C.C. Designs

How To's and What Not's: Half Oval Treat Holder

Happy Monday everyone!!

Laura here today, with a tutorial on how to make this cute little treat holder...

The new by DIEzyne Half Oval Dies were designed to make creating easel cards a breeze, but I always like to find ways to get a little extra mileage out of my dies. That's how I came up with this little idea!

To make your treat holder, you'll need a few basic supplies: scoring board, die cutting machine, by DIEzyne Half Oval Dies, and heavy-weight cardstock.

Start with a piece of heavy-weight cardstock. (My measurements are for using the middle half oval die for the base... adjustments can be made to use the larger half oval if desired) Cut the base piece to 3 1/8 inches x 6 1/2 inches. (I used Bazzill Wax Lips for my base.) Score it at 2 3/4 and 3 3/4.

Line up the Half Oval with the opening facing the score line, hold in place with washi tape if needed.

Cut and repeat on the opposite side.

Now you can fold at the score lines, making sure the pierced details from the dies show on the outside of the treat holder.

Use the smaller Half Oval to cut a decorative piece for the front of the treat holder, lining up the opening of the half oval to the edge of the paper. I used paper from the Doodlebug Back to School 6x6 pad.

Adhere this piece to the front of the holder. You could decorate the back as well, but I only added to the front of mine.

Next up, I made a tag for my little treat pouch. I used the apple image and a partial sentiment from Meoples Royal Magic, and C.C. Cutters Make-a-Card Die #2. The apple is cut out with a 3/4 inch circle punch.

Just adhere the layers together...

...and now you need to punch a hole through the front and back of the treat holder.

I didn't measure for the hole, I just eye-balled it and aimed for the center. :)

Now you're ready to load up your treats... I used Hershey's nuggets for mine, but you could also use lip gloss, small nail polishes... I'm sure there are lots of little gift items that would fit!

To add a little extra detail, I wrapped the nuggets with matching paper. Each wrap measures 1 inch x 3 inches, and is held on with a bit of 1/8" Scor Tape.

Now load them into your pouch... I was able to tie the holder closed tight enough so that the treats aren't going to budge, but if you want to be certain they stay in place, use a little bit of Scor Tape or some glue dots.

I finished it off by tying the tag on with Doodlebug Beetle Black Twine.

The last day of school is approaching fast, and this will make a sweet little treat for my kiddos to pass out at school. It's not limited to school treats though! Just change the colors to make cute party favors, or put names on them for place settings at a table... the possibilities are endless!

I hope you'll give this easy project a try!

 

 

By DIEzyne Half Ovals Dies	New C.C. Designs Cutters Make A Card #2 Die	Doodlebug Beetle Black Twine	Doodlebug Back to School 6x6	Meoples Royal Magic Stamp Set
Bazzill Card Shoppe Wax Lips	1/8" Scor-Tape	Memento Tuxedo Black Regular Ink Pad

 

How To's and What Not's: Blush Tutorial

 

Happy Monday everyone! Jo here, for a really easy tutorial on how I create the blush on my character images. The image I'm using is Swiss Pixie Birthday Eli and the coordinating Cutter Birthday Eli Outline Die.

 

  I created a quick video here showing how I achieve a soft blended look for the blush using Chalk.

I hope you give this blush tip a try. It makes for less mistakes! So this is my final card. I used the "HB2U" die included in the Cutter Birthday Eli Outline Die set for the sentiment.

 I also used By DIEzyne Dies - Big Stitched/Pierced Rectangles, Stitched Flags, Stitched Flags Two and Stitched Strips to cut my pattern paper.

Copics

Skin: E00/E11/BV00

Hair: C3/C5/C7/C9

Top: B32/B34/B37/YG03/YG63

Bottom: E31/E33/E37

Shoes/Candle: B32/B34/B37

Cupcake: Y13/YR23/E31/YG03/YG63

 

 

By DIEzyne Stitched Flags Two Die

By DIEzyne Stitched Flags Dies

By DIEzyne Stitched Strips Dies

Swiss Pixie Birthday Eli

Birthday Eli Outline Die

By DIEzyne Big Stitched & Pierced Rectangle Dies

 

How To's and What Not's

 

Hi, it's Kathy here :)

I coloured up the adorable Rose with Balloon stamp with my copics and then I thought I might try creating a Bokeh effect, but with balloons rather than the usual circles. This stamp's matching die comes with two different sized balloons which is exactly what you need to make this effect work. It turned out to be a really pretty background for her so I thought I'd share how I did it.

 

 

Firstly I sponged 3 different colours of distress ink on to a shimmery cardstock (Broken china, salty ocean and tumbled glass).

 

 

 Then I used the Rose and Balloon Outline die to cut out the 2 balloons from a piece of scrap card.

 

 

I then used this as my stencil. I used a dauber and a white craft ink pad to make the balloons.

 

 

Sponge white ink onto the blue, using a dabbing motion. These balloon will be in the background.  I also tilted the stencil so that the balloons weren't all going in the same direction.

 

 

Then add more balloons, overlapping some.  These are in the foreground.  We want these to be whiter so more ink needs to be dabbed on.  You can move the stencil, making more balloons and then come back later, reposition the stencil, and add more white to certain balloons to make them more prominent.

 

 

I hope you give this background technique a try :)

 

 

C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie Rose With Balloon Rubber Stamp

C.C. Designs Cutter Rose with Balloon Outline Die

Pollycraft Birthday Sentiments

Tie it on - a tutorial

Hi all, Dorinda here with a new edition of...

I've got quick tip on adding tails to balloons on a project.

Once upon a time, I embroidered...a lot.
so I have almost every color of thread.
I really enjoy adding authentic elements whenever possible. 
I think adding that little bit of texture can really change things up.

 

To begin
 I pull just enough off, a few inches, leaving all threads intact and wound.
If the balloon stem is large enough, I can actually "tie" the thread onto the balloon.

As you can see, the larger one will work but what to do with the other?

Well let's do the easy one and get him outta the way.

 

Using about a 1inch glue dot; I cut it in quarters.

 Tie the string around.  Careful not to pull to tightly or you will snap of the end of the balloon

 

Then taking the quarter piece of glue dot, attach it to the balloon and pull the loose string end up.
I also add just a pinch at the base to keep the string together and in the right direction
you can also use a quick dry glue for this.

 

flip it around and super cuteness.

ok, with the little guy, it's obvious, you will not be able to tie it on.

Attach your glue dot to the back, adhere the end with the short tail up, long tail down.

wrap it around, cross the end and add another pinch of glue dot, securing with the long tail up.

now add a pinch of glue dot at the balloons end; securing the end down in the proper direction.

 

 and there you have it

 

If you're feeling really creative, you can always add a bit of "shine"

 

  I use this white opaque pen for my highlights and such. 

Here is my finished project using
Rose with Balloon and her accompanying outline die

 

 

copics used:

Skin: E04, 11, 00, 000, BV25

Hair: E39, 37, 35, 33, 31

Blue: B69, 16, 04, 01

Yellow: E18, 15, 13, Y38, 35, 32

Green: G28, 07, YG06, 01

 

 

 

C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie Rose With Balloon Rubber Stamp

C.C. Designs Cutter Rose with Balloon Outline Die

By DIEzyne Stitched Flags Two Die

By DIEzyne Half Brackets Die

By DIEzyne Stitched Brackets Dies

AmyR Stamps HB2U Sentiments Rubber Stamps

 

Carrot Love Coloring Tutorial

Welcome to our next installment of How To’s & What Not’s. Each week one of our DT Members creates a post with a how-to tutorial or a what not tip.

 This week our project is brought to you by Rosie.

Hi everyone and Happy Monday! It's Rosie here to share a tutorial on how I colored the fur on this cute guy called Carrot Love! I just think he's the cutest bunny ever and he's available in the C.C. Design's Store HERE. The sentiment is from AmyR Hopped Up Sentiment Set.

Copics:

Bunny: E41, E42, E43, E44, N0, N2, Blender/ Carrot: YR04, YR07, YR09, G21, G24

First, I covered my image with my lightest color, E41.

Next, I added some shading with E42 and E43.

Then I came in with my darkest color E44 and started adding little small flicks.

To get a better blend, I started adding dots with E43 close to the darker flicks.

Then, I came back in with E42 and E41 and added more dots in the lighter areas.

Finally I added dots with my Colorless Blender to pick up some of the ink. I let it dry and if I needed more color I came back in adding more dots with E41 and E42.

And here's my image all colored up. :)

Have an awesome Monday!