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January 2016

Els van de Burgt Studio

Durable Flowers

January 19, 2016

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By Els van de Burgt

Hello, everybody! It’s Els here today with a project that I hope you’ll enjoy: Durable Flowers. It all started with the leftover die cut flowers I brought home from my CHA Make N’ Take cards. I thought it would be fun to decorate my lanyard for a show we’re attending in Frankfurt (the badge holder that I’ll be wearing), but I knew that paper flowers probably wouldn’t hold up all that well so I did some brainstorming. Before I knew it, I had a table filled with amazing flowers and so many ideas that I couldn’t go to sleep.

Here is what I came up with:

  1. Use Distress Inks in a variety of colors to alter flowers and flower centers (circles) that have been die cut from my new Through the Lens patterned cardstock in a mix from the Wood, Stone, and Metal Series packs. (I used my Victorian Flower Set 1 dies, but feel free to pick other favorites for your projects.)

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Friends Floral Frame

January 18, 2016

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Good Morning.  This is Selma Stevenson today with a picture frame I decorated with the five new Susan’s Garden Club Garden Notes (low-relief) flowers; Cosmos, Daffodil, Queen Anne’s Lace, Southern Magnolia and Zinnia.  I also used Susan’s new Garden Notes Square Grapevine Wreath, and one of her new Seeds of Thoughts Rubber Stamps.  A couple of other new dies include the new Stitched Squares and Fitted Squares from the Els van de Burgt Studio collection.

Below are pictures of the five new flower die sets Susan has added to her Susan’s Garden Club collection.  There will be videos very soon on YouTube showing how to create each one.

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Shimmer Sheetz CONFETTI Cards & Earrings

January 17, 2016

Hello, Everyone – It’s Judi Kauffman, back as today’s guest designer with some projects that I hope you’ll find interesting and fun to make: Shimmer Sheetz CONFETTI Cards & Earrings!

Just like the calendars I’ve posted for the December Designers’ Challenge and here on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog on December 3, these projects incorporate the leftover bits that fall out of the Ribbons 1 dies (the negative shapes that are all too often tossed into the trash). As you can see from the cards, shown in the photo above, I also used the ribbon strips. For the earrings, shown in photos below, I used only the small pieces, pieces I have used before as ‘faux staples’ and have now given a second name: CONFETTI!

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Confetti D

CARDS:

Because no two people will have the same collection of papers and embellishments, use my cards as a source of inspiration to jump start your own creations. Instead of a step-by-step, here’s the basic design strategy:

Decide what size card you want to make and create a collage sized to fit the front. Use die cut Shimmer Sheetz shapes (circles, squares, ovals, rectangles), ribbon strips, and the ‘CONFETTI’ (all die cuts backed with Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape before cutting) mixed with randomly torn and cut pieces of paper in a color scheme and theme of your choosing.

Embellish with charms, coins, buttons, feathers or other low-relief elements. Glue the collage to the front of a contrasting card base. I chose to mix in lightly sanded Red Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz circles cut with the smallest dotted edge circle in the Stitched Circles die set, one of the Corners 1 dies cut rom Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz altered with black StazOn. I picked the circle because it repeats the shape of the Asian coins. A side note: Shimmer Sheetz is difficult to photograph, but the Red Iridescent color is an almost exact match for the red in the calligraphy-filled Asian paper.

The close-ups below give you a sense of how I incorporated the CONFETTI.

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Confetti G

EARRINGS:

Shimmer Sheetz jewelry is impressive, very easy to make, super lightweight. It’s a great gift and so much fun to wear. (I sometimes tuck extra pairs of earrings into my purse so I can surprise people who compliment what I’m wearing!)

All 3 pairs of earrings are die cut from a double layer of Shimmer Sheetz, Elizabeth Craft Designs thin Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape between the layers. The top layer was randomly dappled with alcohol inks before cutting, creating a textured-looking base that contrasts well with the CONFETTI.

Tip: If you don’t wear big, bold earrings, instead of Fitted or Stitched Circles or Squares use Els van de Burgt Studio Jewelry die sets to make more petite versions.

In addition to post-style earrings like the two pairs shown at the start of this blog post, you can also create dangling earrings like the ones in the photo below. Punch a 1/16” hole a scant 1/8” from the top of the shape for the earring wire.

 

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Here’s a close-up of the back of the post-style earrings:

Confetti B

You will find complete instructions for making post-back and dangling earrings as well as necklaces and a bracelet at the links below. More ideas, more ways to have fun with Shimmer Sheetz!

Necklace project

Earrings Project

Droplet Earrings Project

Bracelet Project 

 

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs –

Els van de Burgt Studio

1122 Ribbons 1

1124 Corners 1

1116 Stitched Circles

1117 Fitted Circles

1119 Fitted Squares

 

Shimmer Sheetz in color(s) of choice (Shown: Fire Opal Gemstone, Red Iridescent)

803 Metal Adaptor Plate (Required for die cutting Shimmer Sheetz)

Clear Double Sided Adhesive 

 

Other –

Sanding block

Alcohol inks

Ink applicator tool

Jewelry findings (post backs, earring wires)

Synthetic suede (for post back earrings)

A Way With Words Els van de Burgt Studio Uncategorized

Faith

January 16, 2016

Happy Saturday!!!

It’s Wanda Hentges here today and I’m very excited to share this card using one of the brand new A Way With Word dies, Faith, along with other Elizabeth Craft Designs dies I love!!!

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To create this card —

1. Cut green cardstock to 9″ x 8 1/2″ and fold to make a top-fold card base 4 1/2″ x 8 1/2″.

2. Cut White Soft Finish Cardstock to 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″. Die cut both ends using Tags & More 9 – Sparkle, cutting the curved edge first and then the decorative overlay.  Ink edges with Antique Linen using a Blending Tool.  Put Antique Linen ink on the Craft Sheet, pick up color with a water brush or wet paintbrush, flick over die cut piece to create speckles, and dry with heat tool.  Attach panel to folded card.

3. Put Clear Double Sided Adhesive onto front of Soft Finish Cardstock and die cut Faith.  Remove liner from adhesive and coat with Chocolate (brown) Silk Microfine Glitter, polish well and put excess glitter back in container.  Glue Faith to card.

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4. Die cut 2 Leafy Branches from Soft Finish Cardstock, spray with Shabby Shutters, dry, add shape to some of the leaves with stylus and molding mat and partially glue to card leaving some leaves to pop up from the card.

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5. Stack 3 pieces of old music paper.  Die cut both flowers from Victorian Flower Set 1 twice for a total of 6 flowers of each size.  Stack all 12 flowers, larger flowers first and then smaller flowers on top, offsetting the petals as you stack.  Poke a hole in the center of the flowers and add a small brad.  Beginning with the top flower crumple all the petals to the center.  Continue through each of the flowers until all petals are pulled up and crumpled together.  Pull the petals back out so you have a full flower.  Brush Vintage Photo ink over the flower using a Blending Tool.  Spray flower just a little with Sunflower Sparkle to give a light gold shimmer (or spray heavily if you’d like more glitz).  Glue flower to card and button into center of flower. (Tip: Remove shank from button so the back will be flat.)

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Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies —

Other Supplies —

  • Cardstock, Dark Green
  • Distress Ink – Antique Linen, Vintage Photo (Ranger)
  • Distress Spray Stain – Shabby Shutters (Ranger)
  • Perfect Pearls Mist – Sunflower Sparkle (Ranger)
  • Water Brush or Paintbrush
  • Discarded Hymnal for Music Paper
  • Craft Sheet
  • Heat Tool
  • Brad
  • Button
  • Gel Medium – Matte (Golden) for Glue
  • Mini Blending Tool (Ranger)

Thank you for following along and I hope you are inspired to create something!!!  I really love this card!!  The gorgeous calligraphy of the A Way With Words dies can’t be beat and I love making flowers such as the one on this card.  These flowers can be made with most any paper – copy paper, lightweight scrapbook paper, etc.  Let me know what you think and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

~Wanda

 

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A Way With Words Els van de Burgt Studio

Card Set with ‘Danke’ Die

January 14, 2016

Hi, it’s Sanna here! I am very excited to be joining the Elizabeth Craft Designs design team! This is my first project as a team member.

I was pleased to see the German “Danke” in the A Way With Words die collection. It immediately inspired me to create a set of thank you cards. You never know when you will need one! I always keep a box of handmade cards at home so I am prepared for any occasion. I started with the first card and always tried to use both the positive and the negative images from die cutting, so in a way the first card led to the second one and so on.

Here is how I created the cards:

Sanna Lippert1. Back a 4.0×5.5 inch piece of Soft Finish Cardstock with Clear Double Sided Adhesive.

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2. Run through a die cutting machine three times and align the word each time to match the position of the previous die cut image within the rectangle. Leave more open space between the the second and the third images. Keep the small pieces (negative shapes) that come out of the words.

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Sanna Lippert

3. Use the negative piece of the die cut cardstock sheet to space the words for the next cards. Now ink a second piece of Soft Finish Cardstock with orange, pink and green water-soluble ink. Then add water droplets onto the inked surface to create an interesting background.

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4. Adhere the inked piece onto a card base. Then layer the negative die cut sheet over the inked sheet. Now use the negative pieces from the die cut words you have been saving to fill in the missing pieces to create readable words. Since they are backed with Clear Double Sided Adhesive it will be easy to adhere them into their places.

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5. Now decorate the card with twine and rhinestones.

For the second card use the positive “Danke” pieces.

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6. Ink with pink and orange ink to create an ombre (blended color) effect on the words.

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7. Next ink both the left and the right side of the card base with orange ink and adhere a strip of Soft Finish Cardstock (3 inch wide) down the middle of the card base.
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8. Then adhere the inked words onto the white cardstock strip. Now cut two pieces of Soft Finish Cardstock into a 3×4 inch size, adhere them on matching sized pieces of Clear Double Sided Adhesive and then run them through a die cutting machine using two of the Bunch of Flowers 4 dies. Cut each die twice on one of the two pieces, using the whole paper piece. Save the negative images for later.
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Sanna Lippert

9. Ink the flowers with orange and pink inks, layer them over each other and adhere to the card base. Decorate with rhinestones and black ink splatters. For the third and fourth card use the negative flower pieces as a starting point.
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10. Apply Fire Opal Silk Microfine Glitter over the “empty” flower die cut areas.
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11. Brush the excess glitter off with a paintbrush and polish the glittered areas with your fingertip to make the glitter really sparkle.
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Sanna Lippert

12. Use the Stitched Rectangles die (3rd largest size in the set) to cut a piece of green cardstock into size. Next use the Fitted Frames 3 Curvy Rectangles die and run the same green cardstock through a die cutting machine.
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13. Adhere the glittered flower pieces and the frames overlappingly over each other. Die cut the word Danke three more times and ink them with black ink. Adhere in the center of the flowers. Decorate with rhinestones. (Option: Die cut black cardstock instead of inking.)Save the third black “Danke” for the last card.
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14. Start by cutting a piece of Soft Finish Cardstock to 4×5.5 inch. Next use the Stitched Circles die (the 4th biggest one in size in the set). Use masking tape or washi tape to temporarily adhere the circle die onto the cardstock piece, then place two thirds of the die inside the cutting boards of the die cutting machine. Run through the machine. When you lift the die up, only 2/3 of the image is cut. This way you can create a half circle window for a card.
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15. Then use a metal ruler and a craft knife to cut the window open. Save the leftover half circle piece for later. Add spray ink to color the window piece.
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16. Use the Leafy Branch and the Bunch of Flowers 4 dies to cut shapes from Soft Finish Cardstock for decoration. Ink with orange and green ink.
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17. Next add a piece of Clear Double Sided Adhesive onto the leftover half circle piece. Remove the release sheeet and apply Fire Opal Silk Microfine Glitter onto the adhesive surface. Brush off excess. Polish with your fingertip to achieve a perfect shine.
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Sanna Lippert

18. Ink the area of the card base under where the window will later be with blue ink. Use the glittered half circle as a sun and mark its position with a pencil. Cut the “sun” down to size.
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19. Add thin adhesive stripes (6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive) as sun rays and then apply Silk Microfine Glitter Fire Opal onto the adhesive strips. Brush off excess, polish with your fingertip (as for all other projects).
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20. Use a piece of soft foam and the eraser end of a pencil to shape the flower petals, ink the tips of the petals with pink ink for contrast. Then layer and adhere all pieces. Add some detail using green, black and white pens. This is what the finished cards look like:
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There are so many possibilities for using a single sentiment die! Hope you give it a try. Happy crafting,
Sanna

SUPPLIES:
Elizabeth Craft Designs –
1033 Leafy Branch
1030 Bunch of Flowers 4
1157 Danke
1120 Stitched Rectangles
1116 Stitched Circles
1063 Fitted Frames 3 – Curvy Rectangles
Soft Finish Cardstock – 8,5×11″
Clear Double Sided Adhesive 101 mm
Clear Double Sided Adhesive 6 mm
Fire Opal – Silk Microfine Glitter

Other –
Distress Ink (Ranger Industries)
Big Shot die cutting machine – Sizzix
Washi tape
Paint brush
Black, white and green marker (Sakura, Signo, Micron)
Card bases
Twine (Whisker Graphics)
Rhinestones (ScrapBerry´s)
Spray ink (Tattered Angels by Canvas Corp Brands)

Pop it Ups

Pop It Ups Wednesday With Raquel – Cup Pop Stand

January 13, 2016

Hello my crafty friends! It’s Raquel Mason here today.  I am a big tea drinker, so when Karen Burniston designed the new Cup Pop Stand I was thrilled.  What’s fun about this card is you get a glimpse of what’s inside the card by the tag hanging out at the bottom.  So go get yourself a cup of tea or coffee and we’ll get crafty.

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  1.  Using the Cup Pop Stand, die cut the pieces shown below:
  • red card base cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4″.  Place the alignment nubs of the Cup Pop Stand die on the fold of the card and die cut.
  • (1) spoon from Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz.  Tip: must use Metal Adapter Plate to die cut Shimmer Sheetz.
  • (2) cups from gingham pattern paper.  Tip: if your pattern paper is double-sided, cut (1) cup from the opposite pattern side.

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2.  Using the Pull Card Edges, die cut the pieces shown below

  • (2) gingham pattern paper cut at 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 then die cut using the circle edge
  • (2) stripe pattern paper cut at 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 then die cut using the circle edge.  Tip: place only the circle portion of the die on the pattern paper.
  • (2) gingham pattern paper cut at 1 x 5 1/2 then die cut using the scallop edge
  • (1) stripe pattern paper cut at 2 1/4 x 5 1/2

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3. Using the Accordion Circle and Tags Pivot Card, die cut the pieces shown below

  • (1) red circle using the largest circle die
  • (1) cream scallop circle.  Using the Coffee & Tea Clear Stamp set, stamp “You, me &”, “Tea”, and the tea bag image using black ink.  Stamp the heart using red ink.
  • (1) cream tag.  Using the Cheeky Monkey Clear Stamp set, stamp “We should hang out” using black ink.  Attach some twine through the hole of the tag and cut off excess or fold it over the back of the tag.  Use a small stapler to add a staple to the top of the tag.  Using a brown marker or colored pencil, color the tea bag.

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4. Using the photos for placement, assemble the card front.

  • Adhere stripe pattern paper cut in step 2 to the bottom half of the front card base.  Please note the card front is shorter than the back to allow the scallop to show through when folded.
  • Place red twine around (1) gingham circle edge piece cut in step 2 and tie a bow.  Then adhere this piece to the front of the card taking care not to place adhesive on either of the pop up tabs.  Adhere the 2nd piece to the back of the card.  Apply border lines where both patterns meet.
  • In the center of the card,  adhere the red circle then use foam tape to adhere the cream scallop circle on top.

Using the photos for placement, assemble the inside of the card.

  • Adhere (2) gingham scallop edges cut in step 2 to each end of the card.
  • Adhere (2) stripe pattern paper circle edges cut in step 2.  Apply border lines where both patterns meet.
  • Apply border lines to both cups cut in step 2.  Place adhesive on both tabs of the base card and adhere the cups to the tabs.  Hang the tag coming out from the cup then adhere only the top portion of the cup together.
  • Adhere spoon to bottom portion of card.

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I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and feel inspired to try it out yourself.

Happy Crafting,

Raquel

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs:

1103 Cup Pop Stand

1110 Pull Card Edges

769 Accordion Circle

973 Tags Pivot Card

CS010 Coffee & Tea Clear Stamp

CS013 Cheeky Monkey Clear Stamp

SS0211 Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz

803 Metal Adapter Plate

1167 Borders Assorted

Other –

Card stock – Stampin’ Up!

Pattern paper – Martha Stewart

Ink – Versafine and Stampin’ Up!

Twine

 

 

Els van de Burgt Studio Joset Designs

Colourful Fitted Circles

January 12, 2016

Hi there! It’s Marsha here today, back again with another colourful project!

Marsha Valk | Elizabeth Craft Designs: Colourful Fitted Circles

I don’t believe in new year’s resolutions, but I do choose a word for each year. Just to start the new year with intention. It’s a new chapter after all!

I have thought long and hard about how I want this chapter to feel and I came up with: bright, active, upbeat, happy, buzzing… vibrant. So that’s the word I chose!

I always like to create something that I can look at to remind me of my word throughout the year. I usually create a canvas or a scrapbook page, but as I still had one more of those shadow box frames left from my last project, I decided to create something vibrant and shiny to put into it.

The idea for it came from these scraps that I had left after die-cutting rainbows with the new Rainbow Sky die set:

Marsha Valk | Elizabeth Craft Designs: Colourful Fitted Circles

I also happen to be studying the life and works of Sonia Delaunay for an online class and the shadow box frame is heavily inspired by her Electric Prisms. I love her art and it fits my word so well!

But before I started die-cutting Shimmer Sheetz, I experimented with coloured paper first. It’s a good thing I did, because I found out that a combination of layering and inlaying the pieces worked best for me.

Marsha Valk | Elizabeth Craft Designs: Colourful Fitted Circles

Here are the steps to create the layered, checkered circles:

Marsha Valk | Elizabeth Craft Designs: Colourful Fitted Circles

1. Choose the paper/colours you want to use and then the sizes of Fitted Circles you want to layer. I looked at artist Sonia Delaunay’s work for colour inspiration.

2. Cut squares of Clear Double Sided Adhesive to the size of the Fitted Circles you have decided to layer.

3. Cut the paper in squares to adhere onto each quarter of the Clear Double Sided Adhesive squares. The paper squares in the photo are huge: you really don’t need that much excess paper!

4. Position your Fitted Circles dies on top of the paper. The point where all four colours of paper meet, needs to be in the exact middle of the Fitted Circle.
Marsha Valk | Elizabeth Craft Designs: Colourful Fitted Circles

5. Die-cut the circles.

Marsha Valk | Elizabeth Craft Designs: Colourful Fitted Circles

6. Adhere the checkered circles one on top of the other.

Marsha Valk | Elizabeth Craft Designs: Colourful Fitted Circles

7. Optional: add leftover Rainbow Sky pieces!

I used the same steps to create the Shimmer Sheetz shadow box frame. I found that I did not need to use the Metal Adaptor Plate this time, but most times I do use a Metal Adaptor Plate for the best results when die-cutting Shimmer Sheetz.

Here’s a look at the result of my experiments:

Marsha Valk | Elizabeth Craft Designs: Colourful Fitted Circles

Happy, vibrant crafting!

Marsha

Supplies: 

Elizabeth Craft Designs:
1075 Alphabet 2 Lower Case
1117 Fitted Circles (coming soon)
1151 Rainbow Sky (coming soon)
Shimmer Sheetz
Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape or Sheet

Other:
Extra deep frame (mine came from a local discount store and is 6.3″)
Coloured cardstock
Craft foam (black)
Label writer (Dymo)

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CountryScapes Yorkie Arbor Birthday Card

January 11, 2016

Card Front
Made for the ECD Susan Tierney-Cockburn Design Team

Mary here with a card I made for my husband’s birthday. We used to have two beautiful Yorkshire Terriers – mother and daughter. My husband and I adored them. I modeled this one after the mother, our very first dog together. She looked very much like this. They have since passed (they were both very old for Yorkies; the mother lived to be almost 16), but we fondly think of them often. There is a photo of them on Awash with Color.

Making the Card

1. Cut light blue cardstock 7×10 inches; fold in half for a 5×7 inch card base.

2. Die cut clouds (CountryScapes – Clouds & Grass) leaving most space above the die – you will use the top as a stencil to create clouds. Sponge white ink or chalk under stencil to create a cloud line then flip it and create the other side of the clouds. Add some at the top as well.

3. Die cut arbor and 2 picket fences (CountryScapes Nantucket Arbor & Picket Fence). Ink randomly with Antique Linen Distress Ink using blending tool. Add lines and shading with colored pencil as shown (Prismacolor Ginger Root). Adhere to card.

4. Die cut two sets of tulips and petals (CountryScapes Garden Edges Tulip) from white cardstock. Color with alcohol markers (see supply list for colors). Shape by running leaf tool (pointy end) down leaves and ball stylus on insides of tulip petals. Glue separate petals to flower edge petals at bottom so that they are slightly lower to give them a 3D look. Adhere to card as shown – double offset the rows.

Flowers Closeup

5. Die cut Yorkshire Terrier (Critters 5) from white cardstock; color as shown (base colors in alcohol markers, details with Prismacolor pencils). Optional: add small amount of Tuxedo Black irRESISTible Pico Embellisher to eyes, nose, and mouth using pointy end of die pick or toothpick. Once dry, rub large ball stylus behind dog body and head to give it dimension. Adhere where shown using dimensional tape or silicone glue.

6. Die cut lots of ivy leaves (CountryScapes Mini Botanicals – Clematis, Ivy) from dark green cardstock. Shape each leaf by drawing lines down middle and toward points (veins) using leaf tool point. Adhere to arbor as shown.

7. Die cut four copies of Happy Birthday from light blue cardstock and one copy from white cardstock. Glue the blue copies to each other to form a thick stack then adhere the white on top. Adhere where shown.

8. Optional: Add Shimmer irRESISTible Pico Embellisher as shown (upper right corner and below sentiment).

Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies

Other Supplies

  • Cardstock: Light Blue, White, Dark Green
  • White Ink or Chalk
  • Distress Ink: Antique Linen
  • irRESISTible Pico Embellisher: Tuxedo Black, Shimmer
  • Prismacolor Pencils: Arbor – Ginger Root 1084, Yorkie – Yellow Ochre 942, Raw Umber 941, Cool Gray 50% 1063, 70% 1065, 90% 1067, Warm Gray Dark 961
  • Alcohol Markers – Copic: Yorkie – E30, C02, Stems/Grass, G94, G99, Flowers – V06, V 09, Y04, Y08, R27, R08, RV52, RV06, RV09, YR65, YR68, Y02, YR82, R17, R27, RV04, V04
Els van de Burgt Studio Joset Designs

Happy Birthday

January 10, 2016

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Hello everyone,

It’s Jackeline and for my project today I decided to create a fun card using the new Joset Designs ‘Hot Air Balloons’ die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs making its debut at the CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) trade show in California this weekend!

Let’s get started:

  1. Cut a  9 1/4″ x 6″ rectangle from White Soft Finish Cardstock.
  2. Make a score line at 4 3/4″ and fold the rectangle in half to create a top-fold card base.
  3. Die cut a Stitched Rectangle from Bluebell Soft Finish Cardstock using the largest rectangle in the set.
  4. Die cut 6 clouds from White Soft Finish Cardstock using the cloud die from the Rainbow Sky die set. Using a Mini Ink Blending Tool, ink 3 clouds using Faded Jeans Distress Ink. Keep the other 3 clouds white.
  5. Die cut a sun from Sunflower Soft Finish Cardstock using the sun die from the Rainbow Sky set.
  6. To make the banner: Cut a 2 3/4″ x 3/4″ rectangle from White Soft Finish Cardstock. Position only short end of the white rectangle inside the Big Banner die with the V-shaped cutout at the end and run it through the machine only partway to cut the V. Do NOT run it all the way through!
  7. Repeat the same process with a 2 5/8″ x 1 /2″ rectangle cut from Black Soft Finish Cardstock, this time using the small V-shaped Banner die. Layer the black piece on top of the white piece, securing with Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape.
  8. Add a Gold Happy Birthday peel-off  to the banner. (Option: Use a different greeting.)
  9. To create the striped balloon die cut 5 hot air balloon overlays from Spring Green, True Blue, Ladybug Red, Sunflower. and Mustard Soft Finish Cardstock backed with Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Using the Fine Pointed Scissors cut each balloon into pieces following the score lines. Build a striped balloon by arranging pieces in the color progression shown or as you prefer. Set aside the extra pieces for additional cards. Add 2 rows of  Red Glitter Lines Peel-offs to the basket as shown below.
  10. Assemble the card front as shown on the project photo, using Clear Double Sided Adhesive to secure the pieces. Optional: Add foam tape beneath some of the clouds to add extra dimension.

I hope this tutorial will help you to find inspiration for your next project and that you enjoyed it.

Happy Crafting !!!

Jackeline.

 

Supplies 

Elizabeth Craft Designs

1150- Hot Air Balloons

1151 – Rainbow Sky

1153 – Banners

397 – Gold Happy Birthday

7010 – Red Glitter Lines

505 – Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape – 3mm

PSF139 – Soft Finish Cardstock, Spring Green

PSF103 – Soft Finish Cardstock, White

PSF127 – Soft Finish Cardstock, Bluebell

PSF117 – Soft Finish Cardstock, Sunflower

PSF104 – Soft Finish Cardstock, Black

PSF115 – Soft Finish Cardstock, Ladybug

PSF132 – Soft Finish Cardstock, True Blue

 

OTHER

Ashesive Foam

 

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