Bleach Technique

Here's a card I made for my dad. I have a hard time making masculine looking cards but I loved this one so much I taught it at one of my classes.

After embossing the image in black I bleached out the parts I wanted to show up and then flicked bleach onto the rest to get the speckled look.

Then I roughed up the edges and tied linen thread around it.

My Squash Book

Here's a blast from the past.... a squash book!! I made this for my aunt a couple of years ago. Just looking at this makes me want to go and make another one. I love making these because they are really very easy and fun!

The hardest part is deciding where the pictures will go and getting pictures that actually look good when it's only a triangle.

Directions for this can be found at Splitcoaststampers.

Gift Box

Here's what I made last night. I love giving gift cards as gifts. I'm finding though, that the trick is to package them in a fantastic way.

I came up with this little box last night. It's 2 1/2 inches X 3 1/2 inches with 1/2 inch in height. It could be thinner.

The flaps on the ends just fold in. This one is for a Starbucks cards (duh!)

I'll upload the template this weekend. You could resize this box to hold just about anything!

Mini Scrapbook

Here's a quick and easy mini scrapbook that also makes a great gift for grandma.

You can make these as big or little as you want simply by adjusting the measurements.

The end product of this one is 4X4. I started with an 81/2 X 11 sheet of paper and cut it down to 8X8. I used an envelope flap for a template to make the closure.

Since I had so few pictures in this one I didn't have to worry about it not closing but you could add an extra fold along each edge so you could put more accordian folds in it.

You are going to want to decorate the front before mounting your picture in though, especially if you're planning on used brads, eyelets, or anything like that.

This is simply tied shut with gold cord but you could get as fancy as you'd like.

I have pictures on both sides of the accordian fold.

You can make these using a theme (all halloween or all christmas, whatever). They're quick and they mail nicely!

Snowflake Card

This card was so easy to make. It's hard to see but the brad has a crystal center that really shines.

I love the see through snowflake. I wish I would have bought more of them!

I also think this would have looked better with some stitching but I hadn't got more sewing machine out yet when I made it.

Black and White Card

This is a simple card I made one day when I was trying to be very elegant!!

The black is mounted on a quarter sheet of white.

I used white craft ink and white organza ribbon.

Scallop Punch

I've been playing around with my scallop punch. I really like it so far.

It's hard to tell but this card uses Green Galore, Summer Sun, and Elegant Eggplant. The colors look great together.

I used gold cord and wrapped it around the punch to give it more definition. The punch is mounted on the card with Stampin' Dimensionals to make it stand out even more.