Tutorial Thursday ~ Pocket Tissue Holder

Hello La-La Land Craft's fans, Nicolette here with you today and I am so excited to share a TUTORIAL on how to create a cute little pocket tissue holder featuring the adorable Cured Yet? Clear Stamp Set.

This was so much fun to create and it is sure to bring a smile to anyone's face and make them feel better just looking at it sitting next to them when they have the sniffles.



~ PRODUCTS ~

Spring Has Sprung Paper Pack

Stitched Nested Circles Die Set

Pierced Scalloped Ovals Die Set

Double Stitched Ovals Die Set

Doily String Border Die

Mandala Doily Die

Pill Bottle Die Set

Get Well Soon Die

~ Additional Supplies ~

Pencil
Scoring Board
Scor-tape - 1/2"
Red Rhinestone
Pink Rhinestones
Low-tack Tape
White Cardstock
Dimensional Foam Tape
White Gelly Roll Pen #10

~ INSTRUCTIONS ~

STEP 1:
Trim white cardstock to 11" x 4 1/4"
Score on the long side at 1/2", 3", 4", and 6 1/2"
Fold on scored lines.


STEP 2:
Using smallest Double Stitched Oval Die, trace in the center of the 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" panel where the tissue paper opening will be.
Adhere the die on top of the trace marks using low-tack tape and die cut opening.




STEP 3:
Cut white cardstock to the following measurements:
4 1/8" x 3 3/8"
4 1/8" x 2 3/8"
4 1/8" x 7/8"

Cut designer paper to the following measurements:
(I used paper from the Spring Has Sprung Paper Pack)
4" x 3 1/4"
4" x 2 1/4"
4" x 3/4"


STEP 4:Using smallest Double Stitched Oval Die, trace in the center of the white 4 1/8" x 2 3/8" panel and the designer paper 4" x 2 1/4" panel.  Die cut openings using method in Step 3.


STEP 5:
Adhere matching designer paper panels to white cardstock panels.  Adhere to tissue paper holder.


STEP 6:
Diecut white cardstock using second smallest Pierced Scalloped Oval Die and smallest Double Stitched Oval Die to create a frame for the tissue opening.  Adhere to tissue holder.
See photo in step 7.


STEP 7:
Using strong adhesive on the 1/2" flap, line up the tissue pack and secure the flap in place to the back of the holder.  The tissues will be able to slide in and out of either end.


STEP 8:
Diecut designer paper using the largest Stitched Nested Circles Die.
Diecut white cardstock using the Mandala Doily Die.
Adhere together.




STEP 9:
Diecut white cardstock using the largest and second largest Stitched Nested Circles Dies to create a circle frame.  Adhere to Mandala Doily diecut.  Adhere to back panel of tissue holder.




STEP 10:
Diecut white cardstock using Doily String Border Die.
Trim to fit and adhere to front panel of tissue holder.


STEP 11:
Stamp, color, trim around image.  Add red rhinestone to end of thermometer.  Adhere to center of Mandala Doily diecut using foam tape.

~ Copic Colors Used ~

Pig - R0000, R000, R00, R01, R02
Hoof - W0, W1, W3, W5

Bed Frame - E30, E33, E35, E37
Sheet - C00, C1 and RV0000

Blanket & Pillow -  BG10, BG11, BG13

Tissue Box & Compress - Y11, Y15, Y18, Y19
Tissue - C00 C1 and 0 Blender

Thermometer - R24, R29 and W1

STEP 12:
Diecut two pieces of designer paper and two pieces of white cardstock using Get Well Soon Die. Cut words apart.  Glue together slightly offset using a glue pen.  Adhere to top of white circle frame.
*tip - will need two sets of words in each paper in order to cut out all three words completely


STEP 13:
Diecut a piece of designer paper using the bottle portion of the Pill Bottle Die Set.
Die cut white cardstock using the cap and heart label portion of the Pill Bottle Die Set.
Glue cap to pill bottle.  Adhere a piece of acetate to back of heart label.
Adhere foam tape to back of heart label to create room for shaker bits.
Add a few heart shaped baking bits to center of pill bottle diecut and adhere heart label over top of baking bits to create shaker.
Adhere to tissue holder using foam tape.




STEP 14:
Decorate with pink rhinestones.




And here is your finished pocket tissue holder!


I hope you enjoyed my tutorial today!

Happy Stamping!

~ Nicolette ~

~ Tutorial Thursday - Pop-up Card ~

Hi everyone!

Nicolette here and today I am sharing with you a fun pop-up card tutorial.  Now I know this idea has been around forever, however, in all my years of crafting, I have never made one these before.  Shocker, I know...right?!  So I thought, if I haven't made one, surely someone else hasn't ever made one and would like to know how, too!

My idea all started with the rockin' Hippos in the new Rock On! Clear Stamp Set and the awesome new musical dies that La-La Land Crafts just released.  I thought how fun it would be to create a stage on the inside of the card and when you opened it up the hippos would pop up as if they were performing their latest hits.

Ta-dah!  Squeeeeeee...how stinkin' cute did my idea turn out?!!!  I seriously couldn't be any happier if I tried!  I chose the blue dotted designer paper from the Blue Christmas Designer Paper Pack for the background as I thought it look liked an actual stage backdrop with stage lighting shining on it.  I really love the effect the paper adds to the design.

To make the words, Rock Star, stand out, I used three different colors of cardstock and offset them from each other to give off that 3-D effect.  Plus, I used my handy dandy tweezers and precision point glue pen and popped the itsy-bitsy teeny-tiny yellow dots into the black Rock Star die cut.  I love how "Rock Star" looks like it is actually lit up with lights.

I, of course, had to add a shaker element to the front of my card.  I offset the stars and added in some yellow, black and iridescent white sequins for some extra birthday fun.

Now let's get down to the fun!

This is a regular A2 sized card with a card base measuring at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Step 1


Using the new checkered stencil from the Everything Is Rosy Layering Stencil Set, emboss a
 4 7/8" x 3 5/8" piece of white cardstock.  I used a pieces of low tack tape to keep my stencil in place.

Step2


After embossing, leave stencil on cardstock and sponge Dandelion and Cantaloupe Memento Ink through the stencil.  Set aside.

Step 3


For steps 3, 4, 5 and 6 I am using a piece of white paper to demonstrate what you would do to a black piece of cardstock so you can see it better.  First, cut a piece of black cardstock to 8 1/4" x 5 3/8" and score at 4 1/8".  Fold in half with the right side of cardstock on the inside.

Step 4


At the fold, (this should be the wrong side of your cardstock) measure like I have done above and cut as shown.  Do NOT cut tabs off.  Fold tabs as shown to create a crease.

Step 5

Turn cardstock over and fold tabs in the other direction to create another crease.  Lay tabs back down.

Step 6


Open card up and carefully invert tabs to the inside of the card.  Close and re-open the card so the inverted tabs will get a good crease in the correct direction and will pop up when the card is opened.

Step7

Die cut a white piece of cardstock using the largest Scalloped Rectangles Die.  Cut a piece of designer paper to 4 7/8" x 3 5/8" and adhere to white scalloped die cut.  Lay this piece on top of black cardstock as shown above.  With a pencil, lightly mark where the tabs will go. 

Step 8

Cut away this portion of the paper slightly wider than the actual tabs.  I used a white piece of paper so you had a visual.

Step 9

Now you can slide this piece in and adhere to card.

Step 10

You will repeat the same steps as you did in Steps 7, 8 and 9 for the floor of the stage except you will use the stenciled piece of cardstock you made in Step 1 and you will leave the tabs attached instead of cutting them off.  *See Step 12.

Step 11


Step 12


This is how I left the tabs.  You can cut them off, however I wanted the hippos to look like they were standing on the continuation of the stage instead of having black tabs behind them.  It's totally your preference.  Adhere this piece to the card.



This is how your stage should look so far.

Step 13


Die cut two sets of curtains using the Stage Curtain Die Set out of white cardstock.  Adhere sides of curtains to card using different levels of dimensional foam tape.  Offset valences together using glue pen.  Adhere to card using a double layer of dimensional foam tape.  I added yellow star diecuts to the valence using the star from the Rock Star Die.

Step 15
Extra Reinforcement Hinge

I needed to create an extra reinforcement hinge to put behind the drumming hippo.  Because I wanted him to sit behind the other hippos, my tab only came out 1/2".  The tab was not tall enough to withhold the size of the image so I created an extra hinge out of a scrap piece of black cardstock and attached it using glue dots.  You can see how it looks in the photo below.

Step 16

Adhere your hippos to the pop-up tabs using strong tape or glue dots.  Fold the card closed so they get adhered really well to the tabs.  Now you can decorate your card any way you would like.  

ROCK ON and HAVE FUN!

I stamped and cut out the sentiment.  I adhered the sentiment to the the smaller Folding Banners Die using dimensional foam tape.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY TUTORIAL!

~ Products Used ~

Rock On! Clear Stamp Set

Everything Is Rosy Layering Stencil Set

Love You More Designer Paper Pack

Christmas Hodgepodge Designer Paper Pack

Blue Christmas Designer Paper Pack

Scalloped Rectangles Die Set

Double Stitched Stars Die Set

Music Notes Border Die

Folding Banners Die Set

Stage Curtain Die Set

Small Stars Die Set

Treble Clef Die

Rock Star Die

~ Copics ~

Hippos - C00 N1 N2 N3 N4/R0000 R000 R00

Yellows - Y11 Y13 Y15 Y18 Y19

Reds - R32 R24 R27 R29 R89

Grays - C0 C1 C3 C6 C7
Browns - E30 E31 E33

~ Misc. ~
Acetate
Sequins
Red Rhinestones
Silver Rhinestones
White Gelly Roll Pen #10
Dandelion Memento Ink Pad
Cantaloupe Memento Ink Pad

Happy Stamping!

~ Nicolette ~

~ 18 Days of Christmas - Day 15 ~

Hello La-La Land Craft's Fans!

Nicolette here and it is my day to share my crafty creation for La-La Land Craft's 18 Days of Christmas.  My card  is not  so much a Christmas card but rather a wintery card.  December can be a hard month for a lot of people who are suffering with the loss of missing loved ones, people who are alone for the holidays, people who have birthdays and are forgotten in the mix of the holiday chaos or lumped into their Christmas present, etc.  So I decided to make a fun shaker card to hopefully bring a smile to someone else who may need a little pick me up at this time of year.



I cannot tell you how long I have been waiting for the Happy Trails Clear Stamp Set to be released.  Ok, it's been ever since I saw it in Club La-La Land Crafts last year.  I have been not so anxiously awaiting for it to be available for everyone to purchase.  I knew the moment I saw the sentiment, "Do Not Feed the Bears", that I wanted to make the bears look like they were wearing different disguises so they could fool anyone and everyone into feeding them.  Can you tell marshmallows are their favorite treat....LOL

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

When my children were growing up, my husband started the 12 Days of Christmas tradition of giving the girls small presents the 12 days before Christmas to take the edge off of the anticipation of Christmas Day.  We always had Christmas Eve gifts of Christmas Day jammies.  Plus, Santa would always bring a family gift like a game we could all spend time playing together.

Now that my children are grown,  Elf (meaning me, Nana) has take over the 12 Days of Christmas for my grandson.  He either hides in fun places, gives small gifts with quirky little sayings that go with the gift or gives gentle reminders to listen to his momma cause Elf is a snitch...LOL

~ La-La Land Crafts ~

Happy Trails Clear Stamp Set

Snow Amazing Clear Stamp Set

A Caroling We Go Clear Stamp Set

This Little Piggy Clear Stamp Set

Things Are Looking Up Clear Stamp Set

Blue Christmas Designer Paper Pack

Pierced Scalloped Circles Die Set

Stitched Nested Circles Die Set

Double Stitched Hills Border Die Set

Roasting Marshmallows Die

Birch Trees Die

Lantern Die

~ Copics ~

Moose Bear - E50 E30 E31 E33 E34/E50 E51 E34 E35 E57 E59

Giraffe Bear - Y11 Y15 Y18 YR23 YR24/E31 E33 E57 E59
Straw Hat - Y11 Y15 Y18 YR23 YR24/0 Blender

Mouse & Bunny Bears - W00 W0 W1 W3
Pig Bear - R0000 R000 R00 R01 R02
Blue Hat - B91 B93 B95 B97
Noses - W0 W1 W3 W5 W7

Happy Stamping!

~ Nicolette ~

Get More From Your Border Dies

Hello, Everyone!

Nicolette here with you today to share with you a way to get more from your border dies.  I don't know about you, but I love finding different ways to use my crafty products.

Border dies are a fun way to create frames for your cards when you don't have the right size frame from another set or you just want something different.

You may think this isn't anything new, however, have you ever used the left over portion of the die cuts to enhance a border or to create a whole new border?

That is what I am going to share with you today.



CARDSTOCK MEASUREMENTS
White Cardstock - 5 1/2" X 11" scored at 5 1/2" to create card base.
White Cardstock - 4 7/8" x 4 7/8 to adhere border die cuts to create frame.
White Cardstock Layer - 5" x 5"
White Cardstock Layer - 4 3/4" x 4 3/4"
Green Cardstock Layer - 4 5/8" x 4 5/8"
White Cardstock - 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" (Background Stamp)
Green Cardstock - 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" (Scallop Circle Die Cut)
White Cardstock - 4" x 4" (Stitched Circle Die Cut)
Green Cardstock - (4) 1" x 6" Strips; (1) 1 1/2" x 6" Strip
White Cardstock - (1) 1 1/2" x 6" Strip; (2) 1" x 6" Strips
White and Green Cardstocks for Leaves

STEP 1
Using the Small Scallop Border Die, die cut 4 borders from the (4) 1" x 6" green cardstock strips.  You will not be using the actual border die cuts but rather the remaining portion you would normally throw away.  You can save the actual border die cuts for a later project.  I save mine in the packaging the die comes in.  Trim off the sides so the scallop portion is remaining.


STEP 2
To create a new decorative border, die cut the 1/ 1/2" x 6" green cardstock strip using the same Small Scallop Border Die.  Lay the die on the cardstock close to the edge and adhere in place using low tack tape.  Run it through your die cutting machine.  Remove die and set border die cut aside.  Turn the cardstock and adhere the die again to the cardstock using low tack tape, this time matching the scallops across from one another.  There should be about 1/8" between scallops.  Run through your die cutting machine again.  Remove die and set border die cut aside.  Once again, you will not be using the actual border die cut.  Trim sides of cardstock.  Now you have created a whole new border.


STEP 3
Using the white cardstock strips, you will repeat the steps above, however, this time you will be using the actual border die cuts except one that you will set aside.


STEP 4
Adhere scallop border die cuts to the newly made green border die cuts using adhesive of choice.


STEP 5
Adhere new borders to the white 4 7/8" x 4 7/8" piece of cardstock.  I like to lay my borders down first to figure out exactly where they need to go.  Adhere the top and bottom borders first then adhere the sides.  Trim edges at an angle (see photo) so they will not show past the next layers that you will attaching.


STEP 6
Stamp the basket weave background stamp from the Stress Free Zone Background Stamp Set using Pear Tart Memento Ink on the white 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" piece of cardstock.  Adhere to green cardstock and adhere to remaining white cardstock layers.  Adhere to card base using foam tape.


STEP 7
Die cut white cardstock using largest circle die from the Stitched Nested Circles Die Set.  Adhere newly created borders offset from each other using adhesive of choice.  Lay border strip over die cut circle to figure out where you would like it to go.  Do not adhere to circle yet!


STEP 8
Lay the stitched circle die over the border strip and adhere with low tack tape.  Run through your die cutting machine.


STEP 9
Die cut green cardstock using the largest scalloped circle die from the Pierced Scalloped Circles Die Set.  Adhere border to white circle die cut.  Adhere to green scalloped cardstock.


STEP 10
Stamp sentiment from the Filler Words - Cursive Clear Stamp Set onto white circle die cut.


FINAL STEPS
Stamp and color succulents from the Wood Planks Background Stamp Set.  These may be succulents, but I think they make beautiful flowers, too!  Trim around images leaving a 1/8" white border.  Die cut green and white cardstock using the Two Branches Die Set.  Adhere leaves offset from each other.  Adhere circle die cut to card using foam tape.  Adhere leaves and stamped images using foam tape.  Adhere silver rhinestones to border.


~ La-La Land Crafts PRODUCTS ~

Wood Planks Background Stamp Set

Stress Free Zone Background Stamp Set

Filler Words - Cursive Clear Stamp Set

Pierced Scalloped Circles Die Set

Stitched Nested Circles Die Set

Small Scallops Border Die

Two Branches Die Set

~ Copics ~

R81 R83 R85 R89

~ Misc. ~
Low Tack Tape
Silver Rhinestones

Pear Tart Memento Ink Pad

Versafine Only Black Ink Pad

HAPPY STAMPING!

~ NICOLETTE ~