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August 23, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

DIY: Stamped Notebook Cover

Hey crafty friends, Einat Kessler here with a new project for you!

Some of the kids already went back to school and some will do so in a few days. I can just hear a sigh of relief from the moms and lots of complaints from the kids… This project is just the right thing to start the year with a little color and a lot of style.

You can use any notebook that you want to alter and give it your own personal style. The Ann Butler Designs Background Basics stamps can go with any design, shape or wording. You can use them for girly designs and for more masculine designs because they have designs that fit both. I also like their large size and the fact that you can cover a large space on your project.

I stamped the cover of a notebook I made from white cardstocks only on the outer edge. To make sure the line was straight I placed a ruler as a border on the left side of the page and aligned the stamp with it. Once the edge was finished I added a strip of scrap paper to add more color. Finally I colored a chipboard butterfly with Ann Butler Designs Tangelo Crafter’s Ink and added it to the cover.

This project was so much fun I think I’m going to do some more notebooks. Suddenly I wish I was back at school…NAAA!

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

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.

April 11, 2016 By Beth Watson 1 Comment

Faux Quilted Home Sweet Home

Happy Monday everyone!

Beth here on the blog today to share with you a quilt block inspired Faux Quilted Home Sweet Home, houses! A great addition to your Spring home decor, plus they are quick and easy to make in just an evening or afternoon!

Here is what you will need:

Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s® Ink by Clearsnap – Aquamarine, Sunshine, Lilac, Limelight, Tangelo and Berry
Ann Butler Designs Colorbox® Background Basics Stamps – Checks, Diamond, Basket and Picnic
Tombow – Xtreme Permanent Adhesive, MONO Aqua Liquid Glue.
Wooden Houses (unfinished, set of three) found at Michael’s; Pastel Cardstock in Lavender, Pink, Yellow, Peach, Light Green and Blue; Ruler; Pencil; Ribbon; Scissors; Baby Wipes; White Letter Stickers, White Enamel Dots; Three Varieties of Lace.

Here is how I made it:

Step One: Stamp each of the sx Colorbox® Background Basics Stamps by Ann Butler Designs – Checks, Diamond, Basket and Picnic both the square stamps and the triangular stamps with the Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s® Ink by Clearsnap – Aquamarine, Sunshine, Lilac, Limelight, Tangelo and Berry once on the coordinating cardstock. I love how Ann’s brightly colored inks pop off the pastel cardstock colors!

Step Two: Cut out all square and triangular stamped images with scissors. Dry fit colors and patterns on each wooden house shape. There are six sides to each house and six different colors of stamped images, so you can mix and match! Apply stamped images to houses with Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue with the broad tip. Then use the base of the glue bottle to smooth out the paper and obtain a good bond.

Step Three: Apply lace trim to each house with Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Runner.

Step Four: Cut out doors and windows from stamped images and apply to houses with adhesive runner.

Step Five: Apply white enamel dot “door knobs” to each door. Apply letter stickers to each house to spell “HOME SWEET HOME”.

Display on a shelf or coffee table to brighten your Home Sweet Home for Spring.

Make a set to give as a gift for Mother’s Day or to congratulate a friend on their new home!

More creativity and inspiration can be found on Ann Butler Designs Facebook Page.

Thanks for stopping by! -Beth

January 27, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Faux Quilted Fabric Bag

Hello my dear crafty friends! Irit is here today with my Faux quilted fabric bag made with Ann Butler’s fabulous Faux Quilting stamps and her Crafter’s inks.

I need to say that this fabric project we need to make this month is a bit too much for me. I can’t sew and yes, I can use fabric glues. So I made a tote. Kind of. Maybe not ” made ” it as it’s a Canvas Corps one, but at least I decorated it and this I sure can do. And as I only have one tote and I was not sure about the results, I made the front canvas stamped piece just to glue it over the tote.

So here is my tutorial and I hope you like my final project.

Step by step tutorial:

1. Cut a piece of Canvas Corps natural canvas to 10*10” piece with good fabric scalloped scissors. Grab all possible Ann Butler’s Backgrounds Basics stamps from Clearsnap and begin your random stamping with Ann Butler’s Blueberry Crafter’s ink. I used both triangles and squares and just tried to arrange them with a bit of gaps that will be filled later with stiches’ stamps.

This is not a step; just a close up to the stamped surface.

2. Now grab the full set of Ann Butler’s Stitch stamps from Clearsnap and your Aquamarine Crafter’s ink and add some stamped stitches in between the stamped triangles and squares.

3. The last step in stamping was to make this Limelight ink stitch around the piece and over and over the gaps.

4. Iron your stamped piece to make the ink permanent. Then glue it with fabric glue over the bag. I added adhesive lace to make the frame for the stamped piece.

And then added this fabric flower on the top. The handles were also embellished with fabric tape. And also it’s ” self adhesive” I added some fabric glue. Believe me this ” self adhesive” thing is usually ” non adhesive” after a few hours.

I think the result is very pretty. Don’t you?

Irit

January 20, 2016 By Design Team 1 Comment

DIY – How to Create a No-Sew Key Fob

Happy New Year everyone! Tammy Santana here today showing you how to make your own DIY No-Sew Key Fobs. I have seen sewn versions of these, but if you use adhesive backed canvas material, you don’t have to sew anything! My kind of project for sure 🙂

Supplies I used:

Ann Butler Designs Colorbox Crafter’s Inks
Ann Butler Designs Unity Stamp Co 1 Inch Faux Quilting Stamps
Black Felt
Adhesive backed canvas material
Key fob hardware
Jewelers pinching pliers

How I made the Faux Quilted Key Fob:

Stamp adhesive backed canvas material with Ann Butler Designs Colorbox Crafter’s Inks and Ann Butler Designs Unity Stamp Co 1 Inch Faux Quilting Stamps of your choice.

2. Heat set the ink on the fabric using a heat tool or iron on a low setting.

3. Cut the canvas fabric the width to fit the key fob hardware of your choice.

4. Cut black felt to fit canvas piece 1/8″ larger on each side and peel off backing and attach stamped canvas to top of felt.

5. Fold key fob in half

6. Attach hardware using jewelers pinching pliers.

I gave one of the key fobs as a thank you gift, so I stamped some ribbon…

and I made some texture stamped sugar cookies, and wrapped them in an organza bag.

I wrapped the cookies and Faux Quilted Key Fob…

In a stamped kraft gift bag with matching stamped tissue paper and matching stamped ribbon 🙂

Isn’t my gift cute? I love how everything looks coordinated and custom made. It was so easy to make using Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps and Ann Butler Designs ColorBox Crafter’s Inks!

I love to see your projects! Tag me on Instagram @TammySmithSantana

January 18, 2016 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Fabric Pocket Tag

Hi, everyone. It is a New Year and with a New Year comes new Challenges. Our Creative Team was challenged to use fabric in our creations this month and I am showing how to create a Fabric Pocket Tag. If you are following this blog you have seen some amazing creations. If you are not you need to go back and check them out.

For my creation, I am using a piece of canvas and doing a little Faux Quilting on it using Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps.

Supplies Used:

Ann Butler Designs Faux quilting stamps
Ann Butler Designs ColorBox™ Crafter’s Ink: Ocean Breeze and Berry
cardstock
Mini clothespin
6×6 canvas

To create the pocket tag:

Make a pocket pattern from cardstock.
Stamp a pattern using Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps directly on the piece of canvas.
Using your cardstock pattern, cut the pocket out of the canvas.
Sew a border if you desire around the pocket.
To decorate the pocket you can add some embellishments.
Add a ribbon to use as a hanger for your pocket tag.

I hope you enjoyed my project today. For more inspiration be sure to check back here on Ann Butler Designs blog. Also Follow us on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

Happy Crafting.

Alicia

January 1, 2016 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

2016 Journal

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with a 2016 Journal using some wonderful products from Ann Butler Designs.

With Christmas just passing, it’s time to think about 2016. Do you have New Year’s Resolutions? Do you have goals? Do you have dreams and desires? Well how about documenting them in a special 2016 Journal? Using products from Ann Butler Designs, this journal was fun to create.

Supplies:

ColorBox Crafter’s Ink by Ann Butler – Berry, Limelight, Tangelo, Aquamarine, Blueberry
ColorBox Art Screens by Ann Butler – Stars, Waves
ColorBox Art Screens – Mandala
Earth Safe Finish Iridescents – Berry, Sheer Pearl
Flowers
Ribbon
Canvas album
Molding Paste

The covers of this journal are a canvas resist. I began by spritzing the covers with water, then placing assorted color ink pads directly on the canvas. A baby wipe helped blend the colors together.

On the reverse sides of the covers, I also spritzed water and dabbed the ink pads on the covers. Again, I used a baby wipe to blend the colors. For a little more interest, I randomly used the Waves Art Screen and molding paste. On the back cover, I used the Mandala Art Screen and assorted colors of ink.

Several flowers were inked with Iridescents before assembling and adding to the cover with a tag onto which I’ve added 2016.

The pages of the journal consist of watercolor paper, acrylic pages and canvas resist pages. Some pages were torn, some where distressed and all were inked. Lots of room for journaling and photos.

Ribbons were tied to the rings to complete the journal.

Thanks for stopping by today.

November 18, 2015 By Design Team 1 Comment

Fall Stamped Burlap Wreath

Hi everyone! Tammy Santana here from the Ann Butler Designs Creative Team, sharing this clever way to create your own one of a kind Fall stamped burlap wreath.

I am using ColorBox™ Crafter’s Ink by Ann Butler Designs in the colors of: Deep Woods, Tangelo and Canyon

ColorBox™ Background Basics stamps by Ann Butler Designs: Picnic 2, Diamonds 2, and Checks 1

Other supplies:

Roll of burlap

Simple wired wreath form

$99 Store Fall decorations

Glitter cardstock

Tombow EXTREME adhesive Tape Runner

Twine

Mini clothespins

Here is a quick video showing you how to stamp the burlap:

Here is a quick video to show you how I added the burlap to the wreath form

https://youtu.be/_WjeU8Ub8ug

I added some $99Cent Store Fall decorations

I cut some glitter cardstock letters out to add to the bunting I made to drape across the front.

I cut bunting flags out of kraft cardstock and stamped with the background stamps and ink again to coordinate with the wreath. I attached the glitter cardstock letters with a Tombow XTREME adhesive runner. I attached each piece of the bunting to twine with the tape runner and added some recycled denim pieces for added color and texture. I attached the bunting to the wreath with a couple of mini clothespins.

And that is all, easy as can be and so cute! I hope this gives you some ideas for some burlap stamping projects of your own.

Please don’t forget to give my videos a thumbs up if they helped 🙂

November 11, 2015 By Candice Windham 1 Comment

Puffy Stamped No-Sew Fabric Pumpkins

I have been in love with fabric stamping since I first discovered rubber stamping in the early ’90s. Being able to create your own custom fabric for your projects adds an extra bit of distinction, and Ann Butler’s quilt stamp designs give the perfect homey touch to autumn home decor.

Here’s how I did it:

Supplies

Ann Butler Design Background Basics Stamps (Clearsnap)
Ann Butler Design Faux Quilting Stamps (Unity Stamps)
Ann Butler Design Crafter’s Ink, Deep Woods and Tangelo (Clearsnap)
Broadcloth, orange and yellow, about 1 /4 yard per pumpkin
Acrylic block, 5″ x 7″
Double stick tape (Sookwang)
Hemp, brown, about 1 1/2 yards per pumpkin
Twigs, 1″ diameter by 3″ long
Beacon Fabri-Tak Adhesive
Black floral wire, 1/16″ diameter, 8″ per pumpkin
Polyester Stuffing
Silk leaves, 2-3 per pumpkin

Instructions

Cut fabric into rectangles twice as wide as they are tall. For fatter pumpkins, make the width wider. For taller pumpkins, increase the height.

Orange Fabric with Large Stamps

Place double-stick adhesive on your acrylic block and align two of the large stamps one above the other. This makes it much easier to get your lines straight. Stamp diagonally using Deep Woods ink. Repeat vertically to make one line of stamped blocks. Apply two different stamps to the block and repeat, aligning these stamps adjacent to the original stamps. Continue changing back and forth between the two images until you have filled the fabric.

Smaller Stamps on Yellow Fabric

Attach six of the smaller Faux Quilting Stamps to the acrylic block and stamp with Tangelo Crafter’s Ink, leaving about 1/2″ distance all around each impression.

Ink one of the Background Basics Stitching Stamps with Tangelo Crafter’s Ink and stamp in the spaces between the Faux Quilt Blocks.

Heat set the inks if desired.

Finishing

Fold down and press a 3/4″ strip along the width of the fabric and adhere with Fabri-Tak adhesive, placing the adhesive close to the fabric edge and leaving a 1/2″ unglued pocket along the edge

Fold the fabric along the long edge front to front, so that the back side is showing and apply adhere Fabri-Tak, creating a 1/2″ seam along the edge where the fabric comes together. Allow both glued seams to dry thoroughly.

Gather the unglued edge of the fabric and tie with about 6″ of hemp. Place a small drop of Fabri-Tak Adhesive on the knot to secure.

When all the adhesive is dry, turn the fabric so that the stamped side is facing out. Attach a small safety pin to the end of 12″ of hemp and thread it through the pocket along the width of the fabric, pulling the hemp until the edge is gathered loosely.

Stuff the resulting pumpkin with polyester stuffing until full. Pull the hemp tightly and tie it in a knot. Wrap the remaining piece of hemp around the pumpkin to create 4-8 sections, tying it at the top/bottom each time you wrap it.

Apply Beacon Fabri-Tak Adhesive to the end of the twig and push it into the top of the pumpkin.

Attach 2-3 silk leaves to the pumpkin around the bottom of the twig with Beacon Fabri-Tak Adhesive. Curl the floral wire into a spiral and wrap it around the twig base.

That’s it. Easy as pie, and you now have the beginning of a beautiful Thanksgiving centerpiece which can be used year after year.