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Devid Roodenburg

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Playing with the Planner Essentials Planner Stencils

May 12, 2022

Hello lovely people, my name is Devid and today I am sharing a project that I have made using the brand new Planner Essentials Planner Stencils. I am using set 2 today and use 5 different stencils to create a technique called: stencil layering technique. it creates a lot of depth. On the ECD planners and Journaling Facebook group there is a monthly challenge. this month it was: use your two favorite colors. Mine are vintage photo and salvaged patina from the Distress collection. Below you can see a simple step by step tutorial of how i made this beautiful page:

using Distress oxide in vintage photo I color in all the different stencils, just layering one over the other
when done with al 5 stencils i start over again, this time using Distress oxide salvaged patina.
next i repeat the same process on the circle.
ater drying for a while i come in with a brush to soften the stencil lines, taking a way the stark white of the background. Next i sprayed with water to activate the oxides and “blur” everything out.
Using frayed burlap I edge the page to add to the vintage look, finishing of with Blacks sooth to darken the edge.
The word May and the birds are cut out with the Elizabeth Craft Designs double sided adhesive on the back. This made it so easy to attach them to the page. When all was sticked on I came in with hickory smoke re-inker to create a shadow under the birds and around the circle.
and here is the finished page in my planner. I love the vintage, grungy feel this page has. The Planner stencils are a dream to work with and are of a great quality. What a great addition to the Planner Essentials Collection!

if you want to see a step by step tutorial of how this is made, you can see it here:

Elizabeth Craft Designs products used:

Planner Essentials Planner Stencils 2

Other brands used:

  • Distress oxide Vintage Photo
  • Distress oxide Salvaged Patina
  • Distress ink Black Sooth
  • Distress ink Frayed Burlap
  • Distress Re-inker Hickory Smoke
  • Cadence Antique Gesso

Joset Designs Planner Essentials

Fun Sidekick memory page with…a cow!

April 14, 2022

Hello everybody and welcome. Today it is my turn to make a blog and, boy did I have fun making this. The project I am doing today is a page in a Planner Essentials Sidekick planner that is near to my heart. Last year I went on a special trip with my mum to Austria and in this memory planner I am documenting this trip. The running theme throughout this fun book will be de critters from Joset. And today the cute cow will do the honours.

I started of by colouring a piece of the soft finish card stock with Distress oxide black sooth. I used that to die cut out some of the elements of the cow and the photo frame
all the other elements were cut out of the plain white paper and I collared these using a finger dauber and Distress ink in Tea dye and Tattered rose.
a quick tip: if you have tiny little pieces, stick them to the sticky part of a post it note. You won’t lose them and they are easy to color that way.
After cutting out the photo frame I splattered som water droplets to create spots on the black.
the branch and flowers from the Cherry Blossom branch were also cut out of the soft finish card stock and collared with the same colours as the cow.
Thank it is time to assemble the page. I started with edging the page and the text banner with Distress tea dye. This will tie everything inn together. Using my liquid glue I build up the page.
And here is the final result. I love how this cute cow keeps the real cow company!

if you want to see how this is made, please visit:

Elizabeth Craft Designs products:

Other brands:

Distress oxide Black Soot
Distress ink tea dye
Distress ink tattered rose

Planner Essentials Uncategorized

Time to travel: the Rope Border page

March 17, 2022

Hello my fellow crafters, and welcome, My name is Devid and I am happy to make another blog for you. this time I am using the new Planner Essentials 49 – Rope Border to make week 9 in my planner. I am making an adjustment to the rope, making it even more realistic. I will explain step by step below.

for this project I am using Reminiscence the book 4. this book is absolutely stunning. And it has some cute pockets, tags and ephemera that you can cut out and use as I am doing here. After the base page is cut I distress the edges with Frayed Burlap.
Using some plain mixed media paper I cut out another page and cut around the rope. Using two solos of brown I swiped over this rope to give this a darker colour. when the ink was dry I used an embossing ink dauber and added that to some of the rope. than this was covered with two different colours of Distress embossing Glaze. The reason I am using those is that they are transparent, creating a nice wet look.next I glued this piece on to the base page.
With the use of the Elizabeth Craft Design Double Sided Adhesive tape I attached the pocket that came from the book to my page. I used the new hole re-enforcer on top of the tag and I cut it out several times to use on the page as well.
To finish of the page I glued some of the little tickets I cut from the book and the week number at the the top of the page. The new release also comes with a very nice and versatile stamp set. i am using two of the stamps to finish the tag and the pocket.
And here is the finished page! I love this new collection of dies and stamps, and also the paper is absolutely stunning.

If you want to see how I made this please visit:

products used in this project:

Elizabeth Craft Designs:
– Planner Essentials 49 Rope Border 1938
– Planner Essentials CS263 Time to Travel
– Reminiscence the book 4 PB04

other brands:
– Distress ink Frayed Burlap, brushed corduroy and gathered twigs
– Distress glaze rusty hinge and salvaged patina
– Distress embossing ink dauber
– versatile black onyx

Planner Essentials

Making week 5: Planner Essentials 41 with a twist

February 17, 2022

Hello my fellow crafters and welcome. My name is Devid and I am so happy to be back on the Elizabeth Craft Design blog. One of the things I love about the dies from the Planner Essentials collection is the versatility of them. I was thinking about what to do for week 5 and then it hit me. I decided to use the Planner Essentials 41 Rounded Corners Page but to use it in a different way: Make pockets out of it. And I am happy to see it worked out perfectly.

step 1: Die cut all the elements you need. Since I used thin paper for the base page I used the thicker paper from Reminiscence the book 3 to create the mat layer
Using the die with the 2 windows I cut out 2 pieces. one from the thiner paper I used as a base page, one from the thicker card. I want to make the pockets out of this die so I needed this to be more firm.
Step 3: Using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Adhesive tape (I used 6 mm but you can use wider) on the back of the Matt layer and attach to the base page
Step 4: Assemble the pockets. Using the 3 mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive I attached the vellum to the back of the window frame. Next I used glue to attach the more firm layer to that. I used glue as this makes it a bit easier to align it straight. Next I attached a bit of string through the holes and using the same 3 mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive tape I attached it on to the mat layer.
step 4: Assemble the insert cards. Using some glue and some labels I made using the Retro Labels Stam set, I put together the tags to go in to the pockets. I finished these of with a piece of string and a mini staple.

I realy hope you like this one as much as I did! All products I used are listed below. Thank you for reading along and I hope to see you soon again!

Elizabeth Craft Design supplies:

other used supplies:

  • Ranger Distress Ink Frayed Burlap
  • Idea-ology – Tim Holtz- Tiny Attacher
  • Idea-ology – Tim Holtz – 12 x 12 Vellum Paper Stash – Wallflower
  • Versafine ink black onyx

Planner Essentials

Retro bus mini booklet – too much fun!

January 18, 2022

Hi fellow crafters, 

My name is Devid, and I am honored to be a new Band Ambassador for the Planner Essentials collection. It is a great collection, and I am completely hooked. This is my first ever blogpost here for Elizabeth Craft Designs and I am super excited!

In this blog I am working with the fantastic new Retro Bus Special, in this case I am making a mini book. 

Step 1: Die cut all the pieces you need out of the cardstock. 

Step 2: I used cardstock with a colored core. Using a sanding block, I distressed the paper exposing the lighter core. 

Step 3: Using Distress ink Frayed Burlap to lightly color the edges of the main parts. This not only gives it a vintage look but also helps to create depth. Always remember: light brings forward, dark creates depth. 

Step 4: Distress the metallic parts with a sanding block and give it a rusty look using a rose gold gilding wax.

Step 5: assemble the cover page in this order: base page, base layer, cover layer, insert windows if you made these, add tires and finish with bumper, head lights, mirrors and other embellishments.

I hope you give this fantastic set a go and enjoy it as much as I did. Thank you for reading my process and see you for the next one! All products I used are listed below.

Elizabeth Craft Designs supplies used:

ECD Retro Bus Special kit
ECD Clear Double sided adhesive

Other products used:


Core-dinations cardstock
IDEA-OLOGY TIM HOLTZ PAPER STASH 8″ X 8″ – METALLIC 
Ranger Distress Ink Frayed Burlap
COOSA CRAFTS GILDING WAX – BRONZE
Florence Cardstock Kraft 200 gr.
Florence colored cardstock 216 gr.

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