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June 5, 2015 By Vishu Reberholt 2 Comments

Patterned Paper with Ann Butler Design Stamps

Hello Blog Friends! Its Vishu here today to show you how easy it is to make patterned paper with Ann Butler Design Stamps and inks. What you do with these pretty patterned paper well the sky is the limit. I decided to make a gift box and its 4″ square box.

Design Star Vishu makes patterned paper using Ann Butler Designs Stamps #DIY #giftwrap #patternedpaper

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Products Used:

Earth Safe Finishes™ Ann Butler Iridescents Powders
ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler: Limelight, Berry, Ocean Breeze and Sunshine
Unity Stamp Company Faux Quilting stamps by Ann Butler: 2″ Leaves All Over
ColorBox Crafter’s ® Ink – Night
White cardstock, sponges, ribbon.

First I colored by white cardstock with the ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler and then stamped the image with black ink. While the ink was wet I brushed some iridescent powder to give the patterned paper a shimmery look, no sure if you can see it……but the paper looks really pretty and sparkly.

The rest of the box was pretty easy to put together. I scored and cut at the desired dimensions and my box was ready.

Lastly I embellished the box with some ribbon and handmade paper flowers.

Hope you enjoyed this project of creating your own patterned paper with Ann Butler Design Stamps and Thanks for stopping by.

June 3, 2015 By Steph Ackerman 1 Comment

New Home Décor – Welcome Sign

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today using Ann Butler Designs Iridescents from Earth Safe Finishes™ to create a new home décor – Welcome Sign.

I wanted to create a pretty, but rustic looking, home décor project. I first began by painting a wood sign with Sheer Copper Iridescents along the top and Pearl Iridescents along the sides. Once dry, I added a bit of texture using the Basket1 Stamp from ColorBox® Background Basics by Ann Butler Designs which I also painted with Sheer Copper Iridescents. I repeatedly painted and stamped the board until it was covered.

I wanted large letters on the sign so I lined Ann Butler Designs Flourish stamps from Kellycraft on the panel. Then I inked the stamps with Deep Woods Colorbox Crafter’s Ink®, then embossed with clear embossing powder.

A number of flowers were painted with a combination of Sheer Copper and Pearl Iridescents, assembled and then adhered to the board.

To finish my home décor project, I placed rhinestone swirls about the flowers.

What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by today.

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May 29, 2015 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Add texture with Art Screens

Hello Crafters!

Zoey’s here again for another quick and easy project made with Ann Butler’s products on how to add texture with art screens.
Every month I try to create as many ATCs as I can and I keep all my ATCs in a small box that I make myself out of cardboard. To keep them organized, I usually create a “cover ATC” with the number of the month.

Products I used:

– ColorBox Crafter’s Ink ® by Ann Butler ( Lime green )

– Colorbox ® Art Screens by Ann Butler Designs (Lattice)

– Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamp 1” Diamonds & Plaid

I added some water to a piece of cardstock cut to an ATC size and I squeezed the wet paper in my hands, I heat set it and then I opened the paper and added ink over the crease. I kept adding color with a brush mixed with water.

I cut the piece of white cardstock in two little pieces and I adhered the piece to a cardboard base. After I added some ink throught the Art Screen, I stamped with black ink in the middle. I love adding texture with Art Screen especially by rubbing over some ink. This way you will add texture without adding too much bulk.
All I wanted was to add a bit of black here and there, and I found that stamp perfect!

Another way to add texture with Art screen, is of course by using modeling paste, so I added some modeling paste through the Art Screen stencil and I let it air dry.

While the paste was drying, I made another flower using the same technique I explained in my last post that you can read here. I love making these flowers because they are easy and quick to make…!

I glued to the background pieces of paper or scraps that were lying on my desk, I glued down the flower, a small tag a chipboard and the number six of course for JUNE.

And here’s the final project… I will adhere this “ATC” on my box that will contain all the ATCs made in June. Are you interested in taking a look to the one I did so far?
Let me know and I will post picture in my next blog post!

I hope you had fun and got inspired! Stay happy, stay creative…till next time!
Ciao, Zoey

May 25, 2015 By Design Team 1 Comment

Layered Faux Quilted Thinking of You Card

Hi everyone! Hope you’re doing well and that you have beautiful weather wherever you may be!! Paula here today with a Layered Faux Quilted Thinking of You Card. This card may look as if there is ‘tons’ going on, but really it’s quite simple.

Let’s get started.
Supplies:
-Ann Butler Faux Quilting Stamps 2″ Stripes. Dots. Hearts.
-Ann Butler Faux Quilting Stamps 2″ Doily Picnic
–Colorbox Crafter’s Ink ® by Ann Butler in Canyon and Desert Sand
–Colorbox Embossing Powder ® in Clear
-Cardstock, fabric lace, paper lace doily, pearl embellishments, embossing folder

One of my favorite things to do and add a little dimension to a card is to use ink in an embossing folder. All you need to do is take your ink pad and just cover the inside of the folder itself. I just rub it all over. I used the Ann Butler’s Colorbox Crafter’s Ink ® in Canyon for this step. You will want to ensure you have enough coverage depending on the detail within the embossing folder. Then you place your cardstock inside the folder and run through your die cut/embossing machine. I inked the edges of my piece afterwards.

Layered Faux Quilted Thinking of you Card #annbutlerdesigns, #handmadecard #fauxquilting #stamping

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Next step is using the Faux Quilting Stamps. Have I said how much I love these and how versatile they are? Today, I used a couple different sets and just placed them randomly on my block. Again, I used Ann Butler’s Colorbox Crafter’s Ink ® in Canyon. After stamping the image, I used Clearsnap Clear Embossing Powder to give just a bit more dimension.

Next step is to ink up the paper lace doily and fabric lace pieces to be used on my card. For this, I used Ann Butler’s Colorbox Crafter’s Ink ® in Desert Sand. Both of these pieces will just be used as embellishments on various places on the card.

Now, it’s time for assembly. What I love about doing pieces like this is that once I stamp the images, I end up cutting them in various shapes and sizes to layer upon one another. After cutting these, I do ink the edges to stay consistent with other pieces. As you can see below, with the one stamped image I created above, I was able to create two separate cards –very similar but just a little different. The sentiment I used on these were thinking of you, but I ended up writing in ‘on Mother’s Day’ because I wanted to send to my Mom and Mother-in-Law.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card! Let’s see what you can create with Ann Butler’s Faux Quilting Stamps!!
Have a great day!

Paula

May 23, 2015 By Larissa Pittman Leave a Comment

Handmade Card Round Up

Good morning, friends. Larissa here with you today. I am here to share with you, a Handmade Card Round Up with Ann Butler Designs products.

We start with Ann Butler. Her favorite card can be found in the current issue of Bella Craft’s Quarterly. Did you know that you can get a FREE copy of the magazine? Just click here Bella Craft’s Quarterly and it will take you to the current edition. The magazine is filled from cover to cover with amazing creations from very talented artist. If you have missed past issues there is a place you can download them as well.

The Design Stars show their favorite cards #annbutlerdesigns #designstars #diycards

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My Favorite card:
Faux Quilting Card

Vishu
Celebrate

Steph
Bring on Spring

Beth
Spring Fling Gift Tags

Zoey
Hello You

Carmen
Pop Up Stamped Bouquet Card

Paula
Faux Quilting Dual-Embossed Spring Card

Roberta
Unity Faux-Quilting Stamps Celebration Card

Kristi
Tombow Fun

I hope you enjoyed looking at out favorite cards. If you would like to learn more about a specific card click on the link above the card. Don’t forget you can subscribe to our blog or Like us on Facebook to be inspired DAILY.

Have a wonderful weekend, friends.

May 22, 2015 By Design Team 1 Comment

Add clay to your projects

Hello Crafters! Zoey’s here today to show you how easily you can add clay to your projects!

Products I used are :

– ColorBox Crafter’s Ink ® by Ann Butler ( Deep Woods, Evergreen, Berry, Sunshine )

– ColorBox ® Background Basics by Ann Butler ( Basket 1 )

– Makin’s Clay

With the square shape cutter I cut out few pieces of white clay. I never worked with clay and I was amazed by how easily is to work with that product!

After I cut out the square I pressed it over the ColorBox ® Background Basics by Ann Butler Basket 1.

After doing the first square, I actually realized that it was going to be faster if I rolled down the clay and then stamp over it before cutting all the square.

how easy it is to add clay to your projects #makinclay #annbutlerdesigns #mixed media

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I let the clay dry and meanwhile I added old paper to my tag background and started coloring it with ColorBox Crafter’s by Ann Butler in the green shades. I smudged the ink pads over my craft sheet, spritzed water over them and then used a brush to color the background.
I also stamped with the same stamp I used for adding texture to the tiles. After making sure the clay was well dry, I glued the pieces over the background and colored the tiles as well.

I let it air dry because I wasn’t sure the reaction with heat gun, so while I was waiting I grabbed other book pages and colored them using the same technique I did for the background, this time using Berry and Sunshine. I randomly cut circles out of the colored book page and stacked the circles to make two flowers.

To make the flower blend better with the background, I added some strips of paper that were left over and let some Berry ink drip down the background. I also added some other details, like black floss, a small tag, two buttons and the sentiment.

I darkened the edge of the tag and added a piece of twine around the tag hole.

And here’s the finished project! What to you think about it? I hope you will like it and that you also will try to add clay to your projects! It is really easy !

Thank you for reading this post, stay happy stay creative….till next time!

Ciao Zoey

May 20, 2015 By Larissa Pittman 1 Comment

Faux Quilting Card

Good morning, friends. Larissa here with a simple
“Faux Quilting Card” for you today.

I just love using these stamps to make quilt patterns. I usually stalk Pinterest and find a pattern I like then try to recreate it using stamps. I do not sew. I do have a nice sewing machine and it is my goal to learn to sew, but I am addicted to these stamps.

Faux Quilting Card #fauxquilting #annbutlerdesigns #stamps

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I used:

Earth Safe Finishes Ann Butler Iridescents medium, Limelight
ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler: Aquamarine, Berry, Ocean Breeze and Sunshine
Unity Stamp Company Faux Quilting stamps by Ann Butler: 1″ Stripes. Dots. Hearts and 1″ Doily Picnic
White Cardstock and a piece of colored cardstock for your mat
White Ribbon
Paint Brush
Small Rhinestones

Instructions:
Stamp 8 of each of the two triangle stamps.
Cut each triangle out.
Adhere each triangle to cardstock with adhesive in pattern shape.
Adhere the rhinestones to the middle of each pinwheel pattern
Paint the ribbon with a paint brush using the Limelight Iridescents.
Adhere the ribbon to the front of the card and with the extra tie a bow.
I cut a Hello die cut out of a piece of scrap paper that I sponged the same ink colors on.
Adhere the card front to a solid color mat then to the card base.

It is so simple to create a Faux Quilting Card. Again just pick your pattern and go with it.
Ann Butler Designs has a line of different Faux Quilting Stamps so the possibilities are endless. Find your pattern either from a pattern book. Google search it or look at Pinterest and your half way there. The only other thing you will need to do is pick your colors and paper.
We would love to see what you create. Send me a message on Facebook with a link to your card and you could be featured on our blog. You must use Ann Butler Designs products. I can’t wait to see your creations.
Have a wonderful day friends.

May 13, 2015 By Beth Watson Leave a Comment

Faux Quilted Candle Jar Wrap

The end of the school year is almost upon us and what would be a better gift to give that special teacher, but a yummy candle jar decorated with a {FAUX QUILTED} wrap! Quick and easy to make with the kiddos help!

Here’s What You Need:

Ann Butler Crafter’s® Ink by Clearsnap – Ocean Breeze, Limelight, Aquamarine, Berry, Sunshine, Tangelo, Bark and Lilac

EZ De’s 1″ Rail Fence Set A

EZ De’s 2″ Checkered Woven Hearts

Ann Butler {Faux Quilted} Stamps by Unity Stamp Company – 2″ Doily Picnic; 2″ Diamonds & Plaid and 2″ Leaves All Over.

White Cardstock; Buttons (4); String; Scissors; Acrylic Stamp Block; Baby Wipes and Pinking Shears.

Here’s How To Make It a Faux Quilted Candle Jar Wrap:

1.) Place Striped Rail Stamp (from the EZ De’s 1″ Rail Fence Set A), upside down on stamp block. Ink with Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink in Aquamarine, stamp along edge of cardstock.

2.) Place Solid Square Stamp (from the EZ De’s 2″ Checkered Woven Hearts Set) on stamp block. Ink, then stamp with Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink in Lilac, Tangelo, Ocean Breeze, Berry, Limelight and Sunshine. Repeat as needed to fill width of cardstock.

3.) Repeat Step One along the top edge of the 2″ colored squares.

4.) Place the Striped Rail right side up on stamp block, ink with Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink in Bark, stamp over lower Aquamarine Stripe. Place Star Rail right side up on stamp block, ink with Bark, stamp over upper Aquamarine stripe. Randomly select square and triangular stamps from the 2″ Doily Picnic, 2″ Diamonds & Plaid and 2″ Leaves All Over {Faux Quilted} stamp sets, ink in Bark and stamp over solid colored squares. Let ink dry completely.

5.) Thread string through buttons and attach to center of Faux quilted Squares with Tombow USA Adhesive Dots. Cut out with pinking shears, wrap around candle jar, securing with Tombow USA Xtreme Permanent Adhesive Runner.

Thanks for stopping by! -Beth

May 6, 2015 By Vishu Reberholt Leave a Comment

Strip Pieced Faux Quilted Card

Hello, Crafty Friends, Vishu here today with a Strip Pieced Faux Quilted Card . Couple days ago I tried a quilt card and it seems to have struck a crafty cord so sharing another one today.

Products Used:

Ann Butler Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Ocean Breeze, Canyon, limelight, Tangelo

Ann Butler 2″Faux Quilt Stamps by Unity Stamps

cardstock, glue, embossing folder

First I stamped the faux quilt images on a white cardstock and then cut the image into 1/2″ strips

Then on a 4 X 5.25 inch cardstock I made the quilt pattern, I played around quite a bit before I decided on the pattern and then glued the strips and embossed it with an embossing folder to give it the quilt look. I then layered it on a black cardstock and then the card base. Embellished the card with a sentiment and rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by………don’t forget to stop by again for some more crafty inspiration.

May 4, 2015 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

Background Basics Mini Card Set

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with a quick and easy Background Basics Mini Card Set.

Gather up some cardstock, flowers, brads, punches as well as Ann Butler Designs Stamps and Inks from Clearsnap and these cards come together in less than 30 minutes.

Ann Butler’s new foam stamps from Clearsnap come in 3″ square and 3″ triangles and 4 different styles.

Using Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Ink in Aquamarine, Canyon and Blueberry, I stamped three different faux quilting stamps on white cardstock. I cut around them leaving a little border which I then inked with the same color used on the stamps.

I cut cardstock 3 1/2″ x 7″ and folded to create 3 1/2″ square cards. The stamped panels were centered on the cards. Flowers were added to the corner and the sentiment were stamped with the same color as the quilted pattern.

I’m thinking of making several more of these cards and giving them as gifts. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by today.

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Hello Blog Friends! Its Vishu here today to show you how easy it is to make patterned paper with Ann Butler Design Stamps and inks. What you do with these pretty patterned paper well the sky is the limit. I decided to make a gift box and its 4″ square box.

Products Used:

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today using Ann Butler Designs Iridescents from Earth Safe Finishes™ to create a new home décor – Welcome Sign.

Products I used:

Hi everyone! Hope you’re doing well and that you have beautiful weather wherever you may be!! Paula here today with a Layered Faux Quilted Thinking of You Card. This card may look as if there is ‘tons’ going on, but really it’s quite simple.

Hello Crafters! Zoey’s here today to show you how easily you can add clay to your projects!

Good morning, friends. Larissa here with a simple “Faux Quilting Card” for you today.

Instructions:

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with a quick and easy Background Basics Mini Card Set.

Good morning, friends. Larissa here with a simple
“Faux Quilting Card” for you today.