"Welcome" Wall Plaque

The KellyCraft™ Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square made aligning all the components of this mixed-media “Welcome” wall plaque easy.  It’s perfect when working with ribbon, text, stamped images, buttons and more.


by
Cindi Bisson, Behind These Eyes™

Materials:

KellyCraft™ Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square
Oval paper mache wall plaque
Chipboard lettering
Black acrylic paint
Ann Butler Designs Stamp Sets by Unity Stamp Co.  - 1" Doily Picnic, 1" Leaves All Over, 1" Stripes. Dots. Hearts.
ClearSnap Crafter’s Ink - Night
Beacon Adhesives Felt Glue
Vintage crochet trim
Black cardstock
Book pages
Paint brush
Westcott Titanium-Bonded Non-Stick scissors

Instructions:

Apply Beacon Felt Glue to entire surface and sides of oval paper mache plaque.   Apply pieces of book pages randomly to cover surface.  Repeat on back.

Paint chipboard lettering to spell out “WELCOME” with black acrylic paint.  Let dry.

Create 3 different house shaped images using stamps.   Ink with Night Crafter’s Ink and stamp onto book pages.  

Cut out each house image, mount onto black cardstock, trim around each house to create black mat.

Use Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align vintage crochet trim on bottom third of plaque and mount.

Use Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align stamped houses, evenly spaced, over crochet trim and mount.

Use Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align painted chipboard lettering.  Mount.

 

Add strip of crochet trim to hang plaque.  Use Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align buttons over stamped houses.  Mount.

"U" Make Me Happy Valentine Card

"U" Make Me Happy Valentine Card

Aligning the elements for this Valentine card was easy thanks to the KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square!


by
Cindi Bisson, Behind These Eyes™

Materials:

KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square
Cosmo Cricket TV Dinner papers and Tiny Text stickers
Gold foil tape
ImpressArt Metal Stamps Newsprint set, stamping block, brass stamping hammer
Sizzix Big Shot, Primitive Hearts die
Earth Safe Finishes black acrylic paint
The Best Glue Ever
Chipboard “U”
Heart pin accent

Instructions:

Cut patterned paper to 6" x 6" and fold in half to create card.

Following manufacturer instructions, cut 10 small hearts from coordinating patterned papers using Primitive Hearts die and Sizzix Big Shot. 

Cut strip of coordinating paper 1”  x 6".

Use KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align strip of paper approximately 1/4" from outside right front edge of card, mount.

Arrange 9 hearts, overlapping vertically, on front right edge of card, using Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align centers of hearts.  Mount.

Cut two 3/4" x 6" strips of patterned paper, mount to outer edges of inside of card. 

Cover chipboard “u” with coordinating paper.  Add 10th heart to upper left of “u”. 

Place “make” and “me” word stickers beneath heart on “u”.

Mount inside back of card.

Use metal stamps to stamp strip of gold foil tape with “HAPPY” repeatedly.   Apply black acrylic paint, gently rub off to remove paint from non-stamped areas. 

Use Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to apply line of glue along bottom inside of card where foil tape will be mounted.

Mount stamped foil tape to inside of card, using Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to ensure proper alignment.

Use Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align and mount piece of stamped gold foil to bottom front of card, overlapping heart pin accent over bottom vertical heart.  

Aligning Rubber Stamp Text with the KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square!

 

I recently discovered another great use for the KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square!

To get the most versatility out of my unmounted phrase stamps, I often cut them into individual words so I can mix and max the phrases.  I can spell out whatever I’d like on an acrylic block, then change it as needed.  Until now, aligning the different fonts and words has been a bit of a challenge.  Today when creating this card I realized that my KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square could not only help me align my papers, but my stamped verse too!

by
Cindi Bisson, Behind These Eyes™




Materials: 

Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square
Clearsnap ColorBox Crafter’s Inkpad - Aruba
ScraPerfect The Best Glue Ever, Perfect Crafting
Brown cardstock, white cardstock
Patterned papers from Lawn Fawn, The Robin’s Nest and Lasting Impressions 
The Robin’s Nest Dew Drops embellishments
MemoryMixer downloadable digital floral image
Westcott Paper Trimmer

Instructions:

Create card from brown cardstock.

Print digital floral image, trim.   Add Dew Drop embellishments to centers of flowers.

Select assorted patterned papers and create mats for background of card.  I used left over scraps of papers.  

Ink the edges of all papers with Aruba Crafter’s inkpad.  Pat with Perfect Crafting Pouch to dry pigment ink instantly.

Use KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align papers as desired on front of card, mount.




To stamp inside sentiment, use KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align individual words in “have a happy day” phrase.   *Note - I raised up my square so the laser would shine on the surface of the acrylic block.  Stamp onto paper, dry with pouch, trim.




Select papers for inside of card, ink edges of all inside pieces and dry with pouch.

Use KellyCraft Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to align placement of verse and decorative papers inside of card.