JustRite Inspiration

Day Three with Guest Designer Valerie Stangle

A special thanks to Valerie Stangle for guest designing this week.  Her projects have been amazing!  Be sure to check out Valerie's blog for more inspiration.

Here's Valerie:

Using Anchors Away by JustRite I created a nautical themed accordion book for your favorite dad (grandpa, uncle, brother).

The base of the book is 4” x 12” and scored at 4” and 8.”

Each panel is decorated with a piece of 4” x 4” patterned paper before adding the die cut and stamped images.

For the front of the accordion, I used the map stamp from Anchors Away  and coordinated die from Vintage Label and Banner Dies.  I die cut the label in teal and added accent coloring on the rope portion of the image with a tan colored pencil.  The anchor was stamped on a die cut sand circle with teal ink and distressed with sand ink and adhered to a burgundy die cut circle with dimensional foam.  Embellish with a piece of knotted cording, a tiny paper clip and a dad tag and adhere to map die cut layer. Adhere finished focal image to center of front panel with dimensional foam.

Using the map stamp and coordinated die with an inspirational sentiment from Anchors Away, I created the first inside panel in the same manner as the front panel.  The sentiment is stamped in teal ink onto a sand die cut circle and adhered to a burgundy die cut circle.  Adhere to teal stamped die cut with dimensional foam. A brad accented, stamped helm is adhered to the rope die cut layer with dimensional foam. Adhere finished focal image to left inside panel with dimensional foam.

The center of the accordion book was created using the rope frame and ship image from Anchors Away.  I die cut the largest label from Nested Medallion Labels Dies in teal cardstock and added accent coloring with a tan colored pencil.  The ship is stamped in teal ink onto a sand die cut circle, adhered to a burgundy die cut circle and embellished with a rope knot and clip.  Adhere completed ship to teal medallion die cut with dimensional foam.  Adhere finished focal image to center inside panel with dimensional foam.

The final page of the accordion book was created using the map stamp and coordinate die once more.   Accented with a birthday banner stamp from Anchors Away and coordinated die from Vintage Label and Banner Dies and anchored with love sentiment, it will be sure to bring a smile to your nautical guy’s face!

 V.~

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Anchors Away

Dies: Vintage Label and Banners Dies, Nested Medallion Labels Dies

Ink: Memento Teal Zeal, Desert Sand, Versafine Vintage Sepia

Paper: Brown, Sand, Burgundy and Teal

Patterned Paper: BoBunny

Other: Scor-Pal, Spellbinder Circle dies, Mini paper clips, Cording, Prismacolor pencil, Fiskars Scalloped Border punch, Sanding block, Dimensional foam

Day Two with Guest Designer Valerie Stangle

 Welcome back for another day of great projects by guest designer Valerie Stangle.  Valerie enjoys creating masculine cards/projects.  Today she has a great mini album using JustRite Premium Labels and Vintage Label & Banner dies.

Here's Valerie: 

For today’s project I used JustRite Premium Labels to create an album for a premium dad for a birthday, Father’s Day or special event. 

First, to form the album, cut patterned paper to size (4” x 12”, score at 6”) and corner round outside corners. Sand edges with a sanding block. Create a binding edge with sand cardstock (4” x 2-1/2”, score on the shorter side at 1-1/4”). Ink edges with sand ink and add a bit of piercing before adhering to the patterned paper cover. 

Using Vintage Label & Banner Dies, die cut a large Vintage Label in dark grey cardstock and set aside. 

 For the stamped, layered focal point, start with a small die cut Vintage Label in sand cardstock and stamp the “Authentique Friend” label stamp in rhubarb ink.  Add a bit of edge distressing with sand ink.  Adhere to the dark grey die cut label with dimensional foam. 

Because I wanted it to be an album for a special dad, I needed to alter the original sentiment.  I did this by stamping the “Guaranteed, Top Quality, Premium Dad” image with grey ink onto a die cut sand circle, ink edges with sand ink.  Mat on a grey petite scalloped die cut and adhere to the label with dimensional foam.  Adhere completed, stamped label to cover of album with dimensional foam.

For the inside pages, cut sand cardstock to 3-15/16^” x 11”, three total, and score at 5-1/2”. Corner round all corners. Add a 1” decorative strip of patterned paper to each page, front and back.  Attach a few die cut page tabs.  Bind pages into album with Baker’s Twine.  Add your favorite photos or journaling and present to your Premium dad! 

Tune in tomorrow for another fun project using JustRite stamps and dies! 

V.~ 

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Papercraft -  JustRite Premium  Labels

Dies: JustRite Vintage Label and Banner Dies

Ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Grey Flannel, Desert Sand

Paper: Dark Grey and Sand Cardstock

Patterned Paper: Authentique

Other: Scor-Pal, Nestabilities Circle, Petite Scalloped Circle and Creative Page Tab dies, Baker’s Twine, Piercing Ruler and mat, Corner rounder, Dimensional foam

 

Day One with Guest Designer Valerie Stangle

 Good morning.  Today we are happy to have Valerie Stangle as a special guest designer.  Valerie has created an adorable sweet treat gift box ensemble using a newly released stamp set called Live, Love, Laugh  Vintage Labels Two which also coordinates with the newly released JustRite custom Vintage Labels Two dies.

Here's Valerie: 

Today’s candy box project, using Live, Love, Laugh Vintage Labels Two by JustRite Papercraft, is the perfect tasty gift to give to a family member, friend or co-worker.  I loaded the box up with my favorite fun sized bar: Milky Way.  Finished at 3-1/2” x 5-1/2” it holds 6 wrapped fun sized bars perfectly. 

Using Vintage Label Two Dies, die cut the largest die in pink cardstock and the next smaller size in black cardstock. 

The chalkboard technique is very popular right now. Here are the 4 easy steps to create the chalkboard look I used it to create the focal image. 

1. Stamp the frame and greeting onto black cardstock with white pigment ink.
2. Quickly add white embossing powder, shake off excess and emboss.
3. Using only the greeting, shadow stamp using white pigment ink, no embossing required.
4. To create a more realistic chalkboard look, gently rub pigment ink around the stamped image and on the edges with a sponge or cloth. 

Adding silver brads around the edges of the frame adds a bit of shine.  I used the circles from the frame stamp as placement areas for the brads.

Using a 1/8” circle punch, punch 2 holes on the right side of the chalkboard panel, thread a length of gingham check ribbon through and tie into a bow. 

Adhere finished chalkboard image to pink die cut with dimensional foam. 

Wrap the candy bars in matching paper and decorate with the smallest label from Vintage Labels Two.  I coordinated them by using the same technique as the box top label, using words and flourishes from the set. 

To make the box and lid:

The box is made using heavyweight black cardstock, cut to 5-1/2” x 7-1/2” and scored 1” on all sides.  Cut to where the score lines intersect on opposing sides (2 cuts per side) to make flaps.  Pre-fold all the scores, add adhesive to the flaps, secure flaps to inside and create box form. 

The lid is made from patterned paper, cut to 5-9/16” x 7-9/16” and scored 1” on all sides.  Follow the same instructions to make the flaps.  In addition, notch 2 half circles, midway on the long side, on opposing sides to create finger notches to remove the lid easier.

Pre-fold all scores, add adhesive to the flaps and secure inside to create the lid. 

When finished, adhere the finished label to the box top with dimensional foam.

Live, Love, Laugh Vintage Labels Two is an inspiring set with many wonderful greetings.  I had fun making this box using just a few of them! 

V.~ 

Supplies:
Stamps: JustRite Papercraft -  Live, Love, Laugh Vintage Labels Two
Dies: Vintage Labels Two
Ink: White pigment ink
Paper: Black and pink cardstock
Patterned paper: Basic Grey
Other: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, Embossing powder, Heat tool, Gingham ribbon, Mini brads, Circle punch, Hole punch, Dimensional foam

O Christmas Tree Box Tutorial

Good Morning!!  I hope you are all enjoying a long Columbus Day Weekend!  This morning I wanted to just pop in to direct you to Becca Feeken's newest blog post. 

 

She has a fabulous video tutorial on how to make the Christmas Tree Favor Boxes using our O Christmas Tree Stamp Set from her release post.

 

Enjoy your Day!! 

 

NEW! Shadows & Shading Book in Stock!

(Instructions for project shown above can be found HERE).

Do you want to take your coloring and shading to the next level?  Learn all the tricks and tips to stepping up your coloring of any kind of images -- whether they are hand drawn or stamped -- colored with pencils, dye-based markers or Copic alcohol based markers with this new guide Shadows & Shading: A Beginner's Buide to Lighting Placement by Marianne Walker, Copic's U.S. Product Specialist:

We now have it in stock at our webstore and shipping!

JustRite Friday Challenge 053: Technique, Sponsored by Spellbinders!

This week's JustRite Friday Challenge 053 is a technique challenge -- to make your own dimensional handmade flower embellishment for your papercrafted project using JustRite stamps!  

Our prize sponsor this week is Spellbinders Paper Arts -- we know how much you love Spellbinders dies that coordinate so well with JustRite's stamps and JustRite is proud to be a Spellbinders Preferred Partner Company!  You can always find fabulous tutorials using Spellbinders' dies over at their company blog, many of which I am sure include making your own flower embellishments!  

Spellbinders has TONS of wonderful dies to help you make flower embellishments quick and easy and to provide some inspiration, guidance and tutorials to help you out with this challenge, these designers have challenge samples to share today . . .

Sherry Cheever, Spellbinders Blog Team member, has this gorgeous card to inspire you, with links to her tutorial on how to create her gorgeous dimensional flowers!  Sherry stamped her flowers with our Friendship Blooms cling stamp set and then die cut them with the coordinating Spellbinders Blossoms Three dies:

 

Amy Sheffer, Stampers Dream Team member, designed this sweet card also using Friendship Blooms.  Amy also has a tutorial on her blog on how to create her charming flowers:

Heidi Blankenship, JustRite and Spellbinders Blog design team member, created this beautiful card using our Fancy Frames cling stamp set . . . AND has a video tutorial on how to create these sweet rolled roses on her blog HERE!

Sharon Harnist designed this scrapbook page of her daughter, using JustRite's Myriad Pro 50-pt Font that fits perfectly in Spellbinders new Banner Basics die sets (there are three different sets to choose from)!  Sharon also has a stepped-out tutorial on her blog on how to create her flower embellishment, using Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities!

 

This week's grand prize challenge winner will receive these Spellbinders die templates so generously donated by Spellbinders (Banner Basics One and Ribbon Tag Trio Three):

AND our Myriad Pro 50-pt Font, for a grand prize package valued at almost $55.00!!

Two of the cling stamps in our Forever Friends stamp set match two of the dies in the Ribbon Tag Trio Three set!

Three honorable mention winners will each receive our brand new Forever Friends cling stamp set just introduced last week, valued at $19.95!

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite stamps on your projectand upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  You may make and enter as many different projects as you'd like for our challenges.  You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post.  Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily.  (Links that  are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted).  If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example:JRC_053  <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the tag section of the Flickr gallery.

You will have until Thursday, April 28 at 8:00am Centralto make your project and enter a link to it below.  Winners will be chosen and announced later that day (Thursday, April 28) here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  Please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery of your prizes.  By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising. 

We can't wait to see all of your floral embellished projects! 

 
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JustRite Friday Challenge 049 - Technique: Direct to Rubber

Before we get started with our Friday Challenge, we wanted to make another new product announcement . . . JustRite is now carrying Tsukineko's fabulous full range of 24 Memento markers! 

You can find them listed in our web store HERE.  These wonderful markers come in all the same great Memento water-based dye ink colors as the ink pads and have dual tips on each marker -- brush tip for coloring and bullet tip for fine details and writing.

Today's technique challenge is Direct To Rubber, which is the act of getting more than one color onto your rubber stamp and thereby creating a multi-colored stamped image in only one stamping.  This can be accomplished in a few different ways, the first of which is with these fabulous Memento markers!

 

Simply color different parts of the rubber stamp with different marker colors.  Here, I used Rose Bud and Grape Jelly Memento Markers to color the swirly large oval label in this brand new Heart to Heart JustRite Original stamp set (this set just arrived in our warehouse, we'll be formally introducing it next Wednesday, and it will begin shipping next week!):

 

Since coloring a whole rubber stamp can take just a little while, the first of your coloring may begin to dry and not stamp a good image.  So after coloring the stamp with the marker colors of your choice, you can either "huff" (blow your breath onto the marker, as if you were trying to fog up a mirror) to rewet the ink OR you can VERY lightly mist a little water onto the stamp -- Do this from a good 12-inch or more distance with a very fine mist sprayer and I find spraying from further away, into the air and then moving your stamp through the water spray in the air, works well.  Too much water will cause the ink to run and smear when you stamp it.  On the stammped image above, I huffed, and on the stamped image below, I misted it with water:

 

Another way to achieve a multi-colored image Direct To Rubber is with the Rock-N-Roll technique:

 

Simply ink your stamp with one color of ink and then with another color of ink pad, place the edge of the stamp onto the ink pad and "rock" just the edges of your stamp around the surface of the ink pad.  The result will be something like this:

 

So this week's challenge is to use one of these Direct To Rubber methods to color your stamped JustRite image with at least two colors of ink, in one stamping!  Are you up for it?  We hope so, because here's what you could win:

This week's grand prize winner will receive a full set of 24 Memento markers (a $60 retail value), AND:

 

Spellbinders Lacey Circles Nestabilities dies, and 3-1/4" Birthday Celebrations (an additional $37 retail value), for a total prize package valued at $97!

Three Honorable Mention winners will each receive:

 

Birthday Celebrations and FOUR Memento Marker colors of your choice (retail value of almost $27)!

These JustRite design team members have sample inspiration for you using some of these Direct To Rubber techniques.  Please be sure to click on their hyperlinked names to be taken to their blog posts with full details:

Sharon Harnist used two colors of Memento markers on the new Heart to Heart large oval stamp set being debuted next week:

Michele Kovack used two different colors of red markers to color this sentiment from our 2" round JustRite Original You're So Sweet set:

 

Angela Barkhouse highlighted special words with different ink colors in this sentiment from our 3-1/4" JustRite Original Mother Nature's Gifts set:

 

CHALLENGE  RULES:
You will need to use JustRite stamps on your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website.  You may make and enter as many different projects as you'd like for our challenges.  You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post.  Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily.  (Links that  are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted).  If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example: JRC_049  <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the tag section of the Flickr gallery.

You will have until Thursday, March 3 at 8:00am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below.  Winners will be chosen and announced later that day (Thursday, March 3) here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog.  Please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery of your prizes.  By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising. 

We can't wait to see your projects using this technique! 

 
Links: