Easel Box Card Tutorial by Vicky

Vicky made this wonderful tutorial for us using a different version of the easel card she made here. I love this one is big enough to hold a CD!! It would make a great gift!

She used Sarah Kay image called Noel Eve by Stampavie.

Now here is Vicky...

I was asked by Lacey to do a tutorial on how i made my easel box card. I hope this is easy to understand, any queries please message me at angeldrummer@hotmail.co.uk

Materials needed -

4 6"x6" paper

4 A4 peices of card

Coloured image and backing papers

Nesties to cut out image and any embellishments you want to use

8 brads

glue

glue tape

First we make the box itself.

With a scoring board score your card at 1" 7" and 8" this will give you a 6"x6" box which holds a cd beautifully.

Do this twice and cut out.

cut the tabs as above on one of the card pieces

put in a base sheet out of your 4 I have edged mine with green distressed ink.

With the second piece cut the tabs as above

Use the glue tape on the one edge and glue this to the constructed base, it was hard to take a photo of this but you position it against the inside of the other box, to form a solid cube.

Take a second piece of your paper and cut 4 strips 2cm by 14.5cm and I then edged them in distressed ink. I then marked them a cm in at each end.

I then added them to the outside of the box on all sides and added the brads to give extra strength on the joints.

I then made the top fold of the easel card. The base is 6"x 6", and I have added the 3rd sheet of paper. Add any ribbon etc you want to tuck under now. Glue this to the top of the box. Then add the final piece of the card, a single sheet of card cut 6" x 6" on which you have decorated with your image and papers, and then stick this sheet to the folded over tab you can see on the above picture.

I hope this has made sense.

If you decide to make one, send us a link so we can check it out!!

Wee Ones Product Spotlight Sale

Welcome back to Stamp and Create!

Today is a Postal Holiday so all weekend orders will ship out tomorrow since they are closed today.

We have another new Product Spotlight today as well as a few new products.

First off, the Whiff of Joy Holiday Order arrived over the weekend.

So many gorgeous and fun Holiday images.

Also, I found a few extra Stampavie Christmas stamps and added those to the store as well. So all images from that release are now back in stock.

There are also quite a few of the Tina Winke Limited edition Halloween images still in stock. Grab them while you can....because they can not be reordered!

Now it's time for the new Product Spotlight.

This week,

all Wags 'n Whiskers "Wee Ones" at Stamp and Create will be

on sale up to 40% off!!

Yep, that's right....up to 40% off!!

The awesome design team has created some wonderful samples to share this week using these adorable images.

Lacey

I wanted to show how versatile these images are for all occasions. So I used "Hey Grandma" as a Christmas card. The inside of the card says "I've been good! Honest!!"

I used Kaisercraft Be Merry DP, Olive Silk Ribbon, Basic Grey, Jewel Brads, and Silver spacers.

Chris

Chris created a Christmas card using Best Friend's Forever from the Wags n Whiskers Wee Ones line. The designer paper is Basic Grey Jovial. She also used red silk ribbon from May Arts, the bow easy, Kaiser Craft Snow white pearls, a teddy bear charm, bead circle nestabilities, and standard circle nestabilities.

Heidi

Heidi used The Wee Ones Let's Go Team. She also used Basic Grey Olivia Paper, May Arts White Silk Ribbon, the Bow Easy,Teal Prima Fairytale Roses, Prima Innocence Foxglove, and an Orange/Turquoise Star Jewel Pick

Vicky

Vicky has used Tiny Dancer to create a card for a blind child. She has cut around the image and raised it using pads so that the child can trace the shape of the image. The large ribbon is gingham and is nice and large to feel. The circles have been cut using circular Nesties. A little flower charm sits amoungst the flowers and light blue pearls spell out the childs name in Braille at the top of the card.

Jeanette

Jeanette used the very sweet Bedtime Story Image for her card. The image is colored with copic markers that match the colors from Kaiser Crafts Hippy Girl collection. The scallop shape that runs along the side of her card is a die shape that is part of the paper pack. How cool is that? She also used American crafts mini brads and some gorgeous Prima flowers.

Joy
Joy used Water Babe from the Wee Ones line. She also used the Kaiser Craft DP called La Di Da and Lilac Avenue and added some very pretty red silk ribbon with bling and used her big scalloped oval nesties...small and large. She finished it off with a pretty red rose.

Don't forget about the Monthly Challenge:

Pink for Breast cancer awareness

Happy stamping and shopping!!

Wags 'n Whiskers Fairy 2 Release

It's release time for another awesome set of Wags 'n Whiskers Fairies!!

There is a blog hop going on!! Check it out at the Wags 'n Whiskers Blog!

I also wanted to let you know that I have some blog candy on my blog to celebrate

Wags 'n Whiskers first birthday!!

Come by, become a follower, and sign up for the candy!!

Challenge 5 Winner

Well I finally made it through all of the awesome entries for last month's challenge!

So I finally have the winner and Top 3.

Here's the Top 3...

# 47 Denise

#39 Irit

#15 Grandma's Pearls

Ladies, your projects are beautiful!

Feel free to grab the banner above to proudly post on your blogs!

Now the winner of the $25 gift certificate is...

Denise (again)!! Congrats!!

Please email me at stampandcreate@bellsouth.net to claim your prize!!

Check out the new challenge here! I hope you all can play along again!

Challenge #6 - Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Welcome back to Stamp and Create!

This is the 2nd post today, so make sure to check out the Product Update post below...

It's time for a new Stamp and Create Monthly Challenge!!

I will be back shortly with the winner of the last challenge and the top 3.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Everywhere you look, there is pink!! And it is no exception here as well!

The challenge for this month is:

Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness (or an encouraging card).

If you don't want to make a breast cancer card, you can just make some sort of encouraging card (thinking of you, praying for you, way to go, etc...). But if you can add some pink, that would be great.

My neighbor is currently battling breast cancer. Actually, she seems to be doing quite well considering. She has completed chemo, a double mastectomy, and is almost done with radiation. However, since she tested positive for the BRCA gene, she has a greater risk for Ovarian cancer. Therefore, she is scheduled for a full hysterectomy in November. When that is done, she will have reconstruction surgery to complete the mastectomy. Basically, she is only half way through this LONG journey.

So, if you would like to send her your card, it would be greatly appreciated!! A few of the DT said they will send her a card. I know she would appreciate it.

Email me at LaceySoLiving@bellsouth.net and I will give you my address

(I will collect them all and give them to her).

Here are the awesome Design Team samples

(using the Product Spotlight images - Fairies and Angels)...

Joy

Joy used Flutter Anya from TGF...She decided to make a purse for this special occasion. October is breast cancer awareness month and so with that she colored her in pink and even used a pink ribbon symbol, bling and glitter. She used her top notes die to create the bag and the pretty circus polka dot ribbon for the handle.

Heidi

Heidi made a card using Melinda Blowing Kisses for someone battling Breast Cancer. She used Basic Grey Olivia Paper, Kaiser Craft Snow Pearls, May Arts White Wrinkled Ribbon, May Arts Pink Crochet Ribbon, Prima Fairy Tale Pink Roses, and a card made by Heidi would not be complete without a Heart Charm!

Chris

She used the Say a Prayer Image from Wags n Whiskers and the coaster board label mini album available in the store to create it. She also used Green at heart and Indian Summer from Basic Grey, and Pink Silk ribbon. The inside includes comforting verses.

Vicky

Vicky has used Forest Blue from sweetpea stamps, and edged her papers (Basic Grey Indian Summer) with Autumn Leaves's Stampology - on the edge by Katie Pertiet. The flowers are stickled and the lace is ruffle eyelet lace.

Jeanette

Jeanette used Whiff of Joy's Melinda Helping Angel to remind us that sometimes it is the gift of the small things that we do that can make a big difference in someone's life when they are battling breast cancer.

The paper is Basic Grey Bittersweet and the button is also Basic Grey.

Lacey

(with an early sneak peek of the Wags 'n Whiskers release on friday)

This fairy is Iris from the upcoming Wags 'n Whiskers Fairy 2 release!!

Other products used are: Basic Grey Porcelain DP, Pink Ribbon and lace, Basic Grey button, Prima Lilyput and Fairytale roses, Basic Grey Pearls, and Stickles.

Now it's your turn!!

This challenge is open through 12:00 noon, Sunday October 31

Product Spotlight Fairies and Angels plus CC Designs release

Welcome back to Stamp and Create!!

It's time for a new Monthly Challenge, so make sure to check out the challenge post here.

It's also time for a new Product Spotlight!

This week all Fairies and Angels are on sale 25% off!!

The design team have some beautiful samples to share with you...

check out the Challenge Post to see them!!

I also have a few product updates to share with you...

CC Designs has a new fun release today!

The new Sugar is here to join her friend

Honey...

Sweet November has a few Baby images...

Marina Neira has two fun images as well...

Plus CC Designs has added on some exclusive dies!!...

How fun is that?!!

I also received some restocks for the rest of the CC Designs including this halloween image...

My Fall Release Sarah Kay order from Stampavie shipped out on Saturday and should be here by Wednesday. I have added them to the store. They will ship out when they arrive...

I also received some of the older Stampavie Christmas designs...

In case you missed it, The Greeting Farm had a release on Friday.

I made this layout using the new Miss Anya Lounge...

I created the layout for the Scrap and Stamp Saturday Challenge which is "Open"!!

Anything goes as long as you include at least 1 stamp on your layout.

Come join in on the challenge this week!! We have now extended the challenges to 2 weeks!!

On Friday, Wags 'n Whiskers is having a new release!!

The sneak peeks being on Wednesday and Thursday followed by a Blog Hop at 12:01am EST on Friday and the stamps will be released at 7:00am EST Friday morning.

I have an early sneak peek today...

This is the new "Iris".

This is also for the Stamp and Create new Monthly Challenge: Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness or an Encouraging Card

And for the new Magical Monday Challenge: Back to Nature.

Happy Stamping and Shopping!!

~Lacey and the Stamp and Create DT

The Greeting Farm release

Welcome back to Stamp and Create

The Greeting Farm has a fun release this month!

If you like the 4"x6" sets, then this release is for you! There are 3 sets and 1 Ian stamp that was released today...

I have already used one of the stamps from the set above on a scrapbook page that will post on my blog tomorrow.

Just a reminder that this week's Product Spotlight is: My Heart Stamps for You.

All stamps are currently on clearance at 40% off.

Check out this beautiful card Joy created for the spotlight...

Wags 'n Whiskers has a new Challenge starting today...

The challenge is "Vintage/Shabby Chic". We would love to have you play along.

I created the card for the challenge. All products except the eyelets are from Stamp and Create:

Websters Pages Lullaby Lane DP, Die Cuts, and Sparkle button, Prima Trellis Rose, Swirl, Stamp and lace, May Arts Lace, Pins, and pearls (whew, that's a lot on one card)!!

This card is also for the Stamp and Create: Gems and Pearls Challenge which ends on Sunday.

I have the Kraftin' Kimmie Halloween stamps on order. Hopefully they will arrive soon.