April 2014

Elizabeth Craft Designs April Designer Challenge – Elegant and White

April 30, 2014

Hi everyone,

It is the last day of the month so time for another Elizabeth Craft Designs Designer Challenge!
This month’s theme is Elegant and White. We challenged our Design Team to create an elegant project in the color white or off-white. I think they did an amazing job! Here are the 10 projects our Design Team created for you.

First project is from Debra Hensley. Debra used the Accordion Oval Card die to create the front of her card and created a beautiful background using our Swirly Curves Embossing Folder.
The flowers are a die and look stunning around the oval! I love this card! Make sure to visit Debra’s blog for step-by-step instructions.

Rita Edwards created a beautiful card using one of our new Flower Labels Peel-offs which match perfectly with the Katie Label Pivot Card die. Rita also used the Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter to give her peel-offs a little shine. A very pretty and elegant card. Make sure to visit Rita’s blog for a full tutorial and more pictures.

Candy Spiegel used 2 of my favorite Elizabeth Craft Designs products; the Flower Mosaic Embossing Folder and the Dragonfly die. A great choice to create a beautiful elegant card. I love the gold border and the Glitter Dots Peel-offs used for the center of the mosaic flowers. Make sure to visit Candy’s blog for more wonderful projects!

Next project is from Jackie Smith who created this stunning accordion card. I love all the details on this card, a great mix of Peel-offs, Shimmer Sheetz, glitter and dies. Jackie really knows how to combine Elizabeth Craft Designs products! The front of the card is also really pretty so make sure to visit Jackie’s blog for more pictures!

I always love Kelly Booth’s colorful projects but I also love them just white. Kelly made this elegant Pop-Up card using the Flower Set 2, the Big Triple Leaf, and the Small Butterfly die to decorate the card. For the front Kelly used the Damask Embossing Folder by Karen Burniston and the Accordion Oval Card to die cut the oval. Visit Kelly’s blog for instructions and full supply list.

Helen Cryer used the new House Pivot Card die by Karen Burniston to create this beautiful elegant and white Christmas card. Helen decorated the inside of the card with the All Seasons Tree die and the Agatha Edges. I love how Helen used the Silk Microfine Glitter to create the snow. Make sure to visit Helen’s blog for instructions and to see the front of the card.

Raquel Mason made this pretty daisy card using the Daisy die, Shimmer Sheetz and Silk Microfine Glitter. For the background Raquel embossed the Shimmer Sheetz with the Curvy Leaves Embossing Folder. I love flowers for an Elegant and White theme! For more info visit Raquel’s blog.

Mary Prasad made this stunning butterfly card using the Karen Burniston and Elizabeth Craft Designs Butterfly dies, Silk Microfine Glitter and Agatha Edges. For the background Mary used the Spring Leaves Embossing Folder. I love the simplicity of this card. For instructions and supply list make sure to visit Mary’s blog.

Frances Byrne created this gorgeous snowy accordion card where she combined 2 Accordion dies to create her card. I love the Frame Edges and the Shimmer Sheetz background. The front of the card is stunning as well so make sure to visit Frances’ blog for more pictures!

Last project is from Karen Aicken who created this elegant and white Christmas card. Karen used different dies to create the beautiful star on the front of the card. I love the small Glitter Dots details. For the inside Karen used the Lots of Pops die so make sure to visit Karen’s blog to see more pictures!

I hope you enjoyed all of the wonderful projects our Design Team created and feel inspired to try some of them! We’re looking forward to seeing you when we post the results of our next challenge on May 31. And be sure to watch for Karen Burniston’s Design Team’s Challenge projects on
May 21. Better yet, subscribe to the Elizabeth Craft Designs and Karen Burniston, Designer blogs so you are notified about these and all of the other projects!

Thank you for stopping by!

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Butterfly label on Kraft

April 29, 2014

Hi Everyone!

It’s Debra here to share another project with you. Spring is in the air and the butterflies are emerging in all their beauty. I wanted to celebrate the butterfly on my card and using the brand new Elizabeth Craft Designs Butterfly Labels peel-offs was the perfect way. This card is quick and easy with a little twist. I used Kraft colored cardstock for the base of my card and as background for my gold peel-0ff sticker. I used the same technique we have learned before but using your Kraft as your background to color of top of the Silk Microfine Glitter will give your project a whole new look. So fun, so fresh!

To create the card:

1. Fold a 8.5”x 5.5” piece of Kraft colored cardstock in half to create a 4.25”x 5.5” (A2 size)
card base.

2. Emboss the front half of the card using the Swirly Curves Embossing Folder.
Rub with VersaMark Ink Pad to emphasize the embossed design.

3. Using the Accordion Fancy Label, die cut one accordion page out of red cardstock and cut out the fancy label in the center. This will be the mat for your glittered butterfly label peel-off.

4. From the same red cardstock, die cut Happy Birthday.

5. Adhere double-sided adhesive onto a piece of Kraft cardstock slightly larger than the peel-off sticker you are going to use.

6. Remove release sheet and place it upside down on your workspace (shiny side up). Leave the cardstock with the exposed adhesive on the table, set to one side.

7. Take your peel-off and place it upside down on the release sheet (sticky side up).

8. Take your Kraft cardstock and place it with the adhesive side facing down onto the release sheet with the peel-off on it. The peel-off will lift from the release sheet and stick to the adhesive on the cardstock.

9. Take off the release sheet and cover the adhesive with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polish with your finger to set the glitter and bring up the shine.

10. Cut around your peel-off.

11. Next step is coloring your peel-off image using Copic Markers.

When coloring with Copic Markers on Silk Microfine Glitter remember that the ink will sit on top of the glitter so very little is needed. For the butterfly, when adding the red to the wings, only use a little bit of ink and use the Colorless Blender Pen to spread the color and fill the space. This will give a beautiful fading effect fast and easy! Be careful not to get Copic on the gold peel-off as it will show. If this happens take an alcohol wipe or a bit of hand sanitizer on a paper towel and gently dab off the color from the sticker.

12. To complete your card, adhere the colored butterfly peel-off onto the red label cut in step 3. (Option: Use foam adhesive for dimension if desired). Adhere red label to the top center of your card front. Adhere the Happy Birthday die cut below. Add Red Glitter Borders around the outside edge of the card and add one dot cut from the border to the “i” in Birthday.

I hope you enjoyed making this card with me today! It’s quick and easy and so beautiful on the Kraft cardstock giving it a little twist from the usual.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products
2569 Butterfly Labels 1 Peel-Off Sticker Gold
7010 Glitter Borders Assorted Peel-Off Stickers Red
E119 Swirly Curves Embossing Folder
502 Double Sided Adhesive
639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter
738 Happy Birthday die

Other Products
Kraft cardstock- Bazzill
VersaMark Ink Pad
Copic Markers: o, E31, E57, R89
Foam Adhesive

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Pop it Ups

Flower Label Accordion Card

April 28, 2014

Hi, Kelly Booth here! Have you seen the New Peel-offs by Elizabeth Craft Designs yet?
They coordinate with some of the Pop it Up dies just perfectly! When I got mine I could hardly wait to play. I’m often inspired by bright colors when it comes to flowers so I decided to make a 2 page Accordion Fancy Label card using one of the new Peel-offs.

1. Place 1 flower label peel-off and 1 flower leaf onto watercolor paper (I colored a second leaf and a flower center as you can see in the picture below but decided to use only the one extra leaf for my card).

2. Color Peel-offs with Tombow Dual Brush Pens and Tombow Blender pen. Use a White Gel Pen to create dotted pattern in flower.

3. Cut around the flower label and leaf.

4. Die cut 2 accordion pages out of pink cardstock and stamp both sides using White Pigment Ink and a small dotted background stamp.

5. Die cut 2 more accordion pages, 1 out of white cardstock and 1 out of green cardstock, and cut out center labels.

6. Using one of the decorator dies from the Accordion Fancy Label set, die cut label out of white cardstock. Stamp Happy Birthday to You on label using pink ink.

7. To create a sturdy card; Die cut 2 more accordion pages out of pink cardstock. Cut the long side tab from both pages and cut out center labels leaving just the accordion frames (see picture below). Stamp dotted pattern on each frame. Adhere these frames to your card last.

8. Adhere the 2 pages you cut earlier in step 4 together using strong adhesive on the long side tab of the left page (you can cut of the long side tab on the right page and the 2 smaller tabs on the inside but leave the 2 on the left page).

9. Adhere labels you cut in step 5 to the left and right page (white label left and green right). Adhere flower label peel-off and happy birthday label. Adhere leaf peel-off using foam dots to create extra dimension.

10. Use the 2 smaller tabs on the inside of the left page to connect both pages.

11. Adhere the 2 frames cut in step 7 on the outside of the card.

I hope you have been inspired by this post today, have a great day!

Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products
771 Accordion Fancy Label
WP903 Watercolor Paper
2570 Flower Labels 2 Peel-Off Stickers

Other Products
Tombow Dual Brush Pens and Blender Pen
Signo White Gel Pen
Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink
Happy Birthday to you Hero Arts
Small Dots Background Impression Obsession
Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink Dye Ink
Cardstock: pink, white and green
Adhesive and foam dots
Scissors

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Cherry Bowl Card

April 27, 2014

Hello all! Helen here today with an A2 card featuring the lovely Cherry Bowl Peel-Off stickers.

Instructions:

1. Place black outline Peel-offs for card onto watercolor paper: a cherry bowl, a pair of cherries and a leaf.

2. With Tombow Dual Brush Pens, color the Peel-offs. Use a watercolor brush and a bit of water to blend and shade the colors as shown or as you prefer. Allow colors to dry completely.

3. Add some shiny stylized highlights on the bowl and cherries with White Enamel Accents.
When dry, carefully cut out Peel-offs.

4. Cut a piece of Red Metallic Shimmer Sheetz to 5-1/2” x 4-3/4” and emboss with the Flower Mosaic Embossing Folder.

5. Cut white cardstock to 2-7/8” x 4” and emboss with the Lots of Dots Embossing Folder.

6. Hand cut a small white cardstock tag. Die cut the word Hello from Green Velvet Adhesive Sheet and position on the tag.

7. Using strips cut from the double-sided adhesive sheet, adhere the embossed Red Metallic Shimmer Sheetz and embossed white cardstock rectangle onto the white A2 card base.

8. Add Black/Silver Glitter Borders Peel-Off stickers around the edges of the Red Shimmer Sheetz and around the white inner cardstock piece.

9. Adhere the cherry bowl, individual cherries and leaf peel-off pieces. Option: Use foam dots for dimension if desired.

10. Cut one small circle from the Peel-off border and add it to the tag to create the look of a hole. Alternatively, use a Glitter Dot Peel-off for the faux hole, or punch a small real hole in the tag.

11. Stick the tag in place with foam dots for added dimension.

I hope you like my card, and perhaps feel inspired to try some of the techniques and products I used!

Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products

2533 Cherry Bowl Peel-Off Stickers
WP903 Watercolor Paper
SS 0214 Red Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
E111 Flower Mosaic Embossing Folder
E114 Lots of Dots Embossing Folder
403 Green Velvet Sheets
722 Hello Die
7010 Black/Silver Glitter Borders Peel-Off Stickers
501 Double-sided Adhesive Sheets
802 Fine pointed scissors

Other Products

Tombow Dual Brush Pens
White A2 blank card
White cardstock
Paper trimmer or craft knife, ruler and cutting mat
Watercolor brush
Ranger Enamel Accents in White
Adhesive foam dots or squares

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Pop it Ups

Happiness is like a butterfly

April 26, 2014

Hi, It’s Jackie Smith and today I would like to show you my favourite die called “Katie Label Pivot Card” designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs, along with another favourite of mine; Peel-Offs using Tombow markers and Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter.

To create the card:

1. Create card base from double sided paper. Cut 6″x 12″, score at 6″ and fold in half.
(6″ Square card)

2. Die cut pivot using double sided card base. Watch Karen HERE showing you how to use the
Katie Label Pivot Card die.

3. Cut 2 pieces of blue paper (1 1/4″ x 5 3/4″) & (2 1/4″x 5 3/4″). Cut 2 pieces of paisley paper
(1″x 5 1/2″) & (2″ x 5 1/2″) and adhere over blue paper. Cut 2 pieces of dot paper (1 3/4″ x
2 1/2″ each) and adhere on either side of label as shown. Add checkered washi tape as shown.

4. Cut a piece of Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz (2″ x 2 1/4″) and emboss (Embossing folder used: Butterflies by ECD). Sponge Azure StazOn ink on embossed Shimmer Sheetz as shown.

5. Place 2 water lilies, 2 butterflies and 1 ladybug Peel-Off on watercolor paper. Color with Tombow markers. Use Black and Transparent/Gold Glitter Dots to decorate butterflies and water lily.

6. Cut 4 pieces of checkered paper; 2 pieces (2 1/8″x 5 3/4″) and 2 pieces (1 3/4″x 5 3/4″).
Adhere as shown. Cut 4 pieces of dot paper; 2 pieces (1 3/4″x 2) and 2 pieces (1 1/8″x 1 3/4″).

7. Die cut 2 pieces of checkered paper using the largest label from the Katie Label Pivot die. Stamp sentiment on left hand using Citrine Pigment ink and emboss using clear embossing powder.
On right side use Citrine Pigment ink and emboss using Pearlustre Aventurine embossing powder. Heat set. Cut sentiments out using the second largest label from the Katie Label die. Sponge with Tumble Glass Distress ink by Tim Holtz.

8. Adhere 1 large and 2 small butterflies Peel-Offs onto Double Sided Adhesive and apply Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Color with Tombow markers. You can watch Els demoing this technique HERE. Place butterflies where shown.

9. Adhere all other Peel-Off images on card. Use pop dots where shown.

Supply List:

Elizabeth Craft Designs

768 Katie Label Pivot Card die

KB101 Butterflies Embossing Folder

SS0103 Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz

sku 0362 Butterflies with Doodles black Peel-Off Sticker

sku 2528 Waterlilies black Peel-Off Sticker

sku 2341 Lady Bugs black Peel-Off Sticker

sku 0412 Big Butterflies black Peel-Off Sticker

sku 7018 Transparent/Gold Glitter Dots Peel-Off Sticker

sku 7018 Black Glitter Dots Peel-Of Sticker

639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter

WP903 Watercolor Paper

502 Double Sided Adhesive

Other Supplies

Paper – Authentique ‘Loyal’ Collection

Other- Tombow Markers – 368,491,093,228,068,422,N15, N00, Citrine Pigment Ink- Clearsnap, PEARLustre Aventurine EP -Stampendous, Clear Zing Embossing Powder- American Crafts, Azure StazOn ink pad- Tsukineko, Stamps – Clematis & Butterflies – Flourishes, Butterfly Dreams – JustRite, Paper Trimmer, Scor-it Board, pop dots, adhesive.

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Glittered Koi

April 25, 2014

Hi everyone,

It’s Frances here from down under Australia! About a month ago I was lucky enough to be able to meet Els and Joset from Elizabeth Craft Designs when they were visiting Australia. I was able to spend two days watching Els demoing the various Elizabeth Craft Designs products. One tip Els shared was that I should save the liner from Double Sided Adhesive Paper as it can be used to create awesome backgrounds with Silk Microfine Glitter. My project today uses this technique.

Instructions:

1. Adhere a piece of Double Sided Adhesive Paper to a piece of white card, Set aside.

2. Die cut the outline using the Koi die and black card.

3. Place the black Koi image onto the adhesive white card prepared in step one and then cover with Orange Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish image. You can see a video Els created using this technique here.

4. Fussy cut out the Koi image and then add foam squares to the back of the Koi and layer to white card measuring 1 3/4″ x 3 7/8″ onto a piece of black card measuring 2″ x 4 1/8″.

5. Create Koi masks by die cutting 4 Koi Silhouettes using the Koi die and the liner from Double Sided Adhesive Paper. Turn the liner paper over and die cut 3 more Koi Silhouettes, so that when you place the Koi masks on the table shiny side down you have Koi masks which are going two different directions.

6. Cut a piece of Double Sided Adhesive sheet 3 3/4 inches x 5 inches. Remove the liner paper and set aside. Adhere the Double Sided Adhesive sheet to a piece of white card the same size.

7. Position the Koi masks shiny side down onto the adhesive card as per photo above. Cover the card with the liner paper we removed in step 6 and use your fingers to rub over the back of the liner paper to ensure the Koi masks are securing in place so glitter cannot get under the masks. remove the large liner paper.

8. Cover the adhesive card all over with Bluebell Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish glitter into the card. Replace excess glitter to jar.

9. Remove all the Koi masks from card and cover with Orange Silk Microfine Glitter. remove excess and polish orange glitter into card.

10. Attach a thin strip of black card to both the top and bottom edges of the glittered background card.

11. Cut a piece of Rust card 5 inches x 10 inches. Score at 5 inches to get a top folding card which is 5 inches square.

12. Attach the glittered background piece to the folded card approx 3/8 inch down from the top fold.

13. Attach the Koi panel created in step 4 to the right side of the card as per photo above.

14. Add 5 Black/Silver Glittered Dots to the lower left hand corner of card as per photo.

15. Cut a piece of white card 3 3/4 inches x 5 inches. Add thin strips of black card to the top and bottom edges of card.

16. Center the Happy Birthday Die to the center of the card and die cut. Remove the greeting ensuring to keep the negative pieces of the greeting in a safe place.

17. Die cut the Happy Birthday Die using black card. Inset the black greeting into the negative space on the white card. Add any of the tiny white negative pieces you set aside so their are no empty spaces.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs

Koi Die (742)

Happy Birthday Large Die (738)

Orange Silk Microfine Glitter

Bluebell Silk Microfine Glitter

Double Sided Adhesive Paper

Black/Silver Glitter Dots

Liner Paper saved from Double Sided Adhesive Paper

Other:

White Card

Black Card

Rust Card

Foam Tape

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Pop it Ups

Velvet Daisy Card

April 24, 2014

Hi – it’s Karen Aicken here and today’s share is a Pop it Ups Daisy card using Velvet Adhesive Sheets. I love these Elizabeth Craft Designs Velvet Adhesive Sheets – what a fun way to change up your die cuts! The dies cut through them like butter, and I like the soft velvety feel and look.
I’d like to walk you through how I made the daisies. Step-by-step instructions for the card follow.

In the photo below, you can see I cut the silhouette (solid) image from the yellow Velvet Adhesive Sheet, and the overlay (outline) from the white.

As I was about to push out & discard all those white interior pieces, I decided to try attaching them to the yellow base instead of the outline. It was easy to do, I placed the entire white outline over the yellow base, and pulled off one piece at a time. The backing peels off easily, then I re-inserted the piece into the matching space where the adhesive held them in place.

When the daisy was done, I attached the remaining white velvet daisy overlay to another silhouette.

That gave me two velvet daisies to use on my card, one the negative image of the other.

The next thing I wanted to try, was inking … with just a sponge and dye based ink I was able to add some additional shading to these lovely velvet daisies.

I also inked the leaves and stem, which were all cut from a green Velvet Adhesive Sheet.

To create the card:

1. Cut white cardstock, 4-1/2 x 12″ and score across the center to make a 4-1/2 x 6″ top fold card. This is the ‘inner’ card.

2. Cut two pieces of patterned paper, 4 x 5-1/2″ and adhere them inside the card leaving a white border.

3. Cut a piece of Kraft cardstock , 4 x 5″ and score across the center for a 2 x 2.5″ folded piece. Adhere the Kraft piece in the center of your card as shown.

4. Line up the Lots of Pops die with the center fold and run through your die cut machine. This gives you the pop-up platforms to attach the decorative die cuts onto.

5. Cut a 4 x 11″ piece of patterned paper and score across the center to create a 4 x 5-1/2″ top fold piece. Attach this to the outside of your card leaving an even white border on the outside edges.

6. Adhere one velvet daisy and two velvet leaf die cuts to your patterned paper and the card front is finished. I chose to add doodles with Tombow Markers along the border.

7. Cut five grass pieces from a green Velvet Adhesive Sheet using the grass die from the Stand Up Helpers set. You can see that these dies score the bottom edge – but that gives you a perfect line to cut along with scissors. Also cut 5 from white card stock and adhere the velvet grass pieces to the white cardstock ones. Ink all 5 pieces with a sponge and dye ink to add some depth.

8. Using the Clouds/Foliage from the All Seasons Tree, cut three from a White Velvet Adhesive Sheet and attach them to the card as shown.

9. Adhere the daisy and leaves to a scrap of transparency and fussy cut leaving a narrow border. The transparency adds stability to your die cut and catches the light as the card is turned.

10. Attach this piece to the largest ‘bump’ on the Lots of Pops area.

10. Attach the grass pieces to the Lots of Pops platforms as shown.

11. Cut the Thinking of You from Green Velvet Adhesive and ink the bottom edge for an ombre look.

12. Adhere the words to your card as shown. (Note, I added some dots with a Tombow marker first).

13. Add dots and doodles along the borders if desired.

So there you have it … a Pop it Ups Daisy card with a touch of velvet.

I hope you will give these Velvet Adhesive Sheets a try. There are so many ways to use them!

ECD Supplies used

Lots of Pops, Pop it Ups die

Stand Up Helpers die (grass)

All Seasons Tree die (clouds/foliage)

Daisy Die

Thinking of You die

Yellow & White Velvet Adhesive Sheets

Other supplies used:

Patterned paper – DCWV

White cardstock

Kraft cardstock

Transparency scrap

Big Shot

ATG adhesive

Foam Tape

Tombow Markers

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Pop it Ups

Magnolia Accordion Card with Flowers

April 23, 2014

I’ve wanted to make an accordion card for a while now. This is my first one. Although it looks complicated to make, it really isn’t. I used Copic alcohol markers to color the stamped images but you may color the images in any number of ways.

Making the Card

1. Cut three copies of the accordion oval in alternating blue colors dark/light/dark, plus one using embossed dark gray paper. I wanted the cover to look sort of dark and stormy. Cut the tabs off of the dark gray copy and adhere to the cover (i.e. back side of the first accordion).

2. Adhere the three accordion pieces together as shown in the instructions, but do not stick the tabs together yet – you want to decorate while the card is flat.

3. Stamp the Tilda images with Memento Tuxedo Black on alcohol marker friendly paper.
Color the images using alcohol markers, blending from light to dark then back for a smooth transition between shades. (There are a lot of videos on YouTube that show how to color using alcohol markers.)

4. Carefully cut around the images. The bee antennae are too delicate to cut around so cut them off and used black wire in a V shape, ends curled, and adhered to the back of the bee’s head. (Hint: use a dark gray marker to outline the stamped images after they have been cut out – this helps to hide the white edge.)

5. Die cut the flower layers and leaves then make the flowers as described in my design team challenge card for March.

6. Die cut frame edges for 2 light blue frames, and 1 dark blue frame. Adhere the frame edges as shown.

7. Die cut the small butterfly. Use dark blue paper for the butterfly silhouette. For the overlay,
add Double Sided Adhesive to cream cardstock and polish with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter before die cutting.

8. Die cut three small flowers (All Seasons Tree) from the glittered cream card stock (above).
Add a blue rhinestone to the center of each.

9. Die cut 2 light blue loopy flowers and 2 dark blue loopy flowers (Butterfly Accessory Dies). Create two flowers: offset and adhere the light flower layer on top of the dark flower. Add a rhinestone to the center of each. Adhere the three small flowers as shown, as well as one of the loopy flowers (on the next panel, adjacent to the small flowers).

10. Die cut two large clouds and one small cloud from White Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz using the dies from the All Seasons Tree.

11. Hand cut a puddle from Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz. Adhere the puddle and clouds as shown. Adhere the stamped images using dimensional tape (hint: color the sides of the tape with
a black alcohol marker and let it dry before adding it to the back of the stamped images).

12. Add small drops of rain with silver Liquid Pearls around Tilda in Spring Rain image.
Set aside to dry.

13. Die cut the oval from the Accordion Oval Card set in light blue. Adhere to the center of the last panel.

14. Using a printer, print a sentiment with your favorite font so it will fit inside the oval you just cut, with some room to spare. Use the stitched die from the Accordion Oval Card set to trace around the sentiment and hand cut. Add Waterfall Stickles to the outside edge. Add three rhinestones and one of the loopy flowers above and below the sentiment as shown. Adhere.

15. Adhere the leaves, flowers, butterfly, metal embellishment, and half pearls as shown.
Use strong adhesive to glue the tabs as per the instructions for the Accordion Oval Card.

Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs

772 Accordion Oval Card
777 Oval Flourish Frame Edges
773 Butterfly Accessory Dies
781 All Seasons Tree
703 Triple Leaf Set
728 Bunch of Flowers 1
729 Bunch of Flowers 2
639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter
502 8.5”x11” Transparent Double Sided Adhesive
Shimmer Sheetz: White Iridescent, Silver Metallic

Other Supplies

Bazzill Basics Pearl Papers (2 shades of blue), Cream and White Cardstock
Dark Gray Embossed Pearl Paper (or use ECD embossing folders)
Magnolia Rubber Stamps: Tilda in Spring Rain, Tilda with Bee
Memento Ink, Tuxedo Black
Copic or Other Alcohol Markers, Alcohol Marker Friendly Paper
Distress Crackle Paint, Rock Candy
Liquid Pearls, Silver
Stickles, Waterfall
Half Pearls, Rhinestones, Metal Embellishment, Dimensional Tape

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Hydrangea for Lovely Tags

April 22, 2014

Good morning friends!

This is Rita again, and today I would like to share with you something new I created.

My last project was a sweet “Thank You” card with hydrangea Peel-off stickers and today it is time to create the matching “Thank You” tag. Since I’m almost always looking for tags for birthday presents, I wanted to create a matching “Happy Birthday” tag as well. Make yourself a nice cup of coffee, sit back and we shall get started. And yes, I have my cup of coffee sitting here as well, best way to start our day.

1. Bring out your Hydrangea Peel-off stickers, double sided adhesive, Amethyst Gemstone, Green Metallic, Gold Metallic and Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz.

2. Peel off the release sheet of your double sided adhesive and attach the adhesive side to the Amethyst Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz.

3. Place the release sheet on your work surface and place your Peel-off sticker flowers upside down on the release sheet (sticky side up).

4. Place the adhesive side of the double-sided adhesive and Shimmer Sheetz combination onto the release sheet.

5. Turn your Shimmer Sheetz so that the release sheet is now on top. Take off the release sheet and make sure not to touch the adhesive. You have now transferred your outline sticker.

6. Cover the adhesive with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter, shake off the extra glitter and simply use your finger to polish. This will allow the glitter to stick and remain on the double sided adhesive.

7. Using your craft scissors, fussy cut the hydrangea.

8. Place the Peel-off sticker leaves upside down on your work surface (sticky side up).

9. Place the Green Metallic Shimmer Sheetz over the leaves.

10. Using your craft scissors, fussy cut the leaves.

11. Color the hydrangea using your Copic markers to make the purple color turn darker.

12. Die cut your Gold Metallic and your Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz with the largest tag from the Tags die set.

13. Emboss the Shimmer Sheetz tags using the Lots of Dots and Swirly Curves embossing folders.

14. Die cut “Happy Birthday” and “Thank You”

15. Assemble your tags and add some ribbon to each tag.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs, Rita

Elizabeth Craft Designs Product List:
Hydrangea Peel-0ff Sticker
Double-sided Adhesive Sheets
Amethyst Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz
Purple Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz
Green Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter
788 – Thank You Die Set
783 – Happy Birthday Die Set
763 – Tags Die Set
E119 – Swirly Curves Embossing Folder
E114 – Lots of Dots Embossing Folder

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Pop it Ups

House Pivot – vest

April 21, 2014

Hello, it’s Raquel Mason here today. When Karen Burniston designed this new House Pivot die & asked me to make some samples for her, well let me say I felt so honored to have that opportunity.
I would like to show you how to use the House Pivot die to make something other than a house with a fence card. I simply doubled the house portion to make this masculine card. I don’t know about you, but I find masculine cards a little bit more tricky than feminine cards BUT this card was quick & easy.

1. Create card base from rust cardstock. Cut 5″ x 10″ square; score and fold in half and keep it folded in half when cutting. Place the House Pivot die ONLY on one side of the paper, keeping the pivot marks of the die on the fold, you don’t want the fence portion on your paper at all, then die-cut. See photo below.

2. Die cut 2 houses using the House Pivot die from patterned paper. Glue to pivot area of card.

3. Die cut one bow from black cardstock.

4. Die cut 1 vanilla Katie Label for the stamped sentiment & 1 patterned paper Katie Label for layering underneath.

5. For the handkerchief, cut a piece of patterned paper at .5″ x 2.25″. Die cut the brick house accessory die (included in the House Pivot set) from patterned paper & trim to fit into the pocket.

6. Cut 3 pieces rust cardstock at 2.25″ x 5″ for the side panels and emboss with Trendy Tiles 2 embossing folder. Refer to photos for placement of these items.

7. Die cut 1 bow & 4 bow centers (used as buttons). Glue bow & bow centers only to the left side of the card.

8. Die cut 1 vanilla Katie Label for the stamped sentiment & 1 patterned paper Katie Label for layering underneath. Glue to the bottom right corner of card.

9. Optional – cut rust 3″ x 5″, scored in half at 1.5″. Glue this piece on the left, under the vest on the front of your card & under the vest on the back of the card.

Happy Stamping,

Raquel

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products
902 House Pivot Card die
768 Katie Label Pivot Card die
798 Four Bows die set
KB103 Trendy Tiles 2 Embossing folder

Others
Stamps- Bring on the Cake (Stampin’ Up!)
Cardstock- Dusty Durango, Basic Black & Well Worn DSP (Stampin’ Up!)

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