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July 5, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Pinwheel Straw Party Favor

Hi everyone, Tammy Santana here with a fun pinwheel party favor for your end of Summer party. I can’t believe how early school starts in Southern California this year. We go back mid-August, so I”m starting my end of Summer party planning already. These pinwheel straw decorations really bring a fun and simple decoration for sodas at a party.

Supplies:

Ann Butler Designs Backgroud Basics Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks
Cardstock
Label paper
Silhouette machine
Silhouette cutting file for pinwheel
Glue Dots® Adhesive

Instructions:

Use a Silhouette machine to cut out pinwheels from yellow cardstock and also from white label paper.

Use Ann Butler’s Background Basics stamps and Ann Butler Designs Crafter”s Inks to stamp fun designs on the label paper pinwheels. Attach the stamped pinwheels to the cardstock pinwheels for a two tone effect.

Bring sides of pinwheels with holes into the center and attach a flower brad.

Cut strips of label paper and add adhesive to back side of one end and then attach that side to the back of the pinwheel.

Peel off protective layer of label paper to expose adhesive and place a straw in the center. Fold over strip to attach straw to pinwheel.

You can use the straws as decorations, for centerpieces or to drink out of. I really love how festive these look with the stamped designs on them. They will add a fun element to my end of Summer party for sure! I hope this has given you some creative ideas on how to use the Ann Butler Designs Background stamps.

June 23, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Stamped 4th of July Greeting Card

Hi everyone, Tammy here today with a fun 4th of July greeting card tutorial featuring Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting stamps. If you are going to a party for the 4th, this would be a great card to include with a hostess gift or you can even use it as a invitation for a 4th of July party. The Faux Quilting stamps on the cardstock gave the card so much additional interest, I really love how it turned out.

Supplies I used:

Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Backgroud Basics Stitch Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks
Cardstock
Silhouette machine
Silhouette cutting file for card
Glue Dots® Adhesive

Directions:

Download cutting file and use a Silhouette machine to cut out the cardstock pieces.

Stamp the cardstock pieces with Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting stamps, Ann Butler Designs Background Basics Stitch stamps and Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks

Assemble card with Glue Dots adhesive as per the directions included with the cutting file.

I really love how this greeting card turned out, and it even folds flat for mailing! I know the card will be a big hit with the friend I am giving it to for 4th of July 🙂

June 21, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Last Minute Easy Father’s Day Cards

Hi everyone, Tammy here today with a fun and easy last minute Father’s Day card tutorial. I can’t believe Father’s Day is almost here! My daughter likes to make her dad a Father’s Day card every year, and this year she decided to use Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamps and my Silhouette Machine to create her card. I love how it turned out! We had such a great time making our cards together, here is how we did it…

Supplies:

Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Background Basics Stitches Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Background Basics Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks by ColorBox in Aquamarine and Tangelo
Adhesive
Cardstock in yellow and blue
Silhouette machine with cutting file

Directions:

Purchase Father’s Day cutting file from the Silhouette Design Store and cut out pieces of the card from colorful cardstock.

Stamp pieces with 1″ Ann Butler Desings Faux Quilting Stamps and Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Ink in Aquamarine

Assemble the pieces of the card with adhesive

Add your sentiment inside, and you are done with the first card.

For the second card, cut out the card using a cutting file from The Silhouette Design Store and Silhouette Machine. Stamp the tie with Ann Butler Designs Background Basics Stitches Stamps and the collar with Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps. I used Ann Butler Designs Background Basics Stamps on the pocket. Ink colors are Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks by ColorBox in Aquamarine and Tangelo

All you need to do is insert a gift card in the pocket and you are done! I hope this tutorial has given you some fun ideas for making Father’s Day cards with Ann Butler’s Designs Faux Quilting stamps and Crafter’s Inks by ColorBox.

June 16, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Artist at Work Tag

Hey crafty friends, Einat Kessler here with a new project for you! Do you have a craft room where you work or just a desk? Do your kids disturb you sometimes, or any other family members? I’m not talking about those cute cats that come and sit on your project exactly when you don’t want them to. I’m talking about people who know how to read… It happens to me all the time! I have a craft studio where I work, or at least try to work and people come in all the time to take scissors or glue or craft knife or to ask me something…you know what I mean. Anyway I decided to gently let them know they are disturbing me by creating a little tag for my door.

I used one of the tags in my stash and I wanted to make it really colorful so I used two Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks Tangelo and Blueberry. I used the Ann Butler Designs Stars art screen to create a pattern on the tag. I started with the Tangelo first and then moved the art screen a little and used the Blueberry ink. This created a double pattern in two colors. Then I want around the edges with a blending tool to smudge the ink a little. Finally I took tp roll and used it a s a stamp. I applied the Blueberry ink to the edge of the tp roll and stamped the tag. I added “Artist at Work” on the tag with a black pen.

I have to say that the tag is hanged on the door but it doesn’t really help… it still feels like a train station in here Lol! You can customize the tag by changing the art screen and the ink colors and of course you can create a bigger size sign, maybe it’ll help…

Have fun creating!

Einat

June 14, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Fancy Gift Card Envelope

Hello my dear crafty friends!
Irit, here and this is my new fancy gift card envelope tutorial using Ann Butler Designs amazing Faux Quilting Stamps , Iridescents paints and her Stitches stamps.

So here is my tutorial:
1. Arrange a few Stitched Nesting circles dies (Die Versions) over thick white cardstock and die cut them.

2.This is how the negative looks after the die cutting and later I am going to cut it to fit the envelope size.

3. Paint the negative with Ann Butler Designs Iridescents paints in Lilac, Lip Gloss and Ocean Surf. Stamp over the dry painted cardstock using Ann Butler Designs Stitches stamps and permanent black ink.

4. Take the die cut circles and stamp over them with Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting stamps by Unity, using a watermark ink, Clearsnap Black pigmented ink and heat emboss with black embossing powder. I used 2” stamps from different sets and you can see the patterns here.

5. And now without any more step by step photos- my final project.

The stamped and heat embossed circles were painted with the same Iridescents colors with the add of Sunshine. Arrange those painted circles inside the painted negative. Cut it to the Kraft envelope size to cover the front. Cut another piece for the sentiment made with stickers.
Add the Makin’s Clay fairy that was made with a mold. The fairy was painted with a mix of the same Ann Butler Designs Iridescents and glued over envelope front.

Cut another piece from the painted cardstock and add as the closure on the envelope back. Add a piece of Velcro to close the envelope.

This technique is great for card making, ATC making and a lot more of easy to make craft projects and I hope you will use it some day.

Ann Butler’s products used:
Faux Quilting stamps – Unity
Background basic Stitches- Clearsnap
Iridescents paints- Earth Safe Finishes

June 9, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Card and Envelope with Faux Quilting Stamps

Hi crafty friends! Einat Kessler here with a new project. I just love sending cards in the mail and even more so if the envelope matches the card. So this easy and quick project is all about matching colors and patterns.

envelope and card

I started with stamping the card and envelope with a pattern of Ann Butler Designs 1″ Faux Quilting Stamps. I used different stamps and different Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks. I used a large acrylic block to arrange the stamps in a row and then applied the inks in a random way and stamped both the card and envelope. Then I took a baby wipe and applied a little of the inks as background to add a little color to the envelope and card. I didn’t want a busy pattern because it’s not allowed on the envelope and I wanted it to match the card, so I created a very minimal pattern.

I used green and blue colors of the ink because they look so pretty when they mix together, which is exactly what happened after I used the baby wipe. This was something I didn’t plan on but turned out really cool, don’t you think?

If you change the colors of the inks or the size of the stamps, you know Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting stamps come in 2″ and 3″ too, you can change the set’s vibe completely. You can even create a few of these cards and envelopes and give it as a gift for someone you love 🙂

I left the card empty because I still don’t know what I’m going to use it for… But I’m sure who’ll ever get it will have fun opening the envelope and discover what’s inside.

Have fun creating!

Einat
Einat

May 26, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Pink And Orange “Thinking Of You” Card

Hello and thank you for stopping by the Ann Butler Designs blog today. Tammy Santana here with a fun shaker greeting card tutorial using Ann Butler Designs Crafting Inks and Ann Butler Designs 1″ Faux Quilting Stamps. As you can see, I love to create fun projects with bright and bold colors and this Summertime greeting card was so easy to make and embellish with Ann’s fun to use products!

Supplies I used:

Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks by Clear Snap
Pink and orange card stock
Silhouette machine and greeting card cutting file
Glitter
Adhesive tape runner and adhesive foam tape

Directions:

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I used my Silhouette machine to cut out a Silhouette Design Store greeting card file from both orange and pink card stock

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I removed the back portion of the pink card leaving the decorative front to stamp. I used Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps and Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks to stamp a fun pattern on the card for some cute and unique decoration.

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I heat sealed the ink with my heat tool. Then, I ran the pink stamped card front through my Xyron machine to create a sticker.

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I adhered the pink card front to a piece of acetate trimmed to fit the card.

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I turned the card over and placed thin foam tape strips around the perimeter, to allow enough height to hold glitter, to create a shaker card. Next, I removed the tape backing to expose the double sided tape before carefully adding the glitter, using a piece of paper that I folded in half, to create a funnel.

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Next, I added a second layer of acetate on top of the double sided tape to create the shaker card overlay. I used an adhesive tape runner on the pink areas on the back of the card and then turned it over and placed it on top of the orange card base.

I really love how the glitter looks with the faux quilting stamped on the card. It really adds interest to what would have been a cute, but plain card. I hope this gives you some inspiration to create some fun and unique greeting cards with Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps and Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks!

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May 17, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

SunRay Rainbow Card with Ann Butler Designs Background Basics

Hello, all! Paula here with a SunRay Rainbow Card with Ann Butler Designs Background Basics. We had a few warm days here in the Northwest, but the last few have been rainy and overcast. I wanted a little sun, so decided to do a very bright and fun sunray card! Let’s start!

This truly is a simple card. I started with gathering several colors of Ann Butler Designs ColorBox Crafter Ink I chose the following colors: Blueberry, Ocean Breeze, Evergreen, Tangelo, Aquamarine, Limelight, Lilac, Berry and Sunshine. Coordinating cardstock was selected to go along with each of the inks, and was able to use leftover pieces or scraps I had. I used only one stamp, Ann Butler Designs ColorBox Background Basics in Basket, for the entire card. After stamping each piece of cardstock with each ink color, then I cut the pieces in random sunray shapes.

I used a white cardstock as my base for the card. I adhered each of the sunray pieces around the card. Use a circle punch and white cardstock to cut a circle to put in the center of the sunray. I took each color of ink and rubbed around edge of the circle cutout, as well as around the entire base of the card. I used a marker to write the sentiment.

That’s it for today’s quick and simple! I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy a bit of sunshine!

Thanks for stopping by!

Paula

May 12, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Scrapbook Layout and Video with Ann Butler Designs

Hello, my lovely crafty friends! Heather here today with a scrapbooking layout. I created this layout using tons of Ann Butler Designs products and I had so much fun creating it!

Products used:

How I did it:

First I took the Lattice Art Screen and placed it on a white Cardstock and took the Iridescents in gold pearl and spread it over the art screen.
The Iridescents created this perfect amount of shimmer and the Gold Pearl is absolutely amazing!
I then sat that aside to dry, then I took Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps and stamped them out on some white Cardstock in the ColorBox Crafters Ink by in the colors Berry and Aquamarine.
I then cut each of the triangles out and placed them on pop dots around the pictures.
Next, I used thickeners for my title. Lastly, I mixed some of the Iridescents with a gold mist and put gold splatters all over the page.

There is a video of my process and pictures as well.

I hope you all enjoyed my project and I hope you all have an amazing day! Thanks for stopping by.

May 10, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Lollipop Flowers with Background Basics Stamps

Hey, crafty friends, Einat Kessler here with another project! I don’t know where you live, but here, spring has arrived in all its glory. Everything is blooming, the sun is shining and the days are getting longer. So I’m in the mood of flowers and I came up with a really cute way of creating flowers and reusing metal wires.

I love to use paper flowers in my projects. The kind that, come, with a metal wire. I simply cut them and use only the flowers and usually I throw away the wires. Then, I started thinking why not make new flowers to attach to the wires?

I started by stamping on a white piece of cardstock with Ann ButlerDesigns Background Basics Stamps by Clearsnap. I used bright happy colors of Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Ink such as Tangelo, Berry and Canyon. To tell you the truth I don’t clean my stamps in between stamping so all the colors blend together and I get really pretty colorful effects.

After the ink was dry I punched out four 1″ circles from each background stamped image and folded them in half. Then I attached each circle to another circle creating a 3D lollipop. Each lollipop flower was created from four circles and before attaching the fourth circle I attached the metal wire, creating a sandwich with the papers. Then I stamped some Ann Butler Design Faux Quilting stamps on the white cardstock with Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s ink in LimeLight and then, cut out leafs. I attached the leafs to the wire as well.

If you want to create bigger flowers just use a larger punch. You can use a scalloped punch for even more beautiful edges. Use wooden skewers for stems and create a spring buke of lovely lollipop flowers to decorate your table or window.

Have fun creating!

Einat