Louise Brigden Project Ideas

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Designed by Louise Brigden

Instructions

Make a rectangular tent fold card blank.
Now cut a slightly smaller rectangle with Imaginisce Baby Powder – Hiccups paper, scalloping the edges if desired.
Make a double layered central strip (as shown) and attach it to your ‘Hiccups’ backing paper. Attach a strip of Imaginisce blue ribbon underneath and secure on the reverse.
Now fix it to the card base.
Punch a row of holes along the top (I used my Big Bite) and thread a strip of the blue ribbon through them as shown. (Remember to use an even number of holes if you want both ends on the same side.)
Make the tag with a triple layered oval or circle- scalloping the edges if desired.
Add an Imaginisce Twinkle raised dot Giraffe and some Imaginisce Baby Powder blooms, buttons and ribbon and attach to the card base with foam pads.
In the space you have left on your central strip add a K&Company adhesive chipboard embellishment.
For a finishing touch doodle some hand drawn stitching around the card and tag edges with a pink gel pen.

Designed by Louise Brigden

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Instructions

This card just goes to show that very quick and simple cards can look fab!-with the help of some beautiful products.

Make a triangular side fold card blank.
Cover it in a slightly smaller triangle of Imaginisce – Baby Powder – Bubble Bath paper
Take your choice of K&Company Adhesive chip board, stick it onto acetate and trim around the edges leaving a 1cm wide strip sticking out the top. Make a 1cm horizontal cut in the top of your card, slot the acetate strip though and attach on the inside of the card to create your ‘springy’ feature.
Make a 2cm wide backing strip to go behind your sentiment, fix some ribbon (from the Baby Powder Ribbon and Bloom stack) folding the edges around the back then fix the strip to the card. Stamp your sentiment with the ‘It’s a Boy’ stamp from the Baby Powder ‘Birth announcement’ stamp set. Triple mount it onto layers of Baby Powder paper, trim with scalloped scissors and fix over the ribbon. Lastly, add two Woodware miniature safety pins to the ribbon.
Finish off with a blue bloom, fixed to the top of the card with a Blossom brad . (these are fab – they are hand stitched already so it looked like you’ve sewn it yourself!)

Designed by Louise Brigden

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Instructions

This is such an easy project because the Silhouette does all the hard work.

In your Silhouette software arrange the icicle box, the tab, a small scalloped circle and some swirl details from one of the flourish designs onto an A4 page (you’ll need to ungroup the flourish design and delete the elements you don’t want).
Cut a 12x12 sheet of Imaginisce paper to A4 size and cut your prepared designs in your Silhouette.
To make the circular sentiment; follow the instructions in the Circle Card Class but alter the size to fit inside your scalloped circle.
Write inside your tag then make sure you slot it into the join of the box when assembling.
When the box is assembled attach your layered sentiment with an Imaginisce Baby Powder brad.
Lightly ink your paper swirls for a little contrast and glue into position.
Finally attach your ribbon handle, this is so easy to do because the Silhouette cuts slots in all the folded areas so you can just thread the ribbon through the central slot in the top tab folds and secure inside with sticky tape.

"Baby Card 2" Designed by Louise Brigden
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Products used: Imaginisce "Baby Powder" Collection and K & Company Baby Adhesive Chipboard Instructions Make a square side-fold card blank. Layer some Imaginisce Baby Powder Papers to cover the top two 2/3 of the card and add a K&Company Adhesive Chipboard embellishment. Make a tent fold mini card to fit onto the space at the bottom of your card – the front face needs to be slightly deeper then the back. Embellish in the same way as the top of your card, with the addition of some Imaginisce Baby Powder Ribbon and bloom brads. Fix it securely to the bottom of your card. Cover the insides of the tent fold flap with some more Baby Powder paper then stamp the ‘Name, Date, Time, Weight and Length’ with the ‘Baby Stats’ Imaginisce stamp set as shown. For extra finesse, cover the inside of your card with some more BP paper.

Pretty Rack - Designed by Louise Brigden
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Products used: Imaginisce "Baby Powder" Collection Instructions This project gives you an idea of how you can transform an old item that you might previously considered to be junk. Look around the car boot sales and jumble sales and remember to keep an open mind. One man’s junk is a crafters treasure. My project uses a second hand wooden spice rack that I picked up for 50p! If possible dissemble your wooden object before decorating. Paint any rounded edges that could be difficult to cover with paper. Cut all your pieces of Imaginisce Baby Powder paper to size and stick them to each component with a generous layer of PVA glue. Smooth down and leave to dry. When all of your components are dry, brush or sponge all surfaces with PVA glue to give a shiny protective layer, Leave to dry. Now just put it all back together again and jazz it up. You could stamp it or add ribbons. I added two big Prima flowers to mine. Stand back and say Wow!