Splitcoast Tutorial: Star Gift Box variation

This week's tutorial over on Splitcoast is a star-shaped gift box, made using die cut shapes. The tutorial included a variation for making a similar gift box using different shaped dies.

Here's the sample I made, using Quickutz octagon dies... my daughter has a birthday coming up and this is the perfect size for one of her gifts!

To begin, I cut three 4" octagons. 2 of them are layered together to form the back, and the front panel is layered with smaller octagons. The teacup image is one I had colored up this summer but didn't use at the time. It worked perfectly for my focal panel.

The inside piece for this particular box is cut to 3" x 7 1/2". I scored at 1/2" from each long side, and then every 1 1/2" along the length of the piece, just slightly shorter than the sides of the octagon.

If you've got a small gift to give, I hope you'll try this simple project!

TTC16 - Inspiration Challenge

There's a new challenge up at the Touch Twin Markers & More Challenge blog - this time we're using our markers to create projects inspired by the picture below. We hope you'll join the fun!

For my card, I used the Kites2Fly set from The Stamps of Life. We're so grateful to them for sponsoring our challenges this month!I used very few colors this time, and used the same colors to layer over each other to create texture in the kite panels. The twine I used is from the Twinery.These are the Touch Twin markers that I used:You can visit the Touch Twin Markers & More Challenge blog for all the details if you'd like to play! Don't have a blog? That's OK. Just post to any online gallery with the keywords TTC16 and touchtwin and link up at the challenge blog. Have fun!

TTC15 - In the Neighborhood

There's a new challenge up at the Touch Twin Markers & More Challenge blog - this time we're using our markers to create projects with a neighborhood theme. We hope you'll join the fun! The whole team is working with the same stamp set from The Stamps of Life today (Houses4us)... we are so thankful to them for sponsoring our challenges this month!!

Here's my card... I love the simplicity of these houses - they'd be great for a mixed media project or pieced with patterned papers... but today, they're colored with Touch markers. I love coloring houses with blue doors - in our first house overseas, all the doors were this turquoise blue.


These are the Touch Twin markers I used:

You can visit the Touch Twin Markers & More Challenge blog for all the details if you'd like to play! Don't have a blog? That's OK. Just post to any online gallery with the keywords TTC15 and touchtwin and link up at the challenge blog. Have fun!

TTC08 - Color Challenge

There's a new challenge up at the Touch Twin Markers & More Challenge blog - this time we're using our markers to create projects with a specific color combination. We hope you'll join the fun! If you don't have the exact colors listed, just try to stay as close as you can.I chose a Christmas set to work with, just for fun - the colors went so well with this set called Holly4Christmas from The Stamps of Life. We're so grateful to them for sponsoring our challenges this month! This set has so many elements and so many possibilities! I just love the string of lights.These are the markers I used to color my card:
You can visit the Touch Twin Markers & More Challenge blog for all the details if you'd like to play! Don't have a blog? That's OK. Just post to any online gallery with the keywords TTC08 and touchtwin. Don't have Touch markers? That's OK too for now. Starting in January we will require using our markers, but for now you can use any coloring medium. Have fun!

TTC07 - Animals

There's a new challenge up at the Touch Twin Markers & More Challenge blog - this time we're using our markers to create projects with an animal theme. We hope you'll join the fun! The whole team is working with the same stamp image from The Stamps of Life today...we are so thankful to them for sponsoring our challenges this month!!I had fun coloring this sweet little puppy - I tend to color with a heavier hand, so this time I concentrated on slowing down and working in lighter strokes.

These are the Touch Twin Markers that I used:


Here's a short video showing how I used a waterbrush filled with rubbing alcohol to color the background of my image:

You can visit the Touch Twin Markers & More Challenge blog for all the details if you'd like to play! Don't have a blog? That's OK. Just post to any online gallery with the keywords TTC07 and touchtwin. Don't have Touch markers? That's OK too for now. Starting in January we will require using our markers, but for now you can use any coloring medium. Have fun!