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May 23, 2014 By Design Team 2 Comments

KISS Stamping Card with Faux Quilting Stamps

Happy Friday! Nicole here with a colorful card to share with you all- Rainbow colors have been my current favorite color combination and I wanted to use the Checkered Woven Hearts Stamp Set along with those colors.

Smaller rectangular images were the one I was going for, so I decided to create just that with KISS stamping technique.

You are going to take out a solid stamp set to ink up the colors. I used a small rectangular stamp from my stash and inked it up with Ann’s Crafter’s Ink Pads. They are juicy and bright, perfect for KISS technique!

After inking up your solid stamp set, take out a patterned stamp and put it right on top of the solid stamp, by making them “KISS.” This way your stamp would lift up the colors only where the solid stamp set can reach with its size. So now I have this customized size image to stamp on my card! It is so easy and simple.

I stamped two rows of this image to stamp on the card layer. I think this is a perfect way to bring in lots of colors to the limited stamping space.

Hope you enjoyed my project for today! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Hugs,

Nicole P.

May 21, 2014 By Design Team 4 Comments

EZ-De’s Easy Design Elements Stamps

Hello, Ava here to-day to share 2 pages from a tag album that I am creating. Ann Butler Designs provided her design team with some super large tag’s. They measured 8 x 4 so I am going to make a tag album from these tags.

Step # 1 – Gather your supplies.

Step # 2 – Select co-ordinated papers from Graphic 45, ink up your EZ-De’s 1″ Rail Fence Set A stamps with Ann Butlers ColorBox Crafters Ink and stamp some quilt pattern strips.

Step # 3 – Stamp up 2 long strips of card stock with EZ-De’s 1″ Rail Fence, die cut with the Sizzix rosette die and assemble rosette with Beacon’s Premium Tacky Glue.

Step # 4 – Assemble page with pattern papers, photo and trimmed banners. Adhere ribbon and rosette.

Thanks for stopping by today to see my creation.
If you would like to see more of my creations please check out my blog.

Cottage Life

Enjoy the adventure.

Ann Butler Designs Supplies : EZ-De’s Easy Design Elements 1″ Rail Fence Set A

by Kelly CraftInnovations; Clearsnap Ann Butler ColorBox Crafter’s Ink.

Other Supplies: Beacon’s Premium Tacky Glue, Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Collection, May Arts Ribbon, Sizzix Die.

May 19, 2014 By Design Team Leave a Comment

EZ-De’s Faux Quilting Intro

Hi Everyone,

Today at Ann Butler Designs we would like to share a video that will show you how easy it is to create faux quilting patterns with our Ez-De’s Design Element rubber stamps by KellyCraft. Ann demonstrates how to achieve faux quilting patterns that you can then use to create beautiful designs on paper and fabric. This video will give you the basic techniques to get you started. Be sure to stay tuned as Ann adds additional videos to our website that will take you from a beginner to an expert in this fabulous new technique in no time! Whoever would have thought that quilting could be so easy! Simply said…Ann Butler from Ann Butler Designs!!!

Creatively yours,

Lisa Rojas, Design Team Coordinator

Ann Butler Designs

May 15, 2014 By Design Team 2 Comments

Faux Quilted Mini Album

Here is my project for May. I Designed a mini album using the stamps as my guide and created a quilt star. I used the origami paper fold technique.

Here is the cover

Here is the inside of mini.

Here is the back of mini.

Close up of stamping on cover.

I used the following materials in this Project

2″ All Over Leaves Stamp by Ann Butler and Unity Stamps Triangles and square

Prima Lyric paper collection

Black soot Distress Stickles

WOC Roses

Prima white blooms

Foam Thickers.

Variety of wallets size photo’s from Family Photo shoot.

Thanks for joining me.

May 9, 2014 By Design Team 2 Comments

Stamped Little Houses Gift Tags

Hi everyone! It’s Carmen here today and I’ll be showing you my latest stamping project using Ann Butler’s Crafters Inks and Faux Quilting stamps.

I send out a lot of packages and always like to wrap each item up with lots of ribbon and a cute personalized tag. Usually I use purchased tags but this time I decided to make my own. The 1″ Faux Quilting square and triangle stamps reminded me of little houses so I spent a lovely couple of hours stamping and drawing fun tags to go on all my packages. A binder ring keeps the tags organized while a metal tin box stores everything together. And there is just enough room in the tin box to fit a black marker for adding a quick note to the back of a tag.

Here’s how:

Materials and Supplies:

Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamps by Unity Stamp Company – 1″ Diamonds and Plaid, 1″ Stripes/Dots/Hearts

Ann Butler Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Tangelo, Aquamarine, Lilac, Limelight, Berry

Small plain paper tags

Black permanent marker

Metal tin box

Instructions:

1. Using your choice of stamp pad inks, stamp a square and a triangle to make a little house on each paper tag (I love the mix of patterns and colors!) Outline the house with the black marker. Add details.

2. Thread the tags onto a binder ring and store the tags and marker in the metal tin box.

Easy peasy! Wouldn’t these be adorable gifts to make with a youngster? They are almost to cute to give away – but do because now you know how to make more! Enjoy!

May 5, 2014 By Design Team 2 Comments

Monogramed Stationary Set

With Mother’s Day around the corner and a bunch of graduations I thought it would be very nice to create something to encourage written communication. I love a thank you on an email or social media, but getting REAL mail is a treat and lost are so make some fun and easy stationary for a gift. Pictured below are the supplies I used! (This is also the first project put together in my redesigned studio!)

Ann Butler EZ-De’s Stamps , Faux Quilting Stamps, Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink, College Rule Notebook Paper, Business Envelopes, Address Labels!

I love the Flourish Alphabet Stamp set!

Using the boarder in Yellow with the initials in two colors is so fun! This is the envelope!

Use the same border stamp in different colors on your paper.

Use the matching 1″ square stamp for the printed out address labels!

Love these stamps!

Hope you enjoyed this project. Make sure and check out Ann Butler’s page on Facebook as well.

Happy Creating and Check out my Blog Too!

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April 28, 2014 By Design Team 2 Comments

Faux Washi Tape with Faux Quilting Stamps

Hello my dear crafty friends! Irit is here with my new tutorial: Faux washi tape made with Faux Quilting stamps and Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Inks.

It’s a very easy way to make your own washi tapes in different colors and patterns and then to use your new tapes for any kind of crafty project.

This is my own version of faux washi tape, made with medical paper tape you can buy in every drugstore for a very low cost. So buy one and you can make your washi in no time!

1.Adhere 6 long strips of paper tape over some non sticky surface: I used the original one, but any smooth plastic works. Adhere your tapes with spaces: we are going to color them with inks and we don’t want to combine colors this time. So make like 1/2” gap between each tape over the surface.

2. Color each strip with different Ann Butler’s Crafter’s ink, using a make – up sponge or any other tool you own.

Let the ink dry a lot! I didn’t want to dry it with a heat gun as I was not sure about the result for the backside delicate tape adhesive.

3.Now re- arrange your dry painted strips close one to another as we are going to stamp over them with one single stamp. I did this over a vellum as I wanted the ” washi” remain transluscent.

Pick any 2” stamp pattern you like and use it to make 2 different colored tapes with the same pattern. Use any black permanent ink you own.

Now I just made this sample card with diagonal cutting of my stamped faux tapes over dry embossed background. Then I inked both inner panel and the background card with Aquamarine ink and added some small embellishments. The circled sentiment is a double die cut and I inked it a bit around

Now it’s your turn! Make your own tapes and play with Ann’s fabulous stamps and inks to make more patterns and more finished projects

Product list

Ann Butler’s products

Crafter’s Inks: Berry, Limelight, Aquamarine, Sunshine, Tangelo, Lilac

Leaves All Over 2” Faux Quilting Stamp

Other products

Die- Die Versions

Embossing folder- Sizzix

Pearls- Prima

Cardstock- American Crafts

April 24, 2014 By Design Team 6 Comments

Unity faux-quilting stamps Celebration Card

Happy Friday everybody! This is Roberta and today I am sharing a cute card I created using Ann Butler Design 2″ square faux-quilting stamps and inks! I LOVE the 2″ size of these borderless cling stamps; being borderless means that I can stamp a seamless, continuous line or large area!

I plan to make several cards today and tomorrow using these stamps and because I am not

Crafter’s Ink Flavors!

yet sure what shapes and designs I will be using I like to make the best use of my time and supplies by creating large worksheets from which I can cut or punch out later. I started my card by taking 4 different stamps and stamping them on a 12×12 white cardstock.

I chose to work with ColorBox Crafter’s® ink by Ann Butler in Berry, Aquamarine, and Lilac. Ann Butler Designs faux-quilted stamps I used were from the Leaves all Over and the Diamonds & Plaid collections.

Other supplies used

Banner die-cut card from Studio G (Hampton Art)
18 gauge wire
Makin’s Clay for the balloon
Rhinestones- Darice adhesive back acrylic gems
alphas – Basic Grey Mint Julep
ribbon – Maya Road
Adhesive – Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
pop dots
Glossy Accents

: clay base for my balloon before I stamped it

: a little dimension and texture never hurt anybody, right?

: Just cut stamped cardstock to fit!

i cut 3/4″ strips to peak through the banner. I actually wound up gluing them onto a separate piece of cardstock, trimming them to be flush, and then re-gluing to the actual card

Thank you for stopping by today ~ Roberta

April 21, 2014 By Design Team 4 Comments

Faux Quilted Card

Hello, Ava here to share a faux Quilt Block that I made for my card. There are lots of quilting resources on the web; pinterest, you tube, blogs, websites and google all of which can bring you plenty of inspiration.

Start with gathering your supplies and of course you are allowed to change your mind at any time through the quilting experience.

Step #1

Using 2 different stamps from the Ann Butler 1″ Doily Picnic stamp set; stamp 1 row of each of the different stamps onto a 10 inch by 4 inch strip of 110 lb Core’dinations Cardstock.

Step #2

Trim your 2 stamped strips to 3/4″ wide and then cut your squares 3/4″ again. Cut 8 squares measuring 3/4″ x 3/4″. Do this again with the other pattern stamp strip as well as your plain cardstock strip using the same measurements. So, before you start, pile up your 3 types of squares, (2 different stamped patterns and 1 regular cardstock)

Step#3

Have your quilt block template pattern that you have decided to use for your project in front of you. Using an adhesive tape runner, place plenty of strips of glue onto a 3″ x 3″ cardstock square. Follow your chosen Quilt Block pattern and start repeating the pattern for your card by cutting and placing your papers onto your cardstock block.

Step # 4

Once you have everything figured out and in place, mat your 3″ Quilt Block and assemble your card elements onto your card base.

Step # 5

Stamp your card with a sentiment of your choice.

Ann Butler Designs Supplies

1″ Doily Picnic Ann Butler Designs, Unity Stamp Co. Stamps

Clearsnap Ink, Ann Butler Colorbox Crafters Ink, Lilac & Shineshine

Other Supplies

Core’dinations Cardstock, Core Essentials Pastel Collection & 110 lb Cardstock

Tombow Stamp Runner Adhesive

Westcott Brands scissors

May Arts Ribbon

Viva Pearl Pen, Ice White

April 17, 2014 By Design Team 1 Comment

Mixed Media ART Panels

Happy Friday! Paula here to show a fun little Mixed Media Art. I now share my creative space with my teenage daughter. We are in the process of adding some new pieces. Here’s one that I just finished.

Start with a few supplies.

I had a 3-pack of 4×4 Burlap Panels that I purchased at a local craft store. I wanted a little texture, so I used Liquitex Modeling Paste and mixed a bit with Aquamarine Iridescents from Earth Safe Finishes.

After achieving the color you like, take a spatula and spread the paste on opposite corners of one of the panels and set aside to dry. The time will depend on the thickness of the paste. As you can see from the photo, mine was not too thick, so by the time I finished some other stamping, it was dry.

Please note the following steps can be pretty much done is any particular order. When doing a project like this, I will start a specific task, then come back at a later point and add additional steps. So, if you do choose to create, please read through before (just so you don’t get to a step and realize my image looks a bit different) 🙂

Using EZ-De’s Flourish Alphabet Stamps, stamp all 3 panels with A, R, T. You may have to work around wet paste.

Next, use 2″ Stripes.Dots.Hearts Faux Quilting Stamps by Ann Butler for Unity Stamp Company to randomly stamp on panels. I used only the Dots, but any of the patterns would have been an excellent choice! After stamping the dots, I used a dot stencil, a brush and the modeling paste on random areas of the tiles.

At this point, I put everything aside and let dry overnight. When returning, I used my Earth Safe Finishes Aquamarine Iridescent Paint around the edges of the panels. Using the same dot stencil as above, I stenciled the actual Aquamarine paint over the lighter paste/paint mixture, just to give a bit more dimension. I love the shimmer of this paint. The photo below shows it a little, but it really is gorgeous in person!

I used 3D Crystal Lacquer on top of each of the letters, as well as random other places on the panels.

Hang onto the wall with VELCRO® Brand Removable Picture Hangers.

That’s it – my happy Burlap ART panels! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!