Simple Tealight Card Tutorial

Here is some  photos  from the class I taught at Sidley Saturday Club in November!  I used 12" x 6" cardstock and this will hold 3 tealigh candles, you can adjust the card to hold more if you wished to but this will require a bigger sheet of card(more on this in the tutorial below). It was a ton of fun and I learned a lot – first that I was ambitious in what I thought we could do in 2 hours, but learned lots more as well. So my next class should roll along much better. The students were all thrilled, or else they’re awesome fibbers! The youngest student was only nine years old so it is fairly simple to do.  My nine year old son taught younder kids to make the flowers as well.

 

Size

6″ x 12″ Card Stock (Base Scored according to Diagram)
4-3/8 x 3-3/8 Card Stock in a contrasting colour
4-1/4″ x 3-1/4” Patterned Paper
1-1/4″ x 4-1/2″ Acetate

Materials Used

12 x 12" Solid Premium Cardstock Colossal (75pcs) - Capsule
Docrafts Papermania Capsule Collection - Sunshine A4 Paper pack
Crafters Companion Extra Strong Permanent Glue Tape Pen
3 mm Ultra Clear Tape
Glue dots 

Tools Used

Bigshot Die Cutting Machine
Stampin Up Simply Scored Score Board
Stampin Up Scallop Edge Border Punch
Stampin Up Bone Folder
Lea'bilities Poinsettia Die
Starburst Paper Punch
 

Directions

1. Using your Simply Scored board butt the 6" side of the cardstock against the side of the board and score at 1/2", 1- 1/4", 2- 3/4", 3-1/2" and 8-1/2 .
2. Using your Simply Scored board again butt the 12"side up against the board and score both sides at 3/4" .
3. Burnish all the score lines with your bone folder
4. Cut out the notches (black areas on the Diagram)and draw the rectangular apeture, leaving about 1/4" border, then cut this out with a craft knifeand steel edge ruler.
5. Add Acetate to the rectangle apeture you just created using ultra clear tape along the 1/4" border you left. You can also emboss the acetate for a special effect.
6. Apply Crafter's Companion Extra strong tape pen to the area marked in red on the diagram to glue the box together.
7. Punch the border of the other short edge and your card is ready to decorate.
8. If you wanted to add more tea candles or a chocolate;  all you have to do put them together the way they will lay in the box and measure then add 1-1/2" to this measurement and cut your card using this measurement (x) x 12" e.g 8"x12".

Diagram

Flowers

For the big flower topper on the main card:

1. Die cut 2 of each size of the flower, 5 big leaves and one of each flourish. 
2. Punch one starburst for the stamen of the big flower.
3. Place all flowers on the molding pad (thick craft foam will also work) to shape and press down in the center to cup the flower slightly.
4. Glue and stack the petals: 2 large, 2 medium and 2 small - offsetting each layer.
5. Place in the staburst in the center of the flower and glue in place.
6. Fold each leave in half and make small concertina folds from the bottom of the leave to the top at a slight angle.
7. Open up the leaves and glue 2 on the one side of the flower and 3 together on the other.
8. Arrange and glue on top of the flourishes and add to the main card.

For the small flower on the side of the box:

1. Die cut 2 small flowers and 2 small leave.
2. Punch one starburst for the stamen
3. Place both flowers and the starburst on the molding pad (thick craft foam will also work) to shape and press down hard in the center to cup the flower and use your fingers to cup it around the stylus.
4. Glue and stack the petals and starburst again offsetting each layer.
5. Fold each leave in half and make small concertina folds from the bottom of the leave to the top at a slight angle.  
6. Unfold the leaves and glue then onto the side of the small flower before adhering the arrangement to the side of the box with a glue dot. 

Envelope made with the Hougie Board

I got this Idea after looking at the Martha Stewart Scoreboard. Everybody have a 90 degree triangle and if you do not they are very cheap from any stationer or even a Pound shop.

Making Envelopes with you Hougie board is very easy.  Simply follow the steps below and soon you will be making envelopes in minutes.  Using the metric side you can also make envelope boxes for your 3d products.

Before starting line up your trinagle as shown in the photo above, the size of the traingle does not matter as long as it is has a 90 degree corner to fit nicely on your board.  I use a smaller if I make smaller envelopes.

Decide what size envelope you want to make, check the table below to find out what size paper you need to start with and cut your paper accordingly.

Envelope Size	Start With in cm	First Score	Second Score
C6	21x21cm	6.5cm	9cm
DL	24.5x24.5cm	6.5cm	12cm
C5	28x28cm	9cm	12cm
5"Square	21x21 cm	8.5cm	8.5cm
4"Square	17x17cm	6.5cm	6.5cm

More to sizes to follow.

Now for the steps:

1. Place your paper on the board against with the edge of the paper firmly against the traingle and score down the indicated line.
2. Rotate the paper 180 degrees and score along the same line again.  Then score the remaining two sides on the second indicated line.  I use a corner rounder to soften the corners and make the envelope look more profesional.
3. Fold the two outside corners toward the centre.
4. Apply your choice of adhesive along the bottom edges of the flap.
5. Fold the bottom flap of your envelope and press down to secure.  
6. To add the finishing touch tuck the top part into the envelope or use a decorative corner punch for a nice effect.

Next time how to do a envelpe box and line your envelopes.

Folded Mini Album

Front Cover

Back Cover


What You Would Need:

12"x12" Patterned Paper

Double sided Tape

Glue Stick

TOOLS

Piercing Tool or Crop-a-dile

Cutting Mat

Bone Folder

Fold each of the 12x12 papers into 16 equal sections. With the pattern side down, fold the paper in half. Unfold. Fold both sides in to the centre crease; this is commonly called a cupboard fold. Open the paper up and repeat these same folds, but folding in the opposite direction. The paper now has 16 equal sections.

With the pattern side up, fold all four corners to the centre. Unfold. With the pattern side down, fold all outside corners in to the first intersection, or mountain fold. Glue these folded corners down with a glue stick.

The folds in the paper form a 4-section square in the middle. Reinforce these folds by folding the paper in along these existing creases, folding one at a time. Bring the centre of each raw edge inward and down to the centre of the square along the reinforced fold lines, collapsing the corners along the existing creases.

When flattened, the corners of the paper now form a frame. Cut eight 6" squares from a sheet card stock. Insert a square into the four corners the folded page. Make as many pages as you require.

Join the pages together with card stock hinges. Cut five 4" squares from a sheet of card stock. Fold each of theses squares in half diagonally. Open the square and fold on the same crease, but in the reverse direction. Apply double sided tape along each side of the crease. Or Punch holes and use

Remove the backing from the tape. Carefully slide the “hinge” between the layers of one of the pages made in Step 4, lining up the edge of the page with the crease. Press down to adhere. Slide the other half of the hinge between the layers of the next page and press down to adhere. Repeat until all pages are connected.

To secure book closed, apply adhesive to one end of a 18" piece of ribbon. Adhere the ribbon to one side of the back cover, sliding the end between the layers of the cover. Repeat with another piece of ribbon for the opposite side of the back cover.

Decorate the inside pages with mini envelopes, stamped images or photos. Slide each photo into a small vellum envelope stamped with simple words and phrases.

Mini Waterfall Anniversary Album

Here is a Little Anniversary Album I made for my Husband.

Page one is a photo of me on our Weddingday on the beach

Page two is "The Kiss"

Page three is a family photo taken during our holiday on South Africa when my son, David, was 9 months old.

Page four and five does not yet have photo's as Bianca was not yet born when I made it.

I am in the Process of making another and will take photo's as I go for the Tutorial I will add later.
Materials:
1 piece of 12" x 6" firm cardstock    - for the cover (Purple)
1 piece of 12 x 12" firm cardstock    - for the 5 pages
cut 5 pages from this sheet with the following dimensions. (Red)
5½" x  5¼
5" x  5¼
4½" x  5¼
4" x  5¼
3½" x  5¼
1 Strip of 11" x 5¼ firm thick cardstock - for the waterfall slider 
1 Strip of 1½" x 6" firm cardstock
1 pull tab: 2"x2" piece of cardstock folded in half
Adhesives - wet glue and double sided tape
Paper trimmer
Paper scoring tool
Pencil

Step 1  -  The cover
Take piece of 12"x6" and fold it at 5 7/8" and 6 1/8".
Take the  1½" x 6" strip, apply tape to the ends and stick it to the right inner cover 1" in from the rhs. Set the cover aside for now.
 
Step 2  - Pages
Cut the pages and set these pages aside.
5½" x  5¼
5" x  5¼
4½" x  5¼
4" x  5¼
3½" x  5¼

Step 3.
Take the 11" x 5¼ Strip and score a fold at 3", 3½", 4", 4½", 5, 5½".

Step 4
Stick the tab onto the right hand side

Step 5.
Fold at the first score line, use a bone knife or your thumbnail to create a nice crisp fold. Open the sheet and fold at the 2nd score line, create a crisp fold and apply glue to this section. Take the shortest of our 5 pages (the 3½" x  5¼) and stick it to the fold.
  
Step 6.
Open the sheet again and fold at the 3rd score line, create a crisp fold and apply glue to this section. Take the 4" x  5¼ page and stick it to the fold.       
Repeat Step 6. for the remaining 3 pages.

Step 7
Open up the page slider (the pages should be underneath) Slip the slider under the strip and center the page lot onto the back cover. Take some double sided tape and stick it on to the strip.

Step 8
When the slider and pages are centered then close the album sticking the slider to the top of the strip and stick it down good.

Test your album opens ok by pulling on the pull out tab and decorate.

Techniques and tutorials to look forward to

I will be posting information on the following techniques over the next few weeks. Tutorials and projects will follow by the end of next month when my maternity leave start and I have some more time to make the projects and take photo's. So if you have or know about a blog or website that specialize in any one of these let me know and I will add a link to it in that specific section

Stamping
Decoupage
Die Cutting
Embossing
Iris Folding
Quiling
Spirelli
Tea Bag Folding
Paper Pricking
Lace
Peel Offs
Scrapbooking
Using Sketches for both Card Making and Scrapbooking.
Making the most of your craft CD's

Choosing Adhesives

Please note this list is not complete and many more adhesive products are available. Adhesives, or glues, are an essential component of paper craft. Choosing and using the correct adhesive for the job in hand is vitally important to achieve the correct result. Different types of adhesive are required for particular purposes, no one adhesive does the job for all sticking requirements. In many cases adhesive choice comes down to personal preference. I will be adding Pictures and links to this later.

To cover all your crafting needs, you will need, one adhesive from each of the groups below

Dry adhesives
This group of adhesives are a craft box must have as they are quick and easy to use, nonmessy and in most, cases, give an instant bond like :
Double-sided tape
tape on a roll that is sticky on both sides. Available in different widths. Great for sticking card and paper, quickly and easy to use
Glue dispensers
glue on a roll inside plastic casing with a rolling dispenser at one end. The snail or mouse shaped dispenser is simply glided along paper/card and the glue is laid onto the paper/card. Good alternative to double-sided tape. Available in permanent and repositionable format
Dots of glue
sticky circles, in various sizes on a carrier sheet or roll. Invaluable for sticking embellishments

Dimensional adhesives
Used to provide height and depth to papercraft projects. Perhaps most commonly associated with 3D decoupage but often used to raise just one element off a card for instant dimension.
3D foam pads
small foam pads, in various, depths and sizes, sticky on the top and bottom. Provide an instant bond
Silicone glue
glue in a tube that is squeezed out and applied to the back of work before applying to project. Silicone glue requires drying time but this can be advantages in decoupage as it provides time to move and shape layers.

Wet glue
Most of us will be familiar with PVA and “white glue” as it is often used in schools! This type of glue requires drying time and gives a strong bond.
PVA
available in tubes, often with a fine tip nozzle for precision application. PVA has a multitude of uses including as a varnish when watered down. Water based and dries clear
Glue stick
traditional glue, often used by children. Available in a solid, stick format that you twist up to use. This type of glue is, generally not as strong as liquid glue; suitable for card and paper
Glue pen
wet glue in a pen format, allowing precise application. Generally glue is blue, so that you can see where applying it and dries clear. Stick items when glue is wet and blue for an instant bond or when glue is tacky and clear for repositionable use. Great for sticking small embellishments such as flat backed gems.

Things to consider
Check adhesives used for scrapbooking are acid free. Always read instructions and follow safety Do you want an instant bond or time to reposition work?
Working with children? Make sure the adhesive is suitable – non toxic, washable etc
Take time to consider what you a re doing and which type of adhesive is most suitable
for the project.

Hints & tips
• Always replace lids to stop glue drying out, blocking nozzles and accidental spills
• For precision application of wet glue use a cocktail stick to apply to project
• Use PVA sparingly on paper/card as it will wrinkle paper/card as it dries
• Consider the decorative potential of adhesives – glitter sprinkled over double-sided tape or dots of glue, for example!
• Ask other crafters and demonstrators which adhesive they use if you are still not sure

Craft Glossary

Here is a quick list of explanation of all the crafting terms you hear so often. it is a work in porgress and as I get new one I will expand the list, feel free to email me any you can not find on the list but feel you would like to share.

Craft Glossary

Acid-free
card, paper and other products that do not contain acid (or have a low ph value) This is important in scrapbooking as acid degrades pictures over time see "lingin-free”
Aperture
a window cut into the front of a card blank. Apertures are available in
many different shapes. Cards can be bought with pre-cut apertures or you can cut
your own

Brads
recognised as the humble paper fastener! Brads have a small head and two metal pins that are pushed through paper/card. The pins are opened to hold in place. Brads are available in a huge array of sizes, colours and shapes.

Card blank
Pre-folded card in, generally in standard sizes, ready to decorate and embellish
Cardstock
essential basic card used to make card blanks, matting and layering, die-cutting etc
Crop
group of scrapbookers working on layouts together and sharing ideas
Cropping
trimming a photograph to size or to focus on a particular area

Deckle edge
an irregular, patterned shape. Popular edging for card blanks. Decorative edged scissors – scissors that cut creating a shaped edge, perhaps,most commonly known is deckle edge but many patterns are now available see “deckle edge”
Decoupage (also 3D decoupage)
traditionally the art of layering images and heavily varnishing. Today, better known as 3D decoupage were different aspects of repeat images are cut out and layered on top of each other using dimensional adhesive
De-bossed
the opposite of “embossed”. When an image is indented rather than raised see mbossed”
Die-cuts
pre-cut decorative shapes cut out using a machine. Die-cutting machines and dies are available to buy to die-cut shapes yourself or packs of die-cut shapes can be bought. See “die cutting”
Die-cutting
using a machine to cut shapes. A metal die is run through a machine with the medium to be cut and creates a shape. see “die-cuts”
Dimensional glaze/adhesive
clear varnish which can also be used stick and glaze items. Dries to a high gloss, hard finish
Dry embossing
creating a raised image on paper or card using a stencil and embossing tool. Pressure is applied to the paper or card, through the stencil using an embossing tool creating a raised image on the reverse side of the paper or card see “embossing”

Embellishments
anything that is used to decorate a card! The term covers a wide range of items, usually non-paper, from brads to charms, eyelets to beads. Embellishments can be bought, handmade or found items, never ending really!
Embossing
creating a raised image on paper or card see “dry embossing” and “heat embossing”
Embossing tool
a tool that looks like a pen with metal balls at either end. Used for dry embossing and creasing of paper and card see “embossing” and “dry embossing”.

Heat embossing
creating a raised image on paper or card using a rubber stamp,embossing ink, embossing powder and a heat gun. An image is stamped, sprinkled with powder and heated with a heat gun until the powder melts creating a raised,shiny outline see “embossing”
Heat gun (or heat tool)
a specialist tool that safely delivers very hot air but with very little blow so that embossing powder can be melted and not blown away see “heat embossing”

Lace
from the French word meaning “linked together”. Card is cut using a template and folded to create interlaced design
Layering
sticking one piece of card on to another, leaving a narrow border all around to frame the top layer. More than one layer is often used and called matting and layering see “matting”
Lignin-free
card, paper and related products that do not contain lignin. Lignin is found in trees and therefore only associated with paper products. This is important in scrapbooking as products that contain lignin age over time see “acid free”

Matting
sticking one piece of card on to another, leaving a narrow border all around to frame the top layer. More than one layer is often used and called matting and layering see “layering”

Peel-off
a type of sticker, commonly an outline image that you simply “peel off” a backing paper and stick. Adds instant “embossed” effects to projects see “embossing”

Quilling
the rolling, pinching, gluing and shaping of narrow lengths of paper to create decorative shapes. These shapes are then grouped together to create motifs

Rub-ons – or rub downs!
Quick and easy to use images that come on a carrier sheet. Place transfer motif onto surface and rub over top with the supplied stick to transfer image to chosen surface

Spirelli
the technique of winding thread around a notched shape to create a pattern
Stamps
images formed in rubber or clear polymer that are inked and pressed onto card or paper to create instant images, that can them be coloured

Template
pre-prepared cut out shape that you use to trace or cut identical shapes from. Usually made from heavy duty material so that template can be used over and over again

Vellum
a beautiful, translucent type of paper. Available in many colours, plain or printed

Using Scoring boards

The humble scoring board has come a long way and I feel has become a must have in my craft box but remember there are many different scoring boards available so do a little research before you purchase to make sure the board will meet you crafting requirements.

A Scoring Board is a board made from light weight plastic with a series of numbered and labeled grooves. These grooves are precise measurements that allow you too accurately score and fold card and paper blanks and boxes. These board give you the ability to create different blank folds, such as your basic half fold, concertina fold or gate-fold and boxes Some scoring Boards have the added features such as decorative embossing lines and motifs.

There are scoring boards available to create embossed decorative shapes and motifs only, so no more light box needed and even scoring boards designed to create bespoke envelopes and enveloboxes.

Each board normally come with it's own instructions, but a web search using your favourite search engine will help you find instructions from other crafters using that board. What I have done is taken an A4 sheet of card and ruler on each of mine and drawn the score lines. I plan to adapted a few of the projects I already have to be used on the ScorPal boards as these are simple and easy and you do not even need the board, just a good ruler will do the trick.

I will be posting these tutorials on my blog shortly and will also add links to where you can purchase the most popular scoreboards should you wish to invest in a specific one.


Eazi-Score
Line 1 Box Line 1 in the diagram below
Line 2 Box Line 2 in the diagram below
Line 3 A5 Gate Fold Line 3 in the diagram below
Line 4 A4 Gate Fold Line 4 in the diagram below
Line 5 DL Line 5 in the diagram below
Line 6 A5 Half Fold Line 6 in the diagram below
Line 7 A4 Half Fold Line 8 in the diagram below

M & F Board
Line 1 Box Line 2 in the diagram below
Line 2 A5 Gate Fold Line 3 in the diagram below
Line 3 A4 Gate Fold Line 4 in the diagram below
Line 4 Z-Zag Leaflet A4 Line 5 in the diagram below
Line 5 A5 Half Fold Line 6 in the diagram below
Line 6 A4 Half Fold Line 8 in the diagram below

Crafters Companion Top Score Multi board and Ultimate Pro
Line 1 Box Line 1 in the diagram below
Line 2 A5 Gate Fold Line 3 in the diagram below
Line 3 A4 Gate Fold Line 4 in the diagram below
Line 4 Tri Fold A4 Line 5 in the diagram below
Line 5 A5 Half Fold Line 6 in the diagram below
Line 6 5” Square Line 7 in the diagram below
Line 7 A4 Half Fold Line 8 in the diagram below




Line 1 Box
Line 2 Box
Line 3 A5 Gate Fold / Concertina A5
Line 4 A4 Gate Fold / Concertina A4
Line 5 DL / Leaflet Zig Zag / Tri-Fold A4
Line 6 A5 Half Fold
Line 7 5” Square
Line 8 A4 Half Fold

Hints & tips

1. For best results use an embossing tool for scoring and the edge of a bone folder to flatten folds – this will avoid “crushing” folds.
2. Don’t be heavy handed when scoring, particularly on light weight paper, to avoid damaging the surface of the paper.
3. For precision scoring make sure the piece of paper you start with is the correct size and always make sure the paper/card is pushed firmly against the butt board.
4. When embossing decorative motifs make sure the paper/card is placed face down so that when you turn it over the embossed image is on the front.
5. If the embossing tool is difficult to score along the card scribble wax over the paper/card or rub the embossing tool against the side of your nose – this picks up a little oil and helps the too glide more smoothly!
6. Buying cardstock and scoring yourself to make card blanks can often be cheaper and gives you the versatility of making card blanks from any card stock you have.
7. To achieve edge to edge folds – keep the cardstock pushed against the butt bar, fold the cardstock inwards to meet the butt bar and crease using a bone folder.

Mother in Laws birthday card

Here is some photo's of a card I made for my mother-in-laws birthday. I am curretnly working on a similar one for my mother and will hopefully be doing a tutorial for you as soon as my maternity leave start at he end of October 2009.
 
 
 
 

Book Card

(Finished Card Size A6 Landscape)

You will need:

Good Quality A6 Base card (A5 folded in Half)
Decorative paper of your choice, up to 5 different Patterns
Heavy Weight for stand
Double sided tape
Pencil
Scoring Tool
Ruler
Scissors
Peel offs and other embellishments of your choice

Assemble you card as follow:

1. Cut out you template carefully (I laminated mine to make them last longer).
2. Now trace around the page templates on patterned pages. Cut out.
3. Score and crease all pages. I also curve mine by rolling them around a small rolling pin (1 inch Diameter).
4. Now attach the pages with the spines directly in top of the each other. I use Double sided tape or Glue lines made by Glue dots. The Glue lines work really well, especially when you use vellums.
5. Now mount your book on the prepared Base Card with Double sided tape or Glue Lines. Allow ¼ inch on both sides of the base card and then attach the sides of the bottom page to the base, this give a bit more dimension to your card. You can also use double sided foam pads or silicon glue to support the bottom page.
6. Now that the book is assembled decorate as you wish

Assemble you stand as follow:
1. Cut out you template carefully (I laminated mine to make them last longer).
2. Now trace around the Stand templates on heavy duty card. Cut out.
3. Score and Crease down the middle. Decorate as you choose.