Birthday Card Tutorial just 'For You'

Today we have design team gal RACHEL WALSH sharing with us.

Rachel has created a gorgeous birthday card that features TWIDDLEYBITZ templates and includes another way of using the fabulous flower template. 

 Rachel takes us through the creative process 

You will require

Twiddleybitz Products: 

Chicken Wire Template – TEM006

Flower Template – TEM005

Leaves – FER004

Square Card & Envelope – Cream – SQC001

Itty Bitty Alpha – Chocolate – ALPHA005C

Other Products used:

6” Glitz Designs Paper Pack – Rose Lattice, Music, Pink Stripe, Brown & Cream Stripe

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Vintage Photo

Mr Huey’s Colour Spray – Dark Calico

Rub ‘n’ Buff – Spanish Copper

Pearl Brad

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Position chicken wire template on card and ink around the outside inch or so using the vintage photo distress ink and a sponge.  Remove the template, and swipe ink around the edges of the card.

Cut rose trellis paper to 4” x 4” and ink edges.

Cut brown & cream stripe paper to 5” x ¾” and ink edges.

Trace the large and small flower templates onto the pink stripe paper, and the medium size template onto the music paper.  Cut them out & ink the edges, using the sponge.  Using a skewer, curl the leaves back a little, then layer the flowers, pierce a hole through the centre, and add pearl brad (you could also use a button or bling, with glue in between the layers, if you 

prefer).

Trim leaves to suit the size of the card (I cut two or three leaves off the bottom of each stem).  Spray with Mr Huey’s Dark Calico colour spray.  Using your thumbs, bend each leaf along the centre – it’s easier to do it while the spray is still a bit wet, but your hands will get messy! 

Apply a little rub ‘n’ buff to each leaf, then gently buff with a soft cloth to bring up the shine.  Re-bend the leaves after if necessary.

Assemble the card as follows:

1. Attach the flower approximately 2” from the left edge of the stripe strip.
2. Attach the rose trellis paper to the centre of the card, and the stripe strip on top of it – the top of the strip is approximately 2” from the bottom of the card.
3. Position the leaves as desired & glue them down with a little wet glue along the stems & the folded edge.
4. Add your sentiment in the bottom right corner with the itty bitty alpha letters – if you can see a white bit where you cut the letter from the pack, ink over it with your brown ink and it won’t be noticed once it’s stuck down.

Write in your card as desired, pop it in the envelope & post or deliver as required!  Using the flower template this way means that the card is not too bulky for posting, which is perfect, since my sister lives in NZ, and her birthday is two weeks away – guess who’s getting this card! 

Happy Creating!!

Creating with Twiddleybitz Templates with Rachel Walsh

Design Team Member RACHEL WALSH has been having fun with our templates.  Rachel showcases the Twiddleybitz TEM007 Brick and TEM008 Chevron for us.

Decide where you’d like to position your photo/s, and work out where you’d like to add some texture.  Position your template ( I have used the Twiddley template brick, product code TEM007) and hold it firmly while spreading a layer of texture paste over the top, using an old credit/store card or a palette knife, making sure it gets worked into all the corners – you don’t need to cover the whole template, just make sure the central area is well covered, tapering out to the sides looks good.  You can add some extra texture with a dry brush if you desire.

                 

When you’re happy, carefully lift the template off the page.  Reposition it on the other side of the layout if you wish, and repeat the process – be careful not to overlap the area that you just did!

Leave to dry thoroughly.  When fully dry, reposition the template over the top and, using a sponge (I like to use cheap make-up sponges), pick up some ink onto the sponge & dab it over the top of the template to colour the texture paste.  Start with a lighter colour, then use a darker colour to add some extra character & highlights.

When you’re happy, add your photos, title & other embellishments.

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 This card was made simply by brushing a thin layer of white paint over the template (TEM008) when that was dry a thin layer of colour spray was wiped over the top.  A couple of colour sprayed leaves, and a flower made with the new Twiddleybitz flower template (product numberTEM005) from old music paper, and it’s done.

Another idea is ink over the template (TEM008) with different ink pads, using a make-up sponge as before, starting with the lightest colour, working across to the darkest colour, blending a little as you go.  Add a hand drawn border, an inked & glimmermisted fancy shoe, stamp & washi tape, and you have another quick card done.

You can of course use your colour sprays over the templates too, just keep the spray light as a heavier spray may run underneath the template and spoil your work.

Thanks so much Rachel! 

Head on over to the Twiddleybitz website for the full range of templates that we have available for stores to order.

Flower Template Tutorial with Leeann Pearce

Hello and Welcome!!

Twiddleybitz recently released some fabulous new templates which are perfect for adding detail and customising your projects.

Design Team Member LEEANN PEARCE has been having some fun with the new TEM005 Flower Template. 

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There’s nothing cooler that making your own embellishments for your pages. It adds that 

personal touch. I love that idea. I have seen these flowers all around the place but was unsure on how to make them. It wasn’t until I received the Twiddleybitz acrylic shaped templates and now I know how too: So now it’s my turn to share with you how I used them. I made a few little changes and went for sewing a bead in the middle.

Before you start – peel off the protective covering over the acrylic.

Step 1: Select cardstock/Pattern Paper and trace around each flower template.

Step 2: Cut out - you should have 3 flowers and 3 different sizes.

Step 3: Cut a slit in each of the flowers.

Step 4: Grab a kebab stick and roll each of the petals.

Step 5: Shape each flower like a cone and glue.

Step 6: Now stitch flowers together and also the bead.

Step 7: Make some leaves from leftover cardstock or pattern paper. Machine stitch leaves for extra detail.

I hope you have enjoyed this little tute and we look forward to seeing a heap of Twiddleybitz handmade flowers on our NING site.

Thanks so much Leeann Pearce

Twiddleybitz Materials: 

TEM005 – Flower Template set of 3, FER001 –Fern leaves

Other:

 Aussie Scrap Source cardstock, Core-dination Cardstock, Hambly overlays, rub-ons and  stickers, Sassafras lass foldies, Elle studio journal tags, pink paislee pin, Studio Calico clouds, Basic grey buttons, bella blvd and WER memory keepers washi tape, versa colour ink, black and  white gel pen, machine stitching.