Sweet Treats

Today I have an especially sweet project to share with you made with Fun Stampers Journey Yummy & Delicious collection. Using the Pennant Fun die set I created these fun little treat tents, perfect for any celebration or holiday. 

Would you like to know how these were made? They're super easy! Just cut a two strips of card stock or patterned paper 3" by 10" and score at 3 1/2" and 6 1/2".

I used the second largest triangle in the Pennant Fun die set, but you can use any size to make these in a larger or smaller size. 

If you're using a different size triangle, simply measure the distance of the bottom points of your triangle for the width of your paper strips. In this case it was 3" wide. Then measure the distance from the tip of your triangles to the bottom for the side lengths. 

Once you've made your measurements and score lines, take the paper strips and weave them through the triangle die so that only the sides will be cut (see photo). Die cut both strips of paper on both ends. 

Once you cut your two paper pieces on both sides, adhere them together as shown in the photo above with some Journey Craft Glue. 

Now you will need to make pencil marks on each point of the container in order to help you center punch holes for your ribbon or twine. The new Press Punch tool works perfectly for this job. Once you have your holes punched, weave your ribbon or twine through each hole. I threaded my twine through the front of each tip. Then I added a tag to the twine made with smaller Pennant Fun dies before I tied the container closed. 

Depending on the kind of celebration or holiday, you can add so many different goodies to these treat tents. Use Christmas paper for the holidays, etc. Enjoy! 

Fun Stampers Journey Supplies: DI-0030 Pennant Fun Die Set; SS-0153 Candy Shop Stamp Set; PP-0007 Yummy Prints Patterned Paper; TO-0026 Press Punch; TO-0039 Journey Blooms Paper Trimmer; JG-0001 Journey Grand; CS-0099 Bubble Gum Card Stock; CS-0040 Whip Cream Card Stock; IP-0027 Watermelon Fusion Ink Pad; AC-0005 Natural Journey Twine; AD-0111 Journey Craft Glue

Birthday Boy

Remember this Birthday Boy collection from Bella Blvd? It's so colorful and adorable and I still have a lot of it left so I thought I'd create a fun card to share with you today. 

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This sentiment makes me think of Christopher as he's rapidly growing lately and close to becoming as tall as I am! These past 14 years have flown by and I just can't believe my little guy is starting high school in the fall! Isn't time a funny thing? Sometimes it seems to creep by so slowly and at other times, years seem to pass by in the blink of an eye! 

Enjoy them while they're small before they are as tall as you! 

Celebrate

You know July Fourth is right around the corner in our neighborhood when you hear the sound of firecrackers each evening. So, it's time to create some patriotic cards to share with you. I made this greeting with Scraptastic Club's June 2015 kit called Can't Go Home. 

This kit was designed for scrapbooking summertime memories and vacations, but I also think it's perfect for the Fourth if you use the red, white and blue patterned papers. 

I hand crafted a few colorful firecrackers for my card since I really like to add layers and dimension to my projects. They're super simple to make. 

I cut some pieces of patterned papers to 1 1/2" by 2" first. Then, starting with the 1 1/2" inch side I rolled it around an old PDA stylus. You could use a bamboo skewer. Once you have your paper completely rolled up, unroll just enough to add a touch of craft glue to seal it. 

I used some blonde jute for the wick and added a dab of glue to the end before inserting it to the core of my firecracker. 

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It's so easy to make these adorable little firecrackers! I could make a bunch while I watch something on Netflix and use them as confetti for my July Fourth dinner table. Wouldn't that be fun? 

Explore

Have you seen Scraptastic Club's new June kit called Can't Go Home? For all of you who have summer vacation memories to scrapbook and Bon Voyage cards to make, this is the perfect kit for them! 

Last week when I was at the Fun Stampers Journey convention, I demonstrated how to make three dimensional stars for your paper craft projects and I thought I'd share that technique on my blog as well.

All you need is a die cut heart. You can make them with hand punches, thin metal dies or ready made star accents.

Take your star and create a score line from each of the five tips straight down to the inverted tip.

Once your star is completely scored, fold in half on each score line. After folding each time, unfold and go to the next point until you have folded your star in half five times.

Then completely unfold the star and pinch the tip of all five points.

Turn star over and pinch all five inverted tips. 

To attach your dimensional star to your project and to keep it from flattening out add three small adhesive foam squares to the center. That's it! 

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I added my star to a second die cut star that I didn't score or fold, just to make it stand out a little more since the colors of the star and card base patterned paper are so similar. 

I love making these stars for my projects because they're so versatile. They're perfect for Forth of July, all star dads and grads, Christmas and so much more!