Tutorial Tuesday - Using Glimmer Mist with Mandie

So did last weeks post make you hurry over to the Cutters Creek Store and stock up on the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist? If you did you're going to want to try the ideas in this post! If you didn't I sure hope this post will put you in the shopping mood!

Grab some scrap White Cardstock and a scalloped circle punch or Cricut or Spellbinders die and punch a bunch of circles! The punch I used makes circles that are about 2" but you can actually go a little smaller or larger based on your preference!

I punched about 15 circles here. I figured if I'm going to make my own embellishments I might as well make a couple while I have all of my supplies out...

Next I grabbed one of my favorite script background stamps and my Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain. You can really use whatever image you want but I LOVE the look of the words. You could even grab a single word stamp or use some alphabet stamps to spell a word and stamp it repeatedly. I like to stamp both sides of my punch but you don't have to... in fact you don't really need to stamp at all!

Next I grabbed three bottles of my Glimmer Mist, Walnut Gold, Coffee Shop and Tattered Leather. I really want a lot of depth in this project. As you will see a bit farther down the post you can also do this technique with a single color... Also notice I have my Bazzill Splat Mat covering my desk. This is really important because it will keep you from dying your desk as well as protecting it from the heat of your heat gun.

The first layer is the Walnut Gold. I just did about one or two sprays per flower. Two things to remember, mix your spray WELL before spraying and keep your hand moving while you are spraying.

I repeat the spraying with the Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist trying to sort of hit different areas.

Finally I used the Tattered Leather. Then layer another paper towel over the top and flip it over and repeat on the other side!

Next you're going to want to crumple your circles up into a nice wrinkly ball. You don't have to crush it... you just want some nice wrinkles. Now, grab your heat gun and dry them a little bit.

Next you are going to un-wrinkle them a bit. You want some of the creasing to stay so don't totally flatten them out. Grab that heat gun again and dry them all the rest of the way.

Here's what you will end up with. At this point these should be completely dry. On a side note, you may tear one or two while you are unfolding them (if you look closely you will see I did) and it's NO big deal. It adds to the character of your finished flower. But, if it bugs you... it's a good idea to initially punch and stamp a few extras...

Now, before I put my heat gun and my Glimmer Mist sprays away I decided that I wanted to create a card for this lovely flower to adorn so I grabbed a piece of lace from my stash and spritzed it with Coffee Shop and Vintage Pink.

Then I stacked up 5 of my scalloped circles and stuck my paper piercer through the center. Then I carefully added my brad to the center. This brad is covered in pink corduroy but it looked too "new" to go with my card so I gave it a little spray of the Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist.

Then I stuck a Pop Up Glue Dot to the back of my flower. I used the Pop Up Glue Dot because my flower has so much dimension I really wanted it to stick to the front of my card well.

After adhering the lace this is my completed card! I haven't decided what occasion this card will be for yet. I love that I could literally use this for ANYTHING! Sympathy, Birthday, Thinking of You... it really is what ever you make it!

I also have one more quick idea for you. I used the same technique as above with punching and spraying these flowers. I only used only one color, Purple Pansy, to mist these and I didn't have to stamp them because there was already a pattern on the paper.... any guesses to what this started life out as?

Here is one with out the mist.... give up? It a security envelope that one of our bills came in! Take a look at some of yours next time you are paying the bills. There are some really fun patterns that most of us just toss in the trash or shredder! This paper is a bit thinner than cardstock so you want to be a tiny bit gentler with it when you are crumpling and uncrumpling it!

Poke through your stack with a paper piercer and find a pretty brad for the center....

And you end up with THIS beautiful flower! You never knew garbage could look so amazing did you? Now, Glimmer Mist adds beautiful sparkle on its own but you can add a little more by pulling out your....

Icicle Stickles! Yep, I had to add even MORE bling to this flower! But what should I do with it.... another card.... nah, been there done that.... a layout? I should but I just don't have the TIME! I know....

A hair clip! I just hot glued some green ribbon to a plain clip. Then added a looped piece to make the "leaf" and finally hot glued my flower on top of that!

And here's my daughter modeling it. Yeah, the flash sometimes makes her eyes go funny... but doesn't she look cute?

So now we want to see what YOU can create with Glimmer Mist! Just post a comment with a link to your newly created Glimmer Mist project on your blog and you could win... MORE Glimmer Mist! Remember, this project must be newly created just for this contest and must use Glimmer Mist somewhere on the project. Judging will be based on a RANDOM draw (all names will be entered into random.org). All entries must be received by 11:59pm on Monday, January 24th. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, January 25th! I hope you all will play along with us!!!

Tutorial Tuesday - Teaser by Mandie

So I don't have all my pics taken for my tutorial... YET! I will get them all taken care of while my daughter is in school this morning. My day got away from my yesterday :) So in the mean time here are a couple of projects that I made with my Glimmer Mist:

I made this tag for a tag swap. I used my Snowflakes Cuttlebug Folder to emboss a tag that I cut on my Cricut from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More from some Bazzill Simply Smooth Cardstock. Then I used two colors of Glimmer Mist to create the background. First I gave a couple spritzes of Blue Skies over the whole tag. Then I used just a squirt of the Sapphire towards the bottom of the tag. Then I layered a torn piece of white card stock stamped with the word "Frosty" and a few snowflakes. It's actually the scraps from my leftovers from cutting out the tags. My little penguin was cut from the Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge. Then I added some rhinestones and fibers and Diamond Stickles on the scarf and have an adorable tag!


For this card I used the masking technique I taught last week. I cut the grass from Plantin SchoolBook with my Cricut and then used the positive AND negative. First I laid the positive on the bottom of my card and used a little scrap to block the rest of the bottom. Then I hand cut some cloud shapes out of more scrap cardstock and laid them where I liked them. Then I sprayed Blue Skies and Sapphire to create the sky. Next I grabbed the negative of my grass and covered up the sky part careful to line it up well. Then I used Meadow Green for the grass part. I cut the horse from the Four Legged Friends Cricut cartridge. Then I added an Action Wobble spring to the back so my little horse would look like he was dancing in the field. I added the "HAY there" sentiment and some bling to finish it off!

Check back here later this afternoon for the next installment of Tutorial Tuesday where I will give you a few more ways to play with Glimmer Mist!

Sandi’s Valentine Card

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner so I’m starting my cards early. I chose the heart and wings from the Cricut Indie Art cartridge. I have pink paper but couldn't find any red so I colored it with my Copic Lipstick Red R29 to get the color I wanted.


I was able to create a beautiful deep red when I covered the hearts with Burgundy Stickles.


I covered the wings with Glossy Accents to give a raised look to the wings.



I wrapped two ribbons around the card and attached them with Scor Tape and used two sizes of Spellbinder Classic Scalloped Circles which I attached with Glue Dots Pop Up Dots. I covered the background scallop circle with Copic R29 and Burgundy stickles to match the hearts. I stamped the Valentine phrase and edge of card with cranberry ink.


Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone!

Cutters Creek Shopping List:
Cricut
Copic Lipstick Red R29
Burgundy Stickles
Glossy Accents
Scor Tape
Spellbinder Classic Scalloped Circles
Glue Dots Pop Up Dots

Simple Thank You Card by Vicki

Here is a simple but pretty card made with my Cricut and a few simple embellishments. I used some coordinating papers from my stash to make the card & envelope. When making cards with Wild Card, I always make my envelope first and set my Cricut to the 'Fit to page' option. If you watch the display screen as it calculates the correct size, you will see what size to make your cards to coordinate the remainder of your cuts for the card. In my case, the largest size envelope I could make on a full sheet of paper was 6.10. When I started cutting the card base, I turned off the 'Fit to Page' option and set the dial size to that size. I cut the liner and the words in the small window at that same size. Many people get frustrated with the phrases on this cartridge because they often get confused with the odd sizing. Just keep the dial size set the same as your card base and you'll be ok!


My paper didn't have enough sparkle, so I took out my Frosted Lace Stickles and accented all the little dots on my paper. While that was drying, I cut a few snowflakes from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge. I cut the base of each snowflake from solid red cardstock and the tops from vellum. I used a Twinkle Jewel in the center of each snowflake. I find that these stick best with either a Mini Glue Dot or Glossy Accents.

Now I have a nice Thank You card for a very special holiday gift!

Cutters Creek items used:
Cricut Expression Machine
Frosted Lace Stickles
Twinkle Jewel
Glossy Accents
Mini Glue Dot

Snowy Hello by Laura C

Winter can be a little dreary here in the Midwest, but it's not all bad, when it's the inspiration for a card like this!


First step, was a piece of Bazzill Simply Smooth White Cardstock, and the Sizzix Snow Flurries texture fade and Tim Holtz distressing inks in Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass. I inked the INDENTED side of the texture fade folder, put in the cardstock and ran this through my Cuttlebug. It created the soft frosty blue background, while the snowflakes stayed white. I trimmed this piece to 3 1/2" by 4". Then I embossed a few scraps of white cardstock with the same texture fade, and used circle punches to cut out some of these snowflakes. I used 1 1/4" for the 3 large, and 3/4" for the 1 small circle and inked the edges with Stormy Sky distress ink. I layered the card up, starting with a 5 1/2" by 4 1/4" white base, then black cardstock-4 1/8" by 3 5/8" for the larger piece, and 4 1/8" by 1 5/8" for the smaller piece. I added the snowflake panel on the right, and the 3 larger snowflake circles on the left. Out of white cardstock, I cut a Spellbinders Labels Fourteen in the 3rd largest size, and inked it with Stormy Sky distress ink. I cut it in half, and stamped the "hi" in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. This was adhered to a larger piece of black cardstock that I trimmed around, I did the same with the little snowflake. Then the sentiment was adhered to the card, and the small snowflake foam dotted next to it. The white ribbon from my stash was added to the 3 1/2" by 3/4" strip of black cardstock. Finally, a girl's gotta have her bling, so Diamond Stickles and an Ice Blue Kaisercraft Rhinestone finished off all the punched out snowflakes.

If you know someone that has a case of the winter blues....send them a little pick me up!

Available in Cutter's Creek:
Bazzill Simply Smooth White Cardstock
Sizzix Texture Fades ("Snowflurries/Snowman" set)
Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass)
Inkssentials Applicator and Foam Applicators
Diamond Stickles
Ice Blue Kaisercraft Rhinestones
Spellbinders Labels Fourteen

Tutorial Tuesday - Glimmer Mist with Mandie

Welcome to our very first "Tutorial Tuesday"! To start off the New Year right we decided to try to focus on what YOU the customers of the Cutters Creek Store have questions about. So, if Cutters Creek sells it and you want to know more about it please feel free to post a comment! One product that we got a few questions about in the Cutters Creek Yahoo Group is Glimmer Mist. It's pretty, it's sparkly and it's available in a TON of colors... but what do you actually DO with it??? Well, hopefully this month we can give you a few ideas!


This is a peek at my craft room. You are looking at my rainbow of 1 oz. Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist bottles. I decided that before I invested in the larger 2 oz. bottles I was going to try a few different colors to see what fit my taste so I purchased a few small "sets". I can honestly say I am LOVING my Glimmer Mist and am only going to be buying the large bottles from now on! But don't they look cute all lined up on my shelf? Anyway, I'm going to talk about "Masking" today. Now, there are some GORGEOUS Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens available in the Cutters Creek Store. They are super easy to use, simply lay them on your project and spray the Glimmer Mist and spray the mist. You could also make your own "screens" with your Cricut and some heavy cardstock, chipboard or even acrylic to make it reusable. But today I'm going to share making your own mask with basic tools.


First, grab a piece of scrap paper. This would be a good use for some of those papers you bought or came in a paper pad that you will NEVER use! I'm going to be making a 5" x 6 1/2" card so I cut my scrap of paper to about 6" x 6". Then I randomly cut lines in my paper stopping about 1" from the bottom of the sheet. Then I folded back every other stripe. Notice the Bazzill Splat Mat covering my desk. Surface protection is VERY important when working with Glimmer Mist, unless you want a Glimmer Desk!


Next I cut a piece of Bazzill Simply Smooth Cardstock to 5" x 6 1/2" to cover my card base. You will want a separate sheet to adhere to the card for a couple of reasons. First, the spray can leach through to the other side of the paper. Secondly, the spray can warp the paper a bit so you don't want a wonky card. It kind of straightens back out when you adhere it to the card base. And finally, if you're anything like me some times you need to do a 2nd take and who wants to waste a nice card base? Lay your mask over your paper. Notice I added a paper towel under my paper on top of my Splat Mat. You don't *have* to do this step but I think the end result is a bit neater.


Next a laid another paper scrap across the bottom of where I wanted my stripes to end. Then I grabbed my Purple Pansy Glimmer Mist and shook it up until all of the "Glimmer" mixed in. You can tell it is all mixed up by checking the bottom. Just shake until there is nothing clinging to it! It just takes a minute but makes a WORLD of difference. *Side Note* - it has also been said that you should "swirl' instead of shaking so you can try that too, just make sure it's mixed well.


Now you are going to start spritzing. The above photo is just a couple of squirts. A couple things to remember: try to keep the bottle as upright as possible, keep it moving as you spritz and shake it up every couple of squirts, just to be sure to get as much glimmer as possible. The beauty of this is you can add as many or as few squirts as you want! When I felt that I had the right coverage (about 10-12 squirts for this project) I dabbed it with a dry paper towel to take of the excess and removed the mask....


And here is the background for my card! I used my Heat Gun to quickly dry my paper, just make sure to keep it moving so you don't scorch your cardstock. One tip I can give is to mostly dry the front, it will probably curl a bit... now flip it over and dry it a bit on the back as well. It helps straighten it out a bit. Depending on how picky you are you can also set it under a stack of books overnight to flatten a bit more. I've also heard you can lightly spritz the back with a Mini Mister full of water and that this will balance it out. I haven't TRIED this yet but I WILL for next week's tutoral! I will post posts of different swatches for you all to see.


So I decided to use my Cricut Expression Machine and the Create A Critter cartridge to cut an adorable cat for my card at 4 1/2". I cut the base from Black cardstock, the main body from Silver American Crafts Glitter Paper and the nose and bow from Pink cardstock. Now, I decided that with the glimmery background and the glittery cat body the plain Pink looked... Plain! So I grabbed some Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist and spritzed the pieces. If you click the photo to make it a bit larger you can REALLY see the difference just a spritz makes! And because I didn't really use a lot of spray There was no warping of my pieces.


For the ruffle along the pillow I used my Xyron 150, AKA the X, to add the adhesive to the back. This is one tool that I can't scrapbook without. It's so quick and easy to just add a little adhesive to small pieces!


Finally here is a look at my card all assembled! I like that I could use this card for just about anything. And there is sooooo much sparkle and shimmer with the Glimmer Mist!!!

So now you should head over to the Cutters Creek Store and browse the 72 different colors available in the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Sprays! Just a hint for the future here... you *may* want to have a bottle or two on hand for an upcoming contest..... So, what did you think of today's tutorial? I will be back next Tuesday with another Glimmer Mist tutorial! Also, keep checking the blog because we are going to be posting many more great projects and ideas during the rest of the week too!

Happy New Year Crown by Mandie

I actually created this crown for the Cricut Circle Challenge this week but I thought you guys might appreciate seeing it too!


The crown is cut from the Once Upon a Princess Cricut cartridge. I used an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper and used "Fit To Page" on the Cricut Expression machine to get the largest size possible. If I remember right it cut at 3 3/4". Then I turned off the Fit To Page function and set my dial to the correct size and cut the back of the crown. I was able to just turn the mat around to cut the back, I didn't need to add another sheet of paper.


Now one of the elements of the challenge was to add some bling. When I hear "BLING" I immediately think of American Crafts Glitter Cardstock and Stickles! For liner of the crown I grabbed my Silver Stickles and painted them onto the sheet of gray cardstock that also cut from the Once Upon A Princess Cricut Cartridge.


Then I cut the numbers 2011 from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge from Silver American Crafts Glitter Paper. The BEST part about this paper is how thick it is. I didn't need to cut the numbers out of chipboard or something first. I just used Multi-Cut 3, Pressure Max and Blade Depth 6 on my Cricut Expression Machine and it cut beautifully. Then I used my i-rock tool to add the rhinestones.


Next I twisted some silver pipe cleaners around my pencil to curl them and then hot glued them to my numbers and the crown. To finish it off I added pipe cleaner trim to the bottom of my crown! Then I grabbed my two adorable daughters to model it for me! The baby liked holding it but wasn't keen about actually wearing it. The 4 year old Fancy Nancy wannabe LOVED it and has since laid claim to it. Glad I was able to get a few pics of it before it disappeared!


Cutters Creek Shopping List:
Cricut Expression Machine
Silver American Crafts Glitter Paper
Silver Stickles

And tomorrow will be our very first "Tutorial Tuesday" featuring Glimmer Mist! Hope to see you there!