Snowman Pop Up Card

November 28, 2016Leave a comment

It’s always exciting when you see something you’ve created in the pages of a magazine.

My Snowman Pop Up card, using Paper House Productions paper and stickers,

was recently featured in Craft Ideas 2016 Holiday Issue.

Make sure to check out their website for the Snowman Pop-Up card instructions.

You can find the instructions here.

Craft ideas and projects for every skill level, every medium and every occasion.

The Snowman Pop-Up card was created for and sponsored by Craft Ideas and Paper House Productions.

Christmas Cards using Paper House’s “Home for Christmas” Collection

November 23, 2016November 23, 2016Leave a comment

Planning on making Christmas Cards this year?

I thought I’d share a couple of the quick and easy layered cards that we made in my Holiday Workshop.

The Joy to the World card uses:

Home for Christmas Tags 12″ Double Sided Glitter Scrapbook Paper
Deck the Halls 12″ Double Sided Scrapbook Paper
Red Flannel 12″ Double Sided Scrapbook Paper
Small Poinsettia embellishment

I used the Merry Christmas Tag from the Glitter sheet on the inside of the card.

For the Peace Card I used:

Home for Christmas Tags 12″ Double Sided Glitter Scrapbook Paper
Home for Christmas Cardstock Stickers
Taylored Expressions Embossing Folder-Winter Flurry, 4.5 by 5.75-Inch*
Silver Ribbon (offray ribbon)
3D Foam Mounting Squares
Small Adhesive Rhinestones

On the inside of the card I used:

Winter Snowflakes Washi Tape from Little B LLC
the Snowman from the Home for Christmas Cardstock Stickers

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Simple Stories Classic Christmas Cards

November 6, 2016November 15, 2016Leave a comment

I’ll be teaching a new class at The Paper Forest in December.

Simple Stories Classic Christmas Cards…

You may want to grab your elf hat and shoes for this fast-paced Christmas Card Class.

In this class we will create 8 Christmas cards using the Simple Stories Classic Christmas Collection.

All you need to bring is your double stick tape roller, plenty of 3D foam mounting squares and scissors.

Please join me…

Thursday, December 1st
at The Paper Forest in Washington, IL
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Cost: $25

Contact The Paper Forest at 309-745-3868 to sign up.
If there is enough interest we may add a daytime class.

Sue’s Holiday Workshop 2016

October 12, 20162 Comments

Sign ups are now open for the 8th annual Sue’s Holiday Workshop…

The workshop will be held Saturday, November 12th from 10 to 3.

It’s a great jump start into the Holiday Season. And… a good way to spend quality time with friends laughing and creating.

We will be making cards, tags, a Winter Window, wood slice ornament, Christmas Tree in a bottle necklace, gift bag and a more.

The price of the workshop is only $45 for the day and includes a hot lunch, yummy desert and every one wins a door-prize.

The workshop will be held at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Washington, IL in my church’s large Family Life Center. Great lighting and plenty of space.

It’s going to be fun.

To sign up or for more information contact me at:
seldred2@frontier.com

There’s no place like Home

October 5, 2016October 4, 2016Leave a comment

You don’t need to be a huge Wizard of Oz fan…

to fall in love with this new paper collection from Paper House Productions.

But if you are, you’re in luck!

This sweet water colored collection from Michelle Coleman is beautifully done.

I fell in love with her red poppies. (Who wouldn’t?)

And as the saying goes…“There’s No Place Like Home”.

Here’s what I used on my cards:

These projects were created for and sponsored by Paper House Productions.

Autumn Woods Pop-Up card and Fall Collage

September 23, 2016August 6, 20211 Comment

One of the best things about being on a design team is the opportunity to work with awesome

products. When I got my last box of goodies from Paper House Productions I instantly fell

in love with the Autumn Woods Collection.

The sweet water colored woodland animals are cute without being to cutesy.

I knew as soon as I saw them that they needed to be made into a pop-up card.

Tips…

I apply baby powder on the back of my stickers with a small paintbrush to remove the tackiness. That way I can use my stickers like die-cuts.
On the front of the card: I love adding dimension… so under the “Autumn is in the Air” and the “bunnies” I used 3-D foam mounting squares.
Add even more dimension to the inside of your pop up card by adding thin foam mounting squares to the stickers “tree” and “autumn woods” and strategically placing them on the background.
I created a couple of pop-up steps for my forest friends.

While cleaning up the Autumn Woods scraps laying on my desk, I decided to make a Fall

Collage using a rummage sale frame I picked up last month for next to nothing.

All in all… I would have to say that the Autumn Woods Collection has to be my favorite

Paper House Productions collection so far. (at least for the time being)

Here’s the list of the Paper House Products I used:

These projects were created for and sponsored by Paper House Productions.

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It’s getting to be that time of year again…

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016Leave a comment

It’ll be here before we know it.

Did you know it’s only 103 until Christmas?

To me that means one thing…

It’s time to start thinking about Sue’s Holiday Workshop.

I’ve got the date and place reserved and a couple of the projects decided on.

It’s going to be good.

So save the date. Details Coming Soon.

How to Create a Birthday Card for the Football Fanatic in your Life…

September 2, 2016October 30, 2020Leave a comment

Everyone has that one family member that really LOVES football. (maybe it’s you?)

Here’s a card I created for Craft Ideas magazine’s Fall Issue. (page 69)

A fun football themed birthday card for young and old.

How to make a Football Birthday Card…

Made with papers and stickers from Paper House Productions sports collections.

Supplies Used:

P-2058 MVP Tags 12” Double Sided Scrapbook Paper (Paper House Productions)
P-2060 All Star 12” Double Sided Scrapbook Paper (Paper House Productions)
P-2056 Footballs 12” Double Sided Scrapbook Paper (Paper House Productions)
STCX-1010 Football 12” Cardstock Stickers
Brown Cardstock
Black Cardstock
3D Foam Mounting Squares
Double Sided Tape Runner

Paper Cutter
Scissors

Directions:

Make a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ top-fold card from brown cardstock.
Cut a 4” strip of the green football sidelines border sticker and adhere to the bottom of the MVP tag. Cut 3 ¾” x 5” panel from “All Star” scrapbook paper and adhere MVP tag off-centered as shown. Adhere All Star panel onto 4″ x 5 1/4″ black cardstock panel. Adhere all layers onto card front.
Embellish card with letters and football stickers as shown. For added dimension, adhere “Go Team Go” sticker with 3D foam mounting squares.

On the inside of the card:

Cut a 3 ¾” x 5” piece of “Footballs” scrapbook paper. Layer it onto a 4” x 5 ¼” piece of black cardstock and adhere it in the inside of the card. Embellish with stickers.