Monogrammed Thank you and Mitered Edges Tutorial

Last night when I made my card for CPS Sketch 70 (which I'll post on Thursday), Keri had asked how I mitered the edges of the lace stamp that I used. I thought that it would be a good idea to share with you--thanks for the nudge, Keri!

First I cut my base (Cosmo Cricket Little Girls Biography Collection) into a 4" square. (You can also use a standard rectangle, but you have to make sure that your mask is at a 45 degree angle still, not corner-to-corner as in a square format.) From the photo below, you can see that I laid my ruler from corner to corner, then simply placed a sticky note along its edge.  I did the same for both edges.

Second, I carefully placed my acrylic stamp on its mount; I wanted it to be straight so that I could use the edge of the block to judge positioning by. I inked my stamp with Versamark and lined up my scallops so that they were symmetrical, then stamped my antique lace image on one end. I moved both sticky notes and stamped the opposite end next.

Third, I used some vanilla embossing powder to heat emboss both ends. I then repositioned my sticky notes to cover the embossed ends, and stamped the blank ends.

This is what it looks like with all four sides embossed. If you get a few extra spots of embossing powder, you can usually scrape them gently off with a craft knife.

Finally, I used my Just Rite  Monogram stamper (the rectangular one) to stamp my initials in Versamagic Oasis Green chalk ink on a vintage cream base, then die cut this piece with a Spellbinders Plain Petite Oval die. Mat layers are cut from Stampin' Up's Real Red cardstock. I added red eyelets and ran a silk ribbon through them, tying a bow on the right. The button is an Autumn Leaves Foo-Fa-La button.

Several of you have requested a tutorial on tying a bow. Check out this one by Melissa Phillips for CPS; she did a fabulous job! [I am having trouble directly linking; it's on the page that I linked to, then scroll down to Monday, March 10.] I can honestly say that I have no trick to tying a bow. My bows do not usually start out nice; I fiddle and twist and fiddle some more until they finally lay right--sometimes a five-minute process. That's my main advice: just keep working with it until it does what you want!

Dishing the Details. . .
Stamps: Monogram Stamper by Just Rite; Imperial Borders Stamps by Melissa Frances
Paper: Little Girls Biography Collection by Cosmo Cricket
Cardstock: Vintage Cream by PaperTrey Ink; Real Red by Stampin' Up
Ink: Versamark and Oasis Green Versamagic (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Vanilla Embossing Powder by Cornish Heritage Farms, red eyelets by SU, white silk ribbon by May Arts
Tools: Spellbinders Scalloped and Plain Petite Oval Nestabilities; Crop-a-dile

Comments

[Jennifer Meyer]

1.

Very pretty card Deb, LOVE the beautiful embossed lace, gorgeous design and stunning floral paper.

Hope you have a wonderful week,
Jennifer :)

[Andrea]

2.

Lovely card. Great how-to on the embossing corners - very clever.

[Joan B]

3.

Hmm, now there is a rectangle monogrammer thingie? This card is great -- love that lace stamp! Thanks, Debbie Lynne? Debbie Lee, Debbie Louise? LOL

[donna calamari]

4.

Gorgeous card!! I have the paper but i can't cut into them. Your card gives me courage to cut.

[Sherrie]

5.

Beautiful!! Thanks for the great tutorial, too!

[Monique Van Keuren]

6.

Stunning! This card is so beautiful and elegant! Great job girl!

[Melissa]

7.

Such an elegant card, Debbie! I just love the lace embossing you created around the edges. Beautiful!

[Julie Masse]

8.

Beautiful Debbie!! That lace stamp is so pretty and your card is gorgeous! :)

[Denise in PA]

9.

Stunning! Amazing!

Great directions, as usual.

TFS

Denise

[cards4u]

10.

Thanks for another wonderful tutorial!

[Katherine]

11.

Debbie i always love your cards and tutorials. I have a ? How do you get your spellbinder dies to cut so precisely? My top and bottom plates slide askew when i feed them in to the Wizard. I know you tape the die but the paper still moves when the plates shift. Help!

[Lisa]

12.

Thanks for this tutorial...I love this idea and look forward to using it on a scrapbook page.

Lisa

[Elaine]

13.

Thanks for the tutorial because I didn't understand the question because I thought the lace was part of the paper. The visual explained it all, lol!

[Michelle R]

14.

Gorgeous card....and a great tutorial! Honestly, it looked like "real lace" to me until you started the tutorial about how to miter the corners. Simply beautiful!

[Annapurna]

15.

Beautiful card and thank you for the tutorial. In the process of making one for this challenge.

[Jenny Mick]

16.

Great card! Thanks so much for the mitred edge tutorial too. I'm going to have to give that a try!!

[Kimberly Crawford]

17.

Thanks for another great tutorial and beautiful card! I am going to have to try this with some border stamps for sure!
Have a wonderful day! :)

[Holly]

18.

very pretty, and a great tutorial too!

Holly
hogwildaboutstamping.blogspot.com

[Conniecrafter]

19.

so very pretty, just love the lace border, thanks for sharing!

[Lyra]

20.

Thank you for this awesome tutorial! Gorgeous card!

[GinaP]

21.

GREAT idea to miter the edges! Looks sooo nice. Thanks for sharing, Debbie!!

[Rhonda K.]

22.

Fabulous card! And thanks for sharing that tutorial. Wonderful job and I love the colors too!

[Giovana]

23.

Great card Debbie, thanks for the tutorial!!!
Have a blessed day
Giovana

[Pushpa]

24.

What a beautiful card. The white embossing on the patterned paper looks fabulous! Thanks for the tutorial.

[paula]

25.

This is why you are my stamping hero! I thought that was real lace. Yet another thing I need to try, that I have seen on your blog. I will need to make a file just for such items, then I wouldn't forget them! LOL This is such a pretty card!Thanks!!