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White on White

White on white sm H2O

This week’s challenge over at: Crazy4Challenges the challenge is to make a white on white card. I was in the mood to make something floral so I decided to make white rose and one of my favorite embossing folders by Spellbinders:

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The Steps:

Step 1: First cut a pc. of white cardstock into a rectangle that measures 5.25″ x 7″. Put this rectangle into the embossing folder and run through your cutter/embossing machine.

Step 2: Create a base card by scoring an 8.5″ x 11″ piece of white cardstock at 5.5″ Fold for a book fold, Adhere step 1 to the front of the base card.

Step 3: Make 3 roses and their leaves from white cardstock. If you have never tried making paper realistic flowers by Susan Tierney Cockburn, here is the tutorial video for making these exact roses: Susan’s Rose 1 video tutorial

I constructed my roses directly onto the embossed folder layer on the front of the card making sure the finished arrangement would be centered into the oval.

Step 4: I used a die for the sentiment that I honestly don’t know the manufacturer’s name, but use it often for sympathy cards. I bought on HSN yrs. ago and is a set of “word” dies. The butterfly is from Elizabeth Craft Designs, but is discontinued.

That’s It!

Thank you so much for taking a look. I think white on white cards always look elegant no matter what the theme is, so go for it this week!

Other Products Used:

Michael’s Craft Store: all white cardstock

Sizzix Cutterpillar Pro

PH Neutral Archival Glue

Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Anything But A Card!

Ann's Cups h2o

This weeks challenge over at: Crazy4Challenges

The theme this week is to make an “ABC” or Anything But a Card! I have to admit that I made this Spring Trio for my oldest daughter in February but I also thought it would be a good inspiration for a gift for someone for any occasion or to hang in your own kitchen or dining room.

The Steps:

Step 1: I always like to cut out all the elements that will make up the card first. Then I audition them to see if what I had in mind will actually work. Here are the die sets I used to cut out all the elements:

A: Cut 3 cups and saucers from this die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs: Garden Notes – Victorian Tea Cup and Saucer

Garden Notes - Victorian Tea Cup & Saucer

I used 3 different black and white prints from a card stock pack from Michael’s Craft Store. I used black card stock for the saucers. Michaels paper

Step B: Cut enough petals and leaf pieces from these 3 die sets to make the flowers: Garden Notes – 1089 – Pansy – 5 piece set

Garden Notes - Pansy 5 piece set

I made enough for 7 pansies.

Make enough petals and flowers for 3 Amarillas and 3 Daffodils: 1218 Garden Notes Amaryllis

Garden Notes - Amaryllis

1137 – Garden Notes – Daffodil

Daffodil die set

Step 2: Cut an 3 white ovals with the largest die from this set: 1113 – Stitched Ovals

Stitched Ovals

Step 3: Assemble the cups and saucers and adhere to each white oval Glue the saucer in place and then put a large foam dot under the cups in the center of each. When you like where it is on each saucer then add a line of glue around the underside edges of the cup. Press the bottom edge down on the saucer. Next remove the “dot” backing and press the cup in place. Now go around and press the rest of the edges of the cup down.

Step 4: If you haven’t made paper flowers, here is the YouTube link to Susan Tierney Cockburn, the designer for Elizabeth Craft Designs. This is where you will find the video tutorial for each of these flowers. You will build your flowers right into the cups:

Susan Tierney Cockburn – videos

Step 5: Cut a rectangle of black card stock that measures 5 x 7″. Cut two strips of striped paper from the same pack or one you choose that measure 7 x 1.5″. Cut one stripe from coordinating card stock that measures 7 x 2″. Adhere these to the 5 x 7″ rectangle and adhere the floral ovals centered. Here’s another look:

Ann's Cups h2o

Thanks so much for stopping over and I hope you’ll come back soon!

Other Products Used:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus

Michaels: Shadow Box Frames

Beacon’s Kid’s Choice Glue

A Basket full of Hugs and Flowers

Flower Basket H2O

This weeks challenge is to put a flower on it. I chose a die set from Docrafts. This set has 5 daisy dies

The basket is from Elizabeth Craft Designs and is called: 1483 – Garden Notes – Gathering Basket

The background “wood look” cardstock is also from Elizabeth Craft Designs and is 6 x 6″ and has all different wood texures from photo’s taken by Els Van de Burg, the owner. This collection of card stock packs came in wood, Metal and stone and is on sale right now for $1.95 per pack.

The white circle is the 3rd to the largest from this set: 1116 – Stitched Circles

Then I added the ECD: 1254 – Entwined Circles

The sentiment “Hugs” is an ECD dies set called: 1269 – Love Sentements.

That’s It! Easy Peasy!

Christmas Candles

Good Morning my paper crafting friends. I’m still working on my Christmas cards so here is one I made using these two die sets from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

1226 – Garden Notes Small Poinsettia

Poinsettia die

919 – Candle

Candle die

Cut the dies in the “small Poinsettia” to make 3 flowers. I cut the base pc. 3 times, and all the leaf pcs. 9 times from white cardstock and 4 times from green cardstock. Here is Susan Tierney Cockburn’s :Poinsettia Assembly Video I cut, shaped and assembled all 3 poinsettia on their base pc., to place into the end arrangement when I assembled the finished card.

Next cut two of the candle die from white cardstock but cut the “candle drip” pc. from white cardstock that has been adhered to Double Sided Adhesive. Remove the protective back from the drip pcs. and sprinkle 640 – Warm Diamond Microfine Glitter over the sticky side and polish in with your finger. Remember to apply the double sided adhesive to the right side of the cardstock and the die pc. blade down over the adhesive. Cut two flame pcs. from white cardstock and color with Copic Markers. Cut the pine 4 or 5 times from green cardstock.

I bought this Christmas cardstock pack yrs. ago from Joanne’s Craft Store and it’s probably no longer available, but any holiday paper/cardstock would be great. I loved this one because the ornaments all have subtle red glitter areas on them, which made this glitter drip from the candles really work or make sense.

The cardstock I chose for the base card is one from Elizabeth Craft Designs called Soft Finish Cardstock in “Dove Gray” because in the close up above, you can see it is pretty much an exact match to the gray in the designer paper, and, I love that is white on the other side which makes a blank slate for stamping a sentiment or anything on the inside. It is 12 x 12″ 100lb. paper which makes a great base card weight.

The finished card measures 5.5 x 7″ so create a base card by scoring either a 8.5 x 11″ at 5.5″ on the long side or as I did in this case, score a 12 x 12″ at 6″. Either way, fold over for a book fold card and trim to the finished size. Cut, from a holiday print cardstock, a mat that measures 5.25 x 6.75″ and adhere to the front of the base card.

Now with a nested oval set from Elizabeth Craft Designs: 1113 – Stitched Ovals take the second and the third largest die and tape them nested together.

Oval dies

Ovals taped

As in the photo above place the taped together ovals on a pc. of the same cardstock used for the base and run through your die cutting machine. Now separate the ovals and using the smaller of the two, cut an oval from silver mirror cardstock.

Using Elizabeth Craft Designs 1467 – Words 3 – Happy Holidays cut two of each word from the same cardstock you choose for the base card and adhere the two layers together.

Happy Holidays

Now the fun. Assemble the card by first centering the oval frame you cut by using 2 dies and put the silver mirror stock oval inside the oval frame and place the candles as shown. Once you like where it is, then place the 3 poinsettias as shown. Glue everything down including the pine boughs, green leaves and the double layer sentiment. Here’s another quick look at the card:

Other Products Used:

Beacon’s Kids Choice Glue

Sizzix Big Shot Plus

C4C – 452 Sketch Week!

Frog pull card front

C4C452Sketch

I have an adorable granddaughter who is a September girl like me! She’s is in high school now and is too grown-up to want kiddie cards but still likes interactive cards.

Here’s how I made this card:

I used a now retired die set from Karen Burniston when she was still with Elizabeth Craft Designs called 916 – Spiral Circle Pull Card. It comes with a die that creates a spiral that extends when the card is opened. As most of Karen’s interactive dies sets, this one could be for any theme. This die set looked as if it was made for this month’s sketch to me:

Spiral Circle pull die

The basket and all the flowers were made with this set from Joset for Elizabeth Craft Designs called: 1460 – Spring Basket

Spring basket die

Let’s just say I cut a lot of flowers. I used pink, yellow and white cardstock and cut each flower with two layers of petals. The flower center circle was cut with an olive green cardstock. The bow from this set was cut with the same cardstock from Elizabeth Craft Designs called: Thinking About Grand Canyon that I used for the pull card. I cut the basket from white cardstock and colored it with PanPastels.

The leafy branches was with Elizabeth Craft Designs: 1033 – Leafy Branch I cut about 6 branches and cut into pieces that worked for the basket of flowers.

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The frog was made with die set also expired from Karen Burniston called 909 – Hoppy the Frog:

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I cut two little circles out of white cardstock using Elizabeth Craft Designs: 1172 – Dotted Scallop Circles I cut them using the 3rd to the smallest die in this set for under the frog and for the sentiment when you open the card. I stamped the sentiment “Enjoy your day” from a retired Karen Burniston little stamp set called Just a Note on one of the circles for the inside sentiment.

The outside sentiment “Happy Birthday” is from this die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs: 783 – Happy Birthday

That’s It!

Thank you for taking a look and I hope you’ll join us this week and make your version of this sketch.

Other Products Used:

Elizabeth Craft Designs: Clear Double Sided Adhesive tape 10mm

Beacon’s Kids Choice Glue

Sizzix Big Shot Plus

A beautiful, easy to make Christmas card!

This card is quick and easy but still has Wow power!

This one is the one to try if you’re new to this whole paper crafting addiction that has taken over many social media sites. It’s hard for me to imagine that there are many families that don’t expect a handmade card these days! LOL Anyway,…..this one is easy, goes together quickly and packs all the “wow” factor for the receiver. Here’s how I made it:

Step 1: Using: 1067 – Poinsettia, cut one silhouette pc. from red cardstock and a second from red cardstock that you have adhered to double sided adhesive before cutting the pc. Note: Tape the die to the adhesive side with blades down. (Note: You may need to run through your machine twice, so don’t remove from the die until you’ve tested if it was a uniform cut.) Cut one of the silhouette pc. from green cardstock. I Cut the “swirly overlay pc. and the smaller petal pc. from red cardstock. Cut the small “center pc.” from white cardstock and color the outline pattern yellow and the inside little circles green.

Using a flower shaping tool kit, vein the plain red large petal pc. and the green one, you will use for leaves. Optional: lightly go over the leaves pc. after veining with a darker ink and the veins will be more visible. Next, remove the protective layer from the “double sided adhesive red layer and sprinkle with: 614 – True Red Silk Microfine Glitter. Shake off excess glitter and rub with finger to polish the glitter side. Assemble the poinsettia by adhering the swirly red layer to the glittered petal layer. Then adhere this to the plain but veined red petal layer offsetting the petals. Then add the smaller red petal layer and last the pollen yellow/green layer.

Step 2: Using Elizabeth Craft Designs: 758 – Berry Branch Cut the die twice with white cardstock and color the branch brown and the berries red. Add a drop of Crystal Lacquer to each of the berries. Let dry. It may take an hour or more.

Step 3: Cut a rectangle from cream cardstock that measures 4.25 x 6″ and run through an embossing folder from Elizabeth Craft Designs: Pinecones I colored the raised pinecones with a eye shadow applicator and Burnt Umber PanPastel. I love coloring embossed panels with PanPastels. If you are not familiar with this medium, they are highly saturated compressed powder colors. Every color can be blended and, as in this case, if some of the (brown) color I used, fell where I didn’t want it, you can erase it. Once you’re happy, you spray very lightly once with cheap hair spray and it’s set. Trim to 4 x 5.5″

Step 4: Cut two rectangle mats: One light brown that measures 4.25 x 5.75″ the second one in red that measures 4.5 x 6″. Adhere the light brown one over the red one centered with a 1/8″ border on all sides. Adhere the embossed layer to the red one.

Step 5: Score a 8.5 x 11″ cream cardstock at 5.5″ on the long side. Fold over for a tent fold and trim to 5.5 x 7″. Adhere the step 4 sandwich to the front of this card base.

Step 6: Using: Elizabeth Craft Designs 944 – Merry Christmas cut from red cardstock that you use the same technique for the red glittered petal layer. Remember when you use this technique, tape the die, blade side down on the protective double sided adhesive side. Run through the die cutting machine twice to cut through all the layers.

Step 7: Adhere the poinsettia and berry branches, as well as the glittered “Merry Christmas sentiment as shown. Here’s another look:

That’s it! Thanks for taking a closer look.

I hope you’ll come back tomorrow for more inspiration from the :Dies R Us Inspiration blog

A Pretty Spring Bouquet of Tulips

Good Morning Crafters! For this project for the DiesRUsBlog I wanted to make a “almost any occasion” card. I love the realistic look of Susan Tierney Cockburn’s GardenNotes dies. Over at DiesRUs they carry a huge collection.

For this project I chose Elizabeth Craft Designs 1269 Garden Notes Tulip 2 for the star of this card.

There is a YouTube video showing how to create these cute tulips: Tulip assembly video

I cut enough of the petal pcs. white cardstock to make six tulips. Then with Copic Marker I “flick” colored from the bottom up to look like the real tulips that are sort of striped. Cut the pcs. for the stem and leaves from green cardstock and inked the edges with a darker green. I didn’t adhere them to the project as in the video but instead made each tulip and stuck them in a bud vase filled with toothpicks until I had all the other elements cut and colored’:

I also used: 1297 – Garden Notes Ivy Vine I cut both of the pcs. in this die set with white cardstock and then with a Copic Marker I colored green but left white areas to mimic variegated ivy.

To tuck into the bouquet, I used: ECD 1425 – Garden Notes – Maidenhair Fern

The Mats are as follows: The white was cut out of white cardstock using the largest die from this set: ECD 1173 – Dotted Scallop Circles

The pink mat was cut with pink cardstock with the second largest die from this set:

ECD 1113 – Stitched Ovals

The next element you’ll need is to cut the Tea Cup out of white cardstock from ECD 1375 – Garden Notes – Victorian Tea Cup & Saucer

This die also embosses the cup to show the rim and the curved stripe on the bottom that I colored pink with a Copic Marker. I stamped the pink flowers on the cup with a stick stamp.

These stick stamps are fun and are from a company called: Stamps by Judith Visit the site for all kinds of ideas and tutorials using these fun stamp sticks.

I have collected a few:

The “Hugs” sentiment was cut with white cardstock from this set: 1269 – Love Sentiments

To assemble the card: Create a base card by scoring a 8.5 x 11″ pc. of white cardstock. Fold to make a book fold and trim to 5.5 x 7″. Cut a rectangle from a designer paper that measures 5.25 x 6.75″ and adhere to the base card centered.

Adhere the pink oval to the white oval, then center this oval sandwich to the card.

Next, make a slightly barrel shape to the cup with your thumbs and put two foam dots down the center of the “tea cup” (top to bottom):

Apply glue to the very bottom underside edge of the cup and place it 1/2″ above the lower edge of the pink oval as shown. Don’t remove the backing paper from the dots yet. Next, play with the tulips and fern until you like it. Then glue the stems in place. Next, remove the backs off the foam dots and apply glue to the underside of the cup handle and all around the cup edges and the back lip of the cup. As you lift the cup back into place, gently push the sides in so that it accommodates the lift in the middle.

Next, add the “ivy” pcs. where you like them and the word “Hugs” as shown. Here’s one more look at the card in a shadow box frame:

That’s it!

Thanks so much for taking a look and I hope you will check in with the DiesRUs Inspiration Blog to see what the rest of the team has made for daily inspiration!

Other Products Used:

Elizabeth Craft Designs: White Soft finish Cardstock, Clear Double sided Adhesive

Beacon’s Kids Choice Glue

Sizzix Big Shot Plus

C4C – 435 Sketch Week!

My DT card for this challenge is an homage to Romeo and Juliet!

The Steps:

Step 1: Make two of Elizabeth Craft Designs: Rose There is an Assembly Video from the designer Susan Tierney Cockburn.

Step 2: Make a base by scoring a pc. of 8.5 x 11″ black cardstock at 5.5″. Fold over and trim to 5.5x 7″. Cut a pc. of designer paper 3.5 x 7″ and adhere to the black base card using double sided adhesive as shown.

Step 3: On your computer create the two sentiments. Print on cream card stock and cut to 1″ x 3″. Distress the edges with Black Pan Pastel. Then I hand cut the fishtail. You could also use fishtail dies.

Step 4: Add the assembled roses and sentiments as shown.

That’s It!

I really appreciate the time you took to take a look.

Products Used:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Rose 1

Elizabeth Craft Designs: Black 12 x 12 Soft Finish Cardstock, 10mm Double Sided Adhesive, Susan Tierney Cockburn’s Tool Kit (flower shaping tools)

Beacon’s Kids Choice Glue

JoAnn Fabrics and Craft: “I love you” designer paper

Sizzix Big Shot Plus

A Mother’s Day Card

2018-04-17 blog hop

I just love the floral dies by Susan Tierney Cockburn For Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I’m not going to mislead you. They all take some time to make but worth the effort! Here’s the link to Susan’s assembly video. I recommend you watch the videos before you attempt to make most of her floral die sets. It’s not always obvious how to put them together and it will save so much frustration!

The Steps:

Step 1: Die cut all the pieces out from the 1487 – Garden Notes – Lilac 2 die set and assemble the lilac.

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I cut both petal pc. dies from a dark lavender cardstock about 6 or 7 times because I like a full lilac. If I don’t use them all I put the leftovers into the die set envelope so I don’t have to cut as many times the next time I make it. I cut the leaves from green cardstock and distressed the edges and the center vein with a little purple ink.

Step 2: I used Susan’s 1375 Victorian Tea Cup and Saucer to put the lilac in:

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Cut the teacup and saucer pcs. I had tried a technique I learned from one of Els Van de Burg’s Technique Friday videos to put several different colors of ink on a craft mat and then spray water on it. You then take cardstock and start picking up color as you turn the cardstock. I used pretty intense colors because I wanted to stamp over it with a large background stamp in white. It didn’t work out for what I wanted to do but it made an interesting paper for this tea cup set. I wish I had taken a pic of the paper before I cut it out but didn’t. Here’s a pic of the rest of the paper after I cut it out. I cut the saucer from another lavender cardstock.

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Step 3: Using the 1064 – Fitted Frames 4 Curvy Squares, cut once with white cardstock and again with purple cardstock. You will use the largest white frame and the second to the largest in purple.

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Step 4: Cut a 4.75″ square from light lavender cardstock. Cut a 5.75 square from color coordinated cardstock. I chose a lavender polka dot cardstock from ModaScrap – “Thinking about Polinesia” also available at Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Step 5: Make a card base by cutting an 12 x 12″ piece of white cardstock in half. Score one half at 6″ and fold over.

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Step 6: Assemble the card. Adhere the lavender ModaScrap square to the base card. Adhere the 4.75″ lavender sq. centered next. Then adhere the white curvy square over the lavender one. (it also measures 4.75″) Next adhere the purple curvy sq. inside the white one matching up the curves.

Step 7: Adhere the saucer, teacup, lilac and leaves as shown.

Step: 8: Using this die from Die-Versions cut mom from purple cardstock.

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Cut a little tag from this set from white cardstock and ink the edges with lavender ink:

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Adhere the “Mom” to the little tag. Cut a little pc. of Bakers Twine and attach the tag to the handle of the tea cup.

That’s It!

Thanks so much for stopping by for a look.

Other Products Used:

Elizabeth Craft Designs: White Soft Finish cardstock, Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Sizzix Big Shot Plus

Beacons Kid Choice Glue

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