Hi everyone,
It’s the Die Cut Design Team’s turn to share their cards for this month’s Die Cut Design Team Designer Challenge.
Our Challenge this month is ….. Anything but a Card – for our challenge this month let’s create a project that is anything but a card. Think along the lines of a home décor item; journaling; tags etc.
For our Challenge today we are giving away ….. two sizes of the Clear Double Sided Adhesive which will include: a pack of the 5” x 12” sheets and a 10 mm roll of tape, in addition we will also give away a pack of the new ModaScrap 12” x 12” Viaggi Vintage Patterned Paper Pack to 3 winners.
To enter, simply leave a comment on this blog post below and answer this question: Besides the classic card, what are some project ideas you like to play around with?
We will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing.
The winners will be announced on Friday, June 9, here on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.
Now let’s take a look at the wonderful creations our talented Design Team have created for the Challenge this month. For more information about the projects, click on the designer’s name under each project to be taken to the designer’s blog post that will open up in a new window.
Selma Stevenson starts us off with this gorgeous box she has decorated (refer to the two photos above). Selma has used Joset Designs Dreamcatcher; Feathers; Arrows and Dreams Sentiments Clear Stamps as well as Stitched Rectangles and Bead Strings 1 from Els van de Burgt Studio. The patterned paper inside the lid is from the ModaScrap Butterfly Dream Patterned Paper Pack. Selma has also used Corners and Borders Black Peel Off Stickers; Flower Pot and Bloomy Day Prills; Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz and White Soft Finish Cardstock.
Frances Byrne created a piece of wall art using a multi photo photo frame. To create her art piece Frances used White Soft Finish Cardstock with the ModaScrap Lacy Poppies die set adding black prills from the Flower Pot Prills set to the centres of the full poppies. Frances also used the A Way with Words – Live; Love and Laugh sentiments to decorate three of the panels. Frances used three stencils to add interest to the background of each of the panels which include: A Way with Stencils Dotty; A Way with Stencils – Butterflies and Stars & the Behind the Scenes – Mountain and Split Rail Fence.
Sandy Diller has created tags using the Tags & More 1 – Lace die set. To decorate her tags Sandy has used the Krista Schneider Spring Blooms Clear Stamp set. Sandy added the “Smile” and “Thanks” sentiments from Els van de Burgt Studio to finish off her tags.
Tina Guigui Dornbaum has also created a tag. Tina decorated her tag using one of the new corners from the ModaScrap Romantic Corner die set. For further embellishments Tina has added flowers using the Els van de Burgt Studio Victorian Flowers die set; Curvy Leaves die set, Smile sentiment die and the ModaScrap Dragonfly die set.
Anita Kejriwal has created this fun tote bag which can be used for so many things. To create the bag Anita used patterned paper from the ModaScrap Cucina with Love 12 x 12 Paper Pack. To decorate the tote bag Anita used ModaScrap Lace Corners; Stitched Circles from Els van de Burgt Studio and Krista Schneider’s Tea Time Clear Stamps.
Birgit Norton has created this gorgeous Candleholder for our challenge which is perfect to use with artificial candles. To create the holder Birgit has used the ModaScrap Lace Pocket and then decorated the holder using the Lace Heart and Leafy Branch 5 both from ModaScrap; the Susan’s Garden Dogwood die set and the Scalloped Hearts die set from Els van de Burgt Studio.
Melanie Smith has created a tag using Els van de Burgt Studio’s Tags & More 1 – Lace die set. To decorate her tag Melanie has used the Small Butterfly die set also from Els van de Burgt Studio and the ModaScrap Leafy Branch 4.
Katelyn Grosart shares a fun way to display those photos of our loved ones. Katelyn has used papers from ModaScrap’s Butterfly Dream; Thinking About .. Polynesia Patterned Paper Packs and White Soft Finish Cardstock to create her photo art piece. For the layers Katelyn has used the Stitched Squares, Stitched Rectangles and Stitched Circles from Els van de Burgt Studio as well as the ModaScrap Stitched Fishtail Banners. To decorate her piece Katelyn has added the ModaScrap Dragonfly and the A Way with Words – Beautiful sentiment.
Sanna Lippert created a Scrapbook layout for our challenge this time round. To create her page Sanna has used Soft Finish Cardstock and papers from the ModaScrap Thinking about Polynesia & Viaggi Vintage Patterned Paper packs. To decorate her page Sanna used the Dandelion Fluff; Pair of Leaves 1; Pair of Leaves 2; Leafy Branch 2; Leafy Branch 3 and Leafy Branch 4 from ModaScrap and the flower from the Entwined Ovals from Els van de Burgt Studio. Sanna also white embossed sentiments from the Joset Designs Dream Sentiments Clear stamp set. Sanna has included a video on how she created her layout on her blog.
For our final project this week we have Suzanne Cannon from A Way with Words join us to share her amazing pull toys she created. Suzanne used the A Way with Words – Special Moments; A Way with Words – Together and Soft Finish Cardstock to create this fun project.
Thank you for visiting our blog today. We hope you enjoyed seeing all the wonderful creations our Die Cut Design Team created this month and that it has inspired you to create other items besides cards using your dies. Don’t forget to visit our designers’ blogs by clicking on their names to find out more about each project.
If you would like a chance to win our giveaway, be sure to leave your comment on TODAY’S blog post. We will select three lucky winners in a random drawing and the winners will be announced here on our blog on Friday, June 9th.
Happy Die Cutting!
I create journals, personal journals, art , junk, keepsake, family memories and special event. I love using dies and stamps to personalize my work. It isn’t my hand drawn art, but my combinations, colors and vision combined to make special pieces.
Making ATC cards. I have a frame that allows multiple ATC cards to be displayed at a time. So picking my a theme and having them displayed at the same time can be fun.
Wonderful assortment of projects by the Design Team. In addition to cards, I make treat boxes, for most Holidays and special occasions.
I like to make calendars for myself and others!
I love the artsy multi pic frame. I also like to create things for my walls and have thrown away the glass and done some grunge work inside a frame. I like to use paper and inks to decorate small canvases too. The largest I’ve done is 6×6, but I’ve also done some 2×3 inch ones. Thanks for a chance to win.
Like others I like to make storage boxes, magazine holders and cute toolboxes for my card making tools.
I love to do mixed media canvases, cards, and journals, and play with multi-purpose cards, like pop-ups. Things that can be displayed for a while. These projects are all wonderful and I’ll be copying them! Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas!
I’m a big tag maker. I bake a lot and love to jazz up my packaging for it and give away to friends, family and teachers.
What wonderfully inspirational ideas. I love paper crafting. I have enjoyed making candle lanterns, decorative boxes, gift bags, jewelry, embellishing with paper flowers, as well as gift tags.
Lately I have been challenged to come up with ideas for retirement cards for a number of people to sign. Thinking outside the box was a very intense thoughtful experience.
First: was a picket fence box which I stained and decorated. Then I made tags which were used for well wishes to be written on and signed by all well wishes. As they were returned to me, I then decorated said tags and put in the box.
Second: was a binder and pages, I decorated the binder and sized, cut, and decorated all the pages where the wishes by individuals were placed.
I was recently able to use all of my card making supplies to make unique table numbers for a banquet. They turned out great!
I love making treat bags and boxes for my grandkids. Also, boxes to store my craft supplies in. Much better than plain old cardboard boxes.
I love making boxes that I can store my crafting and stamping supplies in. Also, making treat bags and boxes for my grandchildren. Love those kids to the moon and back and then some! Thanks for all your wonderful projects and products!!
I like mixed media canvas and boxes. Just got some old hinged-lid boxes at a yard sale and plan to use paper, chipboard, etc. to give them new life. I love taking things that others think have no use and making them not only usable, but beautiful again.
Thinking out of the box…love to experiment. I love making flowers with painted canvas and felt to use on hats ..or tiny ones for jewelry. Love all different handbags. Loved your use of sewing spools..clever. Also love to frame handmade artwork and to give as gifts. Nice variety!
Tags definitely and I have altered a cigar box and decorated name door hangers for my Granddaughters. Want to do more and have great inspiration from this post, thank you! xxx
Nice job on the projects. Besides cards I have an interest in paper automatons or Karakuri – paper toys that move. I have made a few that have been designed by others but haven’t made my own yet except for simple jumping jacks.
Nice job on the projects. Besides cards I have an interest on paper automatons or Karakuri – paper toys that move. I have made a few that have been designed by others but haven’t made my own yet except for simple jumping jacks.
I love making boxes, gift and special. I have designed a special Night Before Christmas box that is abut 7″ tall and 4″ square that opens up to reveal a living room with a 3-D Christmas tree, presents, wreaths, fireplace, and various decorations. When closed it looks like a very prettily wrapped present. I use Elizabeth Crafts dies to make many of the decorations, including the 3-D tree (it also has a Swarofsky crystal angel on top).
I love all the ideas that have been shared but especially like the tote bag. I love to make paper flowers and have them on hand not only for cards but to use in various other ways to make someone’s day especially happy!
I like making little baskets/boxes that I can put some candies (especially chocolate) in as a table decoration/gift. I belong to several organizations, this is a relatively inexpensive but really pretty way to give something nice without spending a ton of money on a gift they will never use.
Hi love love love ❤️ all of these always do!
I am into making “paper flowers”! I even add silk greenery to make it look as real as possible!
My mom was down sizing and this lady had to have my Bouquet I made so….. I sold it to her!
Roxanne
There is always such an array of cute projects on your blog and challenges! I look forward to seeing them!
Besides cards, I love to make small 3D treat holders, things I can have on hand and give out to others just because! Who doesn’t like a little treat every now and then? I also like to make home decor projects, especially for the holidays!
There is always such an array of cute projects on your blog and challenges! I look forward to seeing them!
Besides cards, I love to make small 3D treat holders, things I can have on hand and give out to others just because! Who doesn’t like a little treat every now and then? I also like to make home decor projects, especially for the holidays!
I have used the die cuts, backed with the Elizabeth Crafts double sided tape, and applied them to glass instead of paper. Then decorated with the Silk Glitter. Made some beautiful gifts!
Make a banner using ol’ timey bicycles with flowers and baskets.
My favorite is making boxes and flowers to give for any occassion
Make a banner using Old Timey bicycles and flowers.
Wow! A lot of inspiration with these amazing projects today! The tote bag is my fav!!! I love scrapbooking and making home decorations but I’m planning to make pop up boxes and for the next Easter I would love to make some baskets.
I love to make treat bags and boxes and especially enjoy making family history albums.
I love all of your ideas! The dream catcher card is my favorite project. Thank you for all of your ideas!!! I’m working with the Deco Foil. It is so pretty on my cards. I stopped at my Staples store and they printed off 20 sheets of lazer print paper for me to use with the Deco Foil. Wish I could find design paper that is done with the lazer print, to use on my cards.
I love making treat boxes and bags and family history albums.
Simple die cut shapes can be used as appliques for clothing, home dec projects, etc. Just apply iron-on adhesive to the back of the fabric, die cut it, and iron on to the project.
I make boxes mainly my tools as I think everything should have a home. Also books are great to make when I have time.
I enjoy anything crafty….I love to help create decorations for friends wedding/anniversary receptions. Because of card making, creating a sign for entryway of a party is a snap. I enjoy arranging flowers, gardening, making garden basket gifts for friends. Still enjoy doing embroidery and knitting. Reading keeps me out of trouble some days and I do love to do all sorts of puzzles to keep my older mind active.
This summer is already chock full of birthday parties for friends and family so I already know what will be in store for me for the next couple of months. One of my BFF s Grand-daughter is getting married and they have just recently asked for my help at the reception so when we have that meeting I will have a whole lot of creativity flowing. I just love it.
I have some wood trays that I would like to decorate as well as an idea board for my (hopefully finished soon) craft room. I work for the Indian Education department, so love the first idea shown! I may use it for inspiration to decorate one of two bulletin boards in my classroom.
At present I am having great fun decorating Notebooks & Journals with Shimmer Sheetz….my next project will be a box, once again adorned with Shimmer Sheetz..
I do love the box that is featured in the Challenge Blog.
And Yes… Im another Aussie from Down Under !
I just love love love the dreamcatcher and feathers. My friend saw that and thought of me right away. ? I am in the process of making 4 memory boxes right now for my husband and my in-laws after we lost my father in-law last month. Very much a mixed Media project
Though it’s been a while, I like to crochet, paint pictures, and garden inside
Wonderful ideas from your design team! I like to create framed floral bouquets and nature or garden scenes. I also occasionally make party decorations and small favor containers but mostly I make cards.
I like to decorate photo albums for the bride and groom in their wedding colors. I then take pictures at their wedding, have them developed and put them in the album as a wedding gift!!
I also decorate albums in school colors for graduates!
I enjoy altering the little notebooks with fancy papers as gifts to tuck in the shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. I also love making tags in a mixed media fashion and turning them into bookmarks for ladies I meet at the grocery store while shopping or in the ferry line, etc.
I like to decorate photo albums for the bride and groom in their wedding colors. I then take pictures at their wedding, have them developed and put them in the album as a wedding gift!!
I also decorate albums in school colors for graduates!
I love to alter tiny notepads and dress them up as gifts that I tuck in boxes for Operation Christmas Child. I also love making mixed media tags into bookmarks and giving them as random gifts to people I meet in stores or on the street.
I love experimenting with shadow boxes. The results are always satisfying.
I love to make shadow to give away as gifts. I’ve made a Halloween one using die cuts and a few Christmas ones using small ornaments and jingle bells along with pattern paper and word dies. I also enjoy scrapbooking.
I like to make paper luminaries. I decorate the outside AND inside of the “walls” so that when a tea light is placed inside, an image shows through that is not visible when no light is on. The effect is very cool.
Wow! love all the projects! I love the dreamcatcher. I love to decorate boxes too! Such fun to see the awesome projects!
I ‘d love to made mixed media canvas. I like your project. Great job!
I am beginning to explore the world of mixed media. I am working on mixed media journaling pages and creating home decor canvas.
I love to make costers by gluing paper on top of a ceramic tile. Then i finish off with a translucent varnish. Love to make tags also. Thanks for the chance to win.
Creating is my pleasure. Mixed media has my attention at the moment.
love your videos thank you for sharing .
I love to make mixed media canvases, bags and tags. Would love to get into jewelry next.
I have been busy making a deco mesh 4th of July wreath and a mermaid themed summer wreath for the front door. I love to papercraft and enjoy making mini albums for friends.
I love making your glitter butterflies and roses. I make them into magnets, flower pokes and hair dangles. My grandmother loved her flower garden. After she passed I am a small bouquet of the roses and we layed them with her.
Fun projects! I love turning trash into treasures. The biggest from trash to treasure job that I’ve done lately was making tiles from cereal boxes cut with dies and then painting them like copper Verde. The tiles made a very lovely backsplash, but took forever to finish. A lot of cereal had to be eaten, thank goodness for our congregation who provided most the boxes.
I like tags, cupcake holders and bags.
I like to take bisque ceramic pieces and paint, stamp, and use die cut pieces on them.
I’m in charge of decorating the sanctuary of our church so, I have to think outside the box .Since my passion is paper, ink, glue and glitter.
We have 5 large crosses on the walls and I like to make stuff to hang on them. Like 16 inch round rosettes with beads, flowers, stamped encouraging words and etc. I simply make hangers on the back and hang with ribbon. A change in season and holidays are always a new adventure.
I would make a shadow box with the sand and shells I have collected over the years from the beaches I have visited over the years. I could use one of the beautiful papers for the background and cover one of the adhesive sheets with sand. I have so many ideas going through my head right now. What a fun challenge.
Wonderful projects! The designers certainly showcased the versatility of all the products.
Such lovely projects! I’ve made tiny purses to hold chocolate, bookmarks, and luminaries.
Beautiful creations. My current project is making a baby album with Graphic 45 Mother Goose.
I can’t choose a favorite of the Designers projects. I love them all. I’m going to use the “Lace Pocket” die set to decorate the four sides of a lantern made out of vellum for my patio table.
ATCs! Better than a tag, more challenging becsuse of the scale. A great inspiration to use the smaller stamps and dies that often are overlooked because they are small! Plus you can trade them with people who are so creative and inspiring. They are little in size but are fun to display in a small gallery
What beautiful ideas today. I like to make ATCs and work on canvas (learning). Also love tags.
ATCs! Better than a tag, more challenging becsuse of the scale. A great inspiration to use the smaller stamps and dies that often are overlooked because they are small! Plus you can trade them with people who are so creative and inspiring. They are little in size but are fun to display in a small gallery♡
Along with cards I really love mixed media. The use of stamps, dies, foil, wash tape, paint, and other “found items” keeps me really happy and stress lowered.
Along with cards my passion is really mixed media I use stamps, dies, paper, paint and other “found items” also love washi tape and foil. All these things help me reduce stess and keeps me happy.
Along with cards my passion is really mixed media I use stamps, dies, paper, paint and other “found items” also love washi tape and foil. All these things help me reduce stess and keeps me happy.
Great projects – all so different!
I am a layout girl – but I also love tags, exploding boxes and printer trays!
love using empty cans and mod podge them,then embellish them to hold all my supplies for crafting.
Great projects. Some projects I’ve made recently are luminaries using vellum and cardstock. They make great gifts and can be personalized for different holidays. My latest project was a 12 x 12 shadowbox frame of butterflies and flowers cut out of cardstock and enhanced with embellishments. I used my Cricut for these two projects but I combined them with stamping and embossing. I view a lot of You Tubes and combine different ideas together to create the final pieces. I love Els technique Fridays and don’t miss any demos.
Great projects. Some project I’m made recently are luminaries using vellum and cardstock. They make great gifts and can be personalized for different holidays. My latest project was a 12 x 12 shadowbox frame of butterflies and flowers cut out of cardstock and enhanced with embellishments. I used my Cricut for these two projects but I combined them with stamping and embossing. I view a lot of You Tubes and combine different ideas together to create the final pieces. I love Els technique Fridays and don’t miss any demos.
My favorite non card project is the boxes I make from a 12″ X 12″ piece of designer cardstock. The bottom of the box is made from a matching solid color piece of cardstock cut to 11 and a half inch X 11 and a half inch. Then I decorate the top. I have made around 100 of these. I used them for gifts and for home deco.
I like to make cards the most but do make tags and boxes too. Love the ones on the blog today!
I love the dream catcher and feather card, my step-mother would love it! I like making personal cards with die cut names and ages. People love cards specific to them!
I love to make cards the most but also make boxes and tags. Some really pretty tags shown on blog today. Gives me ideas. Thanks
I like to do so many “crafty” things with my die cuts, stamps, papers, coloring pages and whatever else I can find! Some of what I have made are wall art, boxes, 3D art, scrapbook pages, jewelry, mini books, chore charts, tags, and stationary. I get so many ideas from your website and can’t help but put them to use!
I enjoy making gift bags and boxes and decorating them.
I love taking ceramic tiles getting a person’s favorite quote printing it on drawing paper with different fonts sizes. Then using mogpoge, I adhere it to the tile. You can stamp the outer edges once it dries with flourish and add a three demensional flower and pearls. Place it on an easel and you have a beautiful yet simple display of their favorite quote. You can even include their picture for a wedding present, anniversary or retirement message.
Lovely! I’m always grateful for the remarkable inspiration I find on the blog. Thanks for your hard work and chances to win fabulous gifts!
I love making tags for Christmas present and will soon be trying to make flowers from Susan gardens dies which I saw at crafts ulove demo.
I like to find pieces of bisque ceramic and paint, stamp, and use due cuts on them.
Cards are my favorite but I also like making bags and tags. The ones on the blog are uber!! Thanks for the inspiration.
I love the artsy multi pic frame. I also like to create things for my walls and have thrown away the glass and done some grunge work inside a frame. I like to use paper and inks to decorate small canvases too. The largest I’ve done is 6×6, but I’ve also done some 2×3 inch ones. Thanks for a chance to win.
I love making shadow boxes! I just made one for my Mom ‘s birthday
from an alarm clock shadow box. It was really fun to make!
Besides making cards I love scrapbooking, I love using the word dies on my pages and Karen Burniston characters make my grandchildren love their pages. The tags on the blog are so beautiful, all of them!
Besides making cards I love scrapbooking, I love using the word dies on my pages and Karen Burniston characters make my grandchildren love their pages. The tags on the blog are so beautiful, all of them!
I enjoy creating tags, money holders and creating pages in my faith journal. I must add the lacy poppy die to my collection. It’s simply beautiful.
I have been thinking about a faith journal. Right now I do faith scrapbooking and I have been thinking of extending it to my bible.
I don’t do the faith journal in my Bible that is so trendy now. I created an 8 x8 album with pictures, quotes & scripture that have spoken to my heart & given me strength through some hard challenges I’ve faced.
I love working with wooden pieces e.g. doll cradle and frames, and canvases. I hoard anything I think I might use. I also incorporate my folk art into some projects. I am currently on the hunt for marble tiles to stamp on and turn into coasters.
All of the projects are great. My favorite thing to make, other than cards, is boxes.
Stunning project. Love all the inspiration given by very talented artists. Love all my Elizabeth Craft design dies
I play around with composition notebooks. I turn them into journals using your double sided tapes. I like to add decorating papers inside the book and put expanding pockets inside the front and back covers. I use different patterns of coordinating papers for each surface and use hair bands from the dollar store to keep the book closed. It is a lot of fun and comes out beautiful. Until I discovered the double sided tape it was more messy to cover the books and they did not look as nice as they do now with the tape. Thanks!
The Southwestern box was especially beautiful. Along with being an avid card maker, I love to make 3d items of all kinds and I dabble in scrapbooking.
I like to stamp on candles as gifts! I also stamp/collage on canvases! Also like to make 3D pop-up cards that are non-traditional cards!! I’ve also decorated wooden trays, picture frames and cigar boxes!
I’ve made cigar box purses!! Also, made many memory books!!
I often give wine as a gift or bring it with me to get-togethers. I like to make wine tags to put on the wine to dress it up. I make the tags slightly oversized and usually write a small note on the back of the tag. If I’m feeling really inspired, I’ll make a fancy wine bag
I often give wine as a gift or bring it with me to get-togethers. I like to make wine tags to put on the wine to dress it up. I make the tags slightly oversized and usually write a small note on the back of the tag. If I’m feeling really inspired, I’ll make a fancy wine bag.
I often give wine as a gift or bring it with me to get-togethers. I like to make wine tags to put on the wine to dress it up. I make the tags slightly oversized and usually write a small note on the back of the tag. If I’m feeling really inspired, I’ll make a fancy wine bag.
I like to decorate boxes and make shadow boxes. Like the tag with the corner, I also like making tags with pockets
I do scrapbooking along with making cards.
Who doesn’t love a gift in a pretty box? Making boxes and decorating them to match the gift inside is so much fun! And of course, one needs a pretty tag like these to add the finishing touch.
Thank you and your team for offering us your wonderful items with which to create !
I love making cards, and also tags and bookmarks. Your blog has such great ideas.
Love your projects that the designers made. I like using and making 3-D items like the tote bag, purses, boxes, canvas coverings. Handmade albums, all done up with die-cut flowers. Plenty of free templates to use from card magazines and other places. Lots of ideas are out there,just waiting to be used. Need more hours in a day and stuff to make…. I can always dream…
Lovely project ideas. Thank you all for sharing your talents!
I loved the dream catcher and feathers project. The others are lovely too. Thanks.
I loved the dream catcher and feathers project. The others are lovely too. Thanks.
I love making Christmas ornaments with mandala types of stamps with different layers. I cut each layer out, color, glaze, glitter, and put crystals on them, then pop each layer up so that it’s 3D. I do this on both sides of the ornament. The result is beautiful! I love all the projects the designers made here!
Thanks for these lovely ideas. Especially love the tags. Tags are one of my favourite things to make along side purse diaries which I make each year for my sisters.
To answer your question, I like to make seasonal favors for me and my friends. Thanks again for the inspiration from the design team! Love it!
I adore making 5d framed crystal pictures they look lovely on the wall. The gems left over I’m going to make an abstract pic using roll glue on a canvas board.
Wow gorgeous and inspiring projects!! Besides cards, I like making travel albums.
I love the Card holder by Birget. This die is one of my most favorites. I love to make boxes of all sorts (gift boxes, presents) I also love making collages with dies stacked and story boxes. I love Inspirational works and naturally, pop it up cards. Oh, then there’s card in a box and treat boxes!. Great challenge this month.
Hi, for the challenge anything but a card……I would use dies……Probably the springtime Daisy’s….They are so beautiful….With clear double side adhesive, transfer sheet and micro fine glitters…I would create tranferable Daisy’s to go on a mirror and or a door net…..So when the door net is closed, people would see it and wouldn’t walk right true it!!!!!
I love putting together and decorating wood chip boxes. I purchased one at SA Crafter, painted it with chalk paint, covered it with coordinating scrapbook pages, decopaged all the paper and had a blast embellishing it. Wish I could add a picture!
I love the dream catcher and feathers. I’am trying to make cards with the negative part of the dies, so far it’s really fun and seeing the finishe product is awesome
I love to make beautiful tags with dies and multi layered flowers. I also decorate boxes of different sorts with them to make them pop!
Dies are wonderful and can be used for so many beautiful things.
I love making 3D puzzles out of the dies for my nephew and nieces. Like match games, go fish I use the action wobbles.
I like to up-cycle tins and containers as well as scrapbooking. Love the projects your DT posted for inspiration!
I recently went to a stamping “convention”, and got interested in Artist Trading Cards. I am going to try my hand at making a few for the next time there is a competition.
I love making action cards, but then I also have 4 grandchildren under the age of 7. But they love moveable cards. So I keep tryng them. Great ideas.
I love making action cards, but then I also have 4 grandchildren under the age of 7. But they love moveable cards. So I keep tryng them.
I love to use these items for my journal books that I make and for scrapbooking – it gives so much interest to each project.
Love the bag!!! I love making tote bags for card sets. It gives a different style to them. I also like making tags, however I make bottle tags so that the person can give the tag as a card with a bottle of whatever as the gift!
I have been making ATCs for about eight years now and swapping them on a global artist swap site. I love using my mixed media goops and goos (something I was unable to do while scrapbooking).
All of the creations are so beautiful. I especially like the projects with the feathers. The feathers die is just beautiful. I’m a scrapbooker mostly, but I’m working on cards. I would love to be able to make cards as beautiful as Els and the Design Team. Beautiful!
I love making boxes and tags. I have made some REALLY pretty bookmarks with the ultra fine glitter and stickrrs!
I love to make scrapbook pages honoring someone’s pet. Most times I get asked because someones pet has passed away and they would like a memorial. I get photos and make a scrapbook page and frame it. It makes people cry but they are happy tears knowing they have something to hang on the wall and get to see their beloved companion everyday!
I like to make decorative tags for wine bottles that I bring as hostess gifts or gifts for other occasions. These can be typical- with a grape theme, seasonal, or even humorous.
Tags come in as a very close second to cardmaking for me. I love the size and that they are easier to store.
Besides the classic card, what are some project ideas you like to play around with? I will like to play around with wedding favor boxes, bags and scrapbook for my children.
I love to make cards and to watch your videos, cause I have learned some new things. I try to think and come up with something different for our Sunnyside Police Officers in September 9/11 lunch my church puts on for them. I did a Badge Magnet for them but when I have to make them I need to make 60 to 70. Thank you
I love special tags and bookmarks. I have been having fun with die cut inlays and love the double sided adhesive for that. Such cute ideas!
I love making cards, but I also enjoy creating boxes with the double-sided adhesive. I’ve decorated a clock and made bookmarks and tags.
I’ve made wall hangings and lately been using adhesive to do foiling. It’s time for father’s day so using stencils for a more masculine feel and look.
I like to make little boxes and also cottages that I can light up with battery tea lights
The designers did a beautiful job creating their projects. I am working w different sized cardboard boxes to create storage for my craft room.
Great ideas, I really like the tote idea. I use my die cuts for my monthly ATC card club and also my mixed media page layouts. Double-sided tape and double-sided sheets are wonderful and really cut the time In putting your designs together.
I mostly like to make cards, although I also enjoy making tags using funny (or sometimes mushy!) sentiments. I then tuck them into my husband’s work bag to surprise him. It’s a fun way to give him a smile!
I mostly do cards, but do some tags, and scrap booking with die cuts too. The live, laugh, love — poppies frame is very inspiring. That is something I may try soon. The tote bag was also a great idea for me. There are so many great designers working with Elizabeth Craft — thank you for having them all.
Gorgeous projects. I love making treat boxes, card boxes and decorating candles.
Gorgeous projects. I love making treat boxes, card boxes, and decorating candles.
OMG You have the best design team! Everything that was created was so awsome! The candles with the die used as a holder… WOW! The words on the spools a original idea. And the pictures each one is so pretty. The box so nice The tags and scrapbook page are all so creative and just show off the products!!! I just love seeing all of the ideas it gets me so excited to start playing and trying new things THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!
I make ATC’s (artist trading cards). I’m fortunate to have a group that get together monthly to trade cards and exchange techniques and ideas.
I like to make checkbook covers from outline stickers and Shimmer Sheetz. Put them in a clear plastic cover and they look beautiful and last forever!
I love to decorate boxes that jewellery comes in with die cuts and stamps. I really loved the green scrap book page above.
I like making small albums for memorykeeping; photos, little notes, tickets and so on. 🙂
I love all of these projects. If I’m not making cards, I love to make any kind of home dec item from wall art to storage items.
I love decorating glass candle holders for a particular season or holiday with beautiful ribbon and embellishments. It makes such a nice decoration for a table top and adds a festive touch for special occasions!
I like instant gratification so tend to work on things that can be done quickly. Those things include Tags, special tags for special occasions, hand made themed books and handmade paper bag journals. They are quick – I can make several in a day if not more or I can make them more intrinsic by adding mixed media. I just love all the ideas that you include in your blogs, Thanks!
The tote is a huge inspiration. I have been toying with the idea of creating a paper tote to use as a gift bag. I can’t wait to try it out. I am a card maker and a scrapbooker and i love to give a set of cards as a hostess gift. I create a box out of sturdy paper to hold the cards and decorate with die cuts. I just used a bunch of your cute dies to make slider cards. They are adorable!
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Still love to scrapbook, trying to incorporate more of the mixed media into my work, as I love the techniques. These are awesome examples. I try to keep the blog pages open while looking for page ideas. thank you!
There are some fabulous ideas shown above – great inspiration. I love to make cards but I also scrapbook and like ‘altering’ stuff 😉 Love making canvasses for the walls too.
I juste love the mini albums. I like the fussy cutting and the tags and pockets. Thank for all the e-mails and the great ideas.
I have made several small gift boxes….some of the best were shaped like purses. But my favorite project was a wreath….I can change the decor on it for each season.
Love the butterfly lace tag. Such bright spring like colors. A happy tag.
I like to make quilted cards. I die muslin fabric with distress inks. My new favorite are the moda dies. I take the muslin fabric & back it with steam a seam then die cut moda flowers & leaves as appliques. Adhere to background fabric then free motion quilt.
Journals are always a safe bet. I would love to make more boxes. Your double sided adhesive is wonderful.
Journal covers.
You are all so tallented and imaginative!!! I enjoy looking and trying out my imagination! You are all very inspiring!
I have made a few box cards and I love scrapbooking, would like to try other kinds of cards but just starting out and not very good at it yet. Thanks for a chance to win such awesome stuff.
The wall art is amazing and would like to give that a try as it takes me beyond just card making. Enjoy using the double sided adhesives with the glitter projects. Thanks for all your tips.
Wow! What nice examples! I like to make tags to go on wine bottles for a house warming gift or hostess gift. Plus love to take a plain bag and make a decorated gift bag. People love the gift bags and they can re-use them too!
The tags and tote are so sweet. I love making treat holders, especially for my family and bazaar in December.
While I may not be half as creative as those who created these beautiful projects, I really like recycling boxes or food containers, decorating them with coloured papers that I stick using my Xyron and with die-cuts, which I then use to store pens, scraps of paper or finished projects.
A scrapbook page with pictures from the Strawberry Festival in Plant City Florida is my current project. I just LOVE the strawberry die cuts to accent my pages! Such fun memories with friends and I can even add chocolate to my berries! 🙂
Love all of these awesome projects! Thanks for the inspiration to try something different! I have been wanting to make some box cards! I love making cards with different folds but haven’t done any in a long time!
I love the tags, especially the one made by Melanie Smith. I usually make cards and often give them to our local hospital gift shop.
I like to try some of your ideas in my crafting. I use many of your dies in making Artist Trading Cards to swap.
To be completely honest, I haven’t done much other than classic cards. I once created a pop-up box card from scratch, without the luxury of a Die. I really should take the plunge and branch out.
I like to try some of your ideas in my crafting. I use lots of the dies making Artist Trading Cards to swap.
Great project ideas. I enjoy making mini flip albums
Fabulous projects. I like
to weave on a loom and
I use wooden plaques for
photo holders.
Carla from Utah
My newest fav thing is mixed media….I love die cutting from coaster board and/or 110# cardstock and stacking and adhering several die cuts together for lots of dimension. I do this with word dies, botanicals, any dies and then I glue them onto my canvas and coat with gesso. Then it’s adding inks, metallic pastes, beads, etc. to finish. I’m working on one right now that I’m really loving, especially since I’m fairly new to mixed media….fingers crossed.
I just bought the Tags & More 7…I plan to make tags – want to also try shaker tags.
Love the variety shown. I make cards but I like to also make teacher gifts, shadowbox collages, and birthday banners and decorations.
I make journals from composition notebooks. I’ve also made mini-photo albums out of coasters. Candles with tissue paper and don’t forget envelopes. Just some different things.
Beautiful ways to think outside the box.
I especially love the tags and scrapbook pages. I use the sentiments all the time. Love love love Elizabeth by Design. I missed you at the Scrapbook Expo in Washington. Hope to see you next year.
Hello, last year discovered your site and watch your videos almost daily. I make greeting cards and basically have learned to do it on my own and by watching your videos and those ideas others share. Do to my disability, I cannot join crop clubs, etc. So you have become my daily inspiration and I am grateful for all the hints and tips you provide. I enjoy looking at others ideas and creations and to see the new items that are on the market and how to use them. I have noticed a great improvement in the cards I make because of you. Thank You for your help.
How inspiring & creative can you get!!! Love, love Ms. Stevenson’s box. So beautiful and professionally done! Way to go.
I love making checkbook covers with outline stickers and Shimmer Sheetz. Put them in a clear plastic checkbook cover and they look beautiful and last forever!
I like to make four sided retangle lantern boxes with a removeable lid. I add a battery powered tea light for alumination through the cut away design on the sides of the box. I especially like to decorate the top of the box with hand made flowers, pearls, and ribbons and a bow. Atleast one of the cut away sides gets flowers as well. For the greeting and sentiment, I hang stamped and embossed tags from the top.
I love making cards, but I like doing other paper crafts, too. Thank you for the inspiration to try other things!
While I love to make wall hangings with inspirational script included from Susan Cannon, for friends, my favorite project of all has been making music boxes covered with Susan Tierney-Cockburn’s beautiful garden selections, for my girls. I love that Susan has flowers that are so meaningful to times in their lives, and that I can select the tunes the boxes play to truly customize these treasures.
I been on a mini album kick for the past couple of months. Just finished a graduation mini folio album for my niece who is graduating from high school.
There are some really fab makes on here today! I love the tags and the boxes and ….Everything! Hope you all have a great week xxx
All cute ideas. Thank you for sharing. I especially like to make cards but love tags too!
I love to make anything dealing with paper. My favorite thing to make are mini albums for gifts or just for fun to preserve memories!
Bookmarks that match cards are fun to make. Decorating bags with die-cuts and stamped images are easy to make, too.
Thanks for the inspiration your dies and stamps provide.
I like make personal planners ?
These projects are amazing. I like to design wrapping paper or decorate packages to match my cards.
This giveaway is very cool. I like to create unique pop-up cards, tri-folds and step cards. The expression of the person receiving a card made especially for them has no words….and it’s so much fun 🙂
Besides scrapbooking I like to make photo holders. They are really fun to put together, and the recipients seem to appreciate the photos of their great grandkids. ? I like to do bookmarks as well. Other than that I haven’t ventured to far…yet. ?
I have made boxes and bags for cookies for friends at work. But mostly I have made cards.
I use my stamps and dies for my mini scrapbooks and handmade albums
I just finished a wedding album, and now am on to doing 2 multi media journal covers. I love playing with just about anything for my projects, but dies are my favorite tool.
BANNERS. I like to make banners for many different occasions. Showers, welcome home, get well, Merry Christmas, etc. People love them. My daughter left her welcome home banner up (coming home from the hospital with her first baby) for about a year!!
Home Decor, Scrapbooking, bags,cards. I believe you could use them in any project you would like to make. The dies are so beautiful.
Wow! Love these ideas! Especially the one with the dream catcher and feathers!!
Beautiful and creative minds. I love, love, love the candle holder made from the pocket die. I have that die. Guess what I’ll be doing this afternoon. I love all of Elizabeth Craft dies. I own many. I love making albums, cards, 3d houses and anything paper craft.
These are all very beautiful and creative projects! I need to start thinking outside of my “card box”. You’ve all given me some great ideas, thank you!
I love making cards & tags
Really like the tote bag & the lace die cut.
I also like the backgrounds on the tag & cards
All great ideas, I love the tag on the easel. I love playing around with the double sided adhesives making pretty stationery and also boxes for my mini embellishments.
What a great idea to use wooden spools to hold the sentiments!! I am a die hard card maker & scrap booker (no pun intended ) I haven’t really gone beyond that but will maybe eventually do some home décor items.
Beautiful creations. I like to decorate notebooks.
I also like to scrapbook & learn new craft techniques. Always watching videos to keep learning.
All very nice the one with flowers and word in the picture frame was my favorite it really stands out as something I would like to hang on my wall. I would love to win the tape and paper.
I love the tote bag!!! It is so cute and such a perfect idea. Great job!
I love taking boxes and hot gluing them together to make custom storage for all my awesome stuff that I use, and cover with so many different kinds of papers. Did you know that Wallpaper, from sample books do GREAT for these projects ?! The double sided adhesives work hand and hand with them. No one believes you made them, and Want one !