Harvest Pumpkin Tutorial

We had a lot of requests come in wanting to know how to make the set of pumpkins I created for the Happy Harvest release so I put together a little picture tutorial so you can make a set for yourself. 

Supplies:

• Clay pots in 3 different sizes - I went with the smallest one I could find and went up one size from there for the next two
• i-bond or other fast drying adhesive
• Petal Roller
• 1 - 2 sheets of  Fall into Fun pattern paper
• 1 sheet Dancing Leaves pattern paper for the curly stems
• 1 sheet cardstock - I used Bazzill Navel
• Happy Harvest Die Cuts
• Twine
• Circle cutter

Here's how to make them (click to enlarge or right click to download and save to your computer):

I am planning to use mine as candy dishes (wrapped candy) on the table by my front door or maybe I will put some pretty stones in it and use them as table decorations. What would you use them for?

Tool Time and the i-bond!

Hey everyone, it's Heather and I'd like to welcome you to the 2nd installment of our Tool Time series.  This is our time to showcase different Imaginisce tools while featuring tips, tricks, and project ideas to get the most out of your tools. Or if you are new to Imaginisce's amazing pink tools, perhaps you will be inspired to try them out!

Today we will be featuring the i-bond cordless glue gun. We've heard how much you love it but we've also heard you asking about ways to integrate it and the colored glue sticks into your projects.
 

Doesn't this tool and those gorgeous colored glue sticks look like so much fun?  Check out this video I created to show you a few of the things I have created with the tool as well as other ideas you might want to try.  This video is packed with multiple projects, tips, techniques and ideas. So without further ado, here's some things I'd like to share about the i-bond....

Here's some photos of the projects I made in the video.

Little Cutie Girl Card - flowers embellished with purple glitter glue using the i-bond

Snag 'em Stamps Sweet Baby Doll stamped in pink glue using the i-bond

Little Cutie Boy line - buttons embedded in brown glue using the i-bond

 

 
GIVEAWAY TIME
I'd love to hear any additional ideas you may have in the comments below for your chance to win your very own i-bond!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!
xoxo Heather

Guest Blog Post: Renata from Brazil

Hello!

It´s Renata Moni from Brazil and I'm delighted to be here and blogging with you today.

My theme for today is BIRTHDAY! And my project uses the new B-Day Bash Collection!!

I love to celebrate birthdays, but I must confess I'm terrible at remembering them.

So, I decided to share with you what I have made to help me not forget my friends' birthdays anymore! LOL

It's a birthday calendar!





I will show you how I created mine with this simple tutorial!

Materials to do this birthday calendar :
1 Chipboard sheet 9”x 9”
2 cardstock papers 12"x 12"
Patterned papers ( new B-day Bash Collection by Imaginisce)
rub-ons, alpha stickers, i-rock blings, foam tape, glue and embellishments you desire.

Instructions
Use the thickest chipboard you have for firm strong board.


Cover both sides of your chipboard with cardstock.
Tip 1- You can use a piece of fine-grade sandpaper or nail file to sand the edges of the paper flush with the edges of the chipboard.
Tip 2- Painting your chipboard is a great alternative to covering it too.

Now that the front face of the board is ready:

Adhere the patterned papers to the chipboard sheet and embellish however you wish.

Create a cute background to put under the calendar. I even added some i-rock blink to my balloons.

Print on white paper a perpetual calendar with the days of the month and trim them to size (mine is 7 ½ " high x 3 ½" width) and round corners.

Use a clothes pin to hold the papers of your calendar.

Decorate the months of you calendar! It´s going to be fun and beautiful.

You can use stickers, rub-on , blings, alpha stickers...

And your calendar is ready!!!

I Hope you like it!

Have a great weekend you all!

Re Moni


FREE STUFF: We can't post about gifts, presents and birthdays and NOT giveaway some B-Day Bash products, right?? Even though Renata's blog is in Portuguese, many of her followers visit the Imaginisce blog for inspiration. To enter to win today's giveaway just jump over to Renata's blog and tell us a project you saw on her blog that you liked. She has some amazing inspiration over there and you don't need to know Portuguese to enjoy it!!

B-Day Bash Gift & Card Ideas

Another day filled with great ideas created by our talented design team using the new B-Day Bash Collection. Today you can enter to win by subscribing to our e-newsletter (first one is going out this week). If you subscribe or already have, just let us know by leaving a comment. You won't want to miss our first e-newsletter since we've partnered with some great companies to offer some great giveaways to our subscribers!

Paper Bow Tutorial by Aphra Bolyer
I loved this darling bow the instant I saw this project and Aphra has been cool enough to post a step-by-step tutorial on how to recreate this bow (which she claims is very easy to do). Be sure to leave a comment on Aphra's blog to tell her THANKS for doing this for us!!

3D Cake Centerpiece by Cari Locken

Isn't this a darling idea for a party decoration? We loved how Cari created this from the fun B-Day Bash with a little i-rock bling added as sprinkles on the cake.

Gift Bottle Set by Kim Holmes
What a fun idea to fill some mini water bottles with candy (way to recycle) and then add a few bottles of colored soda that has been decorated with the new B-day Bash Collection. We loved how the entire case pulls it all together...I would love to get this for my birthday...how about you?

Remember we're giving away B-Day Bash products all week long!! See you tomorrow too!

GUEST BLOG POST: Splash Dance Handpieced Kite Accent Tutorial

Hi y'all (yes, I really say that. I am from the south). This is Heather, from the Imaginisce DT. Paper pieced handmade accents are all the rage right now so I have recently jumped on the band wagon and created my own little touches for my layouts. In particular I am going to show you how I made a handmade pieced kite for my layout titled "Kite Festival". In fact this tutorial was inspired by several people asking me how I made the kite that was featured in an online Club CK article titled "100 Accents Made from Paper". So I decided to do this tutorial to show you just how easy using some scraps (and a pretty cool tool) you can add your own handmade touched to your projects.

First I just sketched the basic kite shape pattern on a piece of paper. I used the corner just to make it easier.

Then I cut out my kite pattern.

Then I layered some scraps of paper that I had to meet in the center point of the kite. Don't stress about the kite looking messy at this point. It will come together.

Here I layered two thin strips of tan colored paper about 1/4" thick to cross over the center point.

Then I flipped over the kite pattern and trimmed all the excess paper from the edges.

After I trimmed the excess paper off of the kite, I matted the kite in black just so it will stand out a little more on my project.

Now for the tail you need to cut about a 10" piece of one pattern of ribbon and (5) pieces measuring 3 1/2" to 4" and (3) pieces measuring about 2 1/2" inches of another pattern of ribbon.

Tie the five pieces of the 4" ribbon along the "kite tail" piece just in one small knot. I like odd numbers so that is why I used five pieces. I spaced my tied ribbon pieces about 1 inch a part. Your ribbon kite tail will not lay flat. And that is okay. This way it will look more realistic like a real flying kite.

 Now take the three smaller pieces of ribbon and adhere them together in a layered fashion, like shown. Cover a small brad daddie with the ribbon using your i-top.

And finish the brad off. You may need to trim the ends of the ribbon off so it will fit into the brad. (Note, my cute little 2 year old assistant even helped with this part).

Now adhere the end of the ribbon from the kite tail to the bottom pointed edge of the kite, then punch a hole toward the bottom edge and push the custom made brad through.

Close up of the brad.

And you are now done!!! Seriously I think it took me 15 minutes with the help of my two year old assistant. So go on, give it a try and make your own handmade accent for one of your projects. We would love to see what you made.

Check out the Just Imagine! idea gallery for my original layout. Or you can see it in the Club CK gallery for some more close ups.  I even used the i-rock gems to simulate the wind blowing around the kite.

If you liked this tutorial, would you like to see more from the Design Team? We would love to hear from you!!

Happy Scrappin',

Heather

Products used: Cardstock: Core'dinations, Patterned Papers: Imaginisce (Splash Dance), Ribbon: Imaginisce (Splash Dance), I-top brad maker & brad: Imaginisce; i-rock & gems: Imaginisce; Adhesive: Tombow.