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Summery Pages in my Nature Planner
September 2, 2021
Due to circumstances I have not worked much in my Sidekick planner lately.
But he is so cute that little one! And…..there are beautiful new Sidekick planners available in very nice colors and prints!
So, hop on with it!
On the left I used the new stamp set, actually this one is from the Planner Essentials collection. I cut off day 6 and 7 and made it a planner for the weekdays only. On the right I have room for the weekend days.
I still have to fill in the page. For this planner I don’t use photos, it’s purely an overview of the things I do.
I stamped on regular printer paper and edited it a bit with Distress ink so it blends in a bit more with the background.
That cute girl is from one of Esther’s new stamp sets, so sweet. I just stamped on kraft paper and cut it out. The bee is also from that set.
On the right I made a pocket and put a card in it. I can write the weekend things on it or stick a very small photo.
Again such a sweet girl, from another new set of Esther.
The pages further dressed up with what, yes, what do you call that?
It is a new die from a set for the Planner Essentials. I tore off pieces there and incorporated them both on the left and right of the page.
The page on the right is embossed paper, I created that with a 3D embossing die from Ellison/sizzix.
Supplies used:
CS 231
CS 234
CS 235
Planner essentials 40
Phone booth special kit
Sidekick essentials 4, 8 and 9
Reinforcers
Art mini stencil
Paper Worn Wood
I’m very happy with this page and hopefully you’re a bit inspired
With love,
Marjolijn.
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Hi Everyone, Lisanne here sharing a new project with you today. It might be a little early but for today’s project I created an Autumn/ Halloween page for in my Sidekick planner. This page was so much fun to create. I used a combianation of dies from Elizabeth Craft Designsc under which the cute frog die from Joset’s collection. Let me show you how I created my page.
I sed the Sidekick Essentials 1 for the front page. This is a page with a little tab. On top of this page I adhered the Scallop page (Sidekick Essentials 12). The scallop page is made of the Worn Wood paper. I colored the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink. This makes everything a little bit darker and spookier. Also the wood looks darker.
The next step is making the frog from the Storybook Collection. It is not a normal frog but a Halloween frog. I made the whole frog only his front legs are separate. I adhere this later. I also made the Pumpkin. The mouth from the frog is a dies from the Pumpkin. So you can also make a face in the Pumpkin.
But when you add the mushrooms you see a big differents. So that is how I fill some empty space. At the top of this page I adhere the word ‘Autumn’ with the Planner Essentials 23. These are beautiful small letters. At least I adhere some reinforcements.
My front page for this Autumn/ Halloween is made and ready to go! I’ll hope that you got inspired.
Thank you so much for visiting! See you soon!
Kind regards Lisanne
Elizabeth Craft Design supplies:
Other used supplies:
- Distress Ink: Wilted Violet, Black Soot, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Ground Espresso, Wild Honey, Carved Pumpkin, Brushed Corduroy, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen
- Graphic 45 Midnight Tales Patterns & Solids
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Set of mixed media cards
August 4, 2021
Hello everyone, it´s Sanna Lippert here again with another guest design team card project share. Today I´m stopping by to share a set of mixed media cards with plenty of white space on them – and colour. I love adding stenciling, droplets and a fun mixed media twist to cards and I´d tought I´d share one of those ideas today with you. Hope you like it!
And here is how created the cards:
Step 1: Take a small gelli plate and apply three colours of alcohol ink onto it. Then take a plain brayer and roll the colour onto the gelli plate to create a faded three-tone-look. After that take a mark making tool of some kind – I used a dotted and a striped brayer – and press it/roll it over the inked layer to create a pattern. Let dry a bit.
Step 2: Next apply a thin layer of white paint over the inked pattern and then place the pattern color down onto the paper and press down to paper with your hands. Then remove the gelli plate and you have a nice pattern to use for your cards. Repeat several times with various colours and mark making tools (you can use stamps, combs, printing tools or even items from your kitchen). Whatever you find suits your project. Next die cut the created patterns into circles using the Fitted Circles die cut die and your die cutting machine.
Step 3: Next grab the Make Your Mark stencil and create patterns to white card backgrounds using the stencil with Distress Oxide tones and an ink blending tool/brush. On some I used just one colour and pattern and on other backgrounds I added two ink tones and the same pattern vertically and horizontally. You can do whatever you find attractive for your project.
Step 4: Now apply a Clear Double Sided Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Soft Finish Cardstock and die cut the leaves for each card using the Sidekick Essentials 7 die set. After that stamp sentiments using embossing ink and the Build Your Own Sentiments 1 stamp set onto black cardstock. Then add white embossing powder onto the stamped areas, dabb the residue off and heat set with a heat tool. Now adhere the leaves onto the card base. I arranged them around the circle piece to create a cluster, because I like it that way. It leaves plenty of white space to the card still.
Then adhere the circle using 3D foam adhesive pads. This creates a bit more texture and interest to the card. After that grab some water colours (I used black on my cards) and add droplets with the water colour to the cards. Let the droplets dry properly and then finish the card off by adding the embossed sentiment on top of the circle piece and if you want, add a few buttons for additional decor. I adhered the buttons with Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape to the card. For additional decor you can also add some Craft Drops to the cards in various colours in the very end. Make sure you let the drops dry properly, before mailing your cards, otherwise they might smear.
Here are the finished cards:
When creating cards like this, I like to use the same basic idea, but do slight variations. That way every card is still unique, but since I already have all the tools out, I get more cards done at once. You never know when you need one!
I hope you enjoyed this idea and give it a try yourself. You can also replace the alcohol inks with paint, if you don´t happen to own any. Also if you don´t own a gelli plate (or you are not that much of a mixed media person), replace this step by just die cutting a fun patterned paper for the circle piece.
See you again next month with another card tutorial. Wishing you all a fabulous August!!
xxx, Sanna
Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs:
Other:
Sizzix Big Shot A4
Distess Oxide Inks by Ranger Inc.
Ink Blending tool by Ranger Inc.
Nuvo Embossing Ink by Tonic Studios
Paint Brush
Gelli Plate by Gelli Arts
Brayers (plain and patterned)
Alcohol Inks by Ranger Inc.
White acrylic paint
Heat tool by Ranger Inc.
White Embossing powder by Ranger Inc.
3D foam pads
Scissors and buttons
Acrylic block for stamping
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Creating Cascading Photo Flaps in your Planner
August 1, 2021
Hello again everyone, Annette Green here today with some planner pages featuring some of the brand new dies and stamps from Elizabeth Craft Designs. I’ve created a “Craft With Me” video at the end of this post showing how I designed my pages and an idea for making room for more photos. My theme for this spread was all about a sculpture exhibit here in Greenville, SC.
I hope you take a moment to watch the video below to see more details on the cascading photo flaps. All products used are listed below:
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Karen here today. I love that we are starting to be able to travel again. My guy and I made a whirlwind trip to Cabo in Mexico, and it was glorious! I created a full-size planner page for my “Places I’ve Been” journal, and I created a similar Sidekick sized page for my journal about adventures my guy and I are having. So fun!
I used an older Reminiscence pack for the paper and started my regular sized Planner page by cutting a Planner Essentials 4 page base. On the “front”, I added some bubbles from the Water Creatures Stamps using some light silver embossing. I love the additional texture. Then, I also cut the Planner Essentials 24 frame. Els did a GREAT video about using this particular page that you can find – here. I added the sentiments from the Family Stamps and some lettering from the Planner Essentials 23 set to both the front and the back. (This fabulous set has three sizes of letters!) On the back of my page, I used the Fitted Circles to cut out the pictures of the gas station and the circle behind my picture. The sand dollar stamp is also from the Water Creatures Stamps and is stamped in Distress Oxide and fussy cut. Last, but never least, I added some reinforcements that came from a combination of the Reinforcement Variety Packs 1 and 2. As usual, I backed the paper with 101mm Double Sided Adhesive to make the letters and reinforcements stickers!
For the Sidekick sized pages, I started with a Sidekick Essentials 6 base. I cut a half Fitted Circle for the top (that I ran through a second time with the base from Sidekick Essentials 6 to get the top shape right!) and added some leaves from the Leaves and Branches dies. The rest of the products I mentioned are also listed above.
Craftily yours, Karen
Supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs
Other Supplies
Cardstock, inks, gold paper
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Love Tag
July 11, 2021
Hey Crafters! Katelyn here, sharing with you my Love Tag.
To create my Love Tag, I’ve used a variety of the dies as well as stamps from the Sidekick Essentials Collection and dies from the Planner Essentials Collection. You’ll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my tag at home.
Step One. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Planner Essentials 30 – Wave Pocket die, you’ll need the medium tag. Die cut the tag out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the tag using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Two. Choose another piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. Die cut the stitched label from the Planner Essentials – Planner Labels out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the label using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Three. From the Planner Essentials 32 – View Master Die, you’ll need the plain and travel tag. Die cut the travel tag out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book and die cut the plain tag out of it. Ink the edges of both tags using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Four. Choose two pieces of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials 5 die, you’ll need the tab and the & symbol. Die cut the tab out of one of the patterned papers and die cut the & symbol out of the other patterned paper. Ink the edges of both pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Five. Choose another piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Planner Essentials 29 – Directions die, choose one of the arrows. Die cut the arrow out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the arrow using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Six. Pick one more piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Planner Essentials – Planner Filmstrip, you’ll need the plain polaroid frame. Die cut the frame out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the frame using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Seven. Next, you’ll need the Sidekick Essentials – Paper Love Stamp Set. Apply Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to the floral square and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Apply Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to the Love word and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Fussy cut the square out. Cut the Love word into a strip. Ink the edges of both pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Eight. Next, you’ll need the Sidekick Essentials – In My Garden Stamp Set. Apply Broken China Distress Ink to the bee hexagon and stamp onto a piece of Kraft Cardstock. Fussy cut the hexagon out. Ink the edges of the hexagon using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Nine. From the Reminiscence the Book, you’ll need the label patterned paper. Fussy cut one of the labels out. Ink the edges of the label using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Ten. Staple the polaroid frame together. Adhere the floral square 3/4″ from the left 1/2″ from the top of the polaroid frame. Foam square the polaroid frame to the right hand side of the tag as desired.
Step Eleven. Adhere the tab to the bottom left side of the polaroid frame as desired. Foam square the fussy cut label 1 1/8″ from the left and 3/4″ from the top of the tag.
Step Twelve. Adhere the plain tag 3/4″ from the top of the tag and 1/8″ from the right of the polaroid frame. Adhere the travel tag 1 5/8″ from the left and 1 1/8″ from the top of the tag.
Step Thirteen. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the stitched label 3/8″ from the left and 1/8″ from the bottom of the tag. Adhere the & symbol to the right hand side of the stitched label as desired.
Step Fourteen. Use foam squares to adhere the bee hexagon 1/4″ from the right and 5/8″ from the bottom of the tag. Adhere the arrow to the left of the & symbol as desired. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the Love word strip 1 1/4″ from the left and 1/2″ from the bottom of the tag.
Step Fifteen. To finish the tag, tie a piece of twine through the top of the tag in a bow.
Thanks for joining me today! I hope that I’ve inspired you to create your own version of my Love Tag at home.
Katelyn
Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:
Other Supplies Used:
- Distress Ink: Broken China, Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain
- Blending Tool with Foam
- Misc: Kraft Cardstock, Twine and Mini Stapler
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Hello, it’s Annette Green here today with two spreads in my Nature Planner and a video walk-through of my process. Springtime in Greenville, SC is especially beautiful and since we are still new to the area, I’ve been in awe of this natural beauty and taking lots of photos.
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Happy Gardening Card
June 25, 2021
Hey Crafters! Katelyn here, sharing with you my Happy Gardening Card.
To create my Happy Gardening Card, I’ve used a variety of the dies from the Planner Essentials Collection and Joset Designs as well as dies and stamps from the Sidekick Essentials Collection. You’ll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my card at home.
Step One. Choose two pieces of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the first patterned paper, die cut a 3 1/2″ Stitched Rounded Rectangle. From the second piece of patterned paper, die cut a 3″ Stitched Rounded Rectangle. Distress the edges of both rectangles. Ink the edges of both rectangles using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Two. Die cut a 3 1/4″ Fitted Rounded Rectangle out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Distress the edges of the rectangle. Ink the edges of the rectangle using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Three. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. Die cut the plain label from the Sidekick Essentials 16 – Seed Packet Set. Ink the edges of both pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Four. Choose a piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. Die cut the tattered note page from the Sidekick Essentials 16 – Seed Packet Set. Trim the note page down to 1 1/8″. Ink the edges of the piece using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Five. From the Planner Essentials 22 – Planner Pocket 3 – Top Loading die, die cut the arrow strip out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the arrow using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Six. You’ll need to choose a green piece of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Sidekick Essentials – 7 die, you’ll need the large plant and two of the single leaves. Die cut the large plant once out of the patterned paper. Die cut the two single leaves twice out of the same green patterned paper.
Step Seven. You’ll need the Happy Gardening Label from the Sidekick Essentials – Home & Nature Stamp Set. Apply Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the label and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Fussy cut around the label. Ink the edges of the label using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Eight. Adhere the 3 1/4″ rectangle to the 3 1/2″ rectangle. Foam square the 3″ rectangle to the 3 1/4″ rectangle.
Step Nine. Adhere the torn edge note piece 1/4″ from the right as the 3″ rectangle.
Step Ten. Staple the label pieces together as desired. Staple the arrow strip 1/4″ from the right of the label. Adhere the label 1/2″ from the right and 5/8″ from the bottom of the 3″ rectangle.
Step Eleven. Adhere the large plant as desired on the right hand side of the 3″ rectangle. Adhere the single leaves as desired around the large plant.
Step Twelve. Foam square the Happy Gardening label 1/8″ from the left and 1/4″ from the bottom of the 3″ rectangle.
Step Thirteen. To finish the card, cut a cardbase out of White Soft Finish Cardstock that measures 4 3/4″ x 7″, score at 3 1/2″.
Thanks for joining me today! I hope that I’ve inspired you to create your own version of my Happy Gardening Card at home.
Katelyn
Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:
Other Supplies Used:
- Distress Ink: Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain
- Blending Tool with Foam
- Misc: Kraft Cardstock
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Carpe Diem Planner Page
June 19, 2021
Hey Crafters! Katelyn here, sharing with you my Carpe Diem Planner Page.
To create my Carpe Diem Planner Page, I’ve used a variety of the dies as well as stamps from the Planner Essentials Collection and dies from the Sidekick Essentials Collection. You’ll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my planner page at home.
Step One. You’ll need the page die from the Sidekick Essentials 17 – Window Folder Set. Die cut the page out of a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Spritz the bottom right corner of the page with water. Spritz Dylusions Ink Spray in Blue Lagoon, Island Parrot and Fiery Sunset as desired. Dab off the excess ink spray and allow to dry.
Step Two. From the Planner Essentials – Pure Spring Stamp Set, you’ll need the chicken wire stamp. Apply Detail Black Ink to the stamp and stamp randomly on the page. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed and stamp four more times.
Step Three. Ink the edges of the page using Black Soot Distress Ink and blending tool with foam.
Step Four. From the Planner Essentials – Pieces of Life 3 – Quotes Stamp Set, you’ll need the Carpe Diem words. Apply Detail Black Ink to the words and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Cut the two words into strips. Ink the edges of the word strips using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Five. Choose one of the reinforcements out of the Planner Essentials Reinforcement Variety Pack 2. Die cut the reinforcement out of a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the reinforcements using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Six. Choose two pieces of patterned paper out of the Reminiscence the Book. From the Planner Labels die, you need the arrow label and stitched label. Die cut the arrow label out of one of the patterned papers. Die cut the stitched label out of the other piece of patterned paper. Ink the edges of both labels using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Seven. Choose another piece of patterned paper from the Reminiscence the Book. You’ll need the 03 tag and the & symbol from the Sidekick Essentials 5 die. Die cut the 03 tag out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Die cut the & symbol out of the patterned paper piece. Ink the edges of the tag using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Eight. Choose one of the arrows from the Planner Essentials 29 – Directions die. Die cut the arrow out of a piece of patterned paper from the Reminiscence the Book. Ink the edges of the arrows using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Nine. Next you’ll need the notched label from the Planner Essentials 26 – Planner Pocket 4 – Tags & Toppers. Die cut the label out of a piece of patterned paper from the Reminiscence the Book. Ink the edges of the label using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Ten. From the Sidekick Essentials 14 – Bonjour Fold Out, you’ll need the large tattered rectangle. Die cut the rectangle out of a piece of patterned paper from the Reminiscence the Book. You’ll need both pieces. Ink the edges of both pieces using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Eleven. Next, you’ll need the tag from the Sidekick Essentials 18 – Wave Pocket die. Die cut the tag out of a piece of patterned paper from the Reminiscence the Book. Ink the edges of the tag using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.
Step Twelve. Adhere the reinforcements overtop of the holes on the page.
Step Thirteen. Staple the inside of the tattered rectangle 1/4″ from the right and 1 3/8″ from the bottom of the page. Adhere the arrow label 3/4″ from the left and 2 1/8″ from the top of the page. Use foam squares to adhere the tag 3/8″ from the right and 2 5/8″ from the top of the page.
Step Fourteen. Adhere the stitched label 5/8″ from the right and 3 1/4″ from the top of the page. Adhere the tattered rectangle 1 1/4″ from the right and 3″ from the top. Use adhesive and foam square to adhere the notched label 1/4″ from the right and 1 1/2″ from the bottom of the page.
Step Fifteen. Adhere the & symbol to the right hand side of the notched label as desired. Adhere the arrow to the left of the & symbol as desired.
Step Sixteen. Adhere the 03 tag slightly overtop of the & symbol as desired. Adhere the Carpe Diem words as desired on the tag.
Thanks for joining me today! I hope that I’ve inspired you to create your own version of my Carpe Diem Planner Page at home.
Katelyn
Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:
Other Supplies Used:
- Distress Ink: Black Soot
- Blending Tool with Foam
- Dylusions Ink Spray: Blue Lagoon, Island Parrot and Fiery Sunset
- Pink Fresh: Detail Black Ink
- Misc: Kraft Cardstock
