December 2001 Creative Express Projects
Straight Scissors Option
CE10 Treat Basket
Stamps by: Basket by Darcies; Bow by Azadi/Limited
Edition; Flower by VIP
Supplies you will need:
Dries Clear Adhesive
Decorative Scissors (optional)
1/4 inch Pop Dot
One Clothespin
Choice of "fills"
Instructions
1. Detail trim baskets. Peel off the
Peel'n'Stick and attach baskets to cardstock. Trim again with a
decorative scissors. (Or you can straight trim the background
cardstock).
2. Detail trim the bows. The bows are going to go onto
cardstock for support, so you could attach the bows to the cardstock first
and trim once. If you have limited strength in your cutting hand,
you may wish to trim each layer separately. Glue on the rhinestones
and allow to dry.
3. Detail trim the flowers (not on cardstock) and glue on the rhinestones. Allow
to dry.
4. Place the "basket-shaped" pieces of Peel'n'Stick onto the
lid--longest side to the top.
5. One side at a time, place the baskets onto the Peel'n'Stick.
6. Attach the flowers to the sides of the basket by simply
peeling off the Peel'n'Stick and placing on. Be sure to position
them partially over both baskets to secure the sides.
7.Attach the handles together with a Pop Dot.
8. Glue the bows onto each handle "somewhat
back-to-back". Clip the clothespin on to hold the bows until
the glue dries.
9. Position the ribbon between the handles (under the pop dot) and
tie a bow!!
10. Fill with all sorts of wonderful treats--we had Kisses in ours
(until we ate them all!!!)!
Decorative Scissors Option
CE11 Pedro the Christmas Penguin
Stamps by: Penguin by Darcies
Supplies you will need:
Dries Clear Adhesive
Double Stick Tape or Glue
Markers
1/8 inch Pop Dots
Instructions:
1. Place velvet "outside" onto the penguin
form. ***Note: we did not stamp the whole penguin because it
is easier to position the velvet piece not having to worry about having to
have it lined up perfectly all the way around.
2. Detail trim the penguin. When trimming around the hat you
will need to trim "in" more than the normal "detail
trim". This will make placing the red hat on easier.
3. Place the red hat on top of the black velvet hat--this will give
the hat more dimension. Trim off any black that shows out from the
beyond the red hat.
4. Using dries clear adhesive, glue on the snowflakes, heart button
and rhinestone, bow, holly button, and white pom pom. Allow to dry.
5. Because the photo corners are more for decoration than usefulness,
place them onto the corners and apply double stick tape to the back to
attach them to the main sheet of paper. Tape or glue the
"Season's Greetings" paper to the main card.
6. Complete the inside of the card and the envelope.
7. When all the "accessories" are attached and dry, color
the beak and heart cheeks. (Outline the beak with an orangey-red and
fill in with an orange).
8. Using the 1/8 Pop Dots, attach "Pedro" to the main
card.
9. Using dries clear adhesive, attach the remaining heart buttons
and snowflakes to the card.
10. Merry Christmas Everybody!!!
CE 12 Peace New Year
Stamps: Dove by DeNami; Happy New Year by Penny Black; May the Light by Me and Carrie Lou; Star and Heart by Darcies. Buttons by Jesse James
Supplies you will need:
double-stick tape or glue
dries clear adhesive
Pop Dots: 1/16 and 1/8 inch
Instructions:
1. Detail trim the dove. It is going to go
onto cardstock for support, so you could attach the dove to the cardstock
first and trim once. If you have limited strength in your cutting
hand, you may want to trim each layer individually.
2. Trim sayings and cut out images.
3. Layer the cardstock and paper. Layer the sayings onto the
main card.
4. Gently twist the ribbons together, bend, and attach with double
stick tape (or glue) behind the dove's beak on the cardstock (this
elevates the ribbon so it looks like it actually is in his beak).
5. Attach 1/8 inch Pop Dots to the back of the dove. Attach to
the main card.
6. Gently twist the ribbons again and attach them to the card with a
1/16 inch Pop Dot--the ribbons are placed on top of the Pop Dot.
7. Cut an extra piece of Pop Dot for each button and attach to the
card. Place each heart flag button onto the Pop Dots.
8. Using the dries clear adhesive, attach the bow to the dove's
neck. Also, attach the bow to the star image and the buttons to the
heart images. Allow all to dry.
9. When the adhesive is dry, glue (or tape) the hearts and
star image inside. Also, glue the buttons onto the saying.
Allow to dry.
10. Complete the signature card (not shown on picture). Since
the cardstock is not only dark, but also metallic, we included cardstock
to be a signature card.
11. Happy New Year to You!! And may Peace prevail!!!
CE13 Daphne the Dragon
Valentine Card
Stamps by: Dragon and Inside Saying by Eureka!; Hat by Darcies
Supplies you will need:
Double-Stick Tape or glue
Dries Clear Adhesive
Light Green Ink Pad
Sponge
1/8 inch Pop Dots
X-Acto Knife
Tweezers
Instructions:
1. Trim Daphne and the velvet hat. The hat is
going to be going onto cardstock, so you can place the hat on the cardstock
first and then trim the two layers at on time.
2. Very, very, very, very lightly sponge Daphne with a light green.
3. Using the dries clear adhesive, glue the rhinestones onto
Daphne. Allow to dry.
4. Layer the cardstock and papers onto the main card.
5. Complete the inside of the card.
6. Complete the envelope.
7. Slice the hat open along the embossed line with an X-acto knife.
8. Slide the hat onto Daphne's head. Be sure to attach a pop dot
that is partially on the hat and partially on Daphne.
9. Continue attaching pop dots to the back of the images and place
onto card.
10. Using dries clear adhesive, attach the rose to the hat and allow
to dry.
