A Touch of Grace

Hi Ladies, today is the last day of my JustRite Autumn Blessings Thanksgiving Ensemble series.  I’ve designed a menu that opens up to present the holiday fare.   If you like the idea of a menu, be sure to check out the tutorial below.  As with the other items featured in the series, I’ve used an open passe-partout stencil that I sell in my store,  A Touch of Grace - Paper Boutique.  The menu is easy to make and very elegant on the dining room table.   If you’ve been following the series, you know I’ve embossed all of the designs with the Wizard by Spellbinders.  The embossing was quick, easy, and done in a snap!  The stencils in my store can also be embossed in the Cuttlebug.  

Blog candy is being given away today as well.  I’m giving away a stencil and a Bow Easy, as well as five yards of the olive green 1.25″ May Arts ribbon that you’ve seen in this project.  I know you’re going to fall in love with the silk ribbon, as I have.  It can be purchased at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  To be eligible all you have to do is leave a comment and tell me why you would like today’s blog candy and how it will help you in your holiday preparations.  You have until Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to leave a comment.  The winner will be announced at 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon.  The winner will be chosen by Random.org.  Good luck ladies!  Shopping links are provided at the bottom of this post.

If you missed Monday’s post featuring the wall hanging and tutorial, click here to view it.  Tuesday I posted a beautiful place card that can be viewed here, and yesterday I posted a napkin holder that can be viewed here.  Blog candy is still available on those posts.  If you haven’t left a comment, be sure to take a peak and leave one, you have until this Sunday.

If you have any problems understanding the tutorial, please write to me with your questions.  If I don’t get back to you within a day or so, please be patient, as I’m writing these tutorials on a daily basis.  They are quite lengthy and take a lot of time.  Thank you for understanding.

I just had to show you how pretty the menu is against my lace tablecloth.  I love lace for the dining room table!

The inside of the menu features the food that will be served at our Thanksgiving dinner. 

In this close up you’ll see that I’ve layered the center diamond shaped panel on foam pads, as well as the paper toled cornstalk, and the tiny cornstalks on the tag.

I’ve used 1/8″ and 1/4″ May Arts SK16 olive ribbon for the bows and tags. 

Menu Tutorial:

Cut a piece of embossing paper 5 1/2″ x 7 5/8″.  Score down the center of the paper, center the stencil on the right side of the paper as shown in the picture.  Tape your stencil down with Scotch Removable Tape.  Run the stencil through your die cutting/embossing machine.

As you can see in the above picture, the score line remains intact, it doesn’t flatten out.  My stencil didn’t slide and I have a perfect embossed image.  Gently erase any sticky residue from the tape using an adhesive remover.

Trace around all the edges with an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen and let dry.  If you find that your gold smears, spray with Krylon Fixative (can be purchased at Michael’s).  I’ll show you how to get the gold center line below.

Fold the menu in half, turn it over and on the back side gently press the score line flat using a bone folder.  Turn the menu back over and using the Krylon pen, draw a line down the scored line. 

Using a hand held punch, punch a 1/8″ hole one-half inch down from the top of the menu.  Set your menu aside.

Place your stencil on a piece of embossing paper slightly larger than the stencil, tape the stencil with removable tape and emboss.  With the stencil still on the embossing paper, use a .5 mechanical pencil to lightly trace lines in the inner diamond shaped portion of the stencil, cut it out using a craft knife.  Trace around the outer edges of the diamond shape as shown in the above picture with a Krylon pen.  No need to erase the pencil lines if you use the Krylon pen.

Cut a piece of olive cardstock slightly larger than the stencil, tape the stencil down with removable tape and emboss. 

Keep the stencil on the cardstock and lightly trace the above shown lines with a .5 mechanical pencil.  Remove the stencil and erase any sticky residue left from the removable tape with an adhesive remover.

Using a craft knife cut along the traced lines.  I have illustrated two different ways you can cut your cardstock.  Gently erase any pencil lines.

Type your menu on your computer and print it out. I recommend printing on xerox paper first, place your stencil on the copy to see if your print is too small or too large.  You may need to test a few times to get it the exact fit.  Once you have the right size, print the menu on your embossing paper.  Cut your embossing paper slightly larger than the stencil and place the stencil down, centering it on your printed menu.  Tape it down with removable tape, you do not want it to slide or your menu won’t fit, emboss your menu.  Leaving the stencil on the embossing paper, gently trace with a mechanical pencil.  No need to erase your pencil lines if you use a Krylon pen to trace around the edges.  Add pearls, bow and any decoration you’d like.  My punched shapes came from a border punch.

Center and adhere the typed menu inside your menu.  I used Zip Dry Adhesive. 

Take the cornstalk that you colored for your focal image and, using a color printer, reduce the image by 60%.  I printed two images and sprayed them with Krylon Fixative. 

Using Spellbinders Large Scalloped Ovals, choose a die that best fits the size of your miniature cornstalk; cut four and emboss two.  Using an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen, trace around the edges of the two embossed ovals.  After your miniature cornstalks have completely dried, adhere them to the embossed ovals.

Cut a 1/8″ piece of green silk ribbon about 8-to-9″ in length.  Run the ribbon through the hole that you made in your card and create a knot about 1/2″ down from the top of the ribbon.  This will leave two dangling tails.  Adhere the tails between the two ovals as shown above.  You’ll use the ovals that you didn’t emboss for the backs as shown below.

This is what the back of your tag should look like.

Using 1/4″ olive silk ribbon, make a double looped bow on your Bow Easy and adhere on top of the knot that you made when you attached the 1/8″ ribbon.  I did NOT paper tole the miniature cornstalks .   .   . LOL .   .   . NO WAY!!! They don’t need to be, they’re so pretty with the Triple Thick glaze I purchased at Michael’s. 

Attach your paper toled cornstalk to the diamond shape you cut out and adhere to the front of the menu on foam tabs and you’re done. 

I hope you’ve enjoyed this Thanksgiving Autumn Blessings series. 

I’ll be back with some Christmas ideas soon!  I’ve got to get my creative wheels spinning! 

Shopping:

A Touch of Grace:  EH1819 Open Passe-Partout stencil; Pergakit Silicon Adhesive, Joy Craft Pearls, Joy Foam Pads, 18 Kt. Gold Krylon Pen, Zip Dry Adhesive, Carnation White embossing paper, Cream embossing paper, Scotch Removable Tape

JustRite:   Autumn Blessings Centers and Borders

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  May Arts Ribbon, Bow Easy

Recipe:

Stamps:  Autumn Blessings Centers and Borders (JustRite)

Paper:  Carnation White embossing paper, Cream embossing paper, Old Olive cardstock

Ink:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Genesis Paper Trimmer, Wizard, Scotch Removable Tape, Zip Dry Adhesive, Joy Foam Pads, Joy Craft Pearls, craft knife, PergaKit Silicon Adhesive, Triple Thick glaze, cutting mat, large ball stylus, graph paper, May Arts silk ribbons, wooden skewer, adhesive remover, Spellbinders’ Large Scalloped Ovals nesties, computer, color printer, Bow Easy, May Arts ribbon, EH1819 open passe-partout stencil, 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen, EK Success border punch

Thank you so much for stopping by, I truly appreciate your visits. 

Hi, welcome back to day three of my JustRite Autumn Blessings Thanksgiving Ensemble.  Today I’m featuring a napkin holder.  If you’d like to make this napkin holder using the open passe-partout stencil that I sell in my store,  A Touch of Grace - Paper Boutique, see the tutorial below.   The napkin holder is easy to make and packs a big “wow” factor!   I usually set my formal dining room table a week in advance to get in the holiday spirit and Thanksgiving is no exception.  When using the Wizard by Spellbinders, embossing is a snap, my table will be ready in plenty of time!  The stencils in my store can also be embossed in the Cuttlebug.  

Blog candy is being given away today as well.  I’m giving away another stencil and a JustRite monogram set.  To be eligible all you have to do is leave a comment and tell me what you like most about Thanksgiving.  You have until Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to leave a comment.  The winner will be announced at 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon.  The winner will be chosen by Random.org.  Good luck ladies!  Shopping links are provided at the bottom of this post.

If you missed Monday’s post featuring the wall hanging and tutorial, click here to view it.  Yesterday I posted a beautiful place card that can be viewed here.  Blog candy is still available on that post.  If you haven’t left a comment, be sure to take a peak and leave one, you have until this Sunday.

If you have any problems understanding the tutorial, please write to me with your questions.  If I don’t get back to you within a day or so, please be patient, as I’m writing these tutorials on a daily basis.  They are quite lengthy and take a lot of time.  Thank you for understanding.

This picture illustrates the beauty of May Arts silk ribbon available at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  I ironed the ribbon before making the bow and then did a little touch up on the tails.  It takes less than a yard of ribbon for the bow and tails, much less if you prefer shorter tails. To make a beautiful bow I advise using the Bow Easy, it’s a no-fail way to make bows that look like they were professionally made.

I provided this picture so that you can see the back side of the napkin holder.  The leaves and berries were purchased at Michael’s, they’re inexpensive and the rich colors accentuate the paper toled cornstalk. 

A close up of the cornstalk mounted on the napkin holder with foam pads.  Using the Triple Glaze gives the cornstalk the appearance of fine china.

Napkin Holder Tutorial:

Cut two pieces of embossing paper larger than the stencil.  The stencil measures 3 1/4″w x 5″h.

Using the EH1819 Open passe-partout stencil, emboss both pieces of embossing paper by running through a Wizard, Cuttlebug, or by hand.  To keep your stencil from slipping, tape it down using Scotch Removable Tape.  If any sticky residue is left on the embossing paper, use an adhesive remover to gently remove the residue. 

Place your stencil overal the embossed panels and lightly trace lines as shown above using a .5 mechanical pencil.  Note that the tracing lines are different on each panel.

Using a craft knife and a cutting mat, cut your traced lines.  Gently erase any left over pencil markings.  Using an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen, trace around the edges of the cut piece that looks a bit like a diamond.

Another variation or way to cut the panel is to leave the side embossed flower petals on the sides.  It’s so pretty with them left on, I think I’ll leave them for the rest of my napkin holders.

Cut a strip of embossing paper 2″ x 6,” cut a strip of olive paper 1 1/2″ x 6,” and cut another strip of embossing paper 1 1/4″ x 6.”  Trace along the outer edges with an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen.

Using adhesive, adhere the three panels as shown above. 

Once the adhesive is dry, form a circle overlapping the ends and adhere.  If you’re using liquid adhesive, you’ll have to hold the ends together for a few minutes.  I do not recommend using a tape adhesive if you live in a humid environment like Florida.  The paper is thick after adhering the three layers, tape adhesive will not hold up well in the humidity.  I find Zip Dry to hold wonderfully.  Tip:  To form the circle I wrapped the paper around a brayer to gently bend it, then I adhered the ends.

Using foam tabs I adhered the diamond shaped panel onto the embossed panel and then adhered that to the circle holder.

Another variation and the one I used here was to adhere leaves and berry stems to the embossed panel.  Once that was dry, I then adhered the napkin holder on top of the stems, sandwiching them in between the paper.  I used Zip Dry for the adhesive.  As you can see, it dried hard and clear.  It almost looks like the glue from a hot glue gun, except it’s clear, not opaque.

Adhere the bow, pearls, and the cornstalk to the napkin holder.  I used foam pads to adhere the cornstalk.  For instructions on making the paper toled cornstalk click here and scroll down to the tutorial.

A beautiful napkin holder for your Thanksgiving table.  Insert a rolled/folded napkin and it’s ready for your gorgeous Thanksgiving table.  A beautiful keepsake that your guests will treasure. 

Shopping:

JustRite:   Autumn Blessings Centers and Borders

A Touch of Grace:  EH1819 Open Passe-Partout stencil; Pergakit Silicon Adhesive, Joy Craft Pearls, Joy Foam Pads, 18 Kt. Gold Krylon Pen, Zip Dry Adhesive, Carnation White embossing paper, Cream embossing paper, Scotch Removable Tape

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  May Arts Ribbon, Bow Easy

Recipe:

Stamps:  Autumn Blessings Centers and Borders (JustRite)

Paper:  Carnation White embossing paper, Cream embossing paper, Old Olive cardstock

Ink:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Genesis Paper Trimmer, Wizard, Scotch Removable Tape, Zip Dry Adhesive, Joy Foam Pads, Joy Craft Pearls, craft knife, PergaKit Silicon Adhesive, Triple Thick glaze, cutting mat, large ball stylus, graph paper, May Arts silk ribbons, wooden skewer, adhesive remover, white linen table napkin, leaves and berries (Michael’s)

Thank you for stopping by.  Please come back tomorrow for day four of the Thanksgiving Table Decor designs.  The final design, a menu, will be featured.

Hi ladies, today’s post features the place card I designed for my JustRite Autumn Blessings Thanksgiving Ensemble.  I love place cards on my holiday table.   This place card is no exception, it’s so pretty on my table.  It was simple to make and packs a big “wow” factor!   The colors I chose for the cornstalk work so well with my harvest floral arrangements.   I’ll show you how to make this place card with an open passe-partout stencil that I sell in my store,  A Touch of Grace - Paper Boutique in the tutorial below.  Using the Wizard by Spellbinders, embossing is a snap!  Blog candy is being given away as well.  I love games; you’ll  have to read through my post to find the candy and how to win.

This place card has a lot of dimension; however, you could easily use just one layer of the cornstalk and still have a beautiful place card.  As I advised in yesterday’s post, the stencils can be embossed in the Cuttlebug as well.  I don’t have the sandwich recipe, but I have been advised by some of you that you’ve had no problems using the stencils with your “bugs.”  If you missed yesterday’s post featuring the wall hanging and tutorial, click here to view it.

If you have any problems understanding the tutorial, please write to me with your questions.  If I don’t get back to you within a day or so, please be patient, as I’m writing these tutorials on a daily basis.  They are quite lengthy and take a lot of time.  Thank you for understanding.

This picture is a beautiful illustration of the dimension of the paper toling done with the cornstalk image.  See this post for directions on how to paper tole the cornstalk, scroll down until you come to the pictures and directions in the tutorial for the paper toling. 

A close up of the cornstalk shows just how glassy the glaze is that I used.  It’s called Triple Thick.  It’s a bear to work with, but very pretty once dry. 

Anyone who has ever seen my handwriting will know why I used a computer to create the name tag for the place card.  This card has my Mom’s name on it.  Gee, who would have guessed my Mom’s name is “Kay” .   .   . LOL!  I’ll give you three guesses as to what my Dad’s name is.   Leave a comment below with your guess.  All those who guess correctly will be entered in a drawing for a free stencil and a JustRite monogram kit.   I’ll announce the winner this Sunday at 2:00 p.m.  The winner will be chosen by Random.org.  Shopping links are provided at the end of the post.  No purchase is required to be eligible to win the blog candy .   .   .   .  okay, I just had to add that language .   .   .  LOL .   .   . reminds me of radio commercial.

Place Card Tutorial:

Cut a piece of embossing paper 5 1/2″ x 7″ and tape your stencil as shown in the photo above using Scotch Removable Tape.  As you can see, I have placed my stencil on a Wizard embossing plate.  If you’re using a Wizard, turn the stencil face down on the embossing plate and lay your tan embossing pad on top.  Place your other embossing plate on top of the tan pad and run through the Wizard.  It’s as simple as that, you’re finished with your embossing.  

If you get any sticky residue from the tape on your embossing paper, simply use an adhesive remover (as shown in the above photo) to gently remove the residue.  As you can see, the Wizard embosses these stencils beautifully.

For visual purposes of this tutorial only, I drew a line where the scoring line is.  Because I want my score line to be exactly where my drawn line is, I used a ruler and bone folder to create the score line.  I was worried that if I used a Scor Pal or Scor It, I might be a smidgeon off.   I did not draw the line on my original place card.  Visually it was difficult to see exactly where to score.  I used a clear Tim Holtz ruler and was able to see exactly where to place the score line, then using a bone folder, I ran the tool along the edge of the ruler, scoring the paper.

Fold the place card in half (the bottom will be about 1/4″ longer if you cut using the dimensions I used) and place the stencil over the embossing.

Using a .5 mechanical pencil, lightly trace lines as shown in this picture.  You’ll see some of the lines are not completely connected.  We’ll take care of that in the next step.

Remember those dot-to-dot books you played with as a kid?  Well, that’s what you’ll do here, connect the dots/lines as shown in this picture.

As you can see in the picture above this one .   .   .  oops!  .   .   . I neglected to draw all of the lines.  I realized it as I was taking the picture.  No problem, I placed the stencil back over the embossing and traced the remaining lines. 

Using a sharp craft knife, cut along the drawn lines through both layers of embossing paper.  Before you start cutting, look at the picture below where the cutting has been completed as a guide.  Do Not cut the upper portion of your place card or you’ll sever the seam and have two pieces.  Only cut out the notches as shown below.  Okay, now look back up at the picture above and you can see where I drew the two notches.  You have the option of not cutting those two small notches or cutting them.  I cut mine.  This picture illustrates what your cutting should look like halfway through.

Once you’ve finished cutting, open your card as shown above and cut the traced lines. 

Once you’ve completed the cutting, gently erase any pencils marks left on the paper.

Turn your place card over so that the debossed lines are facing up.  Using a ruler, draw straight lines along the bottom of the place card.  I love the Tim Holtz clear ruler, I’m a very visual person, I like to see every thing. 

Trim the lines using your craft knife as shown above.

Turn your card back over and place on a flat surface.  Your card will sit perfectly flat without rocking.  You don’t have to do this step, but because of the weight of the paper toled cornstalk, I chose to do this to ensure my place card wouldn’t rock. 

And that’s it!  That’s all there is to it.  Very simple, easy, and fast to make.

Adhere your cornstalk using foam pads, as well as your name tag and a sweet simple bow.  I used May Arts 1/4″ SK16 olive green silk ribbon for the bow.  For perfect bows every time, I use the Bow Easy.  There are some tools I can live without, but I would never give up my Bow Easy.  The name tag was computer generated, printed, and punched with an SU small oval punch.  I used an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen to trace around the edges of the tag.

A side view to show you how the place cards sits on a flat surface. 

And my finished place card.  I can’t wait to see Mom’s face when she sees this!

Shopping:

JustRite:   Autumn Blessings Centers and Borders

A Touch of Grace:  EH1819 Open Passe-Partout stencil; Pergakit Silicon Adhesive, Joy Craft Pearls, Joy Foam Pads, 18 Kt. Gold Krylon Pen, Zip Dry Adhesive, Carnation White embossing paper, Cream embossing paper, Scotch Removable Tape

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  May Arts Ribbon, Bow Easy

Recipe:

Stamps:  Autumn Blessings Centers and Borders (JustRite)

Paper:  Carnation White embossing paper, Cream embossing paper, Old Olive cardstock

Ink:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Genesis Paper Trimmer, Wizard, SU small oval punch, Scotch Removable Tape, Zip Dry Adhesive, Joy Foam Pads, Joy Craft Pearls, craft knife, PergaKit Silicon Adhesive, Triple Thick glaze, cutting mat, large ball stylus, graph paper, May Arts silk ribbons, wooden skewer, adhesive remover, computer, printer

Thank you for stopping by.  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for day three of the Thanksgiving Table Decor designs.

I’ve been working on my Thanksgiving table decorations and am tickled pink with the designs I’ve come up with using the Autumn Blessings JustRite stamp set.  Typically I use JustRite stamps for monograms or for fun whimsical designs, but as you can see, JustRite stamps can be elegant as well.  Each day this week I’ll show you table decor designs with tutorials using an open passe-partout stencil that I sell in my store, A Touch of Grace - Paper Boutique and the Autumn Blessings kit.   

Most of you who follow my blog know that I love using a lot of dimension in my designs.  Typically I hand emboss most of my designs since I like to custom design with my stencils.  However, every embossed piece you see in this entire ensemble was embossed using the Wizard by Spellbinders.  The stencils can be embossed in the Cuttlebug as well.  I don’t have the sandwich recipe, but I have been advised by some of you that you’ve had no problems using the stencils with your “bugs.”  I have provided a tutorial below of the wall hanging and will be back each day with a tutorial for a placecard, menu, and napkin holder.

If you have any problems understanding the tutorial, please write me with your questions.  If I don’t get back to you within a day or so, please be patient, as I’m writing these tutorials on a daily basis.  They are quite lengthy and take a lot of time.  Thank you for understanding.

Due to the size of the wall hanging, I was not able to get a large photograph of the entire piece so I’ve taken photographs of each panel to give you a closer view.  The dimensions of the completed design are 4 5/8″ x 22.”

The top and bottom panels are 3 1/2″ x 5 1/8.”  I embossed all three panels with an open passe-partout stencil that I sell in my store, A Touch of Grace - Paper Boutique.   All ribbon used on the design is May Arts silk ribbon in 1/4″, 1.25″ and 1/8″ SK16 Olive.  I purchased it from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  Shopping links are provided at the end of the tutorial.

The center panel was designed larger than the top and bottom panels.  The top and bottom panels have a cream inner layer, whereas the center panel has a carnation white inner layer.  Pale yellow Joy Craft pearls were used throughout the design. 

Three 1/4″ silk ribbons hold the panels together.  Large bows have been placed between the panels and on the hanger, they add just the splash of color that is needed for the design.

Looking closely, you’ll see that all panels have been elevated using Joy Craft foam pads.  The small leaves were cut with a craft knife and elevated with PergaKit silicone adhesive.  Because the leaves are so small, I would not have been able to use the foam pads without them showing.  Can you see the PergaKit adhesive?  It dries clear.  I just love it for paper toling.  I’ll show you how to use the PergaKit in the tutorial below.

This photo illustrates the dimension of the paper toling. 

Tutorial for wall hanging:

EH1819 Open Passe-Partout stencil was used to emboss Carnation White embossing paper (shopping links are provided at the end of the tutorial).  Using Scotch removable tape, I taped the stencil to the embossing paper and ran it through the Wizard.   Taping the stencil prevents it from sliding around.  If you get sticky residue on your paper, remove it using an adhesive remover.  I use the 2″ square adhesive remover that SU sells.  Emboss  two carnation white panels.

Place the stencil over the embossed panels and lightly trace cutting lines using a .5 mechanical pencil.  For visual purposes of this tutorial I made the lines dark.  You’ll want to trace lightly so that you can gently erase any lines that are left after you are finished cutting.

Use a sharp craft knife to cut along the traced lines.   Gently erase any left over pencil marks.  Your two panels should look like the above photo.  (Look at the finished design at the top of this post, you can see in the upper and lower panels that I have cut more out of the center sections to show more of the cream paper.  You may choose to cut more as I did, or leave the cutting as is shown in this picture).

Please note that the tracing and cutting are different on the center panel.  The center panel is larger than the top and bottom panels, it has a larger border.   You will not trace around the outside of the stencil and cut the outer lines as was done on the first two panels.  The panel measurements are 4 1/8″ x 5  7/8.”   Center the stencil on the panel, tape it to the embossing paper and emboss.  Lightly trace your cutting lines as shown in the picture above. 

Cut the traced lines, your panel should look like the picture above.  You now will have three embossed and cut panels.  Draw around all edges of the three panels with an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen.

Each of the three panels have four layers.  The top layer is the embossed and cut layer, the second layer is the cream layer (on the top and bottom panels, carnation white for the center panel), the third layer is and old olive layer, and the fourth layer is an old oliver layer.  Your ribbon will be sandwiched in between the two old olive layers.  You will place foam pads on the back of the embossed layer to place on top of the cream layer.  That panel will then be adhered to the old olive layers.  It’s easier to sandwich in the ribbons between the old olive layers first before adhering the embossed panel and cream layer to the old olive layers.   

For the smaller panels:  (1) cut two panels of a pale yellow or cream colored cardstock slightly smaller than the two embossed and cut panels; (2) using foam pads (you’ll need to cut them in half to fit in some areas) attach the embossed panels to the cream panels; set aside (3) cut four olive green panels 3 1/2″ x 5 1/8.”  Trace around the edges of the panels with an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen, set aside to dry.

For the larger center panel: (1) cut a carnation white panel slightly smaller than the center embossed panel; (2) using foam pads (you’ll need to cut them in half to fit in some areas) attach the embossed center panel to the panel you’ve just cut (see the finished design if you’re having difficulty following me, we’re just layering panels here); (3) cut two olive green panels 4 5/8″ x 6 1/4″ and trace the edges with an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen, set aside to dry.

Take 3 olive green panels (top, center, and bottom) and mark three sets of lines 1/4″ apart on the lower edge of the top panel; do the same on the upper and lower edges of the center panel, and on the upper edge of the lower panel.  The sets of lines will be in the center of the paper as shown in the picture.  I know this is terribly confusing, please look at the picture for a visual.

For the hanger, cut two strips of 1/4″ olive ribbon 8″ in length.  Come in 3/4″ from the outer edges of the top panel and mark your paper; adhere the two ribbons, one on top of the other to both marked sides of the olive green panel form a loop or hanger.  See this picture of the finished design for a visual of where to place the ribbons. 

(1) Cut six 4″ strips of 1/4″ ribbon; (2) adhere the ribbon within the sets of lines that you drew as shown in the picture above, trim off excess ribbon (the gold edges that you drew earlier are on the outside of the panels); (3) connect all three panels, i.e., top panel to center panel and center panel to lower panel; (4) now take the second set of old olive panels and adhere them to the panels you’ve just glued the ribbons to making sure that you sandwich the ribbons between the panels.  Remember that the gold edges are on the outside edges of the panels.  This gives the back of your design a beautiful appearance. 

This is what your panels should look like from the back once you’ve adhered the two old olive pieces together (please note in this photo I did not trace around the edges of the panels with the Krylon pen, I’m merely showing you how the ribbon should look from the front and back side of the design once it’s sandwiched between the panels).  You are now ready to adhere the embossed panels to the three old olive panels.  Please refer to pictures here of the completed project for placement of the embossed panels onto the old olive panels.  I used Zip Dry adhesive for gluing the ribbons and the panels.  I find that Zip Dry does not warp, wrinkle, or buckle the paper. 

Your panels are complete and attached to the wall hanging.  Set it aside while we move on to the focal images which are attached last. You do not want to attach them while you’re working on assembling the paneled sections so that you don’t damage the paper toling.

The image with the black “X” on it is my original stamped and colored image.  I used Prismacolor Colored Pencils to color the image.  Using an inkjet printer I made several copies and sprayed them with a fixative. 

I’m providing a close up of the colored image for your coloring purposes.

Take one of the images and cut and emboss it using the largest oval from Spellbinders’ Small Ovals nesties.  Using olive green paper cut and emboss a scalloped oval using the second largest scalloped oval from the Large Scallop Ovals nesties. 

To make the layers fit, use a craft knife and cut just outside the embossed line on the image. Use an 18 Kt. Gold Krylon pen and trace around the edges of the oval.

The piece you cut using the nestie die will be the base for your paper toled image,.  Cut your pieces from the remaining six images as shown in the above picture with a sharp craft knife. I cut all of the leaves for my original designs, I did not do so for the purpose of this tutorial.

Take piece #2 and tole the edges using a large stylus with a medium to large ball, print side down, white side up.  To tole the paper, place it on a piece of foam and empress the edges until they slightly curl up.  Place balls of PergaKit silicone adhesive toward the center of the image using a wooden skewer or tooth pick.  If you don’t have PergaKit, you can use foam pads (dimensionals). 

Using tweezers, gently place the piece on top of the base oval, being careful to line up the images.   Do not press too hard or you’ll flatten out the PergaKit.  If you choose to use PergaKit, you’ll need to wait about 20 minutes between the paper toled layers.  The weight of the silicone will flatten the layers if it’s not dry or you might accidentally move the pieces. 

Carefully tole each layer as you go.  Using the PergaKit, continue building the layers.  In this picture you’ll see a ball of PergaKit on the wooden skewer (I purchased the 4″ skewers at my local supermarket, they very inexpensive, 100 for $1 I believe.).  Squeeze a bit out of the tube onto the skewer in the form of a small ball and then gently place it on the paper.

You can begin to see the layers of the paper tole in this image.

Continue on using the same technique, you can see the layers of the bow building here.

I’ve completed all the layers and added on two of the leaves as a visual for you.  The leaves are quite tedious to cut and mount on the silicone.  As you can see, I did not bother with the acorns, they were too small, even for me  . . . LOL. 

Let your layers completely dry for a few hours.  At this point you can apply the glaze if you desire it on your design.  As you can see, it’s quite pretty without the glaze.   If you do use glaze, follow the instructions on your bottle.  Let it dry thoroughly between coats and before handling the design.  Once it’s dry (I let mine dry overnight), adhere the paper toled panel to the olive green scalloped panel using foam pads.     

A close up of a completed panel using a glaze.  I used a product called Triple Thick that I purchased at Michael’s.  It’s somewhat tricky to work with, but I like it better than crystal lacquer.  It dries with a crystal clear wet look, like nail polish, leaving no bubbles.  I let the glaze dry several hours.  Once completely dry, I adhered the paper toled panels to the embossed panels. For the wall hanging you’ll need to make two of the cornstalk paper toled panels.  The center panel has a sentiment on it with a paper toled bow.  The small leaves were individually cut and toled on all three focal images. 

A close up of the sentiment on the center panel.

Using the Bow Easy, I made three large bows using the 1.25″ May Arts olive ribbon and attached them to the wall hanging.  The tails of the bow on the hanger are longer than the two other bows.

Shopping:

JustRite:   Autumn Blessings Centers and Borders

A Touch of Grace:  EH1819 Open Passe-Partout stencil; Pergakit Silicon Adhesive, Joy Craft Pearls, Joy Foam Pads, 18 Kt. Gold Krylon Pen, Zip Dry Adhesive, Carnation White embossing paper, Cream embossing paper, Scotch Removable Tape

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  May Arts Ribbon, Bow Easy

Recipe:

Stamps:  Autumn Blessings Centers and Borders (JustRite)

Paper:  Carnation White embossing paper, Cream embossing paper, Old Olive cardstock

Ink:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Genesis Paper Trimmer, Wizard, Small Ovals and Large Scallop Ovals Nesties, Scotch Removable Tape, Zip Dry Adhesive, Joy Foam Pads, Joy Craft Pearls, craft knife, PergaKit Silicon Adhesive, Triple Thick glaze, cutting mat, large ball stylus, graph paper, May Arts silk ribbons, Swarovski Crystals, wooden skewer

Thank you for stopping by.  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for day two of the Thanksgiving Table Decor designs.

Welcome to Day 2 of the JustRite Stampers Font Blog Hop. JustRite Stampers is celebrating a Mega Font Blog Hop, a two day extravaganza with 54 designers, in style with a Super 7-Day Font Sale.  If you’re looking for some fabulous font sets, you won’t want to miss this sale, they are offering 30% off all JustRite font sets and the Horizontal and Vertical font stampers.

The sale begins September 17th and ends September 24th.  And to add some fun into the blog hop, Mystery Blog Candy is being given away during the Two Day JustRite Font Blog Hop!!  Why is it a mystery?  .  .  . Well, there’ll be three blog candy giveaways on each day and you can only win by leaving a comment on the right blog!  The real surprise is you won’t know which blog has the candy .  .  . even the designers don’t know!  So, as you visit each of the 54 designers over the two day event, take time to leave a comment  .   .   . You may be one of the lucky winners!  You have until 12:00 noon on Sunday to leave comments for your chance to win.  You’ll want to check back at the JustRite Blog on Sunday evening to find out if you’ve won.

Ladies, go grab a cup of coffee (you’ll want a large cup  .  .  . LOL), a yummy danish,  sit back, relax and enjoy the blog hop.  I hope we’ve provided you with lots of inspiration for your holiday crafting and decorating!

For the designs below I used the above products from JustRite Stampers:  Special Occasion Uppercase Font set,  Small Letter Font set, Horizontal Wood Stamper set, Autumn Blessings Borders and Centers, and Wood Stamper  Oval (large).

I decorated a jar of Pecan Pumpkin Butter and a bag filled with ingredients to make Spiced Pecan Pumpkin Quick Bread to give away as a Fall holiday gift set.

A group picture of the bag, the jar, and the pumkin bread that I baked for my family. Every Fall I receive a loaf of pumpkin bread from a dear friend.  She packages it up so beautifully.  I’m forever in awe of her thoughtfulness, kindness and talent. This year, I’m giving her this gift set in appreciation for all she does to make me feel special.  

A close up of the front of the jar.  I covered the jar with the Harvest collection designer paper from Me & My Big Ideas, as well as the lid.  I used Petite Ovals and Petite Scalloped Ovals nesties for the pumpkin image, a Spellbinders tag die for the tag, and Circles and Scalloped Circles Nesties for the jar lid.  The three strips were cut at 1/4″ and wrapped around the jar. I edged the strips, as well as the oval and circle with a gold Krylon pen. The pumpkins were water colored with Stampin’ Up!’ re-inkers.

I placed a bow on top of the lid with a tag attached.  The bow is made of green taffeta ribbon from May Arts.  The leaves were punched with a Martha Stewart leaf punch.  The tendrils were made with Chocolate Chip cardstock.  I used the Bow Easy to make the bow and encircled it with the gold cord I used for the tag.

I made two more taffeta bows and attached them to the butter spreaders, so pretty when you’re having guests.  They were very easy to apply, I simply attached them with a Glue Dot close to the ceramic edge.  For clean up, simply remove them from the utinsel.

I attached another water colored pumpkin panel to the lower corner of the bag and added berries that I purchased at Michael’s.  The Michael’s in my area is having a 50% off of all Fall items.  I purchased several beautiful pieces for my home as well as a few sprays to use as embellishments for my crafts. The two metal pumpkin tea lights pictured above in the group picture were purchased at Michael’s.  So pretty, I can’t wait to light them at the dinner table.

I cut a portion from the Fall spray and adhered it to the bag top, together with a tag that reads, “Spiced Pecan Pumpkin - Quick Bread.”  I used bows throughout the project, I’d be lost without the Bow Easy.

You’ll want to head on over to Taylor’s blog from here.  If I know Taylor, she’ll have something that will knock your socks off!

Shopping:

JustRite Stampers for Special Occasion Uppercase Font set,  Small Letter Font set, Horizontal Wood Stamper set, Autumn Blessings Borders and Centers, and Wood Stamper Oval (large).

A Touch of Grace:  Gold Krylon Pen, Scor It, Zip Dry Adhesive, Scotch Removable Tape

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  May Arts Ribbon (HM56), Bow Easy

Products Used in Design:

Paper:  Me & My Big Ideas (DP); Old Olive, More Mustard, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Naturals Ivory

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Re-inkers; Stampin’ Up! Markers, Staz On (brown)

Accessories:  Krylon pen, double sided tape, ruler, Scor It, Nestibilities: Petite Ovals, Petite Ovals Scalloped, Circles, Scalloped Circles, Tags, Megabilities, Spellbinders Leaf, Bow Easy, May Arts tafetta ribbon, gold cord (Stampin’ Up!), Glue Dots, Dimensionals (All Night Media and Stampin’ Up!), Martha Stewart leaf punch, berries and Fall foliage (Michael’s), Zip Dry adhesive, coffee bag, Scotch Removable Tape, Pecan Pumpkin Butter and Spiced Pecan Pumpking Quick Bread (Williams Sonoma).

Good Luck with the Blog Candy and enjoy the hop!

JustRite Blog
Debbie Olson
Jerri Jimenez
Taylor Van Bruggen
Holly Simoni
Barb Schram
Terre Frye
Michelle Kovack
Kim Moreno
Catherine Doucette
Kellie Fortin
Kimberly Crawford
Kathy Jones
Michelle Giraud
Angela Barkhouse
Heather Pulvirenti
Tami Mayberry
Jennifer Buck
Keri Lee Sereika
Jami Bova
Laura Davis
Stacey Kingman
Bonnie Sharp
Stephanie Severin
Janine Orchard
Debbie Seyer
Margie Higuchi
Lauren Bergold
Anja Curvers
AJ Otto

Thank you for stopping by to visit, I always love to see you here!

I’d like to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving Holiday and offer travel prayers for those of you who are traveling or have family traveling.  I’m posting a picture of my table that I’ve set for the holiday.  I used this same set up last year, sure hope my family isn’t tired of it.  I watercolored pumpkins and placed them on enamels jars that are filled with Apple Pie scented candles using the Autumn Harvest from from Stampin’ Up!  I made little place cards using a retired Stampin’ Up! set entitled Autumn’s Blessings. 

Hi everyone,

Well, we’re at the end of my 2008 calendar.  I hope you’ve enjoyed it and that I’ve inspired you to pull out your stamps and get creative.  I hope to make another one in the coming year and will delightfully share it with you.  If I can get up the energy, I’ll do tutorials as I go along since I’ve had so many viewers that have wanted to make a similar calendar. 

I love Halloween, it’s one of my favorite holidays.  I have many wonderful memories of my children dressed in their adorable little Halloween costumes. We dressed up when they were little, I made most of their costumes.  Stephen was the most adorable pea in a pea pod costume his first year.  I’ll never forget how we dressed the boys as baby skunks, way too cute, what a response we got.  We always decorated our house and yard with all sorts of lights and decorations, usually Pooh bear decorations, I didn’t want to frighten the little tykes.  I usually dressed as Little Bo Beep and sat outside at a decorated table with a huge caldren filled with candy for the kids to dip into. We always had a huge round aluminum tub filled with apples for apple bobbing.  Whoever got an apple could choose an extra large candy bar of their choice.  We normally got well over 500 trick-or-treaters. 

So, when it came to October, I just had to go with Halloween for my October calendar theme.  My favorite part of this page is the witch.  She looks like she’s going to fly right off the page.

November 29 is my birthday and we’re usually celebrating it during the Thanksgiving holiday.  I chose to go with a Thanksgiving theme for the November page, keeping with the Fall holiday themes.

We have wild turkeys that roam our backyard and I have to tell you turkeys are not very pretty birds, well except for the little chicks, they’re adorable as they follow their mamas around.  I decided to go a bit whimsical with this guy using Fall colors in his plumage.  My husband’s favorite part of the page is the Fall leaves. I can’t say that I have a favorite part, I like the overall image with the Fall colors.

I dedicate this page to our Father.

December .   .   . the final month of my  calendar.  All good things must come to an end .   .   . I was so happy to finally be at this point in the project, but I think a little sad as well.  For so long I had planned on designing this calendar and now it’s finished.

O Holy Night!  I think of that beautiful song every time I view this page.  In designing it, I wanted to stay within the true meaning of Christmas, keeping all commercial aspects out of it.  I used two stamps for the design, a beautiful angel and a poinsettia cluster with holly.  I stamped the angel first and then stamped the poinsettia spray around her and the edges of the paper. When attempting the background wash, I tried to make it appear as if the Heavens were aglow with the splendor of what had just occured.  The angel has such a beautiful face, I see her coming down from the Heavens heralding the birth of our dear Savior.  All Glory to the newborn King!

• Paper:  Pumpkim Pie, Handsome Hunter, , Basic Black, Canson watercolor 140 lbs. coldpress 
• Ink:  Versamark
• Accessories:  Versamarker, watercolor brush, heating tool, Ranger EP, gold/gold tinsel, velcro, dimensionals, Towbow markers, Barely Banana, Sage Shadow, Mellow Moss markers (SU)

Good morning ladies,

Today I’m joining in the celebration of Sharon’s (notimetostamp) blog anniversary party and I’ve got lots of blog candy that I’m giving away.  I’ve designed samples for some of the items to give you ideas of what you can do with the blog candy.  The samples are not included in the giveaway.  I’m overstocked and must move these items out of my stamping room to make room for new goodies.

Here are the Rules to enter the drawing . . . Are you ready?

1.  View the designs I’ve posted on my blog and tell me which one you like the most and why.  Now this shouldn’t be too difficult since I’ve only been blogging for six weeks;

2.  One comment only to qualify, duplicates will not count;

3.  E-mail your friends and ask them to visit my blog to enter the blog candy giveaway.   Why?

The size of the prize will be determined by the amount of comments left.  There will only be one prize . . . the lucky winner takes it all!  If I receive 50 comments, Package A will be sent to the lucky winner.  If I receive 100 comments, Package B will be sent to the lucky winner.  If I receive 200 comments, Package C will be sent to the lucky winner.  Are ya’ll following, the more comments I get, the more I add to the kitty?  So, the more comments I receive the bigger the package the winner will receive.   The winning number will be chosen on Sunday, September 14, at 2:00 p.m.  by Random.org. 

My friend, Joan Fricker, is giving away blog candy today in celebration of Sharon’s week long celebration, be sure to stop by her blog to sign up for another chance to win some blog candy.

 I purchased all items in the giveaway from Papertrey, Ink. 

50 Comments Required —- Package A above consists of:

• Two Frosted Tin Tie Bags (small)
• Four Coffee Bags consisting of: two small bags (white and kraft); two large bags (white and kraft)
• Two Window Coffee Bags (one large, one small)
• Four Glassine Bags (two large, two small)
• Two Clear Boxes

100 Comments Required —- Package B above consists of:

• Package A
• Large Nugget Tin
• 8 oz. Large Round Tin
• 4 oz. Medium Round Tin
• 2.5 Small Round Tin
• Tea Tin

200 Comments Required —- Package C above consists of:

• Packages A & B
• Small Clear Paint Can
• Medium Clear Paint Can
• Large Clear Paint Can

It was hard to get the entire package in a good photograph.  I’ve taken a picture of the three clear paint cans to give you a close up view so that you can better see their size.  Below are pictures of the sample designs I made.

I designed this ensemble to give you examples of fun ways to decorate the items in the blog candy.  The designer paper used is from Papertrey, Ink’s First Fruit’s collection.  I used the retired set Happy Fall Y’all from Stampin’ Up! in the designs.  To see the recipe you’ll need to continue to the bottom of this post.

I had fun designing this card.  I stamped the scarecrow with Versafine black ink onto Naturals Ivory paper and watercolored the image.  The birds were both stamped twice and popped up with dimensionals.  I used nestibilities to die cut the images.  The leaves were punched with a Martha Stewart punch that I purchased at Michael’s.

This tag could be attached to one of the coffee bags or to the large paint can.  In the photograph it looks like I got off centered when I adhered the scarecrow image.  It is off centered, but it’s supposed to be, I designed it that way for this project, it looks better in real life.  The tag is a piece of chipboard from an SU package that I have.  I covered the back of it with DP as well.  I love this tag, it wasn’t part of the original ensemble, but when I saw Sharon’s tag this morning, I was inspired to design one. 

Isn’t this hinged nugget tin just the cutest thing!  I didn’t place any nuggets inside because I wanted you to see the lining in the bottom.  It was very easy to place it inside the tin, I just placed the nugget tin on the designer paper and traced around the bottom of it.  I cut inside the tracing lines using a paper cutter,  I then used a large corner punch from SU to round the four corners.  I adhered the lining inside using a piece of double sided tape.  I used the same paper to cover the outside of the tin.  If you look closely at the lid, you’ll see that I adhered Old Olive ribbon around the outer edges of the lid.  I used a craft knife to cut out the scarecrow and placed him on the tag using dimensionals.

These small tins are super easy to decorate.  I used double sided tape that I purchased at Scor Pal to adhere the DP paper to the tins.  I made a tag for the lid that says Happy Fall Y’all.  M&M’s or Skittles would be adorable in this tin. 

These bag toppers were quick and easy to make.  I simply used an old SU Halloween wheel and ran it across Naturals paper.  I used a round circle from another retired set to make the different colored moons across the topper.   I borrowed this design, I believe, from an old SU magazine that is sent to demos, at least I think I did, I remember seeing something like this about a year ago.  The little ghost tag was made using a Cuttlebug die.

Ladies, I wish you all the best of luck!

• Stamps:  Happy Fall Y’all, Retired Halloween Wheel, Circle Stamp (all retired SU stamps)
• Paper:  Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Ruby Red,  Really Rust, Naturals, Naturals Ivory (SU); First Fruits (Papertrey, Ink)
• Ink:  Versafine (black), Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Night of Navy, Basic Grey, More Mustard, Ruby Red, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Colorbox Chestnut Roan
• Accessories:  Martha Stewart punch, SU corner punch, SU 3/4″ and 7/8″ round punches, 5/8″ Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, 1/4″ Old Olive twill, black gingham ribbon (SU), striped black ribbon (JoAnn), dimensionals, watercolor brush, jumbo eyelets, large eyelets, Crop-A-Dile, hemp, various Nestibilities, sewing machine, SU Earth Elements brads, double sided tape, Cuttlebug dies, SU Chipboard, Basic Grey Chipboard, Faber-Castell Sketch pen, sponges, Scor It, Craft Knife