Tag Archives: Punches

Mar 11 2014

Technique Tuesday – Card in a Box!!!

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Happy Tuesday!!!! This is sooooo amazing! Don’t you love flowers? Don’t you love having flowers on your desk, workspace, or table? Wouldn’t you love to keep it around longer than a week and no watering needed? This card in a box is PERFECT for you then!!!!

Card in a Box, www.LaurasStampPad.com

This card went to my Best Friend to brighten her day after taking her Nursing Boards Exam!!!! I do kind of think it is a LOT of Strawberry Slush but it is amazing!!!! AND it still fits into a regular sized Medium Envelope!!!! I love that part!

Here is how to make this fabulous Card In A Box!!!!

1. Start with a piece of cardstock measuring 9″ x 5-1/2″ and you will score on the short side at 2-3/4″ and on long side score at 2-1/8″, 4-1/4″, 6-3/8″, and 8-1/2″!

2. You will then cut all of the score line on the top side to make your flaps for the box. Cut all the way down to the 2-3/4” score line. When you get to the end with the little strip you will cut that off!

Box Card Template, www.LaurasStampPad.com

3. Using sticky strip, apply it to the little flap that you have on the bottom portion and fold over the opposite end to adhere to your sticky strip.

4. For your inserts to hold all of pieces in your box, you will need two 3-1/8” by ¾” piece of cardstock and then you will score at ¾” from either end. Fold the scores lines opposite to create a Z pattern and then attach those inside your box, close to the top.

5. Now it is time to decorate. For the panels of your box, you will need 2” x 2-5/8” rectangles. For the back piece you will need 2” x 5-3/8” rectangle.

You can decorate with so many different items – balloons and birthday cake, other flowers, butterflies, and flowers….all I can think of is flowers. HELP ME! Put in the comments below what you would decorate your Card In A Box. I need ideas!!!! Check back tomorrow for more ideas that were made by my fellow stampers….but they are all flowers!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Mar 10 2014

Kaleidoscope Kraziness!

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Happy Monday! I am going a little krazy today because it will be 70 degrees and sunny today and I couldn’t be happier (well I could if I knew we weren’t getting snow in 2 days, welcome to IL)!! But today I am showing you this fabulous card I made with the Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper!!!

Perfect Pennants, www.LaurasStampPad.com

I love this paper for the colors – Strawberry Slush, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, and Basic Black! Love me some pink!!! This card was ripped and layered and tagged and stamped! I think I hit quite a few techniques in this one! I also used the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set which I love because the greetings are different and super fun and the images are amazing. There is this striped banner image, a polka dot banner image, heart, and star! LOVE! For the top of the tag, I used my Scallop Tag Topper Punch and then added a little Strawberry Slush Ruffled Ribbon. Instead of tying the ruffed ribbon, I just looped it through and then tied a little bit of Baker’s Twine around the ends to hold it in place! I really like the look of it and then you don’t have a bulky knot on your card! Win Win! I hope you enjoyed this card and it doesn’t make your eyes go krazy! 😉

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Mar 5 2014

Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper!!!

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The Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper is my FAVORITE paper right now! I have been using it on millions of cards (okay maybe not millions but close…see check out this one and more are coming!)

Watercolor Wonder DSP, www.LaurasStampPad.com

I think the 2 patterns that I love the most are this one with the coral and yellow flowers and the other one in the same pattern but in indigo and green! LOVE!!! And this card was super simple, I cut a piece of the Designer Series Paper to 4″ x 5-1/4″ to layer onto my card base and then I punched out my butterflies with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and Bitty Butterfly Punch! Of course I attached those to my card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (LOVE)!!! I then added a little Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine and my greeting! I stamped the greeting from the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set onto Whisper White and then used the matching Banner Framelits to cut it out! The cool thing is you can get these two items as a bundle and save 15%! Woot Woot! I hope you liked this card and be on the lookout for more cards using the Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Mar 4 2014

Technique Tuesday – Flip Flap Fold Card

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Happy Tuesday!!! That means I have a fabulous technique for you and this one is super easy but has a BIG WOW factor!!!

Flip Flap Birthday Card, www.LaurasStampPad.com

This card fits in a regular Medium Envelope which is awesome! And the top flap flips open for you to write your greeting on the inside!!! Here is how it was made:

Supplies Needed: Cardstock, 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, Embossing Folder, Scallop Border Punch, and Stampin’ Dimensional

Your card base is 4-1/4” x 10-7/8” (by cutting the end off a little bit your card won’t bow) and you will score at 2-1/2” and 6-3/4”. Then on the small flap end, you will use any border punch to add a little decorative edge. Then you will take your 2-1/2” Circle Punch and push it all the way in with the 2-1/2” score line centered in the punch. This creates the peek-a-boo part of your card. For your decoration part, you will use your 1-3/4″ Circle Punch and 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch. Be sure to only put adhesive on the bottom half of your layered decoration so you don’t have any sticky showing. I used the Bring On The Cake Stamp Set and Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper! You will then want to add a little decoration on the bottom portion of the card front. I created little balloons (click here to learn how to make the balloons) and attached them with Stampin’ Dimensionals, so that your flap will have something to slide under and hold closed.

Flip Flap Birthday Card, www.LaurasStampPad.com

 I hope you enjoyed this technique and try it out yourself!!! Leave me a comment on what you think!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Feb 26 2014

How To Make The Perfect Balloon!

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I know it isn’t Technique Tuesday but I wanted to share this fabulous tip with you! How to make the perfect balloon!!!!

Balloon Instructions, www.LaurasStampPad.com

How simple was that? All you need is some Baker’s Twine, Owl Builder Punch, 3/4″ x 15/16″ Oval Punch (aka: Small Oval Punch), scrap of cardstock and a Stampin’ Dimensional! You can also add a little white curve/dash/mark (whatever you want to call it) to the make the balloon look rounded and shiny with your Chalk Marker! I forgot to do that on this one!

Balloons and Tag Topper, www.LaurasStampPad.com

Here is a better photo of the completed card! To create that adorable greeting tag, I used my Scalloped Tag Topper Punch! It is perfect for sliding ribbon through and then you don’t need to make a bow or knot (less ribbon and for those who can’t tie bows, less stress)! I am here to make your life better! You are welcome! 🙂 Balloon are perfect for anyone’s birthday – young or old so this is a great one to make multiples of and have one hand! Also, those little balloon use up random scraps you have laying around! Couldn’t get much better! Here is a quick video tutorial on this amazing technique!

I hope you enjoyed learning how to make balloons! Let me know in the comments if you want more little tutorials like this one!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Feb 17 2014

Sale-A-Brate Everything!

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Thank You Card, www.LaurasStampPad.comThe card is not my typical style. I usually stick with a more simple style card and I don’t usually use so many layers but every once in a while you need to break tradition. It is so much more fun adding texture and layers to your card when its FREE too! I used lots of fabulous Sale-A-Bration items for this card! Can you pick out all of the items I used? Decorative Dots Embossing Folder for a little extra texture and bump bump! 🙂 And the dots went so well with the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper! I added the Paper Lace Doily to the back of the greeting strip as well! Then I used my Banner Blast Stamp Set and matching Banner Punch which are both items that you can earn for FREE through Sale-A-Bration! The thank you greeting is from the Lots of Thanks Stamp Set which is one of my favorites, since I make lots of Thank You cards!!! I finished it off with a little bling – a star in Champagne Glimmer Paper! So what do you think? Too many layers? Love it? Needs more? Let me know in the comments below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Feb 13 2014

NEW Personalized Stamps!!!!

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New Personalized Stamp, www.LaurasStampPad.com

I love how Stampin’ Up is allowing us to create our own stamps now! This fabulous NEW Photopolymer Stamp can be personalized to whatever you want it to be. Here are just a few ways you could use this stamp:

~Address stamp
~Thank you
~From the classroom of (for a teacher gift)
~From the kitchen of
~Made with love
~This book belongs to
~From the desk of
~Just married
~Save the date
~Promote your business (add your name, website, and contact info)

So many fabulous ways that you could use this stamp! It coordinates with the 1-3/8″ Circle Punch and you will need Clear Block B or bigger! Order your’s today by clicking here! And don’t forget if there is another image you would like to stamp but can’t seem to find a match with a set in the catalog, you can create your own with the Undefined Kit! Check out one of mine here! I hope you try it out and be sure to share with my your carved stamp as I would LOVE to see what you come up with!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Feb 6 2014

You’re Lovely!!

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It is Sale-A-Bration time!!!! That means that your earn free stuff as a customer, hostess, and if you wish to join Stampin’ Up! The stamp set You’re Lovely is so amazing! It has fabulous flowers and greetings! Check out this sample!

You're Lovely, www.LaurasStampPad.com

This card is super simple and so amazing! I used my favorite color – Pool Party and Basic Gray! The Designer Series Paper is also one of the items you can earn for FREE with Sale-A-Bration – Sweet Sorbet! I added a little White Baker’s Twine for some texture. For the greeting, I stamped the image in Basic Gray on a scrap piece of Whisper White and then again on a piece of Basic Gray. I die-cut the Basic Gray piece with the Deco Labels Framelits and I punched out the white piece out with my Circle Punch! Then I layered them with Stampin’ Dimensionals! TIP: That layered piece of Pool Party cardstock is 4″ x 5-1/4″ which is just 1/4″ inch less than the card base. When cutting these pieces out, you end up with a little extra piece of cardstock. I have millions of these pieces and so I started putting that little piece on the inside as a little decoration. That is the piece that you can see on the inside of the card! 🙂 Always looking for ways to use my scraps!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Feb 5 2014

Bright Butterflies!!!

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This card is so amazing because it has BUTTERFLIES (which I have recently fallen in love with) and lots of color! I just feel like cards need to be colorful and POP! Another bonus for this card, it uses up some of the scraps you have laying around!

Papillion Portpourri, www.laurasstamppad.com

The fabulous card was created with the Papillion Portpourri Stamp Set and matching Elegant Butterfly Punch! I stamped the same butterfly image 4 times on scraps of Whisper White Cardstock using Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler, Island Indigo and Elegant Eggplant (all in the Regals Collection). You could always use different butterfly images so you don’t have to keep cleaning to stamp before going to the next color (be sure to clean it well for the Crushed Curry 😉 ) I love how bright and cheery this card is and again it could be used for any occasion! Can’t wait for spring so I can use this stamp set more and more! For more samples using this stamp set, click here and here!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jan 28 2014

Technique Tuesday – Birthday Candle Card

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Happy Tuesday!!! You know what that means – I am sharing a fabulous Technique with you!!!! This card is beyond amazing!!!! It looks fabulous and you use lots of scraps….who doesn’t have a million of those hanging around?

Birthday Candles, www.LaurasStampPad.com

Supplies Needed: Basic Black Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, scraps of color cardstock, ribbon, Embossing Folder, Decorative Label Punch and Bird Punch

I cut strips 1/2 inch by 2-3/4 inches in various colors and then ran them all through the Big Shot in an embossing folder. You can pick whichever one you have handy or your favorite. I used the Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder. I then started placing them on the card. I placed the 2 end candles down and then the middle one and then filled in. This helped me with spacing each of them! I used my Basic Black Marker (pen tip) to make the wicks. Then using So Saffron cardstock, I punched out the wing from the Bird Punch! I brushed the rounded (bottom) part of the flame with my Sponge Daubers and Pumpkin Pie ink. I adhered each of them to the card with a Stampin’ Dimensional on the back. Then I took my Dazzling Details (love this because it adds bling without the powder going EVERYWHERE) and added a little to the tips of each of the flames. I did this after assembly so it could be set aside to dry for a bit. The greeting is from the Bring On The Cake stamp set and punched out with the Decorative Label Punch. Then I punched another Decorative Label in Basic Black, cut it in half long ways and adhered it to my other punched piece. This gives the perfect little layering affect. LOVE IT! The little red dots bordering my greeting were created with my Real Red Marker….just dot dot dot dot and a million more dots. 🙂 I hope you have enjoyed this technique for making a amazingly adorable card with lots of scraps!!! Try it out yourself and send it to me! I would love to see what you have created!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura