Saturday, October 5, 2013

Best Wishes on World Card Making Day 2013!


     Celebrating Friendship on World Card Making Day 2013


       Welcome to a special World Card Making Day Blog Hop  
       post from the Design Team Members of Poppystamps.  If 
       you are following the hop, then you arrived here from
       Jeanne Jachna's blog.  

       Good friends are there for you in good times and bad. 
       Sometimes it is nice to say thank you to your friends.  Is 
       there a better way to say thanks than with a handmade 
       card and a yummy candy bar?
       The image below is the finished product. As luck would 
       have it, I had cardstock that complimented the colors of 
       the candy bar's original wrapper.
Step 1: For this bar, dimensions for other bars will vary, I cut an 8 1/2 by 11" paper at 10 1/2" in length.  I scored the card stock and at 3 1/4", 3 1/2", 6 3/4", 7". 

To reproduce this, you will need to measure your bar and determine how wide and how thick it is to determine your sizes and scoring.











Step 2: Measure card stock to create the frame for the image. This should be slightly smaller than the base of the panel.

Step 3: Cut another piece of cardstock slightly smaller than the background panel (from Step 2) and adhere to the background panel.
Here comes the fun!  
Step 4:  Run the run the Viva Tree Die [#903] from Poppystamps through a die cut machine on another piece of paper [color does not matter as you are not using the die cut but the empty space the die cut left behind].  
Step 5:  Carefully remove the tree. There will be two pieces that will fall out (see image below with arrows).  These pieces will fall out as they are not connected. Simply place your template over the image panel and using a temporary glue adhesive [I used a glue dot] and gently put them back in place and begin sponging into the area left empty by the tree.  Once the tree is sponged gently remove the template and the two extra pieces.  





       
Step 6:  Die cut the Sitting Cat Die [#860] by Poppystamps and use the card stock as a template and sponge a darker color for the cat.  You should not need to adhere the cat template.
Step 7:  Adhere your image panel [and background panel] to your candy bar cardstock wrap.
Step 8:  Add the greeting - trim a piece of the ivory (or white) card stock for the greeting.  I used Poppystamps So Much [CS308B] Cling Stamp.  I used a marker and colored the greeting and a leaf, then I selected three other colors and colored the additional leaves and finally a brown marker for the stem.  Stamp the greeting and adhere it to the colored panel slightly under the tree image to allow a little of the colored cardstock to peek through.
Step 9:  Finish it!  How you finish it is up to you.  I chose to use a burlap ribbon and simply tied a small knot and trimmed off the ends of the ribbon. This holds the card candy bar wrapper in place.  Other options include closing the wrapper with double sided tape, glue, glue dots, etc.  Using a ribbon to hold the wrapper closed keeps the bar from sliding out and allows the recipient to save your sentiment.  

Supplies you will need:
Poppystamps Sitting Cat Die [#860]
Poppystamps Viva Tree Die [#903]
Poppystamps Cling Stamp: So Much [CS308B]
Cardstock (3 colors - one for the wrapper, one for the colored panel, and one for the image/greeting panel)
Burlap ribbon (or similarly colored ribbon to cardstock) to close the wrapper
Adhesives
Ink & Markers
Candybar 














Above is a photo of the wrapper and the candy bar used. 
There are three colors of cardstock used, the wrapper (Step 1), the background panel (Step 2), and the image panel where you will do the ink sponging (Steps 5 & 6).  The image panel cardstock color is also used for the section where the greeting is stamped.

If you don't want to create a candy bar wrapper you can easily create a card and use this as the front panel and line the inside with a blank panel where you can personalize the card by handwriting a little note to the recipient.











Thanks for stopping by.  Next time you want to say "thank you" to a friend, say it with chocolate and a great card wrapper featuring Poppystamps!

Be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs you visit as part of this blog hop as there will be hidden prizes along the way.  

You have until midnight US EST on October 10 to leave comments. Winners will be announced on Friday, October 11. Four random winners will be selected from comments left on all the Poppystamps Designers' Blogs.  Each winner will win one of the following dies:



Now that you have visited my blog [and left a comment], hop on over to check out Lezlye Lauterbach's blog.  If you came directly to my blog and want to start at the beginning click Poppystamps Blog.




62 comments:

  1. Hi Kimberly! Great post! I love the design and the directions so I can case you! Is that MAPLE BACON CHOCOLATE???? Sounds yummy!

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  2. It is Maple Bacon Chocolate and it is Fab! Case away! That makes me happy! I sometimes forget what great templates the paper where we die cut out of make with a little sponge, spritz or even embossing.

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  3. Great tutorial! the final product looks so great! Congrats!

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  4. wonderful use of the tree. love your design

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  5. Your card is stunning. I love that it's simple but so pretty.

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  6. Beautiful card! Great use of the negative space :)

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  7. pomysłowa i efektowna kartka:)pozdrawiam

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  8. Love your post and card!!!! beautiful card!!!!!!

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  9. so creative....love that tree die...putting it on my wish list

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  10. I have wanted to try this technique for a long time - your directions are easy to follow and I want to try it now (using a glue dot to hold the little pieces that aren't attached!) thanks!

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  11. What a fabulous gift idea! Love the tree and how you used the reverse image. I have never seen that candy bar before but am sure it is something my husband would love.

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  12. What a great way to give somthing "sweet"!
    Hugs from the Netherlands,Hanny♥
    http://tierelantijntjes.blogspot.nl

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  13. What a splendid gift idea Kimberly, your wrapping looks really wonderful! Take care and enjoy the blog hop, Ira x
    Ira’s Crea Corner

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  14. What a great idea! Simple and sweet!

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  15. What a lovely idea to make a personal present. This bloghop is great, I see so many different things. I'm off to the next one.

    Have a nice weekend,
    Henriëtte

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  16. Thank you for tutorial. Good idea :)

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  17. What a fun project. Thanks for the instructions. Love the tree and cat!

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  18. What a yummy way to celebrate the day. Thanks for the tutorial! Happy WCMD!

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  19. I have given a lot of friends fancy chocolate bars as thank you gifts so I really LOVE this idea! Thanks so much for sharing the steps with us. The design is really adorable.

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  20. Clever and fun!! Thank you for the directions!! I LOVE THIS!! Judy

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  21. thanks for the tutorial. Great idea!

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  22. Very Yummy candy bar wrapped design Kimberly.

    Hugs Diane

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  23. Very cute candy bar wrapper--I like the tree and the cat.

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  24. Love your card, Kimberly. Thanks for sharing.

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  25. Happy World Card Making Day to you! Such a stunning card...Thank you so much for the step-by-step tutorial!

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  26. Linda tarjeta, el arbolita me fascina

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  27. Happy WCMD! Love your wrapper and card. What a great technique idea! TFS ;-)

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  28. Thank you for the great tutorial! I love the wrapper and this would also make a great card. Well done!

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  29. Pretty card! I love the look of the soft sponging!

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  30. Maple Bacon Chocolate - oh my goodness there is such a thing......your wrapper is great and I have never thought to use the cutouts as a template that is a great idea.

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  31. What a nice and simple way to show your appreciation of someone.

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  32. Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments. I am so pleased you like the concept. For those who'd like to try the candy bar, I purchased it at World Market. Actually, I confess, I purchased 3. One is gone, one is here and will be given as gift on Tuesday, and the other I stashed in the freezer. It really is sinful and not overly bacon"y". It is more smokey??? Where is Alton Brown with his culinary descriptions when I need him? Don't forget to look at my fellow design team bloggers! Their work is fantastic!

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  33. Wow...what an amazing project. I love those sweet autumn colors, just beautiful.

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  34. Love this project! What could be better...papercrafting & chocolate!

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  35. Great card! Thanks for the tutorial.

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  36. Awesome project! I never would think to use the negative of the die the way you did. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  37. Thank you for the great tutorial. I love your candy bar wrapper!

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  38. Great card. A lovely way to show you care

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  39. Cool idea! Love that you included the cat under your tree! Wonderful project. :) Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  40. What a lovely idea! I really like the Viva tree die and it works really well as a stencil too!

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  41. Wrapping a candy bar is a wonderfully easy thank you. Love that you used the die to make a stencil. I'm also impressed with putting a candy bar in the freezer! As much as I like frozen Three Musketeers, they never make it that far.

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  42. Thanks for share everything!!! Really nice work!!!

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  43. A very different and tasty idea!

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  44. gracias por el tutorial, linda tarjeta!!

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  45. This is great! I belong to a group of women who make cards and share ideas and I think this would be a great project to show to instill some new creations. Thank you!!!

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  46. Pero que hermosa tarjeta, muchas gracias por el tutorial!!!

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  47. Love this warm and fuzzy card. The kitty is precious!!
    <3 J

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  48. Thanks for the tuto! The three looks so soft and i love the cat ^.^

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  49. Hello Kimberly!!! great job!!! thanks for step by step!!! I am your new follower now!!!!

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  50. beautiful project! love chocolate...yummmy!!!

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