Summer Hills-Painter

Donuts and More Donuts

March 17, 2023

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. I love playing with the donut die in the Food Truck Accessories die set.

Preparation:

Cut a piece of kraft cardstock using the second largest rectangle from the Stitched Rectangles die. Cut another piece of green cardstock using the stitched die from the Book Box die, Cut a piece of white alcohol coloring cardstock measuring 4 1/4″ ” x 5 1/2″. From the Food Truck Accessories, cut, color, and assemble 3 of the large. donuts. I like to put post-it tape to the underside of the die cut to hold it in place while I color the objects.

Instructions:
Using the donut from the stamp set, randomly stamp the donut on the piece of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ piece of white alcohol safe cardstock. I did cut the words of the donut so that I has some plain donuts and some that said “DONUT WORRY” on them.

Color the donuts using alcohol markers. I have used a Micron pen for my sprinkles

Stamp the sentiment from the stamp set to the back side of the die cut banner. I like to use the negative to create a template that I can place the banner in and stamp perfectly every time. This time save comes in handy when making multiple sentiment banners. Also, because the stamps are flexible, you can manipulate how the stamp adheres to your stamping platform to follow the curves of the banner.

Once the coloring is completed, die cut the piece using the second largest fitted rectangle die from the Fitted Rectangle die set. Then using the three circles from the Sidekick Essentials 23 die set, the circles out of the rectangle just created.

Adhere the thin frame created when the rectangle was cut to the card base which is a standard A2 card base.

Adhere kraft cardstock layer and then the rectangle with the circle cut outs to the card. I have also added foam tape to the back of the donuts

Adhere the donuts into the circles on the card. The top donut had a Glaze pen used to give it a shiny look. The middle donut has Clear Silk Microfine Glitter sprinkled over translucent gel medium for a frosting look.

Fold the banner by following the score lines and adhere to the front of the card. I inked the edges with the same Toffee Crunch ink. I also added a little bit of foam tape to the banner for additional dimension

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We All Scream Cone-Gratulations

February 27, 2023

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. I have had this idea in my head ever since I first saw this Food Truck die being released. I was always a fan of ice cream cones.

Preparation:

Cut a piece of green cardstock using the second largest rectangle from the Stitched Rectangles die. Cut another piece of green cardstock using the stitched die from the Book Box die. Cut a piece of white cardstock using the smaller rectangle from the book box die. Cut a piece of white cardstock measuring 4 1/4″ ” x 5 1/2″. From the Food Truck Accessories, cut and color 2 ice cream scoops and 1 ice cream cone. I light to put post-it tape to the underside of the die cut to hold it in place while I color the objects.

Instructions:
Using the ice cream cone stamp from the stamp set, randomly stamp the ice cream cone on the piece of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ piece of white cardstock. My white cardstock is alcohol marker safe paper.

Color the ice cream cones using the same color combinations used for the die cut ice cream cone. Once the coloring is completed, die cut the piece using the second largest fitted rectangle die from the Fitted Rectangle die set

Stamp the sentiment from the stamp set to the die cut banner. I like to use the negative to create a template that I can place the banner in and stamp perfectly every time. This time save comes in handy when making multiple sentiment banners. Also, because the stamps are flexible, you can manipulate how the stamp adheres to your stamping platform to follow the curves of the banner.

Adhere the two smaller rectangles together and then adhere the ice cream cone to the layers.

Adhere the res of the layers together and then attach to the card base which is a standard A2 card base.

Fold the banner by following the score lines and adhere to the front of the card. I added a little bit of foam tape to the banner for additional dimension

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies used:

2013 – Food Truck Accessories

1121 – Fitted Rectangles

1120 – Stitched Rectangles

1959 – Book Box

CS296 – Good Food Good Mood Stamp Set

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Easy Masculine Valentine’s Day Card

February 13, 2023

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. I wanted to share an easy Valentines day card for those who may need an quick masculine card.

adhere a piece of cardstock to Double Sided Adhesive (DSA)

Remove the backing sheet from the cardstock and adhere a piece of foil to the cardstock

Using an alcohol marker such as Copic or Sharpie, add in to the foil side of the cardstock. Line up two hearts from the Fitted Hearts die and die cut into the foil. Also, using the rivets from Planner Essentials 48 and cut the rivets from the inked foil

Adhere the rivets to the heart frame created in the previous step

Using rubbing alcohol or blending solution, add to a blending foam and dab onto the heart. Continue until the desired effect is a achieved

Using rectangles from the Fitted Rectangles cut a piece of patterned cardstock from the Fabrick paper collection. Using the Stitched Rectangles, cut a piece of coordinating cardstock. Using the smaller heart that we used in the creating foil heart, cut a heart from coordinating cardstock.

Using the Love Sentiments stamp set, stamp Happy Valentines Day to the heart. Optionally, you can ink the edges if the heart

Adhere the foil heart frame to the pattered cardstock. Insert the stamped heart into the center of the foil heart

Adhere the pattern cardstock to the rectangle cut from the Stitched Rectangle. Adhere the card front to the card base. For my card, I added some inking to the base to continue with a distressed look.

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Mini Valentines Banner

January 30, 2023

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. Today I wanted to share a cute mini Valentine’s Day Banner. Let me show you in the steps below how I created this.

Preparation:

Cut 3 of the largest Fitted Fishtail banners from Chocolate Cardstock. Cut 3 of the second largest banner from pink patterned cardstock. Cut 3 hearts using the Scallop Hearts die set from cream cardstock. Additionally, cut 3 hearts from the Fitted Hearts die set out of pink cardstock. From Planner Essentials 20 – Half Heart die set, cut “LOVE” three times from chocolate cardstock. Cut the “O” from the love die 3 addition times in chocolate and 6 times from red cardstock. From the Planner Essentials Retro Alphabet Tri, cut the “Y” and “U” 3 times from chocolate cardstock. Cut and assemble an elephant from the Elephant die set. Using the Beaver and Squirrel die sets to create a skunk. A tutorial can be found on this blog post Stinking Cute Skunk. Also use the heart lightbulb from Planner Essentials 20 and cut a heart from red cardstock

Instructions:
Adhere the pink banner to the chocolate banner

Using a hole punch, punch two holes in each banner. I used the We R planner punch because it is easy to set the width of the hole for the banner and then you can flip the banner over and punch and have the same distance on the other side.

Adhere the cream hearts and pink hearts to the banner pieces.

Adhere the Elephant die cut to one of the banners. I have also added hearts from the same Elephant die set.

Adhere the skunk to another banner piece. Adhere the red heart into the skunks hands

Adhere three sets of each letter together. Arrange the letters on the banner piece and adhere

String the three banner pieces together with coordinating ribbon and the project is complete

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Sweeter than Honey

January 16, 2023

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. I love this bear and wanted to make a card that can be for Valentines day or anytime.

Preparation:

Cut and score an A2 card base from white cardstock. Using the second largest rectangle from the Stitched Rectangles die set, cut a panel from yellow cardstock. Using the second largest rectangle from the Fitted Rectangles, cut a panel from soft finish cardstock. Cut a “U” and “R” three times using the Planner Essentials 37 die set from yellow cardstock. Cut and assemble bees, bear, and honey pot from the Honey Bear die set. Cut a honeycomb from a scrap piece of cardstock, I used 1178-Honeycombwhich is an older die set. Other honeycomb options would be Side Kick Essentials 13 or the 1945-Honeycomb die set.

Instructions:
Using the honeycomb as a stencil, ink yellow ink onto the soft finish cardstock panel.

Adhere the soft finish cardstock panel to a the yellow Stitched Rectangle panel.

Adhere the three “U”s and three “R”s together and attach the card front. Also adhere the Honey Bear to the card front.

Using black ink, stamp the sentiment from the Bear Hugs stamp set.

Adhere the card front to the card base. Also add some of the bees to the front of the card. That completes the card.

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Fireplace Valentine

December 30, 2022

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. Valentines day is quickly approaching so I thought that it is the perfect time to get started on my cards.

For this project, you will needs watercolor cardstock, a piece of dark grey cardstock, pieces of cardstock in classic Valentines Colors, a piece of yellow cardstock, a piece of light brown cardstock, a piece of white cardstock measuring 4″ x 5 1/4″, an A2 card base in white ,and a piece of pink cardstock measuring 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″. This project is a great way to use up some scraps.

Instructions:
Spray a piece of watercolor cardstock with ink sprays. I have also added some sprays that have some shimmer to them

Using the brickwork dies in the Cozy Fireplace die set, cut pieces from the watercolor cardstock. Also, using the base pieces, cut the top and bottom of the die and trim off, as well as cut the thin piece from the chimney base

Die cut the fireplace base pieces from dark grey cardstock and adhere the piece from the watercolor cardstock. Cut the flames from yellow cardstock and the logs from the light brown cardstock. I have inked the edges of the flame with Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink and the logs with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. On the logs, I did mask off the circle ends before coloring with ink.

Using the Valentines colors of cardstock, cut hearts from the Elephant die set and hearts from the Planner Essentials 20 die set. Using then Photo Film Slides, cut a piece of light pink cardstock. Using the center piece, stamp the sentiment from the Cute Winter Sentiments stamp set. Here I have also inked the edges with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.

Using the white cardstock piece measuring 4″x 5 1/4″, in the center with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink then just outside of that ink, blend some Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink

Adhere the fireplace to the blended card front

Adhere the die cut heart and sentiment to the fireplace

Adhere the fireplace piece to the pink cardstock, and then the panel to the card base and the card is complete

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Quick Custom Giftbag

December 16, 2022

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. As the holidays are quickly approaching, many people are exchanging gifts. Here is an easy way to jazz up a boring giftbag into something special for the recipient

Preparation:

Cut and assemble decorations for your gift bag. Here I have chosen the Holiday Stocking and the tree from the Sweater season die set. I have also cut a rectangle from the Stitched Indented Rectangle Die set and a HoHoHo from Sidekick Essentials 24 die set.

Adhere the rectangle from the Stitched Indented Rectangle Die set to a gift bag

Adhere the Stocking from the Holiday Stocking die set. I have also jazzed up the tree from the Sweater Season die set with the coordinating gems.

Adhere the HoHoHo from the Sidekick Essentials 24 die set and the bag is complete. You could definiately add more items such as flowers created using the Florals 12 die set.

Do not forget that you can add a coordinating ornament/gift card holder from using that same Holiday Stocking die set. Add a coffee cup and some tissue paper and you have the perfect holiday gift.

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No Sew Felt Ornament

November 30, 2022

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. When I first saw the Holiday Stocking, I knew that it would make a cute ornament. Not only that, but it would make a great way to give a gift card. I do not always want to pull out my sewing machine so I have opted for a no sew method.

Preparation:

Cut two stockings out of felt from the Holiday Stocking die set. Also cut the stocking cuff from white felt. For this stocking, I used glittered felt. The snowflake is from the Warm Winter Mug die set. I have cut the toe and the heel from green felt.

The felt glue is a bit on the thick side. Because I want to have the thinnest seam possible, I found it easier to apply the glue around the edge with a toothpick. The glue will dry clear

Lay the second stocking on top. I prefer to weight it down with a heavy book to dry. Once dry, attach the cuff, toe, heel, and snowflake.

I added a small hole in the back and tie a ribbon loop to make it into an ornament.

For a decorative option, you can add a blanket stitch to the stocking. I marked 1/4″ into the stocking and 1/4″ apart

Using thread or floss, create a blanket stitch around the edge of the stocking. It gives a fun, handmade feel

Here are a few of the stockings that I created with this technique. It is the perfect size to slip in a gift card or money.

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Gift Card Tag

November 16, 2022

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. I love giving gift cards to friend and family, however, they can be impersonal. I decided to use the new tag die set and the Birthday Flip Card die set to make a tag card with a gift card holder

Preparation:

Cut and decorate a mug from the Warm Winter Mug die set. Also gather a piece for card stock 8 1/2″ x 11″ and score at 5 1/2″.

Using the largest tag from the Nested Tags die set. Line the tag up with the edge of the cardstock fold and tape into place

Make sure that when taping the die into place, line up one edge of the die with outside of the fold so that the fold does not cut when run through the die cutting machine

Using the second largest tag die, cut a piece of patterned cardstock

Using the same second largest tag die, add the gift card holder die from the Birthday Flip Card die set. I have secured with some post it tape so that it does not shift when being cut. Use the tag to die cut a solid piece of cardstock

Trim the tag end of the two pieces just cut to make the even across

adhere the patterned cardstock to the front of the tag card. Also add reinforcers cut using the Nested Tags die set. Adhere the decorated Warm Winter Mug to the front of the card.

On the inside of the card, adhere the solid cardstock piece with the gift card cut out. Stamp a sentiment to the left inside panel from the Holiday Treats stamp set

As an alternative to a tag card, the same can be used to create a tag with the gift card holder as well. The front of the tag has a Holiday Stocking

On the back, I have adhered a piece for cut cardstock with the gift card holder cut in it. Stamp a sentiment from the Holiday Treats stamp set. For this tag, I stamped the sentiment on a die cut from the Book Box die set.

Here are a few of the tags that I created with these techniques

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Cup Of Cocoa

October 31, 2022

Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. I have had this idea in my head ever since I first saw the Warm Winter Mug was being released

Preparation:

Cut 3 Mugs. Decorate one mug, I used Double Sided adhesive and Silk Microfine Glitter. Cut 3 stripes of cardstock. 2 strips measuring 2” x 1 ½” and one strip measuring 1 ½” x 1 ½”, Score each strip at ½”, ¾”, and 1”. Also cut a banner to stamp the sentiment from the Holiday Treats stamp set.

Instructions:
Add double sided adhesive to the outer edges of the cardstock strips. Fold the strips making a mountain, then valley, and then mountain

Adhere one side of each to the strips to the back of one cumug. Place the strip measuring 1 ½” x 1 ½” at the base of the mug and the two measuring 2” x 1 ½” to each of the sides of the mug

Adhere the other side of the scored strips to the other die cut mug. I found it easiest to line up the two mugs and adhere the bottom strip first

Adhere the side strips to the second mug

Adhere the decorated mug to the front of the mug pouch that was just created

Stamp the sentiment to the die cut banner. I like to use the negative to create a template that I can place the banner in and stamp perfectly every time. This time save comes in handy when making multiple sentiment banners. Also, because the stamps are flexible, you can manipulate how the stamp adheres to your stamping platform to follow the curves of the banner.