When I watched a tutorial on Becca Feeken’s blog, amazingpapergrace.com, I got all inspired to try this technique with a corner punch. Of course, I can’t follow directions very well, so I had Ken figure it out for me. If you don’t know, Ken is my soulmate and husband. He is also a lot more analytical than I.
Here are some ideas we came up with using a Martha Stewart corner punch and turning it at right angles as we punched along. The scrapbook page is 8″x8″ and uses the corners as well as a border. The envelope card is the simplest, and the butterfly card has a long lacy embellishment. If you’d like personal instruction on these, come to Ken’s class at the store next Monday. If you can’t make that, check out Becca’s blog. It just gives you something new to try. We love new ideas!
Back To School
Apple Stamps: Hero Arts
Sticker Title: Karen Foster
Background Cardstock: Core’dinations
Matted Cardstock: Paper Cut
White Lacy Punchouts: Stamp Express Cardstock
Corner Punch: Martha Stewart
This is the Easy One
Designer Paper: Bo Bunny
Envelope: Stamp Express Cream
Cardstock Insert: Stamp Express
White Lacy Punchouts: Stamp Express Cardstock
Corner Punch: Martha Stewart
Decorative Flowers: Prima
Flower Stamp: unknown
Word Stamp: Hero Arts
A Little More Complicated
Embossed Cardstock: Core’dinations
Embossing Folder: Provo Craft for Cuttlebug
Background cardstock: Stamp Express White
White Lacy Cardstock: Stamp Express White
Corner Punch: Martha Stewart
Butterfly Stamp: Hero Arts
We all need to reduce the stress in our lives. This art form is an ideal way to work on that, plus it lowers your blood pressure! (so I am told) The repetitiveness of the doodling is the “zen” in the process, while the lines and doodles are the tangles. Try it and I think you’ll enjoy the way it makes you feel. The typical zentangle is done with black on white, but I also like the look of white gel pen on dark cardstock. Of course I had to try color, so I made backgrounds with the Copic refills on a felt applicator. Then I zentangled on top of the color. Sometimes I used a stamp as a base and doodled around the images. Other times I cut the pieces up or punched out shapes after I doodled. The possibilities are endless. Try some designs yourself and let me know what you think. The only tools you need are paper and markers. Have you Zentangled today?
My First Attempt
Cardstock: Paper Cut
Pen: Slickwriter from American Crafts
Flower: Prima
Love
Cardstock: Paper Cut
Pen: Jelly roll from Sakura
Autumn
Cardstock: Paper Cut
Pen: Slickwriter from American Crafts
Background: Copic reinkers on glossy cardstock
Butterfly
Glossy Cardstock: Paper Cut
Pen: Slickwriter from American Crafts
Background: Copic reinkers on glossy cardstock
Butterfly Die: Accu Cut
Rhinestones: Hero Arts
These stamps will be the “apple of your eye” for September cards and scrapbook pages. The House Mouse of the month this time is really “a-peeling”, especially if you like coloring and blending with the Copic markers. Below are 2 samples of the same stamp. We mounted one on a big apple and put the words inside. The second one is quite simple with a scored and sanded frame on Colorcore cardstock. Words that match this stamp are ” an apple a day keeps the mice at play”. How cute is that? Come to the store to see more examples. One is a t-slider card that was too complicated to show here, but very clever. If you LOVE these mice, sign up for the next Mouseketeers class and create some projects of your own. It’s always the last Tuesday of the month. And in addition to snacking on crackers and cheese, you also go home with the stamps
Stamp: Stampabilities
Markers: Copic
Cardstock: Paper Cut
Apple Pattern: Stamp Express
White Circle: Cut with Nestibilities
Stamp: Stampabilities
Markers: Copic
Plain Cardstock: Paper Cut
Green Core’dinations Cardstock: Scored with Scor-Pal and sanded
Designer Paper: Unknown
