Love You Card for Unscripted Sketches #241

When Susan asked me to be a Guest Designer for UnscriptedSketches “Sketch It Saturdays” # 241 I jumped at the chance!  I see these sketch challenges a lot but I have never tried to make a project based on a sketch.  As typical in my creative process I had to think about what I wanted to do for a day or two; then I dove right in!

Here is the sketch I followed:

Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner (I know it will be here before I know it) I decided to make a love themed card.

What I Used to Make The Card:

1 Square Card (5 ¼ " x 5 ¼”) in white

Panel of cranberry cardstock (cut 5” x 5”)

Small piece of Pink Cardstock

Corner Rounder Punch

Small Heart Punch by Marvy Uchida

K & Company 12 x 12 sheet of Smitten Cardstock with Mini Foil Hearts (discontinued but still available if you do an internet search)

Stampers’ Anonymous Alphabet stamp set – VSHEET Vision Alphabet

Distress Ink in Victorian Velvet

Distress Marker in Picked Raspberry

The pink is NOT part of the card, I just put it there due to the white card

I used a white square card & cut the cranberry cardstock to layer.  I rounded the corners on the cranberry cardstock to follow the sketch.  Then I cut 2 strips from the K & Company Smitten cardstock an inch wide & 5” long to fit on the cranberry panel.  Since cutting the specialty paper leaves a white edge, I used the Distress Marker in Picked raspberry to edge the strips before I glued them on.  

The K & Co. Smitten Cardstock

 A small detail but I can’t stand having those edges!  Once I placed the strips and glued them down it was time to make my sentiment.  I used a very old stamp set from Stampers’ Anonymous (go to page 112 & you can see the entire alphabet) it’s still one of my favorites – the old kind that is mounted on wood – this was the first alphabet set I ever bought and I have had this set for at least 15 years.  I stamped “love” and “you” on a piece of scrap white cardstock using Distress Ink in Victorian Velvet, and then trimmed the words, edged them with the Distress Marker in Picked Raspberry, and mounted them onto the card.  Lastly, I used my small heart punch to make the hearts that replace the flowers on the sketch.  I punched the hearts out of a piece of pink cardstock and glued them in place.  Viola! A beautiful Valentine’s card or just a nice reminder of how you feel about someone!

The finished card - love those metallic hearts!

I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial.  I like the simplicity of following the sketch and I think I have caught the "sketch challenge" bug!

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Girls Challenges - #10, Anything Goes 

Crafting With Dragonflies - #18, Must be a Card – AnythingGoes

The Pink Elephant – TPE234, Pink/Red/Your Choice

Victorine Stamps - #76, Valentines/Love

CAS on Sunday – Lovey Dovey

Challenges for Everybody - #37, Anything Goes

Penny Black and More – Love is in the Air

Where did I find these wonderful challenges?? At Challengesfor Days a blog that lists challenges in an easy format so you can showcase your creativity!  Know of a challenge we don’t have listed??  Let us know!

Snowflake Votive Holder

I have wanted to do a 3D project since I got my Silhouette CAMEO and I thought this was a perfect opportunity.  I also get to showcase one of my absolute favorite accents sets from Globecraft & Piccolo - Bejeweled Snowflakes!

This post is a little photo heavy but I really wanted to showcase how I made the project.

Globecraft & Piccolo Items Used:

1 set of Bejeweled Snowflakes Accents, LA100 

Enamel & Embossing Powder Adhesive Fluid 

Embossing Enamel in Aged White 

3D Enamel Gel in Satin Gold

Other Items:

1 piece heavy cardstock, 12 x 12, white

1 piece heavy cardstock, approx 7 x 7, white (for top)

2 pieces of Denami Design Colored Cardstock in Iridescent Gold

4 pieces of regular Vellum, 2 ½” x 2 ½”

Krylon Gold Leafing Pen

Double Stick Tape

Glue

5 Gold Beads

Cutfile for a 4” x 4” box, with top (I put the 1 ¾” x 1 ¾” windows on myself)

Cutfile for the frame

1 Battery Operated Votive**

**DO NOT USE A Candle – it will burn & cause a fire!

The votive holder all cut and ready to go!

First thing I did was search for a lantern/votive holder cutfile that was fairly small knowing I wanted to use the Large Snowflakes in the Bejeweled Snowflakes Accents set as the focal point, but I couldn’t find any that suited my vision, so I made my own!  I used a regular cutfile of a small box with a lid and just added the windows to it.  Sounds easy but I am new at playing with files and it actually took me longer to get the right sized windows, and many, many votive holders cut, before I hit upon the right size.  Once I had the votive holder body and top cut out the real fun began.

Coloring the Snowflake Strips

I started by coloring the snowflake strips (after I cut them in two, 5 snowflakes each strip) with the Krylon Gold Leafing Pen.  After they dried, I dotted them with the 3D Enamel Gel in Satin Gold in the center of each snowflake. 

Adding the 3D Enamel Gel in Satin Gold

Then I turned my attention to the 4 large Snowflakes.  I coated them with the Enamel & EmbossingPowder Adhesive Fluid (IMPORTANT!! Do NOT Squeeze The Fluid – this will cause the top to pop off and you will create an amazing mess! All you need is to tap the fluid onto whatever you wish to emboss, the little dauber thing will refill naturally – and I am PROUD to say I haven’t popped my top!) and embossed them using Aged White Embossing Enamel (don’t forget to roll your enamel before you use it – that will ensure the colors are mixed properly). NOTE: Since the Snowflakes are very detailed the embossing enamel may clog some of the holes – just use a toothpick and poke it out!  

 

A close up of the Snowflake embossed

Showing some bling!

This color is fantastic! It has little bits of metallic goodness mixed in with the white powder and it really sparkles! I put the Large Snowflakes aside to cool.

I then cut my vellum and attached it to the inside of the windows in the box.  Since vellum is tricky to use glue with I used double stick tape, just the regular red kind.  It’s very important that nothing gets on the vellum because you will see it when the holder is lit (and I am sure if I tried to use glue I would get it on the vellum.  In fact, I even washed my hands and used a clean piece of scrap paper to ensure the vellum would stay clean).

 

The windows taped with the double stick tape

And the windows covered with the vellum

Then I attached the Large Snowflakes to the outside of the windows.  I lined them up so they would be the same no matter what window was looked at.

All the Embossed Snowflakes attached to the holder

 

Close Up of the attached Snowflake

The next step was to figure out what I wanted to add to the sides of the box, around the windows, because it looked very plain to me.  I used another cutfile to make frames out of thin (lightweight) metallic paper. Once I had the four frames cut I glued them to the sides using them to frame the snowflakes.  Be sure to keep one of the insides of the frame you use!  

The frame framing a Snowflake

I assembled the top and gathered my colored & dotted Snowflake Strips.  I put one strip on each side of the top and used one of the innies from the frame cutfile on the very top.  

Assembling the top

The Top with the Filled in Gold Bead and "innie"

I also used one of the gold beads to serve as a handle so you can open the holder without having to touch the top.  The bead I used had a hole in the center, which will be fine for the feet, but I didn’t like the look of it on the top since you could see the hole.  I solved this issue by putting a few drops of the 3D Enamel Gel in Satin Gold, letting it dry, then adding more.  I did this about four times to “fill” in the hole.

The final step is to assemble to actual box.  I used glue and hinge clips to hold the sides together and I put 2 sides together at a time. The same steps I used to put together the top.

**REMEMBER – DO NOT USE a candle in your creation – it WILL cause a fire.  Use a battery operated votive!

The bottom of the holder & the top

I put my battery operated votive in the holder and lit it up.  I think this came out amazingly well for my first 3D project and makes a lovely winter centerpiece or decoration.

 

The Finished Holder

   

All lit up!

A close up, lit but it's hard to tell

This reminds me of the paper bag luminaries that people would put out on their walkways and such back in the day.  I know people still use them, but I think the old ones were so beautiful!

 

I have 2 other projects to share that used the same Bejeweled Snowflake Accents set – three projects out of ONE set! Be on the look out!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don’t forget to bookmark the Globecraft & Piccolo blog and stop in daily to see more creative ways to use the Globecraft & Piccolo products!  Also, check out our sister company, Sweet Stamps, for some fabulous rubber stamps!

And here is a really good look at what the votive holder would look in the dark - I couldn't resist sharing this picture :)

 If you would like the cutfile I will happily send it to you - just leave a note in the comments section with your email.  The files will be sent to you in .STUDIO form as I don't know how to change files back to .SVG yet.

I would like to enter my Votive Holder into the following challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge - #78, Embossing

Craftitude - #57, Anything Goes or I See Fluffy

Challenges and Candies - #26, Monochromatic

It's All About The Vintage - #60, Embossing

4 Crafty Chicks - #178, Bling 

Silhouette Challenges - #9, Anything Goes

Thank you for sticking with me on this longer than usual post ~ blessings to you & yours!