PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: The Very Best of Recent Pinterest Pins

CARD CHICKS REUNITE!

The projects we made last week included a few modifications to Pinterest pins I recently added to my boards. The first was a simple EXTRA gum craft:

I purchased the gum packages from Costco and the decorative corner punch is by Martha Stewart. The base was created on my computer and the Chicks stamped the "SWEET" (from Michael's Dollar Bin) then added embellishments. It was fun to see all of their creativity as they were all different when completed ^_^

HERE is the Original Pin:

Then they made a simple tri-panel card (using Stampin' Up's banner punch) that can be modified to fit any occasion. The card folds up and fits into those standard envelopes sold in drugstores or dollar stores. (The actual box of envelopes is shown below in the last photo for this project):

INSIDE VIEW

Inside Sentiment: SU You Are Loved

Outside Sentiment: Michael's from Dollar Stamp Bin

MEASUREMENTS:

6" by 9 3/4" DSP

Along the 9 3/4" side,

score at 3 1/2" and 7" then use a 

decorative punch on the far right edge

 Here's a birthday card I made using the same idea:

...and a thank you note:

NOTE: You get 80 envelopes in one box!

TIP: Line the envelope with matching paper

For the third project, the Chicks made a simple embossing folder card using the SU Bird Builder Punch:

Outside Sentiment:

Express Yourself (SU)

Inside Sentitments:

You Are Loved (SU) and

Heard from the Heart (SU)

HERE is the original Pinterest pin:

The last project was the Valentine Kitten Treat:

The details were explained HERE in this previous post. Here are some final Card Chicks pics that made me smile:

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: A Valentine Treat

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Tonight is another meeting of my Card Chicks and one of our projects is cased from a Pinterest pin and the perfect project for our group of cat lovers: A cute kitten Valentine treat with two Hershey's Kisses inside!

Original Pin HERE

There were no instructions included, so I created my own version and the measurements are below:

They needed a little something to really tie in the Valentine's Day theme, so I added a base using a Martha Stewart heart border punch and added a saying from SU's Teeny Tiny wishes:

Here are my measurements:

CAT:

2" x 7" piece of medium weight DSP

Along the 7" side score at 3" and 4"

(NOTE: If making a lot of these kittens, start with a piece of 7" x 12" card stock. Score along the 7" side at 3" and 4" then turn along the 12" side and cut every 2".)

BASE:

3" x 3" white card stock

Because I was going to make a zillion of these favors, I made a template for cutting the ears using a 2" x 3" piece of card stock, I placed a dot at 1" down and 1" across in the center. Then I drew a line from each corner to the dot and cut along the lines. 

• Before folding each 2" x 7" piece of card stock, use the template to mark the cut lines for the kitten ears 
• Add a small glue dot to the inside of each ear point and add a small piece of red sticky tape on the inside surface in the center of the base 
• Use a 1/2" punch for two eyes and two parts for the mouth then adhere them to the front panel
• Add a small glue dot where the mouth circles meet - slightly towards the top
• Place three 3" pieces of twine or thinly cut pink card stock side-by-side on the glue dot
• Place a small glue dot on the inside of a small heart and adhere it over the previous glue dot
• Pull the whiskers to the top and bottom to spread them out
• Using a 02 Micron black pen, add a set of dots under each set of whiskers
• For the bow, cut off the bottom points on two small hearts and glue them to the ear by aligning the cut edges together then place a large adhesive pearl over the seam
• Use a bone folder lightly along all fold lines
• Hold two Hershey's Kisses or Hugs side-by-side and adhere them to the sticky tape 
• Adhere the ears together via the small glue dots by carefully aligning front and back ears

NOTE: I used TomBow white glue for the eyes, mouth and bow hearts so that I could move them exactly into place once they were added to the kitten. Also, the glitter paper for the hearts really made these kittens pop!

I hope to make a lot of people smile when they receive these kittens with chocolate goodies inside!

CARD CHICKS: Fall Meeting

We had another fantastic night of paper crafting with the Card Chicks last Friday night and here are the pics from our fun meeting:

Stampin' Up's Four Feathers and For All Things

Sentiment Inside: Papertrey Ink's Autumn Hills

Ghirardelli Purse Treats

See the Directions at the End of this Post

Envelope Punch Board Mini Treats

For directions, click HERE...and these were the

the sunburst cards we made:

 Inside View

The bats were made using a butterfly punch as shown below:

Original Pin HERE

Here's a slight variation of this technique that I think is easier: Punch out a butterfly in black paper then use the space directly above the negative to punch again to create a bat. 

 Sunburst Variation using Photos

(Bat punch on this card by Martha Stewart)

Variation Three

Sunburst cards are quite simple to make once you learn the secret of using a line down the center of a 5" x 2 3/4" piece of medium weight DSP! Start your own sunburst card using four different pieces of 1 1/2" x 4" pieces of DSP cut on the diagonal then click HERE for the post with the rest of the instructions...and I also shared with my Card Chicks some of the PF Chang's gift card bags that my BIL had received through the years:

...and here's the "after" once they were decorated and recycled for another use:

Tiffany brought each of us some adhesive gems, a spool of sparkling black ribbon and a Ghirardelli chocolate square!...and here's the flashlight I found in the dollar bin at Target. I added a tag and some batteries and voilà!

Now...for the goodies we feasted upon!

...and these YUMMY table snacks that Mel also brought:

...and the decorations:

 Lights On

Lights Off

We ended the evening playing this addicting game:

This is the Pinterest pin below that led me to modifying this paper craft for our Fall Card Chicks Party - I love how they can be modified for any occasion or party!

Click HERE for the original pin. Click HERE to go directly to Qbee's Quest blog post for the instructions. Here is the set of purse instructions I made for the Card Chicks:

·        On medium weight 11 ½ x 3” DSP, score at 3”,  5 ¾” and 8 ½”

·        If making 4 purses at a time, start with 11 ½” x 12” scored as stated above along the 11 ½” length, then rotate 90 degrees and cut at every 3”

·        Cut in 5/8” from each side at the 5 ¾” score line

·        ON THE PRINT SIDE OF THE PAPER, place 2 medium/large glue dots or ½” sticky tape above and below on each 5/8” cut line

·        Add a piece of 5 ½” ribbon for the purse handle adhering each end at 2 opposite glue dots – angling the ribbon slightly towards the center

·        Fold RIGHT/PRINTED sides together at the 5 ¾” score line and pinch to secure that glue dots stick

·        At the edges furthest away from the fold, add 1/8” sticky tape along each side

·        In the center of each square closest to the center fold, add a glue dot or some sticky tape to hold the chocolate square

·        Adhere a chocolate approx. 1/8” above the score line

·        Lift up each flap to the top and adhere slightly above the 5 ¾” fold

·        Embellish as desired