Amazing Autumn Cards

 Hi Crafty Peeps, 

I am so happy to be here with y'all again. Today I am sharing a few amazing techniques you can use with October Mixed Media Kit from Tres Jolie, along with using some of the Laser Cut Elements from the October Scrapbook Kit. I did a beautiful Fall Wreath last week and this week we are creating some fun cards using these Little Birdie Alcohol Inks. I have a step by step tutorial below along with a video tutorial and the links for your to grab your Mixed Media Kit before they are gone. 

 October Mixed Media Kit

I will be sharing two card on here but if you would like to see the video tutorial I do share how to create a third card using a technique that is similar to this stencil technique. 

To start this stencil technique place a stencil on your photo paper or you can use yupo paper. You need a paper that is non-porous. I use a paper that I've had in my stash for a long time, that I acquired from stamp'in up. It just like photo paper. 

Next place your alcohol ink colors in various areas around your stencil. The alcohol ink will run underneath the stencil but that is okay, that is what we want. Here you can see the yellow alcohol ink running underneath the stencil leaving the open space of the stencil opened. It's basically giving us the negative of the stencil print. 

Here is what is looks like after I added some other colors of alcohol inks. Now let this dry for about 30-45 minutes, or you can dry with your heat tool but be careful not to over heat. 

Here is what mine looked like with I was finished. You can see some of the leaves and flowers. This is a wonderful way to get a use out of those stencils from Mixed Media Kits from Tres Jolie. 

And the backgrounds for your cards will look amazing. 

Next we are going to do another fun technique using a straw. I placed some color down on my paper and then added some drops of the blue velvet color down.

Next I used my straw to blow outward away from me to create these fun splatter effects and look one on the left side looks like a butterfly. lol 

I thought this would be a fun way to create some great backgrounds for your cards. You can get many different patterns by using this fun straw technique and when turning the card around you can add more inks and use the straw. 

Look how fun this splatter background looks. 

Here is the stencil technique card all done and decorated using the Vintage Orchard Laser Cut Elements. I just love how this background looks. I will definitely be making more of these using many of my other stencils. 

Here is the straw technique card all decorated using some of the Laser Cut Elements as well, along with some of the flowers from the Scrapbook Kit. I just love how this turned out. 

I hope you enjoyed today's step by step tutorial, remember I have the video tutorial for your convenience. 

These cards turned out fantastic using some really fun techniques that are quick and easy to do and you can create cards fast. Remember your inks are fast drying so you don't have to wait very long for them to dry if using by themselves like with the straw technique, with the stencil technique you can cut out papers and do other things while you are waiting for the inks to dry under the stencil but it doesn't take long. I hope you got some great ideas and inspiration from today's crafty post. 

 Don't forget to post your project on our Facebook Group Page, link is down below.

 For more details you can always view the video tutorial process, which is at the top of the page. 

Thanks again for joining me, I have all the links listed for you throughout the post so just click on the words and you will be taken directly to the store. 

Wishing you all a great day and Happy Crafting. 

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Christmas Truck Mem-Dex Holder with Mem-Dex Cards

 Hello Crafty Peeps, 

Today I am sharing the new Truck mem-dex box from Clear Scraps along with the rounded tab chip dividers 3 pack that I decorated in a Christmas theme. I had a really hard time deciding what theme I wanted as this would look good for any occasion. Below I have photos and links to the items I used and I have the step by step tutorial below for you as well. 

          Truck mem-dex box                                   Rounded Tab Chip Dividers 3pk

             

To start off I painted all my truck pieces red. I just used regular acrylic paint.

**Note - you will need wood glue or some type of strong glue to put your pieces together. 

Next I painted the back bumper and the side gates green. 

I did paper the inside bottom part of the truck. 

After I finished painting the front and back of each piece and they're all dried I placed the front of the truck down and placed the side into the slots of the truck. Place glue on each of the wooden tabs and insert them into the slots.

This is the bottom inside piece, I had covered with pattern paper. I placed the wood glue on the tabs.

I adhered on the back and adhered the bumper on. 

Here is the truck all put together. I decorated the truck with Christmas stickers, adhering them down. 

I love how festive it looks. 

Here are the mem-dex cards all decorated using some of the Christmas papers, ephemera and stickers. 

I did use some foam tape to pop up some of the elements I used on each of the mem-dex cards so I could do a layered look. 

I  hope you enjoyed today's step by step tutorial and found some inspiration to create this wonderful fun Truck Memory-Dex Box. This truck is just so fun you could use this for fun place to put Christmas candy inside, Halloween candy or decorate for Easter so many fun ideas. 

To get this fun truck head on over to the shop to get this Truck. 

Thanks for joining me today.

Happy Crafting my Friends, 

Vintage Orchard Fall Wreath

 Hi Crafty Peeps, 

I hope you all are having a great weekend. This week we introduced the New Tres Jolie Kits for October 2024. So with that being said I have a fun project for you using the October Mixed Media Kit and some of the Laser Cut Elements from the Scrapbook Kit. You are going to love this fun Fall Wreath Project that takes no time at all. Both Kits are listed below along with my video tutorial and the step by step below. 

October Mixed Media Kit                                                     October Scrapbook Kit

    

To start with you will need any type of wreath you would like to use, I am using a grapevine wreath. We will be decorating this at the end. 

First we will stain the truck with our Little Birdie alcohol inks. I used the Marine Blue. Dab some on your surface and use a cotton ball to swipe up the ink and glide this along the truck area. To get into small areas the cotton ball is hard to read use a tooth pick or wooden skewer with a bit of cotton wrapped around the top, dip in your ink and color in the small colors.

I do this process for pumpkin, squash and gnome using different colors of the alcohol inks from the Mixed Media Kit. 

Next for the leaves I used the Paint Couture paint amazon from a previous kit , August Mixed Media Kit. 

Here is the finished truck. For the little mustache on the gnome I used a white gel pen. I traced around the image of the gnome with a black sharpie pen. Then I added some glossy accents to the word Fall, and the pumpkins and squash. The tires are colored black using the black gesso from the Mixed Media Kit. 

So this Fall Tres Jolie has some super cute chipboard pieces, here is the mushroom chipboard. For this one I colored in the acorns and the stem of the mushroom with a brown marker. for the leaves and the top of the mushroom I used the Perfect Pearls that came in the July Mixed Media Kit. 

First you want to place some water down on your mat, just a a drop or two, then place a little bit of perfect pearls down on the mat. Dampen the chipboard just a little with your paint brush using water, don' t get the chipboard very wet or it will get mushy. Next place some perfect pearls on your paint brush and brush onto the damp chipboard area and this will color your chipboard. I used Perfect Pearl colors spring green brilliant yellow, and pumpkin orange. 

Here is the cute little gnome that is new to the shop as well. I used my orange marker for hat, red marker for the apple and I used the paint couture amazon paint for the leaves. For the white beard I used white flock from my stash.  

Here is the finished wreath. For the foliage on top of the wreath tucked under the bow I used the Laser Cut Elements from the Scrapbook Kit which features 49 and Market Vintage Orchard Collection. 

Then I hot glued the truck down below, and added some leaves and flowers from my stash, lastly I glued on the chipboard mushroom and the little gnome. I did a couple of more laser cuts on top of the colorful leaves below. 

I hope you enjoyed today's step by step tutorial, remember I have the video tutorial for your convenience. I really enjoyed creating this Fall Wreath using the cute wooden truck and the new mushroom and gnome that are added to the shop. I hope you got some inspiration from today's project and head over to the shop to check out the New Mixed Media Kit with the Fall Truck, you can do so many things with this truck for a really nice Fall Decor. Place the truck in a picture frame or on a canvas how lovely would that be to decorate a mantle, a wall, or hang on a door. 

 Don't forget to post your project on our Facebook Group Page, link is down below.

 For more details you can always view the video tutorial process, which is at the top of the page. 

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4 Simple Cards using Fun Techniques for Tres Jolie

 Good Morning Crafty Peeps, 

I hope you are all doing well. Today I have 4 Simple Cards that are super quick and fun to create using the September Card Making Kit, I hope you enjoy today's step by step tutorial and as always I have a video tutorial for you as well that gives more details. 

Below I have the link to the September's Card Making Kit and Scrapbooking Kit for your convenience. 

       September 2024 Card Making Kit                                September 2024 Scrapbook Kit

               

Card #1

To start this card place the 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inch paper on the scoreboard with the 11 3/4 inches across the top and score at 5 inches, fold in half and cut the folded piece 5x5 inches you will have a small card left that measures 3 1/4 x 5 inches set this aside for Card #2. 

Next cut your mats for the front of the 5x5 card. I am using the green with gold pattern paper from the Card Kit and matting that on top of gold cardstock from my stash. After adhering the mats adhere to the front of the card 

pattern paper measures - 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches

Gold Cardstock measures - 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches 

 

Next cut out one of the 4x4 images from the Card toppers from the kit. I am using the one with the red roses and gold background. Cut it into 3 panels - 1 3/4 inches, the last panel will be a little bit smaller that two of the panels but that is okay. Next I used the scraps from the green gold pattern paper for my mats cutting them at 1 1/2x 4 inches and cutting gold foil cardstock at 1 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches. So you will have 2 layers behind paneled image. 

After layering all the panels to the mats place foam tape to the back of each one, as shown below. 

When placing down it is a good idea to use a ruler to make sure the panels are straight. 

And here is the finished card. Now you can decorate how you would like. 

Card #2

For card #2 grab the small card that we set aside and mat with any of the pattern papers from the Card Kit, with your choice of an image from the cut apart sheet and grab some ultrafine or microfine white, iridescent glitter. 

To start place some double back tape or a double back sheet on top of the image. Be sure to burnish down very well. 

Peel the backing off the image and sprinkle your glitter on top of the image. 

Next use a clothe to wipe off the excess glitter and rub until you can see the image peeking through.

Adhere on top of your card, using foam tape if your would like, now you can decorate the card front. 

I used the pretty lace and inked up the wooden vine with green oxide ink, then placed a sentiment on.

Card #3

This card is super fast and easy to create. Pick one of the 4x4 images from the Card Kit. You will also need your choice of color card stock for matting. For this card you will cut one of the white cardstock pieces from the Card Kit to a 5x5 card. 

Cut your choice of cardstock for matting to 4x4 and cut diagonal along with the image as well, as shown below. You will adhere these two pieces together to create a triangle. 

Next mat the front of the card. I used the pretty music note pattern paper from the Card Kit, along with red cardstock behind it. 

Next adhere the triangle pieces as shown below to create your image on the front leaving about 1/4 inches space between theme. 

Now you can decorate how you would like. I thought this would make a beautiful Christmas card. 

Card #4

For our last card cut your card 10 x 6 1/2 inches, score at 5 inches. 

Next cut one of the frames out from the sheet with gold that borders the images. We are going to use this frame. 

Once your done cutting the frame out turn over and place 2 layers of foam tape along the edges, layering on top of one another. You will have one edge that is small and foam tape might show but that is okay you can cover with flowers or a sentiment. 

Next glue down some of the pretty lace in the Card Kit on the fold of the card. 

Adhere down the image first in the middle of the card front, then lay down your frame on top over the the image.  

Now you can decorate how your would like.

Here are the card all finished with sentiments on them. I used the Uniquely Creative stamp set from the May 2024 Card, Tags and More Kit. 

I hope you enjoyed today's step by step tutorial, remember I have the video tutorial for your convenience. I really enjoyed coming up with some new cards that are quick and easy for you to use this September's Cards, Tags and More Kit. These cards are quick and easy to create with everything found in the Card Kit, I hope you felt inspired to create some. If you create anything our step by step tutorials or video tutorials we would love to see what you created you don't have to use Tres Jolie products but we sure love it if you do. 

Don't forget to post your project on our Facebook Group Page, link is down below.

 For more details you can always view the video tutorial process, which is at the top of the page. 

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