Hello my crafty friends! It’s Raquel Mason here today. I love a good pun so I thought it would be fun to have Cocoa the Horse wishing you a “Howdy” birthday instead of “Happy” birthday. Let me show you how I made this super fun card.
1. Cut mint card stock at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 score at 4 1/4. Place Katie Label Pivot die on the score line and die cut.
2. From grey pattern paper, die cut (2) Katie Labels using the largest decorator die. From curry card stock, die cut (1) Katie Label using the smallest decorator die and stamp “Howdy!” using Homegrown Greetings Clear Stamp Set.
3. Die cut the following pieces shown below for Cocoa the Horse
black card stock – (2) shadow layer, (2) sets of hooves
gray card stock – (2) nose/head, (2) detail layer (keep card stock in die and sponge gray ink through open areas)
tan card stock – (2) tail/mane
white card stock – (2) sets of eyes
4. Die cut the following pieces shown below from Props 2
black card stock – (2) party hat shadow layer
curry card stock – (2) party hat detail layer and (2) party blowers
grey card stock – (2) pom poms (not shown)
5. Die cut the following pieces shown below from Happy Birthday Pop Up
curry card stock – (1) birthday and (6) stars
mint card stock – (6) small stars
6. Cut (2) pieces of pattern paper at 1 7/8 x 5 1/4. Apply adhesive the left side of the base card taking care not to get adhesive on the pivoting labels. Adhere one piece of the pattern paper to the front and repeat on the back.
7. Adhere decorator labels, stars and “Birthday” to base card using photos for placement. Tip: Use a fine line black marker to trace around the stars and “Birthday” for added dimension.
8. Assemble pieces from Cocoa the Horse – only adhere pom pom to one Cocoa. Adhere Cocoa that has the pom pom to the front of the card base. Adhere 2nd Cocoa to the inside of the card lining up both characters. Adhere pom pom to the party hat lining up the shapes.
9. Adhere Glitter Border Lines and Glitter Dots where desired.
This is Selma Stevenson today. I am so excited to show you the beautiful Christmas Tree you can create with Susan’s newCountryScapes – Woods 4 Holiday Evergreen & Trimmings dies that will be released soon. This is a 6 inch by 6 inch card.
This is the tree die used. This tree die set also comes with the dies to trim the tree and dies for the gift boxes.
1. To create this “full” branched evergreen, die cut 4 trees. I like to die cut using white cardstock so I can sponge on the exact color I want.
2. Use a marker to color the tree trunk and sponge the rest of the tree with green ink. This is a delicate die, so it is best to pounce on the color so you don’t tear off the branches.
3. I only colored the trunk of one tree because you will be layering the others on the back of it.
4. Cut the trunks off the three trees that will be layered behind the top tree. Add dimensional tape to the trunk of the tree that will be on top and two others.
5. Add one of the trees, without a trunk, over another tree, moving it down to alternate the branches. Press down well on the trunk to attach it well. Add the third tree over the first two, again lowering the tree slightly, alternating branches.
6. Add the tree with the trunk on top, slightly lower, alternating branches, and you will have a nice full tree.
7. Below you can see the tree when all four layers are attached.
8. Have fun decorating your tree with the trims provided in this set. The star at the top of the tree was die cut from the Happy Birthday PopUp set.
9. Die cut the presents using different pieces of design paper and place below the tree.
10. Add window. The Garden Notes Carolina Window & Shutters die was used to die cut the window. It was die cut using white cardstock and lightly sponged with Tea Dye Distress Ink around the edges. I used a piece of design paper from my stash to cut out the Santa and attached it behind the window, attaching the window with dimensional tape over the Santa.
11. Add Merry Christmas Peel-Off and corners to complete card.
Hi friends! It’s Fran Sabad here to get you thinking about a Pop It Ups Halloween. This card will feature the Rectangular Pull Card die, Poppy the Owl and Props 1.
1. Cut a piece of black card stock 5 1/2″ x 7 1/4″ and fold it in half to create your base.
2. Cut 2 pieces of Halloween paper 3 3/8″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to the inside.
3. Place your Rectangular Pull Card die, matching the alignment tab, and cut out.
4. Die cut and assemble Poppy the Owl making him as cute or scary as you’d like. Die cut 2 All Seasons Trees from black card stock. Cut two 2″ circles from white or vanilla.
5. Trim off most of the branches from the trees (do them at the same time so they match) and adhere one to the front of the card to create a branch. Add the circle as the moon and place Poppy on the branch.
6. Make 5 “bats” from the bow tie die in Props 2. Die cut the bow ties and use a hand held punch to punch the bottom of the wings. Karen also has a little tutorial on creating bats from Cocoa the Horse’s hair!
7. Match up the second branch to the inside left of your card. Adhere a moon to the spinner on the inside and decorate with bats and die cut words using Alphabet 1 or Peel Off stickers!
The finished card is A2 size. Cute or scary, it’s fun! Hugs, Fran
I already hear cackling crows in the mornings, which tells me that fall is around the corner, a spectacular season that I love so much thanks to Susan Tierney Cockburnand all the designers at Elizabeth Craft Designs. They have made so many beautiful new dies to put our fantasies in practice. With my project today, I would like to welcome you to Autumn. I hope you enjoy!
Here is how I created this mini decorative panel:
1. Panel base is made of cardboard measuring 25 cm/20 cm.
2. I painted the background with a black Chalkboard Paint and after drying, I hand drew ”Welcome Autumn” with a pencil.
3. I then traced the “Welcome Autumn” with white acrylic.
4. I cut the cute scarecrow from different colors of 300 gr/sqm cardstock using Susan’s Garden- CountryScapes Build a Scarecrow die set and assembled it.
5. I cut, colored, shaped and assembled a multitude of chrysanthemums using cardstock in autumn colors with the new die set Garden Notes Chrysanthemum. It was so much fun!
6. I filled the empty spaces with die cuts from the Leafy Branch die.
7. I used ribbon to make a hanger and added two pumpkins from the same CountryScapes Build a Scarecrow die set. I also added 2 little ladybugs from the Garden Notes – Bugs & Butterflies.
Hang the finished panel on the wall or display it on an easel inside the front door so it welcomes guests.
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Hi, it’s Angela and today I want to share a home décor project idea that works perfectly with the brand new Elizabeth Craft Designs Card Stand/Easel die. This die is perfect to display cards, tags, programs or paper frames with photos! Here is how I created mine.
Creating the paper frame:
*Die cut two tags with the brand new Tags & More 9 – Sparkle die from festive patterned paper.
*Place the two tags on a 10 x 10 white cardstock background that has been scored down the center.
Creating the ornaments:
*Attach cardstock to an ECD double-sided adhesive sheet. Peel off the release sheet and place your peel-off sticker upside down on the release sheet.
*Place cardstock with adhesive facing down on the release sheet with the peel-off.
*Remove release sheet and cover adhesive with Bluebell Silk Microfine Glitter.
*Polish glitter with your finger and brush of excess.
*Return the leftover glitter into the jar. Fussy cut each ornament.
*Add the ornaments as desired.
Glitter “Believe”:
*Apply ECD double-sided adhesive sheet to a scrap of cardstock.
*Remove the release sheet and glitter the adhesive sheet with Antique Silver Silk Microfine Glitter.
*Polish glitter with your finger and brush of excess.
* Place the “Believe” die on the glittered piece and die cut.
Creating the glittered corners:
*Apply ECD double-sided adhesive sheet to a scrap of cardstock
*Remove the release sheet and glitter the adhesive sheet with Antique Silver Silk Microfine Glitter.
*Polish glitter with your finger and brush of excess.
*Place the corners on the glittered sheet and die cut.
Creating the Easel Stand:
*Die cut a wood grain paper with the easel die.
*Fold on the score line in the center and stand up the easel.
Finishing the project:
*Glue the “Believe” onto tags.
*Glue the photo and corners onto the tags.
*Set in the easel for display.
This was a fun and easy project to complete. Try adding a little glitter to your holiday projects for that festive touch! The Silk Microfine Glitter comes in tons of beautiful colors and you can also mix them to create your own custom ones. The new dies were such fun to create with! Get your dies, glitter, & adhesive sheets out and PLAY!
Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the August 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 Inspired Creations. I challenged the team to look back through previous Designer Challenges and pick inspiration from their teammates. They could be inspired by a technique, color scheme, combination of dies – anything that could be a “muse” for a new creation. I think you’ll agree that they hit it out of the park with their new creations and as a bonus, I’ve included links to all the inspiration pieces as well. Settle in with a nice cup of something, because you’re about to be . . . you know what I’m going to say . . . INSPIRED!
For my card and video I couldn’t narrow it down to just one inspiration card so I decided to use three. I was very inspired by Kelly Booth’s 4-page Easter Oval Accordion, especially her use of fishing line to suspend an item, but I also really wanted to make a Halloween card. I went back to last year’s Spooky September challenge and found the perfect inspiration from Caz Counsell with her Frankenpop card and from Fran Sabad with her Poppy Halloween card.
There are two videos for this project because I wanted the Jolly the “Monster” Mouse to be its own video for people to refer to for general assembly of Jolly the Mouse. Just cut typical mouse colors instead of monster colors when you want to assemble him as a sweet mouse.
The second video teaches the Open Center Accordion technique along with several other techniques as follows:
Technique #1: How to create the silver/black embossed damask pages.
Technique #2: How to create an Open Center Accordion.
Technique #3: How to cut an opening in an accordion page and add fishing line to float items.
Technique #4: How to make bats and bones from the Cocoa the Horse die.
Technique #5: How to use transfer paper to make a spooky debossed tree background.
When the album is closed you have no idea that the two center frames are shorter. It appears to be a typical Accordion album. This page shows off Technique #1 (silver/black embossed damask), #3 (Cocoa bat) and #5 (transfer paper spooky tree background)
Here’s a close-up of the first two pages:
The close-up of the second two pages shows Technique #3 (fishing line floating) and Technique #4 (Cocoa bat & bones) plus another version of Technique #5 (spooky ghost tree)
Here’s a handy reference for making bats using the Cocoa the Horse die.
The video mentions that the display of an Open Center Accordion will differ slightly from a typical accordion. The two inner ovals will not pull out all the way into a straight line but will stay slightly bent in the center. However, the lack of a center outer frame means there’s no problem viewing both inner ovals.
This technique will work with any of the Accordion Dies and can be made in any theme. I hope you’ll give one or more of these techniques a try. Here’s what you’ll need:
Bazzill cardstocks – black, gray, green, yellow, white
Saral White Transfer Paper
Embossing Sandwich for your die cutting machine (should include a silicone rubber squishy mat)
Let’s see what the amazingly talented Designer Challenge Team came up with for their inspired creations. You can click each designer’s name to open a new window with their blog post, where you will see more photos, supply lists, basic instructions and either a link or photo of the inspiration piece. I’ve also linked all the inspiration pieces in each project’s description. I’ve separated the inspiration into All Occasion Cards and Holiday Cards. Have fun and be INSPIRED!
Frances Byrne was inspired by Donna Wright’s Owl & Pussycat card to make a new version in a 90 degree pop-up card instead of a Pop Stand design. Frances used the Lots of Pops for her card, also featuring the bathtub as a boat. Such fabulous styling on the waves!
Caz Counsell was inspired to combine the Oval Accordion and Tags Pivot Card by Helen Cryer’s Rectangle/Tags card from the January challenge. I love how Caz used the structure and idea of Helen’s card as her muse, but swapped out the Accordion and Characters for a completely different look.
Kelly Booth made a version of Karen Aicken’s Glamping Card as a beautiful new home card. I love how Kelly incorporated a signature Karen Aicken look – the “high tree line” background effect. The Holiday House die works year round for any type of home.
Karen Aicken sent me this fabulous birthday card and come to find out it’s also a challenge card and I was the inspiration! How sweet (times two!) Karen was inspired by me to behead the Characters! Awww. Karen used lots of Farm and Farm 2 dies and it’s really fun to play with the fence on the front of this card, which is attached to an Action Wobbler so it jiggles.
Summer Hills-Painter took inspiration from Helen Cryer’s Butterfly Card for this cheerful pretty explosion of butterflies card. She used the Butterfly Pivot Card, Butterfly Accessory dies and the Agatha Edges to make this bright and beautiful card.
Helen Cryer took inspiration from Raquel Mason’s tent card to create this sweet version, featuring a barn-turned-tent and some styling All Seasons Trees. I just love that hanging heart tag and the tent strings – so clever!
Donna Wright‘s father loves Minions so for his 65th birthday she made him this special card, inspired by my Explosion Birthday Card for my nephew earlier this summer. I especially like how Donna suspended the balloon on a piece of acetate so that when the card is opened, the balloon floats in the air. Brilliant!
Kelly Booth took inspiration from a clever adaptation of the House Pivot Card by Shelly Hickox where she turned it into a planter box. Kelly filled her inspired planter with beautiful hydrangeas from the STC Garden Notes die. The lavender color scheme is gorgeous!
Caz Counsell was inspired by Shelly Hickox to make a tunnel card featuring a steampunk Poppy the Owl. Caz used the Rectangle Accordion and Clock & Gears die and it turned out fabulous!
Shelly Hickox used Donna Wright’s Westminster Clock Card as her inspiration for this spooky version. Inside the clock (made from the Spiral Circle Pull Card) a cascade of gears pop up at you – if you click Shelly’s name you’ll travel to her blog where you can also see a video of the card in motion. Amazing!
Fran Sabad used Frances Byrne as her inspiration for this mixed accordion with a beautifully crafted and colored stamped scene. Fran mixed pages from the Circle and Ring Accordions. Doesn’t it look like that happy elf is swinging right through the album? Amazing!
Frances Byrne chose to be inspired by Shelly Hickox’s tunnel card for this Christmas creation using new dies and stamps from the Merry & Bright collection. Make sure you click to Frances’s blog post to see a video of the card in action. Amazing!
Raquel Mason was inspired by Donna Wright’s impressive knowledge of how many “sleeps” there are until Christmas. This is a common bit of knowledge that you’ll find on Donna’s blog year round and Raquel decided to use it as inspiration to make a “sheeps” until Christmas card using Snowball the Sheep, the Fence, Props 5 and the Sleigh pop-up die.
Frances Byrne took inspiration from Fran Sabad’s stacked mice card to create a Jolly tree. What a cute idea! Frances incorporated the Katie Label Pivot Card, Paris Edges, Merry & Bright Clear Stamps and Props 5 as well as one of the brand new Quietfire Designs script word dies. Gorgeous!
Fran Sabad made a colorful hanging trees Circle Accordion using Shelly Hickox’s all-white card as her inspiration. She added the new Rudy the Reindeer Character die and altered his antlers to bring them more vertical – a great idea for using Rudy on an Accordion where his wide antlers may otherwise impede the mechanism of the card.
Raquel Mason shows what Christmas is like in her home state of sunny Florida where they decorate palm trees. Raquel was inspired by Debra Hensley, who was Raquel’s guest for the April Challenge and made an adorable baby-themed Star Accordion. Debra unexpectedly passed away last month and we are all missing her generous spirit and amazing talent. Thank you, Raquel, for honoring Debra with your inspiration piece this month.
Fran Sabad has developed quite a bond with Jolly the Mouse. So much so that the team jokes that Jolly’s middle name is “Fran”! I love her description of “cutting off his tail with a carving knife” and moving it to the other side so it fit in her card, inspired by Caz Counsell’s Merry Christmouse Sleigh Card. Adorable!
Once again, an amazing challenge by an amazing team. Join us next month on September 16, 2015 when the team is taking on a challenge called Celebrate! They can make any type of project using any dies for any celebratory occasion, from birthday, to anniversary, to new baby, new home, retirement, new job, etc. – anything! As an added twist I’ve asked them to incorporate Frame Edges into their piece. The Frame Edges are sold separately from the Accordion dies because they work great as flat frames and borders in addition to fitting the Accordions perfectly. Get ready for some clever inspiration!
Hi there! It’s Marsha here today and I’ve been having fun using the brand new Fitted Frames dies!
I’m still in the Summer-crafting-mode, so I decided to take a bunch of the die-cut frames to my garden table and add doodles. Once I had doodled them all, I took them inside and created a scrapbook page:
Here are the steps to create the page:
1. Die-cut the frames out of white paper. I used 75 lb. mixed media paper.
2. Doodle on the Fitted Frames. I used a 0.3 point waterproof pigment liner to doodle with. I didn’t apply any particular method. I just doodled away, looking at the shape of each frame and then coming up with a suitable doodle.
3. Print a couple of wallet sized photos. Trim them to fit behind the frames.
4. Choose a background paper. I have a box of mono-printed scrapbook paper and I chose one of those for the base of my page.
5. Adhere a couple of empty Fitted Frames to the paper and then arrange the framed photos on top.
6. Die-cut the title from another (gelli printed) paper with the new Alphabet 2 Lower Case die. I used the Numbers & More 2 die to cut the week number.
7. Add any details, journaling and paint splatter.
I hope you love the new Fitted Frames as much as I do!
White cardstock ( Strathmore Mixed Media 75 lb)
Black fine liner (Staedler Pigment Liner 0.3)
Gelli printed scrapbook paper (October Afternoon: Travel Girl – Stamp Book)
Stamps (Rukristin Currently List Clear Stamp Set)
Black permanent ink
Black and white paint marker
Adhesive
Staple
Created by Mary Prasad for the ECD Susan Tierney Cockburn Design Team
Hello! Mary here again with a fun Halloween card using the new dies from Susan Tierney-Cockburn. Fall/Halloween is my favorite time of year. I’m already seeing Halloween decorations in the stores so this is the perfect time to start getting ready!
Making the card
1. Cut card base from black cardstock, 7 x 10 inches. Fold in half for a 5 x 7 side folding card.
2. Die cut everything from “CountryScapes – Build a Scarecrow” and cornstalk, pumpkins, and leaves from “CountryScapes – Flora 4” out of alcohol marker friendly cardstock.
3. Color die cuts. I used Copic alcohol markers (find the list of colors I used following Supplies). Hints: leave die cuts in place while coloring, i.e. don’t remove them from the full sheet. If any come out, use Post-It tape or other removable adhesive on the back to hold them. This makes coloring much easier. When you don’t want colors to blend, be sure previously applied colors are fully dry before adding new ones. For example, before drawing lines down the pumpkins or coloring stems, I made sure the base orange colors were fully dry. Put some colorless blender on a paper towel, press on jeans to give a light texture. Recommended: pencil in the owl’s features (Google for images of owls) then use an “alcohol marker friendly” pen to go over them before coloring.
4. Die cut one set of bats and two gates (CountryScapes – Critters 4 and CountryScapes – New England Stonewall & Gate respectively) from black cardstock. Cut small pieces in black and yellow to put behind the pumpkin faces.
5. Cut background paper to fit card. Adhere all pieces as shown, using dimensional tape behind shirt, hay bale, and small front pumpkin (double up tape on side not on hay bale, single on hay bale). If you want the gates to look the same in the middle, flip one side.
6. Stamp Happy Halloween sentiment in black StazOn (or other permanent ink for nonporous surfaces) on clear recycled packaging. Cut to fit front of card. Use strong glue to add enamel dots. Hide dimensional tape behind enamel dots to mount on card as shown. Note: I used clear mounting tape by Scotch, doubled up.
Supplies
ECD Supplies –
1080 CountryScapes – Build a Scarecrow (COMING SOON)
1084 CountryScapes – New England Stonewall & Gate (COMING SOON)
It’s Jackeline here. For my project today I created a Christmas tag using some of the new dies from The Els van de Burgt Studio Collection.
Let’s Started:
1. Cut two rectangle pieces 8″ x 4 1/4″, one in red cardstock and one in patterned paper.
2. Place the tag top die from Tags & More 9–Sparkle at the top of both pieces and run it through your die cutting machine to create the tag shape.
3. Use the decorative overlay die from Tags & More 9– Sparkle to die cut the swirly pattern at the top of the tags, only on the patterned tag.
4. Adhere the patterned tags to the red tag using double side adhesive. Decorate with red glitter dots.
5. Apply a piece of Transparent Double-Sided Tape to white cardstock large enough to die cut the two silhouette poinsettia using the new die from Els’s Collection Remove release sheet and cover with Solar Gold Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish and brush off excess glitter.
6. Die cut two overlay poinsettia in yellow cardstock. To create the leaves, die cut two silhouette poinsettia in green cardstock. ensemble, and decorate the center of the poinsettia with some gold glitter dots.
7. Die cut a piece in red cardstock using the Ribbons & Jewels die. Cut this piece in three, decorate with some red glitter dots and add them behind the leaves.
8. For the sentiment apply a piece of transparent Double Sided Tape to Gold Shimmer Sheetz large enough to die cut Merry Christmas using a combination of the lower and upper case alphabet dies.
9. Die cut the stand/easel in green cardstock using the new die from Els Studio Collection.
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here with another card featuring Pop It Ups.
In the most recent Pop It Ups release, there was an addition of the Sleigh Gift Card Holder. Today I want to share with you a version which converts this into a sweet welcome baby card .
Instructions:
1. Cut and score your card base at 5 ½” x 8 ½” and score at 4 ¼”
2. Cut your pop up insert at 5 ¼” x 8 ¼” and score at 4 1/8”
3. Cut your front layering piece at 5 ¼” x 4” out of patterned paper and accessories. For this card I used the clouds from the All Seasons Tree, the Circles and layers of ovals from various dies.
4. Cut and assemble the Rubber Ducky and waves from the beach edges.
5. Ink and layer the waves together
6. Line up your Sleigh Gift Card Holder die on the score line of the pop up base
7. Train and adhere your insert into your card base.
Here is a video from Karen showing how to train and adhere your insert.
8. Adhere your waves to the pop up
9. Adhere your decorative elements
Your card is now complete and is an A2 size card when folded up. Here is the front of the card.
