A Standing Surprise

Here's an adorable Pop-up card using Crafter's Companions Ultimate tool, their newest SWALK stamps and wonderful papers. In a flat position, when opening their card or when you hand the card to your friend, they will not know what to expect. Here's what they will see when they first get their card:

When they "open" the card by pushing the corners down, it actually forms a wonderful free-standing display which shows the adorable little boy plus a hidden message!

Here's a photo showing the base once the card is standing and the surprise message hidden by the card.

This adorable SWALK set comes with the boy's image, the sayings and the adorable snail stamp. The cute puppy is also a SWALK stamp from the Best Pals set. You can use this image by masking the stamp and taking just the part of the stamp needed on the card. In this case, I just wanted to use the adorable dog because it went perfectly with my card's saying.

Doesn't this adorable image just melt your heart? I know he just makes me wanna put on some rain boots and go jump in some puddles too! I hope this creation makes you want to create something fun using your Ultimate Tool with the adorable new SWALK sets that just came out. Have a great weekend!

Cheers, Holley


Crafter's Companion Products used (CLICK Product name to go to their Website)
The Ultimate Tool
The Ultimate Tool DVD
Pearlescent Paper in green and blues
SWALK Stamp Set Snips and Snails
SWALK Stamp Set Best Pals
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers
Double Sided Foam
Tape Runner

SWALK Hugs in a K-card

Hello all! Here's a great project I just made using my Ultimate tool, wonderful SWALK stamps and beautiful papers from Crafter's Companion!

Here's a great and easy to make card technique that uses the Ultimate Tool called a K-fold card. It uses two sheets of paper. The technique is shown on the Ultimate Tool DVD Video Tutorial. In the tutorial, Sara is using sheets of paper that are 8.5x11", but the card I am showing here, I am using paper that is 8.5"x5.5". This size of paper is often typical for cards and works great for this technique!

I used wonderful paper sold by Crafter's Companion. One sheet of white cardstock and one sheet of beautiful shimmery purple cardstock I started by selecting a wonderful SWALK stamp set called "Hugs."

The directions for folding and creating the card are given on the DVD. The photo to the right of the card shows one color of the cardstock used (white) and the main image, as well as a saying on the bottom , "Just to say." I cut out the image using Spellbinder's nestabilities in oval shape.

The image on the left shows the card when it opens up on the inside, you can see the beautiful shimmery pearlescent paper in purple (which goes wonderfully with the orange cardstock. The image on the left shows the fourth panel in which I used an "I {heart} you" stamp and added some wonderful stickles inside it.

Below is a detailed photo of the SWALK stamp that shows the coloring done on the SWALK stamp using Copic Markers.
This image would bring a smile to anyone's face. As you open the card, this image will go from being on the front of the card to being in the inside of the card. The DVD is a wonderful tutorial with lots of great ideas for projects you can do with your Ultimate Tool.

Cheers, Holley

Humphrey Explosion Card

Hello everyone. I hope you are having a great week. Here's a wonderful project for Friday. It's a wild card that will "explode" with excitement when the recipient opens it. When completed, it is a 4x4" project that is neatly folded and tied up with a cute bow. Once the bow is removed. It pops open into a long three tier project!



Here's an image to show you what the entire card looks like when opened up, but I have taken lots of smaller detailed images so you can see each of the stamped items.

This project is called an Explosion card and the directions for creating it are given on the Ultimate DVD that comes with your Ultimate tool. The DVD gives a video with simple instructions that will have you making one in just a few minutes.

Here's my image from the top of the card. This stamp comes from the newest released Humphrey stamps called Birthday Conga.






Here's several more photos showing each layer of the card and the wonderful stamps from the Humphrey Birthday Conga set. I used Memento Ink and Copic Markers on this project.

The detail photos show you the additional stamp images as well as beautiful papers used to create the card. I used a Pearlescent paper in purple mixed with a wonderful sheet of matching purple and blue scrapbooking paper from the Fairyopolis Paper Pad.

On the back of the card, I taped the sheer ribbon down with adhesive and then covered the location with a beatiful set of flowers. I could have also used a stamped image or a cute piece of printed paper.

Now, all I have to do to finish this adorable project is make a mini size box for it with my envelobox!

Cheers everyone, Holley

The Envelobox--Problem Solved!!

Happy Friday everyone! I got this new tool recently, an add-on board for my Ultimate Tool from Crafter's Companion. This tool set came with an Envelobox Creator, The Boxer, and a DVD full of projects! Woohoo. So, this week, I was making a sweet card and I added some of those gorgeous yet very bulky flowers to it. The main image has also been raised up using wonderful pop dots. It looks amazing, but also makes the card's presentation somewhat hard.

How do you give someone a card when it won't go into an envelope? Do you just leave the card out of an envelope? Get a HUGE envelope that is oversized and too bulky? I know I am not the only crafter who goes through this dilemma. Well, I now have a solution for this! My new tool lets me make envelopes in ANY SIZE and to the thickness that I want. I can make a flat envelope, or for cards like this I can make an envelope with a 1/2" height, so the flowers will fit in nicely! YES!!

Here's a detailed photo so you can see how large the flowers are on this project. Aren't they so cute? I just used thick pop dots to hold them in place.

The wonderful stamps I used on this card come from an adorable set from Crafter's Companion called Flower Fairies Rosebay Willowherb. I used chalk ink in white and Versamark ink to stamp a flower in the background. I stamped the main fairy in Memento Ink and colored her using Copic Markers.

Once the card was created, I used my envelobox tool to create a perfectly fitted envelobox for my project. This tool comes with a chart that tells you the exact paper size to use, the video shows great step by step instructions! The beautiful paper that I chose for this project comes from the Fairyopolis Paper Pad.

Here's a photo of the front side of my envelobox standing upright. It's 1/2" wide and is sturdy enough to stand up on its own. I added a small label to the from using cute stamps, a butteryfly from the same stamp collection as earlier and a "With Love" stamp from the Zinnia Flower Fairy stamp set. I used some muted Colorbox chalk ink to go with the beautiful pink paper of the Fairyopolis paper.

The image below shows a much better look at the final creation, as you can see how perfectly my card will fit in my adorable envelobox. Once it was completed, I punched two holes on my tab and two holes in the base of the envelope to add some wonderful sheer ribbon that will be used to tie up the project.

Isn't this a totally gorgeous card you would want to present to someone?

Here's another image that shows both the card and the back side image of the envelobox that I made for it. I hope you can't wait to start making your own creations perfect little boxes too!

Have a very crafty day!!

Cheers, Holley

It's a May blog hop day!

Well today is a special day! I am in the midst of Scrapbook Place's May Blog hop and a display project for the Paper Temptress! Here's some beautiful papers from the Paper Temptress that I got to create this wonderful table display. This project is using some Eclipse Black 100 as its base; some stunning Ruche called Sky blue crepe; a sliver of silver glossy paper and a wonderful sheet of Crystal Clear.
First you use hill&valley folding to create the creases in your base paper. Size for the base on the shown image is 6"x9". Here's a great side view of the project to show you how all the pieces have been assembled together.
This project was done using a pattern created by Crafter's Companion and their Ultimate Tool. I used some Stazon ink in white to add floral stamping onto the clear sheet. This paper takes images well and even if you are using stazon ink, if you wipe it off quickly, you can repeat your stamp image if there is a smudge the first time. It's wonderful!! Be sure to let the ink dry for a short period of time before touching it.

Once stamped, I used some clear dots to adhere to clear sheet to my black cardstock. Here's an image of the black cardstock with everything attached to it before I add the clear sheet:
Once I added the clear sheet (which is sized at 6" x 11.5") I wanted to cover the glue dots that I used to adhere it to my card. To do this I used some Sky blue crepe paper. Seems like a tiny piece of paper to need, but I keep ALL scraps from every project. When a project like this comes along, I go through all my scraps by length and found this wonderful ruche paper which fit perfectly! So save all your paper scraps for projects just like this!! I needed a 1.5" size of Ruche and an even tinier sliver of silver! (Sliver of silver...now say that 5 times fast!) Here's a much better image that shows the Sky Blue crepe paper:

This image also shows how wonderfully the clear paper takes the white stazon ink. Finally, here's an image of one of the embellishment butterflies


Hope this project has inspired you today! It sure makes me love paper.

If you are continuing along the Scrapbook Place Blog hop today, then it's time to go to Jinky's blog, CLICK HERE! If you want to go to the beginning of the Scrapbook Place Blog Hop then CLICK HERE to go to Lindsy's Blog!

I also have some wonderful Blog candy going on--sign up by leaving a comment on the May 13th posting (CLICK HERE to go the the May 13th posting). If you see your name as a winner, then email me your address so I can send your prize, htondre@aol.com

I am also going to pick a winner from those people who leave a comment here today, so leave a comment on this posting, winner will be announced tomorrow evening so that everyone has enough time to do the blog hop!

Cheers, Holley

Project Materials: Paper (Paper Temptress-see the list at the beginning of the posting); Rubber Stamps (SWALK-Crafter's Companion); Ultimate Tool (Crafter's Companion); Punch (Fiskars); Butterflies(); Ink (Memento, Stazon); Flowers (); Brads (Making Memories); Die Cuts (Spellbinders, Nestabilities); Puffy Stickers (Recollections); Color (Copic Markers);

SWALK Stepper Card

I recently received some great items from Crafter's Companion-two new boards for my Ultimate tool, a Boxer and Enveloboxer creator boards and a great video called "Advanced Construction Techniques." Here's a quick and easy project I made using these tools with the wonderful instructions, straight from the video. They call this card a "stepper card" here is what the card will look like when the recipient opens it and removes it from the envelope.When it opens up, it's a fold out card that will look like this: This card uses an adorable stamp set from SWALK called Best Friends. I colored the image using copic markers and cut it out to adhere it onto the card. The card directions are given in the video. The paper I used for the card base comes from a beautiful Fairyopolis paper set. I used a large punch to create the background with a grey metallic paper to look like an elegant fence. I added a few purple flowers on the green grass as cute accents.

If you peek inside the card, you will see the message for the recipient:
Be sure to scroll down to the May 13th posting and check the winner list for Blog candy!! If you see your name there email me at htondre@aol.com If you haven't signed up yet, leave a comment!

Project Materials: Cardstock (Crafters Companion, DCWV, Neenah); Rubber Stamps (SWALK-Crafter's Companion); Punch (Martha Stewart); Ink (Memento); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All); Color (Copic Markers); Bling (MAMBI); Tools (Ultimate Tool-Crafter's Companion); Border (Doodlebug);

SWALK- Friends Like You

Welcome! Today is my first official day as a Crafter's Companion Design Team stamper. Here's a wonderful card that I made for today using the Ultimate Tool, some beautiful pearlescent paper in purple (bright) and a wonderful set of SWALK stamps called "Friends Like You".

This card is called a three fold gateway card. The Ultimate tool has a great video, all the accessories you need and a handy little booklet to help you make a ton of different types of cards, envelopes and boxes. The card I made opens out into three pages.

The front page uses the adorable girl from SWALK feeding the bunny and the birds. I colored her in Copic Markers and mounted her on a diecut embossed frame.

The center fold in the card uses the first saying included in the set, "Friends like you" and the single bunny rabbit stamp.

For the final panel in the card, I used the remaining saying in the stamp set "are far too few" with two adorable little birds.

Here's another main photo of the card that shows all three panels.

Wonderful Blog candy giveaway has started today! Please scroll down, there are 2 Blog candy postings, one for USA crafters and one for Non-USA locations!! Good Luck!

Project Materials: Cardstock (Crafter's Companion, Neenah, DCWV); Rubber Stamp(SWALK-Crafter's Companion); Ink (Memento); DieCut (Spellbinders-Nestabilities); Flower (Prima); Brad (Basic Grey); Border Punch (Martha Stewart); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue Dots, Glue All); Color (Copic Markers); Tools (Ultimate Tool-Crafter's Companion);