Hi, it’s Candy Spiegel here for my last post (with the exception of the Designer’s Challenge at month end) for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I have loved working with this company and I will definitely miss it.
I decided to create a bit of summer fun in this adorable stand-up card. Here’s how …
1. Cut white cardstock and Transparent Double Sided Tape to 4″ x 5-3/8″. Adhere the cardstock to one side of the adhesive. Pull off the release sheet and place it upside down in front of you. Place peel off stickers sticky side up on the release sheet as shown above. Pick up the cardstock with the adhesive attached and place it sticky side down on top of the stickers. Turn over. Remove the release sheet again and coat the entire surface with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Shake off the excess and polish.
2. Do this again with a smaller piece of cardstock and Transparent Double Sided Tape for the flowers inside the glasses.
3. Color with alcohol markers.
4. Use the Outdoor Edges die to cut a wave pattern at the top and bottom of the glittered cardstock as shown. Add dashes around the edges with a black marker. Cut yellow cardstock 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″. Cut stripe paper 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″. Adhere stripe paper to cardstock and glittered cardstock to striped paper.
5. Fussy cut small flowers. Adhere on flip flops with dimensional foam adhesive. Add Turquoise Glitter Dots to ball, glasses, flowers and the corners as shown below.
6. Cut yellow cardstock 4-1/4″ x 11″. Score at 2-3/4″, 5-1/2″ and 8-1/4″. Place Stand Up Helper on the 2-3/4″ line and run through die-cutting machine. Color the Stand Up Helper orange. Fold the card on the 5-1/2″ and 8-1/4″ score lines. Place adhesive between the 8-1/4″ score line and the end of the cardstock and adhere cardstock with peel off stickers on it. Tuck it in the “sun” Stand Up Helper.
7. Cut pattern paper 4-1/8″ x 2-1/2″ and adhere to bottom of the card. Apply Transparent Double Sided Tape to the back of Orange Shimmer Sheetz and another piece to the back of black cardstock. Cut out the letters Fun in the Sun from both the cardstock and Shimmer Sheetz. Adhere the black letters to the card base. Then, adhere the Shimmer Sheetz letters slightly to the right to create a shadow effect.
8. Cut around the leftover pieces of the sun on the sheet of peel offs. Pull off the outside of the sticker and throw away. Cut a piece of Transfer Sheet slightly larger than the sun. Peel off the sheet and place it on top of the sticker. Rub with your finger or a bone folder and carefully lift off. Place on the paper and rub again. Put the Transfer Sheet back on the release sheet and save to use again.
Thank you for allowing me to be part of the Elizabeth Crafts Designs Design Team!
Hello, friends! It’s Bianca Petroschi, newest member of Susan’s Garden Design Team!
This article is not a tutorial. I created it specifically for inspiration and to show you that, when you create with Susan’s Garden dies, you can use unlimited imagination.
In this case, I have used the Susan’s Garden – Dogwood die completely different from the way we are used to seeing it. I cut brown 300 gr / sqm cardstock and the stamen’s pollen was made with bronze embossing powder.
I attached the paper flowers on a matchbox using the heat embossing technique over a layer of dark brown acrylic paint.
I added some cute mini flowers on the lids using seeds element from the Garden Notes – Sunflower die from orange cardstock.
So, I turned a boring box into a souvenir package for jewelry or anything you can imagine with tempting chocolate shades.
On my website, you can find a tutorial in Romanian language about how to work with the Susan’s Garden – Dogwood die by accessing the link HERE.
Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the June Pop it Ups Designer Challenge. Each month I challenge my Designer Challenge team to use Pop it Ups dies for a specific theme. This month the theme is What’s in a Name? I challenged the team to incorporate a Pop it Ups die corresponding to their first and last initials. They were allowed to get creative with how they chose dies, as long as it could be defended. So, for example, my initials are KB and I chose to style Whiskers the Cat as a “Kitty” in a beach-themed card using the Adirondack Chair, Palm Tree & Pail and the Beach Edges.
Here is the video tutorial:
When the card is closed you see Whiskers sitting in the house looking longingly at a beach scene framed on the wall. The caption (computer generated) gives a hint to Whiskers’ future . . . after all, if you can dream it, you can do it! My thought was that this could be a nice congratulatory card for any reason – promotion, graduation, engagement, new baby, new job, dream vacation, etc. It’s about visualizing something improbable and then making it happen.
The video tutorial walks through all the specifics of assembling the beach dies plus styling Whiskers the Cat with different expressions. Using the detail/shadow outlining technique is a great way to change the facial features of any of the Character dies.
To add a Character inside the chair, the video explains the technique for placing an L-support through one of the slats of the chair. This is my preferred method, as it puts no stress on the chair folds themselves. However, it is also possible to animate items inside the chair by building a simple box pop-up into the seat of the chair and/or by using the Spinner die from the Rectangle Pull Card to create an angled platform. (Donna Wright does this brilliantly in her mer-dog card that you’ll see later on in this post) Here is a side view of the L-support method from the video:
The Farm Greetings Clear Stamps offer plenty of generic greetings that are not farm puns, and by selectively inking certain phrases, you can create custom greetings, like this one:
Now let’s take a look at the fabulous creations of the Designer Challenge Team plus guest designer Sandy.
Frances Byrne chose the “fly” from the Hoppy the Frog die set (Frog also counts, or Farm Greetings Clear Stamps) plus Brownie the Cow (or Barn) and created this colorful and inviting farm-themed birthday card. I l just love her pebble path, the hay blob used as hair for Brownie, and especially the fly on Brownie’s nose. So cute!
Fran Sabad created a wonderful patriotic 4th of July album. She used “frame edges” (in this case the Star Fancy Frame Edges) for her “F” and the Star Accordion for her “S”. Make sure you click over to her blog post to learn more about the flag banner and the barn star styling, plus see the front of the album.
Summer Hills-Painter had an extra challenge with a hyphenated name, but had no trouble combining the Spiral Circle Pull Card, Hay There Pop Stand and Props2 (along with Virgil the Pig and Farm Greetings Clear Stamps) into this fun birthday card. The pinks/reds look so great with the teal green. Great color scheme!
Karen Aicken went hog wild with this amazing 3-panel card featuring the Barn on the front (love that pen detailing on the edges of the cloud and hay) and Katie Label Pivot Card (with All Seasons Tree) inside the card. She used the Farm Greetings Clear Stamps and Virgil the Pig (notice the toupee) as well. Fun!
Raquel Mason got very clever with her beachy accordion. Her R was covered nicely by Ring Accordion, Ring Frame Edges 1, and Rocky the Crab. Then she added the “Mask” from Props3 for her second initial. Love this! The “shell-a-brate” greeting is so clever.
Kelly Booth created a birthday card with bright fun colors. She used the Katie Label Pivot Card and the accessory dies from the Butterfly Pivot Card for her initials and then added the script Happy Birthday and Butterfly Accessory dies as well. Lovely!
Sandy Diller joins us this month with a very clever Spiral Circle Pull Card with Dutch the Fox. She also used the Barn, Hay There and Cheepers the Chicken dies to make a fox in the henhouse card. Brilliant!
Caz Counsell made her son Caiden a very special birthday card. She used Cheepers the Chicken and Brownie the Cow along with three Lucy Labels, Props 1, Props 2, Virgil the Pig, and more! Who doesn’t love a chicken with a bow tie?!
Frances Byrne had lots to choose from with her initials. For her second card she used Hoppy the Frog and the Bathtub Pop Stand die. She also incorporated the Paris Edges and the party blower from Props 2 as a frog tongue. Brilliant!
Shelly Hickox got extremely clever and adapted the House Pivot Card into a garden planter box and filled it with beautiful flowers, including some cut with the All Seasons Tree die. The Lots of Pops poles worked perfectly for feet and she used barn doors for molding details. Amazing!
Fran Sabad made this gorgeous Fancy Accordion using the Star Fancy Frame Edges and the matching butterfly label peel-off stickers. I love those little pearls on the antennae and flower centers. The colors are superb.
Talk about the perfect man card! Karen Aicken created this card for her husband’s recent retirement. She used the Katie Label Accordion (front of the card) and the Adirondack Chair for her initials. It was such a clever idea to incorporate the glossy lake paper and cut the pop-up right into the scene. Brilliant!
Raquel Mason made this sweet friendship card using the Rectangle Pull Card and the Mouse from Whiskers the Cat. She used the spinner to animate her greeting. What a cute card!
Kelly Booth created the perfect metal barn! I just love all the textural fun of this Katie Label Accordion using Brownie the Cow, Cheepers the Chicken and the Barn Pop Stand dies. She used Shimmer Sheetz to create the metal barn. Perfection!
Donna Wright made a beach scene for her card and used Buster the Dog and the Waves from the Beach Edges for her name dies. She also got very clever and converted Buster into a mer-dog by making a mermaid tail from the Palm Tree die. Love it!
Helen Cryer has such a way with colors and patterns. Her House Pivot Card using Brownie the Cow is a perfect example. The front of the card is just as beautiful as the interior, featuring the Farm Greetings Clear Stamps embossed in white powder on pink cardstock.
Shelly Hickox made this wonderful shaker card using theSpiral Circle Pull Card and the Happy Birthday dies. Notice how the tag lines up over the tuck slot and the clever use of the “th” from Birthday to make the 4th part of the greeting. Shelly includes videos of her cards opening and closing on her blog posts, so definitely check it out!
Caz Counsell made a second card for the challenge featuring Brownie the Cow and the All Seasons Tree Clouds for her initials. She used the Lorna Label die to animate her super cute pink cow (I believe this is where strawberry milk comes from!) Also note Brownie’s cute flower, eyelashes and pen detailing.
So there you have it. Such variety in the ideas this month – as varied as the names themselves! Join us next month on July 15, 2015 for the next Pop it Ups Designer Challenge with a theme of “Homegrown Holidays”. The team will be showing Christmas (or other winter holidays) in July ideas.
Thank you for inviting me back as today’s guest designer for the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.
The Stencil Flower Easel Album project came from a challenge I gave myself: To use turquoise and orange, a color combination that triggers a happy childhood memory. If you are “of a certain age” I’m guessing that you, too, will recall a certain chain restaurant called Howard Johnson’s, where my family went for the Friday Night All You Can Eat Fish Fry followed by a double scoop of ice cream from the long list of flavors. I can still picture the orange roof on the building, an invitation to drive into the parking lot.
The album began as basic black and I made sure that some of the original color remains visible through the swaths of Teal Metallic paint I used on the covers. An all-time favorite photo of puppies against an orange wall was the perfect fit for the window opening on the front of the album.
What color combination triggers a happy memory for YOU? Use that combination for your album project!
Instructions:
Remove the front and back covers from the rings at the top of the album. Using the flat brush, paint the exterior of each cover with random strokes of Teal Metallic paint. Let paint dry.
Using the stencil brush and Orange paint add three spirals to the front cover to create a strong triangle, and then fill in the rest of the cover with other smaller motifs from the stencil. Repeat on the back cover, or use the motifs in a different arrangement.
Place the leftovers from a sheet of Orange Glitter Dots peel-offs onto orange cardstock.
Using any Flower Set and Bunch of Flowers dies, die cut a mix of large and small flowers from Shimmer Sheetz in Orange Iridescent and Turquoise Gemstone, from the cardstock prepared in step 3, as well as from scraps of yellow-orange cardstock, glittered cardstock, and Shimmer Sheetz in Fire Opal and Ruby Gemstone (or any other cardstock, glittered cardstock, and Shimmer Sheetz you have on hand that coordinate with the Orange/Turquoise color combination).
Options: Lightly sand and/or emboss some of the die cut flowers before layering.
*Reminder – You must use the metal adaptor plate when die cutting Shimmer Sheetz. Review the YouTube video HERE if you are new to this technique.
Layer the die cuts and bend and shape petals as shown or as you prefer. To complete the album as shown, make a total of six small and three large flowers. Cut small pieces of Tombow Power Adhesive Tabs to use between the layers of the flowers.
Add an adhesive-backed pearl or Glitter Flower peel-off to the center of each flower.
Arrange and adhere the flowers on the front cover, clustering them near the window opening so that there is a trio of small flowers at the upper left and lower right, a single large flower at the upper right, and a pair of large flowers at the lower left. Use several Power Adhesive Tabs to hold each large flower in place; use half a Power Adhesive Tab to hold each small flower in place.
Add a photo to the window opening in the front cover. Reassemble the album.
Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs –
Any combination of Flower Set and Bunch of Flowers dies (a mix of large and small):
Hello! This is Selma Stevenson today with a popup card I decorated with several of Susan’s CountryScapes dies.The flowers:
1. The Hollyhock die is only 4 inches tall and fits so well on any card or project. These flowers come in a variety of colors so you can create a garden of many colors of hollyhocks. For my card today, I chose to use the deep burgundy flowers. Susan has a great variety of CountryScapes dies to help create beautiful scenes around your flowers. I used the birdhouse and grass from the CountryScapes – Woods 2 die set on the right side of the card. The cute little birds were die cut from the CountryScapes – Critters 2 set. See Susan’s various video tutorials on shaping petals and leaves for different kinds of flowers as well as CountryScapes scenes like the birdhouse and grass on the ECD YouTube channel HERE.
Creating the card:
2. When this card is standing open, it measures 5-1/2″ x 4″. When it is closed flat, it measures 5-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, so it will be easy to mail.
3. Cut white cardstock 5-1/2″ x 11″. Score down the center at 5-1/2″ and 1-1/2″ from each end. Once scored, fold the card in half creating a mountain fold in the center and a valley fold at the ends as shown below.
4. To create the popup, cut white cardstock 5-1/2″ square. Score it 1-1/2″ from one end. Place the little tabs on the Lorna Label PopUp die right on the score line and die cut. When all the score lines are pressed out, it will look like the photo below.
5. As shown below, using the same deep burgandy cardstock that was used for the Hollyhocks, die cut the flat Lorna Label and adhere to the popup Lorna Label.
6. Use the two smaller Lorna Label dies in this die set to cut a smaller label with the stitch lines. The inside die does not cut a label but it creates stitch lines as per photo below. Using black cardstock with Transparent Double-Sided Tape on the back, die cut the Hello and adhere it to the label.
7. The photo below shows the base card and the die cut Popup before assembly.
8. The PopUp was glued to the base card as shown below then decorated with Susan’s Hollyhock and CountryScapes dies.
I hope I have inspired you to create something pretty with Susan’s new Hollyhock and CountryScapes dies.
It’s Frances Byrne here today. For my project, I decided to create a nautical themed accordion card using the new Maritime peel offs and Fancy Label Accordion Card. I love using the colors red, white and blue for nautical themed cards so that is the colors I used for my card today.
Here is how I created my card:
The Card Base –
Note: Karen Burniston created a video tutorial that you can see HERE showing how to assemble an accordion card.
1. Die cut the following pieces shown below. To make adhering of the frame edges to the accordion pages easier, adhere a sheet of Transparent Double-Sided Tape to cardstock before you die cut your frame edges pieces.
2 Accordion Fancy Label Pages from blue cardstock
1 Accordion Fancy Label Page from red cardstock
3 large labels from the Accordion Fancy Label Card set from white cardstock
4 star frames from the Star Fancy Frame Edges from blue cardstock
12 slotted frames from the Star Fancy Frame Edges from red cardstock (tip: For the Frame Edges I use most often I buy an additional die set so it is quicker to die cut the edges.)
2. Apply Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive to the long tabs of one blue and the red Fancy Label Accordion Pages. Join each page together so you have alternate colors (blue, red, blue). You can trim off the large tab from the last page.
3. Attach the red slotted frame edges to the two blue pages and also to the front of the first blue page. Attach the blue star frame edges to the centre red page.
4. Use foam tape to attach the white labels to each page.
5. Creating the images to decorate the card –
a. Before reading the instructions below, you can see a video Els created using this technique HERE.
b. Place a sheet of Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive onto cardstock that is big enough for your peel-offs and remove the release sheet.
c. Be careful not to touch the adhesive or it will leave fingerprints in the glitter.
d. From the Maritime peel offs, place the ship; yacht; anchor; ships wheel (2); message in a bottle; and telescope onto the release sheet sticky side up. (I used an additional Ships Wheel from another Maritime peel off sheet.)
e. Place the cardstock that has Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive on top of the peel off. (In other words, place sticky onto sticky.)
f. Use release sheet in handling the cardstock until you cover the adhesive with glitter so you don’t leave fingerprints.
g. Cover the adhesive with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter, polish glitter with your finger and brush excess off.
h. Color your images as desired using alcohol-based markers on the glitter.
i. Cut around all peel off pieces.
j. Color white edges with a black permanent marker to give a more finished look.
* Coloring Tips for alcohol-based markers and glitter: Remember that when using alcohol-based markers, such as Copics, work quickly and don’t let the tip of the marker linger on the glittered surface. Too much alcohol ink can dissolve the adhesive and remove the glitter. It takes very little ink to color the surface of the glittered image so work with a light touch. To get the faded look, lay a line of color down along one edge of the section you want to color and then use your Blender pen to pull the color across the rest of the image. You may have to lay more color down to get deeper shading after you blend it out.
6. Using foam tape, adhere the ship to the label on the left side of the card. Adhere the yacht to the label on the right side of the card.
7. Using the Alphabet 1 – Caps die, die cut the letters “AHOY” from blue card and adhere to center label on card. (Adhere Transparent Double-Sided Tape to cardstock before you die cut your letters). Use the knot peel off from the Maritime peel off sheet and adhere to the bottom of the center label.
8. Glue one of the ship’s wheel peel offs to the top left corner of the first page, adhere the second wheel to the front of the card so it is lined up behind the other. Adhere the telescope to the lower left corner on the front and the message in a bottle to the center panel. The anchor is placed on the last page. Refer to photos above for placement.
9. Apply tape to the two small tabs of the first two fancy labels. Remove the tape from the tabs of the first fancy label and join the first fancy label to the center fancy label. The fold of the card should be a valley fold while the two fancy labels will form a mountain fold. Remove the tape from the tabs of the center fancy label and bringing the ovals behind the fancy label pages join the last two fancy labels together. The second fold on the card should be a mountain fold and the fold of the fancy labels a valley fold. Trim off the excess small tabs from the last fancy label.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.
It is Jackeline back as a guest designer. The project I designed for today is looking to take you in a quick , but Magic trip from Spring, when the flowers bloom and the colors shine to the Winter, when the snowflakes fall.
Let’s get started:
1. Cut 4 pieces of white cardstock and 4 pieces of patterned paper 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″. Adhere the patterned paper pieces to the white cadstock.Place the tag top die from Tags & More 8 – Lattice at the top of one of the pieces and run it through your die cutting machine to create the tag shape. Repeat this process for all other pieces.
2.- . Apply Transparent Double-Sided Tape to white cardstock. Transfer the outline of Jackie’s Dolls in Oval peel-off to the adhesive side and, using the glitter coloring technique, add Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter to peel-off and color. Watch Els demonstrate this technique HERE .
3.- Embellish each tag using a variety of dies and peel off’s.
Summer Tag:
Die cut the sand in dark yellow cardstock using the beach edges.
Die cut 4 umbrellas, 2 in red cardstock and 2 in dark green cardstock.
Die cut the beach bucket in red cardstock and the shovel in green cardstock using the decorative pieces from The Palm tree & pail Die.
Using the glitter coloring technique, work in the sandals from the new peel off “Summer”.
Spring Tag:
Die cut the grass in green cardstock using the outdoor edges.
Die cut the branches using the new leaf branch.
Die cut flowers in purple and yellow cardstock using decorative pieces from season tree. Decorate the center of the yellow flowers with gold glitter dots.
Die cut bees in black and yellow adhesive Velvet sheets, and white shimmer sheet.
Fall Tag:
Die cut the bottom embellishment in brown cardstock using the beach edges.
Die cut the all season tree in warm colors to create the autumn effect.
Winter Tag:
Apply a piece of Transparent Double-Sided Tape to white cardstock large enough to die cut the bottom edges using the beach edges and the small snowflakes. Remove release sheet and cover edges with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish and brush off excess glitter.
Die cut four big snowflakes in sky blue cardstock.
4.- Apply a piece of Transparent Double-Sided Tape to shimmer gold large enough to die cut 4 circles to be used as reinforcement on the top part of each tag, and 6 hinges to connect the tags.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and this helps you to find inspiration for your next project.
Hello my crafty friends! It’s Raquel Mason here today. I’d like to show you a quick and easy way to make an interactive gift tag. If you have a white gift bag, you can even decorate the bag to match. Let’s get started!
1. Die cut the following pieces:
Tags & More 4 – Flourish – red cardstock 2-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ and white cardstock 2″ x 4″
Tags & More 4 – Flourish 2 corners from Basic Black Shimmer Sheetz (not shown in photo below)
Candle (solid & overlay) from Basic Black and Imperial Garnet Shimmer Sheetz that has Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive applied
Candle flame from Yellow Metallic Shimmer Sheetz that has Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive applied
2. Using Tags & More 4- Flourish companion pieces (see photo below)
Die cut a slot into the tag near the bottom left corner.
Die cut 2 circle reinforcement from Imperial Garnet Shimmer Sheetz.
3. Place “Happy Birthday” peel-off onto tag. Tip: leave enough room to write “To” & “From”.
4. Place a small piece of foam adhesive onto one circle reinforcement from step 2 and place it on the back side of tag into the slot. Tip: make sure the foam adhesive slides easily in the open slot. Place the second circle reinforcement on top of the foam adhesive.
5. Adhere Candle layers from step 1 together. Adhere to circle reinforcement.
6. Adhere both corner pieces from step 1 to bottom corners of white tag.
7. Place foam adhesive on the back of the white tag, avoiding the slot area. Adhere white tag to red tag.
8. Add ribbon through hole on top.
9. Watch the Candle move back and forth.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and feel inspired to try it out yourself.
Hi! It’s Angela and today I wanted to share a project created using the brand new Maritime peel-offs from Elizabeth Craft Designs. I love projects with nautical themes and the new peel-offs and the BoBunny Boardwalk paper inspired this project. The two paired together perfectly to create this fun and easy masculine chipboard book.
Instructions for the cover:
*Place a Maritime peel-off ship onto the patterned paper. Color and shade the sail and the boat.
*Die cut the ship with the Garden Patch die. When removing the 16 pieces from the die, place them in the correct sequence.
*Cut out the Garden Patch die again in black cardstock.
*Create the covers and spine of the book and cover with patterned paper.
* Glue the black Garden Patch frame onto the front of the book and glue the 16 boat pieces in the correct order into the grid frame.
*Add black peel-off corners and decorative lines.
*Ink and distress a wooden anchor and glue to the book front.
*Stamp the sentiment onto cream cardstock and mat onto black cardstock and glue onto the front cover.
Instructions for the inside pocket:
*Decorate the pocket and background paper with the Maritime peel-offs using positive and negative peel-offs.
*Cut a tag from the Tags & More – Deco die.
*Cut an overlay from the die and glue to the tag front.
*Add ribbon and place in the pocket
Mini Legal Pad:
*Decorate the top of the pad with patterned paper.
BoBunny Boardwalk paper
Black, kraft and cream cardstock
Nautical stamp
Chipboard
Wooden anchor
Orange and brown crepe ribbon
Markers
This project would make a perfect Father’s Day gift or for a summer birthday! I hope you try using the peel-offs in your next project. They are a fun and easy embellishment and come in so many fantastic themes!
Good morning friends! Karen Aicken here with today’s Pop it Ups Wednesday tutorial. I’m having lots of fun with the new Pop it Ups Farm Collection, and today’s card uses a play on words for a Father’s Day card with Brownie the Cow.
1. First we will make up two Brownie the Cow’s. Adhere a 4-1/2 x 2-1/2″ strip of rust cardstock, a 3/4 x 2-1/2″ strip of white cardstock, and a 1 x 2-1/2″ strip of black cardstock to the 64mm (2-1/2″) Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Adhesive. Die cut two shadows from charcoal pearlized card stock. Die cut two bodies from the rust adhesive backed card stock (remembering to leave room for the letters HERD and the word HAPPY), two pairs of eyes from the white adhesive backed card stock and two sets of hooves from the black adhesive backed card stock. Die cut the horns and muzzles from beige velvet adhesive sheet, then die cut two hay stacks and one small hay piece from a scrap of yellow polka dotted patterned paper. Assemble the two Brownies as shown, with one looking up. Ink the edges of the hay pieces and using the die as a stencil, use a marker to add the inner markings. Add the smallest hay piece as hair to the Brownie that’s looking down.
2. Cut your outer card to 4-1/4 x 12″ and score in half at 6″. Cut a piece of patterned paper 4-1/4 x 1-3/4″, ink the edges and attach to the bottom edge with the sides even. Computer generate or handwrite the words “HAVE YOU”, “IT’S FATHER’S DAY!” and “HAVE A ONE” on white card stock, leaving lots of room between the phrases. Use the largest rectangle decorator die from the Accordion Rectangle set to die cut the ‘HAVE YOU” leaving enough room below the words for the die cut letters and ink the edges. From the remaining rust card stock, cut the letters H E R D using the Alphabet 1 – Caps and centre the letters below the words. Attach to the front of your card as shown in the first photo. Add foam tape to the back of the looking up Brownie and adhere as shown.
3. Cut your inner card to 4-1/4 x 12″ and score in half at 6″. Centre the Lots of Pops die on the score line, using the alignment nubs on each side then die cut. Train your folds. Note, Karen Burniston has a video here that shows how to do this. Cut the “IT’S FATHER’S DAY” piece to 4-1/4 x 2-1/4″, ink the edges and attach to the inside top of your inner card as shown. Adhere a hay bale on each of the smaller bump outs and the remaining Brownie to the largest bump out.
4. Cut the “HAVE A ONE!” to 3 x 3″ square, ink the edges and adhere to the bottom of your inner card as shown. From the remaining adhesive backed rust card stock, die cut Happy from the Happy Birthday Pop Up and adhere as shown.
5. Apply 6mm (1/4) Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Adhesive to one side of your inner card as shown in the photo below, and adhere it to the coordinating side of your outer card. Repeat to adhere the other side.
Trim bottom edges even and your card is ready for a special Father/Grandfather. It will be sure to make them smile!
By switching out the greeting this could make a great masculine birthday or congratulatory card as well. Have a great week!
Hi, it’s Candy Spiegel here for my last post (with the exception of the Designer’s Challenge at month end) for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I have loved working with this company and I will definitely miss it.
