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659429 Sizzix Frameworks Die - Courtyard

657495 Sizzix On the Edge Die - Butterflight

Thank you for visit us today!

Have a lovely, creative weekend!

~~ Karola ~~

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Witajcie polskojęzyczni fani Sizzix! Dziś chciałabym podzielić się z Wami kilkoma pomysłami na jesienne kartki. Nadchodząca jesień pełna jest ciepłych kolorów i cudownych tekstur. Właśnie dlatego postanowiłam wykorzystać kolory z palety brązów, zieleni, pomarańczy oraz kolory łososiowego wraz z elementami wytłaczanymi oraz motywem motyli.

Jako tło w mojej pierwszej kartce wykorzystałam specjalny gruby i sztywny papier z motywem i teksturą drewna, który otrzymałam od wyjątkowej osoby - jednego z projektantów Sizzix - Pete'a Hughes'a. Zawsze jestem pod wrażeniem z jaką łatwością i perfekcją wykorzystuje on podobne motywy. Tym razem jako pierwszą warstwę w mojej kartce połączyłam wycinanki z 2 różnych wykrojników: nieco starszego, ale wciąż fantastycznego On the Edge Die - Butterflight oraz jednego z wykrojników Frameworks (absolutnie uwielbiam wszystkie wzory z tej serii!) - Frameworks Die - Courtyard.

W przypadku drugiej kartki w kształcie taga, wykorzystałam dużego, embossowanego motyla jako główną dekorację. Wycięłam i wytłoczyłam go za pomocą zestawu wykrojnika oraz foldera do embossingu Bigz Die w/Texture Fades - Layered Butterfly w kolejnym ciekawym tle od Pete'a - tym razem złotym. Tło jest podobne w kolorze i strukturze do metalicznej folii, dlatego tak wspaniale imituje wytłaczaną cienką blachę. Niesamowite, prawda?

Wykorzystane produkty Sizzix:

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

659578 Sizzix Bigz Die w/Texture Fades - Layered Butterfly

659429 Sizzix Frameworks Die - Courtyard

657495 Sizzix On the Edge Die - Butterflight

Dziękuję za dzisiejsze odwiedziny na naszym blogu!

Życzę Wam cudownego, kreatywnego weekendu!

~~ Karola ~~

Hi everyone ! New school year and new planner ! Starting a new year is always full of good ideas and this time I want to plan everything in a nice planner that came some days ago to my home , at last !
I have used again one my loved hexagons dies and I love it !!

Supplies

15"x10" White fabric for the top

15"x 10" batting

15"x10" lining fabric

4.5"x 10" white fabric ( two pieces ) for the flaps

4.5"x 10" lining fabric ( two pieces )for the flaps

Scraps for the hexagons

2 pieces of pompom ribbon , 11" long

a cute charm ( mine it is a bird cage )

This project is very easy. Just cut the hexagons , sew them doing a flower and applique to the white fabric as I did with my wool bag . I sew by hand.

Lay the batting in the wrong side and do some quilting around the flower .

Sew the flaps now. White and lining fabric ,right side together, just in one long side and let free.

Lay both flaps on the lining and pin. Now do the same with the quilted top. Always right side together.
Pin the pompom ribbon on the out borders. Sew around and let something open.

Now just turn out through the little open side .

Finish by hand with hidden stitches and press .

Now sew the charm.

This is my second fabric cover tuto. You can see the first one here . The flaps are sew in different way here.
Now I can enjoy a lovely cover and keep my new planner from Mr. Wonderful really great all year long.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

Love

Mercedes

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¡ Hola a todo el mundo ! ¡Nuevo curso , nueva agenda! Empezarlo siempre trae buenas ideas y esta vez quiero tenerlo todo bien organizado con una bonita agenda que llegó hace unos días a casa ¡ al fin !

He usado de nuevo mis queridos troqueles de hexágonos y me encanta.

Materiales

658317

Sizzix Bigz Die - Hexagons, 1" Sides #2

658318

Sizzix Bigz Die - Hexagons, 1 1/4" Sides

657900

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)

38cm x 25.5 cm de tela blanca para el top

38cm x 25.5 cm de guata

38cm x 25.5 cm de tela para el forro

11.5 cm x 25.5 cm de tela blanca ( dos piezas ) para las solapas

11.5 cm x 25.5 cm de tela para el forro ( dos piezas ) para las solapas

Restos de telas para los hexágonos.

2 trozos de cinta de pompones de 28 cm cada una

Un adorno metálico ( el mío es de una jaulita de pájaro )

Este proyecto es muy fácil . Sólo tienes que cortar los hexágonos , montarlos , como hice en la bolsa para las lanas , y coserlos haciendo una flor. Aplícalos a la tela blanca. Yo los cosí a mano.

Coloca la guata por el revés y haz algo de acolchado alrededor de la flor.

Cose las solapas ahora. La tela blanca y la de forro por el lado del revés de cada una ,solo por un lado , dejando tres libres.

Pon las solapas en los extremos con los lados no cosidos hacia afuera y sujeta con alfileres. Has lo mismo con el top colocando también el lado derecho con el dercho. Sujeta con alfileres las tiras de pompones en los extremos y cose alrededor dejando una pequeña parte sin coser.

Ahora sól tienes que dar la vuelta por el pequeño hueco abierto.

Termina a mano con puntadas escondidas y plancha.

Por ultimo cose el adorno.

Éste es mi segundo tuto para hacer una funda. Puedes ver el primero aquí. Las solapas están cosidas de diferente manera.

Ya puedo disfrutar de una bonita funda para mi nueva agenda de Mr. Wonderful durante todo el año.

Que tengas un maravilloso fin de semana

Cariños

Mercedes

Hello all!

Some time ago I recevied a new parcel with wonderful Sizzix dies! I was really impressed by the sets containing dies and stamps - wonderful design and highest quality! I usualy use titles made of alphabet stickers so this time I really enjoyed playing with alphabet dies.
And here is my new layout with my kids on the photo.

The products I used:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Sizzix Bigz Die - Love Gears

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - Simply Lovely

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK w/Stamps - Hello

Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase

Have a nice day!

Olga

Hi Sizzix UK friends!!

I can't believe that half of September has already gone...! Ok, so let's face it; if you want an early start on those Christmas cards,NOW's the time to start!

Sizzix has really done a great job of helping us make gorgeous cards for this season as they have some really beautiful new dies out.

I made a couple of Christmas card in traditional colours and they were so easy to do. These dies have been designed by the talented Debi Potter and I think they are really beautiful.

And here is a close up of each card on its own:

I backed the design with some red cardstock to add to the festive feel and also added some pretty pearls to the design.

Ok, so that was my first seasonal cards of the year and I can see many more in the future :-)

Thanks for looking!

I used these lovely dies:

Big Shot machine only (Powder Blue and Teal)

Sizzix Thinlits die set 5 pk - Christmas Trims

Sizzix Thinlits die - Merry Christmas

Papers and pearls are by Papirdesign.

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Hej alla Sizzix vänner!

Kan ni fatta att snart har halva september gått!? Om man vil komma igång tidigt med julkorten så är det NU det ska ske :-)

Sizzix ger oss god hjälp på traven med de nya snygga diesen de kommit ut med. Med de nya diesen som Debi Potter har designat är det en baggis att göra vackra julkort. Dessa är riktigt snygga!!

Här är ett par bilder lite närmare inpå varje kort.

Jag backade motiven med röd cardstock för att öka julkänslan och jag lade till några vita halvpärlor också.
Ok det var årets första julkort, men så kul som det var kan jag se att många fler kommer att göras i god tid innan jul :-)

Tack för att ni tittar inom!

Dessa produkterna använde jag:
Big Shot machine only (Powder Blue and Teal)

Sizzix Thinlits die set 5 pk - Christmas Trims

Sizzix Thinlits die - Merry Christmas

Papper och pärlor är från Papirdesign.

I am not sure about you, but I do love and have loads of flower dies. So many that sometimes it is hard to keep track of all of them. For this reason, I came up with an easy reference swatch book that allows be to look through the different flower dies as well as allowing me to check whether some of them look good together even though they are from different sets.

This is the finished swatch book. Here is how I made it.

I die cut all my flowers using different scraps of paper. I printed (as my handwriting is atrocious) the name of each set for easy reference. I attached the name of the set onto thick acetate and then glue the flowers on the acetate. Each set is on a separate acetate.

Using a Cropadile, I made a single hole on the top left corner of all the acetates, and linked them all with a ball chain, which is easy to open to add more or rearrange order.

Here is some of the pages of my swatch book.

This is how it works, by layering different pages I can find out how some of them will work together.

Some of the possibilities were a complete surprise how well they look together.

One of my favorite combinations was this one above, using the Intricate flowers 1 and Intricate Flowers 2. Even though they have similar names I did not designed them to work together at all. But they work really nicely so I am very happy.

To make a simple card, I stamped a message on the same paper and die cut it using one of the Sentiment Tag dies. As I wanted it a little bit shorter I place the die purposely over the edge of the paper, one of the beauties of the Framelits I know exactly how it is going to look once die cut.

And that is the finished card. The flower is the central point and I would have only come up with this combo because my new flower reference booklet.

Hi everyone

I hope you all had a great week,today i will show you a card "clean and simple"

Items I have used:
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Estelle 659703
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Winged Beauties 659707
Supply list:
Paper: Craft & you design-frozen-6x6 paper pad
Ink: Peeled Paint, Forest Moss and Weathered Wood distress ink/ ranger
Ponture paint_white-, brads
How to make:
Make a cardbase 12,5x15,5 cm, cut out a patterned paper 12x15 cm, distress the edged. Die cut using Esttelle and Winged Beauties ink using distress ink and some water, decorate using brads and ponture paint

Thanks for stopping by, see you next Tuesday

Pia

Hej alle

Jeg håber du har haft en skøn uge. I dag vil jeg vise et kort som for mig er " clean and simple"

Sizzix dies jeg har brugt:

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Estelle 659703

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Winged Beauties 659707

Andre materialer:

Papir: Craft & You design-frozen-6x6 paper pad

Ink: Peeled Paint, Forest Moss og Weathered Wood distress ink/ ranger

Ponture paint_white-, brads

Fremgangs måde:

Lav en kort base på 12,5x15,5 cm, skær mønstret pair ud i 12x15 cm, distress kanterne og lim til kortbasen. Udstans Esttelle og Winged Beauties ink de udstansede figurer ved at bruge distress ink og lidt vand, dekorer med brads og ponture paint

Tak fordi du kigge forbi , håber vi ses igen næste tirsdag

Pia

Hello to everyone:) Today I want to show you this mixed miedia card I made using some wonderful Sizzix products.

Sizzix products:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine 657900
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Overall Patterns 659758
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Houndstooth & Dots Set 659745
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Rondeaux 659706

Other products:
white cardboard, Pion Design papers; Days of Winter
Heidi Swapp color shines; black,mustard and peach
Glimmer Mist; Bell bottom jeans
gesso primer and super heavy gesso, Prima Marketing mask; Turkish Grunge
sentiment stamp "Birthday wishes"

How to do:
Cut the cardboard size 16,5 cm × 11,5 cm and apply the gesso primer on to it, allow to dry. Spray some glimmer mist "Bell bottom jeans" randomly and allow to dry.
Make the grunge background using super heavy gesso and mask. When dried, spray Heidi Swapp mists mustard and peach, allow to dry and add some black spots with black mist.
Cut the gears using Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Rondeaux 659706, and pieces of papers using Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Overall Patterns 659758 . Spray a one piece with Heidi Swapp "mustard" mist. Emboss also the other piece with Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Houndstooth & Dots Set 659745.
Finally place all together like below and stamp the sentiment.

Happy crafting, Minna

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Moi, tänään tällainen mixed media kortti:)

Sizzix tuotteet:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine 657900
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Overall Patterns 659758
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Houndstooth & Dots Set 659745
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Rondeaux 659706

Muut tarvikkeet:
valkoinen kartonki, Pion Design paperit; Days of Winter
Heidi Swapp suihkeet; black,mustard ja peach
Glimmer Mist; Bell bottom jeans
gesso primer ja super heavy gesso, Prima sabluuna; Turkish Grunge
tekstileimasin "Synttärionnittelut"

Leikkaa kartonki 16,5 cm × 11,5 cm ja levitä gesso primer sille, anna kuivua. Suihkuta sinistä (Bell blue jeans) glimmer mistiä, anna kuivua. Tee taustakuvio käyttäen super heavy gessoa ja maskia. Kun tausta on kuiva suihkuta sinne tänne Heidi Swapin suihkeit peach ja mustard, anna kuivua ja lisää mustia pisaroita.
Leikkaa rattaat käyttäen stansseja Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Rondeaux 659706 ja muutama suikale käyttäen stanssia setistä Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Overall Patterns 659758. Värjää yksi pala keltaisella suihkeella. Kohokuvio myös toinen pala paperia kohokuviontikansiolla setistä Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Houndstooth & Dots Set 659745.
Lopuksi kokoa kortti kuten kuvassa ja leimaa teksti.

Mukavaa keskiviikkoa, Minna

Today I've gon crazy with colours, embossing and sequins but once in a while I think we all need a little bit of crazy.

I die cut the frame from the Thinlits Die Set 6PK - I Heart This and added some patterned paper behind the opening in the frame. The frame says "I {heart} this" and that didn't really fit with my card so I cut a fish tail banner for my main sentiment and added above the "I {heart} this".

Next up I stamped three different flowers from Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden in VersaMark and heat embossed them using different colours of embossing powder. I scattered the flowers in two corner of the frame and layered them on top of one another using foam adhesive.

The final touches to this playful card was some sequins, a smaller sentiment and a hand drawn line running around the entire background.

Supply list:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Thinlits Die Set 6PK - I Heart This
Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden
Cardstock
Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye, Simple Stories)
VersaMark
Embossing powder (WOW)
Embossing tool
Stamps (Simon Says Stamp)
Sequins

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I dag har jeg et lidt tosset og farvestrålende kort til jer - nogle gange har man bare brug for lidt fis og ballade.

Jeg udstansede rammen fra Thinlits Die Set 6PK - I Heart This, og satte noget mønstret papir inde i rammen. Da die'en udstanser sætningen "I {heart} this", hvilket ikke passede til mit korts tema, valgte jeg at skære et banner ud, hvor jeg stemplede kortets primære hilsen på. Jeg satte dette banner henover "I {heart} this" delen af rammen.

Næste skridt var at stemple tre forskellige blomster fra Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden med VersaMark og derefter varmeembosse dem i forskellige farver af embossingpulver. Jeg spredte blomsterne i to hjørner af rammen.

De sidste skridt til at gøre dette legefulde kort færdigt var at tilføje pailetter, en mindre hilsen og en håndtegnet linje hele vejen rundt langs kortets baggrund.

Ingredienser:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Thinlits Die Set 6PK - I Heart This
Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden
Karton
Mønstret papier (My Mind's Eye, Simple Stories)
VersaMark
Embossingpulver (WOW)
Embossing tool
Stempler (Simon Says Stamp)
Pailetter

I know I don't often feature Scrapbook layouts on this blog mainly due to time constraints, but I do love scrapbooking, especially as it is responsible for so many great products to play with and innumerable cool techniques to learn, all of which filters into my other crafty interests.

I was going to make a card with the magnificent Thinlits Die Set Winter Borders and Rosette designed by my good buddy Paula Pascual. this is one set from Paula's new Everyday Collection released this month, I implore you to check it out (if you love delicate butterflies then look no further!!!)

When I say I was going to make a card, I promised Barbara at a show in Manchester that I would do just that, however I couldn't resist doing a little layout, I hope you will forgive me?

Below you will see the die set mentioned previously, an 8" x 8" square of card (all the card is from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3 Collection) and three photo's of my daughter Poppy taken in the heavy snow we had in the UK a couple of years back.

At this point I have no idea what I am going to do!

OK! I now have a rough plan/idea so I'm going to start by die cutting a circle from Kraft card using the largest Circle Framelits die. I have combined both sets of Circle Framelits and between them I have every size I need ( 657551 and 658604). After die-cutting the first circle I place the die which is the next sized down onto the die-cut circle slightly offset. I repeat this twice more until I have three thin kraft card rings. Next, I use a brayer to apply a thin layer of gesso.

I cut a rectangle of the pale blue dotty paper and trimmed away one edge using the snowflake border die. I applied some rows of faux stitching using a pattern makers wheel and a white gel pen before attaching all the separate elements to the layout together with a die-cut silver snowflake border.

From the same dotty card I cut two halves of the snowflake rosette and proceeded to lighten the tips by dry brushing with gesso. Next, I concertina folded the two halves before attaching end to end to form a crown before folding in toward the centre to create the rosette. I usually secure this at the rear with a piece of scrap card attached with a hot glue gun to get a solid bond. I next die-cut a deep blue circle, a silver snowflake and a deep blue border strip whose edges I gently sanded to add a little contrast.

I attached all the elements to the layout together with the photos and a rectangle of green patterned card which has been lightly distressed. I covered a piece of mount board with the deep blue card and used the Block Talk Lowercase Alphabet Die to cut the letters and printed the word 'Princess' onto the green card using my PC. I have a set of similar alphabet stamps which would work equally as well. After attaching the words to my layout I started to add a little bling in the form of assorted adhesive pearls and gems.

Finally, I die cut a circle from card and used it as a template around which I attached a row of clear adhesive gems using my trusty tweezers before removing the card circle.

Here is the finished article, lots of fun to do as always, I think the green really lifts it especially as I could use pearl gems of a similar colour. I love the way the circles give it a sense of movement.

So many photos...so little time!

Hi there!

Today let’s go for romanticism and colour to illustrate a nice picture taken by my friend Valérie from the Jolis Moments.

Supply list:

Papers: Jenni Bowlin Studio, Webster's Pages

Cardstock: American Crafts

Alphabets: American Crafts

Labels: Ephéméria

Stickers: American Crafts, My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon

Felt-tip pens: Stabilo Pen68

Spray ink: Tattered Angels

Masking Tape

Dies:

658300 :Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

656545: Sizzix Bigz Die-Flower 3D

659752: Sizzix thinlits Die Set 3PK-Love

A simple page built with lots of cascading little details.

Here I used a Project Life card from the set “Life made simple-Amour” which is just perfect for my theme.

Cut out of white cardstock, it will be colorized with a turquoise blue spray ink.

The 3D pretty flower will be reworked the same way. While my dies dry, I had fun cutting out nice flower bouquets in a Webster’s Pages paper.

The various elements are glued to my background. I made some splashes with my Stabilo Pen68 felt-tip pens to add texture.

Add mini text stickers as a finishing touch.

My page is now done!

See you next Thursday!

Karine

Bonjour !

Aujourd'hui du romantisme et de la couleur pour illustrer une jolie photo prise par mon amie Valérie des Jolis Moments.

Matériel :

Papiers : Jenni Bowlin Studio, Webster's Pages

Cardstock : American Crafts

Alphabets : American Crafts

Etiquettes : Ephéméria

Stickers : American Crafts, My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon

Feutres : Stabilo Pen68

Encre en spray : Tattered Angels

Masking Tape

Dies :

658300:Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

656545: Sizzix Bigz Die-Flower 3D

659752: Sizzix thinlits Die Set 3PK-Love

Une page toute simple composée en cascade avec plein de petits détails.

J'ai utilisé ici une carte Project Life des sets “Life made simple-Amour” juste parfaite pour ma thématique.

Découpée dans du papier blanc, celle-ci sera colorée avec une encre en spray turquoise.

La jolie fleur toute en relief sera travaillée de la même façon. Pendant que mes découpes sèchent je me suis amusée à découper des jolis bouquets de fleurs dans un imprimé Webster's Pages.

Les différents éléments sont ensuite collés à mon fond, les éclaboussures faites aux feutres Stabilo Pen68 ajoutent un peu de texture.

Complétez avec des mini stickers textes.

Ma page est maintenant terminée !

A jeudi !

Karine

Yes that's right - the coffee table is finished and it's time to sit back and relax - and at least in North Wales it's a lovely mild afternoon with a pale blue sky - just right to sit back and enjoy.

To create the top I had a piece of hardboard cut to the inset size of the table. I marked a grid onto the hardboard and drilled holes for the thread for the buttons.
I covered the hardboard with 1" foam and then covered that with grey wool fabric, smoothing it out across the foam.
Using the Big Shot and Bigz die http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/658315/sizzix-bigz-die-circles-1-1-2 I cut 18 circles to use to cover buttons for the top.

It made covering the buttons even easier - especially as I used a 'self cover button tool'

Insert the fabric and the button top into the soft rubber holder, place the back over the button and press in with the rigid plastic tool - so easy -

I then stitched the buttons through the foam and the hardboard - tying the threads at the back to give some tension.
The edges of the grey fabric were laced together to hold in place.
It's then really simple to place the top into the top of the table - and now it's an attractive unique piece of furniture.

Now to plan some projects for Christmas!!!
Until next week have fun.
Angela

Hello everyone! Anna here to share some fun owls with you using the Sizzix Owl Bag Bigz XL Die by Lori Whitlock.

I’ll be showing a cute owl gift basket. It's a really cute bag and I think this would look great in a Halloween theme or Christmas too.

cafe creativo - big shot sizzix - owl - gufo set cucito (1)

Since the die cut out more materials, I wanted to try use felt to create a sewing kit. A simple little stitching project for a beginner stitcher, or gift for a beginner!

cafe creativo - big shot sizzix - owl - gufo set cucito (2)

cafe creativo - big shot sizzix - owl - gufo set cucito (3)

Owl Bag

Items used:

Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Houndstooth & Dots Set (659745)

cardstocks

patterned papers

ink pad

ribbon

twine

foam board tape

Die-cut an Owl Bag and its embellishments out of patterned papers. Emboss one scallop piece. Fold along the crease lines to assemble, layering materials and adhere (Instructions: Download PDF). Embellish with ribbon bow and twine.

cafe creativo - big shot sizzix - owl - gufo set cucito (4)

Owl sewing kit

Items used:

felt and thin felt

fabric

ribbon

twine

sewing machine and thread

Die-cut two Owl shape and its embellishments out of felt. To make the front: layering materials and sew or glue. To make the back: fold in middle a felt rectangle and sew. The felt pages are for needles and stuff. With your scissors in place, check the position of your Scissor Pocket. Sew front and back together in the bottom side. Embellish with ribbon bow and twine. If you want add a button to close.

I love how customizable this is, and you can use scrap that you already have. You can also use the owl shape on a card front or scrapbook page.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my little project, perhaps it will provide some inspiration for one of you.

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Per le amiche italiane! :)

Ciao a tutti! Annaè qui per condividere alcuni simpatici Gufetti realizzati grazie alla fustella “Sizzix Owl Bag Bigz XL Die” disegnata da Lori Whitlock.

Con questa fustella ho realizzato due cosine, perchè è sempre bello guardare le fustelle con occhi diversi: una simpatica scatolina regalo (scopo per cui è nata la fustella) e un kit cucito in feltro, il tutto a forma di gufo!

La scatolina è molto carina e credo che potrà essere usata da molte di voi per creare bomboniere o declinarla in tema Halloween o Natale. Vi ricordo, che essendo una fustella di tipo XL, necessita dei cutting pad più lunghi.

Poi, come vi dicevo, dal momento che la fustella di tipo Bigz taglia diversi materiali, ho voluto provare ad usare anche il feltro e la stoffa per creare un Kit da Cucito. Un piccolo semplice progetto di cucito, adatto anche ad una principiante od un regalo per una aspirante sartina! ;)

Per fare entrambi i progetti ho scelto di usare colori simili, così da farvi vedere le differenze tra i materiali e le potenzialità della fustella. Inoltre il kit cucito può essere riposto dentro la scatolina gufo, se la si vuole regalare, un'accoppiata perfetta! :)

Anche se dalle foto si intuisce, vi spiego comunque come ho fatto...

Scatolina gufetto

Materiali:

Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pad, Extended, 1 Pair (655267)

Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Houndstooth & Dots Set (659745)

cartoncini

carta fantasia

inchiostro (per sporcare i bordi)

nastro

cordoncino

biadesivo spessorato

Fustellare una scatolina gufo e i suoi abbellimenti da carta fantasia. Embossare una delle strisce scallop per dare maggior varietà. Piegare lungo le linee di cordonatura per assemblare la scatolina e incollare. Sovraporre e incollare i vari pezzi sul fronte della scatola (istruzioni complete qui: Download PDF). Infine abbellire con un fiocco e due fiorellini.

Gufetto set cucito

Materiali:

Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pad, Extended, 1 Pair (655267)

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

feltro e pannolenci

stoffa fantasia

nastro

cordoncino

macchina da cucire e filo

Fustellare due forme grandi di Gufo con feltro spesso e le sue decorazioni con feltro sottile. Per fare il fronte: sovraporre e fissare i vari pezzi con cuciture o colla a caldo. Cucire parzialmente la sagoma gufo più piccola su quella grande, in modo da creare una taschina utile per riporre qualche materiale da cucito. Per fare il retro: piegare a metà un piccolo rettangolo di feltro e cucire. Le pagine di feltro così create, serviranno per riporre aghi e spille. Sistemando le forbicine, controllare la posizione dove fissare il nastro che le terrà ferme. Cucire il fronte con il retro lungo il lembo inferiore, creando così un libro-gufo di feltro. Abbellire il fronte con un fiocco e due fiorellini tagliati con la fustella. Se si desidera, aggiungere un bottone come chiusura.

Con questa fustella potete creare lavori come questi, personalizzati a piacere. Inoltre non è necessario avere tanti materiali, basta utilizzare gli avanzi, soprattutto per i dettagli.
Altri usi: provate ad utilizzare la sagoma del Gufo su di una card, un mini album o una pagina scrap ecc. ;)

Grazie per la visita. Spero vi sia piaciuto il mio progettino, forse potrà fornire qualche ispirazione a uno di voi ;)

Ci vediamo sempre qui fra due settimane.

Hello everyone! Today is again my turn for sharing a Sizzix inspiration! This time it will be a card (again!). I'm in cardmaking mood recently, so I trying some new tools, dies, techniques, colors or tricks. My today's card is very feminine, sweet and romantic.

Besides the (obvious) flowers, I wanted to keep my style, so I created a few 3D layers. I used fantastic dies from Framelits Die Set 6PK - Enchanted, starting from cut out the card shape and then a few next layers. I have not used all the dies from this set, but I encourage you to try out all the decorative frames in one project, I bet it will be a real layered masterpiece! In addition to the use dies in frames shapes, I decided to use one of my favorite and most versatile (in my humble opinion) motifs - butterflies. I just love the butterflies from the Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Winged Beauties, they are so beautiful and delicate - perfect match for projects in the romantic style!

Below you can see the close-up on an additional butterfly wing, this time from the Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Heavenly. Absolutely fantastic dies, that already had the opportunity to recommend to you earlier. On both sides of my card you can see the banner elements, glued horizontally. I cut them with a Bigz Die - Pennants. Definitely this is one of the most versatile sets - with its help you can create not only hanging banners but also just such a small decorative elements.

Sizzix supplies used:

659702 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Enchanted

659739 Sizzix Bigz Die - Pennants

659707 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Winged Beauties

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Thank you for visit us today!

Have a lovely, creative weekend!

~~ Karola ~~

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Witajcie! Dziś znów moja kolej na inspiracje Sizzix, tym razem będzie to kartka (znów!). Jestem w kartkowym nastroju ostatnio, zatem staram się spróbować różnych nowych technik, rozwiązań, trików, kolorów i oczywiście narzędzi, a szczególnie - wykrojników. Moja dzisiejsza kartka jest bardzo kobieca, słodka i romantyczna.

Postanowiłam, jak zwykle, stworzyć kilka przestrzennych warstw i tutaj pomocą posłużyły mi wykrojniki z zestawu: Framelits Die Set 6PK - Enchanted. Zaczęłam od największego, którym wycięłam fantazyjny kształt kartki oraz wzorzyste tło, następnie skorzystałam z kilku mniejszych wzorów z tego zestawu, aby stworzyć kolejne, "piętrowe" warstwy w mojej kartce. Nie wykorzystałam wszystkich wykrojników jakie kryje ten zestaw, ale Was gorąco do tego zachęcam, jestem pewna, że powstaną prawdziwe przestrzenne i warstwowe arcydzieła! Kolejne wykrojniki, które wykorzystałam to jedne z moich ulubionych, ponieważ ze zdecydowanie (w mojej skromnej opinii) najbardziej uniwersalnymi motywami - motylami. Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Winged Beauties - Fantastyczny zestaw, który już wcześniej miałam okazję Wam polecać. Po obu stronach kartki przykleiłam chorągiewki, które mogą być zarówno elementami wiszącej dekoracji, jak i takimi właśnie, niewielkimi elementami dekoracyjnymi, kiedy przykleimy je poziomo. Wytniecie je za pomocą wykrojnika Bigz Die - Pennants. Na koniec, do mojej warstwowej, kwiecistej i romantycznej kompozycji dodałam niewielki ale znaczący element - dodatkowe skrzydełko, wycięte wykrojnikiem z zestawu: Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Heavenly. I to wszystko - prawda, że nieskomplikowane?

Wykorzystane produkty Sizzix:

659702 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Enchanted

659739 Sizzix Bigz Die - Pennants

659707 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Winged Beauties