stamp out loud by tami sanders

Christmas joy!

Today's card uses some of the same techniques as the card done in the last post.

The background has been "Smooched" using Smooch Spritz, then Design Adhesives have been applied and foiled...

  
 

And, as with the last card, there is PLENTY of sparkle and bling!

 

 

To add a bit of dimension to the card, "joy" was added using dimensional foam dots...

 

Smooch Spritz and Designer Foils are both perfect products to use when you want to dress up any holiday project. Both are easy to use and produce GREAT results!

Here's all you need to know to make this card yourself... 

“joy X 4” card

Skill Level: easy

SUPPLIES:

Clearsnap: Smooch Spritz: Citrus Tickle and Limolicious, Design Adhesives: Memory Box Collection: In the Forest and Calm and Bright, Designer Foils: Cherry Pie and Irish Eyes, ColorBox Archival Dye Ink: Golf Course, Stylus Handle and White Foam Blender Tip and Color Catcher

Bazzill: card: Ruby Slipper and Walnut Cream, Hillary and Parakeet cardstocks 

Tools: paper trimmer, scissors, adhesive, black pen and dimensional foam dots

DIRECTIONS:

1) Cut a 4 1/2 square piece of light green cardstock and mat on a 4 3/4 square of dark green cardstock. Adhere to upper portion of card front.

2) Cut a 5 X 5 square of cream cardstock and spritz lightly with both colors of Smooch Spritz; set aside to dry.

NOTE: Make sure that paper is COMPLETELY dry before doing this step - the Design Adhesives will not appy or adhere properly otherwise.

3) Cut the 5 X 5 "smooched" cardstock into 4 - 2" squares. {reserve leftover}

4) Cut apart poinsettia, 3 holly leaves and 1 set of berries, 1 set of ornaments and bird from Design Adhesive sheets. Apply  each set of designs to one of the 2" squares.

5) Apply red foil to poinsettia, berries, round ornament and bird. Apply green foil to leave and pointed ornament.

6) Use black pen to add sides, crowns and hooks to ornaments and legs and feet to bird.

7) Ink edges of all 4 - 2" squares using Golf Course Dye Ink applied with Stylus and blender tip.

8) Adhere squares to matted cardstock at top of card.

9) Cut apart and apply "christmas" beneath and aligned with the left side of the matted square. Apply green foil.

10) Cut apart and apply "joy" on the leftover piece of "smooched" cardstock. Apply red foil. Then trim around word, and ink edges using Golf Course Dye Ink applied with Stylus and Tip. Adhere at an angle at the end and slightly below "christmas".

MORE Holiday and Christmas projects are on the way, so please come back later!

AND --- within the next few months, Clearsnap will be COMBINING Jean's and my blogs into ONE big blog with projects by guest designers too! You can take a peek at it HERE! In the meantime, I will keep posting to our Typepad blogs, but the projects will also be posted on the Blogger blog --- so be sure to bookmark it!

Clearsnap has also started a FACEBOOK page, Be sure to check it out and join up so you can view projects posted by others as well as be the first to know about any news or special announcements!

bucket of fun...

Besides a costume, what does every trick-or-treater need?

Something to put their goodies in!

Today's project turns a plain black bucket from the dollar store into a custom treat pail for your favorite little goblin!

 

Design Adhesives, Designer Foils and Glitters were used to transform the bucket from blah to bling in only about 30 minutes! And this project is kid friendly too, so your kiddos can help embellish their bucket or even make it all by themselves!

 

Design Adhesives are like glue designs you rub on. They are simple to use and make applying glitters, foils or embossing powder quick and easy too. Place the design on pretty much any surface: paper, plastic, glass, wood, chipboard, etc. then gently rub the design. Remove the backing and then you are ready to apply your glitter, foil or embossing powder.

Silver Fog Designer Foil was applied over the  "trick or treat" and the star designs...

 

 
 

I took the pics in the bright sun so you could see the glitters and foils well, but every little scrape and scratch in the bucket as well as static-cling lint showed up as well!

Glitters were used for the candy designs...

 

 
{the handles of the lollipops were done using Goldmine Foil}

And to add the border along the top as well...

 

Ribbon was tied along the top to make another border...

 

And to finish it off, I rolled a piece of lime cardstock around the center of the handle, then tied ribbons at each side...

 

Here are all the supplies and directions needed to complete this quick and easy project...
 

“tricked out pail” altered bucket

Skill Level: easy - kid friendly 

SUPPLIES:

Clearsnap: Design Adhesives: Trick or Treat, Candy Store, Fright Night and Fancy Edges, Designer Foils: Silver Fog and Goldmine and Glitters: Peridot, Sparkling Amethyst, Sweet Orange and Fool's Gold

Bazzill: Intense Kiwi cardstock

Other: ribbons, black plastic pail

Tools: paper trimmer, scissors and adhesive

DIRECTIONS:

1) Cut apart "trick", "o'" and "treat" Design Adhesives and apply to center front of pail. Cover words with Silver Fog Foil, rub gently to apply and then gently pull back foil. If you miss any portion of the design, you can reapply foil to cover it.

2) Cut apart 2 candy lollipops and adhere at either side of "treat". Pull away backing from stick portion only, slip under Goldmine Foil and apply to stick. Then remove backing and apply Sweet Orange glitter. Shake off excess. {a clean and dry foam brush works well to help remove excess glitter}

3) Cut apart hard candies and apply at lower left and upper right of "trick o' treat". Make small piles of Sparkling Amethyst, Peridot and Fool's Gold glitters, remove backing from candies, then dip your finger in choice of glitters and gently dab your finger on one of the candies to apply the glitter. Repeat until all candies have been glittered.

4) Cut apart and apply stars around candies at upper right and lower left and apply Silver Fog Foil to them.

5) Cut apart and adhere scalloped border to upper portion of pail. You may need to use 2 strips depending on the size of your pail. Glitter with Sweet Orange glitter.

6) Tie a piece of ribbon around top of pail.

7) Cut a 3" strip of lime cardstock the desired width {depending on size of handle} and roll tightly around handle. Glue end; use clothespins or paperclips to hold in place while glue sets.

8) To finish, tie ribbons at sides of handle.

I hope you liked this kid-friendly project; new projects are added twice a week and MORE Halloween projects are coming! So please stop back by!

Also please check out Jean’s ColorSyle blog for more great projects featuring Clearsnap products!

simple thank you...

Two of the brand new Design Adhesives combine to create this simple thank you card that has a vintage-modern style…

 

The scroll design gets “blinged” with one of the new foils to create an accent for the card, while the “thank you” sentiment is embossed…

 

The foiled design may look complicated, but it is SO easy to do. You just rub on the Design Adhesive, your finger is the best tool to use, then lift off the protective backing to reveal the design. The design is sticky so you just lay the foil over the design, rub the foil lightly with your finger to get it to stick to the design, then pull back the foil sheet. The foil only sticks to the Design Adhesive, so there is no messy excess to have to remove. And don’t worry if you don’t get the entire design with one pass of the foil. You can just place the foil sheet back on any portions that didn’t get foiled the first time. Just keep moving the sheet around to unused parts. You won’t be able to see any lines or seams in the design either.

One of the new ColorBox Archival Dye Inks was used to edge the cardstock to create some definition between the pieces.

This card can be made in just minutes. So make yourself a set of them to have on hand and you’ll be ready to express your thanks elegantly!

“simple thanks” card

Skill Level: easy

SUPPLIES:

Clearsnap: Design Adhesives: Brocade and Many Thanks and Foil: Silver Fog, Top Boss Embossing Powder: Cocoa Bean and ColorBox Cat’s Eye Archival Dye Ink: Mudslide

Bazzill: kraft cardstock

Tools: paper trimmer, dimensional foam dots and adhesive

DIRECTIONS:

1) Cut a 5 ½ X 8 ½ piece of kraft cardstock and fold in half to make card.

2) Cut a 4 X 3 ¼ piece of kraft cardstock. Apply large scroll Design Adhesive to left hand side, and a small scroll along the bottom at the right corner. Use silver foil to cover scroll designs.

3) Ink edges of cardstock piece using Mudslide ink. Adhere piece to center front of card.

4) Adhere “thanks so much” Design Adhesive to a 2 ½ X 1 3/8 piece of kraft cardstock. Emboss design using Cocoa Bean embossing powder.

5) Adhere sentiment to card at center right of card using dimensional foam dots.

If you haven’t already tried Design Adhesives, I hope this project will encourage you to try them out. They are quick and easy to use and the results look fantastic!

 Also please check out Jean’s ColorSyle blog for more great projects featuring Clearsnap products!)

new products from CLEARSNAP!

Clearsnap released some new prodcuts at CHA and today's post will introduce them to you.

Among the new products are EIGHT brand new Smooch Spritz colors! The colors are GORGEOUS!

 

The new colors are - from left to right - Cosmic Pink, Tea Party, Carrot Cake, Citrus Tickle, Splash, Sea Breeze, River Mossy and Black Velvet.

Also brand new are these wonderful new ColorBoxCat's Eye Archival Dye Ink Queues...

 

Each of the Queue's consists of a stack of 6 different ink colors, there are 4 new Queue's, so 24 BEAUTIFUL, vibrant inks in all. And since the inks are Archival, they are permanent and safe to use on any scrapbook or papercraft project, and they are fast drying too.

The colors in the Queues are:

COFFEEHOUSE: Cookie Dough, Dark Cherry, Atlantic Blue, Khaki Green, Putty and Mudslide

BEACH TOWELS: Red Devil, Lemon Drop, Deep Grape, Glacier Lake, Golf Course and Moody Blue

TUTTI FRUITTI: Key Lime, Pinkolicious, Tree Frog, Mermaid, Grape Slushy and Wicked Black

POOL PARTY: Pumpkin Pie, Fireberry, Frosted Plum, Grasshopper, Poolside and Seattle Sky

And finally, a BUNCH of brand new Design Adhesives were released! 

Here are some Christmas and Holiday themed designs...

 

and some Spooky Halloween designs...

 

and some "everyday" designs...

 

AND --- also new for Design Adhesives are FOILS!

 

These foils are FANTASTIC! And they come in SIX great colors! Colors are {from left to right} Cherry Pie, Goldmine, Irish Eyes, Seaport, Plum Crazy and Silver Fog.

To use the foils, just rub on your choice of Design Adhesive, then place a foil sheet over the design, rub gently with your finger and VIOLA! Once you remove the foil sheet you are left with a SUPER SHINY design. And the foils work like a charm! No hard rubbing required, no excess foil left, just a super crisp "foiled" design.

Keep watching the blog for projects using these wonderful NEW products, and be on the lookout for these FABULOUS new products at your local stamp or scrapbook store soon!