Flip Flops Tutorial!

Here's a card I made for my SIL b'day...I saw this card but had no idea how they made the flip flops so I came up with this idea using the Butterfly punch...

Lay one Butterfly punch on top of the other, lining up as shown...

Trim as shown...

You can get 2 shoes from one butterfly punch...

Emboss (here I used the Lattice floder) and punch 3 holes for the thongs....

I used linen thread and threaded the flip flops as shown....

Add a circle punched from a standard hole punch and some bling and you have yourself a set of Flip Flops!

Quickie box

I needed a little holder for a necklace that was a present that my daughter's friend so I whipped up this little box and topped it off with the eyelet border punch flower that was sitting on my desk--it doesn't exactly match the paper, but it blends and looked really cute!  Check out my tutorial section for direction....

Tutorial part 2

The sticky strip circle...then start laying punched strip round and round...

The center piece wrapped tight....

(this photo should be second but I can't seem to move it) the flower before the center is adhered...

Eyelet Border Punch Flower Tutuorial

This flower looks pretty work intensive, but it's really simple!  Start with a 1 3/8 inch circle punch in the same color as your flower...cut out the same size circle in sticky strip sheets and adhere to your circle..set aside....take 2 strips of cardstock (1 x 12 inches) punch out the Eyelet border punch along one side and run through the crimper 3 to 4 times to soften the strip....start winding the flower around the sticky strip circle, forming the flower....take the other strip and wind real tight to form the center of the flower (you made need to adhere this center with additional adhesive (I used a large glue dot)

This is the finished flower...check the next post for the other photos!

Sorry the photos are out of order and the typing is underlined and several different colors...I still can't get this computer thing right!

Christmas Pine Bough Tutorial

Take a standard sized card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) and make a mask for it...3/4 inch border on all sides

Sponge on some ink inside the edge...here I used Mellow Moss and Sahara Sand

Take your main image and stamp over the mask frame and into your center

Here I used Handsome Hunter and stamped several times without re-inking...

Christmas Pine Bough Tutorial Part 2

Remove the mask and add the sentiment....

Voila!  A simple, elegant, one-layer card....