Love Wheel Card

Materials: Cardstock: (red, coral, pink) y y y y y y y Bazzill Basics Paper; (white) Neenah Paper Patterned paper: (graph paper from 5 & Dime pad) October Afternoon Rubber stamp: (Happy Spinner from Take a Spin set) Stampin' Up! Dye ink: (Real Red, Regal Rose) Stampin' Up! Accents: (silver spinner, brad) Stampin' Up! Tool: (circle punch) Stampin' Up! Finished size: 4" square

Procedures: 1 Make card from cardstock. 2 Trim patterned paper; triple mat with cardstock and adhere. 3 Punch circles from cardstock; layer and adhere (use foam tape for one layer). 4 Stamp wheel twice on cardstock. Trim valentine wedge and adhere. 5 Attach spinner with brad. Adhere wheel.

Luv U Card

MATERIALS: Cardstock: (Vintage Cream, kraft) y y y y y y Papertrey Ink; (Real Red) Stampin' Up! Clear stamps:(background, heart, arrow, luv u from Carved Love set) (Vintage Photo, Brown Sugar, Fountain Pen) Fibers: (natural string) May Arts Finished size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Ink all edges. 1 Make card from cardstock; stamp background. 2 Trim cardstock; tie on string and adhere with foam tape. 3 Stamp heart, arrow, and luv u on cardstock; trim and adhere with foam tape.

Gratitude Canvas

SUPPLIES: y y y y y y (white matte presentation) Clear stamp: ( Technique (Graphite Black) Tattered Angels Paint: (red, yellow, orange glitter) (maple leaf) Finished size: 6" x 8"

1. Mix paint and medium; apply to canvas. Spritz with shimmer spray and let dry. 2. Print maple leaves in various sizes on specialty paper. 3. Apply decoupage adhesive to leaves and adhere glitter. 4. Trim leaves and adhere to canvas. Stamp gratitude.

Handy Man Card

SUPPLIES: y y y y y Cardstock: (kraft) Patterned paper: A Muse Artstamps Sticker: Debossing Woodgrain) Finished size: 4" square

Procedures: 1. Deboss cardstock; fold into card. Distress edges. 2. Adhere patterned paper. 3. Print sentiment on cardstock; trim, distress edges, and adhere with foam tape. 4. Trim cardstock strip, distress edges and adhere to form closure. 5. Affix sticker.

You Rule Card

SUPPLIES: y y y y y y y y y Cardstock: (white) Chalkboard Crate Paper BasicGrey Dye ink:(Desert Sand) (yellow button) (Alpha-Numeric chipboard alphabet) Sticker: (measuring tape border) (white twine) (1 1/4" circle punch, corner rounder punch) EK (cork)

1 Make card from cardstock, cover with patterned paper, and round right corners. 2 Affix measuring tape and ink edges. 3 Round top corners and ink edges of patterned paper panel. 4 Adhere patterned paper strip and affix measuring tape. 5 Sponge alphabet with ink and affix to spell "You rule". 6 Circle-punch cork and adhere. 7 Thread button with twine, adhere, and adhere panel using foam tape.

ABC Baby Card

SUPPLIES: y y y y Cardstock: (white) Patterned paper Stickers: (alphabet) Fibers:(green/white string) Whisker Graphics Finished size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Procedures: 1 Make card from cardstock; adhere patterned paper strips. 2 Tie string bow around front flap. 3 Affix stickers.

Explosion Box
Materials:
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A paper trimmer A bone folder A ruler A pencil Strong adhesive such as double sided tape A corner rounder Embellishments of your choice - eg: ribbon, cord, string, stickers, designer paper, paper or silk flowers, brads, etc Your photos or sentiments/journaling treatments

PAPER FLOWER

Procedures: Step 1 - decide what size heart punch you want to use. It will be forming the petals. Punch out about seven hearts. You may need more or less, depending on the punch size and how much you want to overlap the hearts, Steps 2 to 5 - Now use your markers or pens to make the centres seem more like blooms. I colour the point of my hearts as they will form the centres of the blossoms. I also run a little edge over the outside of the heart as shown in steps two and three Step 6 to 7 Assemble your hearts together as shown, continuing until you have enough to make a flower. Put some adhesive behind each petal so it will stick to the last one. When you reach the last petal, slip it under the first and adhere it down Step 8 Shape your flower with the shaping tool (this process is described below) Step 9 punch out the centre of your flower. I used two punches here, a flower punch and a circle punch. If you use a flower punch like this where the petals are a silhouette, punch the flower first then punch out around it with your circle punch. If you try it the other way round, the circle will slip around in the flower punch and it be hard to get an even border Step 10 With this centre decoration, I added accents to it with gold, silver and black pens then trimmed around the image with my sharp little scissors Step 11 The shaped centre
Materials:

y A heart punch y cardstock or designer patterned paper y glue pen or a double sided tape runner y a circle punch for the centre, y Scissors y Pens or paints or other markers

Paper Butterfly

You will need:

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Scrap paper, ruler compass Some patterned paper A bone folder helps to get the creases sharp A length of Ribbon

Procedures:
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Cut out your pattern, then trace it onto the patterned paper you chose Cut out the shape Pleat the butterfly shape up as finely as you can, using the bone folder to make the creases sharp. Keep going until the whole shape looks like an accordion. Now take some ribbon and tie the shape in the middle. The ribbon ends will become the antennae and head Next, spread out the folds to make wings. I used my bone folder again to make the wings fold upward and downward the way I wanted them to

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Artificial Topiary Tree

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Scraps of paper in coordinating colours A box of pearl-headed or decorative pins (though plain ones would do. A Styrofoam ball Circle paper punches in at least two sizes that will allow you to punch out two colours and layer them as illustrated. I also used a small flower punch and layered that on top of the circles A length of wooden doweling A flower pot and sand or rocks/gravel/something heavy to fill it with some wrapping paper or card stock to cover the flower pot

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Punch out two sizes of circles and stack them together in sets of two Pin the stacked circles together and push them into the Styrofoam ball. Make sure you overlap them enough to hide the Styrofoam, and space them as evenly as you can When the whole ball is covered in pinned circles, cover the length of doweling with a long paper spiral. Then push the doweling into the circle covered ball and set it aside Turn the flower pot upside down on a piece of cardstock or wrapping paper and trace around the wide top. Cut this circle out and punch a doweling sized hole in the middle Cover the flower pot with the wrapping paper and fix it securely. Decorate the outside as desired Stand the circle ball and doweling in the flower pot, thread the cut out disc onto the doweling so it will sit in the top of the flower pot when assembled, and fill the pot with your choice of ballast (sand, rocks, gravel), keeping the doweling balanced in the middle of the pot until it can stand alone Fit the cut out disc down into the pot to cover up the rocks/sand