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October 25, 2016 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

Simple Faux Stitched Hello Card

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here sending you a sweet and cheery hello today.

Supplies:

ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler – Ocean Breeze, Blueberry, Desert Sand
ColorBox® Background Basics by Ann Butler – Stitch Stamps
JoyClair Stamps – Hello Autumn
Spellbinders dies
Whisker Graphics Twine

Using one of the Stitch Stamps, stamp with Blueberry ink on an angle creating a triangular design on white cardstock. Don’t be overly concerned with the center of the design since we will add cardstock across the center. Ink the edges of the panel with Desert Sand. To really hightly the design, mat the panel with navy cardstock.

Die cut 2 Spellbinders flowers. Leaving the die in place, ink with Blueberry and Ocean Breeze inks.

Place a 1″ strip of navy cardstock across the center of the panel and wrap with twine. Add the panel to the card. Cut a 2″ square of white cardstock and ink the edges with Desert Sand. Mat with navy cardstock and add to card with foam adhesives for dimension. Add the 2 flowers created above to the square, arranging them so all the petals show.

Stamp “Hello” with Blueberry Ink. Die cut and ink the edges with Ocean Breeze. Place on the card with foam adhesives.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

October 20, 2016 By Larissa Pittman Leave a Comment

Create a Faux Quilted Background for a Card

Hello, friends. Larissa back with you today to show you how to Create a Faux Quilted Background for a Card. I stamped 4 different stamps across the cardstock using Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Ink. I did alternate the order of the stamps as well as the inks to give it the Faux Quilted look.

tI then colored the little snowman using color pencils and die cut it using an oval die. I adhered everything together using my ATG. Stamping the Faux Quilting background works like pattern paper. You can use any ink colors, cardstock color or Faux Quilted Stamps to get this effect.

Products Used:
Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Ink Evergreen and Canyon

Kraft Color Cardstock
Unity Stamp Co Country Christmas Snowman Stamp
Prismacolor Pencils
Odorless Mineral Spirits
Blending Stumps
ATG

October 18, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Fall Faux Quilted Gift Box

I love Fall and making homemade gifts for friends and family. I also like to make the gift boxes I put the gifts in. This little pillow box took no time to cut out on my Silhouette machine and I really like how the Faux Quilting Stamps gave it some pizzaz.

Here is how I made it…

Supplies:

Ann Butler Faux Quilting Stamps
ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler in Evergreen
Glue Dots Craft Dots
Glue Dots Mini Dots
Orange and green cardstock
Silhouette machine and cutting file
Twine
Fabric flowers

Directions:

1. Cut out gift box using this Silhouette cutting file.

2. Stamp green pieces with Evergreen ColorBox Crafter’s Inks by Ann Butler Designs and Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting stamps.

3. Use Glue Dots Craft Dots to attach pieces to box base, I also used Mini Glue Dots on the corners to secure them. Fold into a box and add your gift now.

4. Wrap twine around box and secure with a knot.

5. Use Glue Dots Craft Dots to attach fabric flower embellishments to the center of the twine.

That’s it! How cute is this little gift box, I know my friend is going to love it 🙂

I hope this has given you some unique ideas on how to use Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Inks and Faux Quilting Stamps in your Fall projects!

October 13, 2016 By Larissa Pittman Leave a Comment

Plaid Stamped Christmas Card

Hello friends. Larissa here with you today with a Plaid Stamped Christmas Card because as you know the Holiday Season is upon us! I know we are probably all focused on Halloween since it is right around the corner. Although I have already started pulling out my Christmas stamps and have them lined up to start my cards and projects.

This morning I turned on a Christmas movie on Netflix and decided to start in. I have a little different card for you today.
I didn’t do a quilt pattern like I normally do but instead I used one of the Faux Quilting Stamps and stamped it 4 1/2 times across the card front using black ink so I could add some color. My inspiration for the card was a blanket I use at Christmas time. I used color pencils to lightly color in the squares.

The sentiment Merry Christmas I hand wrote using a Black Copic Liner. Of course I could not resist adding a little hand drawn Christmas Tree.

To finish off the card I added a few red and green sequins. I had to add a little bling somewhere. 🙂

Products Used:
Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps

PrismaColor Pencils
Black Ink
White Cardstock
Green Cardstock
ATG
Black Copic Multi Liner

I would love to see your Holiday Seasons projects. Make sure to tag #annbutlerdesigns on Social Media so we can see and who knows your project maybe featured on our blog.
Have a wonderful day friends.

October 11, 2016 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

How-to Color a Christmas Stocking

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today to show you How-to Color a Christmas Stocking quickly and easily with Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Inks.

Yes, I know it’s a bit early, but I saw this Christmas stocking in a local store and knew it would be perfect to color with Ann Butler Design’s Inks.

Supplies:

ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler Reinkers – Tangelo, Sunshine, Berry, Limelight, Aquamarine
ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler Desert Sand, Evergreen
Unity Stamp Co. – 1″ Doily Picnic

Using Reinkers can provide a really nice rich color to your project. Using assorted colors, I placed several drops of each color on an acrylic block.

Using a water brush, I added a little water to the acrylic block then proceeded to color the images. For a richer color limit the amount of water you use.

Continue adding color until all the elements have been painted.

Blend colors together if desired.

Finally, stamp a 1″ quilt stamp with Evergreen ink across the top.

This is a wonderful project to do with the kids and they will definitely enjoy opening their stocking on Christmas morning knowing they created and colored their own stocking.

Thanks for stopping by today.

October 6, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Quick and Easy Stamped Tote Bag

Hi, everyone, Tammy here today with a Quick and Easy Stamped Tote Bag tutorial featuring Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps.

I love Fall and all of the fun crafting ideas that Fall colors bring. I thought it would be fun to create a cute Stamped Tote Bag for all of my favorite pens I use for writing in my planner.

Here is how I made it…

Supplies:

Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps
Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks
Blank canvas bag
Denim flower
Scrap denim seam
Fabric adhesive tape
Black crystals
Adhesive for crystals

Directions:

Use Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps and stamp a fun print on the front of the bag with Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Inks in Tangelo, Canyon, Evergreen, and Blueberry. Heat seal ink with heat tool.

Attach a fun mini ball trim with adhesive fabric tape.

Attach some black crystals with adhesive, I used E6000.

Attach scrap denim and denim flower with more adhesive fabric tape.

That’s it! The bag was so easy to decorate and I can’t wait to use my supply bag at my next crafting crop!

October 4, 2016 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

Quick and Easy Fall Stamped Banner

Hi, everyone, Steph Ackerman here today to show you a Quick and Easy Fall Stamped Banner. Fall has officially arrived so let’s start decorating by creating all things fall.

Supplies:

ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler – Tangelo, Desert Sand, Evergreen, Deep Woods
Unity Stamp Co. – 2″ Stripes, Dots, Hearts,
Cricut Expression
Spellbinders dies
Whisker Graphics Twine
Beacon Adhesives
Clothes pins

Using Cricut Expression, die cut two leaves and two smaller acorns from cream cardstock. Then die cut larger pieces from brown cardstock.

Using Tangelo Ink with 2″ Dot stamp, ink all cream pieces. Randomly add Evergreen Ink for visual interest. Ink the edges with Desert Sand and Tangelo Inks.

Assemble each piece onto it’s larger mate.

Die cut additional leaves and letters from Spellbinders dies and green cardstock. Add the leaves to the larger leaves.

Assemble the acorns. Add die cut ovals to each piece with foam adhesives for dimension. Add the stamped die cut ovals and the letters on top.

Ink clothes pins with Deep Woods Ink.

Next, glue twine from Whisker Graphics to each piece and add clothes pins to each. A simple knot at each end of the twine creates the hanger.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

September 27, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Rubber Stamped Fall Wreath

Hi, everyone, Tammy here with you today with a fun Rubber Stamped Fall Wreath tutorial featuring Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamps.

I just love Fall colors and I love to create unique home decor items for my home. This wreath is one of a kind since I stamped the ribbon to add additional interest. Here is how I created the wreath.

Supplies:

Ann Butler Faux Quilting Stamps
Ann Butler Crafter’s Inks
Fall themed embellishments
Smoothfoam wreath form
Adtech hot glue gun
Adtech hot glue sticks
Ribbon
Glue Dots

Directions:

Use the 1 1/4 inch ribbon of your choice and stamp with Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting stamps and Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Ink in the color Desert Sand.

Use a Smooth Foam wreath form and place Glue Dots where you would like to start wrapping the ribbon.

Place ribbon on top of Glue Dots and start wrapping around the wreath form, keeping the ribbon spaced evenly around the form.

Use a Glue Dot to secure the ribbon at the end of wrapping around the form.

When the ribbon is wrapped around the form check to see if all of the ribbon is equally spaced.

Secure Fall embellishments of your choice with a hot glue gun.

Use an additional piece of ribbon to tie a slip knot at the top of the wreath to hang from a wreath hook.

That’s it! I really love how this wreath turned out, plus the fact that is a one of a kind wreath because of the stamped ribbon. I hope this gives you some unique Fall decor ideas using Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting stamps and Crafter’s Ink.

September 22, 2016 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

Fall Cards…Oh so Easy

Hi everyone Steph Ackerman here with a set of fall cards. I love Fall – the changing colors, the crispy leaves, the cooling air. JoyClair has a wonderful Hello Autumn stamp set that, when paired with Ann Butler Designs inks, creates some amazing leaves.

Supplies:

ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler – Desert Sand, Tangelo, Evergreen, Canyon, Deep Woods
Unity Stamps – 2″ dots, stripes
JoyClair Stamps – Hello Autumn
Spellbinders dies
Whisker Graphics Twine

I inked these maple leaves with assorted colors of inks – Tangelo, Evergreen and Canyon. Then I stamped the leaves on white cardstock and fussy cut them. Desert Sand was inked around the edges. Next, the leaves were formed for a more realistic look.

Kraft cardstock was stamped with Deep Woods Ink and a Unity Stamp. The panel was wrapped with ribbon and added to the card base. Twine was tied to the ribbon. The leaves were added to the card with foam adhesives for dimension. “Give Thanks”, from the same JoyClair stamp set was stamped in Evergreen, die cut, and added to the leaves.

My next card uses the same technique on the leaves, however, this time the multi-colored leaves were stamped directly on a panel of white. To emphasize the colors, the panel was inked with Desert Sand, then matted with orange cardstock. Ribbon, was tied around the panel before adding it to a green card.

“So Grateful” from JoyClair was stamped in Evergreen on a scrap of the stamped panel. It was then, die cut and, while still in the die, Tangelo ink was lightly inked over the sentiment. I matted it with brown and added it to the card with foam adhesives for dimension.

So what will you be creating for Fall this year?

Thanks for stopping by today.

September 20, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Faux Quilted Halloween Card

Hey crafty friends, Einat Kessler with a new Halloween project that I hope will inspire you!

It’s coming…. it’s almost here! The best, spooky, yummy holiday…Halloween! Is this your favorite holiday? Even though I don’t celebrate Halloween, I think this is a really fun holiday, not just for the kids. I have an amazing time coming up with spooky and creepy projects to create and this is no exception. Today I’m sharing a simple holiday card that can also be used as an invitation or a table seat card. If you create it in a larger scale it can be a wall hanging or even cut it to triangles and create a banner.

I took out all my Ann Butler Designs 1″ Faux Quilting stamps and the Tangelo and Lilac Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s inks and created this card. I stamped different stamps while changing the ink color to create a purple and orange pattern. You can organize all the stamps on a large acrylic block and then apply the ink randomly to create a less defined pattern. Then I added some black letter stickers and spelled the word Halloween. Finally I added two spiders to complete the spooky look of the card.

This is a really easy and fast card that you can create with your kids. You can use different sizes of Ann Butler Faux Quilting stamps and change the pattern. Just don’t forget to dry your ink with a heat tool to set the color so it will not smear. Have a spooktacular Halloween and don’t eat too many candies 🙂

Have fun creating!