Tag: Brandie Adams

Tag Mini Album Tutorial with Brandie

Hi there crafty friends! Brandie here with a tutorial on how I made this tag mini album. I know this project isn’t anything we haven’t all already seen before, but it is a great reminder of all the great basic shapes Lori has available.

I used several cut files. 12 Tags (SVG, Silhouette) Tag Mini Album (SVG, Silhouette) Pine Trees (SVG, Silhouette) Fill Life with Adventures (SVG, Silhouette) and Fish (SVG, Silhouette).

Once I had everything uploaded I resized everything to fit 3.5 x 2.5 inch picture. I wanted some varying sizes on the tags so I made some a little smaller and some a little bigger.

 

I got everything cut out and glued the tag pieces together. I cut 12 tags and printed 36 pictures so I needed a way to include a few picture on each tag.

On a couple of the tags I stacked 3 or 4 pictures together, punched a hole in the top left corner, inserted a brad, then flipped the tag over and added washi tape to the prongs so that I wont have to worry about snags or tearing on the next tag.

Another way to add several picture to a tag is to create a washi tape hinge. Place a strip of washi tape at the top of each picture, stack the pictures in a cascade, turn over and adhere to the tag, flip each picture over and apply another strip of washi tape to the back of the picture.

To embellish each tag I used a variety of stickers, washi tape, die cuts, word strips, and twine. I also did a little mixed media on a few of the tags for added texture.

I printed the Fill life with adventures not things on a transparency and placed it on top of a group picture.

The patterned papers and ephemera are from the Gone Camping Collection by Carta Bella.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Brandie

Lace Edge Card with Brandie

Hi there Friends! I’m sharing one of the new Lace Edge Cards with you today (SVG, Silhouette). These cards are so pretty and look great by themselves or embellished.  For the front of this card I also used Lori’s 3D Flower 8 (SVG, Silhouette). I added a few branches, a print and cut sentiment, and some pretty sequins.

I cut the card out of white cardstock then painted the pocket cover with water colors.

I hope this card inspires you to try one of the Lace Edge cards. Have a great week and enjoy the holiday!

Brandie

Frog Bobble Head Favor Box with Brandie

Hi there Friends! Brandie here with a bobble head favor box. I needed a little box to tuck my favorite tube of baby cream and a gift card for a new momma friend.

I used the Favor Box Tuck Flap (SVG, Silhouette) and the Bobble head Card Valentine Frog (SVG, Silhouette). All of the papers come from the Sweet Baby Boy Collection by Echo Park.

I uploaded the bag and card into Design Space. I then removed  the images I wouldn’t be using for this project, resized the frog and banner, and changed the greeting to say Welcome Baby.

I inked the edges of the banner and frog. Assembled the bag, banner, flowers and frog.

For the wobble feature I DIY’ed my own wobble spring. I used 26 gauge wire, a hot glue gun, pencil, and two 1 inch paper circles. I wrapped the wire around the pencil a few times, cut the excess wire, then applied some hot glue to the paper circles, attached the wire spring to the hot glue on both ends, and then used liquid glue to attach the wobble spring to the back of the frog head.

I assembled the bag using liquid glue and attached wobble spring to the bag.

It is hard to tell in still images, but that head is very wobbly! I love that I was able to get the same effect without having to buy anything extra.

That’s it for me today. Thanks for stopping by!

Brandie

 

Pop Up Drawer Birthday Fish with Brandie

Hi there crafty friends! Brandie here with one of the Birthday Pop Up Drawers. You can find them in the Loris shop and in the Silhouette store. Lori has several different options for this fun interactive card. This particular card is headed to a sweet boy but the unicorn is next on my list of this cards to make!

The little drawer is perfect for filling with treats, cash, or a gift card!

If you need help assembling there is also a video tutorial. You can find it here. I hope you give these pop up cards a try.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie

Decorative Cutting Board Tutorial with Brandie

Hi there crafty friends! Brandie here with a tutorial for the decorative cutting board I made for my chicken loving aunt.

I found this cute shaped cutting board at Michael’s they also had a few other shapes as well. But I needed the chicken.

The Farm Fresh Eggs comes from the Farm Animal Dingbats Font. You can find it here in Loris shop and here in the Silhouette store. This type of file is uploaded like a new font to your computer that can then be used in your cutting software.

Once I had the font loaded to my computer I typed out the alphabet until I found the image I wanted. In this case it is the letter O.

I enlarged the image to 8 inches wide and sent it to my cutting mat. I cut the image out of chalkboard vinyl. I like how sticky it is and the texture it gives to the words.

When possible I like to weed my cut images while they are still on the cutting mat. So that when it comes time to place the transfer tape the image is flat and secure.

I centered my cut image on the cutting board using the jute hanger as a guide.

Pressing firmly I rubbed each letter then peeled up the transfer tape.

Here she is all cute and ready to ship. Enjoy the rest of your week and thanks for stopping by!

Brandie