I think my favourite card class is the Christmas one. Here’s the cards for my latest class, using a mix of mostly Sizzix dies, stamps and embossing folders, some from this year and some a little older.
Christmas crafting
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Sizzix Summer Florals shows on Create and Craft TV
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.
 Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Hello Love die set by Lisa Jones Shop at: SSS | SZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix In the Meadow die set by Alexis Trimble Shop at: SZ | CS | SBC |
 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 |
 Sizzix Cardstock sheets Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
More Studio Light ….
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!
Studio Light Sunflowers ODS on Create & Craft TV
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.
Spellbinders Metamorphosis by Simon Hurley
Aren’t these big, bold blooms beautiful? I’m really in love with this collection by Simon Hurley, you know me and floral dies, so these are just my thing.
I wanted a bit of variation to the petals so chose to watercolour them instead of using coloured cardstock and I’m really pleased with how they turned out. I thought the sentiments would look lovely with a touch of glitter so I used gold and silver glitter card, but used the same white card for the shadow/mat layer to keep it clean and simple.
Here’s a video on how I put these together….
Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Spellbinders In Bloom by Simon Hurley Shop at: SSS | SBC | SP |
 Spellbinders Everyday sentiments by Simon Hurley Shop at: SSS | SBC | SP |
Spellbinders Wreath Builder die
I’ve got a new video up on my YouTube channel today showing how I made this cute wreath card, along with the foiled sentiment.
Here’s the video – it gives a good look at the Spellbinders Glimmer Foil system too, which I know lots of you are curious about (and in my opinion it’s a fabulous foiling system)
 Spellbinders Glimmer Foil Shop at: SSS | AZ | CS | SBC | SP |
Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | AZ | CS | SBC | SP |
 Spellbinders Wreath Builder die set Shop at: SSS | AZ | SBC | SP |
 Pink Fresh Studio Celebrate foil plate Shop at: SSS | AZ | SBC |
 Pink Fresh Studio Celebrate die Shop at: SSS | SBC |
Sizzix Eileen Hull Chapter 3 Release Party
Today is launch day for Eileen’s new Sizzix release, it’s a fabulous collection and I can’t wait to bring these dies and embossing folders to Create and Craft in a couple of week’s time.
First, there’s a look at all the elements:
Here’s the info from Eileen herself on her thinking behind this collection –
“I am so excited to share my Chapter 3 Sizzix die collection! Each piece in the set stands alone but also coordinates with the others to make a truly versatile and valuable addition to your collection.
The ScoreBoards Skinny Mini Book Box is a really great size- it measures 6 3/4″ x 4″ with an adjustable built in spine from 3/8″ to 2 1/4″. This die may be used to create a book by die cutting two covers OR a box if you add the side pieces to the covers. If you add the box supports, it will hold mini-slimline size cards.
The Skinny Mini Elements Thinlits will cut a cool star pattern that perfectly covers the front of the Skinny Mini book or the front of a slimline card. And you can also expand the size of the design to create a whole page pattern.
I have been wanting to make a Card Caddy die for a while… so many people are making cards these days that I figured that they would love to have the ability to make a really pretty container to hold them. I love the shape of this box and it goes together so quickly- also fun to decorate! It will hold cards up to 5 1/4″ wide.
The 3D folder is called Woven Leather and it looks so realistic! Makes a great background for cards, journal pages or covers”.
I’m already thinking that card caddy’s filled with cards would make lovely Christmas presents, so that’s something else to add to my ‘to do’ list!
I’m also very happy to have another journal option – I absolutely love making journals, and how lovely does the Skinny Mini Elements die look on the front?
It also looks beautiful on a card front (and of course the card fits nicely inside both the book and the caddy).
SO NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT INFO!
There’s a blog hop to celebrate the launch as well as a FB live. Pop over to Eileen’s blog for all the details. There’s also some prizes, so make sure you catch the live!
I’ll be on Create and Craft TV on the 22 August with the release, so you can expect to see more creations and inspiration from me over the next couple of weeks.
 Sizzix Wild Blooms #2 Shop at: CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Wild Blossom Borders Shop at: CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Wild Blossom Corners Shop at: CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Eileen Hull Skinny Mini Elements die Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Eileen Hull Skinny Mini Book Box Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Eileen Hull Scoreboards Card Caddy Shop at: SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Eileen Hull Embossing Folder Woven Leather Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Electric die cutting machine white Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Electric die cutting machine Tim Holtz Black Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Electric die cutting machine cherry blossom Shop at: SBC |
 Sizzix Big Shot Foldaway Tim Holtz Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Big Shot Foldaway Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Big Shot Express machine Shop at: SSS | AZ | CS | SBC |
21st Birthday card and gift bag
I can’t quite believe it, but my gorgeous niece Georgie is going to be 21 in July. Makes me feel very old. I decided to get my crepe paper flower dies out to make a bold statement flower to dress up a very plain kraft bag.
For the card, I used some dies from the recent Botanical collection by Lisa Jones at Sizzix, the Wild Wreath die is great for special cards.
I’ve put details below of all the other dies I used to create this gift bag and card.
Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Bold Alphabet Shop at: SSS | SZ | SBC |
 Sizzix Crepe Paper Vintage Shop at: SSS | SZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Flower making kit Shop at: CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Fold and Form making tool Shop at: SSS | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Wild Blooms #1 Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blooms #2 Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blossom Borders Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blossom Corners Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Wild Leaves Wreath Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Wild Peony Shop at: SSS | SZ | CS | SBC |
Sizzix mixed media shows with Lisa Jones Botanicals
I’ve got a very busy week of shows this week. Both on Create & Craft UK and US.
First up, I’m on Create & Craft US on Wednesday with a bit of a Sizzix takeover. There are 4 shows back to back, two will be mixed media shows with these gorgeous Lisa Jones botanical dies, then I’ve got 2 shows with the brand new Effectz range of paints and mediums. Check out the website for timings as I know they’ll be different depending on which time zone you are. For UK viewers that might want to watch them, you can watch if you go to http://www.createandcraft.com/us. I’m on from 9pm to midnight our time.
The UK shows are as follows – double Mixed Media show with these gorgeous Botanical dies (and the new Tim Holtz Colorize sets called Under the Sea) on Thursday at midday, then Pete takes over with the launch of the new Effectz range. He’s there Thurs/Fri/Sat, then I’m back on Sunday at 14.15 with my take on the Effectz range. I’ll share my projects with those in a separate blog post.
So it’s a very busy week on C&C for Sizzix!
Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Chrome Precision Base Plate Shop at: SSS | SZ | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Cutting Plates Extended Shop at: SSS | SZ | CS | SBC |
 Sizzix Botanical Washi Tape Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Cardstock Botanical Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Patterned Paper Botanical Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blooms #1 Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blooms #2 Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blossom Borders Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blossom Corners Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Leaves Wreath Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix TH Under the Sea 1 Shop at: SSS | SZ | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix TH Under the Sea 2 Shop at: SSS | SZ | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Lisa Jones collection – Mother’s Day cards
Well I wasn’t struggling for inspiration this year when it came to make my Mother’s Day cards – it was the perfect excuse to make some more cards with the new Lisa Jones collection. My mum is from London, and my mother-in-law is from Birmingham, hence the different spellings of mum on my cards!
Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine * Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Heat tool * Shop at: SSS | SZ | CS | SBC |
Sizzix Wild Blooms #1 * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blooms #2* Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blossom Borders * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Blossom Corners * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Wild Leaves Wreath * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Serif Alphabet * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
 Sizzix Frames & Borders * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Cardstock Botanical * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Patterned Paper Botanical * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sizzix Botanical Washi Tape * Shop at: CS | SBC | CC |
Sharon Curtis 