Card Kit Class - Dog Gone It Left-Overs

I don't know about everyone else, but oftentimes when I purchase a pack of items I'm left with lots of bits and pieces that didn't make it onto the original project. After creating a few cards with the Dog Gone It kit, I noticed I had multiple sentiment strips left over, which got me thinking...

CUTTING GUIDE

The intention of this tutorial is for you to use whatever images you have "left-over" after creating your other projects. You can substitute scraps of patterned paper for some of the sentiment strips and you can swap the images to whatever you have available.

I have also included a cutting guide for those who would simply like to recreate these two cute cards.

SUPPLY LIST

• Dog Gone It card making kit
• Two white, A5 card bases (I prefer tent folds, but standard folds will work too)
• 10cm x 14.3cm kraft cardstock (you can substitute any colour)
• Scissors for fussy cutting
• Paper trimmer
• Adhesives - liquid glue, double sided tape, foam tape
• Shimmer pen (if desired)

CARD A

1. Collect all your "left-over" sentiment strips. It doesn't matter which ones you use, although we will be doing some strategic placement to ensure the visible words match the occasions we're creating for (more about that later). Do a rough check to make sure the sentiments will cover your piece of kraft cardstock. A few gaps are okay as we'll be using the offcuts, and covering part of the design with our images. 

2. Start securing the sentiments to the piece of cardstock. Trim any excess, reserving the off cuts. Don't worry about lining things up exactly, but do try to keep gaps fairly consistent in size.

3. I mentioned earlier about trying to ensure your sentiments match the intended occasion. I'm making a birthday card, so I don't really want the entire "Ruff Day" sentiment. Rather than waste it, I'm placing it so that the phrase gets cut in half, leaving two non-sensical parts that can fill some gaps!

4. I don't need to fill this area as my images are going to sit over the top. However, I want it to appear as though the entire background is filled with the word strips. When I put the dogs in position, I can see that I need to fill the areas at the bottom and right side of the cardstock.

5. Place some sentiment strips over the edges, again being mindful of what words will be visible. Trim any excess.

6. Secure the Old English sheepdog on the lower, right hand side of the cardstock, about 1cm from the bottom edge.

7. Use foam tape to secure the pug slight lower and to the left of the first dog.

8. Use liquid glue or double sided tape to secure the kraft cardstock to your card base, leaving a small border around all four edges. 

9. If you have left-over embellishments, secure them to your card. I added the striped ball and the small blue ball at the left side of the pug. Keep the blue ball slightly lower than the striped one to show depth. Give each of the dogs a party hat, securing the pug's hat with a little foam tape to keep it on the same level. Add the small gift and the birthday cake, keeping the cake slightly lower. 

CARD B

1. Use a trimmer or small pair of scissors to cut down two of the sentiments, removing the references to dogs and "ruff days". I also removed the punctuation from the end of "another birthday".

2. Trim the plaid paper to 10cm x 5cm and 10cm x 3cm. Adhere the larger piece to the top section of your card blank, leaving a small, even border at the top and two sides. Adhere the small piece to the bottom section of your card blank, leaving a small border at the bottom and two sides.

3. Centre the sentiments over the edge of each piece of paper so that they read: 
"heard you had"

"another birthday"

4. Secure the spotted ball to the left hand side of the card and the blue gift to the right hand side of the card.

5. Adhere the large gift slightly over, and a little lower than the ball. It should not reach as low as the sentiment.

6. Adhere the red ribbon gift over the other two gifts, and just slightly above the sentiment. It's okay if the image touches the sentiment panel as long as it doesn't completely obscure the words.

7. Secure the blue ball between the spotted ball and the yellow-ribboned gift, and add the party hat over the top of the blue gift.

8. If desired, add some sparkle to the balls, ribbons, sentiments, and the party hat.

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Year Long Challenge - May

Mother's Day falls in May in my part of the world, and in recognition of the occasion I've created a happy, flower-filled card featuring a little daisy-painted elephant. Too cute!

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Card Kit Class - Strawberry Patch Card Class

In this class, you'll be creating two bright and pretty cards with delicate butterflies and eye-catching pops of red! You'll find a cutting guide and supply list below, as well as the step-by-step instructions to help you complete your cards. Please leave any questions or concerns in the comment section of this post and I'll get back to you as soon as I've finished crafting! 😉 

CUTTING GUIDE

Cut out the images and patterned paper circled in red.

Click on the images to enlarge.

Note: The cake images can be cut with Just Desserts cutting dies.

SUPPLY LIST

• Just Desserts card making kit
• one white A5 card base - tent fold
• one pink (or green if you prefer) 13.5cm x 13.5cm card base
• 13cm x 13cm white cardstock
• one white cardstock circle approx. 6cm diameter
• one pink (or green) cardstock circle approx. 6.5cm diameter with scalloped edge, if desired
• ten 10.5cm x 1.5cm pink (or green) cardstock strips
• embossing folder and embossing machine
• scissors for fussy cutting
• paper trimmer
• adhesives - glue, double-sided tape, foam tape
• self-adhesive rhinestones, pearls, or liquid pearls if desired

CARD A

1. Use your favourite embossing folder to add a design to the 13cm x 13cm white cardstock, then secure it to the centre of your card base.

2. Trim both pieces of patterned paper to 10cm x 10cm, reserving the larger off cuts for the next card. Secure the spotted paper to the upper right side of the card, about 1cm from the top and side edge, and the plaid paper to the lower left hand side, about 1cm from the bottom and side edge.

3. Adhere your two cardstock circles together and secure to the centre of the plaid paper.

4. Adhere the medium flower to the right-hand-side of the circle at about 4pm (imagine your circles are a clock face, this is the position where "4" would sit).

5. Glue the sentiment strip over the centre of the flower, taking the right hand edge all the way to the edge of the embossed cardstock. Ensure your sentiment is parallel with the top and bottom edges of your card.

6. Secure the small flower behind the large flower with glue.

7. Adhere to the left side of the circle, so the large flower just covers the edge of the sentiment and the small flower sits at around 9pm. (NOTE: don't worry about being too exact with the placement - remember the instructions are only meant to be a guide)

8. Adere the two strawberries together so they are on slightly different angles, but with their tops facing the same way. Use foam tape to secure them below the sentiment, slightly over the large flower. Add your butterfly in the white space above the sentiment.

(HINT: bend the wings of your butterfly slightly upward from the centre. Apply a thin line of glue down the middle of the butterfly and then two large drops of glue on each wing. Place the butterfly gently onto your card, pressing ONLY the middle section so it's flat. As the drops of glue dry, they will hold the wings slighly away from the card, giving some nice dimension without the large pieces of foam tape)

9. Finish the card with some red, green, or pink rhinestones, pearls or liquid mediums.

CARD B

1. Trim the patterned paper offcuts from Card A into 10.5cm x 1cm strips (you should end up with at least five of each design for a total of ten paper strips). Adhere the paper to the cardstock strips, ignoring any differences in length.

2. Place your card base on the desk in front of you, with the centre fold on the left-hand side. Choose one of the strips and secure it to the lower right corner of your card, ensuring the paper reaches the edge, or just over.

NOTE: With this technique, I find it easiest to add a glue to the card base, then place the strip over the top. This helps prevent the use of too much glue and ending up with a sticky mess!

3. Add two more strips beside the first one, keeping them parrallel and evenly spaced (2 - 3mm apart).

4. Turn your card over and use a pair of sharp scissors or a trimmer to remove the excess. Save the off cuts.

5. Starting at the top of the last strip you placed, and keeping the next strip inside the edge of the card, add another three strips. See photos for placement.

6. Use the trimmings to fill the corner position, keeping the strips evenly spaced and following the same pattern placement as the first three. Again, trim the excess.

7. Add three final strips in the same way as previously, trimming any excess with sharp scissors or a trimmer.

8. Add a little glue or tape to the left-hand edge of your sentiment panel and secure it behind the cake image.

9. Secure one of the medium sized flowers to the back of the cake and sentiment so the centre is still visible. Add another medium flower on the left-hand side of the cake, just above the leaf, and a small flower below that, just between the two leaves. You should be able to see the centre of each flower.

10. Secure the smaller strawberry just over the end of the medium-sized strawberry so they are facing different directions. The "shine" should be toward the top of both berries. Secure the small flower behind the strawberries to create a little cluster of embellishments.

11. Use foam tape to adhere the cluster at the lower right corner of the cake, just over the sentiment panel but not covering any of the words.

12. Adhere a little butterfly just over the edge of the paper strip, mostly on the white background. Finish the card with rhinestones, pearls, or some shimmer medium if desired. 

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