If you caught my Sizzix shows on Create and Craft TV last week, you might have heard me mention that I planned to do some crafting for myself at the weekend using the gorgeous Painted Birds die set.
I like to work a few months ahead with the birthday cards I send to friends, so my aim was to make enough cards to cover me until August!
This card with the little apertures was my favourite sample from the shows (but I couldn’t demo it there because the card shape die is from Studio Light, not Sizzix). Obviously, the way I craft for TV shows is a bit different than how I craft for myself because in real life we mix up the products don’t we?
I used a mixture of sentiments to go with the birds, (I’ll add links at the bottom of the post to all the products), but the sentiments are a Sizzix set called Variety Sentiments, and a Spellbinders set called Everyday Sentiments.
As well as birthday cards, I used the same design to make my dad’s Father’s Day card…
This was a good design for batch making, and also for using up card scraps, because you end up cutting from 5 different colours of card for the birds, that means you’ve basically got enough for 5 birds at a time which speeds it up considerably.
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I’ve got a new video on my YouTube channel today showing how I made this pretty card with the latest Spellbinders release by Simon Hurley. I’ve used the Ceramic Vases and Floral Stems die sets, along with the Must-Have Sentiments glimmer foil plate.
You can view the video here:
I also made a couple more cards with some of the other flowers and vases in the die set –
You can find product links both below, and of course more details are in the video.
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I’m back at Create and Craft on Tuesday and Wednesday this week with some fabulous new floral dies by Sizzix designer Alexis Trimble. You know me and florals, so you can imagine how much I’m looking forward to the shows!
There’s a lovely mix of flowers in the collection, as well as a die set to give you all the pots and vases you need to create a lovely floral bouquet.
My shows on Tuesday are at 4pm and 8pm and Wednesday at 8am (and then a final show on Craft Extra at 10am). If you aren’t in the UK or are unable to catch the shows, I’ve added product links below for you to find the dies.
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Sizzix Floral Vessels die set by Alexis Trimble Shop at: SZ | CS | SBC
Sizzix Floral Alphabet die set by Alexis Trimble Shop at: SZ | CS | SBC
Following on from my post yesterday, here are the rest of my finished samples ahead of my Studio Light shows on Create and Craft this Friday/Saturday.
This sunflower stencil creates a really beautiful background, and by switching up the colours you can get very different looks with it.
I used Tim Holtz mica sprays to create these cards, and of course you can mop up the excess on the stencil to get a second card at the same time.
The sentiment stamps on the show are some of my favourites. As you know, I use a lot of floral dies and stamps and these all have a nice floral theme, so I know I will be using them a lot.
There are two lovely die sets in the collection – one featuring sunflowers, the other a pretty bicycle with flowers.
This heart shaped card works well with the patterned papers…
As does the little pillow box…
It’s a One Day Special, so my shows are Friday at 6pm and 9pm and Saturday at 10am and 2pm. Hope you can join me!
I’m back at Create and Craft this Friday and Saturday with a fabulous collection from Studio Light. The main theme for the collection is Sunflowers, and there are some lovely papers, dies, stamps and stencils with a Sunflower/French feel to them. There are also some really useful Essential dies to create some concept cards and boxes.
There are two stamp sets with a lovely collage feel, and these can certainly be given a different feel by switching up the colours. I think the sunflowers could very easily look like Gerberas if you change the colours.
The stamps also work really well with the Pillow Box die set and the Box card die set.
There’s also a fabulous Butterfly box die, that works so well with the papers.
This is just a small selection of my finished samples, I’ll be back tomorrow to share some more with the stencils and dies in the collection.
Hi everyone, hope you managed to catch the launch party on Eileen Hull’s facebook group yesterday – if not it’s worth checking out.
I’m back today with the rest of the projects I made with her new Chapter 2 release. First project is this sea themed Card Case. I used papers from Stamperia to create this kind of steam punk/ocean themed case with lots of texture.
I covered some Sizzix mat board with the papers, and covered with a clear varnish. I dry brushed some metallic paint over the cover in places, and added some textured embossing powder to give a rusty/patina look. I added the pocket on one side, and added some cards cut with the journaling die set as well as some tags.
On the other side, I added a little notebook – also covered with some of the papers.
I created a fastening with Sizzix Texture roll in the tan colour. I used some magnets from Carnation Crafts to hold the fastening in place.
For my next project I created another Card Case – this time a more simple design where I chopped off the folding part so it’s more of a little notebook/journal than a case.
I covered the mat board with Sizzix Texture roll in white, then took another piece of texture roll and embossed it with the Tim Holtz Mosaic embossing folder. I used Oxide sprays and Foundry wax and gold acrylic paint to give it some texture.
For the inside, I made some envelopes with the Journaling card, Envelope & Window die set, and attached them to the inside with the Bookbinding and Label die set that came out last year.
Finally for today, a couple of cards showing the fabulous Mini Slimline & Tickets die set. So many different ways to use these, so I’m looking forward to making more cards with them.
That’s it for today. Make sure you check out Eileen Hull’s blog and Facebook group to see all the inspiration there – her DT really have come up with some amazing projects.
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It’s another amazing release from Eileen Hull. I just love how versatile her designs are, and that they are basically blank canvases, for any style you choose. Make sure you pop by her FB page or YouTube channel today to catch the launch. All the participants for the blog hop can be found on her website http://www.eileenhull.com
I’ve got some more projects to share over the next couple of days but today I’m just going to share this one, it’s a little recipe book made using the new Card Case Bigz die.
So let’s start with what’s in this release. First is the Bigz die – the Card Case. It’s a Scoreboards XL die, so that means it can be used with either the standard Big Shot, or the Plus/Switch. You just need the extended cutting pads if you’re using it with the standard Big Shot, Foldaway or the Express. I’ll put links at the end of this post to everything you might need.
The next die in this release is the Journaling Card, Envelope and Window. This is really an add-on to any journalling dies you already have. It creates a really cool envelope and journalling card, with options to add a window and customise it. The card fits perfectly in the little pocket you create in the Card Case, so it’s great if you want to use it to create your own ephemera, or add photos or journaling. It’s a thinlits die set so will work with most die cutting machines.
Final die set in this release is the Mini Slimline and Tickets. This is similar to the Snail Mail version out last year. I can be used to create an interesting background or you can snip along the dots to create apertures, or individual tickets (great to use with ticket style stamps, or for sentiments). You get one larger panel and then a strip.
Back to today’s project. I had some really nice papers from Studio Light that had featured on a show I did on Create and Craft TV. I really loved the papers, and the kind of Tuscan feel they had, so I decided to theme my Card Case around those. Since they have a bit of a lemon theme, I thought a recipe book would be a great way to use them. I looked up some lemon recipes and used the cards from the Journaling Card die set to make little recipe cards, then decorated the whole thing with the papers.
I picked out some of the die cut elements from the paper pad to decorate the reverse side of the recipes and to add more cards.
With the Card Case, it’s kind of double sided, and wraps around itself, so could be used in many ways, and you can choose whether to add the pocket, and whether you want it on both sides or just one.
I decided to just add one pocket to put my recipe cards in, then to create a thin pocket on the other side to add tags. Then in the centre, I added a little note book, which is attached to the spine of the case with elastic cord.
Where the case wraps round, I added a little vellum sentiment along with a die cut.
I used the little button from the Bigz die on the inside of the spine to hold the ribbon in place to create a fastening.
I was so pleased with this. It’s a great way to use up some of those lovely scrapbook papers you’ve been hoarding!
I’ll be back tomorrow with some more projects from this release.
In the meantime, pop to Eileen Hull’s Facebook Group (Eileen Hull Fanclub) or her FB page (Eileen Hull Designs, or her YouTube channel to watch the launch, and leave a comment saying what other dies from her collection you think would work with this release for the chance to win a giveaway.
Please also visit http://www.eileenhull.com to catch all the other amazing inspiration on this blog hop!
Thanks for popping by!
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How fabulous is this little mason jar filled with lavender? I think it’s my favourite from this month’s new dies from Spellbinders. I’ve always loved a mason jar, and the design on this one is really pretty. I’ve used some white glossy Sizzix card as I thought that would give the look of a painted jar and be just a bit different. This would look really stunning cut from vellum, with some alcohol marker behind in blue to look like water. I really like the way the lavender sits in it too – it has a slot at the top so you can arrange it nicely inside.
There’s also some other really nice foliage in this collection, and for my next card I used it to create both the background and the focal point.
I die cut several of the foliage elements from the same colour green as the card front, then stuck them on top with PVA glue to give the look of an embossed background. I then used a sponge to drag some acrylic paint over (Dina Wakley acrylic in Lime and Turquoise).
I then die cut two of the foliage dies from rose gold card – one mirror and one matte. The sentiment strip is the same green as the background card and I added a foiled sentiment to finish it off.
For my last card, I kept it VERY simple. I used the Fern Glimmer plate, and once I’d added it to the card I couldn’t bear to cover any of it! My initial plan had been to add some foliage, but it looked so nice I kept it as it was (I can always add a small sentiment when I come to send it to someone).
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Bibi Cameron has a fabulous new collection for Spellbinders called Bibi’s Hummingbirds. I used the stencil and Pop up Hummingbird die set to create this card.
I put all the info in a video so you can see how I created that colourful background in detail…
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Another stunning collection from Spellbinders. So many beautiful elements to this collection.
I’ve used 3 different sets from the collection – the Four Petal Floral embossing folder, the Thank You Floral die set, and the Making Me Smile Glimmer Foil plate.
For my first card, I kept it very simple. The embossing folder is so stunning I didn’t want to cover it at all. So I just highlighted it with some gold wax, and added a sentiment (from the Thank You Floral die set). It’s a big embossing folder (this card is 5×7), so you can easily just use parts of it if you like.
For my next card, I decided to use the florals from the Thank You floral set, then add just a strip from the embossing folder (and I kept it white so it didn’t distract from the flowers). I also used one of the foiled sentiments. I used some of the Spellbinders foil in a lovely pewter colour.
For my final card, I used the foliage from the Four Petal Thank you Floral, but I didn’t quite use it as intended – it’s intended that you’d place the flowers on the little round areas, but I thought they also looked like berries, so I went for a very simple look. Again I used the embossing folder in the background in white for a subtle look, and one of the foiled sentiments (this time in gold). This is a smaller 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card so illustrates how you can use a part of the embossing folder.
If you are in the UK, Spellbinders now have a UK website you can order from.
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Sharon Curtis 