Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Scrap My Heart and Scrapbook It!

Welcome back fellow Stampers!!

After sharing my card with my LATE NIGHT STAMPERS
GROUP, I received such a positive response
and had so many people asking me  
"How did you do that?" 
that I just had to share!!! 

I didn't know if I should consider this Post a new Techn{ink} 
or a CAS but there is a fine, translucent almost 
Vellum like line between the two! (giggle) 

This project consists of mainly using Scraps, 
I have so many and I'm so embarrassed to even show this next photo
but I'm being Honest when I say this is only a sixteenth of 
scraps I have...


Im sure you fellow Scrap-a-holics can agree, you have your own pile 
of scraps too. So I took out my little Punches and sat until I 
found a way to Use those Scraps!


I took out my Large Heart Punch (#119883) and selected a very patterned 
scrap of paper to start punching with..
{"Scrap" my "Heart"}


On the Left you see I took that same punched out heart and slid back 
into the punch -lining up the corners and rounded edge.
Then Punch again and here is what you will get...



Image on the Right is how it appears after I use my Paper Snips (#103579) **BTW the MOST fabulous pair of Snips I have ever had!!!**
and rounded off the opposing side, now I have two tear drops

If that is too much info for you, you can use the same AWESOME 
Paper Snips (#103579)
cutting the heart in half and round the sharp edges...
I punched out as many hearts as my little hands could because 
I don't know about you, 
but I'm so tired of having so MANY scraps around!
** I bet my husband would agree**
But seeing my initial photo, I bet you didn't know that was taken
AFTER I made this project! (Buhaaha)



I punched out the center of my flower with my 
1/14" Circle Punch (#119861)
Then this next part is a bit tricky. You will want to build your 
flower from the outside in. I used a minimal amount of 
Multipurpose Glue (#110755) so that I could 
re-position the petals as I needed. One layer at a time and so that 
they would lie over one another.
(See photos)




In the end I saw there were some areas that could 
still use more petals, so I just added these in 
at the end. I wanted to cover every part I could, you will need to
flip the card over and using your 
AWESOME Paper Snips (#103579) cut away the excess petals.


Stamp a quick sentiment and there you go. It takes a little getting used to but
after your familiar with what you are doing, it takes less than 5 min!

Were not done yet..
There is a BONUS feature-SCRAPBOOK IT!!! 



I decided since I was making this card, and I have PLENTY of Scraps, 
I wanted to surprise my daughter and make her
a two-page layout for her scrapbook too! 

In order to do this, I found it easier to start in the opposite 
direction than before. 
Since the overall image was larger, I used my 
1 3/4" Circle Punch (#110850) and built the inside of my 
flower by gluing the petals upside down to the center circle. 
Once I had the initial layer completed,
I flipped it over and adhered to the page. Then using the 
same Multipurpose Glue (#110755) I built my flower from the inside outward. 


Here is a close up and ...


Add your journal/photo spaces and 
Our Two Page layout is complete!! 
And UNDER 7 minutes

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that you too will have fun
Kreating this beautiful card and Scrapbook layout too. 

Cool Tools: Large Heart Punch (#119883), 1/14" Circle Punch (#119861),
 Paper Snips (#103579), 1 3/4" Circle Punch (#110850) ,  
and Multipurpose Glue (#110755) 

5 comments:

  1. WOW....both of these are fabulous and thank you for your detailed instructions....I so agree that we can all use a beautiful project to help use up at least some of our scraps! TFS!

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  2. Looks simple enough even for a beginner like me.. Now all I need is the heart. Love it!
    Hugs! Kathie in FL

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  3. I wish I would have had this yesterday when I was CASEing your card. I kept thinking how in the world did she do this in 5 minutes. But I did get my card done and even though I don't like it as well as yours, I still am thrilled with the results. Thank you for posting how it "really" is supposed to be done!!
    Kayla

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  4. Thank you everyone for stopping by. Im so happy you enjoyed, this was a fun card to create. Kayla, I sure would LOVE to see your version of my CAS. :) Email me friend. ~Hugs to all!!

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  5. Nikki - beautifully done! I must say that I too have the scraps (and that's after cleaning them out). I now have two piles neatly organized into SU! paper scraps and non-SU! I then threw away, Yes I admit I did throw away paper, anything too small. I had a sample that was too small or smaller. Now I have another reason to have kept my scraps. THANK YOU!

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