Caardvarks & Hero Arts--dimensional Onesie Baby card

Can you believe this is my first Onesie card? About time already, hey? ;o) This shaped Onesie card is made from Hero Arts digital image set & can be used on the front of a card, as it is above, or it can stand nicely on its own, if you prefer:

1... Digital stuff: KIT from Hero Arts (+a free digi for the tag)
2...create a dimensional onesie shaped card from a digital image
3...Cheap tricks: paper scoring waffle texture & distressing
4...make the sparkly embossed "Priceless!" tag
5...more tutorials (a link to the mini tut. for the scallop)

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from Hero Arts/ Two Peas

This was for a digi challenge atsponsored by

...and it uses this Hero Arts digital set:

Special Delivery

Freebie

"Priceless!" Tags (by me)

(These are mirrored for double-sided tags)

Downloads here:

1 pair of mirrored Large Priceless Tags PNG
1 pair of mirrored Large Priceless Tags PDF


2 sizes of Priceless Tags PNG
2 sizes of Priceless Tags PDF
Teensy "Priceless" Tags PNG

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...create the dimensional onesie
(a shaped card from a digital image)

A little fiddling in Photoshop turned the onesie image
from Hero Arts Special Delivery digital set into a dimensional card:

I used Photoshop to create these pieces:

1) A backside... with just the normal Onesie shape from the Hero Arts set, that I altered by cutting the "bottom" snap piece off (digitally in Photoshop) then pasted it back in--but so that it sticks off the shape instead & can fold up.

For this backside, I wanted some of the image details, but not all, so I just quickly erased a little of them in Photoshop. Ya gotta love the flexibility of digital!

2) A front with that bottom piece cut off
(no need to alter that digitally at all; just cut it off with scissors.)

and leave tabs at the top so it can be added to the back card.

3) A second front layer traced & extended, beneath the front to create a space for the snap area to fit. (It's stitched in white on this version to add a little je ne sais quoi. ;o)

This closure means it can stand on its own...

(as a fun little baby shower invite, congrats, or thank you)

...but to add it to a large card instead I did this schtuff:

A) Made a 5.5" square card with a scallop bottom
& B) Added a stitched mat (on foam tape)

And there ya have it:

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(paper scoring waffle texture
& distressing)

The white on white is a favourite colour(less) scheme,
but I wanted it to have a bit of texture...

(...this sort of distressed waffle texture, like fabric.)

To get the waffle-ness, I just used a paper piercer to score lines all across the image adding all diagonal lines & then cross hatched lines perpendicular to those. Takes a bit of time, but it's a free way to get unique textured paper...(in hindsight this would work better before stitching everything, but it was A-ok as a random afterthought.) ;o)

To make the onesie even more fabric-like,
it's been distressed along all the edges...

(with the edge of a pair of scissors) more free, yay! ;o)

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...make the tag:

A quick double-sided tag.... It's embossed from the
ink jet printer & the PT Incandescent paper has a special sparkle to it...

Step 1) Print & emboss both sides of the priceless tag (at 80%) I embossed using Paper Temptress Incandescent cardstock. (It's on sale for 40% off right now, by the by.)

It gives you really cool embossing (quickly):

(me likey embossing custom computer-printed sentiments.)

Step 2) Reinforce the tags: Cut the tags out & glue them onto cardstock & cut them out again.



Step 3) Sew the tag on: Double thread a needle & knot the end. Pierce a hole where you want the tag & put the needle through. (I used silver thread, for a little bling.)



Step 4) Add the first half of the double-sided tag: Trim the threads & glue on the back side of the tag.



Step 5) Sandwich the other side on to finish it.

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(for the scallop on this card)

There's a mini tutorial on how to make the sturdy scallop
(with 1 and 1/4 inch circle punches) here:

• Onesie image from Hero Arts Special Delivery digital set
• Neenah White cardstock (for the Onesie)
  
• Watercolour paper (for the main card & mat)
  
• Paper Temptress Incandescent cardstock (tag)
  
• Clear embossing powder & heat gun
• Silver glittered patterned paper (from Dollar Store)
  
• Tombow Monomulti & Scor-tape
• Dimensional foam tape
• Paper piercer, needle, & silver and white thread
  
• White knit ribbon (i got it at Dress Sew in Vancouver.)
  
• Small silver snaps & 1/8" hand-held hole punch

Thank you soooooh much for visiting;
here's hoping your day is craftiliscious!

Christmas Morn...à la Mo (faux fabric paper piercing)

Was this You & Yours this morning?

By the by, this is post two for today--here's today's first post. :o)
(I'm tryin' to make up for lost time! hehehe)

This round doohickey is a Christmas stocking topper. Admittedly--thanks to my big bad crash--this tutorial comes a tad late for you to make your own stocking topper this year, but perhaps you can use the wall paper or the faux fabric paper-piecing ideas, anyhow? :o)



1...the digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil
2...making layered paper piecing (+custom wallpapering)
3...create faux fabric paper piecing

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This sweet image is a digital one
called Christmas Morn...

...drawn by the WAY too talented Mo Manning
(of Mo's Digital Pencil fame.)

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do some layered paper piecing
(and custom wallpapering) ;o)

• Mo's Digital Pencil image Christmas Morn
• Printer & Computer
• Paper Temptress Quartz metallic cardstock
• Patterned paper scraps
• Clear embossing powder & heat gun
• Copic markers & Prismacolour Pencil Crayons
• Circle cutter (or something round to trace)
• Ruler, pencil, hobby blade, and scissors
• Quickie glue pen & glitter
• Tombow monomulti
• GCD Paris Nights paper & black marker
  

Step 1) Print the image & emboss it. (This is printed on Quartz metallic cardstock from Paper Temptress that lets you emboss on it from the inkjet printer, if you sprinkle the clear embossing powder on quickly when it's out of the printer and heat set it.)



Step 2) Add glitter to Bella's coat by covering with a Sakura Quickie glue pen & sprinkling it on.



Step 3) Make all the paper piece layers. These are coloured with a combination of Copic Markers & Prismacolour pencil crayons. The patterned stockings are embossed on scraps of paper from a Cosmo Cricket catalogue which I coated in Matte Medium to keep printer ink wet (There's a full tutorial for that cheap little trick at the bottom of this post.) :o)



Step 4) To add the patterned paper wallpaper: Draw a line along a ruler to create a floor line



Step 5) Cut away on top of the line. (I found that cutting with a hobby blade and scissors worked well.)



Step 6) Adhere the layer pieces to the Mo's Digital Pencil Christmas Morn image. I wrinkled the stocking to make them look like fabric. I also distressed the "floor" with a wee spritz of water & sandpaper for some texture.

Here's a shot of the dimension of the layers...

(I glued the paper pieced images to scrap cardstock & undercut around 'em for thicker layers.)

Step 7) Make custom wall paper (this is GCD Paris Nights paper cut in a semi circle and coloured with a black marker.) The marker may need heat setting or drying depending on the paper & marker types. (This GCD paper has a less porous texture, so waterbased marker needed the heat setting.)

Of course, you could use any colour.... Copics are great for this, but I prefer to paint Copic refill colour on to keep from smudging the paper or getting ink on the Copic tips.



Step 8) Adhere the wall paper to the back of the image.

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...create faux fabric paper piecing:

This tutorial was written for digital images, but obviously it would work for stamping too; though, it might take a few tries to stamp a smooth one given the folds. :o)

• Christmas Morn digital image
• Patterned paper scraps
• Glue (I used Tombow Monomulti)
• Matte Medium & brush/brayer
• Printer & Computer
• Clear embossing powder & heat gun

Step 1) Print stockings on any acid free paper & cover with glue



Step 2) Cover the printed stockings with a scrap of patterned paper. I added extra adhesive & wrinkled the thin paper a little to try get it to look like fabric folds.

The pre-printing step might seem weird, you could just print the stockings on a whole sheet of patterned paper, but I wanted to use scraps and wrinkle it by sandwiching a layer of glue--Tombow Monomulti which sets fairly quickly.



Step 3) To emboss the digital image, apply matte medium over the patterned paper & let it dry



Step 4) Print the image with an ink jet printer & quickly sprinkle embossing powder over the wet printer ink. {I much prefer the standard or mid-range quality printer setting.}



Step 5) Heat set the powder with a heat gun



Step 6) Cut the stockings out & stick them on with a wet adhesive like Tombow Monomulti and wrinkle the paper to make it look like it has fabric folds.

Add more layers of paper under them, if you like. (I made the toys chipboard-like for dimension).

...and that's it!

Merry Christmas!!!!


P.S. Thank You ever so much to those who answered in the poll on whether you like the large photos. I'm trying to include both the large flicker photos (at the top) & a blogger photo version (at the bottom) identical pics to have both options and suit everyone's liking. Wish Blogger would just allow bigger photos! :o)

P.P.S. Little Paper Shop has is sharing the sweetest Christmas gift--a PDF with a year's worth of sketches--here.

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