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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial by Joni!

Sunday, February 24, 2013


These are 3-D flower inchies on a card  (these are 2x2 inches so they are really called twinchies) and I'm going to walk you through making this 3 dimensional element without using pop-dots.

You can use any background you’d like for the 2x2 squares, but here is what I did:

Optional background steps:

   I started with 3 squares 2x2 inches of Kraft paper

Using a mix of Gesso & paint, brushed on and used texture tool to make pattern


 Punch flowers from pink cardstock
  

Fold flowers in half



Put the 2 “folds” together


Wrap twine around the folds to hold the 2 flowers together 
I opened the folded flowers back up so I really had 2 flowers back to back...
(you will be wrapping the “inner” folds of both flowers)
See several photos below







     Add a spot of glue to hold it

This is what they will look like




Adhere to your background squares


 I added purple punched butterflies (also folded to add dimension)

 Add glitter glue to embellish

Add squares to card and add sentiment and other finishing touches


Here is the finished card again and a couple closeups of the 3-D squares...





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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial by Sarah!

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Hi Sarah here with a quick and easy tutorial to show you how to make a stacked mat for your photo and use up lots of those little bits and pieces that are too cute to throw but too small to be really useful!

first gather together lots of small bits of patterned paper, tags, border strips etc that look good together. The size and shape doesnt really matter - anything goes!



Assemble your collection into a pile of an appropriate size to mat your photo with lots of different patterns, shapes and textures peeping out between layers. Ink and distress the edges of the papers if desired.

When you are happy with your pile staple it all together - use as many staples as you need because they will be hidden under your photo and won't show on your finished page.

Top your pile with your photo. Add more stickers, rub-ons, tags etc to complete the look you desire.
Adhere to your LO and voila - and effective mat that looks as though you spent ages preparing it :)))


Hope you are inspired to give this a go.
Have a great day

:)))Sarah G

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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial by Carol!

Sunday, February 10, 2013


"Love, Laugh, Live" Canvas Tutorial

Hi, everyone. Its time for Sunday Tutorial. Today I'm going to share about another mixed media canvas.

Here's what you need:

  1. Canvas
  2. Chipboard Words (Want2scrap)
  3. The Crafter's Workshop Stencil (Bricks)
  4. Tattered Angels Mists (Verdigris, Bronze, Splash Chalkboard, Coconut Shell Glaze)
  5. Folkart Acrylic Paints (Titanium White, Baby Pink, Turquoise)
  6. Semco Acrylic Paint (Platinum Metallic)
  7. Distress Inks (Tea Dye, Vintage Photo)
  8. Golden Fiber Paste/Crackle Paste and Glass Bead Gel
  9. Stazon Jet Black Ink
  10. Assorted Stamps
  11. Prima Flowers and Paper
  12. Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium
  13. Swaroski Crystals
  14. Glossy Accent



Steps:

  1. Spray mists randomly and generously till it pools. Heat dry.
  2. Paint the sides and edges with acrylic paints
  3. Using a stencil, spread the mixture of fiber paste or crackle paste and glass bead gel at the top and bottom corner of canvas. Heat set.
  4. Distressed edges of paper strips and adhered with multi-medium.
  5. Stamp randomly across canvas.
  6. Using your fingers, dab white acrylic paint randomly.
  7. Paint the chipboard words with metallic paint. Heat dry.
  8. Adhere the chipboard words to canvas and add Swaroski crystals.
  9. Add flowers and you are done!
Hope you enjoy my tutorial. Remember, you do not have to be an art student to create beautiful art!!

Have fun!! Thanks for stopping by.


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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial By Brenda

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Welcome to another Show Me Sunday tutorial here at Frosted Designs.   I'd like to share a way to use embossing on your pages, without using any stamps.

When I'm making a page or card with several layers of paper, I like to accent the edges of the paper with a little color. Usually I do this by inking the edges of the papers, or by matting them with a narrow mat of cardstock. But, another fun way to add a little emphasis is to emboss the edges of the papers, like I've done on the layout below.


You will need an embossing ink pad or pen, some embossing powder and a heat gun. Ink the edges of the paper with the embossing pad or pen, then sprinkle on the embossing powder and heat it to melt the powder. I usually do one side of the paper at a time, so I don't worry about handling the other edges and knocking off the powder. You can ink just the outside edge of the paper, or ink the edges so a little bit of ink is on the front of the paper. (If you want ink just on the outside edge, just pour a little embossing powder onto a piece of scrap paper or tray, apply the ink to the paper, and just dip the edges into the powder.)

On my layout, I used clear embossing ink and vertigris powder on the papers, with silver powder on the gray photo mat. You can see it better in the close up photo:

Another way to add embossed accents is to fussy cut or punch images from the patterned paper, or use diecuts or stickers if you prefer, ink them with the embossing pad, sprinkle on clear embossing powder and heat. You can add a second layer of clear embossing powder if you want an even shinier look. I fussy cut some flowers from the patterned paper, embossed them, and added them to the tag on my page.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and get a chance to try these techniques on a project sometime!
Papers: Pink Paislee Indygo Blue  - based on a sketch from My Scraps & More 

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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial By Teresa

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Greetings, Teresa Jaye playing with you today! 
I have a project to share with you on which I've demonstrated creating layers.
I started with a plain fiberboard frame purchased at a big box store. Of course, I forgot to take a picture of it before I put on the first layer (which is patterned paper), but here is what you'll need:
The patterned paper (by Making Memories) is applied with Mod Podge under and over the paper. Use a sanding tool to clean up the edges after the Mod Podge dries.
Next comes a layer of ink (Ranger Archival in Coffee) randomly applied through a stencil (Mini Chicken Wire Reversed stencil by Crafters Workshop) with a finger dauber.

And then a layer of vintage tissue paper torn in bits and applied with Mod Podge under and over:
How pretty all the layers look, yet the project is still completely flat! The trick is in the tissue paper as it is quite transparent!
Now I added some dimension by embellishing with burlap, netting, felt, and a vintage doily (there is a paper flower and canister by Making Memories in the picture but I wound up not using it)
And here's the finished project

With a picture of my friends puppy in it - the perfect birthday present for her!
Thanks for joining me!
I hope you are inspired to try some layering on your next project!

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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial by Channa!

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Good Morning All, 

Today is Sunday and that means it is time for a Tutorial. 
I am going to show you how to make your own swirls embellishments from cardboard. 
We all have toilet rolls at home that can be recycled. But you can use a kitchen roll, packaging 
from a cereal box, the cardboard rolls from all that wrapping paper that 
you used to wrap all your Christmas presents just check your recycling bin.

So this is what you need:

1 toilet roll
1 sheet of  thin cardboard or any packaging you can find in your recycling bin.
Glue
Scissors
a toothpick
Paint or mists ( i used dylusion spray)


1. Cut the toilet roll length wise.


2. Cut small strips of about 1/2 cm.
I cut 7 strips for this specific tutorial but you can cut as many as you want it all 
depends on how many you want to use on your craft project.


3. Fold all the strips double and start curling them with a toothpick. 
I will leave the curling up to you, there are many options just use your imagination.

 

4.  Take your cardboard sheet or box and cut one long strip of 1/2 a cm. 
This will be your base where you can stick all your small curled strips on, 
so you can make a border or a circle. I used tacky glue because it dries quickly and it is solid.
See below how it is suppose to look


5. Now you can paint or spray your swirl border as you wish. 

And this is my ending result:

I sprayed my border with yellow dylusion spray and glued the ends together and made a circle. 
And used it as a layer on top of my picture. 
The options are endless, so get your toilet rolls and get creative. 


On this close up picture you have a better view of how my swirl turned out. 
It gives an extra dimension to your layout and it looks so lovely.


I hope you liked my tutorial, it is so simple and inexpensive!

If you want to see more details of this layout pass by my blog:

HERE

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your Sunday, 

Channa


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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial by Anita!

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Hi everyone, it's Anita and it's my turn to do a tutorial. 
I have been playing around with all kinds of art supplies lately, and
I wanted to do something really fun. Valentines Day is right around
the corner - I know, I know,- so here is a little something
you can use in so many different ways.

To start out I stamped a variety of heart shapes onto my
Shrink Plastic using my PITT Artist pens and Stampers Big Brush Pens 
from Faber-Castrell. Be Careful! because the
stamps will slide across the material. It will take a minute or so
for each one to dry which is the reason I stamped a
whole sheet at a time. You can get more than one impression
from each one.
Once they were dry I cut them out just beyond the line and punched a hole
with the small side of my Crop-o-Dile. Make sure the hole is not too far from the
edge or you will not be able to get a jump ring on the charm later.
 I used my Marvy heat gun to shrink them, but you can also put them in the
oven following the directions on the package. I did them one at a time and while they 
were still warm I used  my paper piercer to make sure the hole was still
open and round. 
I added two jump rings to each one and added them to a bracelet that I already had.
You can see how little they got after shrinking! 
Some of the charms, like the one here, were just an outline and I doodled to fill
in the middle. The small PITT Artist Pens are fabulous for this. I used
the Metallic PITT Pen in Copper #252 on this charm. 

There you have it. I really hope you give this a try - it is a fun project and you can
make these in any shape. Try using your punches on the shrink plastic for some
cool shapes if you don't want to cut by hand. If you want to add to your scrapbook
page as a button, there is no need to punch a hole first, just shrink and pop it on!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Anita

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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial By Monique

Monday, November 26, 2012

Hi Everyone,
Monique here with a StepxStep tutorial for a neat "Step Style" Christmas Card.


I got the idea from a You-Tube Demonstration here.

Ok, let's get started.

1.  Cut a piece of cardstock 81/2" x 51/2"

2.  Score at 41/4" - right across the centre o the cardstock.


3.  Start at 3 and 1/2 inches lengthwise, and cut a line between 11/4" and 61/4".



4.  Score 4 lines, starting from the cut and going to the edge of the cardstock.  You need to score at 11/4", 21/4, 31/4" and 61/4".



5. Now, concertina - fold the cardstock to make this base:




6.  Repeat Steps 1-5 with your chosen patterned paper.  When I was finished I trimmed a tiny amount from around the edge to make some of the white cardstock peak through.



7.  Match the folds in the paper to the folds in the cardstock, and use Double Sided Tape to join the two together - put tape on all the edges and at all the folds to make it sit nicely.

8.  Decorate as decided - you can put an extra piece of cardstock on the back "step" of the card.  I used an October Afternoon Trading Card (it's about 3 years old!) instead.  I also used OA paper - from last Christmas, Cream ribbon and some Pink Paislee City Sidewalks Snowflakes and Diecut "25."



Hope you enjoy making this - they are really so simple, and look so effective!

Cheers,
Monique

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