Tag: handmade

Making Use of Scraps on Memorydex Monday

Layered flowers left over added to Camera Dex Die

Are you tired of having piles of scraps left over from your crafting projects? Do you wish there was a way to make use of these scraps without having to throw them away? Look no further than Scrappyboy Stamps and his FABULOUS line of Memorydex Dies!

Memorydex Dies are a fantastic tool for any crafter looking to make the most of their scraps. Available in a variety of shapes and sizes, these dies are perfect for not only memorydex cards, but for creating unique and personalized elements to add to cards, scrapbook pages, and more. Scrappy Boy’s Memory elements add-on dies are great to use up your cardstock left over bits! Simply pour your scraps onto the dies and run them through your die-cutting machine to create perfectly shaped pieces that can be used in a variety of ways.

One great way to use Memorydex Dies is to create custom background elements for your projects. Layer scraps cut with different dies to add texture and interest to your design. You can also use the dies to create embellishments, such as flowers or stars, to adorn your projects.

Another fun way to use Memorydex Dies is to create your own custom embellishments. Cut scraps into unique shapes and sizes, then layer them together to create one-of-a-kind embellishments that match your project perfectly. For example, use a heart-shaped die to cut scraps in shades of pink and red, then layer them together to create a custom heart embellishment for a Valentine’s Day card.

Fashioned a flower umbrella for my gnome scene using leftovers from the DRESS stand-alone die and pie topper.

Finally, Memorydex Dies are a great way to use up your scraps while creating a cohesive project. Choose a few colors or patterns that coordinate well together, then use the dies to cut scraps in these designs. You’ll be left with a bundle of perfectly coordinated pieces that you can use to make a truly unique project.

Simple stamp surgery created PEEPS perfect for my Easter Dex card. I also had a scrap filmstrip and stamped image colored up where an accidental BLOB kept me from using her on a regular card front. No Waste Here!!!

In conclusion, if you’re looking for a way to use up your crafting scraps, look no further than Scrappyboy Stamps’ Memorydex Dies. Not only will you be reducing your waste, but you’ll also be creating unique and personalized projects that will truly stand out. So go ahead and dig through your pile of scraps – you never know what creative possibilities lie within!

You Sure Are Spiffy

Featuring Images and Stair Builder Die from
June 2022 Stamp Release

A2 Card Base cut 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2

Copic Blends:

  • Skin – E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 and R20 for cheeks
  • Lady’s Attire – Y28, Y23, YR24, Y21
  • Men’s Attire – T9, T7, T4 and 0
  • Stairs – suspended moon rock ink refill or comparable gray color and black (sparingly) by dropping about 3-5 drops and tgen using a skewer to swirl the ink to create a marbled look to ink. i took the stair die cut and dipped into the shaving cream, which picked up the pigment and transferred to paper. i wiped off the shaving cream and let pieve dry.
  • Blonde Hair – E44, E39, Y21 and E59
  • Brunette Hair – E89, E59, E34 and E57
  • Prismacolor pencils used to create deeper shadows, as well as white gelpen highlights.

I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and popped up with foam tape.

You’ve Been Granted 3 Birthday Wishes Card Project

Birthday Card Featuring Arabian Nights 6×8 Set

Please make sure to visit https://scrappyboy.com/ to see the latest release, as well as other awesome offerings you’ll be sure to fall in love with. The images are so cute, you can mix and match different sets to stretch your stash! The papers and stencils are awesome, too!

To make this 5 1/2 inch square card, I used the following supplies:

  • Magic Lamp Stencil
  • Arabian Nights 6×6 Double Sided Paper Pack
  • Arabian Nights Stamp Set & Coordinating Outline Dies
  • Coordinating Card stock | Glitter Cardstock
  • Double-Stick Foam Tape
  • Gold Embossing Powder
  • Embossing Ink
  • White Gel Pen
  • Memento Black Ink
  • 5 1/2 x 11 in heavy card base, scored at 5 1/2
  • Distress oxide inks
  • 1 1/2 in circle punch or die (straight edge and scalloped edge)
  • COPIC Markers
Saved all my scraps as I decided on a thin or thick mat.

I used The Magic Lamp Stencil on a piece of white card stock to make a background! So much fun!

Magic Lamp Stencil used with distress ink and white gel pen accents for added interest

I stamped the genie and the lamp images on white Hammermill card stock in 110 lb weight with Mememto Black Ink.

COPIC Combos are as follows:

  • Genie Hair – T9, T7, V17, V15, V12
  • Genie Face & Hairband – BV00, BV11, BV13, BV17, R22 (cheeks)
  • Genie Top – B34, B37
  • Genie Bottom – BG10, BG11, BG53, BG13 and white gel pen accents
  • Bracelets – Y13, Y15 and Y17, YR24
  • Lamp – Y00, Y11, Y15, YR23 & YR27

I used scraps to adorn my project, just looked for complementary shades from the colors in the patterned paper. Images were popped up with foam tape. Sentiment embossed with Versamark Ink on maroon card stock with Gold Embossing Powder to complete the card. THANKS for checking my project out. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask!

Have A Super Birthday Featuring Scrappy Boy Stamps

I had so much fun making this card. I wanted it to be colorful, like I remember the comic pages used to be, tucked in between the other black and white pages of the Sunday paper. I wanted there to be lots of angles and layers of tone on tone colors behind my focal point, one of the cutest little super heroes you ever did see in a stamp set from http://www.ScrappyBoy.com.

I was inspired by the divided blocks, white framing, the camera, filmstrip, reds, blues and showing movement on a page.

To make this A2 sized card, I used the following:

  • White Card Base – 4.25 in x 11 in, scored at 5.5 in
  • Red Card Panel – 5.5 in x 4.25 in
  • Black Card Panel- 5.25 in x 4 in
  • White Card Panel – 5 1/8 in x 3 7/8 in
  • Filmstrip diecut in black
  • Various Patterned Paper (use up scraps)
  • Scrap strips in black, red and white for your sentiment

I used Scrappy Boy Stamps’ new slimline comic strip builder frame and ink blended solid blocks of bright colors using distress ink pads in candy apple red, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade and peacock feathers on the white card panel. I then ink blended with the same color for a tone on tone with different patterns from a second stencil that Scrappy Boy Stamps released called Half-Tone Dots, as well as another stencil from my stash. The effect you are trying to achieve is movement and interest, so get creative.

I glued the ink-blended panel to the black panel, leaving a small frame around the edge. I then glued the black panel to the red panel and then the double-matted panel onto the card base.

I decorated the front by gluing a filmstrip diecut, after piecing patterned paper from the coordinating 6×6 paper pack called SuperHeros. This was adhered to the card front at an angle with double-stick foam tape for added dimension.

The super hero from the SUPER TEAM set was stamped with Momento Black Ink on Hammermill 110 lb white card stock, colored with Copic markers in the following combinations:

  • Red Suit – R20, R24, R29, R39
  • Yellow – Y13, Y15 and Y17
  • Flesh – E51, E30, E50
  • Cheeks -R20
  • Flames – Yellows and accented with red flicks using combos above.

Sentiment stamped with Black ink on a strip of white card stock treated with an anti-static powder bag in my stamp positioner. I then cleaned the stamp, leaving the strip in the positioner in place and stamped the sentiment over the original black impression with Versamark and then applied clear embossing powder and heat embossed the sentiment with my heat gun. I find that by using the positioner, I don’t have to fight with stray black embossing powder flecks and still gets a bold, shiny, black finish on my embossed images. I matted the sentiment with layers of black and red to tie everything together. I left the edges of the sentiment strip with strong, wonky angles for some playfulness. The card was finished off with embossed candy dots in black.

Thanks so much for visiting and sharing ideas on my crafting journey and supporting small business by also visiting http://www.ScrappyBoy.com.

Happy Crafting!

Chick-Chick Horray – Brutus Monroe Card Project

Chick Chick Horray Set Featuring Aqua Pigments

This card features a 2×3 stamp set that was one of the Stamps of the Month. You can see the entire set below.

Chick Chick Hooray 2x3 stamps
Available at Brutus Monroe for $4.99

I used a stamp positioner and the Wreath Builder Stencil from Gina K Designs to create the wreath with chick images and a smaller heart stamp to create the front of my card panel.

Images stamped on Aqua Pigment Watercolor Paper and Glossy Accents added to hearts for added interest

I used a rainbow pattern of aqua pigments and colored the images as you would watercolor. I used red to color all the hearts. Once dried, I added a small amount of glossy accents to each of the hearts for added shine and dimension.

Aqua Pigments are very versatile and come in a variety of colors.

To finish my card, I matted several layers and heat embossed my sentiment on a circle punch using black glitter card stock for added interest.

Measurement of my finished card is 5.5 in x 5.5 in square.

  • Watercolor panel – 4.25 in x 4.25 in
  • Black Matt – 4 3/8 in x 4 3/8 in
  • Red Matt – 5 in x 5 in
  • Black Matt – 5 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in
  • Red Card Base- 5.5 in x 5.5 in (I glue a piece of lightweight white card stock or copy paper slightly smaller and adhere only at the top so you can write your message easily inside when using darker card bases.
  • Sentiment heat embossed with Alabaster White on black glitter card stock and matted with red to coordinate with the other layers.
Chick Chick Horray Posted on Brutus Monroe – Sunday, 2/20/2022

Sorry I’m Choco-LATE! Card Project – featuring Kawaii Cuties by Stamp Anniething

This slimline card was extremely fun to make because Kawaii Cuties from Stamp Anniething has so many images included in each set, slimline cards are how you can have enough real estate to hold ALL THIS CUTENESS!!!!!

I find myself wanting to be late sending all my birthday cards this year, because I am absolutely in love with this sentiment! How cute is the sentiment, “sorry, I’m Choco-late!”

To make this slimline card, I used one of StampAnniething’s slimeline dies. This one is a stitched scallop die. Next, I used a combination of distressed inks from my stash to ink blend the background. I used spun sugar, squeezed lemonade, carved pumpkin, and at the very top I used a little bit of barn door to deepen the pink. I flicked some fresh, clean water onto the panel, as it will cause the distressed ink to react, and leave a bleached effect. I then mounted the ink panel onto a piece of card stock in a darker teal, giving approximately a quarter inch larger than the cut panel. The teal piece measures 3.5 x 8.5.

The first quarter release from Kawai Cuties by StampAnniething has some amazing sets. They are very versatile and you can mix and match on all different projects. This particular card uses the stamp set and coordinating dies from: Life is What You Bake It and I Will Never Dessert You.

I used COPIC markers to color my images. The following combinations were used:

  • Banner colors – blue = FB2, FBG2, B01; pink = FRV1, RV14, RV13, RV10; Green – FYG2, G12, YG01; orange =FYR1, YR16, YR00
  • Chocolates -Anything Chocolate – B66,E79, E77, E74, E71 – add highlights with white Posca Pen
  • Pink frostings -RV10, R81,R83, R85
  • Strawberry, Hearts & Red Icings – R21,R24,R29 / G07 (strawberry leaves)
  • Madellines – Y23, YR21, YR23
  • Cinnamon Roll Frosting – E40, E42, E43
  • Jello – Y13, Y15, Y17, yR27, YR16
  • Teal (dish, cake bows, candles, cupcake wrapper) – B01, BG01, BG49
  • Display Case- C6, C4, C2, C0
  • Cheeks on items- R20 and white gel accents

I heat embossed the sentiment using Silver embossing powder on the same colored card stock I matted my base with to keep everything coordinated. To finish off the card, I created a white card-base to adhere my finished panel to. Finished card size is folded, 3.5 x 8.5. The card-base was made with white 110 pound card-stock cut 7 x 8.5, scored at 3.5.

Products used can be located at https://stampanniething.com/

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SCRAPPY BOY STAMPS: DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING

Sharing a fun project created with Scrappy Boy Stamps’ latest release called Curve Appeal. I decided on trying out a 6×6 square card. I used one of my favorite sentiments from the set, “Dance Like No One Is Watching.”

I wanted to create a Vegas Style Showgirl feel and used a combination of rich reds, black and to make it regal, accented everything in gold mirror paper. Using various dies from my stash, I cut feathers to give some additional visual interest. I also heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder.

Copic Markers were used to color the image in tbe following blends:

Skin- E59, E57, E15, E33, E31

Blush – R22 and R32

Yellows- Y13, Y15, Y17, YR24 and YR27

Reds – R20 R24, R29 and R39

Kawaii Cuties by Stamp Anniething: Seriously Dough, I Love Every Layer of You Card

Design Team Day – Saturday 1/29/2022

Today I am sharing an elegant card using a neutral color pallet, with pops of gold metallic mats behind the embossed sentiment, “Seriously Dough, I Love Every Layer of You.” This card could be used as Valentine Card, Galentine Card, Pick Me Up, Thinking of You, Birthday, Miss You….literally for any person on your list! It’s a great set and can’t wait to see what everyone else makes. If you post a creation using SA products, make sure you tag them using #STAMPANNIETHING in your social media for a chance to win some great prizes.

This set, like I have already said, is extremely versatile and features many yummy gourmet pastry images, a cute little girl and one of those popular layered display trays. To make my card, I used the following Stamp Anniething supplies and have inclulded links for your convenience below.

You Bake Me Crazy Stamp Set & Coordinating Dies https://stampanniething.com/collections/kawaii-cuties/products/you-bake-me-crazy

Card Mat Die https://stampanniething.com/collections/builder-dies/products/card-mat-die?_pos=1&_sid=5bcf1a380&_ss=r

Watermark Embossing Pad https://stampanniething.com/products/watermark-embossing-pad?_pos=1&_sid=c5502bcad&_ss=r

Aztec Gold Embossing Powder https://stampanniething.com/collections/embossing/products/embossing-powder-aztec-gold?_pos=1&_sid=39e6823f9&_ss=r

Manilla Buff Cardstock https://stampanniething.com/collections/chipboard/products/kendal-manilla-buff-a-4-size-8-27-x-11-69-in-cardstock-25-sheets

Images above do not include calories, but can add a whole punch of color to any card project.

Copic markers were used to color up the images and blends are as follows:

Yellow/Orange – Pumpkin PieYR00, YR12, YR16, YR18
Blue – Pie FillingB000, B21, B23, B26
Red – Pie FillingR20, R24, R29, R39
CrustsY23, E31
Miscellaneous Shading & ContainersBV31, C1, C3, C5
Use whatever your favorite coloring medium is. You don’t have to have the exact colors I used, try different combinations and make YOUR own favorite pies.

Remember, YOU are the BOSS of your artwork! ❤