The secret of your own heart you can never know;
but you can know Him who knows its secret.
-George MacDonald
Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts

Friday, March 30, 2012

Taking Your Stamps and Die Cuts Personally


The Papertrey Ink, Make It Monday #59, with Erin Lincoln this week shows you how to take your own computer generated text, print it, and then stamp and die cut over that sentiment to make something a little more personal. The creative possibilities, using this technique, are endless...
Thinking back, before my son was born, (knowing he was going to be a boy) my daughter, and then the rest of the family started calling him "baby Bobby". Wouldn't it have been nice to receive a card that had that special name on it? It would be really nice to look back on today since that "baby Bobby" is now a college student measuring 6 foot 2 inches tall!


Erin showed us how to take any stamp like this one from the Papertrey Ink stamp set, Button Boutique...


And then stamp it over computer generated text that you print yourself. I even decided to use the word art in Microsoft Word to spruce the text up a bit.


Erin's tutorial shows you how to combine text, stamp and die cuts to create something especially made for that special someone or yourself...


Like I said, the possiblilities are endless.


To see the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday for this week go to:
http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2012/03/make-it-monday-59-computer-generated-sentiments-on-die-cuts.html


Supplies:
Papertrey Ink stamp sets: Button Boutique,Hanging Out
Papertrey Ink die cuts: Hanging Out, Super Star Borders
Inks: Memento-Danube Blue, Color Box-Sky Blue
Cardstock: Blue, Green, White, Blue and Green Plaid
Buttons and Crochet Yarn

Friday, February 13, 2009

How to Make a Valentine to Remember

Gather your materials: watercolor paper, paint, gesso, stamps, heart punches, scissors, glue, paint brushes, and most important--a scanned picture of your little heart throb.



After cutting out your "little darling" add a couple of wings and paste on watercolor paper painted with red acrylic paint then gesso. Embellish with cut out hearts, stamps, glitter, and a black pen.



After a few "extras" with a digital program, you get a Valentine to remember.
(I saw this idea in the current magazine issue of "Memories" by Stampington Publications.)