Box In A Bag Tutorial

Good evening everyone and welcome to the first of my two tutorial posts for this month's new releases. 

For this project, I have used the gorgeous Anime Secret Santa digi stamp and the accompanying sentiment. 

I have made a Bag in a Box, which is perfect for small gifts this time of year. You could also reuse the bag as a Christmas tree decoration as well. 

For this project, you will need:

• a 4.5 inch square for the base
• a piece of patterned paper measuring 11 inches x 6.5 inches (or whatever height you prefer)
• a piece of punched or die cut card measuring 11 inches long
• some ribbons
• a tab (I used a tag die and folded it in half before adding a punch out die for the ribbons to go through)
• your stamped and coloured image
• oval die cuts for the image to go on (or whatever shape you want)
• the die cut sentiment and card to layer on

First you need to score at the 1 inch mark on each side of the card square. You also need to score diagonally in each corner. 

Fold and burnish using a bone folder and glue the corners together to make the square base. 

Add some double sided tape along one long and one short edge only of the patterned paper. Line up the bottom of your box against the patterned paper and roll the paper around each side, ensuring it is stuck well to the base. Remove the backing from the short side and attach to the start of the patterned paper to close the bag. 

This is how it will look after you have finished this step.

    

Now it's time to decorate... I added the punched strip to the bottom with the green strip of card in the middle. You could easily use ribbon here instead of card. I added my digi stamp to the oval die cuts and attached with glue on just the centre of the die to the bag. I added one of the tab dies to each side of the bag and closed it using two different ribbons. 

On the back, I added the sentiment after attaching it to some red card and fussy cutting the shape out. (The die I used didn't have a larger size for mounting).

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. We would love to see all your projects in the Stamper Delights Fan Facebook Group, so do share them there! 

You can read more about this project including the Copic combos I used on my blogpost here. 

How To Make A Twisted Easel Card

 

Hello again everyone. DT Vannessa back again with another tutorial and another fabulous new clear stamp set from Stampers Delights. 

Today I am going to show you how to make a twisted easel card using the gorgeous Anime Sweet Angel clear stamp set. This one is just beautiful and such a perfect image for sympathy cards as well as other occasions where an angel would be perfect, such as thank you and Christmas cards. 

For this card technique, you need a card base and the layers for it and then another card front and the layers for that one as well. I have gone for soft greens, white and golden yellows on my card, which I thought were soft enough for a sympathy card. 

To make the twisted part of the easel card, you fold the card front on a diagonal.

When it stands up, it will be twisted to the side. 

For the next step, make up the inside of the card base on the bottom part which will be on show when the card is open as well as the card front. I always make my front more layered and embellished than the inside of the card. 

Depending on the embellishments or layers I have used, I sometimes use a sentiment, popped up on foam pads on the bottom layer to hold the card open. On this one the velvet ribbon was thick enough to do that for me. 

 

This is how the card looks from the side when the front has been added. You only need to glue the card front to the folded half that will be stood up.

Next I coloured up my image - you can find the Copics combos at the end of this tutorial. I wanted a delicate scalloped frame for my image, but all my dies were too long, so I will show you a little trick to making them fit - it is a really easy one! 

Simply cut the die cut rectangle, so it is more or less the same length as the image. Then glue the smaller piece over the larger piece, lining up the scallops. 

And now the stamped image fits perfectly! And you can hardly tell where the cut line is either. 

Now add the stamped image and further embellishments to the card front as well as a sentiment. Doesn't this just look stunning?!

And here is the stamp set alongside my card.

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R30, R20

Hair - E30, E31, E34, E33 

Eyes - YG63, YG67

Dress - YG11, YG41, G12, G02, Y21, Y23, Y26

Wings & Feathers - E50, E51, Blender

Pedestal - W3, W4, W7

Ground - W00, W0, W3

And that's all from me for this tutorial. If you would like to read more about this card, then please pop on over to my blog where I have added more details on it. 

Don't forget to pop on over to the Stampers Delights Facebook Group where we would love to see your creations using any images from Stampers Delights. 

How To Make A Shaped Easel Card

 

Hi Everyone!  Monica here and I'm back with another easy card tutorial.  Today I'm going to be showing you how to  make a shaped easel card.  This is a great interactive card for beginners.  This card can be made with any shaped die you may have.  

I was inspired to make this type of card because it is a beautiful way to showcase a beautiful image and allow the recipient to enjoy the the work by setting it in place.  

I used the "Anime Sweet Angel" stamp set from Stampers Delights for this particular project.  I decided on a sympathy card using both sentiments and all the whole stamp set. 

Below you will find the step-by-step video tutorial below.  

If you have problems viewing this video, click on this link:  https://youtu.be/uCrDp7DifHI

Thank you so much for visiting the blog and I hope that you found this video tutorial helpful.  Please comment and let us know if you would like to see a particular technique or style.

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