The Little Things with Tammy Malone

Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in our heart - Winnie the Pooh

The joyous occasion of welcoming a child in to this world can quickly turn to sorrow, as it did for our pastor and his wife. They had anticipated the arrival of another great grandchild only to find themselves 8 days later standing at a graveside with no words to bring comfort to their grandson and his family.

While life does not always play fair, we can try to bring comfort to those that are hurting. Our church decided to give them a rose bush in memory of their great granddaughter so I was chosen to create a special card to go with the gift. 

 I chose the Sloped Bendy Card and Box since it would be something they could display on a coffee table or nightstand.

1. Cut out all of the pieces for the Sloped Bendy Card along with an inset for the patterned paper. Adhere the patterned paper to the card pieces.


2. Add adhesive tape to to both flap edges.


3. Align fold with the bottom of the card base and adhere to the card.


4. Fold in the large flap (left) and attach the tab in the pre-cut slot on the card base.


5. Fold in the small flap (right) and attach the tab in the pre-cut slot located on the front of the large flap.


6. This is how your Bendy card should look when assembled.


7. Cut out a label from the 5 Label Set along with an inset for both the label and oval. Assemble all of the pieces.


8. Use a Sketch Pen or a Print and Cut for the quote on the label. Attach to the oval mat and adhere to the card base.

For the finishing touches I cut out various sized flowers from different patterned papers along with a couple of butterflies. After adding the name to the bottom of the smaller flap, I attached the flowers along the top edge of the card. I added some hand-cut leaves along with the two butterflies.

 The left-over flowers and butterfly were used to accent the Card Box and a lightweight magnet was added to the box lid to keep it closed during the presentation.

Rarely do you ever hear me bragging on my own work, but I have to say that this is one of my most favorite cards that I have made in spite of the circumstances surrounding its creation.

Products Used:

  

Silhouette Tutorial: Bendy Card with hearts, by Allie Gower!

New This Week in the Silhouette Store!

I have 4 new designs that just arrived in the Silhouette store on Friday. 

Heart Pennant Flags #54446

Owl Who Do You Love #54447

Frames Rope Border #54445

Heart with Rope Border #54444

Today, my creative team member, Allie Gower, is going to show you how to use the Heart Pennant Flags #54446 banner with the sloped bendy card design from the previous week. 

 

Isn't Allie's card adorable!

To make this box, you will need these files: 

Heart Pennant Flags #54446, and Bendy Card envelope set sloped design #53881

you might also like Bendy card box sloped #54226 a box that is a great size for presenting a bendy card in it's "bowed out" position.

Paper: 

Allie used my paper from my Rough & Tumble line for Carta Bella, and plain kraft card stock.

Equipment:

You will also need a Silhouette Cameo or Portrait machine to cut this box. 

These are the steps to creating Allie's card:
1. Cut shapes with your Silhouette Cameo or Portrait machine. 

2. Ink hearts with Memento Lady Bug Ink.

3. Create mats for card segments. Ink edges with Memento Desert Sand.

4. Apply ribbon to front mats, wrapping around the mats.

5. Apply mats, making sure not to cover the slits. 
**Tip - thread a piece of scrap paper through each slit to help align.**

6. To achieve a nice curve, roll flaps around something tube shaped. 

7. Stamp sentiment on scrap paper and punch using an Epiphany Heart shaped punch. (You could also enlarge the hearts that come in the Heart Pennant Flags #54446 set.)
**Tip - if your scrap paper is too small to hold while stamping, attach a strip of scrap paper.**

8. Add button tied with twine. 
9. Attach stamped hearts and other die cuts.

Here are some supplies to recreate Allie's look:

Silhouette Tutorial! How to make Bendy (Bendi) cards!

Say whooza what's it? Yeah...Bendy cards! If you haven't heard of them yet, well you are in for a twisted treat! Bendy cards or Bendi cards are all the rage in card-making and stamping communities right now. They are a vehicle for layering fun themes, embellishments, and making wildly creative 3D scenes.

So this week, I've uploaded several basic versions of bendi cards, from scallops, to straight edges, to wavy, to themed, that you can use as a base for making your own fantastic card creations. When you send them, send them flat. They will fit in an envelope made for 4.25x5.5 cards; or...you can use the included envelopes that come with each file. These envelopes are special because they contain a little extra space to accommodate for the layers you may add. When your recipient opens the card, that's where the magic begins, as they will be able to insert the tabs into the slots to see the full 3D bendy effect.

Here are the different versions of the card and their matching envelopes loaded to the store this week:

Here are the direct Links to these files: 

angled bendy card, fence bendy card, sloped bendy card, castle bendy card, pinked bendy card, basic bendy card

You may also like the coordinating Bendy card boxes, which allow you to insert the card when it is extended. You can also use these as stationary boxes if you don't want to use them for bendy cards.

Click here for the tutorial for the bendy card boxes.

You will find them here in the Silhouette store: bendy cards and boxes.

Here's how to make the bendy cards:

Take your three pieces and fold the dotted lines.

Take the larger piece and glue the tab to the back of the card. I like to line it up with the edge of my table so that I know it's straight. Do the same with the smaller piece on the opposite side.

 This is what the back of the card should look like. (some people prefer to glue the tabs to the inside of the card, it really is a matter of preference.)

 Now insert the large side into the slot on the back.

 Now insert the small side into the slot on the large side.

Ta Da! Easy peasy lemon squeazy! Now just add your little magical touches!

Here's a castle version of the Bendy cards that comes as a set in the Silhouette store:

Glue the castle gate to the large piece with the tab.

Glue the tab of that large side to the back of the center piece of the card.

Glue the castle to the center piece of the card. Layer on the peaked roofs and other embellishments.

Glue the fence and grass onto the smaller tabbed piece.

Glue the tab of the smaller piece (with the fence on it) to the back of the center piece.

Your finished castle bendy card should look like this! 

Now that you have an idea of what bendy cards are all about, here's an idea of how you can add magic to these little creations:

This fancy version was made by my creative team member Allie Gower using the basic bendy card and my Gardenia file. You have got to go to her blog to see a few variations of the card. So very very cool! (I know...my English teacher told me that one "very" is always enough...but not in this case...)

Tell us what you want to do with your bendy cards! We love hearing your ideas!

To find more tutorials on my Silhouette files click on this link: "Inlinkz for Samantha Walker Silhouette file Tutorials".

If you create a card using one of my bendy card files from the Silhouette store (or any of my files), we want to see how you did it! Please upload a link to your blog tutorial to the link above. Look for the little blue box at the bottom of the link-up grid, and submit your link. Your creations will help inspire others the endless possibilities of these cards, and also help them find your cool blog!

Here are some supplies you can use to make today's projects!

Happy Crafting!