"Ghoul Friend" Hand Sanitizer Tutorial

Here's the cool hand sanitizer treat I made yesterday.  And here's the tutorial on how to make it!

You start with a 2-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of card stock folded in half.  Lay it on the Two Tags die, with the folded edge just before the bottom edge.

Here's a closer look of where the fold line should be.
 

After it's die cut, score a line across the bottom edge at 1/2".
 

Then, lining the score line up with the edge of your large scallop punch, punch out an oval.  Try to keep the punch centered! 

 

On the inside back part punch two 1/8" holes in the center, about where the scallops start. (This will hold the 'neck' of your hand sanitizer bottle)

 

Feed a 9" piece of ribbon through the holes you just made.
 

Use one Dimensional to hold the bottle to the back of the card stock piece.
 

Create your scallop layers and glue/dimensional them together.
 

Glue the scallop layers to the front.  Then use your Crop-A-Dile (I know it's retired now, but it still works the best to punch through all those layers!) and punch the larger size (I think 3/16") hole in the bottom edge.

 

Feed through the ribbon ends, around the bottle and into the front hole you just made.  My hint for tying: make a knot, with the tails going top and bottom, and turn the pattern so it's facing down.

Then when you fold over, pull through the ribbon bringing the pattern side back to the front.  Other part of the hint: Hold one end of the ribbon, and pull the other - it helps make the knot a little neater in the middle.

 

Fold the ribbon in half and cut to create the 'fishtail' ends.
 

And - Tah Dah!!  Pretty easy!!  I especially like that the base of it isn't a lot of work, and really takes hardly any card stock.  The rest is scrap sized pieces too!  It's only when you decided to make a boatload of them that it takes a lot of card stock :)

Hope you have fun making some!  

Thanks for stopping by, 

Julie B

A Perfect Football and a Quick Tutorial!

I made this football card for my favorite football player (you'll 'SEE' who if you read on...).  This will be my son's last year of high school football, so I made it for him just for fun!

 

Here's a little closer look at the football - and I was pretty excited that all on my own I figured out how to make the PERFECT shaped football!!  :)

So I decided to share a quick tutorial in case you want to make one too!
  

I started with Soft Suede Card Stock and die cut a 3" circle.  Then I laid that 3" circle back onto the die so the edge of the circle lined up with the edge of the die.  See above, and notice it's lined up with the edge that has the label on it.

  

After you run that through the Big Shot - you get the PERFECT football shape!  Yep, I was excited to figure this out!! ;)  (And I even thought, if you want different sizes, you can do it with punches too - just have to line them up and re-punch...)

Then I cut a long strip of 1/8" Whisper White Card Stock, and trimmed for the pieces I needed to finish it.  The end pieces were just whatever random size (for now).  The middle long piece was 1-1/4" and each cross piece was 1/2".  I glued them on, with a careful light-touch!, with Multipurpose Glue.

 

Then I turned the football over to trim the side edges off, keeping with the shape of the football.

 

And, Tah-Dah!  There's your perfect football - just make a card to put it on!!

 

And here he is - my favorite football player!  I finally remember his positions this year - Offensive Line and Defensive Line.  He's my 'baby' child, but 6'3" and 250 pounds!  So proud of him!  And excited for his season this year, a little bittersweet - his senior year!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie B

Stand-Up Double Pocket Picture Tutorial!

I got a few requests for the instructions and measurements for the cool little Stand-Up Double Pocket we made at my Technique Class yesterday. So here goes:

So I started with a 8" square of Designer Paper and folded it half to make a triangle.

Then lay the folded edge flush against the top edge of the Simply Scored. Score lines at 3 3/4" and 7 1/2".

Then turn it so the folded edge is flush against the left edge of the Simply Scored. Score at 3/4".

Crease all the score lines nice and crisp, and open the piece flat again.


Fold in the two sides.


Crease the middle section into an "M" fold (looking at it from the side).

Fold up the pocket sides and punch a hole in the center point. I used the Small Oval punch for this size.

Tie a ribbon through the holes and fill up your pockets!

So I was inspired to make this project when I saw a larger one made by Lyssa Griffin Zwolanek. Hers was made with a 12" x 12" (instead of an 8" x 8") piece of Designer Paper. The score lines were 5 1/4" and 11 1/2" (instead of 3 1/4" and 7 1/2"). Then from fold line 1" (instead of 3/4").

I made the larger size too, and it's cool because it will fit the regular A2 sized cards and envelopes in the pockets, but it's a little awkward to score on the Simply Scored because it's so much longer at the fold line! I really liked making the little one though, and it's super cute with the 3" x 3" note cards!


Thanks for stopping by,


Julie

"No Tails" Bow Tutorial

On the card I made yesterday, I made one of these what I call "No Tails" Bow. I've made them for forever I think. But I thought I'd post a picture tutorial to show you how to do it too! So this top picture is what it looks like when you're done!

Step 1 - Punch two holes next to each other. Keep in mind that the space you leave between the holes creates the center of your bow.

Step 2 - Take a piece of ribbon about 12" long (length will vary on different sizes of cards), Feed ribbon through each hole so that both tails are hanging out the back.

Step 3a - Cross the ribbon and with one tail, fold up a bow and push that back through the opposite hole.

Step 3b - This is what the bow should look like once it's pushed through to the front. The tail should still be hanging out the back. And you can pull the tail to adjust the bow size.

Step 4a - Now do the same thing to make the other half of the bow through the other hole.

Step 4b - You should have a bow on the front!

Step 4c - You should also still see the tails hanging out the back. And it's a good time to adjust the bow size if you need to (just pull the tails!).

Step 5a - Now with the tails in back cross them over one last time (and hopefully without too many lumps), and feed the tails back through the opposite holes to the front.

Step 5b - Here's what the front will look like - you kind of need to squish all the bow toward the center to make room on the edge of the hole to feed the tail back through.

Step 6 - Once the tails are pushed through to the front, you'll get some lumps in the back (when you've done a few, they'll get better, and flatter!).

Step 7 - Now that the tails are out in front again, you can just stick them around onto the back...

... so there are No Tails!!


Hope this helps! Have fun making bows with no tails,


Julie