box, following the tutorial, and add the Scaredy-Cat to the top of the box.
Here are a few more views of this fun project:
Our next project for the day is a Haunted House card by designer Steph Ackerman
Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: Making Memories; Scoring Tool: Scor-Pal; Glue: GlueArts U Cut It Foam; Die: Sizzix Haunted House; Glitter, Foil, Ink: Clearsnap; Ribbon: Making Memories; Twine: The Twinery; Tag: Miss Elizabeth
Directions:
Die cut the Haunted House using a Sizzix die and the UCutIt Foam (save the little pieces for use on another project).
Gently pulling up the top layer, add Charcoal Glitter to the smoke and Silver Lining Glitter to the roofs.
Now add Clearsnap's Lucky Penny Foil to the remainder of the house.
In some spots, the Foil pulled away parts of the Foam, so I inked over those spots with Clearsnap's Black Mix'd Media Inx for a grungy look.
Die cut the "moon" from orange cardstock and score every 1/4".
Ink the embossed areas with Black Mix'd Media Inx.
Cut a 1" strip of cardstock to fit across the card front, then score along the top and bottom edges.
Thanks for stopping by today! We will be back tomorrow to wrap up the week and share our final project. See you then!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
A Pumpkin with a Sweet Treat and A Shaker Giftbox That Shines
Day Three of Glue Arts week and we have two more fun projects to share!!
We will be giving away some great Scor-pal and GlueArts prizes so be sure and leave a comment each day this week! There will be two winners randomly selected from all comments throughout the week. One will receive a Scor-pal scoring tool and the other will receive an assortment of great GlueArts products. You have until 8am CDT on Monday to leave comments. We will announce the winners later that day both here and on the Scor-pal Fan Page.
Once you are finished here be sure and stop by and visits the GlueArts blog as to see what they are up to as well. Also, don't forgot to visit the GlueArts fan page and, of course, stop by the Scor-pal Fan page. There we have some great prize giveaways, contests, ideas and more.
Now for today's designs!
First off is our Pumpkin Card by designer Lisa Andrews that holds a sweet treat inside:
Step 1: Cut six ovals (three for each side) from Double Dots paper, I used Creative Memories cutting system, 3 ½” x 5” oval using the red blade.
Step 2: Adhere two of the ovals with Scor-Tape, as shown, this is the back of your card
Step 3: Repeat for the front of the card, expect use Glue Arts foam sheet to attach the middle oval
Step 4: Using the back piece, line the bottom of the pumpkin up with the left gutter and score at 3 ½”
Step 5: for candy pocket, use a 3 x 2 piece of paper and score ½” and ¼” on three sides, snip off the corners and fold to create a pocket. Adhere it to the inside of the card with Scor-Tape.
Step 6: Using brown cardstock freehand a stem and score every ¼”, attach the stem in between the front and back pumpkin. Attach front of card on the back using Scor-Tape. Decorate as you please! I used the Heartswirl Doohickey die from Magnolia for the tendrils.
Here is a peek at the inside of the card:
And a side view of how it stands open:
Thanks, Lisa!
Our next project is a Shaker Gift box with lots of sparkle brought to you by designer Tami Mayberry:
Supplies: Card stock: Bazzill Prismatics, Patterns: Bo Bunny Press (lid/stars), Bella Blvd (box sides); Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts; U Cut if Foam:GlueArts; Scor-pal scoring tool; Designer Adhesives Foil:Clearsnap; Glitter and Sparkle Fibers: Clearsnap; Gems: Want2Scrap; clear acetate
For this box I began with the One Cupcake Box tutorial by Scor-pal Designer Kittie Franken.
When making the base of the box I skipped the part of step 3 of adding an opening and instead added a shaker style lid with the aid of GlueArts UCutIt foam, double sided foam adhesive.
After step 6 of the tutorial we begin the process of creating the shaker lid.
Begin by cutting a foam square roughly the size of your lid/base (in this case 4x4). Then cut another square from the center of the previous square. I used Spellbinders dies for both steps.
Once you have your frame cut, place it on the scored panel to be used for the lid positioning within the center scores and use a pencil to trace the opening. Cut opening using die or craft knife. Fold sides of lid as directed in original tutorial.
If your foam is larger than lid (as shown below) simply trim to fit. Once you have a nice fit, cut two clear square slightly smaller than foam frame. I used the backing from a clear stamp set but you can use recycled packaging, acetate, transparencies or any other clear material. Adhere one square to the frame, fill with glitter or other filler and cover with second clear piece. (Sample uses dilver glitter and sparkle fibers form Clearsnap) Adhere finished shaker to inside of lid and decorate finished box as desired.
I used the piece of foam that I cut from the center of the frame along with Design Adhesives Foil from Clearsnap to create shiny 3D stars. I used my Spellbinders dies to cut a star from the UCutIt foam and then simply peeled the backing off of one side, placed the foil on and peeled off leaving a sparkle finish.
Here are some more peeks of the final result:
Thanks for stopping by once again.
We will see you tomorrow with more projects!