It’s party and wedding season! Both of my SVG releases are wedding or party related. You can find them in my Silhouette Store here. This week I have tealight candle holders that you can use for decoration or center pieces. I used translucent binding cover that you can get at your local office supply store for the windows. They’re super simple and easy to cut out and all you need is a battery powered tealight to put in it. They look great by them selves or with other decorations for a center piece.
I also released wedding props that you can use for a photo booth at a wedding or other party. Aren’t the mustaches fun? These are also easy to cut out. Just attach them to a wooden dowel with hot glue or tape and you’re ready to take pictures!
This is the first week we are releasing our SVG files in bundles here before they are released in the Silhouette Store! That’s right, you can get them early! This week’s releases are in the store right now. We are also doing a 40% off SVG sale this weekend only. Now through Sunday you can get 40% off all SVGS! This week we released sets of Stacked Pillowboxes and Flower Spheres!
These Stacked Pillowboxes, found in my shop here and here, are perfect for small gifts or as favor boxes for your next party. There’s a triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon shape set. They’re simple to cut out and put together! You can also decorate them with your favorite scrapbook paper. We tied our up with twine for a cute package set!
Flower Spheres are super versatile project that go together without any glue! Each pieces has slits that slide together to create a sphere. These flower balls are a fun decoration for a room or party. We made ours with three different colors to give it a fun ombre vibe. You could also use patterned paper or glue other decorations onto them. Here are some short instructions to go with the video:
Cut 12 of the shapes on your machine
slip the pieces together using the slots on the sides of the shape.
(Optional) add a string if you are interested in hanging your flower ball.
That’s right! I’m going to be at Elaine’s Quilt Block! Put Saturday, August 6, 2016 on your calendar because I am pulling in my glamper and teaching classes! Here’s what is happening!
When: SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2016 Where: ELAINE’S QUILT BLOCK 6970 S 3000 E Salt Lake City, UT 84121 What: Classes, Glamper Walk Through, Kits, and Raffles! Class Times: 10am-12pm Modern Granny Square Pillow or Mini Quilt (Shown below) 1pm-3pm Clean Star Quilt (shown in the pic to the left)
Here’s the deal on classes: There is a Posy Garden Kit you will need to buy from Elaine’s for each of the classes. There is a class cost that I believe will be $24.99. I will have raffles sponsored from Riley Blake and I will be making a grand prize for someone to win at the end of the day. Be sure to check Elaine’s Quilt Block for registration and more information on this!
Raffles will be happening throughout the day. I know there will be some cool things happening to enter into that (more on that on instagram!).
The glamper will be set up like we had it for Quilt Market.
I hope you will come join me because we are going to have a wonderful time! I’m so excited to launch Posy Garden.
I have been loving these Fairy Jars. There’s something magical about them. They might look a little intimidating to make, but trust me, they’re pretty simple. All you need is transparent paper, which you can get it at your local office supply store. The transparent paper makes up the jar part, and the rest is regular paper. To put it together, all I used was hot glue. Watch the video tutorial for more help on putting it together. Happy crafting!
Here’s another fabulous explosion box. The pinwheels are tiny to put together but are so cute. Be sure to add a small jewel or pearl to the center because it will cover up any “mess” made by your hot glue gun or tape. This one can be found in my Silhouette Shop or my Bundle shop!
Happy creating!
Carina
I ADORE 4th of July! That is why I made a ton of 4th of July stuff for my Silhouette Shop and the Bundle shop this week (well, that and I promised my church I would provide the 4th of July centerpieces for the Holiday Breakfast). I have a bunch of new Mini Episodes for you to watch how I put these together. This one is the Star Explosion Box.
Enjoy!
Carina
These motion card are put together like most folding cards the little piece that moves in the card is attached by using a 1/4” inch pop dot.
Instructions:
1. Cut all pieces and assemble all Parts that attach to the card.
2. Assemble the portion of the card that will move around.
3. place a 1/4” pop dot on to the back of the movable piece.
4. push the pop dot through the slot in the card.
5. Attach one of the circles to the back of the pop dot. (at this point your motion piece should be attached)
6. Take the second circle (the one with the dashed score line in it) and fold it in half. Now glue half of it to the circle on the back of the pop dot. (this gives it a little bit of a handle so its easer to make the motion piece move.)
This cards are great and can be used for gifts as well as or little standup albums .
The steps to making these cards are:
Cut out all the cards that you want to chain together
Glue the elements onto the inner portion of the card
After you have all the elements glued down. glue the borders onto the frame that goes along the out side
Take the long tab and glue it the it to the next card in the chain and repeat until you have the desired amount chained
Fold back and forth along the score lines
Now take the tabs or tab on the inner card and glue it to the the next inner card.
Make sure you pass through the frames (don’t try to go outside the frames)
Now you can fold up your card and give it to someone, or you can put it on display.
Note that if you are folding the card. It will only fold in one way. if it doesn’t seem to be folding together better tray folding the inner cards the same as the outer cards.
Watch the videos so you can see how we put our cards together.
I LOVE the Off Set Tool in Illustrator. It’s fast and easy to use. Best of all, it has so many applications for use. I like it when I am creating dielines for stickers or diecuts. I also adore it for anything that needs a bleed. It works like a charm for nested objects. Take a look and hopefully it will be useful to you as well!
I’m still decompressing a bit from market. In fact, when we finished and pulled the entire double booth down, I looked through my photos on my phone and realized that I had been so busy, I hardly took ANY pictures. WHHHAAAT? Whoops.
In the end, you’ll have to visit the hastag #carinaglamps on instagram to see all the going ons that happened in my booth over the course of the three glorious days at Quilt Market 2016 in Salt Lake City.
First off, a story. My glamper was suppose to go in before all the pipe and drape went up in the convention center.
Ya. They forgot about me. When I called the Tuesday before set up, they realized their mistake. So I pulled it in at 8am Wednesday before everyone else came to set up (important since we didn’t want to drive over anyone else and their booths). One of the dock workers pulled it into the Salt Palace for me since exhibitors were technically not allowed in yet. All good.
A bit later, a DIFFERENT dock worker came and asked me if I wanted the door facing out. I’m not sure what the expression on my face was, but I can tell you I was extremely puzzled and confused. I think I mumbled a, “Um, yes? I mean, I want people to actually go INTO it.” Apparently, they had pulled the glamper in BACKWARDS with the door facing the inside of the booth (as in, no one would be able to actually get into it). I believe I heard the dock worker mumble something along the lines of, “I told those idiots that.” as he ran in to the scene of the crime.
Needless to say, they fixed it. I’m not sure how well my booth would have gone over if no one was able to actually go into it to see all the pretty Posy Garden fabric (heehee!).
Because I didn’t leave my booth much, I only have highlights for you. Maybe the biggest highlight (for me) was that the booth won the Creativity Award. I was SO honored! I hadn’t thought about booth awards and I felt grateful to get one. (Photos below: Left—Creativity Booth Award; Right: Baby Coco visits the glamper)
(Photo below: Left—I spent a lot of time on the chalkboards for this booth; Right—First day of the show.)
Most of my double booth was taken up by the glamper (which is about 10′ Wide and 17′ in Length), but we also had a fun section of MiniLou at the front and a section in the back for patterns and block of the month. And that darling sign above (the white one with my logo on it) was made by my sister who has a darling etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SKWoodDesigns. She also made the MiniLou one below. (Photos below: Left—this was taken by @emmalinebags; Right—MiniLou).
I wish I could take credit for all the wonderful sewing in the glamper, but I can’t. I had some fabulous sewers put together many of the projects in the booth. A big thank you to @stitchingrevival Christine Cook, @quiltstorymeg Megan, @mystitchstory Angie Tackett, @amylouwhosews Amy Webb, @farmwifejournal Cherilyn Dunn, @diaryofaquilter Amy Smart 20.2, @jedicraftgirl Amanda Neiderhauser and @happylittlecottage1 Debbie Homick. They made wonderful minis for the glamper.
(Photos below: Left—Amy Smart shows off her mini; Right—Flying Geese Pillow and Garden Patch Quilt I made using my Posy Garden fabric).
(Photos below: Amanda Niederhauser and her mini; Christine Cook and her mini).
Last but not least, my mom came into town and helped with my kids, sewing, and cleaning to get me ready for market. She sewed all the curtains, cushions, and gulp, the piping for all the pillows. Did I mention I HATE doing the piping. Ya, she saved me!
(Photos below: Left—Minilou was all the rage at market!; Right—My mom and me at the Chinese bash we threw after market.—That’s my I-am-happy-it-is-all-over-with smile-wink, wink.).
It was so fun to catch up with new and old friends. The photos below include Heather Spurlock who works at Elaine’s Quilt Shop (BTW the glamper will be there with classes in August! Stay tuned!) and Deanna Hartvigsen who used to be with Mormon Handicraft but has since retired. Deanna is a dear friend and recently has gone through several rounds of chemotherapy. I couldn’t have been more glad to see her!
The photo to the left is of MOST of the Riley Blake designers. A few of the designers were missing in this shot.
The other photo is of Josh and I dressed up for the Riley Blake 80’s party. Anybody want to guess at Josh’s movie reference?
Any that’s the wrap up! It’s always such a treat to be part of the Riley Blake team and I can’t wait for Posy Garden to hit a store near you! Hopefully, I’ll have the swatch book up for it soon!
I’m still recovering from Quilt Market and I’m hoping to have photos up by Thursday! We had a great show and I can’t wait to tell you all about it. For now, I’ve added my shadow box to the Mini Episodes! We have been making so many gorgeous little videos of the new Carina Gardner and MiniLou products coming out in our Bundle Shop and in the Silhouette shops. You’ll see them premier on instagram so check it all out there!
Tomorrow is the kick off of Quilt Market. Earlier this week, Felicity and I were part of the runway show at Riley Blake’s Retail Fabric Extravaganza. I also did a drop for Riley Blake’s awesome Fabric is Fun 60 days of giveaways that has been going on.
On Wednesday my team and I installed the glamper into the Salt Palace and finished setting up the booth. (We are in Booth #2031 BTW! Come by if you are here). Today I have a Schoolhouse and I’ll be selling MiniLou at Sample Spree.
It’s been a tough few weeks finishing up our mid year launch of products for MiniLou and finishing everything I needed done before Quilt Market. There’s a lot more that goes into Quilt Market than just the sewing (although that takes up a lot of the time!). Organizing other quilters to make projects, ordering catalogs, designing new business cards, ordering flooring/lighting/walls, and getting babysitting are just a few of the things that were on my to-do list.
Speaking of babysitting, my mom was in for the save. She showed up last Saturday and has helped me sew, watch kids, cook, and clean this whole week. Such a blessing! That kind of help is priceless and I owe you one, Mom!
Quilt Market Summary will be up sometime soon!
XOXO-Carina
(Photo above is my Perfect Hexagon Quilt Sewing Pattern in my Posy Garden fabric line available in quilt stores July 2016. Photo to the left was made by Megan Jimenez of @quiltstorymeg)
So I had a blog fail last week and didn’t write a bit. Getting myself on a schedule for this might be harder than I thought. Today I wanted to introduce you to our new Mini Episodes on the CGTV Channel. They have their own page now (click on CGTV then Mini Episodes) and you’ll see all of the videos I have that are 1 minute or less. I have a new instagram (@carinagardnerpapercrafts) that sort of inspired me to make this new line of episodes. I have several small videos that didn’t have a place to live, including periscopes, quilt tops, tutorials, ect. On this new instagram feed I am trying to do several of my SVG tutorials in this method so you can see how I make them. Because I needed a place for these (and they didn’t fit into the regular CGTV Channel), we created the “mini episodes.” I’m still in the process of uploading some of the older mini episodes to this page so keep an eye out for that.
To kick things off, I have a new tutorial for you! I have a short little video showing you the power and simplicity of Clipping Masks in Photoshop. I hope you enjoy!
It might FEEL too late to throw something together for Mother’s Day but it really isn’t. Sometimes I think we get caught up in putting together something REALLY fabulous or REALLY intricate and while that is great once in a while, I think it’s just as appreciated to put together a simple card or pillow box (with a gift card in it for extra ease!).
This year is one of the first years I’ll be with my mom ON Mother’s Day (she’s flying in!). And she KNOWS it’s a busy time of year for me and there is a good chance I’m not going to have time to shop for that incredibly thoughtful gift (she’s also incredibly easy going about gifts).
Because of this, I’m going to be giving her a stack of fabric (something she will definitely use) and maybe something sweet to send home with her. And time. I’m going to really try and spend some time with her.
I know what types of things, I want from my kids…hugs, kisses, maybe a chance to put up my feet instead of cleaning the kitchen (let’s be honest, I wish for that everyday). But mostly I want time. It goes quickly, doesn’t it?
I love a little pillowbox with a giftcard in it. Thoughtful but easy.
I also have a Mother’s Day bundle in our SVG shop (for all types of cutting machines) that makes me pretty happy! Laura from LaurasCraftyLife made the sweetest gift and tutorial for Cricut users on how to put these projects together. Check it out if you have a chance! The shadow box card takes a moment to put together but everything else requires a couple of cuts and then you are off to the races!
Hope you are prepping for a fabulous Mother’s Day!
Speaking of babysitting, my mom was in for the save. She showed up last Saturday and has helped me sew, watch kids, cook, and clean this whole week. Such a blessing! That kind of help is priceless and I owe you one, Mom!
