Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Winter Friends

      This week we have a fun sketch challenge at Papercraft Star.  Our former team mate, Kim Duran, drew this great sketch for us.
     My card has a base of Brown Kraft cardstock and I used some Lily Bee Design Christmas paper for the top panel.  The bottom panel is a piece of Red Pepper Classic Columns paper that I won from The Paper Temptress.  It's hard to see in the photo but it has an embossed column pattern on it.  The image was colored with distress inks.  Here's a close up of it so you can see the glitter and flocking I used on it better.
     I actually finished the inside of this card with some more of the same papers plus I used one of the freebie images from The House Across the Bay that we give away each week at Papercraft Star.  It was a black and white line drawing and I used more distress ink to color it.
     We'd love to see what you can create with our sketch this week.  A first and second place prize is available from our sponsor, THATB.  You have until 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday to get linked up.
     I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Spotted Chick--use kraft paper
Inky Impressions--peppermint twist
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations--Christmas
The Ribbon Carousel--kraft, red, brown plus spooled items(thread, hemp cord)
Craft Your Passion--tis the season
Heart Song Inspirations--banner and/or buttons
Hooked on Craft--winter wonderland
Stamp with Fun--stitching, real or faux
The Outlawz Greetings Challenge--anything goes +sentiment
Addicted to Stamps--Christmas card
Fashionable Stamping Challenges--I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Stamptacular Sundays--anything Christmas
2 Sisters--holiday
Craft Your Days Away--buttons or bows
Crafty Catz--snowmen
Phindy's Place--a sprinkling of snow

     Last day of November!  Christmas here we come!
     Blessings!


Supplies
  • Paper:  Kraft Outlet Brown Kraft, Paper Temptress Red Pepper Classic Columns, Strathmore 90 lb watercolor paper
  • Stamp:  Giordano Studio Stamps "Friends"
  • Ink:  Distress inks, Brilliance Galaxy Gold Dew Drop, Marvy Uchida white gel pen
  • Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles Large (S4-114) and Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124), sewing machine
  • Miscellaneous:  Michaels buttons, Crafters Square hemp cord, Studio 18 Flocking, glitter from my stash

Monday, November 28, 2011

Let It Snow

     We want to see Christmas cards this week at The Kraft Journal.  Hope you've gotten a good start on yours already.  That clock is a tickin'!
     My card was created with a Brown Kraft cardstock base, matted with Buff Ivory.  I've used designer papers from Lily Bee Designs. 
     I've never tried to make a card like this before.  It may be hard to tell in the top photo, but the center circle has been removed from the front piece of the card and the image is attached to the inside of the card base.  Here's a side view.

     I cut a scalloped circle of the Buff Ivory to go around the opening and frame the image.  For embellishments I used some Jenni Bowlin banner chipboard pieces which I covered in DP and added puffy paint to for a snow effect.  I also used the paint around the circular opening.  The banner pieces are threaded on Red Baker's Twine.  The snowflakes were punched from glittered paper and attached to the card with glittered snowflake brads.  I used a White Round Metal Edge tag for the sentiment and added a Christmas Epoxy brad through the tag hole.      James the bear was the first image I colored when I started playing with my distress inks and he's just been biding his time for me to put him on his own card.
    I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges: 

Craft Your Passion--anything holiday or winter related
Hooked on Craft--Winter wonderland
My Craft Spot--Christmas through the window
Ooh-La-La Creations--lots of sparkle
Addicted to Stamps--Christmas card
Fashionable Stamping Challenge--I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
2 Sisters--holiday
Allsorts--pennants or bunting
Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturdays--red, green, kraft, white/cream
Phindy's Place--a sprinkling of snow
The Poodles Parlour--Christmas
Totally Papercrafts--Christmas
4 Crafty Chicks--snowflakes
The House That Stamps Built/Designers Choice Challenge--snowflakes
Scrapbook Sisters--Christmas Time
Everybody-Art-Challenge--Christmas card
Oldie but a Goodie--let it snow
Party Time Tuesdays--snow us what you got
The Outlawz POM--anything goes

     Hope you can play along with this week's challenge and hopefully get another one of your Christmas cards done and ready to go out.  You just might win your own little Christmas present if you're our lucky monthly winner of the $15.00 store voucher to Kraft Outlet.
Blessings,


Kraft Outlet Supplies


Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock
Red Bakers Twine
Jenni Bowlin Chipboard banner pieces
White Round Edge Metal Tag
Christmas Epoxy brad


Other Supplies


Paper:  Lilybee Design, Colorbok glitter paper
Stamp:  Lili of the Valley "James the Bear In the Snow", Papertrey Ink Mixed Messages
Ink:  Distress inks, Marvy Uchida white gel pen
Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles large (S4-114) and Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124), Martha Stewart snowflake punches and Cherish edge punch
Miscellaneous:  snowflake brads and glitter from my stash, Tulip puffy paint

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Been strollin' in the Smokies

     Hi ya'll!
     My family just made it back home today from a wonderful Thanksgiving week spent in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.  Here are a couple of pics from the trip.  I was really bad about my picture taking for this trip, but we were just so busy.

     This guy greeted us on our first trip through Cade's Cove.  No we didn't have him for dinner Thursday, but we did have one of his distant relatives.  :-)



     Just a few more scenery pictures.
     I'm slowly working my way through a ton of your comments and emails and I will visit and write back as soon as I can.  Thank you all so much for all your sweet comments that you left on my posts while I was gone.  You guys are the best!
     Hugs!

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Guest Designer #4

     Well, my guest stint at Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog ends with this little card.  Their sponsor this week is Pollycraft and the designers were supplied with an image from them.  I've colored her with Copic markers.  The challenge is to use punches or dies on your project.  I added some Spellbinders die cuts to thread my ribbon through and for the sentiment, and there are also some punched borders peeping out from behind the image.
     It's been so much for guesting for this great group of ladies.  Thank you to the SS DT! 
     Hope you'll join in this weeks challenge.  :-)
     Happy Weekend!


 
Supplies 
  • Papers:  K and Company Julianne, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic X-Press It Blending card
  • Stamp:  Pollycraft "So Tall"
  • Ink:  Copics
  • Tools:  Shapeabilities Fleur de Lis pendant, Martha Stewart Daisy edge punch, Nestabilities Labels Four (S4-190)
  • Miscellaneous:  The Paper Studio pearls, Offray ribbon, buttons from my stash, burlap thread

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!



O Give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good:  for his mercy endureth for ever.  Psalm 107:1


Have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day!
Hugs!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Family is a blessing

     This sweet little image is another one from the November Club kit from A Day For Daisies called "New Brood".  You can find all the details about the club kit program here.
     For my card I've colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and odorless mineral spirits.
     Hope you're having a wonderful holiday week spending some time with all your blessings!
     Happy Thanksgiving!


Supplies
  • Papers:  Making Memories, Graphic 45, Recollections, Strathmore Bristol paper
  • Stamp:  A Day For Daisies "New Brood"
  • Ink:  Prismacolor pencils, OMS, Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain Distress ink
  • Tools:  Nestabilities Classic Ovals Large (S4-110) and Classic Scalloped Ovals large (S4-111), Martha Stewart Doily Lace edge punch
  • Miscellaneous:  wooden button from Michaels,burlap thread

It's Turkey Time!


     Well tomorrow is Turkey Day!  Actually tomorrow is about so much more than turkey.  It's about being thankful for all the things that God has blessed us with--family, friends, health.  Every breath we take is a blessing from God.  :-)
  Jan decided this week would be our "Anything Goes" challenge so I hope you can find some time inbetween eating all those yummy Thanksgiving goodies to do some card crafting and join in the fun at Papercraft Star!
     This little turkey was a free digi from Karen's Doodles and I just thought he was so cute I had to use him for a card that was going to post the day before Thanksgiving.  He's colored with Distress inks and I've used my 7 Gypsies Venice paper pad again.  Love those papers!  The inside sentiment was created using a cool frame from the Frames and Cartouches (028) digital sheet from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.
     Our inlinkz will stay open until 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday so link up!
     Hope your holiday is filled with thankfulness and wonderful times with family and friends!
     Be blessed!
 

Supplies 
  • Papers:  7 Gypsies Venice, Recollections, Georgia Pacific, Strathmore 90lb Watercolor paper
  • Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Frames and Cartouches (028)"
  • Stamp:  Karen's Doodles "Turkey Time"
  • Ink:  Black Soot, Frayed Burlap, Weathered Wood, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany Distress inks
  • Tools:  Martha Stewart Cherish edge punch, My Favorite Things Fishtail Banner Die-namic die
  • Miscellaneous:  waxed linen thread

Monday, November 21, 2011

A gift wrapped in snowflakes

     This week's theme at The Kraft Journal is "Christmas Gifts".  I saw a tutorial a while back on a blog hop and thought it was so cute.  It's called "Box in a Bag" and you can find an excellent tutorial for it at Splitcoast Stampers here.
     I created the box that forms the base of the bag with Brown Kraft cardstock and used another piece for the bag body.  I stamped and embossed snowflakes in white all over the kraft paper.  I wrapped the base of the bag with a punched strip of Buff Ivory and two different Merry Christmas paper tapes.
     The bag is held closed with a piece of White Twill Tape.  The Scalloped Grungy Prim tag has a strip of the Christmas paper tape adhered to it as well as a Jenni Bowlin Christmas ticket and Vintage Christmas chipboard button.  I used some Hang Tag string to tie the button.
     The decorating possibilities with this little bag are endless so I hope you'll give it a try.  It's easy as pie to make too.  :-)
     Link up your Christmas gift projects for your chance to be a winner.
     Have a blessed Thanksgiving week!



Kraft Outlet Supplies


Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock
White Twill Tape
Grungy Prim Tag
Jenni Bowlin Christmas Chipboard buttons
Jenni Bowlin Christmas Tickets
Hang Tag String
The Paper Studio Christmas paper Tape

Other Supplies


Papers:  Bazzill cardstock
Stamp:  Recollections snowflake stamp
Tools:  Martha Stewart holly punch, Stampin' Up Extra Large Round Tab punch, EK Succes Scalloped Scallop edge punch
Miscellaneous:  Studio 18 rhinestones, Versamark, Stampendous white embossing powder

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Sweet Stampin' Guest Designer #3


Second post for today.  If you missed my special post for the
A Day For Daisies Club Kit  please scroll down.

     This is my third week as guest designer at Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog.   This is a special week at Sweet Stampin"--their 2nd birthday!  There are several sponsors this week including Tiddly Inks and I have used a Fairy Fae image from TI on my card and colored it with Copics.  Quite an explosion of pink isn't it!  LOL

Happy Birthday Sweet Stampin'!

     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters--let it sparkle
Colour Create--pink, white, and gold
Divas By Design--monochromatic
Flutterby Wednesday--open/butterfly, fairy, angel
Crafty Boots--fantasy
House of Gilli--monochromatic
Addicted to Stamps--pearls and lace
The Hybrid Chick--birthday theme

     Have a fabulous weekend!

Supplies 
  • Papers:  My Mind's Eye, Recollections, Copic X-Press It Blending card
  • Stamp:  Tiddly Inks "Fairy Fae Catches a Star"
  • Ink:  Copics, Worn Lipstick and Frayed Burlap Distress inks
  • Tools:  Nestabilities Fancy Tags (S4-235)
  • Miscellaneous:  Jolee's and The Paper Studio pearls, Prima flowers, Diamond Stickles, glitter and lace from my stash, ribbon from Hobby Lobby, Dritz cheesecloth

Ring around the rosy

     Besides being blessed to work with Tammy's A Day For Daisies release images each week, the team is now also getting to work with some of the images from the monthly Club Kit.  You can find all the info about the kit club here and you can see all the images included in the November club kit here.
     Some of my regular followers here probably know that I started out my online crafting journey making mini scrapbook albums.  The vintage/shabby chic look is my favorite style and I just love that Tammy's images allow me to carry that over in my cardmaking.
     This card was created using a beautiful digital stamp image called "Spring Outing".  I was really happy that I had a My Mind's Eye paper pad with that gorgeous sheet music piece plus more papers in my favorite variations of pink.
     Maybe some of you will have a group like this at your Thanksgiving get togethers this coming week.  :-)
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Craft Your Days Away--embellishment BINGO (pearls, flowers, ribbon)
Charisma Cardz--lace and pearls 
Crazy Amigo Challenge--nursery rhymes (Ring around the Rosy)
Cupcake Craft Challenge--twos company(multiple boys/girls)
Hooked on Craft--something punched
Pollycraft Monday--friends and friendship
Addicted to Stamps--pearls and lace

Thanks for dropping by!

Supplies
  • Papers:  My Mind's Eye Madison Avenue, Recollections, Strathmore 90 lb watercolor paper
  • Stamp:  A Day For Daisies "Spring Outing"
  • Ink:  Distress inks, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks
  • Tools:  Nestabilities Labels Eighteen (S4-310), Martha Stewart Frond punch and Eyelet Lace punch around the page set
  • Miscellaneous:  pearl beads, seam binding, and lace from my stash, The Paper Studio and Recollections pearls, Crystal Stickles

Friday, November 18, 2011

A Butterfly Harvest

     Are you ready for the holidays?  These little butterflies are.  They have a cornucopia full of natures bounty.  This image, Butterfly Harvest, is part of the new release this week from A Day For Daisies.  Here are just a couple of the images being offered.  There are tons more so make sure you check them out here.

     I heard this pitiful cry from my craftroom saying "Tracy, Tracy have you forgotten us?"  My poor little Copic markers were so forelorn so I pulled them out of their little cubby hole resting place and put some marker ink to paper for this card.  Some of them are happy and others are still grumbling.  :-)      My card kind of looks like a sixties fashion print explosion doesn't it.  LOL.  Those of you who have been traveling this bloggy road with me for a while know I really have some hang ups about mixing prints and this card would never have been created about a year ago.  I've learned to trust the paper companies though, so if Basic Grey says all these prints go together, who am I to argue!  :-)
     We still have a challenge to use flocking on your card going on over at the ADFD blog and we'd love to have you join in.  I guess it's a good thing that Arielle challenged us to use that stuff because my little lambs card has gotten me five Top Three/Five picks this week.  I honestly can say that is one of my favorite, if not THE favorite cards, that I have ever made. 
     Oh well, enough of that.  I don't normally say anything about my wins on here.  I figure if your interested in what I've won, you'll visit my "Challenge Wins" page and see what's there. I guess I'm a bit like my husband's grandmother in that attitude.  We lost her this week at 103.  She would have been 104 in January and was sharp as a tack, still reading and working crossword puzzles.  That lady never missed a beat.  She wrote her own obituary out and on the back of the paper she also wrote "DO NOT add anything to this.  Don't list all the organizations and clubs I belonged to.  The people who know that already know it and the people who don't won't care anyway."  LOL  So in the same vein I figure if you want to know what I win you'll find out, otherwise I won't bore you with it.  :-) LOL
     Here's a list of challenges I'd like to enter this card into:

Card Makin' Mamas--Thanks
Fairy Fun Fridays--anything fall
Aud Sentiments--thank you or Thanksgiving
Meljen's Designs--fall
Crafting For All Seasons--Thanksgiving, thank you, or sketch
I Brake For Challenges--seasons
Simon Says Stamp--Thanksgiving/Thanks
Sisterhood of Crafters--giving thanks
The Outlawz--Wednesday sketch
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations--Thanksgiving
Party Time Tuesday--sketch and/or thank you, giving thanks or being thankful
Corrosive Challenge--give thanks
Sentimental Sundays--Thanksgiving/thank you

Have a wonderful blessed weekend!


Supplies
  • Papers:  Basic Grey Curio, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic X-Press it Blending card
  • Stamp:  A Day For Daisies "Butterfly Harvest"
  • Ink:  Copics
  • Tools:  Nestabilities Labels Two (S4-162), Sizzix Sizzlits Architectural Accents
  • Miscellaneous:  Crafters Square hemp cord, Michaels button, lace from my stash, Recollections brads

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Casing my own card!

     Last week I was blessed to have my Four Little Robins card chosen as the next recipe card at the Catered Crop.  Now if you've never played the Catered Crop challenge and you're scratching your head about what I just told you, let me explain.  The Catered Crop challenge is unique and fun to play.  Every two weeks a card is chosen to provide the "recipe" for the next challenge.  Linda lists out all the elements, techniques, and supplies for the card and then you get to pick and choose whichever ones you'd like to put on your entry.  Pretty cool huh!  Lots of inspiration and lots of room to create.
     So like I said my little robins were chosen to create this bi-weekly challenge recipe.  On top of having my card chosen for the recipe, I was invited to be a Top Chef Guest for the midweek inspiration post. Soooooooo.....I had to case my own card!  LOL
     Here's the recipe Linda put together from my first card.  I've highlighted the elements I've repeated on this card.
  • Papers: Kraft, chipboard
  • Colors: kraft, black, cream, red, and green
  • Images: birds, winter scene, hollies and berries, swirls, Christmas
  • Ink: pencils, distress ink
  • Tools: embossing folder, die cuts, circle punch, lace and/or scallop edges
  • Miscellaneous: ribbon, pearls, fishtail tags
  • Techniques: layers and layers, dry embossing, distressing
     Now you don't have to use as many of the elements as I did.  I just happen to really like a lot of those.  :-)
     I colored the image with distress inks, did lots of layering and distressing, added that circle cut out and some stitching over it with DMC specialty thread, added a few more Christmasy embellies and Voila!  My cased myself card.  :-)  Hope you'll check out the Catered Crop challenge.  It's really fun.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Art Impressions--red, green, metallic
Crimbo Crackers--make it sparkle
Southern Girls--embellishment BINGO (3 patterned papers, gems, punches)
Digi Doodle Shop--red and green
Card and Scrap--traditional Christmas colors
Christmas Crafting--twelve days of Christmas
Creatalicious--Christmas + sparkle
Truly Scrumptious--Christmas with pearls or vintage
Digital Tuesday--Christmas time
Bunny Zoe's--anything Christmas with pearls
Heart Song Inspirations--gold or glitter
Incy Wincy--Tic Tac Toe (3 DP's, any Christmas sentiment, stitching--faux or real)
Pile It On--traditional Christmas

     Happy weekend to come!

Supplies  
  • Papers: Cosmo Cricket, Kraft Outlet, Bazzill, Recollections, Strathmore 90 lb. watercolor paper
  • Stamp: Fred, She Said "Christmas Cardinal"
  • Ink: Distress inks, Copic R39 for coloring pearls, Marvy Uchida white gel pen
  • Tools: Martha Stewart Cherish edge punch, Fiskars Circle cutter, Martha Stewart Cherish and Holly punch
  • Miscellaneous:  DMC Specialty gold thread, Prima poinsettia flowers, The Paper Studio pearls

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Envelope Gift Bag Tutorial for The Kraft Journal

     It's tutorial time at The Kraft Journal and this week I'd like to share with you how to make a cute little gift bag out of an envelope.  One of our players for challenge #42 had a link in her post for a video tutorial on how to make this cute little bag and I just had to try it.
     All you need for the bag is one envelope.  I've used a Standard A2 Lunch Bag Kraft envelope from Kraft Outlet.
     Seal the envelope flap and using your scoring board, score your envelope at 1/2" on the two 5 3/4" inch sides and one of the 4 3/8" sides.
     Burnish your score lines and use a decorative punch or scissors to trim off the unscored 4 3/8" side of the envelope.
     Open your envelope and push the outside edge inward as shown in the picture.  You'll have to work with the little triangle section at the bottom to get it evenly shaped.
     Fold the triangle inward on the bottom of the bag and secure with adhesive.  I cut a piece of Buff Ivory cardstock slightly smaller than the bottom of the bag to cover the folds and give the bottom of the bag a flat surface to sit on.
     I decorated the front of the bag with a cute little Cuddly Buddly Snowman digi image colored with Distress inks.  He's matted on Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock and more Buff Ivory and Bazzill.  I ran some Hang Tag string through the deco punch holes at the top of the bag and added a bow made from 7 Gypsies Gypsy Market seam binding.
     This little bag is the perfect size for a gift card or jewelry item.  Hope you'll give this a try.  If you'd like to watch the short video tutorial here's the link.
     I'd like to enter my gift bag into the following challenges:

Digital Tuesday--Christmas Time
Pile It On--traditional Christmas
Wags 'n Whiskers--Christmas

     Thanks for popping in!

Arigato

     Our Papercraft Star challenge this week is "Thank You". 
     For my card I stamped the base mat of the card with a Ornate Background stamp and embossed it with gold embossing powder.  The fan is made from vellum and I used a little digi image from Beccy's Place for the flowers on it.  They're colored with Prismacolor pencils.  For my focal point I used this cute little Asian lady image from Stretch 'n Bubbles.  I paper pieced her using a Floral Fabric Domino THATB digital image.  Her face and the umbrella are colored with Copics.  The floral panel behind her is also a digital image from the Oriental backgrounds digital file.
     We have a special guest with us this week, Ros Crawford.  Make sure you check out her guest project!  :-)
     You can link up your "Thank You" projects by 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday.
     I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp--Thanksgiving/Thanks
Party Time Tuesdays--thanks, giving thanks, being thankful
Paper Sundaes--digital images
Sentimental Sundays--Thanksgiving, thank you + sentiment
Aud Sentiments--thank you or Thanksgiving

     Happy Wednesday!


Supplies
  • Papers:  Recollections, Kraft Outlet Translucent Vellum, Kodak Photo Paper, Copic X-Press It Blending card
  • Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Oriental Backgrounds (112)" and "Floral Fabric Dominoes (119)"
  • Stamp:  Stretch 'n Bubbles "Tooling", Beccy's Place "Blossom Branch", Stampabilities "Ornate Background"
  • Ink:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Brilliance Galaxy Gold Dew Drop, Versamark
  • Misellaneous:  Ranger Gold embossing powder, Recollectiions pearls, fiber from my stash

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Papers and Pixels Guest Article

     Last month I was approached by the editor and chief, Laura Boetto, of Papers and Pixels online crafting magazine and asked to do an article for the November edition.  I was honored and flattered to be offered the opportunity.  The following tutorial article was prepared for the magazine which is being published today.  Make sure you pop over to their website and check out all the great crafty ideas they share in their publication.  This is a subscription, but if you'll register you can go on the forum and look at some of the back issues to see exactly what they offer in each issue--lots of cools stuff from digital to regular paper crafting.
     So let's get started!
     I'm going to show you how to make a sliding tag card.  You can find a great tutorial for this type of card by Beate Johns on Splitcoast Stampers, but I wanted to show you how to do it with a different shape and size.  Here's a photo of the card when it's open.

Step 1:  Cut a card base 6” x 12” for a 6” x 6” card.  (You don't have to make a regular base for this card if you just want the slide out to be your complete message.  You'd just need a 6" x 6" square for the base.)Also cut as many mats you would like to include on top of your base card.  For my card I cut three mat pieces.
 Step 2:  For this card I chose to use a Martha Stewart punch around the page set to create the central mat of my card.  Depending upon which set you use, the inside measurement of your decorative mat piece will vary.  For this particular punch you have a four inch square to work in.  Photo #2 shows the particular measurements I used for my card.  These can vary depending upon the size of your image.  Mine measured 3” x 3’ including the double matting.

Step 3:  Mark out the measurements on you deco mat lightly with a pencil and then cut and score accordingly as shown in photo #3a.  I attached my deco mat to some cardstock for another mat at this point (#3b).  If you decide to do this also, make sure you only place glue around the edge of your deco piece.  You will cut through both layers of paper and then trim away the bottom layer of paper ONLY.  Make sure you only cut on three sides and score the other vertical lines.

 Step 4:  Cut a piece of regular copy paper ½” x 6” for a card stabilizer.  Also cut a tag just slightly wider than the cut out on your deco mat.  Turn the deco mat over to the back and apply adhesive to the small scored section at the bottom as shown in photo #4.
 Step 5:  At this time you would go ahead and decorate your tag.  Once decorated, take the copy paper piece and wrap it around the tag and secure the ends with adhesive.  Don’t make this too tight because you want your card to freely slide through it.
 Step 6:  Attach the copy paper piece to the top lip above the center cut and scored piece of you deco mat (this would be attached to the mat for the deco mat if you construct your card like mine).  Slide your tag through the loop (make sure it’s facing backwards) and attach it flush with the bottom of the small scored section on your deco mat.  When you flip the deco mat over, you can pull the tag up and the center scored section will make the mountain fold your image will attach to.


Step 7:  Cut designer paper pieces to frame the center pull out section.  Also cut pieces for the upper and lower scored sections on the pull out.  When attaching the pull out section make sure you only attach adhesive to the outside edges as shown in photo #7b.  You tag needs to be able to move freely for the animation of the card.

Step 8:  Assemble and embellish your card.

Hope you like the tutorial. :-)
I'd like to enter Mr. James into the following challenges: 

Forever Friends--Christmas is coming + animal
Wags 'n Whiskers--Christmas
Crimbo Crackers--Christmas +sparkle
Pile It On--traditional Christmas

Have a blessed day!


Supplies 
  • Papers:  Basic Grey Jovial, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic X-Press It Blending card
  • Stamp:  Lili of the Valley "James Bear Pile of Presents"
  • Ink:  Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo Distress ink
  • Tools:  Martha Stewart Cherish punch around the page set, EK Success corner rounder, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
  • Miscellaneous:  glitter, Offray ribbon, Prima poinsettia and leaves, Recollections pearls