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July 2014

Pop it Ups

Hoppy & Lucy

July 7, 2014

Hello my crafty friends, it’s Raquel here today. I am very excited about Elizabeth Craft Designs’ 2014 Summer Release! To continue that excitement, I have created a card with some new and currently available dies.  Let’s get crafty.

1.  Cut blue paper at 4.25 x 11 and score at 5.5 for your backing card.

2.  Cut the largest Lucy Label (label only) from green paper. Cut two of the middle-sized Lucy Label from white paper, leave the die on and trace around the edge with a fine point marker then stamp sentiments.

3.  Cut one oval using the Oval accessory die from the Katie Label Accordion from green pattern paper and snip a triangle out to resemble a lily pad.

4.  Using Hoppy the Frog, cut two shadow layers of Hoppy from dark green paper. Cut two detail layers of Hoppy from green. Cut two sets of eyes from white paper. Cut 4 flies from black paper. Cut two of the mouth areas using the detail layer from red paper.

5.  Using Props 1, cut two lips from red paper and one pair of glasses from black paper.

6.  Adhere Hoppy as shown in picture and set aside these pieces.


7.  For Hoppy on the inside, cut off his legs and glue them to the side of his body to resemble a frog jumping. Adhere acetate to the lens of the black glasses (from step 5) then adhere to Hoppy.  Apply Crystal Effects to lips and mouth of Hoppy if desired, then set Hoppy aside to dry.

8.  Cut pattern paper at 4.25 x 11 and score at 5.5, then cut pop up using Lucy Label. Use an edge from Agatha Edges to cut 1.25 off both ends of the pattern paper and adhere the pieces you just cut off to the inside of backing card (green polka dot). Adhere pattern paper cut with Lucy Label to backing card.

9.  Cut the largest Lucy Label (label only) from blue paper and adhere to label on the inside of card.

10.  Cut two edge dies from Agatha Edges from blue paper and adhere to card as shown.

11.  Cut two sets of Happy Birthday, adhere them together for added dimension then adhere to bottom of card.

12.  Adhere Hoppy to the top bump of the Lucy Label as shown.

13.  Adhere remaining pieces to front of card as shown.

I hope you have “Hopped” right along in the tutorial and feel inspired to give it a try.

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products:

909 Hoppy the Frog (Available mid-July)
779 Lucy Label Pop Up
903 Katie Label Accordion (Available mid-July)
782 Agatha Edges
783 Happy Birthday

Other Supplies:

Green Cardstock
White Cardstock
Red Cardstock
Blue cardstock
Pattern Paper
Tombow Dial Brush Pens
Enamel Accents
Crystal Effects
Onyx Black VersaFine Ink
Birthday Banter stamp set from Stampin’ Up!

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Merry Christmas!

July 6, 2014

Hello Friends,

It’s Rita here on this beautiful Sunday morning. It’s been nice and sunny here in California and we enjoyed some spectacular fireworks this past weekend. My project for today is all about Christmas. Yes, you read my title correctly :-). I have been enjoying some Christmas spirit right in July with the NEW and so amazing die sets from Elizabeth Craft Designs (available mid-July). I made a Christmas card with matching gift tags.

This is how I created my card and tags:

1. Die cut 3 tags out of silver cardstock and 3 out of patterned paper.

2. Die cut 7 sprigs from Peridot Gemstone and 6 from Fire Opal Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz.

3. Die cut 6 sets of the new Ornament Set 3. We will use 3 for the tags and 3 for the card.

Here you can see all the die cut pieces for our three tags.

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4. To create tags, adhere 2 die cut tags together and add Glitter Border Peel-off along the edges of the tag. Assemble ornaments and adhere as shown. Adhere sprigs and bows as shown.

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5. Add ribbons and your tags are complete.

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To create the card:

6. Cut card base at 8.5″ x 6″, scored at 4.25″.

7. Cut a piece of glitter cardstock at 4.25″ x 6″ and a second piece at 3.25″ x 6″. Adhere 2 pieces together leaving a 1″ line on the top.

8. Die cut Merry Christmas on the open 1″ space. Also die cut a Merry Christmas from purple glitter cardstock.

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9. Adhere glitter cardstock with Merry Christmas cut onto card base and insert purple Merry Christmas.

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10. Adhere sprigs and ornaments (cut in step 2 and 3) as shown.

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You can see that the tags match perfect with the card.

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

hugs, Rita

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs supplies used today:
– New (927) Ornament Set 3 die set
– New (919) Candle die set
– (763) Tags die set
– Fire Opal Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz
– Peridot Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz
– (SKU 2010) Glitter Boarders in gold

Other supplies:
– DCWV The Twinkle Glints Stack
– DCWV The Glitzy Pastels Stack
– Grey card stock
– Ribbon by Clear Bags

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Budget-Friendly Flowers

July 5, 2014

Judi Kauffman is back as today’s guest designer with some bright and sparkly flowers and a lot of fun ideas for how to use them!

Thanks, Joset. I decided to make something budget-friendly that uses only one set of dies – the brand new 924 Crystal Flower Set 1 (shipping mid-July 2014). There are 2 beautiful and detailed overlay sets to coordinate with the solid shapes and I’ll use those at another time (and the Design Team has already been putting the Crystal Flower Overlays to good use with sneak peek samples). For now, I’m sticking to the two flowers and two centers that are part of the set.

The flowers are die-cut from durable, waterproof, colorfast Shimmer Sheetz so they can be tucked into potted plants or used again and again on a party table. They can also be used on garlands, hatbands, flip flops, and – of course – on cards!

The trick to the cards: Channel your inner “abstract expressionist” and use randomly applied strokes of paint to create the backgrounds. Fast and easy, I promise!

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Die-cut Shimmer Sheetz flowers in Orange Iridescent and Imperial Garnet Gemstones as shown, or in colors you prefer. *Reminder: You will need a metal adapter plate for cutting Shimmer Sheetz. View Els van de Burgt’s YouTube video tutorial HERE if you have not previously die-cut Shimmer Sheetz

2. Using an ink applicator and Senorita Magenta alcohol ink, dapple the center and about halfway up the petals of each flower. Option: Change to different inks for steps 2 and 3 if you have selected Shimmer Sheetz in colors other than the ones shown.

3. Using Baja Blue alcohol ink, dapple the center and about a quarter of the way up the petals of each flower.

4. Very lightly sand the flowers, working one petal at a time. Start close to the base of each petal at the center of the flower and sand toward the outer edge to allow lines formed by the sanding block to fan out slightly and follow the direction of the petals. Lift the sanding block and start each new stroke at the base of the petal (*IMPORTANT: don’t sand back and forth or in a circular motion!). Wipe sanded flowers with a damp paper towel or rag to remove the Shimmer Sheetz “dust”.

5. Die-cut Adhesive Velvet Sheets in Blue for flower centers. Place a Velvet center on each flower. Bend petals upward.

6. Optional: Further embellish the flowers with adhesive-backed faceted gems and Glitter Dots Peel-offs in Blue.

7. To complete the cards: Randomly brush acrylic paint onto heavy cardstock. Use 3 or 4 colors that coordinate with the flowers. Let the colors blend and allow the brushstrokes to remain prominent, like an abstract expressionist painting. (Look at the work of Richard Diebenkorn or Helen Frankenthaler for inspiration.)

8. When dry, use double-sided adhesive sheet to adhere the painted rectangle onto a folded card base. Using strong hold adhesive like Tombow Power Tabs, adhere the flowers.

SUPPLIES:

Elizabeth Craft Designs –
NEW 924 Crystal Flower Set 1 (available mid-July)
SS 0223 Imperial Garnet Gemstones Shimmer Sheetz and
SS 0109 Orange Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz (or colors of choice)
7018 Glitter Dots Peel-offs in Blue
407 Adhesive Velvet Sheets in Blue
803 Metal Adapter Plate
501 Double-sided Adhesive Sheets

Jacquard Products – Piñata Color inks in Baja Blue and Senorita Magenta (or colors of choice)

Other – Paintbrush; 3 or 4 Acrylic paints in colors to coordinate with flowers; Ink applicator;
Power Tabs (Tombow); Cardstock in Dark Blue and Dark Green

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Pop it Ups

Happy Birthday Rubber Ducky

July 4, 2014

Hello everyone,

It’s Joset here today. I wanted to make a card using one of our new dies. Since the Rubber Ducky is my absolute favorite, I decided to use this die for my card. I also used the Accordion Fancy Label since the size of the label frame it perfect for the duck. I will explain the other products I used in the instruction and you can also find them in the supply list at the bottom of this post. I hope you enjoy today’s card.

Instructions:

1. Die cut Ducky’s body and 1 wing out of yellow paper. Die cut beak out of orange paper and floating ring out of green patterned paper. Adhere beak, wing and band as shown. Die cut 1 eye out of black cardstock and adhere using a small piece of adhesive behind the hole that was cut for his eye. Die cut another eye out of white cardstock to get the small white dot and adhere to the center of the eye.

2. Die cut 2 Accordion Fancy Label pages out of bright green cardstock and 2 out of the patterned paper. Cut the long side tab from the 2 patterned pages and the Fancy label on the inside to create 2 open frames. We’ll use one of the labels to decorate the inside of the card.

3. Die cut 1 Fancy label out of white cardstock using the largest accessory die from the Accordion Fancy Label set. Also die cut 1 smaller label out of Light Blue Metallic Shimmer Sheetz. This is one of the new color Shimmer Sheetz, available mid-July. Emboss with the Lots of Dots embossing folder and lightly sand the raised dots.

4. Die cut Happy Birthday from Yellow Velvet Adhesive Sheets. Die cut grass out of green cardstock using one of the new Outdoor Edges by Karen Burniston. These edges are so cool and can be used for anything, decorative borders, snow, rolling hills, to create a forest, etc. The set includes 3 different edges.

5. To decorate the front of the card, die cut 2 circle edges out of blue cardstock using the circle edge die included in the Fancy Seasons Frame Edges set. Die cut 2 more out of yellow cardstock.

Here you can see all the die cut pieces for the card (note: my 2 grass borders are not shown on the picture as I decided to add these later):

6. To assemble your card, attach the two bright green accordion pages using double-sided adhesive on the long side tab. Adhere all the rest of your die cuts as shown in the picture shown at the start of this blog post. Once you’re done decorating your card, attach the 2 small side tabs. Trim the small side tabs of your right page. For more info on how to assemble an Accordion Card, watch Karen demonstrating the cards HERE.

7. Adhere frame edges to the front of the card as shown in the picture below.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products

771 Accordion Fancy Label
907 Fancy Seasons Frame Edges (available mid-July)
914 Outdoor Edges (available mid-July)
920 Rubber Ducky (available mid-July)
783 Happy Birthday
E114 Lots of Dots Embossing Folder
SS 0230 Light Blue Metallic Shimmer Sheetz (available mid-July)
503 Double-Sided Adhesive
401 Yellow Velvet Adhesive Sheets

Other Products

Bright green, green, black and white cardstock
Patterned paper: BoBunny Lemonade Stand collection
Sanding block

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Announcements

Winner $100 shopping spree at Elizabeth Craft Designs

July 4, 2014

Hello everyone,

For today’s prize draw we selected one lucky winner who receives a $100 shopping spree at www.ecraftdesigns.com.

The winner is:

Dona Cannon

Congratulations Dona! Please email us at joset@ecraftdesigns.com to collect your prize!

We would like to thank everyone for leaving a comment and subscibing to our blog. We hope you keep following us here as we wish to inspire you with many more ideas!

Have a wonderful weekend,

The Elizabeth Craft Designs Team

 

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Videos

Flower Cutie Card

July 3, 2014

Hello friends – Karen Aicken here with a shimmery card that’s perfect for several different occasions.

I’ve been making cards for almost 25 years, and sometimes I just need a break from the standard A2 size (4-1/4 x 5-1/2″).  This is a larger card – 5 x 6.5″, that I purchase in packages at a craft store with a coupon. The package comes with envelopes as well, which is always a concern when you are using a card that isn’t a standard size.

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1.  Trim Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz to 4-1/2 x 6″.  Save the 1/2″ strip for decorating inside the card.

2.  Emboss with (my favourite) embossing folder, Swirly Curves. You will have to do this in two parts, just be sure to line up your top cutting plate where the first embossing starts so you’re not flatten what you already embossed. The random swirls in the pattern hide any overlaps or gaps pretty well.

3.  Cut black card stock to 4-3/4 x 6-1/4 . Center and adhere the embossed Shimmer Sheetz panel to this using strips of double-sided adhesive.

4.  Cut a piece of ribbon 6-1/2″ long, wrapping it around the bottom of the panel about one inch up from the bottom edge. Tape the ends at the back. Cut another piece of ribbon and tie it in a bow on the right side of the ribbon. How long this piece is, depends on the ribbon you use and how you tie your bow. Trim ends.

5.  Adhere double-sided adhesive to a piece of white card stock that is big enough to fit the Flower Cutie Peel-Off, the collar and two additional Lady Bugs.

6.  Peel off the remaining liner from the double-sided adhesive and transfers the Peel-Offs onto the adhesive as shown in Els’ video HERE. Continue with the steps in the video, pouring on the Silk Microfine Glitter, brushing off the excess and polishing the glitter with your fingers. Then color with your choice of markers – I used Copics for this card.  Fussy cut all the pieces.

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7.  Die cut the HELLO from a piece of Black Velvet Adhesive Sheets and adhere to the card as shown.

8.  Arrange your colored Peel-Offs onto your card base as shown, using foam tape for height in places.

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9.  Cut a 4 x 6 panel of white card stock and mat on a slightly larger panel of black card stock. Adhere inside card along with the strip of blue Shimmer Sheetz from Step 1.

I left the inside of my card blank for now, but you can write a note inside when you send it. Alternatively, you could use one of the Elizabeth Craft Designs word dies to add a “Happy Birthday”, or ‘Thinking of You” etc.

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Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you will take a chance to play with these sweet Peel-Offs too!

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies:

SS 0103 Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz

E119 Swirly Curves Embossing Folder

2567 Flower Cuties 2 Peel-Off Sticker in Gold

639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter

501 Double Sided Adhesive

787 Hello die

406 Velvet Adhesive Sheets in Black

 

Other Supplies:

White Card Stock, Black card stock

Copic Markers

Foam tape

Blue/green sheer ribbon

 

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Announcements

NEW Elizabeth Craft Designs Dies – Summer 2014 Release

July 1, 2014

Hello everyone!

To celebrate our new release, we are having a prize drawing! Enter to win a $100 shopping spree at Elizabeth Craft Designs. Details are at the end of this blog post.

We are so excited to announce our Summer 2014 release which includes:

– 27 New dies and die sets designed by Els van de Burgt and me
– 16 New die sets designed by Karen Burniston
– 2 New Shimmer Sheetz Colors – Light Blue and Yellow Metallic
– New Metallic Shimmer Sheetz Sampler Pack

All products will be available in stores mid-July 2014. If you don’t have a local store, don’t worry, we also offer the new products online at www.ecraftdesigns.com.

Our Design Team already created some wonderful projects using our new dies. We would like to SNEAK PEEK a few today. But let’s have a look at the 27 new dies first.

We have a Candle, Rubber Ducky, Holly Flourish, Crystal Flowers and much more! We also have a new set of Stand Up Helper dies. This time the set includes 6 seasonal images. If you haven’t seen Stand Up Helpers dies before, watch Els demonstrating them HERE. They are so much fun!

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Now that you’ve seen Els demonstrating the Stand Up Helpers dies, we hope you are excited about our 9 NEW Stand Up Helpers word dies! And don’t forget, you can use these versatile dies at the top of or down the side of a card, not just as Stand Up Helpers.

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We have 3 NEW word dies; Happy New Year, Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings. All three are different from existing dies with the same words. They’re great for cutting paper, cardstock, Velvet Adhesive Sheets and more. To see our full collection of word dies, click HERE.

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And last but not least the wonderful Pop it Ups collection by Karen Burniston including 3 NEW Character dies, Poppy, Hoppy and Chilly plus a Props set. Karen has 2 great Videos demonstrating the new dies. To watch the Videos click HERE.

Now that we’ve showed you all of the new dies, it’s time for some samples! The Design Team came up with some amazing projects. Here are just a few of the cards they created:

Rita Edwards created a Stand Up Helpers card using the Snowflake Stand Up Helper from Stand Up Helpers Set 2. She also used the Candle, Holly Leaves & Berries and the new Merry Christmas dies.

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Els van de Burgt used the new word Stand Up Helpers Season’s Greetings and Merry Christmas. For the card on the left Els used the Stocking Solid and the Stocking Overlay Set 1. The little flower is included in the Candle die set which was also used for the card on the right. The Holly Flourish was used to decorate the top and bottom of the card.

Rita Edwards created a second Stand Up Helpers card using the Tree Stand Up Helper from Stand Up Helpers 2. Rita also used the Snowman and Happy New Year dies.

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Jackie Smith used the ornament dies from Ornament Set 3 to create her card. She also used the small sprigs included in the Candle die set and the new Merry Christmas word die. The larger sprig at the top is from our previous collection and it is called Sprig and Berries.

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Debra Hensley used the Season’s Greetings Stand Up Helper die to illustrate how beautiful it can look on a flat card. She also used the NEW Snowman and the 5 Part Pine (from our previous collection).

Karen Aicken also used the Season’s Greeting Stand Up Helper die for a flat card. Because of the bar at the bottom of the letters, the die can also be used to create a border sentiment at the top of a card. Karen used the Holly Leaves and Berries dies for the card front and embossed the background with the Berry Branch Embossing Folder, a great combination!

Candy Spiegel used the NEW Rubber Ducky and the Congratulations die from our previously released collection.

Frances Byrne used the umbrella, boots and raindrops from the Rainy Day die set, along with the Get Well Soon Stand Up Helper, for her card.

Kelly Booth created this card using our NEW Crystal Flower and Hello Stand Up Helper dies. There are 3 Crystal Flower sets: Crystal Flower Set 1 includes 2 solid flowers (2 sizes) and 2 centers; Crystal Flower Overlay Set 1 (not shown) and Crystal Flower Overlay Set 2 (used for this project) include two overlays to match the solid flowers, along with two centers.

Raquel Mason used the umbrella from the Rainy Day die set as well as the new Rubber Ducky die for her card. They are the perfect fit for Karen Burniston’s NEW Ring Accordion Card die. 

Helen Cryer used the NEW Wheelbarrow and Bunch of Flowers 1 and Accordion Circle Card from our previously released collection.

Francs Byrne also used the Wheelbarrow die for her card, along with the new Happy Birthday Stand Up Helper. She used Karen Burniston’s NEW Outdoor Edges and Bunch of Flowers 1 and Curvy Leaves from our previously released collection. As you can see, the Design Team loves to use dies they already own in combination with the new ones they’ve just received!

We hope that these samples will inspire you and that you are as excited as we are about the new dies!

To celebrate our new release we’re having a prize drawing! Subscribe to our blog and leave a comment on today’s blog post in order to enter to win the prize. We will select one lucky winner in a random drawing. She/he will receive $100 to spend at www.ecraftdesigns.com

The winner will be announced on Monday, July 7, on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

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