Happy New Years Tag and Card by Pam Bray

Happy New Year and "huge" Thank You to all of our Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts fans!!! We are always so excited when you come to the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Blog to see all the wonderful items that we create using Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts chippies!

Today I am sharing my combination New Year Tag and Thank You Card using Tags In A Box Display, Feathery Flourishes Set, Filigree Frame Shape Set, Damask Singles, and doilies. 

Adhere pattern paper to the top of one of the tags from Tags In A Box Display. Lay stencil on top of prepared tag; apply crackle paste with palette knife. Dry.

Paint Damask Singles and Feathery Flourishes Set with paint; allow it to dry.

Stamp the Feathery Flourishes Set with black paint; dry.

Adhere doily to top of tag.

Adhere prepared Damask Singles and Feathery Flourishes to the top of tag.

Emboss Filigree Frame using Boss Gloss and Rust Embossing Powder.

Add to top of tag with pop dots.

Add twine and silk bow to front along with the "Happy New Years" banner to complete tag.

For my Thank You Card....use the same designer papers along with the same techniques on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts chippies.

Adhere chippies to prepared card front.

Add "Thank You" sticker to front of card.

Add prepared frame to top of card.

Along with pretty bows.

Thank you again for stopping by and please follow along with us Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts! Hugs Pam

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Supplies

Tags In A Box Display

 Feathery Flourishes Set

Filigree Frame Shape Set

Damask Singles

Doilies (Contact Store)

Other Supplies:

Graphic 45 Children's Hour

May Arts Tan Twine and Slate Silk Ribbon

Tim Holtz Stamp and Stencil Set

DecoArt Media: Yellow Green Light, Carbon Black, Yellow Oxide, Titanium Buff, Crackle Paste

Stampendous Rust Embossing Powder and Boss Gloss

Kraft Card Base

Glossy Accent

Adhesive

Pop Dots

Vintage School Desk by Gloria

Hello, it is Gloria with you and it is my turn again on the blog! I had a blast creating the Vintage School Desk and matching mini album! THE VINTAGE DESK AND MINI ARE NOW AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE.

The desk is an adorable representation of the desks used in one-room school houses all across America! I used Graphic 45 vintage school papers to cover the desk and the mini album. The mini sits on the seat in the front of the desk.

The desk is approximately 6" tall and 6" deep, and 5" wide across the seat. The mini is 4 3/4" x 5 1/4" with rounded corners.

The back of the desk shows the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts attention to detail! Check out the pencil holder and the ink well. The desk also has some storage inside! Simply adorable!

Here is how you make one for yourself!

1. Prepare the desk pieces by wiping them with a cloth and sponging the edges with brown ink.

2. Cover the inside surfaces of the desk side and seat pieces with decorative paper.

3. Cover the outside surfaces of the desk and seat pieces with contrasting paper. I did not cover the bottom slats or the desk top as I wanted them to look like wood. I sponged brown ink onto those pieces.

4. Use a strong glue to assemble the desk. Sponge the edges with brown ink. Cut a ruler image from the G45 Place in Time paper and glue it to the top of the desk.

5. Select the pieces desired from the Vintage School Shape Set (coming soon).

6. Use various inks to color your shapes.

7. Sponge the frame and five pages of the mini album with brown ink.

8. Choose vintage school papers to cover each of the five pages of the album, front and back.  Glue the frame to the front of the first page. Decorate as desired. (See each page below.)

Page 1: Cover the front of this page with Graphic 45 ABC Primer (1, 2, Buckle My Shoe) paper. Glue the frame to the top of the page. Decorate with the Vintage School Shape Set and images cut from the paper.

Page 2:  Cover this page with Graphic 45 ABC Primer Jumping Joan paper. Add a belly band (G45 Place in Time September) and flash card image.

Page 3: Cover this page with Graphic 45 Children's Hour September Montage paper.

Page 4: Cover this page with G45 ABC Primer The Three R's paper. Add a tag cut from  Children's Hour September Collective paper.

Page 5: Cover this page with ABC Primer Bedtime Stories paper. Glue a scrap of  G45 Place in Time September paper to the chipboard book. Add the quill.

Page 6: Cover this page with Graphic 45 Children's Hour September Collective reverse paper. Add a belly band cut from the same paper.

Page 7: Cover this page with ABC Primer Happy Go Lucky paper. Add a belly band cut from Place in Time paper.

Page 8: Cover this page with ABC Primer The Three R's paper. Add a tag and postage image cut from Place in Time paper. Add the ink pot and quill.

Page 9: Cover this page with ABC Primer Alphabet Soup paper. Add the 1-2-3 chipboard element and a postage image cut from Children's Hour September Collective.

Page 10: Cover this page with ABC Primer Games and Playtime paper.

Thanks for looking!

~ Gloria:Scraps of Life

Supplies Used:

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts:
Vintage Desk and Mini Album
Vintage School Shape Set (coming soon)

Partner Products:
Graphic 45:
ABC Primer Deluxe Collector's Edition
Children' Hour
Place in Time (retired)

Other: ink (white, silver, green, brown, black, yellow, red), gel medium, glue, foam tape, tape runner

8x8 Summer Calendar Layout

Hello, Summer-time People! It is Gloria with  you and it is my turn again on blog! My project this week is a bit simpler than the past few have been, but I really love how it turned out!

I have been meaning to create a decorative calendar display for about 5-6 years! Time just gets away from me! I combined the Graphic 45 Children's Hour and Time to Flourish collections to make this page.

I do not really want a calendar, rather I want something that I can display on a side table or shelf that show the months of the year. My plan is to make a page for each month, and then display them each month. I will also need to make a storage box......  There is a possibility that a storage box will be an upcoming project!

I used inks to "colorize" the Scribble Frame Birds and a bike from the Bicycles Shape Set.

To make the page, I cut dark brown cardstock to 8 1/4" x 8 1/4". Then, I added the August calendar page from the G45 Children's Hour 8x8 Calendar Pad. I wrapped the page with some red checked ribbon. I did not want the birds, so I cut the little birdie off the wreath frame and set her aside for later. I then glued the frame to the page.

I trimmed out the apple image from the September Time to Flourish Cut Apart paper and added that to the page. I used foam tape to pop the image a bit. I then added the bicycle with foam tape. (I adore that bike with its basket!)

I added the sentiment cut from the Children's Hour August Collective paper.

I glued flowers and some twine around the wreath and tucked a few postage images in.

I created a large bow and glued that to the bike.

Thanks for looking!

~ Gloria:Scraps of Life

Supplies Used:
Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts: Scribble Frame Birds and Bicycles Shape Set.

Partner Products:
Graphic 45: Children's Hour and Time to Flourish Collections

Other: dark brown cardstock, flowers, ribbon, twine, ink (white, green, brown, red), adhesive tape, foam tape, glue