diorama card

We did a diorama card at the punch class (Punch your art out!) and I had promised to post the instructions for the attendees so they could remember everything!!

This was taught to me by my friend & fellow SU demonstrator, Karen Motz, at another demo’s (Mo Dickie) demo meeting.

I used the In Full Bloom simply scrappin’ kit (as did Karen) because it makes life a little easier (and who couldn’t use that?!).  I have a sneaking suspicion that we may lose this simply scrappin’ kit because the coordinating stamp set In Full Bloom is retiring at the end of June (*sob*).  (No insider information here, but just hazarding a guess…..really).

Anyway…..

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2 pieces of coordinating solid cardstock, 3" x 8.5"
1 piece coordinating patterned cardstock 3" x 6.5"
    (or randomly stamped cardstock).
1-3/8" circle punch  (for the holes on the front of the card)
1-1/4" circle punch (for the holes on the middle section of the card)
paper trimmer with scoring blade
adhesive

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Score both solid cardstocks widthwise 2" from both ends.

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Score patterned cardstock widthwise 1" from both ends.

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Choose cardstock to be the back of the card.
Stamp sentiment of choice on centre of this cardstock & set aside.

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You may wish to stamp on the cardstock to decorate – you can do this either before or after punching holes.
Punch first hole:
Line up the right edge of the 1-3/8" circle punch with the right score line, and insert the cardstock all the way into the punch.

(the physical edge of the punch lines up with the score line, not the shape to be punched

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Punch 2nd hole lining up left edge of punch with left score line, again, inserting cardstock all the way into punch.

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This is what you have so far.  Use as a mask for Hallowe’en….or continue on to make the diorama card.

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Using the punch upside down so you can see what you’re doing, punch a third circle in the middle of the two circles already punched out.

(truth be told, I usually punch upside down, perhaps I spent too much time "down under" in the South Pacific on my travels).

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The end result

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Repeat above process using the 1-1/4" circle punch on the decorative cardstock which will be the middle portion of the card.

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Start construction:
Adhere middle & back section of card first:

Apply adhesive to the outside edge of the decorative cardstock.  Align ends of cardstock & adhere.

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Repeat with other side so you end up with something like this:

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Apply adhesive to front section edges & align & adhere to card body.

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The finished project.  I stamped images from the In Full Bloom stamp set & applied some adhesive die cuts from the Simply Scrappin’ kit.

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One of the best things?  This card folds flat and fits into the small open end Stampin’ Up! envelope!!

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Stamp a ma jig tutorial

I’m baaaack….and a couple of tutorials here!
First up is the Stamp-a-ma-jig – one of my favourite stamping tools.  Trust me, I’ve tried other stamp positioners and this is the best one!  I’m still using my original samj from Stampin’ Up! – it’s purple.  The current version is the same but is in black.

This tool is great for precise placement of stamped images or quick fixes.  You know, when you stamp and some of the image doesn’t turn out….the samj will help you restamp exactly over top of your original image & saving that piece of cardstock from the recycle bin.

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The samj consists of the positioner and the acrylic sheet.  To use; position the sheet snugly in the corner of the positioner.  The set up here is great for right handed stampers.  Lefties could position the acrylic sheet on the other side.  You can also put the positioner at the “top” corner of the sheet.  It’s your preference, just be consistent.

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(OK try not to notice that the sheet is not in perfect position, it’s very hard to position & photograph with only 2 hands!! LOL)

Next step – ink up the stamp, and place it snugly in the upper corner of the positioner – and slide it straight down….

 

 

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until it makes contact with the acrylic sheet.

Normally, I’d use one hand to hold the positioner in place, and the other hand to slide the stamp, but again, I only have 2 hands, and one of them was holding the camera!!

 

 

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Here’s the image on the acrylic sheet.

 

 

 

 

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Next step is to take the acrylic sheet & position it so the image is exactly where you want it to be on your cardstock.

 

 

 

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Holding the acrylic sheet in place, slide the positioner up to the corner of the acrylic.  (again, more easily accomplished with two hands!!  LOL)

 

 

 

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Remove the acrylic sheet, leaving the positioner in place.

Ink up your stamp

 

 

 

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Line up the stamp in the upper corner & slide down until you make contact with the cardstock.

 

 

 

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et voila!

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Keep on Wheeling!!!

Stampin’ Up! just announced that they were able to come to a special agreement with the producers of the Stampin’ Around wheels – and ALL retiring wheels will be available until June 30th!  Yay, SU!!  Yes, even the ones that were listed as "supply exhausted".  Woohoo!  Please note that there may be some backorders, but you will still receive the wheel in question.  So feel free to go over the retired wheels list at your leisure….but not too leisurely, as after June 30th, they’re gone forever!
Retired list by page number
Retired list alphabetically
Dormant list – due to the more seasonal nature of the new fall/winter collection catalogue (coming July 1st), these sets will not appear, but will be available to order until Jan 1, 2008. 

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Helping to make a wish come true

There’s still time!  Perhaps you’ve already heard about this…  Shane Bernier is battling lymphoblastic leukemia & wants to break a world record for receiving birthday cards.  His birthday is May 30th, although I’m not sure that there is a deadline to send/receive a card!  You can mail a card to:  Shane Bernier, PO Box 484, Lancaster ON, K0C 1N0.  Here’s a link to his site:  Shane’s Wish.

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Wheel Update

Promise – I will post some card pics soon!  In the meantime, I thought I’d post a link to the wheel status list.  Retiring wheels are while supplies last ONLY.  (Stamp sets available until June 30th).  The latest report on status is here.  Yellow is limited supply, red is out of stock.  I’ll try to keep posting as they update the reports.****EDITED TO ADD**** Link stays active to most current list, so just click on it daily!!  (isn’t technology wonderful sometimes?!)

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