Projects with Video
12 Months of Memories: July
July is so lovely, so perfect for vacations on the beach, building sand castles, catching crabs and celebrating Independence Day. This vintage look page features a title, with spots for your wonderful photos.
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Poinsettia Pillow Purse
I hope you enjoy this Poinsettia Pillow Purse. This is so quick and easy to cut and assemble. It is the perfect gift box for smaller items that you may have trouble wrapping.
Poinsettia Card
It is that time of year again. Time to create some one-of-a-kind special cards for those few special people. I used Pazzles Stencil Material and the files I created from the Poinsettia Stencil card file exclusively in the Pazzles Craft Room.
Thanksgiving Home Decor
A pretty and simple home decor item made with paper and the pen tool!
Spiral Text Ink Spot Cards
Making and sending cards is one of my favorite things! Although judging by the pile of handmade cards sitting on my desk and spilling out of every drawer, I must love making them more than I love sending them. I need to get on that! Today I'm adding a few more cards to my bulging stash with these spiral text ink spot cards. They are super easy to make, but pack a punch of autumn with the pretty colors and tiny leaves. I must admit, the tiny leaves are my favorite part.
Scaredy Cat Cutting Collection: WPC, ...
A classy and spooky collection of Halloween images themed around a pretty black cat. Complete Halloween card project included!
Tombstone Halloween Treat Boxes
Mini sized paper tombstones that you can fill with spooky figures or delicious treats!
Engraving Tool: Mixed Media Ocean ...
I recently enjoyed being a student in the Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 103. I had taken courses 101 and 102 previously, each time immensely enjoying the process and play involved, and learning about how to mix various products and colors so as to not “create mud,” but to create something wonderful. I find the process of creating to be most therapeutic, and my Pazzles Creative Cutter certainly brings me to the next level, combining a variety of techniques, tools and Pazzles Craft Room designs to create art to decorate my home. My Ocean Treasures piece was inspired by the latest mermaid design in the Pazzles Craft Room, created by Miss Kate. This cute mermaid caught my eye, however I wanted her sitting on a rock, so I needed to perform a little “surgery” in my InVue software. Using the scissors tools, I could swap the body of a seated mermaid with the head and arms of the one I preferred. I also found a wonderful assortment of rocks and ocean themed designs in the Pazzles Craft Room. Engraving round metal jewelry blanks with appropriate quotes seemed like a good solution for my vision of golden treasures, thanks to the Engraving On Sequins video in the Craft Room, I was able to do this with ease. To make the letters stand out, white picket fence distress crayon was smeared over the letters, the excess rubbed off with a finger. The smudged appearance gave the illusion of being made old by sand and water. The rocks, sand, mermaid and scalloped shell were cut from watercolor paper, using the Pen Tool with drawing pencil for the mermaid’s face. Various distress inks and texture paste colored with distress ink created the look of the rocks and sand. Watercolor pencils were used to color the hair and face of the mermaid, with ink blended in the background for the skin colors.
One Sheet Wonder Cards
Quickly make a card using just one sheet of paper, enjoy them just as they are or embellish with extras for the perfect easy, quick card!
Home Decor Vacation Shaker Frame
Have you ever had something like sand, seashells or any other very small piece of memorabilia that you didn't know how to share? This week's project was created with just this in mind. While on vacation, Jeff and I picked up some very tiny seashells that were perfectly shaped, but too small for basic display, so I began thinking of ideas of how to display them. I thought of shaker cards, but that was just not going to work. That is when I realized I could do a simple frame with a shaker box on it. This would allow me to put the year, location, add a photo, and have the memorabilia all in one place.
Pen Tool: Popsicle Card
Summer time is always a good time for a cool treat. Why not have a party and invite people over to enjoy? If you are not using your Pen Tool this is a great time to pull it out and have fun. For this project I used the Popsicles file in the Craft Room then created a duplicate and welded the two together to make the card shape. The outside of the card I used purple card stock for the base and layered the orange and white on top. I used my Pen Tool to draw the letters for 'Let's Celebrate' and the inside of the card.
Mouse Birthday Card
Did you know that the InVue software has built in templates for card making? If you have not looked at these templates you are missing out on some good resources for quickly creating a card. Here is a video to show you more about the Document Templates. I have created a quick 15 minute project for you.
Pen Tool: Decorative Envelopes
Making envelopes is fun. I have to be careful how I design them because sometimes I add too many decorations and forget I need to put them in the mail. For this project I chose to make a scalloped envelope named Deep Scallop Envelope located in the Craft Room Library. You can make this envelope any size, but I chose to keep it small so I could add a small “Thank You” insert.
Fun Folds Hiking Birthday Card
Hiking is a wonderful way to enjoy nature and beautiful summer days. Creating a birthday card for hikers using the Fun Folds 3 collection is another fun way to spend a summer day. The Fun Folds Card collections are easy to cut and fun to decorate. There are a number of appropriate designs in the Craft Room but the Stair Step Gatefold card has great space for creating a large scene.
Pen Tool: Reader’s Gift Tag ...
I am a member of a reader's club. We started in January of this year and we already have read a book per month. Every month we meet to share our opinions and feelings about the book. The June meeting was at my house, so I decided to do something for the members related to the book. The book we read was Passion India, written by Javier Moro. He is a Spanish writer. I love the way he writes. One of the assignments for me, this month was to use the Pazzles Pen Tool, a tool I love.
Patriotic Paper Wreath
Create a patriotic wreath using cereal box and images from the Craft Room Library.
Recipe for a Beautiful Garden ...
Every Spring and Early Summer as the cold weather turns and the grass starts to get green, the flowers start blooming and the leaves cover the trees in verdant colors, I get excited and ready to start adding a touch to our own yard for us to enjoy for the next few months. The past two years we have not done a lot in our new home, so this year we are ready to really get started. As I was thinking of the things I needed to do to make sure our yard is vibrant with color and flowers, I recalled the special recipe that my oldest sister used and shared with us in the past. We have used this recipe in our past homes and have always left each place with a plush lawn and beautiful landscaping with flowers and bushes that show their colors to the fullest. So I know it is time to pull out the 'recipe.' As I was doing that, I realized I could not find it. It then occurred to me, it should be with my recipe swap book that I did years ago with a group of online friends, that I still use. That meant creating a page.
Spring Time Card / Tiempo ...
A Note from Pazzles: We are so excited to have Adriana as a new member of our Design Team. Adriana's first language is Spanish, so her blogs will be presented in both Spanish and English to honor this. We are excited to be able to offer dual languages for our Spanish speaking friends. Thank you Adriana for taking the time to write in both languages! This expected season has come in some parts of the world: full of colors, the plants turn green, flowers start to bloom and the days are longer. In Colombia, my country we do not have all the seasons, but we have a city called Medellin where the flowers are blooming most of the time as in Spring, so people call it "The Eternal Spring". This month there are some birthdays to celebrate, so I decided to look at the Pazzles Craft Room Library to get some inspiration. So I did a card for this special celebration inspired by this season.
Distressing Tool: Pocket Full of ...
My Design Team assignment for this month was to make a project using the Pazzles Distressing Tool. I’ve had my Distressing Tool awhile but only just now discovered how fun it is! The basic ideas that came into my head when deciding what project to do were either vintage themed or denim themed, but you don’t have to limit the possibilities to that. I’ve been enjoying seeing all the spring flowers pop out, especially the itty bitty ones, and they made me think of a pocket full of posies which is part of a nursery rhyme I used to sing with my kids when they were very little. Thus, a search through the Pazzles Craft Room Library later and the Pocket Full of Posies Shaped Card came to fruition.
Happy Anniversary Cat Lover Card
I enjoy making cards for family and friends, and along with birthday cards, I make anniversary cards. A few years ago, I realized that I make at least a dozen anniversary cards per year. The card recipients either don’t know each other or live far apart, so I began creating cards using the same basic design for all of them. I can customize the cards by using different papers or colors or adding a slightly different sentiment to emphasize the anniversary year. It is a huge time saver to be able to use one design, cut all the pieces at one time, and then simply assemble the cards as they are needed or when time allows.
Woodland Friends Cutting Collection
These Woodland Friends will make your cards and scrapbook pages just a little bit cuter with their fluffy tails and big personalities.
Mother’s Day Floral Card
Mother's Day is just around the corner and this is the perfect card to create for that. I used the Pen Tool to create the writing on the label. With the variety of single stroke fonts available in the InVue software you could easily change the words here if you would want to use this card for another occasion. After cutting the flowers, I curled them slightly to add some dimension. I curled them using the edge of the bone folder found in the Pazzles Tool Kit.
Get the Pazzles Weekly Newsletter ...
Each week we send out a Pazzles newsletter that recaps the week and includes extra tips and tricks. Below I've included this week's special article about the Pazzles Pen Tool. If you are interested in these extra articles and would like to receive this weekly newsletter, please enter your email address below. If you are already receiving the newsletter, you do not need to sign up again. Subscribe to the Pazzles Weekly Newsletter 5 Unique Ways to Use Your Pazzles Pen Tool Outline Cut Out Letters Use the Pen Tool to outline around negative space cut out letters for titles and card sentiments. You can use the same technique on cut out letters by using the Pen Tool to inline. (p.s. the files for this card are free for everyone)
Beautiful Bride
One of the things I love most about my Inspiration Vue is the Pen Tool. My love affair with the Pen Tool is a result of my bad handwriting. I always wanted to add handwritten journaling to my scrapbook pages, but I always felt like my handwriting messed up the page. Besides fake handwriting, I love it for card sentiments. I love being able to design the sentiment I want in the exact size and shape I want.