September 2015

CountryScapes Autumn Swing Card

September 10, 2015

Good Morning. This is Selma Stevenson today. Have you tried creating your very own scenes using Susan’s CountryScape dies? They are so fun to work with! I love designing a variety of scenes and creating totally different cards using Susan’s dies. Here is how I created this card.

The actual scene was created on a 4″ square. The overall card size is 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. A piece of gunny sack ribbon was attached to card stock with Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape.
Die Cut two corn stocks from the CountryScapes Flora 4 die set, and tie a string around the center. I used Elizabeth Craft Designs’ scissors to cut between the points on the corn stocks, to make them frilly.
Die Cut one each the tree branches from the CountryScapes Woods 1 die set. I sponged on Aged Mahogany Ink to make them stand out against the light background.
Die Cut two small and one larger jack-o-lanterns from the CountryScapes Build A Scarecrow die set. Color, then add a piece of black card stock on the back to help show off their cute faces.
The bales of hay were die cut from the CountryScapes Build A Scarecrow die set.
The squirrel and the black crow were die cut from the CountryScapes Country Critters 1 die set.
The small falling leaves were die cut using the leaf die in the CountryScapes Woods 3 die set.
The larger leaves on the bottom corners were die cut using the die from the Susan’s Garden Woodland Leaves die set.
To Complete the front of the card, I added Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Peel Off Stickers.

10. On the inside of the card I used Susan’s ‘Take Time’ rubber stamp. The leaf is from the Susan’s Garden Woodland Leaves die set. To finish off the corners, I added Gold Peel Off Stickers.

This style of card is called Tabbed Pop Out Swing Card. You can find a tutorial on how to assemble it at this LINK.

Products used:

1083 CountryScapes Flora 4

989 CountryScapes Critters 1

1080 CountryScapes Build A Scarecrow

992 CountryScapes Woods 1

1085 CountryScapes Woods 3

1092 Susan’s Garden Woodland Leaves

RS008 Take Time Rubber Stamp

Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape

802 Fine Pointed Scissors

1061 Border/Corner Peel Off Stickers

1018 Corner Peel Off Stickers

1016 Lines Peel Off Stickers

Other Products:

Orange Card Stock

Yellow Card Stock

Gunny Sack Ribbon

Glue

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Pop it Ups Wednesday with Donna – Birthday Easel Card

September 9, 2015

Hello everyone, I’m Donna Wright and so pleased to be here again with a Wednesday tutorial. My card this time is an easel card made using the accordion rectangle die. This card is a 6″ x 6″ card when folded flat.

First, to make the frame, die cut a page with the Rectangle Accordion die from a piece of patterned cream cardstock and snip out the centre and the tabs on the outside, leaving just a rectangular frame.

Next, make the easel card. Fold a piece of patterned 12 x 6 cardstock in half, then open it up and fold one half in half again. Place the card with the quarter fold in place on your cutting sandwich base. I used a piece of washi tape to keep the decorator rectangle die from the Rectangle Accordion set in place while I ran it through the cutting machine. I placed the side of the die just past the fold to ensure that it would cut all the way through the fold.

After die cutting, unfold the card and you will now have a hole in the front piece of your card which is double the size of the rectangle die you just used. Run a line of glue or the 3mm ECD adhesive tape around the outside half of the hole and stick your cream frame in place. (*NOTE* No adhesive should be used around the other half of the hole – the large frame needs to be able to stand up when the card is displayed)

To help the easel card stand up I used an Elizabeth Craft Designs Stand up Helper die. I placed the die about a quarter of the way up the base of the patterned 12×6 cardstock.

To decorate I added the All Seasons Tree and Poppy the Owl. I also used the decorator Happy Birthday script dies plus one of the Ring Frame Edge dies suspended across the opening as bunting.

Operate the card by lifting the top half of the card, folding into a tent shape and securing behind the Stand Up Helper tab.

I also added tiny clothespins and a Katie Label for a place to write a personal greeting. Using the Accordion dies as frames for Easel Cards is a great way to get more variety from your die sets.

Donna

Elizabeth Craft Designs supplies:

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Videos

Quick Clean and Simple Card

September 8, 2015

Hi! It’s Marsha here again and today I’m going to share a couple of clean and simple cards.

I can’t wait to try the new Soft Finish Cardstock! I haven’t gotten my hands on a pack yet, but I have a feeling these cards will look highly sophisticated with the soft finish!

Of course I created a little video to explain my process:

And here are the written steps to create the cards:

1. Cut a piece of cardstock to 4″ x 12″. If you would like to try the Soft Finish Cardstock for this, I would adjust the size to 3,9″ x 11″ so you will still end up with a square card.

2. Score the card at 4″ and 8″ counting from one edge of the card (3.9″ and 7.8″ for the Soft Finish Cardstock). Fold it.

3. Use the heart from Ornament set 5 to die-cut a window through front and second panel of the card simultaneously.

4. Open up the card and sandwich a scrap of Shimmer Sheetz in between the two heart shaped windows. I used Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape to adhere the two panels together, but you can use Adhesive Sheet as well.

5. Back one of the hearts that came out of the windows with Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Sheet. Die-cut the heart again with one of the Flower Cluster dies.

6. Back a scrap of Shimmer Sheetz with Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Sheet. Die-cut it with one of the beautiful Quietfire words.

Important: You need to use a Metal Adaptor Plate to be able to die-cut through Shimmer Sheetz. It goes inside the machine’s standard cutting plate “sandwich” with the Shimmer Sheetz on top of the Adaptor plate and then the die goes on top of the SS with the cutting side facing DOWN. (Thanks Judi!!!)

7. Add the heart shaped Flower Cluster and the Shimmer Sheetz word to the card.

That’s it! Quick, clean and simple!

Have a wonderful day!

Marsha

SUPPLIES:

Elizabeth Craft Designs:

1055 Quietfire ‘Hello’
1058 Quietfire ‘Thanks’
1066 Ornament set 5
1068 Flower Cluster 1
1069 Flower Cluster 2
218 Shimmer Sheetz – Fire Opal Gemstone
502 Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape Sheet
505 Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape – 3 mm
803 Metal Adaptor Plate

Other:
Cardstock (4″ x 12″)

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Pop it Ups Videos

Just Peachy Roses

September 7, 2015

Hi, It’s Christine here from Susan Tierney-Cockburn’s Design Team. Today my post is actually using one of Susan’s first releases with Elizabeth Craft Designs, the Rose 2. I had a wedding that I needed a card for and the color in the wedding was peach. I do love roses and so this is what evolved. Be sure to check out Elizabeth Craft Designs’ website here to see all the new releases. Let’s get started

Card is a white 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ card base.

Cut 1 piece of peach cardstock 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ and emboss with Heart Strings embossing folder. Adhere to card front using ECD double sided adhesive.
Using the Katie Flourish Frame Edges, cut 2 sets of frame edges from white cardstock backed with double sided adhesive and adhere to card front as shown. (Note: there is a space between the pieces at the corners which is where the pearls are added)
For the oval, use the Accordion Oval Card die to cut 1 panel from white cardstock. Cut the oval from the panel and trim off the tabs. Attach to center of card using foam adhesive.
“I Do” was stamped to the left on the oval and heat embossed.
To make the roses and leaves see Susan’s video here . I cut all the roses twice so there would be extra petals to make it fuller if I wanted. The buds were done so some were more open than others. Adhere roses and leaves to the oval using a clear drying adhesive.
Add pearls at each corner in space between frame pieces.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies

#998 Susan’s Garden Rose 2

#772 Accordion Oval Card

#997 Katie Flourish Frame Edges

#506 Clear Double Sided Adhesive

#30115 Susan’s Garden PanPastels Flower Coloring Kit 1

#808 Susan’s Garden Deluxe Tool Kit

#810 Large Molding Pad

#811 Leaf Molding Pads

Other Supplies

Close To My Heart cardstock Sorbet and Olive

Close To My Heart white A2 card

Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive

Pearls

Foam Adhesive

I hope that you enjoyed my post today. Now it is your turn.

Until next time,

Happy Scrapping!

Christine

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Fun Times with Fitted Frames

September 6, 2015

By Judi Kauffman

Thank you for inviting me back as today’s guest designer. I thought it would be fun to make some cards with the new Fitted Frames 2 Curvy Rectangles die. As you can see from the photo below, it is a one-piece die that in ONE pass through the die cutting machine produces six separate frames, one rectangle with a string of hearts cut from it (negative shapes) and a string of three hearts. In addition, there are many little circles and other small bits and pieces that can be saved and used.

Fitted Frames 2 Curvy Rectangles is one of four Fitted Frames from the Els van de Burgt Studio collection. Two are rectangles (the largest frame in these two fills an A2 card front). Two are squares (measuring 4.75” x 4.75” they are just right for 5” square card fronts).

I chose an offbeat country-influenced folk art color palette of olive green, chamois yellow, dark green and red, with some chamois and olive plaid paper to tie things together. I mixed in an owl (a black outline peel-off on white cardstock colored with markers), some words (Congratulations and Merry Christmas from Suzanne Cannon’s new collection, A Way With Words), and Els van de Burgt Studio’s Leaf & Berry Branches.

Customize your cards by changing the palette. Switch to a different greeting (Happy Birthday, Get Well Soon, Friends, With Sympathy or any of the others). Use more patterned paper layers or stay with solid colors. If you love sparkle incorporate glittered frames and gems. If you’re making exclusively holiday cards add die cut holly, pinecones or poinsettias; substitute a Christmas tree ornament or other seasonal peel-off(s) for the owl.

Instructions:

Add transparent double-sided adhesive sheet to the back of a 4.25” x 5.5” piece of chamois yellow cardstock and to pieces of white cardstock (sized for the words you’ve selected and the Leaf & Berry Branches (if you are making the projects precisely as shown). Use Fitted Frames 2 Curvy Rectangles to cut all frames and small heart-string pieces in one pass through the die cutting machine. Cut words and Leaf & Berry Branches with additional passes through the machine.

Cut solid color cardstock and plaid paper rectangles* to fill or border the frame shapes. Refer to all project photos for ideas.

(*Tip: Cut and label scrap cardstock pieces to use as cutting patterns for these rectangles. Keep them for future card projects so you don’t have to measure again next time!)

Assemble the cards on ivory A2 card bases, folded at the top for the horizontal word cards and at the side (vertical) for the cards with hearts. (Mix in solid color and plaid paper rectangles from Step 2.)

Place a black owl peel-off onto white cardstock. Color with markers and then add doodles with black and white pens. Cut around the owl leaving a narrow white border except just below the feet! (This detail helps the owl look like he’s “perched” instead of “floating”)

Using foam dots for dimension, add the owl to the vertical card that has the large size frame, a smaller inner frame, and string of hearts. Also add one of the branches.

Add a branch to horizontal Congratulations card.

Accent the berries with tiny Red Glitter Dots Peel-offs. Optional: Also add a single tiny Red Glitter Dot to the hearts as shown on the red hearts in the yellow rectangle. There are four different size Dots on each sheet – I used the smallest size for these projects.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs –

1062 Fitted Frames 2 Curvy Rectangles die

1074 Leaf & Berry Branches dies

1051 Congratulations

1056 Merry Christmas

2596 Lots of Owls Peel-offs in Black

502 Transparent double-sided adhesive sheets

Other – Solid color cardstock, plaid paper (Graphic 45), A2 cards with matching envelopes in Ivory, die cutting machine

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Hello Autumn Pull Card

September 5, 2015

Hello friends – Karen Aicken here with a fall themed Spiral Circle Pull Card. While I am in no way happy that summer is almost past, I did enjoy creating this card. It’s no secret that I love the Spiral Circle Pull Card – especially those notches that hold the card in the closed position. The recipient simply pulls the sides to open the card which reveals the surprise inside.

When this card is opened the leaves appear to be ‘flying off’ the bare tree, thanks to the spiral that comes with the Spiral Circle Pull Card.

Let’s get started making the card. Cut the patterned paper 7-1/2 x 5-1/2″and score at 3-3/4″. Lay the Spiral Circle Pull Card die on the score line, with the circle portion on the left and the notches on the right. Use the alignment nubs for easy placement on the fold. Run it through your die cut machine then fold as shown.

2. Now cut the rest of your pieces:

Die cut one All Seasons Tree from brown card stock
Die cut spiral from a 3″ square of beige card stock and snip the end so the spiral comes away from the outer square. We will be using the spiral portion only.
Die cut 3 circles from beige card stock, using the circle Accessory die that comes with the Spiral Circle Pull Card.
Die cut one small circle from beige card stock, using the smallest circle Accessory die from Accordion Circle.
Die cut 18 leaves (two at a time) from patterned paper. Alternativly you can use cream card stock and add colour with markers, PanPastels or inks. Highlight the centre vein with a marker on each of the leaves.
Die cut the letters to spell AUTUMN from patterned paper, using the Alpha Caps – 1.
Die cut the ‘hello’ from the Rectangle Pull Card, from a 2 x 1″ piece of black card stock. TIP: apply ECD Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape to the back of the black card stock before die cutting.

3. Ink the edges of one beige circle and adhere to the front of the card. Adhere the letters and hello as shown. Trace inside the letters with a fine point brown pen if desired. Adhere the smallest circle and two of the leaves to the top left of the card adding foam tape under one of the leaves.

4. Adhere the remaining two circles inside the card as shown, then adhere the tree on the right side avoiding the notches.

5. To attach the spiral inside the card, put strong adhesive on the open end of the spiral, and attach it to the right beige circle as shown. Then add strong adhesive to the opposite side of the spiral end and close the card. That will attach it so it remains hidden when the card is closed, but spirals open as the card is opened. Let dry. NOTE: often for Spiral Circle Pull Cards, you would attach the open end to the left and the widest end to the right. For this card though, I wanted the leaves to appear to be flying off the tree so attaching it this way made the most sense.

6. Adhere the leaves to the spiral and the circles as desired, using foam tape under some of them for dimension. TIP: Place one or two leaves on the end of the spiral that is attached over the tree branch to hide the end.

I hope you will try the Spiral Circle Pull Card – it is such a versatile die, fun to use and the finished cards are fun to receive!

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies:

Spiral circle Pull Card

Accordion Circle (small circle)

Accordion Rectangle (hello)

All Seasons Tree

Fine Point Tweezers

Alpha One – Caps

Other Supplies

Patterned paper

Beige card stock

Copic markers

Fine Point Brown marker

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Autumn Smile

September 4, 2015

Happy Friday Crafters!

Susan Tierney-Cockburn has created the most beautiful fall scene using her new dies and we’re going to share with you how she did it. You can let your creative juices flow and join Susan in celebrating the changing seasons. What a stunning time of year!

(Pssst, have you seen our new YouTube video? In it, Els introduces both her and Susan’s brand new dies, which began shipping yesterday!)

1.Cut the white Elizabeth Craft Designs’ soft finish cardstock into an A6 card (6 1/4” x 4 1/2”); use a bone folder to press the edge.

2.Cut the second layer, brownish-red paper 6” x 4 1/4” and Elizabeth Craft Designs’ watercolor paper 5 3/4” x 4”.

3.Adhere the 2nd layer to the card with Elizabeth Craft Designs’ clear double-sided adhesive tape.

4.Make a template – 6” x 4” with the Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Clouds & Grass die. Using this die, a sponge applicator and Phthalo Blue Tint, create the clouds. Use a separate sponge applicator and Bright Yellow Green Shade to create grass edging.

5.Adhere clear double-side adhesive tape to 100# white cardstock, 80# medium brown cardstock, a small piece of maize for the hat and glossy black for Crows and G45’s mini pattern and solid for die cutting.

6.Die cut the CountryScapes as follows:

-Country Fence, wheelbarrow, garden tools, bushel basket, and Scarecrow post–1 each from white and dark brown cardstock

-Scarecrow’s 1 shirt from G45 mini pattern & 1 pant from solid

-Straw “hands, feet, neck” in maize (hat is cut from a piece of maize cardstock with double sided adhesive backed. Cut 4 hands & feet to add fullness.

-2 Crows from glossy black

-For Fall Leaves: Color a 4” x 4” piece of watercolor paper with various mediums (i.e., PanPastels, Distress Inks) to create a collage of color. Cut 4 times.

7.After you have your card together, start building your story; Adhere the white cardstock pieces on top of the dark brown. Lightly sponge the fence and wheelbarrow using some Distress Ink/Walnut Stain and shade with PanPastel Set III in Raw Umber, Neutral Grey Shade, and Orange Shade. Repeat with the garden tools and the post of the scarecrow. The face of the scarecrow should be in just the Orange Shade & Yellow Ochre Tint.

8. Adhere the fence, scarecrow post & wheelbarrow to your landscape, using a toothpick to apply “Kid’s Choice” glue to the back of the pieces.

9.Create a strip of grass from medium green cardstock and adhere under the country fence. Prop the rake against the wheelbarrow and the pitch fork against the fence.

10.Start building the character of the Scarecrow–Add the scarecrow’s pants, then the shirt and hat. The hat can be shaded with a little Permanent Red Extra Dark PanPastel (Set III) to highlight the texture. The straw for the hands, feet and around the neck are shaded with the Yellow Ochre Tint on the Maize cardstock.

11.Use CopicMarkers E09 & E99 to color the bushel basket.

12.Place Fall Leaves on the Leaf Pad and use the Leaf Tool to accentuate a stem line down each one. Use small tweezers to pick up the leaves, dip stem end lightly into the glue and adhere to the wheelbarrow and bushel basket.

13.Add the large & small branches on either side; add a few of the Fall leaves to the branches.

14.Finally, add the crows, a pumpkin or two to your story.

Elizabeth Craft Design dies:

#1080 CountryScapes Build-a-Scarecrow

#989 Critters 1

#1085Woods 3/Wheelbarrow

#1078 Backyard 3/Assembled tree

#1010 Backyard 2/Garden tools

#992 Woods 1/Branches

#1083 Flora 4/Assembled Sunflower

#990 Country Fence

#1094 Clouds & Grass

Supplies:

#503 Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Clear Double-sided Adhesive Tape 6” x 6”

#506 Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Double-sided Adhesive Tape 6mm

#30116 Pan Pastels~Susan’s Garden Set II

#30117 Pan Pastels~Susan’s Garden Set III

#808 Susan’s Garden Tool Set & Leaf Pad

Watercolor paper 100#

White & Dark Brown cardstock 80#

Glossy Black, medium green, maize, medium brown and brownish red cardstock

Graphic45 Patterns & Solids

Beacon’s “Kid’s Choice” glue

Black Uniball Pen Ranger’s Distress Ink–Walnut Stain, Weathered Wood, & Crushed Olive CopicMarkers–E09 & E99

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A Way With Words

Merry Christmas

September 3, 2015

Hi everyone,

It’s Frances Byrne here. Today I am sharing a Christmas card that I created using the new Tags & More 9 – Sparkle die set along with one of the new A Way with Words sentiment dies from Quietfire Designs. The width of the Tags & More 9 – Sparkle die set is 4 1/4 inches and of course can be any length, so it is perfect to use for creating cards.

The layout of this card can be adapted for any occasion just by changing the colors, sentiment die and dies used to decorate the card.

Here’s how I created my card:

1. Creating the base card –

Cut a piece of red card 4 1/4 inches x 11 inches. Score the card along the 11 inch side at 5 1/2 inches (do not fold yet).

Line up the main tag die from the Tags & More 9 – Sparkle at the top of the red card stock so that the edges of the die will line up on the edge of the card and die cut.
Place the swirls decorative overlay die from the same die set at the top of the tag so that the rounded shape of the overlay lines up with the rounded shape of the tag and die cut.

Fold the card along the score line we created early to create a side folded A2 card as per the photo above.

2. Cut a piece of Gold Shimmer Sheetz large enough to cut the A Way with Words Merry Christmas sentiment die. Adhere Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape to the back of the Shimmer Sheetz and die cut the sentiment. Make sure to use the metal adaptor plate when die cutting Shimmer Sheetz.

Adhere the Gold Shimmer Sheetz Merry Christmas word to the front of the card. The flourish at the bottom of the sentiment should be as close to the bottom of the card as possible.

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3. From green card die cut three holly leaves using the Holly Leaves & Berries die set. Shade the edges of the leaves using Bright Yellow Green & Turquoise Pan Pastels from the Susan’s Garden PanPastel Flower Coloring Kit 2.

Attach a piece of Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape to the front of a piece of red card large enough to die cut the four berry cluster from the Holly Leaves & Berries die set. Remove the protective backing from the adhesive and cover with True Red Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish the glitter with your finger.
Attach the Holly Leaves & Berries to the top of the card as per photo.

4. The inside of the card:

Cut a strip of green card 2 inches x 4 1/4 inches. Attach to the right hand edge of the inside of the card, so that the green with show through the die cut swirls when the card is closed.
Adhere a Gold/Silver Glitter Border Peel-Off Sticker to the edge where the red and green card join.
Stamp the sentiments “Merry Christmas” and “and Happy New Year!” from the Merry & Bright Clear Stamp set using black ink to the red portion of the card.
Die cut two more holly leaves from green card using the Holly Leaves & Berries die set. Sponge the edges using the PanPastels as per the front of the card in step 3.
Attach a piece of Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape to the front of a piece of red card large enough to die cut the three berry cluster from the Holly Leaves & Berries die set. Remove the protective backing from the adhesive and cover with True Red Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish the glitter with your finger.
Adhere the Holly Leaves & Berries to the bottom of the inside of the card underneath the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs:

1056 Quietfire “Merry Christmas”

1077 Tags & More 9 – Sparkle

926 Holly Leaves & Berries

0212 Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz

509 Transparent Double Sided Tape 152mm

614 True Red Silk Microfine Glitter

30116 Susan’s Garden PanPastel Flower Coloring Kit 2

CS003 Merry & Bright Clear Stamp Set

7010 Gold/Silver Glitter Borders Peel-Off Stickers

Other:

Cardstock: white, red, green

Foam Tape

Scoring Tool

Black Ink

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Pop it Ups Wednesday With Caz – Pocket Surprise!

September 2, 2015

Hello it’s Caz here and I am back with another Pop it Ups Wednesday post. It was a “flying by the seat of my pants” card as I had lost my list of dates and only today (Monday) realised my post was Wednesday! ekkk. After 4 days of being out of my shed I was well and truly ready for some crafting and lucky for me my Crafty Mojo played along with me and I designed a fun card for a boy.

As Mum to two boys I have had no surprises when I reach in their pockets, believe me I have found it all! Mostly it is sweet wrappers, screwed up tissue paper (ewww) or some “treasure” they found whilst outside. For this card I used the Barn as the starter for my pocket and I had some denim sheets that would work perfectly.

Here is the front of my card

And here is the inside of the card

I admit never finding a frog in a pocket! But I have found ants and various creepy crawlies in jars 🙂

Here are some steps as I talk you through what I did.

Cut the BARN from the denim paper and then some white cardstock. Stick cardstock to the denim paper to make it a bit stiffer.
Use a white pen to draw faux stitches around the pocket.
Take a folded card and stick two pieces of 5 1/2″ denim squares on the inside of the card.
Line up the central “Nubs” of the LOTS OF POPS die to the centre of the card and cut. Since I am cutting through a piece of card and the denim paper I ran the die back and forward to make sure it cut.
Cut a HOPPY THE FROG from green cardstock and from black cardstock and cut and assemble as shown. You will need to cut a slit in the neck part as shown.
Using Hoppy’s legs that have been trimmed, stick to the pocket as photograph shows. Add his head as shown too. Cut eyes from white cardstock and stick in.
Taking a piece of 6″ x 6″ patterned paper I have used the AGATHA EDGES to give myself a decorative trim for the top and bottom of the card and whilst doing that I got left with an interesting shape that I used on the front of the card.
Assembly the inside by sticking the pocket on the raised platform. I have also added a few more items regularly found in boys pockets. Sweet wrappers, string and a coin.
Lastly for the inside I punched some stars and added those on 3d foam.
For the front I added another folded card to cover the parts that had been cut out by the LOTS OF POPS die. I used another piece of 5 1/2″ square denim paper and used the left overs of the red patterned paper (As above)
Cut HAPPY BIRTHDAY wording onto red card, cut oval of white paper and add dots with black pen.
Add 3 punched stars to finish.

List of materials used :

Karen Burniston Hoppy The frog die

Karen Burniston Happy Birthday Pop it Up Die

Karen Burniston Agatha Edges Die

Karen Burniston Barn Pop Stand Die

Karen Burniston Lots of Pops Die

Other materials used : Patterned paper, star punch, holographic card, Denim Paper, Craft Knife, Black pen, glue.

I was really pleased how this card turned out. As I said before, plenty of inspiration as the kids never empty their pockets! Come to think of it I have washed my husbands wallet a fair few times too 🙂

I would love to hear what you thought and what is the weirdest thing you have found in one of your kids pockets?

Thanks for reading

Caz x

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Oma’s Tag Book

September 1, 2015

Hello, everyone. It’s Els here today with a project that is keeping me grinning – my very first tag book to celebrate our new granddaughter, Annika! Instead of precise step-by-step instructions I want to share what I did in a more general way so you can get inspired to make a tag book to celebrate and chronicle whatever is going on in your life. I named my tag book “Oma’s Tag Book” as oma is the Dutch word for grandmother.

Front of tag book

Back of tag book

The tag book opens at the back. Velcro was used to secure the cover.

Instructions:

Gather some photos that have a central theme: New baby (!), vacation, back to school, a milestone birthday or anniversary, a sports team, your collection of shoes. (In other words, it can be a big event or something whimsical.)

Choose coordinating solid color cardstock, Shimmer Sheetz, and printed papers.

Pick your favorite Tags & More die set, or several sets. Pick your favorite Fitted Frames die set, or several sets. I chose Tags & More 9 – Sparkle and a combination of Fitted Frames.

Create a tag for each page. All tag reinforcements are die cut from Shimmer Sheetz for durability. Use the photos showing my tags to help you create interesting layouts. Some tags have one photo, others have two. You can make the tags one-sided or decorate both sides. Embellish and layer a lot, or just a little bit! *See note about the front cover tag after step 6.

Complete the book by connecting the pages with a metal ring. Decorate the ring with ribbons, twine, wire, or whatever combination you want.

Tag books make wonderful and very special holiday gifts! Individual tags can be used as tag cards for friends or family, coaches, teachers, and others.

*Note: If you did not already notice this from looking at the second and third photo, be sure to make the front cover tag at least 3” longer than all of the others! Score it at the bottom, fold onto the back cover and add four Velcro dots to keep the book closed and tidy.

Pages of tag Book:

This was the first picture that our daughter Joset sent us when Annika was born. I printed out the text message as I thought it would be fun to add to my page.