Friday, April 2, 2010

Simon Says...Make an Envelope/Box!


We like to share fab tutorials, whenever they come our way! Big thanks to Heather (Rica) for providing us with this one! Take a look for a great tutorial on how to make an envelope/box. Don't forget your Martha Stewart scoring board!! :)

1. To make sure you set off in the center of the 12"x12" card, first cut a piece of card 15.5 cm (6 1/8") square.
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2. Draw two lines from the centres of the 12"x12" sheet of card.

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3. Place your 15.5cm (6 1/8") square so that each corner touches the two disecting lines.

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4. Mark each of the points, then draw a square from each of those points.





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5. Measure 1.3cm (1/2 ") from the first square and draw another.

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6. Join the lines at the corner to make small squares


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This is probably the most complicated part of this tutuorial
7. Decide at this point which is to be the top/bottom and which is to be the sides. Measure up 1.5 cm (1/2 ") from the inner square and draw a line. Measure out to the side 1cm (3/8 ") and again draw a line.



Top & Bottom Measure up from the center of the outer square 9.5 cm (3 1/2 ") and draw lines from the previous short one to reach a point.
Sides Do the same at the side but only measuring out 8 cm (3 1/8" )


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8. The following two diagrams are your completed drawings (not to scale as I did them on the computer and had to fit them on A4 paper) The cut lines are in black, the score lines are in red.

Centimeters

Inches

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9. Once you've cut this out you have your template. I don't mark the score lines as it's pretty obvious once the template is cut out.


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10. Cut up one edge of the bottom square as this is tucked in to give neater and stronger finish.

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11.Cut off the top two small squares. I've used a corner rounder on the top and bottom points and shape the sides slightly and the bottom edges of the flap. I also put a 6"x6" pad in the box so that I can press it together more firmly.

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Tips
Most of you probably know this one - if you're using double sided tape to stick the box together, run a glue stick along the tape as it makes it repositionable for a while until you get it together neatly.

If you're going to decorate your box by stamping remember to stamp before fastening the box together (don't stick it first and then think about stamping as I tend to do)

If you want to make a deeper box, just extend the second square a little.

You may like some of these lush papers to make your envelope or box...





Happy Friday!!

Steph

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Copic Blending & Coloring: 101


Hi everyone!! Happy April Fools Day :-) I had the pleasure of attending a Copic Class with Heidi this past Sunday evening, and even though I loved them before, learning new tricks and techniques has given me an even greater appreciation for them! I'm hoping that with this tutorial video and a little more info I give in this blog, it'll do the same for you! It's almost 10 minutes long, but worth the time to watch!



Here's some additional info on the Colorless Blender. We have it available in CIAO or SKETCH. The main difference is your preference in NIB.

With the colorless blender, we expect blending, but it really does the following best:

  • Lightens Color
  • Pushes color
  • Fades color to white
  • Great for Special Effects
  • Blends Colors
  • Fade to white by pushing colors
  1. Start with an area that you’ve only colored the edges. Make sure you have good scratch paper under your work for this technique.
  2. Color from the lightest spot, out towards the edges. Don’t stop in the middle or it will give you ugly lines/streaks. Use a lot of blender, so it’s really juicy and is shoving that color around very strongly.
  3. Color almost to the edge, but not over. Remember, your color is getting pushed in front of your blender, so if you color up to the line it will go over. Also note how dark the color is around the edge. This is at least 1 or 2 shades darker than my original color, so try this technique with lighter colors until you get an idea of how it will react. If you need it lighter then let it dry and repeat.
  4. If you want a nice subtle shadow that fades out from your image then try the same thing, only use a lot less blender and a much lighter touch.
Have you tried the Copic Airbrushing Systems?? They are really cool, and the video below will give you a nice idea of how to use them.

Copic's ABS DVD Series Promo from Pushplay Productions on Vimeo.



Shop all our Copic Markers & Accessories HERE.

*BLOG CANDY ALERT....Join our following, and comment on this blog, and you will have the chance to win a Copic marker of your choice with this adorable stamp (below) from Stamping Bella so you can start coloring! The winner will be announced Friday, April 9th.


I hope I shared some helpful info with you :-)


Steph

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