Using Your Kreaxions Scraps

Hello!  Ginni here and today I want to share a quick and easy project with you using some scraps I had left over from another project.
I don't know about you, but I just HATE throwing away my extra pieces and leftover punched borders!  I have to MAKE myself because I just keep thinking "I'll use them someday."  So this is a quick and easy way to use those scraps and create a unique gift or element for your pages!
My fellow Design Team Member Colleen and I are on a forum together and she challenged us to use those Formica samples to create a tag.  You can get the samples for free at your larger hardware stores.  I chose these three samples because my husband and I are going to be building a new house in the next year and I want Formica countertops.  When I realized I really didn't like the ones I picked with the decor we're going to have, I decided to use them for some tags to encourage my grandchildren to read books.  I need to make more which won't be a problem because these are ADDICTIVE!!!  :)  Oh and if you don't want to use Formica samples, you can use any other thing that you'd normally use to make tags with.  Just create your own background!

I had some leftover pieces of border using Kreaxions Punch #909.  So I pulled them out and added some brads and bling. I adhered everything with Ailene's 3-in-1 glue, outlined them with a Sharpie pen and added some twine and fibers at the top.  Quick, simple, easy and cheap!
I hope this has encouraged you to use your leftover pieces from your Kreaxions punches to create something fun and unusual!  Happy Punching!

The Guardian

Hi there!  Today starts the Turtle Soup Forum's September Mini Crop!  It's always so exciting to see what challenges the Design Team has come up with and even more fun to see what the members create!

This month's theme is "Anything Goes" so I decided to challenge the members to create any project using something from nature and to use at least one punch.  The nice thing about the Turtle Soup Forum is that you can create ANY kind of project for ANY challenge (unless it's posted otherwise)!  I usually do layouts but for my challenge you can do any type of project you'd like!  Here's the example for my challenge:

One day while trimming the tree in our front yard I suddenly realized that there was a face in the tree! We call him our Guardian because the face looks straight at the front door and the front of the house!
Materials - Cardstock - Bazzill; Patterned Papers - Unknown; Letter Stamps - CTMH; Ink - Ranger Distress Mini; Border & Corner Punch - Kreaxions #909; Pen - American Crafts

I hope you'll come join us at the Turtle Soup Forum and play along with all the fun challenges!  Happy Scrapping!

Drawing Rings with the Kreaxions Circle Cutter

Hello there!  Ginni here and today I'm going to show you how to use your Kreaxions Circle Cutter as a pencil tool rather than a cutting tool!  It's going to be a bit of a long post, but I hope you won't mind!
I wanted to draw circles on a card which is quite easy by switching out the blade with the pencil insert.  Did you know your Kreaxions Circle Cutter has a secret compartment?!  It DOES!  On the back side of your Kreaxions Circle Cutter is a little storage compartment where you'll find a couple of pencil inserts, a white plastic round circle and where you can store extra blades.

Open the little white compartment and pull out the pencil attachment.  Then lift #4 tab down and remove the blade.  Replace the blade with the pencil insert and put the tab back up.

Once you've inserted the pencil, you can use the circle cutter the exact same way as you normally would.  Following is a tutorial on how to make a card using the Kreaxions Circle Cutter to draw my circles.
Start by drawing a 4" circle somewhere in the center.

Next draw a 2 3/4 " circle on the top left and bottom right corners.  Make sure you intersect with the large circle.

Finally draw a 1 1/2" circle at top left and bottom right intersecting with the medium and large circles as well.

Now take a pen and go over the pencil lines.  I used 3 colors but you can make as few or as many circles as you want on your project.  Don't worry about being straight now because unless you have a complete steady hand (which I do not) it's not going to be a perfect circle.  On this project I used some Infinity felt tip pens.  But you could use any kind of pen, crayon, paint, whatever!  Use your imagination!

Next to give it some added dimension I dripped some Glimmer Mist by unscrewing top and tapping the sprayer with your finger.  This gives a lower level of spray.  Then I punched the crosses with Kreaxions Punch #612 and added them to the empty corners.  I outlined mine with a black Sharpie.  Then add your sentiment and you're done!

I used circles for a sympathy card because the person had died suddenly.  For the inside sentiment I used a poem that's quite religious so I won't share.  Basically it talks about how circles aren't broken and how life continues on through eternity.  So making good circles was important to me.  And having the Kreaxions Circle Cutter to guide my sometimes shaky hand was a great help.
I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial today!  I encourage you to get creative with your own Kreaxions Circle Cutter!  Happy Circle Drawing!!!

Snow Fun - Turtle Soup Sketch Reveal

Hello!  I just LOVE the sketches Bev Code creates for our Turtle Soup Design Team!  I had great fun with this sketch...

And here is what I created using this sketch.  These are pictures of my Grandson Robert playing in the snow in December 2014.  I used the Kreaxions Circle Cutter to create my circles.
Materials – Papers, Chipboard Pieces, Flair Buttons – Fancy Pants; Brads – Basic Grey; Pen – Sharpie; Inks – Distress Inks

 

I'd love to see what you create using this sketch!  Make sure you post it in the Turtle Soup Forum and Gallery!  

Happy Scrapping!