Mother's Day Card

Hello folks

I am back to crafting slowly. 
One of the first cards I made was for mother's day. Recently I indulged in some Anna griffin , Tattered lace and tonic stash.
Here is a card I made for my mom.

The dies are tattered lace. The main rose die is Tattered lace charisma climbing rose. It comes with a dvd with both background pattern papers and the main image which can be printed and cut out with the die.The only problem with the dvd is that the image and papers are all in UK size A4 which is around 8.25" x 11.7' . So either you have to choose A4 as size to print which might get the image clipped. I got the image onto photoshop to print.  The sentiment is also a die from tattered lace and so is the flourish behind the rose. The lovely  lace is from my stash, I think that was from walmart.
Please do share your mother's day  projects in the comments with link to your blog. I would love to see them.
Thank you all

Blog and domain change

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Hello folks

Sorry that I have been MIA for some time. Had lots of health issues . Recovering slowly
Just wanted to let you know that there have been some changes with the blog address and domain.
the s after papillondigitaldesigns has been dropped . It is now http://www.papillondigitaldesign.com/  . There maybe some links broken because of this. Please try dropping the s and giving it a go.
I'll slowly try fixing the broken links.
Thank you for understanding

Melting Perler Beads

It's been a long time since I last posted. Have not been crafting for a while.
But hopefully will be back at it soon.
While restocking my supplies I fell in love with the enamel dots I saw in the stores. But thought they were a bot expensive. I came across some videos in youtube and posts in blogs about melting perler beads and pony beads.
I haven't melted pony beads yet as they are supposed to smell a bit and didn't want to melt them right now. Will wait for a day when nobody else is in the house .
But I did melt perler beads.

I got a bucket from amazon of mixed beads.

My first attempt was a disaster ! My toaster oven is toast I think. It did not melt the perler beads down propely. I kept adding mins as they wouldn't flatten down and by the time they did flatten they were ugly. I just dumped them.
Then I decided to proceed to regular oven.
And my 2nd attempt - yeah success
The temperature details are below

In regular oven (not the toaster oven) at 350 degrees for 20 -30 minutes or until completely melted to form a dot.

• Black and white beads take longer to melt. I kept the temperature same but increased the time to 30 mins.

Lighter colors less and darker colors more

After the initial success I decided to melt more beads but after sorting them out by colors.

I melted more colors and then I decided to get more perler beads from amazon - the striped ones. The package came with striped and pearl  variety and here I stuck a glitch.

When I melted the pearl variety they left a dot in the center (like the ones we get in the skittles )

I tried with a bit higher temperature and leaving it longer but nope the same result. 

Then I noticed that while melting one of the perler beads had fallen down sideways ( we have to keep them upright usually ) and it had turned out cute though it was oval and not round.

So here is my tip for melting specialty pearl perler beads ( as  I think striped ones will have to melted the usual way to see the stripes and the hole in center can be ignored) melt it turned sideways.

If you want it round shaped then try cutting them into half ( I havent tried that yet but that might come out ok as then the width of cylinder will same as height).

I melt more varieties and also the pony beads and update in another post

Fall is here

Hello
This is Pam. Today I am a guest designer on She's a Sassylady
Thank you Sheila for  having me as part of your lovely creative team.
Fall is here and I felt like celebrating. 
Fall brings to mind pumpkins and wheat stalks! 
So decided to make a simple card including these elements.
I have used an image from Saturated Canary called Cinderella.
Dies used are oval from spellbinder and the wheat die is from impression obsession.
Pattern papers are from DCWV

I wish I could have done a better job at coloring and spend more time on it but well.. Anyways the image was colored with copics.

Hope you liked my simple card.

Until next time.

Welcome Fall. Hope you enjoy this  colorful season!

Door to my heart

Hello
Today I am a guest designer on She's a Sassylady
Thank you Sheila.
My project for today is a simple card which I made for our wedding anniversary.

The sentiment and the stamp is from heartfelt creations. The lacy heart die is also spellbinder/heartfelt creations. I cut  the stamped heart to open the door as a window card to reveal the quote which is on the inside of the card . The embossing folder is Anna Griffin folder. Border ribbon was a roll I had from India. Pink satin ribbon and roses for more embellishment.

It was sure fun making the card. A bit of work but I liked the result and so did hubby. Hope you liked it too.

Thank you all for reading the post and I appreciate all the lovely comments you all leave.

Marianne Creatables - Anja Vintage - LR0269 - LR0273

Hi

This is my 3rd release at Dutchpapercrafts. Do check out the video at Darlene's if you came here directly.

This is a beautiful set of dies. Lol - To  me all dies are beautiful. I just love dies. Hope after seeing these creations it inspires you to buy the dies too at Dutchpapercrafts

Here are the projects -

Most of the dies used are the above dies. In case I used any extra die, embossing folder or stamp I will try to list it in the project

1) Carousel Circle exploding mini album

You can see youtube for links on how to make the mini album.
Here are a couple of links
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&v=k9PNYrknPbM

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k9PNYrknPbM&feature=fvwrel

Now the only thing I did was calculate the circle size I needed as the width of LR0269 is 5" so with a bit of Pythagoras theorem (ha ha nice talking maths lol) the approx size of circle is around 7.2" so you can make a circle diameter as 7.25" . If you have grand calibur and grand circle die (not the small ones but the huge ones) then use the outermost circle. Well if you can cut svg then I do have a file for you. You can download under the svg tab in this blog. I will also make a svg for the petal card and the 4 drawer card .
Here is just the image only

Ok so here are the pictures of my mini album.

Before layering I added ribbon and then layered the quarter circles. This ribbon keeps both the mini album closed and when in carousel open mode (lol) you tie it up to keep it open too.

The large flower was a wooden die cut from micheals. The smaller rose was handmade bu just cutting a spiral free hand (wonkier the better lol ) and rolling it.

Now the anja die LR0269 and right hand doe of lr270 are edger dies. To get this shape I just cut out straight edge using cutter.
More images

I also cut out tags . I used LR0270 (left die from top picture) and stuck only half to paper to insert the tag as you can see below.

2) Box Card

This is my 2nd box card (for the 1st see linnk - http://www.thebugbytes.com/2012/12/box-card.html )

This card can easily be made without the svg file too. To see how the card is made you can search for videos on youtube.

Here is just an image on the box card file for those who don't have a machine that cuts svg's.

Use a full 8.5 x 11 (ie letter size) paper

score 2.5" from one end (long end) and then 1.5". Repeat on the other side of the long side), Then turn over to short end (8.5) Score 1.5" from both ends. Then you can fold and then cut away (cuts where 4" ie 2.5 +1.5" meets with the perpendicular 1.5")

The stamp is Anna Griffin sentiments

I made pins by embossing with UTEE. (I did not dip in melting pot as I did not want to cover up the holes but I used versamark and embossed with UTEE instead of plain powder)

3) Petal Card

I have an svg file for this as well .

The inside

The small flower is from Anna Griffin dies (I just cut off a small portion of that huge die cut). The stems annd swirls are from this release. Stamp is also Anna Griffin. 

If you don't have an svg then just draw a square of 5x5 and then a semicircle of radius 2.5" from center of each side

4) Purse card

I saw this video and adapted the purse. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&v=3hT-zIm7qig

The measurement to get the 5" width we need is 10"x 12" instead of 81/2 x 11

And I do have an svg file.

Here is my purse. I used velcro to close with one of the dies from  lr0273 as clasp. I added some bead chain for handle

Some tags to go inside the purse ( I think the stamps are from studio G not sure as one of my friends Dawn gave these to me.)

5) 4 drawer easel card (6"x6")

The easel is made from 6 x 12 card and for the top of the easel and the bottom base of the drawer 2 - 6x 6 sheets. I have a svg file just for the drawers and shelf and not for the rest.
Here is a look at how the drawers go in the box. All drawers are same size (2.5"x3.5" when assembled. Used different colors to distinguish)
I have the svg file and you can also search for videos on youtube.

In case you dont have a machine here is a jpg which explains the dimension

You just have to add a 6x 6 for base where you stick the drawers
and for the easel top top-   a 12 x6 (scored at 3 and 6 for easel part)  and another 6 x 6 which attaches  on one half of the easel)

So basically you need
4 pieces of 3 -1/2" x 8"  (shelf
4 pieces of 4 - 3/8" x 5 - 3/8" (drawers)
2 pieces of 6" x 6"
1 piece 12" x 6"

The card box

Top stamp and Die - Heartfelt creations -Tattered Blossoms
(Die - HCD 722 & stamps - HCPC 3468, HCPC 3469)
The tattered blossom dies and stamps are available at Dutchpapercrafts
Sentiments and inside butterfly & flourish - Florishes Stamps -Butterflies and Blossoms Set- SS138
Paper Clip - just a clip with the diecut (Glittered and added glossy accents)

Side view

A close up of the paper clip using the die

Hope these projects inspired you. Aren't the dies so intricate and beautiful?
Do share the projects you made .
Thanks for Reading.


P.S - Edited to add images for those who cannot use the svg files

Some Bunny Loves You

This Sunday Release at DS4J Shop has some cute images and one of these is Bunny Egg
Here is a card I made using this lovely image

I colored the image using colorbox chalk ink with Fantastix Brush Tip.

The dies are spellbinder bluebell d'lites

Memory box - wild Flower Field.  It cuts the small flowers each individually. I stuck it behind the grass border which is a die from die versions - my favorite things.

The embossing folder is also from spellbinders.

Some challenges I am entering this card into

1. http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/qkr-stampede-weekly-challenge-71-white.html
2. http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/wk-3-graphit-challengeanything.html
3. http://savvyhandmadecards.blogspot.ca/2014/01/furry-friends-challenge.html
4. http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/2014/01/challenge-120-anything-goes.html
5. http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/beckys-sketch.html
6. http://beinspiredchallenge.blogspot.ca/2014/01/be-inspired-challenge-46.html