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Layout "Coffee, Love, Addict"

August 29, 2013, 12:12 pm
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This is a layout on my coffee addiction inspired by the new Sizzix embossing folders!
I used them as soon as I received them!

Supply list:

Papers: Basic Grey, Lilybee Design, Color Conspiracy
Glitter paper: American Crafts
Cardstock: American Crafts
Alphabets: American Crafts, Jillibean Soup
Frames: Crate Paper
Wood embellishments: Studio Calico
Masking Tape: Lovely Tape
Sticker Basic Grey
Chipboards: Studio Calico
Stamps: Hero Arts, Glitz Design, 7Gypsies
Ink: Chalk Prima
Others: Ribbon

Dies:

657212 Sizzix Movers and Shapers magnetic die 2PK-mini hearts set
658380 Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing-Folders 2PK- Coffee Set
658002 Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die- Lace and circles

Start by choosing pastel coloured pattern papers and a background with soft patterns (here it is my pretty hearts paper).

Use the coffee embossing folder with a white cardstock: a perfect match for my theme!
I also stamped a cup pattern (Hero Arts) and cut it up.

Cut a lace border with your Big Shot, small hearts out of golden paper, choose some wooden hearts, two Pola frames and some little bubble chipboards.

Gather and glue all these elements around your picture.

Glue the golden hearts with 3D adhesives to make them stand out more.

Add your title using three different fonts.


Add some masking tape strips and your lay-out is done!






Page "Coffee, Love, Addict"

Une page sur mon addiction pour le café largement inspirée par les nouvelles plaques à embosser Sizzix !
A peine reçu, aussitot scrappées !

Matériel :

Papiers : Basic Grey, Lilybee Design, Color Conspiracy
Papier paillettes : American Crafts
Cardstock : American Crafts
Alphabets : American Crafts, Jillibean Soup
Cadres : Crate Paper
Embellissements en bois : Studio Calico
Masking Tape :Lovely Tape
Autocollant : Basic Grey
Chipboards : Studio Calico
Tampons : Hero Arts, Glitz Design, 7Gypsies
Encre : Chalk Prima
Divers : Ruban

Dies utilisés :

657212 Sizzix Movers and Shapers magnetic die 2PK-mini hearts set
658380 Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing-Folders 2PK- Coffee Set
658002 Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die- Lace and circles

Commencez par choisir des imprimés dans les tons pastels et un fond de page aux motifs discrets ici mon joli papier à coeurs.

Embossez sur du cardstock blanc la plaque "café", juste idéale pour ma thématique !
Dans la même idée, tamponnez et découpez un tampon tasse de la marque Hero Arts.

Découpez une frise dentellée à l'aide de votre Big Shot, des petits coeurs dans du papier doré, sélectionnez des coeurs en bois, deux cadres pola, des petites bulles chipboards.

Assemblez tous ces éléments autour de votre photo.

Afin qu'ils ressortent bien, montez les coeurs dorés en 3D à l'aide d'adhésifs.

Complétez avec votre titre en jouant sur trois typo différentes.

Ajoutez quelques bandes de masking tape et votre page est terminée !


Karine
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Paper Button Embellishments

August 30, 2013, 1:00 am
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Hi Everyone! this is Anna.
I love using my Bigshot and any die, but my Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Sew Cute (by Prima Marketing Inc.) is among my favourite die. Couldn't wait to try my machine at making paper buttons.
Have a look at some of the cute buttons I made using this die. Here's my card:

cafe creativo - sizzix big shot - card - wrapping buttons (1)

cafe creativo - sizzix big shot - card - wrapping buttons (2)

This is just one of the possibilities for using the paper buttons. So fun and colorful and perfect to wrap twine around on gift:

cafe creativo - sizzix big shot - card - wrapping buttons (3)

cafe creativo - sizzix big shot - card - wrapping buttons (4)

Don’t these little cuties look like real buttons! :)
I hope you enjoyed my project today. Have a great week, see you next Friday!

Items used:

cardstocks
patterned papers
fabric
gold acrylic paint
twine
paper doily
glimmer mist
buttons
sequins
tissue paper
foam board tape, glue

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Flag_of_Italy Per le amiche italiane! :)
Ciao! Sono Anna e vorrei condividere con voi alcuni lavori.
Chi mi segue già da un po' sa che mi piace molto usare la mia Bigshot e le fustelle Sizzix, ma la Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Sew Cute (by Prima Marketing Inc.) è tra le mie preferite del momento. Non vedevo l'ora di fare un po' di bottoni di carta per abbellire i miei lavori.

Nelle foto sopra, date un'occhiata ad alcuni progettini che ho fatto con questa simpatica fustella!
Ho realizzato innanzitutto una card di compleanno. Sono partita da una base di cartoncino bianco, dove ho spruzzato qualche goccia di colore. Ho poi incollato mezzo centrino di carta da pasticceria e un centrino tagliato con la fustella Sizzlits Vintage Doily. Qualche striscia di carta fantasia, la striscia con il "sentiment", infine i bottoni di carta. Uno l'ho incollato sopra ad un fiore di stoffa fustellato. Per dare rilievo ho incollato i bottoni di carta con scotch biadesivo spessorato... così sembrano quasi veri!

Questa è solo una delle possibilità per usare i bottoni di carta. Un'altra idea divertente e colorata e quella di infilare i bottoni in un po' di spago e avvolgerlo intorno ad un pacchetto regalo! Molto semplice, no?!

Vi sono piaciute queste idee??? Spero proprio di sì! Ci vediamo, sempre qui, venerdì prossimo!
Felice Estate creativa!

Materiali:

cartoncini colorati vari
carte fantasia
ritaglio di stoffa chiara
cordoncino bicolore
centrino di carta
glimmer mist
bottoni
paiettes
carta velina
scotch biadesivo spessorato, colla...

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Christmas cards using the Leafy tree die and TI with Pan Pastels

August 31, 2013, 6:00 am
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Hello!

Today I am sharing a Christmas card. You know Christmas is only a few months away which means that it is time to start thinking of Christmas cards so that it is not a mad dash closer to the time.

Also, I would like to showcase how the dies, textured impression folders and stamps all work together.


I always recommend to STAMP + DIE CUT + EMBOSS. Meaning that that is the natural order although for some techniques you may want to change that a bit! Still as a rule of thumb, if you would like just two techniques would be STAMP + DIE CUT; DIE CUT + EMBOSS; STAMP + EMBOSS.

So, I started by die cutting six pieces of white card. I like Inspire me Snow White (270 gsm thick but not too much, perfect for embossing).


Then I placed the die cut and place it inside of the TI folder and emboss using my Big Shot. As with any embossed piece of card, there is two sides and two different effects.


Using Sofft tools I applied the colours I chose from the Pan Pastels.


Then I attached the panels to a folded card, trimming the ends.


Then I die cut and emboss an Embosslit Charm tag  (658618 Sizzix Embosslits Die - Charm, Emerald). This Charm coordinates perfectly with the Winter Charms set of stamps and Framelits ( 658620 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK w/Stamps - Charms, Winter).

And stamped the tree in the centre of the Charm. And then I assembled all together!


I hope you liked it!

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Felt Flower Birthday Cake

August 31, 2013, 10:00 am
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Time to celebrate!

My 3D Sizzix flower dies are part of a big giveaway this weekend to celebrate fabric designer Heather Bailey's birthday month. The Sizzix giveaway starts at midnight, Sunday, September 1. Go here to see how the giveaway starts and to enter your comments. Be sure and tell Heather I said to stop by :-)

I decided to make a birthday cake for Heather using some new burlap matboard I received from my friends at Crescent Cardboard, wool felt, and my Sizzix flower dies. The felt just cuts like butter and it is so much fun to arrange the pieces in different colors and combinations. You can also add decorative hand stitching to really make them pop.



Visit my blog for instructions on how I created this cake.


Have a safe and happy holiday weekend... at least it is a holiday weekend here in the US! We are traveling to NY and doing a little camping.
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A Christmas Card by Gerry van Gent

September 1, 2013, 9:07 am
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Happy Sunday Sizzix friends!
It`s already September and after an amazing Summer 
it is time for me to think about Christmas.
This month New Brenda Walton products are released and
I want to show you today one of my projects created with
her beautiful dies.
657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine
658730 Sizzix Bigz Die Gift Tags
658731 Sizzix Sizzlits L Die Holiday Greenery
658735 Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Winter Florals

There are a lot of ways to use these gorgeous dies. I chose using 
the dies in a simple way as I die cut twice the decorative strip Winter Florals. 
From the second strip I cut out only a few flowers, adhered on the strip and added mini
flowers in the centres.  The red strip was slightly distressed with sanding paper
and the cut-out flowers were distressed with ink.

I decorated the card with die-cuts from Holiday Greenery die.


OTHER PRODUCTS I USED:
Webster's Pages - "A Christmas Story" collection

Dutch Translation


657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine
658730 Sizzix Bigz Die Gift Tags
658731 Sizzix Sizzlits L Die Holiday Greenery
658735 Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Winter Florals
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Hallo Sizzix vrienden en een vrolijke zondag.
het is alweer september en na een geweldige zomer
is het nu tijd om aan kerst te denken.
Deze maand komen er nieuwe producten van Brenda Walton
uit. Ik wil jullie graag vandaag een van mijn projecten
laten zien die ik met haar producten heb gemaakt.
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Je kunt deze stansjes op verschillende manieren
gebruiken.  Ik koos er voor een simpele wijze door de 
decorative strip Winter Florals twee maal te stansen.
Bij de tweede strip heb ik alleen een paar bloemen uitgeknipt.
Deze heb ik bevestigd op de strip en daarna heb ik mini bloemen
in het midden toegevoegd. De rode strip is een beetje met schuurpapier
ge-distressed en de uitgeknipte bloemen heb ik met inkt ge-distressed.
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Have a creative Sunday!
Gerry
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slowly progressing

September 2, 2013, 1:00 am
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If you follow me on my personal blog then you may be aware that I've been spending most of the past week and a bit visiting my husband in hospital (you can read more about what's up with him on this post).
Certain things happen when you are in and out of the hospital visiting a loved one - you don't eat properly, your pets are also fed at peculiar times, you don't sleep very well and you think to yourself 'oh, I can do loads of hand sewing' and you pick up a little bag (which you fortunately already have organised and carry around with you most of the time anyway).

In reality I have sat like a zombie and haven't managed to do very much sewing at all. Actually, I only managed to sew together the outer rings of these hexagon flowers, I still have to sew them to the flowers (I have finished one, and started a second). Not very impressive at all!

hospital sewing

These hexagons have been cut using the 1" hexagon die for the papers and the 1 1/4" hexagon die for the fabrics. They look lovely and tidy from the back, which makes me a happy bunny.

Tidy seams

Hopefully I'll be able to get some more of this done now I'm spending less energy on worrying as my husband's surgery has gone well and he's starting to feel much better.
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Elegant wedding card

September 2, 2013, 6:00 am
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Hi everybody! I'm still playing with my embossing folders and today I want to show you an elegant wedding card that can easily be mass produced and used as a wedding invitation.


Supply list:

I love the look of embossing folders for this type of cards. They have such an elegant and rich feeling associated to them, so they are the perfect touch for a wedding card background. Then, you only have to add some details to finish the card like ribbon, two hearts and some pearls.

Happy Monday!
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¡Hola a todos! Estos días sigo jugando con mis carpetas de embossing y hoy os quiero enseñar una tarjeta para boda que se puede hacer fácilmente en serie y ser utilizado como invitación de boda hecha a mano.

Materiales:
Me encanta el efecto de las carpetas de embossing en este tipo de tarjetas. Tienen un aire tan sofisticado y rico que son el toque perfecto para el fondo de una tarjeta para boda. Después solo hay que añadir algunos detalles como una cinta, dos corazones y algunas perlitas.

¡Feliz lunes!




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Gift Bag for Christmas

September 3, 2013, 1:00 am
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Hi everybody... today I have a Gift Bag to show you with a dear Reindeer ♥



Supply list:
657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal) 
658738 Sizzix Bigz Die - Reindeer
658622 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK w/Stamps - Snowflakes #2
657856 Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders 2PK - Bubble & Honeycomb Set

Papers: Pion Design - Wintertime in Swedish Lapland, paperbag ca. 22x12 cm, chipboard.
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz collection
Inks: Distress ink Pad - Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Barn Door, Distress Paint - Tarnished Brass
Other: Darwi - Modelling Paste, Marabu - Strukturpaste , Distress Glitter - Mustard Seed, Wild Orchid Crafts - Bead Berry Spray, Cheesecloth, Seam Binding Ribbon, button.


Add some Modelling Paste on the inside of the embossing folder Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders 2PK - Bubble & Honeycomb Set and 
Pressembossingfolderwithyour hand ...( do not use Big Shot Machine )...
takeit out ofembossingfolder andletit dry.Clean theembossingfolderat once. 




It look's like snow as you can see in the picture....


Glue patterned paper on chipboard and Die cut the Reindeer. Distress the Reindeer and the details with Distress ink Pad - Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Barn Door, Distress Paint - Tarnished Brass and Distress Glitter  - Mustard Seed.

Glue the Reindeer on the paperbag and add some Marabu - Strukturpaste here and there....


Die cut snowflakes from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK w/Stamps - Snowflakes #2 sew a button in the middel of the snowflakes....


Thanks for stopping by...see you next Tuesday :o))
Anne Kristine

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Hei alle sammen ...i dag har jeg laget en gavepose med et søtt Reinsdyr stanset ut med Sizzix Bigz Die - Reindeer

Materialer:
657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal) 
658738 Sizzix Bigz Die - Reindeer
658622 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK w/Stamps - Snowflakes #2
657856 Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders 2PK - Bubble & Honeycomb Set

Papir: Pion Design - Wintertime in Swedish Lapland, papirpose str. ca. 22x12 cm, chipboard.
Stempler: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz collection
Inks: Distress ink Pad - Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Barn Door, Distress Paint - Tarnished Brass
Annet: Darwi - Modelling Paste, Marabu - Strukturpaste , Distress Glitter - Mustard Seed, Wild Orchid Crafts - Bead Berry Spray, osteklut, Seam Binding bånd, knapp.


Legg litt Modelling Paste (papirleire) på innsiden av embossing folder Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders 2PK - Bubble & Honeycomb Set and 
Pressembossingfoldermed din hånd ...( ikke bruk Big Shot Machine )...
ta det forsiktig ut avembossingfolder og la det tørke.Rengjørembossingfolder med engang. 
Det blir en fin effekt ...ser nesten ut som snø...
Lim mønsterark på chipboard and stans ut reinsdyret. Distress reinsdyret og detaljene med Distress ink Pad - Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Barn Door, Distress Paint - Tarnished Brass og Distress Glitter  - Mustard Seed.

Lim reinsdyret på papirposen og påfør Marabu - Strukturpaste her og der.
Stans ut snøstjerner med Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK w/Stamps - Snowflakes #2 sy en knapp i midten av snøstjernen.

Takk for at du stikker innom her...ses neste tirsdag :o))
Anne Kristine

 

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Life is what happens..........

September 3, 2013, 4:00 am
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Hi eveyone
Today i will show you a tag using Bigz die Flora and Bigz die Memphis and how you can use the flower on a gift.
Items i have used:
Bigz die Memphis ( 658531)
Bigz die Flora ( 658528)
Supply list:
paper: Off White cardstock, green and recycled cardstock
Ink: Distress ink from ranger- Victorian Velvet-Dusty Concorde,worm Lipstick, Peeled paint, Archival ink-jet black-
Stamp: Stamers Anonymous-Tim Holtz collection-1.800-945-3986 and 1.800-845-3980
Goosebumps-Shinner texture spray-,Ribbon and brads
How to make:
1.Cut out a off White cardstock 10x 21 cm, it is the tag
2. Ink using Vintage Photo and stamp the text  on the tag using black ink
3.Die cut using Memphis and ink the die cut using dusty concorde, worm lipstick and victorian velvet, stamp using Tim Holtz stamp
4. Die cut using bigz die Flora ink som of the leaves using peeled paint.
5. Ink and stamp the ribbon and decorate the tag with ribbon and flower.
 

 Here I  made a flower  using Maja design-Vintage summer basics- paper, cute flower to use on a  gift

I hope it gave you some inspiration
 Wish you a nice week, see you next Tuesday
Hej alle
I dag vil jeg vise en tag og en gave hvor jeg har brugt Flora og Memphis bigz dies som pynt
Dies jeg har brugt:
Bigz die Memphis ( 658531)
Bigz die Flora ( 658528)
Andre materialer:
papir: Off White cardstock, green and recycled cardstock
Ink: Distress ink from ranger- Victorian Velvet-Dusty Concorde,worm Lipstick, Peeled paint, Archival ink-jet black-
Stempler: Stamers Anonymous-Tim Holtz collection-1.800-945-3986 and 1.800-845-3980
Goosebumps-Shinner texture spray-,ribbon and brads
Sådan gør du:
1.Skær ud off White cardstock 10x 21 cm, dette er tagen
2. Ink ved at bruge Vintage Photo og stempel tekst med den sorte sværte
3.Udstands Memphis og ink udstandsingen med dusty concorde, worm lipstick og victorian velvet, stempel med Tim Holtz stamp
4. Udstands bigz die Flora ink bladene med peeled paint.
5. Ink og stempel båndet og dekorer med bånd og blomst
Til blomsten som jeg har brugt på gaven har jeg brugt papir fra Maja Design- Vintage summer basics-
Jeg håber dette gav dig lidt inspiration
Ønsker dig en dejlig uge, vi ses næste tirsdag
Pia  
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Gift for Mum

September 3, 2013, 7:00 am
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Hello,
I have had a lovely family week with lots of excuses to get together with family and friends and today is my Mum's Birthday so I will be visiting her this evening to give her her pressie. This year I have made her a framed card which she can display all year and I have used my favourite Brenda walton dies.




The die is a large Sizzlit die which is perfect fro paper crafting. It is called Poinsettia Swirls but I think it is far too useful to use just for Christmas. There are plenty of shapes that can be used on non-festive projects and the swirl is to die for!


I used the Big Shot Pro to make a gift box and then decorated this with the same die-cut shapes. All of the text has been made simply using a PC & printer.



I really love the colours that I have used but you can change them to suit your own taste obviously.

Well, all thats left is to fill the gift box...Mum's are so difficult to buy for in my opinion, they have everything already!

Have a great week.
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Canvas cut-outs in Swindon, UK!

August 30, 2013, 6:16 am
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Hi again friends!
I'm back here to share another project inspired by Sizzix products. This time I've got  for you grungy, splashy layout which was made during the "Tea for 2" mixed-media class in Swindon, UK. It was my firs t time in UK and I was fortunate to teach a lovely group of 30 talented ladies - and we had so much fun!



Here you can see some photos from our classroom. We were super busy for the whole 2 days... And I can only say - these ladies were awesome!!!







 Part of the class was cutting out floral elements from new my Prima Elementals - Resist Canvas Sheet - they were perfect elements to build the dimension, fill the gaps in the cluster of embellishments and add some special "touches" to the project!
Here is one of the " in progress" photos - before the resist canvas was coloured. Can you see beautiful rose leaves created with658523 - Sizzix Bigz Die - Arbor from Flora Grande Collection?



And here is the finished project - colored, distressed, ready to go! Other dies suggestions for this kind of project would be : 658524 - Sizzix Bigz Die - Classique from Flora Grande Collection and 657713 - Sizzix Bigz Die - Flowering Plant.




And now I'm home again, unpacking and getting ready for the new projects and adventures. I hope you will have a great, creative week!
hugs
Finn 
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Mixed-media collage "Butterflies"

September 4, 2013, 1:00 am
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Hi All!

Daria is here. And today I would like to show you a mixed-media collage which I  made using one of my favorite die.

Items used:
Big Shot Machine (657900)
Sizzix Sizzlits Die - Flights of Fancy (658334)

I used both butterflies to make my collage more interesting and airy.



Have a nice day!


Daria.


Всем привет!

Сегодня я хочу показать вам один из своих последних коллажей на создание которого меня вдохновил новый нож с бабочками. Они такие ажурные, изящные и красивые, что я не могла их не применить в своей работе.

Материалы Sizzix:
Big Shot Machine (657900)
Sizzix Sizzlits Die - Flights of Fancy (658334)

Всем хорошего дня!

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Fright Night!

September 4, 2013, 6:00 am
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I am really looking forward to Halloween this year. My Daughter Poppy is three now and, like many little girls her age, loves dressing up as a fairy. She is also a big fan of the Meg and Mog series of books so I'm on the lookout for a Witch costume.

I must admit, I also love carving pumpkins and they make delicious winter warming soups too!

I know Halloween is a little while off at the moment but  I am itching to share with you the range of Tim Holtz dies designed specifically for the season and beyond, Halloween is so much fun to scrapbook as the imagery is so strong and pictures of little ones dressed up in their finery is too good an opportunity to pass up.

I thought I'd make a quick card and share a few techniques at the same time. The dies I used are: 


I also used tons of different Distress Inks and the patterned paper come from the Miss Caroline range by My Mind's Eye.




I stated by creating a base card from the Miss Caroline card measuring 14 x 18cm and gently inking around the edges. Next, I cut a rectangle of smooth white card (14 x 10cm) and gathered my inks before inking directly onto the mat before spritzing the inked areas with a fine spray of water and a quick blast of Perfect Pearl Mists.





I placed the white card face down over the inked surface and turned it over before drying the ink with a heat tool. When dry I debossed the card with the Starry Sky Texture Fades folder.



Next I worked on the card using the various inks with my applicators carefully and patiently building up and blending the colours, this also acts to enhance the debossed detail. Next, I Spritzed the surface and used my heat tool to generate a mottled effect before using a black ink applicator to gently enhance the detail. Finally, I used the blade of my scissors to scuff the top and bottom edges of the card.



After attaching the Starry sky to my base card I die cut the moon from the Miss Caroline card and used a clear embossing ink pad to stamp the spider web image onto the face of the moon before adding clear embossing powder, shaking off the excess and fixing with my heat tool. Next I used my ink pads to colour the moon with the embossed spider web acting as a resist. 



I used the same ink pads to colour the stars cut using the same die and attached them to the face of the base card along with the moon using 3D foam pads. Finally, I stamped the legend 'Happy Halloween' onto a strip of the Miss Caroline card and roughly concertina folded it before flattening and distressing with a sanding pad.



All that remains to do is to attach the phrase to the base card using 3D foam pads. Too much fun I'm sure you will agree?



Next month we will take a look at Tim's new Christmas dies. and believe me they're fab!







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Thank You kraft & gold card

September 5, 2013, 1:00 am
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Hi,

Cards are back with this new “thank you” card! I opted for sobriety and elegance with this pretty kraft & gold card.

Supply list:

Cardstock: American Craft
Paper: Jenni Bowlin Mercantile
Stamps: Craft Origine, Glitz Design
Leave: Martha Stewart
Inks: Black Versafine, Versamark
Gold powder: Aladine
Others: tulle, ribbon, white thread

Dies:

658518 Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK-Pom-Poms and Roses set
658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

Choose an embossing folder with feminine patterns (here roses). Emboss it with kraft cardstock. Cut up a rectangle size 9x14cm.

Glue your embossed rectangle on a white cardstock size 21x15cm that is folded in half.

For more volume, staple a tulle piece with ribbon and white thread.

Cut a heart out of a matching paper scrap with your Big Shot.

Glue this heart with 3D adhesive. Insert two pretty gold feathers.

Stamp the word “Merci” with black ink on a white paper scrap and simply cut it up.




Your card is now done!

Karine

Carte kraft et or "merci"

Bonjour,

C'est la rentrée des cartes ici avec une nouvelle carte merci ! J'ai opté pour la sobriété et l'élégance avec une jolie carte kraft et or.

Matériel utilisé :

Cardstock : American Craft
Papier : Jenni Bowlin Mercantile
Tampons : Craft Origine, Glitz Design
Feuille : Martha Stewart
Encres : Versafine noire, Versamark
Pourdre or : Aladine
Divers : tulle, ruban, fil blanc

Dies utilisés :

658518 Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK-Pom-Poms and Roses set
658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

Choisissez une plaque à embosser aux motifs féminins ici des roses. Embossez votre plaque dans du cardstock Kraft. Découpez votre rectangle au format 9x14cm.

Collez votre papier embossé sur un cardstock blanc au format 21x15cm plié en deux.

Pour apporter du volume, agrafez un morceau de tulle de ruban et du fil couture blanc.

Découpez un coeur à l'aide de votre Big Shot dans une chute de papier imprimé assorti.

Montez votre coeur à l'aide de mousse 3D. Glissez deux belles plumes couleur or.

Tamponnez le mot Merci en noir sur une chute de papier blanc et découpez simplement.

Votre carte est maitenant terminée !


Karine
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Return to an old favourite

September 5, 2013, 7:00 am
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I have to admit I just don't quite know where the last week has gone - and still no real sign of grandchild 5 arriving - well one false alarm! and a sleepless night on a sofa!!
So I thought I'd re-visit one of my favourite blocks because is it so simple and can be varied so much just by the use of different colours. Obviously it's made even faster by using the Big Shot and Bigz Dies - just 2 dies 657607 (2" finished square) and 657605 (4" x 2" rectangle).
You join the rectangles to each side of the square to make a square in a box.
It really is very easy, in the featured quilt I've used Japanese fabrics in browns and taupe's - but you could make it in crazy vibrant colours for a teenager or pretty pastels for a baby - the choice is yours.
Of course you could make a large quilt even more quickly by using larger shapes - you could partner 657608 (3" square) with657625 (6" x 3" rectangle) or go bigger still with 657609( 4" square) and 658113 (8" x 4" rectangle).
This would mean that you really could make someone special a quilt by Christmas!
Have fun sewing this week, and I hope to have news of the anticipated grandchild next week.
Angela
 

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Back To School Card with Anna Draicchio

September 6, 2013, 1:00 am
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Hello Everyone!
It's Friday which means another project with Anna.

In Italy back to school is just around the corner.
Because it is now back to school season, I thought I’d share this fun little card I created with an amazing Sizzix die: Sizzix Bigz™ XL Die - Card, House by Deena Ziegler (658542).
 
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Back to School theme: I really enjoyed coming up with an idea for this card.

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Items used:
cardstock: white, kraft
patterned papers
tissue paper
distress ink
black marker
two-sided tape
twine
strass
 
How to make:
Die-cut a Card House by Deena Ziegler out of white cardstock and fold it in half to make your "card base". Cut different parts of the school from different materials. Cut out a little circle with the bigz die of Starter kit. Ink the edges and attach them to your house shaped card base. Use a two-sided tape for roof. Cut a stripe of tissue paper. Apply a sentiment tag with two-sided tape, into the top of windows. Draw the windows, door and the clock with a marker. Add some twine and strass to finish. Voilà!
 
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your visits more than you know! Have a great weekend!!!
 
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Flag_of_Italy Per le amiche italiane! :)

Ciao!
E Venerdì, il che significa che c'è un altro progetto con Anna.

Si ritorna pian piano alla routine e comincerà anche la scuola fra una settimana, non è vero?
Così, visto che è stagione di “rientro a scuola”, ho pensato di condividere con voi questa piccola e divertente card che ho creato grazie ad una fustella Sizzix semplicemente fantastica, io l'adoro!
Si tratta di Card House by Deena Ziegler. Ho già provato a realizzare casette, ma cimentarmi con questo nuovo tema stagionale mi è piaciuto molto, un'idea un po' diversa per mostrarvi le potenzialità di questa fustella XL.

Ma ora non mi perdo più in chiacchere e vi spiego come ho fatto a realizzarla.

Materiali

cartoncino: bianco, kraft
carte fantasia da scrapbooking
carta velina gialla
inchiostro distress
pennarello nero punta fine
nastro biadesivo spessorato
twine bicolore
strass
 
Procedimento

1. Con la Big Shot tagliate una Card House dal cartoncino bianco, piegarla a metà per avere la vostra "base" vuota.
2. Tagliare diverse parti della scuola da diversi materiali: tagliare la parte anteriore della scuola dalla carta gialla fantasia, il tetto da altra carta fantasia, una porta, tre finestre quadrate e un camino dal cartoncino kraft, due porte da carte fantasie differenti in tema “scuola”. Con la fustella bigz dello Starter kit tagliare anche un cerchio di cartone o cartoncino kraft.
3. Sporcare i bordi di ogni sagoma con l'inchiostro e incollare pezzo per pezzo alla card base, così come vedete in foto. Usare un nastro biadesivo per dare volume al tetto.
4. Tagliare una striscia di carta velina e tagliare gli estremi a coda di rondine. Applicare sopra una tag con la frase adatta e incollare il tutto con biadesivo nella parte superiore della card, sopra le finestre.
5. Disegnare i dettagli di finestre, porta e orologio con un pennarello nero.
6. Aggiungere un po' di twine sulla tag e uno strass sulla porta. Ecco fatto!
 
Spero vi sia piaciuta :)
Grazie per essere passate! Apprezzo tantissimo le vostre visite :)
Al prossimo venerdì creativo!

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Art Journaling with Thinlits - vintage love...

September 6, 2013, 6:30 am
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Hi, I hope you had a great week!
Today I'm sharing one on the journal pages which is a part of my creative project inspired by my old family photos. From time to time I open the book I bought in the charity shop and add one or 2 pages inside... and because I use the photos of my beloved ones the book turns into a precious keepsake that I'd love to keep on my shelf forever.
The pages below are about my dad, Chris - I think he was about 30 when this photo was taken.

The pages are mostly created from leftovers and found papers - I love to create this way, including pieces I have somewhere in my stash. One of the most important parts of the composition was the Echo Park Paper skeleton flower cut-out from the white cardstock: Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Springtime (659117).
 I love the beautiful pattern it made, I was so inspired by it I started co color the inside of the cut-out with a pencil to make it even more visible!


Of course - The color comes from homemade tea stain and sprays (Luminarte Primary Elements with water), there is a bit of gesso  and some 3D Foams by Scrapbook Adhesives - this time used as embellishments ;) As finishing touches I used some metal elements including two of the Vintage Centers (my Mechanicals by Prima), paper clips, buttons and staples. The checked fabric is one of the Canvas Resist Sheets (my Elementals by Prima) and stamps are a choice of background patterns from my Prima Vintage Vanity collection. 
Huge hugs from the Emerald Island and see you soon!
Finn
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Photobooth Picture Wheel Card

September 7, 2013, 1:00 am
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Hi everyone, I have a fun project to share with you today from Darkroom Door Creative Team member Connie Mercer. 

Connie has used the Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz Picture Wheel Die and Darkroom Door Photobooth images. It's a super fun way to use both of these products together! Let's see what Connie has created...


So get your supplies in front of you ~ photo booth, word strip, French Script Background Stamp and theSizzix Picture Wheel die. You'll need ink too


First run the Picture Wheel die through your Big Shot machine using white cardstock.  Then ink around the edges with black ink, for shading.  It's a good idea to use one that is really dry so it's easy get a good shade, not a dark line. Select photo's (from photo booth sheet) with two people. You will need 6.


 Then cut them apart, like I have shown in the photo.


Now for the fun part. Use the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher and staple them in the frame and then cut off the excess.


This is how the back will look.


And here is Connie's finished card.  The size is 5" X 5"on Kraft cardstock.  Connie also stamped the patterned paper with the Darkroom DoorFrench Script Background Stamp. Love that look!!!   

Supplies used:
Sizzix Picture Wheel Die 658558
Darkroom Door Photobooth
Darkroom Door French Script Background Stamp
Fabric
Patterned Paper

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Rachel

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A "Merry Christmas" Card by Gerry van Gent

September 8, 2013, 3:00 am
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Happy Sunday Sizzix friends!
Today I have another card to share with you using
two of the NEW Brenda Walton seasonal dies.
657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine
658739 Sizzix Bigz Die Reindeer
658739 Sizzix Bigz Die Snowflake Medallions, 3-D
658506 Sizzix Sizzlits Dies Vintage Doily
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This time I decided to use fabric on my card. To have a
strong base I die-cut the reindeer from corrugated cardboard.
I also die cut the reindeer from white cardstock so I can use
part of it as a shadow.

After die-cutting the reindeer from fabric I adhered it by using Fabric Mod Podge.
Then I added a another layer of Fabric Mod Podge on top. 
Once it was dry I added my last layer of paint - Mod Podge Dimensional Magic.

The die-cut border you see above the title was die-cut from  the
Snowflake Medallions - the smaller one.
N.B. I used only the top part!
The reindeer was decorated with Pearl drops, charm and small Vintage Doily.
I used white gel pen to paint the eye. 


OTHER PRODUCTS I USED:
Webster's Pages - "A Botanical Christmas" collection
Webster's Pages - "Waiting for Santa" collection
Webster's Pages - Bookmark Charms
Fabric Mod Podge
Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
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Dutch Translation

Hallo Sizzix Vrienden.
Vandaag wil graag met jullie een kaart delen waarbij ik
twee van de nieuwe Brenda Walton stansen heb gebruikt.
657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine
658739 Sizzix Bigz Die Reindeer
658739 Sizzix Bigz Die Snowflake Medallions, 3-D
658506 Sizzix Sizzlits Dies Vintage Doily
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Deze keer heb ik voor mijn kaart stof gebruikt.
Om het rendier wat steviger te maken heb ik golfkarton gebruikt.
Ik heb ook het rendier uit wit karton gestanst om 
als een schaduw te gebruiken .
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De stof rendier heb ik met Fabric Mod Podge geplakt en 
daarna heb ik nog een laagje Fabric Mod Podge aangebracht.
Toen het eenmaal gedroogd was heb ik een laagje verf aangebracht -
Mod Podge Dimensional Magic.

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Ik heb de rand uit de kleiner Snowflake Medallions gestanst.
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Het rendier was versierd met Pearl drops, charm en de klein Vintage Doily.
Voor de oog heb ik een witte gel pen gebruikt.
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Have a creative weekend with our products!
Gerry
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great big star block tutorial

September 9, 2013, 1:00 am
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Finally! I promised you a tutorial and I'm delivering!

You will need;
half square triangles die - 4.5" finished square
square die - 4.5" (4" finished) square

block


You need to cut the following pieces;

(from background fabric - grey in this case)
4 squares
24 triangles

(from colour 1)
4 squares
8 triangles

(from colour 2)
16 triangles

You also need to cut 1 square from a 3rd colour that measures 8.5" using your rotary and ruler - or you could use 4 additional 4.5" squares sewn together into a 4-patch

Constructing the block;

Pair together a colour triangle with a background triangle and sew together along the longest side to form a square. Press seam open and repeat with all the colour and background triangles

Sew a coloured square to a half square triangle square unit with the same fabric. Press seam open.
Sew a background square to the same kind of half square triangle unit. Press seam open.
Sew these 2 units together to form the flower shape below. Press seam open and repeat for a total of 4

1

Sew 2 half square units from the other colourway together with the coloured fabrics aligned, press seam open.
Sew 2 of the same half square triangles units together with the background fabrics aligned. Press seam open.
Sew these 2 units together to form the chevron shape below. Press seam open and repeat for a total of 4


2

Looking at the picture below, sew a flower unit to either side of a chevron unit. Press seams open.


3

Looking at the picture below, sew a chevron unit to either side of the large square. Press seams open.


4

Looking at the picture below, sew a flower unit to either side of a chevron unit. Press seams open.

5

Sew the 3 pieces together in the same order as you constructed them, press seams open and you have one huge star block that will measure 24.5". You can make a really good sized cushion out of a single block, or make multiples for a quilt. 4 blocks will give you a give that measures 48.5" square, 9 blocks will give you a quilt that measures 72.5" square.


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