Thinking of you Card, Another Giveaway and a Winner.

by Elisa Kammerdiener

McGill Paper Punches:
     -64511 Star Lily Paper Blossoms Punch
     -64510 Crystal Paper Blossoms Punch
     -64512 Starburst Paper Blossoms Punch
     -65800 Tool Kit
     -65900 Molding Mat

Additional Supplies:
     -Kraft Cardstock
     -Corrugated Chipboard
     -Core'dinations Whitewash Cardstock
     -Vintage music sheet
     -Twine
     -Rub-ons
     -Sander

Card Instructions:

1. Trim a piece of Corrugated Chipboard to 5.25"x4"
2. Tear a piece of music sheet or pattern paper and adhere to the chipboard about an 1"   from the bottom.
3. Wrap twine around chipboard and tie a bow in front.
4. Trim Kraft cardstock to 8.5"x5.5" and fold in half to create card base.
5. Adhere the embellished piece of chipboard to the front of card base.
6. Punch Lily Petals and sand them with sander showing some of the core color.
7. Assemble Lily by following the How to Instructions and apply to card.
8. Finish off the card with a sentiment.

Creating the Lily:

        Click for full size pdf

With the Lily being our May flower of the month we thought it would be fun to give away the punches that create the Lily flower.  All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by Midnight May 31st. To get more chances to win just follow us on our blog and or facebook page.  Doing this will get you up to two more entries for a chance to win. 

Now on to our winner of the Dimensional Ice Cream Cone Punch... 

creative patti said...

I love your punches. This is a great giveaway! TFS! I already follow your blog. pattig161 at yahoo dot com 

Patti please send me your snail mail addy at ElisaK12@gmail.com and I will get your punch sent out to you right away.

We would love to see what you are creating with any of our McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting

Dimensional Ice Cream Punch... GIVEAWAY

This week we featured the McGill Dimensional Ice Cream Punch.  We focused on other ways you can use the punch besides making an Ice Cream Cone. Today's card is using the McGill Dimensional Ice Cream Punch in it's obvious way. 

           Designed by Jessica Morales

McGill Paper Punches:

     -92096L Ice Cream Dimensional Punch

Additional Supplies:

     -Kraft Cardstock

     -Pattern Paper

     -Twine

     -Acrylic Stamps

     -Ink

     -Black Gel Pen

We really enjoyed creating with this punch this week and would love to give a Dimensional Ice Cream Punch away to one lucky crafter.

All you have to do is leave us a comment on this post by midnight Sunday May 29th 2011 letting us know what you thought of our cards this week as well as the Dimensional Ice Cream Punch.    We will draw a lucky winner on Monday morning and announce it on the blog.  If you would like to get your name in more then once simply sign up to follow the McGill Blog for an extra chance.  If you want your name in more then twice all you have to do is follow our facebook page.  If your already a follower just let us know and we will enter you in for each site you follow us on.

Also feel free to hop on over to this weeks designers blogs to see what else they are up too.

Elisa Kammerdiener and Jessica Morales

Till Monday,  Happy Crafting. 

Sweet Ice Cream Cone Card

by Jessica Morales

McGill Paper Punches:
     -92096L Ice Cream Dimensional Punch

Additional Supplies:
     -Kraft Cardstock
     -Cardstock
     -Pattern Paper
     -White Gel Pen
     -Alpha Stamps
     -Black Ink

Card Instructions:

1. Trim Kraft Cardstock to 8.5"x5.5", Fold in half to create your card base.
2. Trim Cardstock to 5 1/4"x4", Emboss and Adhere to center of card base.
3. Punch 5 Ice Cream Cone Shapes with McGill Dimensional  Ice Cream Punch, Assemble all 5 Ice Cream Cones and adhere to card.
4. Stamp Sentiment and adhere to each ice cream cone.
5. Finish off the card with a few dots to each ice cream cone with white gel pen.

We would love to see what you are creating with any of our McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting

Happy Birthday Card

by Elisa Kammerdiener

McGill Paper Punches:
     -92096L Ice Cream Dimensional Punch
     -64520 Mini Petals Paper Blossoms Punch

Additional Supplies:
     -Core'dinations Whitewash and Black Magic Cardstock
     -Kraft Cardstock
     -Websters Pattern Paper
     -Jenny Bowlin Alpha Stickers
     -Basic Grey Acrylic Stamp
     -Staz-On Black ink
     -Twine
     -Die Cut Frame
     -Foam Pop Dots

Card Instructions:

1. Trim Kraft cardstock to 8.5"x5.5" and fold in half to create card base.
2. Trim Pattern Paper to 5 1/4"x4" adhere to center of card front.
3. Die Cut frame out of Black Magic cardstock and sand edges.  Adhere a piece of Whitewash cardstock to center of frame. Adhere to center of card with foam pop dots.
4. Punch out 5 "Cone" Shapes from McGill Dimensional Ice Cream Cone Punch.  Adhere them to a piece of twine to create a banner.  Once done adhere to frame.
5. Punch out 5 flower shapes from McGill Mini Petals Paper Blossom Punch.  Apply "Happy" Stickers to a mini flowers, Adhere to banner with foam pop dots.
6. Stamp "Birthday" on a piece of cardstock, Adhere to card. 
7. Tie little bows from left over twine. Adhere to each side of your banner.

We will be back tomorrow showing you another idea created from the Dimensional Ice Cream Punch.

We would love to see what you are creating with any of our McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting

Celebrate Card

by Jessica Morales

McGill Paper Punches:
     -92096L Ice Cream Dimensional Punch

Additional Supplies:
     -Kraft Cardstock
     -Pattern Paper
     -White Pen
     -Glitter
     -Stamped Sentiment

Card Instructions:

1. Trim cardstock to 8.5"x11" and fold in half to create your card base.
2. Punch 3 times with Dimensional Ice Cream Punch with different Pattern Papers
3. Adhere "cone" part on top of "Ice Cream scoop" and trim off extra part of scoop to create a party hat.
4. Trim off stem from cherry and adhere to top of your party hat. 
5. Embellish "Party Hat" with glitter and adhere to the left side of your card. 
6. Draw on dashes with white pen
7. Stamp on your sentiment.

We will be back tomorrow showing you another idea created from the Dimensional Ice Cream Punch.

We would love to see what you are creating with any of our McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting

A new addition to the McGill Design Team

In April I Introduced Jessica Morales as a Featured Artist along with her gorgeous card featuring our Ice Cream Cone Dimensional Punch.  We continued to follow her blog and  were just blown away with Jessica's work, You Tube/Ustream videos and tutorials that we just had to reach out to Jessica and see if she wanted to join the McGill team.  We are so excited that she said yes and we just know your going to love her work.  As Jessica awaits her box of McGill Paper Punches we thought it would be fun to feature the Ice Cream Cone Dimensional Punch that started Jessica's adventure with McGill.

 Designed by Jessica Morales

Be sure to visit Jessica's blog to see more of her amazing work and let her know we sent ya.

Be sure to check back tomorrow as we feature another project showcasing the McGill Ice Cream Cone Dimensional Punch.

As always we would love to see what you are creating with McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting.

Happy Birthday Card

by Elisa Kammerdiener

McGill Paper Punches:

     -64532 Geranium Leaf Paper Blossoms Punch

     -64530 Geranium Small Leaf Paper Blossoms Punch

     -64534 Grape Leaf Paper Blossoms Punch

     -64535 Highland Snowflake Paper Blossoms Punch

     -65800 Tool Kit

     -65900 Molding Mat

Additional Supplies:

     -Bazzill Cardstock

     -American Crafts Pattern Paper

     -Joanns Ribbon

     -American Crafts Rub-Ons

     -Styrofoam ball 1/2"

     -Beacon Fabri Tac Adhesive

Creating the Peony:

  Click How-to sheet for full pdf

Remember to come back on Monday to see what else we have created with the Dimensional Ice Cream Punch.

We would love to see what you are creating with any of our McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting

Ice Cream Dimensional Punch

The possibilities are endless when it comes to our Dimensional Punches.  Today we are featuring the Ice Cream Dimensional Punch.

     -92096L Ice Cream Dimensional Punch

Other then the obvious what other things can you create using this punch? Here are a couple more ideas using the Ice Cream Dimensional Punch.

       

 

    cards designed by Sue Eldred

Come back on Monday to see what else we came up with using the Ice Cream Punch.

We would love to see what you are creating with any of our McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting

A Silhouette Flower Card

by Janine Blackwelder

McGill Paper Punches:
     -81013 Silhouette Flower Punch
     -95950 3" Scalloped Circle Stacking Punch
     -95923 2.5" Circle Stacking Punch
     -92085 1.5" Leaves

Additional Supplies:
     -Bazzill Cardstock
     -Ink
     -Foam Tape
     -Inking Tool
 
Card Instructions:

1. Trim Card Base to 3.5"x7" and fold in half to create 3.5x3.5" card
2. Trim a colored piece of cardstock or pattern paper to 3.25x3.25" and adhere to center of card base.
3. Punch out a Scalloped Circle and adhere to center of card
4. Punch out a Circle, Ink edges and adhere to center of Scalloped Circle.
5. Punch out two Silhouette Flowers in two different colors of cardstock, ink the edges and layer them using foam tape.
6. Punch out two Leaves from cardstock flipping one over adhere the leaves to the back of the Silhouette flowers and adhere to your card. 

We would love to see what you are creating with any of our McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting

Lily Gift Bag

designed by Sue Eldred

McGill Paper Punches:
     -64511 Star Lily Paper Blossoms Punch
     -64510 Crystal Paper Blossoms Punch
     -64512 Starburst Paper Blossoms Punch
     -65800 Tool Kit
     -65900 Molding Mat

Additional Supplies:
     -Small paper gift bag
     -Cardstock
     -Clearsnap Tea Rose Ink Pad
     -Ribbon
     -Marker
     -Beacon Fabri Tac adhesive

Creating The Lily:

          click for full printable pdf

We would love to see what you are creating with any of our McGill Paper Punches so be sure to leave us a comment with a direct link to your project.

Till next time, Happy Crafting

Paper Blossoms Lily Video

Today we have a step by step video that will take you through all the steps and show you just how easy it is to create a Lily using McGill Paper Blossom punches and tools.

We would like to know what you think of the video and of course we would love to see what you have created with any of McGill Paper Punches.

Till next time, Happy Crafting.

May Flower of The Month

This month we are all about the Lily

To get you started on creating a dimensional Lily, Madeline Arendt has designed this gorgeous photo frame featuring a Day Lily and of course we have the complete supply list and step by step instructions for you.

 McGill Paper Punches:
     -64511 Star Lily Paper Blossom Punch
     -64510 Crystal Paper Blossom Punch
     -64512 Starburst Paper Blossom Punch
     -65800 Tool Kit
     -65900 Molding Mat

Additional Supplies:
     -Bazzil Cardstock
     -Ranger Distress Ink
     -Ink Blending Tool
     -Beacon Fabri Tac Adhesive
     -8" Wood Photo Frame

Now the Day Lily is assembled a little differently then the Lily so here is the detailed instruction sheet.

     Click for full printable PDF

We'll be back on Wednesday with a video and more Paper Blossom Lilies and other projects using the complete line of McGill Paper Punches.

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