Well its been a little crazy here in North Florida – last week we hade 9 inches of snow!!! Unheard of! We managed to “shovel” our driveway with a broom! Things were shut down for a couple of days because of the very cold weather and lack of snow plows in the county.
But we are back in business!
The photo above shows my latest creation – a cross stitch from Country Cottage Needleworks called Mini Monthly Village – February. Stitched on 14 count Aida with Classis Colorworks thread.
I will be doing these for each month to display on our fireplace mantle.
Hello crafters and welcome to December! I’m sure you are all busy with the holiday planning. Today I want to share with you a box/bag that I made to package an ornament (which I also made). My Scor-Pal and Scor-tape came in handy for this project. You can find all the Scor-Pal products here.
I started with two pieces of red cardstock measuring 11″ x 5″. Score each piece at the 1″ an 7″.
Take one of these pieces – it will be the front – and attach a piece of patterned paper to cover the largest section and the smaller section of the scored cardstock.
Using a circle die, cut out a circle, centering it on the larger section of the scored piece.
Once the circle is cut out, take a piece of transparency paper and attach it to the inside of the piece.
Attach the two pieces together to form the outer pieces of the box/bag.
To cover the sides, take two pieces of cardstock measuring 8″ x 2″, scoring at 2″ on each end and attach them to the sides of the box/bag.
Once everything was together, I punched two holes at the top and attached it with ribbon.
Here is a quick and easy way to keep a few photo memories you may have for fall. Maybe you took some pictures at a pumpkin patch, or have some from Halloween. Take a few of your favorites and put it in a simple photo book.
This is an accordion style booklet. I took 2 pieces of cardstock measuring 4 x 12.
Using my Scor-Pal I scored each of the pieces at the 3″ mark, then attached the ends together to make one longer strip.
Once the inside was done l added a ribbon to the front and attached a cover to it – note..leave the end of the ribbon unattached so that you can open up the booklet all the way.
The front was made with some scrapbook paper and orange rhinestones. I was able to find the perfect orange and yellow ribbon in my stash.
Hello crafters! Today I am sharing with you an ornament I just finished that combines cross stitching and folded fabric techniques.
The front of the ornament was cross stitched using a small part of a larger pattern by Joan Elliott called Blue Delft Sampler. I’ve always been drawn to the blue delft patterns.
The back of the ornament uses the Victoria Pattern folded fabric technique created by The Ornament Girl.
I hope you like what I have created – I’ve been doing a little cross stitching over the past year. Smaller pieces like this one are best for me.
Today I am sharing with you a pretty fall card that includes the rosette technique.
In all my years of paper crafting I have never done a rosette. So simple – there are tons of tutorials on youtube. Basically you take a long strip of paper and score – I did mine at 1/2 inch intervals. Then you accordion fold the strip. Make two of them and adhere them together. I made mine to look like a sunflower.
This card uses some old patterned paper and a stamp from Papertrey.
Hello September and hello crafters! So, it’s still in the 90’s here in Florida, but everyone seems to be ready for fall. I am not quite there yet, but I have started on my Christmas cards.
Today I am showing you some cute Geometric boxes that I made with scrapbook paper and my Scor-Pal. These are very easy to do. It just takes 3 pieces of square paper (I used 4″ square for the smaller one and 6″ square for the larger one in the photo above.
These lay flat on a desk and have a cool triangle opening.
Hello crafters and welcome to the dog days of August! I hope your summer is going well – school starts here in about 2 weeks so everyone is getting the last bit of vacationing in.
Today I am sharing with you a Desktop easel with drawer. I made it with paper, a scor-pal and scor-tape, along with a mini calendar. Now, the measurements for this item will accommodate a calendar up to 3″ wide.
To make the drawer, take a piece of cardstock measuring 5.5″ x 7″ and score at 1.25″ on each side. Fold and burnish the score lines. Cut tabs and place score-tape on the tabs and assemble the drawer – see the three photos below.
Attach patterned paper to the front. Fold a piece of ribbon in half and attach it to the bottom. The ribbon acts as a drawer pull.
To make the outer band, take a piece of paper measuring 10″ x 4.5″ – score at 2.25″, 3.5″, 6.5″ and 8″. NOTE: these are rough measurements. The outer band should comfortably wrap around the drawer. Add patterned paper to the top and side of the panel.
Wrap the band around the drawer – use scor-tape to close the band while allowing the drawer to slide in and out.
To make the top easel, take a piece of paper 8.5″ x 3″ and score it at 3.5″ and 6.5″. Mountain fold the longer section and valley fold the shorter section. Attached the calendar to the front of the longer section and place it as shown below.
To make the easel stand up and keep the calendar upright I added a button to the top.
Hello crafters! Today I am sharing a tutorial to create this hidden message card. I used my scor-pal, scor-tape, cardstock and some patterned paper to make this.
To start – take a piece of cardstock measuring 10″ x 7″ and on the long side score at 2.5″, 5″, and 7.5″. On the short side score at 1.75″, 3.5″ and 5.25″ (photo 1).
Fold and burnish all score lines then fold the card in half with the fold side on the bottom. Cut on the vertical score lines just until you reach the horizontal line.(photo 2)
Your card should now look like photo 3.
Open the card up with the cut sections in the center. Take a piece of white cardstock wide enough to fit through the slats – weave it through the first set of cuts. (photo 1).
Take a second piece of cardstock and weave it through the second set of cuts – alternating the weave from the first section. (photo 2).
Your card should now look like photo 3.
Fold the outside panels in and decorate the front. Open the card and decorate the inside panels as desired – – this is NOT where the hidden message is…
To get to the hidden message section take the center fold as a mountain fold and “pry” apart the card to reveal the hidden section. This section is created by cutting and weaving the paper in the earlier steps. Decorate the hidden section as desired and place your message here. I left mine blank for now.
I finished the card by adding a belly band to keep the card closed.
Hello crafters! Happy summer to you! I have a cute tutorial to show you. A Diamond Fold card made with my Scor-Pal.
Take a piece of 4″ x 12″ cardstock in your Scor-Pal and score on the long side at 2″, 4″, 8″ and 10″.
Make a small score/notch at the mid point (in this case it would be at the 6″ mark) – at the top and bottom.
Take a ruler and place it at the center of the cardstock, then fold it down as shown below. Do both sides.
Turn the cardstock around and do the same folds on the bottom.
When finished your cardstock should like this – you can see the diamond patterns.
Pinch the side sections so that the diagonal scored lines fold inward.
Attached patterned paper to all the sections except for the center diamond.
Add a stamped image to the center diamond. I mounted my image onto a scalloped square die cut first. The image is an old Power Poppy image, colored with copics.
Hello crafters! Today I have a tutorial on how to make this pinwheel fold card. It was made with patterned paper, my Scor-Pal, Scor-tape, Scor-Envi(optional), cardstock, dies and embellishments.
Start by taking a piece of patterned paper measuring 8″ x 8″ and placing it on the Scor-pal on the diagonal. I placed the Scor-Envi in the lower left hand corner to keep the paper in place. This is optional – if you can keep your paper in place without the Scor-Envi that is fine. Make sure the left side of the paper is right up against the left side of the Scor-Pal. Score at the 3″ mark. Rotate your paper to the left and score again at the 3″ mark. Continue rotating and scoring for all 4 corners.
Once you’ve made your scores at the 3″ mark you will see that there is a small triangle created at the intersection of each score. Cut each of those small triangles out. Your paper should now look the the second image below.
For the next group of score lines place your paper against the left edge of the Scor-Pal and made a score at the 1″ mark – ONLY SCORING DOWN TO THE AREA WHERE YOU MADE THE CUT OUT.
Rotate your paper to the left and do the same for the other sections – only scoring down to the cut out section.
Once the scoring is done fold the larger sections in towards the center. The smaller sections are then folder in the opposite manner (folded out) You can secure the smaller sections with Scor-Tape.
Place a 4″ piece of cardstock on the inside – here is where you can stamp a sentiment or write a note.
Fold over each section one at a time
For the last section you will need to tuck it in under the first section.
When closed the card with have a pinwheel design.
For the band I took a strip of the same patterned paper measuring 11″ x 1″ and wrapped it around the card, securing it with tape. For the embellishments I used some die cuts and rhinestones.
Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you found this tutorial helpful!
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