Xyron and Bo Bunny Blog Hop Day 5

Hi and thanks for stopping by my blog as part of the Xyron and Bo Bunny blog hop.  Today I am going to share with you a card and a mini album made using the Bo Bunny Trail Mix Collection.

 

 

Your Beautiful!

 

Products Used

 

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron Glue Stick

Bo Bunny Trail Mix Collection

gel-a-tins 'Big and Wild Things' Clear Stamps

Three Kings Bakers Twine

Crafters Companion Cardstock

 

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The Great Outdoors !

 

 

Products Used

 

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron Glue Stick

Xyron 1.5" Create-a-Sticker

Xyron 9" Creative Station

Bo Bunny Trail Mix Collection

Bo Bunny Trail Mix Trinkets

Bo Bunny Trail Mix Gems

gel-a-tins 'Big and Wild Things' Clear Stamps

Sheena Douglas 'Faith' Clear Stamp

Crafter's Companion Cardstock

Crafter's Companion Embossalicious A4' Tumbling Leaves

Little Yellow Bicycle Burlap Album

Tim Holtz Regal Flourish Stamp

Three Kings Bakers Twine

 

How it's made!

 

Ink the edges of the cover using and ink pad

 

I cut the paper to size and using the Xyron glue stick I covered the chipboard inserts.

 

 

 

 I matted the photo's onto paper cut outs using the Xyron Glue Stick

 

 

Using the Xyron Mega Runner I added the pictures to the album pages.

 

I added the stamped elements to the album

 

I added the paper embellishments using the Xyron 1.5" create-a-sticker

 

 

Thanks you again for stopping by, make sure to follow Xyron on Facebook and the Xyron Blog for product updates and inspiration.

 

 

Crafters Companion 'The Diary of an Edwardian Lady and Natures Notes'

On May 20th on Create and Craft TV, Crafters Companion will bring you an amazing collection of stunning art work from the book 'The Diary of an Edwardian Lady' and 'Natures Notes' by Edith Holden.  Below is a little sneak peek at one of the samples that I have made for the shows.

 

 

Products Used

 

Crafters Companion 'The Diary of an Edwardian Lady/Natures Notes' CD ROM

Crafters Companion Embossalicious A4'Tumbling Leaves' folder

Core'dinations Cardstock

Prima gems and embellishments

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 9" Creative Station

Petaloo Flowers

 

 

Don't forget to tune in and get your hands on this amazing CD ROM collection!

 

Show Times:

 

Monday 20th May: 8am, 1pm and 6pm
Tuesday 21st May: 9am and 4pm
Wednesday 22nd May: 8am, 2pm and 6pmThursday 23rd May: 8am, 2pm and 5pm

Sky channel 671, Freeview channel 36 and FreeSat channel 813
 

 

Xyron Design Team Wedding Inspirations

This week the Xyron Design Team bring you some Wedding Inspirations.  To view all the projects made visit Xyron Facebook and check them out.

 

 

 

I designed a wedding set that included a paper wedding cake! and some accessories.  I will attempt to walk you through a tutorial on the Wedding Cake!

 



 

Products Used

 

Xyron 9" Creative Station (Permanent)

Xyron 5" Creative Station (Permanent, Laminate/Magnet,)

Xyron 150 Create a Sticker

Xyron Mega Runner (1.5" Refill)

Xyron Glue Stick

Crafters Companion Die'sire Dies (Sunflower (small), Rose (large and small),Blissful Flower.
Crafters Companion Centura Pearl A3 with a hint of gold

Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle Gold

Petaloo Leaves

Beading and ribbon from bridal shop

Pearl beads and gems mixed

Cake Board covered with Silhouette Vinyl.

(Cake Design by Sharon Callis)

 

 

Lets Make a Cake!

 

I made the basic cake structure using box card, cardboard tubes (recycled kitchen towel roll tubes)

 

To start you need to cut out the followingfrom the box card:

 

 

 

 

Cut out base pieces

 

 

 

Glue the strip around the base circle

 

 

Reinforce the centre of the cake with pillars made some cut pieces of cardboard tube, glue in an upright position and capped with a piece of card.  Run the Xyron Glue Stick around the rim of the top circle and adhere to the top. Repeat this for all three 'cakes'.

 

 

 

 

Three 'cake' tiers stacked, do not glue together until each is covered.

 

 

 

To decorate the cakes I used Crafters Companion Centura Pearl with a hint of Gold A3.  I cut the side strip to the exact height of the cake and the circle pieces slightly larger than the top pieces so I could snip the edges all around and fold fown the sides of the cake before putting the outer band of card on. I ran the larger circles through the Xyron 9" Creative Station and the strips through the Xyron 5" Creative Station BEFORE I embossed them using the Crafters Companion Embossalicious Floral Vine A4 Folders

 

 

 

Stack the covered tiers and glue in place, maing sure they are centered.

 

 

 

 Using the Crafters Companion Die'sire dies make various flowers from Centura Pearl, Velum with gold accents and White tissue paper, I used the Xyron Glue Stick while making them. In the centre of each flower I applied flatback and round pearls.  For information and a video on using the Crafters Companion Quilling Flower dies click the Die'sire logo!.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had a 12" cake board that I covered in Silhouette Gold Vinyl and a die cut daisy from the Cricut Cake Basics Cartridge.

To start decorating the cake I added three pre-measured and cut lenghts of white ribbon around the bottom of each tier using the Xyron Mega Runner

 

 

Repeat the process with thinner gold ribbon.  The strings of pearls came from a bridal store and because they were heavy I glued every fifth pearl in place using a hot glue gun.

 

 

 

 

Start applying the flowers, taking the time to get the right spread out of large and small, heavy and light flowers.  The lighter ones are held in place using the Xyron Glue stick and the heavier side ones with a hot glue.

 

 

 

 

 

For the finishing touch add some of the green Petaloo leaves.

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will come back again soon. 

 

Sharon

 

 

 

Kleenex Box Tutorial

Hi, I have had a few requests about how I made my Kleenex box which is part of the teachers desk set that was shown by Xyron on Facebook.  I made the pattern as I went along, luckily I did take some pictures of the process but I will include some drawings and measurements of the basic structure, all measurements are approximate.  I will attempt to explain it through the photos and diagrams that I drew in publisher and hopefully you will catch my drift!

Products Used

 

Xyron 9" Creative Station

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 150 Create-a-Sticker

 Xyron Glue Stick

Xyron Wishblade

Doodlebug Paper Plus Kits

DCWV 'The Edumacation Stack'

May Arts Ribbon

Websters Pages Trim

Sillhouette Studio Pattern ( Mini Carrier)

Sillhouette Studio School Die Cuts

Crattime Flatback Buttons

Box making card

 

HOW THE KLEENEX BOX IS MADE

 

The structure of the Kleenex box is made from box making card that I drew the measurements on and cut with a craft knife. I used hot glue to hold everything together. Here are the pieces needed to make the base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK I hope that my diagrams have been clear enough to follow so far.  From here on in the fun starts with decorating.  Grab your Xyron Adhesives and lets get covering!.

 

To add a realistic effect and make the books looked stacked, I cut strips of paper and using the Xyron Mega Runner joined them together down the edge on the patterned side and then folded them back forming a seam.

 

I used the Xyron Glue Stick and rubbed adhesive around the protruding edges of the 'book' covers, place the glued seam of the joined pieces of paper along the edges of the 'book' covers and wrap the patterned paper around underneath the book cover edge and pressed down on the top.  This should give you one colour on top and the colour of the other book cover underneath.

 

I Put the final top piece of paper through the Xyron 9" Creative Station and applied, using a craft knife cut the paper over the 2" x 2" hole and fold back inside the box.

 

 

 The fake page effect is done by cutting out strips of paper coredinations beige cardstock and I distressed it with sand paper.

 

 

 I used a ruler and a brown gel pen and drew in broken lines very close to each other, apply Xyron Adhesive by running the strips through the Xyron 5" Creative Station and wrap around the box.

 

 

 

 

I diecut out the subject titles using the Xyron Wishblade.  The patterns were downloaded from Silhouette Studio.  I ran the pieces through the Xyron 1.5" create-a-sticker and applied to the spines of the books!.

 

 

To apply the ribbon around the books, run it through the Xyron 1.5" create-a-sticker and wrap around.

 

 

Finish by adding the ribbon bow and tag.

 

So there you have it, I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial and will come back to my blog again soon,  I'd love you to join my followers.  Don't forget to check out Xyron, Xyron Facebook and the Xyron Blog for inspirations, competitions and amazing products.

 

Sharon