Mother's Day Cards **Tombow & Paper Issues** Blog Hop!!!

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Tombow USA and Paper Issues 
Blog Hop!

You probably got here from Heather Joyce’s blog but if you stumbled across my blog go the Paper Issues Blog to start!

I wanted to create a fun and funky card for my mother for Mother's Day.  I fell in love with these yellows and oranges with black and white all together, it just made everything pop!!  Here is to a funky and wild mother's Day Card!!

I took a 12x12 sheet of patterned paper from Paper Issues and cut it to 10 x 6.5 inches and folded it in half as the base of my card.  I then took the bright yellow, bright orange, and black Tombow Dual Brush Pens and used the brush end to out line the card base and also all the layers on the card.  This helps each layer pop out from the one under it and also add lots of dimension.

I then used the wonderful Tombow Power Tabs to pop up the square chipboard frame  I also used the orange pen to color in some of the circles.

I used the Tombow Mono Liquid Glue Aqua to stick the bird diecut to the frame.  I just love the pen tip application, so easy and precise to use!!

To glue all of the layers on to each other I used the Tombow Glue Tape Stamp Runner.  It is such and easy tape runner to use, and the best part is I can add just a stamp of adhesive to one section if it needs a bit more by turned it on its end!!

Just look at all these fun bits and bobs found in the March Swag kit from Paper Issues.  Each month is just crammed with a ton of wonderful goodness!!

I also created a fun second card for my mother-in-law since there were so many yummy goodies in the Paper Issues March Swag Bag!!  This time I used the Bright Orange and Bright Blue Tombow Dual Brush Pens to outline the card and the same Tombow adhesives to glue everything togetther..

Supplies
Papers - Websters - Paper Issues
Paper Issues March Swag Bag Kit

• Cards/Tags
• Stickers
• Confetti
• Clip
• Chipboard

Pens - Tombow
Die-Cut - Die-Namites Dies
Pearls - Prima
Ink- Prima
Adhesive - Tombow

The Tombow USA prize includes: Tombow Mono Adhesive Permanent, NEW Tombow Adhesive Dots, Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue and Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue.

The Paper Issues prize: $20 Gift Card to the Paper Issues Shop

To win, visit and comment on the participating blog posts and go to the Paper Issues Facebook Page and tell us which project was your favorite! You have until May 12 at 11:59 EST to comment. A winner will be picked randomly and announced on May 13, 2015.

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Here is the line up in case you get lost.

Paper Issues

Beth Watson

Kathy Skou

Daniella Hayes

Heather Joyce

Erin Reed - You are HERE

Jen Boumis - NEXT

Jennie García

Leah l’Orange

Jennifer Priest

Mary-Ann Maldonado

Latrice Murphy

Meaghen Calder-Losier

Tombow USA Blog

Enjoy!!

Reward Chart **Xyron & Paper House**

I did something a bit different this time, an award chart for my kids. I have made so many paper ones (printed, made by hand, or just throwing stickers on a paper) for earning things to try and eliminate bad behaviors (hitting, acting up at school, not getting along with siblings) or try and instill good behavior (potty training, good days at school, etc) and I hate to create a new one each time.  So now I have created one that all I do is change up the name, goal and prize to reaching the goal.  For my boys it is getting along at home.  They earn a magnet on the chart for time they spend together and do not fight!!!

I used the amazing new Xyron® Creative Station using the 5”Creative Station Laminate Magnet Refill to create the Paper House Snapshots stickers.  

This machine is so cool it fits both the 9" and the 5" refills for any of the cartridges!!

Paper House Snapshot Stickers in Dogs, Cats, Football, Baseball, and Soccer.

Pull off the foam sticker on the back of each Paper House Snapshot sticker and run it through the machine. 

   

Cut each image out with scissors and boom a magnet!!  

 

I had a ton of left over magnetic pieces left from cutting out the Paper House Snapshots and I did not want to waste it so I cut them up and fit them on the back of the various puffy stickers, letting the sticker be the adhesive to the magnetic laminate front, and viola more magnets!!

Various Paper House Puffy Stickers Used - Frogs, Dino, Polar, Trucks, Owls, Foxes, Sports, and Baby Girl.

Scraps left!

Cut out sections of cardstock in pink and red and using the Xyron® Tape Runner glued them to the inside top and sides.

I then created little boxes out of colored cardstock (yellow, green, and pink) to act as holders for the extra magnets, below is the diagram.

Create the little boxes to the size of the large box you are using.  My dimensions were 8.5 " long, 6" wide, and 2" squares for the corners.

 

I then laminated them with the Xyron® CreativeStation 9” Creative Station Laminate Refillso they would be sturdier.

 

Cut off the excess plastic and re-cut the section at the corners.

Hot glue the edges to hold the laminated box together and then glued the little laminated boxes inside the larger box at the bottom.

Use the black alpha stickers to spell out "Child", "Goal", and "Prize" at the top of each of the boxes.  Write the words the name of the child(ren) doing the reward, the reward, and the prize on red cardstock and attached them to the front of the boxes with a spiral clip.  These cards can be changed out each time there is a new reward, new prize, or new child earning something so this reward chart can be used over and over again!!!

I glued the bought blue magnetic board inside the large box (up-cycled from a paper kit I received as a present years ago), popped a sticker title at the top with the orange washi tape as my underline, and added some fun washi tape around the edges of everything!

 

  

Add the magnets to the board as the kids earn their rewards and store the extra in the boxes at the bottom!!

 

Use any size leftover box (pizza box, top of a paper box, etc) as the base of your project.  Have the kids tell you there favorite colors and help them pick out the stickers for the reward chart lets them be part of the project!  If you have older kids they can also help you make the magnets and cut them out, they love the turn the handle on the Xyron® Creative Station.

 

Supplies

Xyron® Creative Station

5” Creative Station Laminate Magnet Refill

9” Creative Station Laminate Refill

Xyron® Tape Runner

Stickers - Paper House

Alpha Stickers - Kaisercraft & American Crafts

Washi Tape - Recollections

Spiral clips - recollections

Dollar Store blue magnetic board

upcycled box from a craft kit

Marker - Sharpie

Enjoy!!