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In & Out of Studio 3D
Sunday, 22 September 2013
Random Paper Pad
Topic: Pretty Paper

I did NOT know that the store Tuesday Morning had craft supplies till I stopped in the other day trying to waste time before an appointment. In the store I found 6x6 paper pads for $2.99! I bought three of them in different styles.

The first one I used is by Crate Paper and is called Random (thus the title of this blog post).


The only paper I don't care for is the one that is just a plain piece with a black border around it... boring!

I used two cutting formulas to chop two sheets each of all the other patterns (there are 4 of each pattern in the pad). I mixed and matched the chopped pieces together into card layouts and selected bordering colors of cardstock for them.

After this session I took some time to complete 8 cards. They were each finished off with a stamped sentiment popped up on foam tape.

Starting at the END of the layout process, the strips for this card are the trim where the hang tag hole is printed at the top of the pad. In this pad it is a contrasting pattern and is in addition to the 6x6 size. I glued them all down side to side and then used another strip to cover up all the holes.


This one is also made of scraps where several of the cut strips in the cutting diagram needed a trim at the end. I just arranged 5 of them on a left over block from another cuttin. I also pulled out a background paper from my large bin of papers.


This card also uses a background from outside the set.


This one is CLOSE to the layout as designed except I turned the center block on point.


To this one I added some butterflies punched out of the bordering material.


These three are all the same pieces. The feature piece is the same on all of them and the backgrounds change.



I added a strip of left over text on this one:


I have many more cards laid out so there will be more to come.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Saturday, 21 September 2013
Red Giants
Topic: How Does Your Garden Grow?

Wishing to make a potato salad I dug up a hill of red potatoes. Oh my word! I dug up 10 pounds from one hill!

I peeled the small and medium sized ones and still had all these giant potatoes left for later.


For the sake of scale the upper center round one is about 7 inches across! Big enough for a pot of mashed potatoes all by itself.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Friday, 20 September 2013
A Plaid For Dad
Topic: Quilting

I had some fun with a plaid fabric I've been contemplating for a long time. It just took a combination of the right companion fabrics to make it sing!

The plaid has teal, cranberry, salmon and butter yellow. I combined it with a butter yellow with tiny teal and salmon diamonds. Then I pulled out a rose pink with cranberry scrollwork and just like that I had a dark, light and medium as well as a large, medium and small pattern.

The pattern is a disappearing nine-patch with a 6 inch square of the plaid. I did all the quilting on the diagonal through the yellow and plaid squares.


This quilt fits a twin bed.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Thursday, 19 September 2013
You Say Potato, I Say Tomato
Topic: How Does Your Garden Grow?

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to show off some more garden produce. We added just a glazed chicken breast to complete a meal including fresh sliced tomatoes, hand cut oven fries, and corn on the cob.

YUMMO!

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Apples and Asters Time
Topic: Around the House

With the approaching fall it was time to change out the home decor. This time of year I bring out the plastic apples and silk flowers for a theme I call 'apples and asters'.

On the two matching living room mirrored cabinets I used arrangements with a taper candle in them.



 

The hearth features a plated arrangement which has nested straight wide jars. I used a vine of silk leaves to fill the space between the jars and arranged crabapples and grapes at the base.


Above, on the mantle, are the calendar blocks with a bit of fruit around them.


On the ledge in the entryway is a low arrangement that includes some decorated balls:


On the top of the roll top desk I used my favorite candle holder with some burgundy candles and granny smith apples I used some apple print fabric as a base.


The last place I decorated was the alcove of the china hutch. Here I inserted some of the flowers into a faux potted plant. More of the apple fabric lines the lower shelf and the glass upper shelf features more of the decorated balls.


And that concludes our fall home tour.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Two By Two
Topic: Dry Embossing

I had a bunch of small scraps in the patterned paper bin and cut them into 1 1/2 inch squares. I then paired them in sets. For each set I chose a patterned paper backing and a color to use for bordering.

Each of the patterned papers was run through the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder and then the texture was either sanded to reveal white or sponged to color the raised pattern.

For this first set I used a 1/4 inch corner rounder on all four corners of the little squares. This one uses a 'mesh' embossing folder and sanding. All bordering in white to continue the red, white and blue theme.


For this one I chose a map background and a script embossing folder, sanded. All pink bordering and stamped sentiment.


The last of this style has a floral background with a daisy embossing folde, sanded. All bordering in blue and a green sentiment to pull color from the background.


For the remaining cards I rounded opposite corners of the little squares with a 1/2 inch corner punch. The placement of these with the points outward make them look like a flower. The first one uses a floral print with a leafy scroll embossing folder. I sanded this one, too and used kraft for the bordering.


I followed this with an inked scroll embossing folder on a tiny floral paper. Bordering with green picks up color from thebackground and provides contrast for the feature elements.


There's more contrast in this one. I started with a blue patterned paper with tiny fleur-de-lis in gold. I used a fleur-de-lis embossing folder and inked it with gold. Bordering in blue and an fold sentiment finishes this classy card.

And finally, an all-green card. The background paper was embossed with vines and birds and then I sanded it to reveal the pattern. The sentiment is a grayed green to echo the background paper.

By now you've probably noticed the 4 squared on every card are popped up on foam. The sentiments are all glued directly to the face of the squares.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Monday, 16 September 2013
Branching Out
Topic: Die Cuts

Start with a piece of white cardstock... that's the way this card began.

I sponged the cardstock with three Distress Inks (a yellow orange, a red, and a brown. Then I used a brown chalk ink to stamp a script in the background, wiping some of the ink off before stamping. I used a leafy branch die to cut from three solids and two printed papers. [BY THE WAY: I hate this die. Love the design but getting it to cut cleanly all the way through and release the leaves from the background is a giant, annoying pain.]

I glued all the leaves on the background, rounded the corners and sponged the edges with brown ink.


The feature panel is mounted on a dark green card base with rounded corners. A stamped sentiment on green is bordered in brown.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Sunday, 15 September 2013
Some Of My Hangups
Topic: Paper Embroidery

The hardest part about using these ornament stitching stickers was cutting out the little ornament hooks! I did the stitching before the cutting so I wouldn't keep catching the thread on the hook and leaving tape overhanging the edges. This worked out very well.

After I stitched the string of lights I used a craft knofe to make a slit in the loops so the ornament hooks would slide in there. Then the ornaments were stuck down with foam tape.

A Christmas paper was used for the background and I added a gold peel-off sticker for the sentiment.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Purple Bells
Topic: Paper Embroidery

Stitching stickers today are gold and red bells on purple. I rounded the corners and mounted on a gold on gold text page, also with rounded corners.

I wanted to do something unexpected with the background so I covered the purple card base with a parchment printed with gold snowflakes.

With the text on the backing paper I didn't need to add a sentiment.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Friday, 13 September 2013
We've Got Snow
Topic: Paper Embroidery

Actually, we've got snowMEN. On a card. That was the assignment coming up in a couple of months and I decided to get ahead of the curve and make it now.

I had the oval cutout left over from a different project and used a stitching sticker for the snowman. I mounted it on foam tape over a shimmer green panel with rounded corners.

The snowman paper was just too perfect to miss out on. I love all the goofy faces on them.


A littlepen doodling around the oval and a couple of shiny red text stickers finish it off.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Onions Big, Onions Little
Topic: How Does Your Garden Grow?

In the past I have grown sweet or yellow onions from sets and had only marginal success with the bulbs only getting about 2 inches across. This year the store did not have any sets but had starts instead. So I planted these and, WOW! They took off! I don't think a single one failed and I have probably 15 to 20 pounds of sweet onions.


I still did the green onions in a barrel from seeds and they have done really well this year as well.

You can see bare spots where we have been pulling these for snacking.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Eat What 'Maters
Topic: How Does Your Garden Grow?

In past years I have had such poor luck with tomatoes that I planted more this year. I figured that if yield was down I could compensate that way.

Wouldn't you know it ALL of the plants are heavy with fruit. I planted three each of cherry tomatoes and large grape tomatoes (I thought they were Roma) and 9 (yes NINE) of slicing tomatoes.

None of the slicing tomatoes have ripened yet so we are eating ones shared by a neighbor. These are some of mine:


We have been eating the cherry tomatoes though and are getting a handful every day


Love summer fruit!

Ddd

 

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
That's A Little Corny
Topic: How Does Your Garden Grow?

Update on the garden. We have had great success with the new corn patch this year. Big, tall stalks and well polinized. However, I may have planted too densely.


We've only had one ear of corn harvested yet but you can see it is coming right along.


LOVE fresh corn on the cob.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Monday, 9 September 2013
Roll On!
Topic: Quilting

Today I'm sharing NOT a quilting project but the wonderful birthday gift my hubby gave me.

Yes, that IS an entire roll (40 yards) of quilt batting. We already had big eye hooks in the ceiling so he got some high test chain and some snap hooks and mounted it so I can roll off and cut what I need.


Yes, I really am short enough to stand up under it without knocking my head!

 

You can also see that I moved my loom into the quilt studio. I guess this technically makes it a 'fiber' studio as I also do sewing here that is not quilting.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Sunday, 8 September 2013
That's A Little Flakey
Topic: Paper Embroidery

Stitching sticker snowflakes mounted on pink dot cardstock were stitched in maroon thread for today's card. I love this combination for a non-traditional winter card.

The stitched panel was mounted on maroon to match the thread and then a white card base.


Leaving off a sentiment allows this card to be used for Christmas OR Winter, extending the 'shelf life'.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Saturday, 7 September 2013
Winter Cheer
Topic: Paper Embroidery

One of the stitching sticker sheets had lots of stars on it so I gathered several sizes and prickeing patterns and combined them on one sheet of shiny silver cardstock. The bird is a stitching sticker too though it is just the eye that is done.

I mounted on a shiny dark blue cardstock to echo the blue metallic thread in the stitching. A red card base echoes the bird color.


The sentiment is a Dazzles sticker.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Friday, 6 September 2013
To Be Jolly
Topic: Paper Embroidery

Three stitching stickers were combined on a green background for a grouping of ornaments. They are stitched with metallic thread and the hanging 'chains' extended with more stickers.

As usual the metallic background paper (purple around the edge) does not play nicely with the camera which darkens everything when there is too much shine.


Apparently I am NOT smarter than the camera because I can' make it stop doing this.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Thursday, 5 September 2013
Peaceful Forest
Topic: Paper Embroidery

I whipped up more Christmas cards with the stitching stickers. For this one I started with one large tree and 4 itty-bitty ones on green dot cardstock. The big tree was stitched with red metallic thread and the panel was mounted on a red card base.


The sentiment is a Dazzles sticker.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
Tea Time
Topic: Paper Embroidery

Tea Time was the assigned theme for a recent paper embroidery swap. I first pulled out the 3D element and then selected a neutral background cardstock in shimmer finish. The corner swirl was pricked out and then I pulled colors from the illustration for the thread.


The butterflies were included with the 3D sheet and the greeting is a silver peel-off sticker.

I bordered with purple on the left and right to bring the card up to a standard size.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Spellbinders Cut and Tuck
Topic: Die Cuts

I recently got a new set of Spellbinders dies that has three sizes and patterns of cut and tuck medallions. The die cuts out the item as well as all the inner slices that allow you to fold back a 'V' shape and tuck it under the vacated 'V' from the neighboring cut.

I picked out the two smaller dies to play with. I used all shimmer materials - a duo tone paper for the medallions and cardstock for the embossed background as well as diecut scallops to frame the medallions.

The smaller medallion has additional cut out areas so has a more lacy feel. For the card with two pink shimmers I used an asian embossing folder.


For a green and blue combo I used the folder called Ornamental Iron. I added a scalloped border at the bottom to balance out the sentiment. (the camera has some issues will all this shine and texture)


Then I used the same sets of papers with the large medallion. The pink version got a fleur-de-lis embossed background.


And the blue/green version got embossing of bamboo.


I turned all of these into Thank You cards with the sentiments popped up on foam tape. Also, in each case the medallion got a rhinestone as a centerpiece.

Ddd 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT

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