Sample Artists Alicia Ekermans...................http://callmecraftyal.blogspot.com Alma Olhava........................http://stampingmutt.blogspot.com Lisa McDowell.................http://happycraftinglisa.blogspot.com Melissa Machado.........http://melissa-machado.blogspot.com
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Sketch Artist Barbara DeBose................... http://createdbybd.blogspot.com
Guest Artist Squigglefly Design Team
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Cover Card
“Friends are flowers...” by Shelly Skala, Guest Artist
Digital Stamp : Squigglefly (Friends are the flowers in the garden of life); Cardstock: Stampin Up (Cool Carribean, Morning Marigold), Georgia Pacific White (GP 110); Designer Paper: My Minds Eye; Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug (Swiss Dots); Copics; Dimensionals: Stampin Up; Ribbon: Stampin Up (Flirty); Glitter: Stampin Up (Dazzling Diamonds); Paper Piercing Tool: Memory Makers. Punches: Stampin Up (Scallop Border and Spiral); White Gel Pen 1
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Sketch & Supply List
Dimensions
Like the layout, but want to make a single card? CS1: 8.5” x 5.5” (Fold in half for card base) PP1: 1.25” x 4.25” (Cut/Punch/Tear approx. 0.25” off top, right & bottom edges. Final piece is 4” x 5”)
CS2: 2.5” x 4”
Supplies Needed Paper:
4 - 8.5” x 11” Solid Cardstocks............................. CS1 2 - 8.5” x 11” Patterned Papers............................ PP1 1 - 8.5” x 11” Solid Cardstock.............................. CS2
Tools: Paper Trimmer, Adhesive, Rubber Stamps (or printed images), Ink(s)
Other: Miscellaneous small-medium embellishments.
Yield Eight (8) Cards Using this issue, you can create eight (8) - A2 (4.25” x 5.5”) cards.
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Cutting Diagrams
CS1 - 4 Sheets 8.5” x 11”
PP1 - 2 Sheets 8.5” x 11”
Fold in half for card base
Cut, punch or tear approximately 0.25” off top, right and bottom edges.
Cut each sheet into 2 - 8.5” x 5.5” pieces.
Cut each sheet into 4 - 4.25” x 5.5” pieces.
CS2 - 1 Sheet 8.5” x 11” Cut into 8 - 2.5” x 4” pieces.
Cutting diagrams are at 25% of actual size.
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Guest Artist Samples
Guest Artist: Floating
Debby Boltman Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Floating Among the Flowers); Patterned Paper: Rubber Soul; Cardstock: Bazzill Bling; Markers: Copic; Punch: Martha Stewart; Other: Ribbon, Charm, Crystals
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Guest Artist: Meow
Jeanette Waters Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Yum); Patterned Paper: Premium Mat Stacks (Packet Full of Posies), Unknown; Markers: Crayola; Other: Stampin’ Up! (Crystal Effects), Yarn, Buttons
Guest Artist: Skater Boy
Kim Rhead Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Trick Rider); Cardstock: SheetLoad ShortCuts (Frosted), Stampin’ Up! (Real Red, Ballet Blue, Yo Yo Yellow); Markers: Prismacolor; Border Punch: Martha Stewart; Die Cut: Cuttlebug (Star); Other: Star Brads, Stampin’ Up! Sticky Tape, Dimensionals, Ribbon
Guest Artist: Nuts About You
Janet Rossi Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Simon the Squirrrel); Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! (Kraft, Chocolate Chip), PaperTrey Ink (White); Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up! (Urban Oasis); Markers: Copic (E33, E31, E57, C1 & 0); Ink: Stampin’ Up! (Chocolate Chip); Ribbon: Paper Source; Die Cut: Spellbinders Nestabilities (Square, Rectangle); Other: Stampin’ Up! (Scallop Punch, Corduroy Button, Hemp Twine, Dimensionals)
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Artist Samples
Gardener Alicia Ekermans Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (How Does Your Garden Grow); Patterned Paper: BasicGrey (Eva); Cardstock: SheetLoad ShortCuts (Clear), Bazzill; Markers: Deleter Neopiko-2; Gems: Darice; Border Punch: Martha Stewart Make It Your Own: Alicia offset her image to the left to balance out the absence of fiber/ribbon. Because the card blank is clear she was also able to put most of her elements on the inside of the card; creating lots of dimension.
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Count Your Life Alma Olhava Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (For You), Sentiment: Digiments (Birthday Expressions); Patterned Paper: Unkown; Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (White), Stampin’ Up (Chocolate Chip); Die Cut: Spellbinders (Classic Rectangles); Ribbon: Offray (Wide Polkadot Satin Ribbon); Coloring: Prismacolor Pencils blended with Baby Oil Make It Your Own: Alma converted the sketch to a square for her sample. She also replaced PP2 with three strips of paper and used mirror-images of the digital image in place of the embellishments.
Jammin! Barbara DeBose Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Little Rocker); Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Lime Rickey); Cardstock: 110# White; Ink: Sakura (Pigma Micron 02) Markers: Copic; Ribbon: Joann; Stickers: Autumn Leaves (Epoxy Stickers)
Technique to Note: Barbara hand-wrote the sentiment (“jammin”) and based the outfit upon some of her daughter’s favorite clothing items.
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Miss Priss Lisa McDowell Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Miss Priss); Markers: Bic Mark It (purple, pink, yellow, blue and brown); Solid Paper: Best Occasions (pink and purple); Scissors: Fiskars (Deckle); Corner Rounder: Stampin’ Up!; Misc ribbon and flowers
Celebrate Melissa Machado Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Little Rocker), CTMH (Celebrate); Patterned Paper: DCWV (Glitter Pack); Cardstock: CTMH (Butter); Ink: CTMH (Black); Markers: CTMH (Dutch Blue, Bubblegum); Colored Pencils: PrismaColor (Light Peach, Sienna Brown); Die cuts: QK music notes
Happy Alicia Ekermans Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Party Time); Patterned Paper: BasicGrey (Eva); Cardstock: SheetLoad ShortCuts (Clear), Bazzill; Inks: Versamark (Dazzle); Markers: Deleter Neopiko-2; Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug (Number Collage); Border Punch: Fiskars; Chipboard Letter Stickers: American Crafts Thickers (Hat Box). Make It Your Own: Alicia rotated the sketch for this sample and placed her sentiment where the ribbon/fiber should be. To help accentuate the pattern of the embossing folder she ran a Versamark Dazzle ink pad across the raised portion.
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Artist Samples
U Rock Alma Olhava Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Little Rocker); Patterned Paper: DCWV (Nana’s Kids) ; Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (White), Unkown (Bright Green, Hot Pink); Sentiment: Computer Generated; Die Cut: Spellbinders (Classic Ovals, Classic Circles), Provocraft (Cricut Personal Die Cutting Machine); Ribbon: Offray (Wide Yellow Grossgrain Ribbon); Punch: Stampin’ Up (Slit); Glitter: Stampendous (Crystal Glitter); Coloring: Prismacolor Pencils blended with Baby Oil
Rainy Day Barbara DeBose Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (April Showers); Patterned Paper: DCWV (The Pocket of Posies); Cardstock: PTI (Summer Sunrise), 110# White; Markers: Copic; Flowers: Imaginisce; Ribbon: Joann; Paper Punch: WeRMemoryKeepers (Corner Chomper); Border Punch: Fiskars (Cornish); Other/Unknown: Michael’s (Bauble), Flower Charm
Dog Walker
Lisa McDowell Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Madison and Popples); Solid Paper: Best Occasions (purple and pink); Markers and flower punch: Stampin’ Up; Ribbon Brad: Oriental Trading Company; Glitter Pen: Sakura (Gelly Roll)
Make It Your Own: In place of the fiber, Alma created a pleated ribbon as an accent.
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Gratitude Melissa Machado Stamps: Squigglefly (Madison and Popples), CTMH (Thank You); Patterned Paper & Cardstock: CTMH (Bella); Ink: CTMH (Black); Colored Pencils: PrismaColor (Light Peach, Sienna Brown, violet, cream rose, canary yellow); Flowers: unknown (purple); Brads: Unknown
Fabulous Alicia Ekermans Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Can Do Girl); Markers: Deleter Neopiko-2; Fiber: DMC Floss; Die Cut: Spellbinders Nestabilities (Labels Four); Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug (Textile); Other Stamps: AmyR (Amy’s Wardrobe Sentiments); Punch: McGill (File Tab); Other: Ribbon, Button Make It Your Own: Instead of punching three edges of the PP1 piece, Alicia cut the piece to 4.25” x 5” and only punched the right edge. The sentiment was stamped on a file tab and adhered to the inside edge of the card - still visible from the front.
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A Wink & A Smile
Alma Olhava Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Butterfly Cat); Patterned Paper: Unkown; Cardstock: Unkown (Kraft, Vanilla); Sentiment: DCWV (Vellum Quote Stacks); Brads: Jo-Ann’s (Vintage); Die Cut: Spellbinders (Classic Circles); Coloring: Prismacolor Pencils blended with Baby Oil
Make It Your Own: Alma created a long slit on the side of the cardstock where the patterned paper slides in and added a vellum sentiment in place of the fiber.
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Hello Barbara DeBose Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (For You); Patterned Paper: DCWV (The Grade School Stack); Cardstock: Archivers (Green) 110# White; Ink: PTI (Pure Poppy), Whispers (Orange); Markers: Copic; Ribbon/Fiber: Joann, Stampin Up (Hemp); Die Cut: Quickutz (Tag); Embossing: Cuttlebug (Just My Type); Border Punch: Fiskars (Threading Water)
Purple Flowers Lisa McDowell Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (For You); Patterned Paper: Colorbok (Friendly Forest); Markers: Bic Mark It (green and purple); Ink: Stampin’ Up (Kiwi Kiss); Glitter and Glue pad: Martha Stewart (Peridot); Eyelets: Stampin’ Up (Large Flowers); RIbbon: Making Memories (ribbon words); Scissors: Fiskars (Deckle)
Thank You... Melissa Machado Stamps: Squigglefly (For You), CTMH (Thank You); Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Marrakesh); Cardstock: White; Ink: CTMH (Black); Colored Pencils: PrismaColor (Vert Olive, Lime Peel, Black, Vermillion, Golden Rod); Flowers: Unknown (Orange); Ribbon: Lime Green sheer; Brads: Yellow; Border Punch: Fiskars (unknown)
Make It Your Own: Lisa rotated the sketch for this sample.
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Beyond the Card
Digital Scrapbook Page Alicia Ekermans Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (April Showers); Digital Alphabet & Papers: Shabby Princess (Express Yourself); Digital Acrylic Rain Dots: Scrap Orchard (November Mystery Mega); Digital Die Cut: SheetLoad ShortCuts (NoteCut1)
Make It Your Own: For her digital layout, Alicia chose to replace the fiber with her title for the page. The digital stamp was recolored to match the papers as well.
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Digital Stamp Catalog Alma Olhava Stamps: Squigglefly (Yum!); Patterned Paper: MAMBI; Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (White), Unkown (Purple, Light Peach, Vanilla); Label: Computer Generated; Ink: Tim Holtz (Antique Linen), SU! (Black); Die Cut: Spellbinders (Classic Circles); Ribbon: Offray (Wide Purple Grossgrain); Flower: Prima; Punch: SU! (Slit, Tab), Target (Small Corner Rounder); Tools: Crop-a-dile, Aleene’s Paper Glaze; Other: SEI (8x8 Album), Corrugated Box Piece, String; Pencils: Prismacolor blended w/Baby Oil
Divas Scrapbook Layout Barbara DeBose Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Madison & Popples); Patterned Paper: Making Memories; Cardstock: 110# White; Markers: Copic; Ribbon: Joann; Other/Unknown: Buttons; Decorative Scissors
Make It Your Own: Barbara used a certificate frame to create this mini layout.
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Mini Album Lisa McDowell Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (For You); Cardstock: Stampin Up’ (Lovely Lilac and Old Olive); Markers: Bic Mark It (green and purple); Glitter pen: Sakura (Gelly Roll); Die cut: QuicKutz; Brads: Making Memories
Bookmark Melissa Machado Digital Stamp: Squigglefly (Little Rocker); Patterned Paper: DCWV (Glitter Pack); Cardstock: CTMH (Butter); Ink: CTMH (Black); Markers: CTMH (Bubblegum); Colored Pencils: PrismaColor (Light Peach, Sienna Brown); Die cuts: Nestibilities star; Ribbon slide: CTMH
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