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Starting my pet planner for 2023

January 13, 2023

Hi everyone, Katie here with my first blog post for 2023! I wanted to start the year off with my sidekick pet planner and pocket page set! So grab a coffee or your favorite beverage and lets get started!

Start with cutting your images from Josets cat die #1666 your favorite card stock, ink the edges with a slightly darker coordinating ink. I made three kitties for the example today 🙂 Yes these are the colors of my kitties Mocha, Grey (aka spooky) and the white cat is pumpkin.. We rescued her in October 2022 her name fits her personality cute as a pumpkin it just stuck, lol.

Next out of your choice of designer paper I cut a page from the Sidekick Essentials 4, the accessories are from sidekick – pocket fillers 1 & 2 .

Next cut pocket pages using your coordinating designer paper and sidekick-pocket fillers, I pop-dotted the kitty on top of my planner pocket.

Add your photo mat, heart clip and moments quote, I pop-dotted the kitty, basket and fish.

Last step add your reinforcement rings to both your planner page and pocket page.

I hope today brought you some inspiration, have a wonderful crafty day.

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Be Mine Mini Slimline Card

January 10, 2023

Hi everyone, it’s Tina here. Happy New Year! I wish you all a healthy and happy 2023. This is my first blog post for the new year. I can’t believe it. The next holiday to look forward to is Valentine’s Day. Below you will find a card using the Gnomes Dies, Dotted Background Die and the Love Sentiments Stamps from Joset Designs.

Step 1 – Trim White Soft Finish 110 lbs to 7″ x 6″, score at 3 1/2″ and fold in half for a horizontal top fold card. (Mini Slimline)

Step 2 – Trim White Soft Finish 110 lbs to 3 3/8″ x 5 7/8″. Apply Inks of your choice using colors Fuchsia, Lt. Red, Lt. Orange and Yellow. Set aside to dry.

Step 3 – Diecut Dotted Background using a scrap piece of cardstock to use as a stencil. Place it on top of the panel created in Step 2. Apply Texture Paste Translucent Gloss, remove the stencil. Quickly add some Soft Microfine Glitter Cool Diamond before the Paste dries. This will secure the Glitter. Let dry then adhere to the card front using 3mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape.

Step 4 – Diecut Gnomes using White Soft Finished Cardstock 110 lbs. Color in using any color medium of your choice. I used Copics. Be sure to only use the same colors for your background. Assemble using Kid’s Choice Glue.

Step 5 – Stamp Love Sentiments using Ink in a Fuchsia color. Place the Gnomes on the card front first before stamping to make sure the positioning will not hide the sentiment. Once the sentiment is stamped adhere the Gnomes using Kid’s Choice Glue.

Step 6 – Optional – For added interest apply some Shimmer to the glasses and flower center using a Shimmer Pen.

This card can be used for several occasions by simply changing the colors and sentiment. Below is a link to all the products used. Thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

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Happy New Year

January 1, 2023

Hello everyone and Happy New Year to you all.. Jackie here with my first blog post for 2023. Although this is a New Year celebration card this could easily be switched up for many other celebrations.

Step One:

Start by stamping out the background directly onto the card blank. Here I have used a white card blank measuring approximately 5.8″ x 5.8″ square. Use a selection of small stamps to create the fun background.

Step Two:

Die cut a scalloped edged frame using dies from the Pizza Box 1781 die set, lay the two dies together and secure in place with washi tape as shown in the photo. Die cut three times into black card, black fun foam and silver glitter card then glue all three together sandwiching the fun foam in the middle.

Step Three:

Cut a piece of vellum to fit the frame then fix to the reverse side with glue.

Step Four:

Fix the prepared vellum frame to the card front with more glue.

Step Five:

Die cut and build three gnomes using the Gnome 1922 die set, I have used plain and glitter card stocks here but use whatever you fancy. Use the present shaped die from the set to create the chalk board signs then hand write the sentiment with a white gel pen.

Step Six:

Fix all the gnomes to the card front using 3d foam pads.

Thank you for popping by today and I wish you all a very Happy crafty 2023!

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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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Merry Day After Christmas

December 26, 2022

Karen here hoping your Christmas Day was filled with love and good memories. There’s no better way to preserve those memories than in a scrapbook! Creating pages using the Planner Essentials line is easy and fun! Today’s pages are for Day 25 of my December Day-by-Day album! (I created these pages right before Christmas, so I’ll add pictures to them later…)

I used a Planner Essentials 55 (over a Planner Essentials 4) for the front of the page. How fun are these file folder pockets. I added a strip of paper to each of the tops of the pockets and dotted the bottom to make sure they stood out. I used the Library Pocket Filler Cards (one of them is cut down to fit the page) for the tags and added the small heart from the Gnomes set to keep the cards from slipping down. I’ll add pictures to the tags soon. And, of course, you can see that I added a sweet Gnome too! That fun ribbon is from a present someone wrapped for me. I didn’t yet open the present, but I had to steal the ribbon off of it.

On the back of the page is a space for more pictures along with a Stitched Circle and another Gnome. All of the paper I used on these pages is from the Christmas Lives Here set, except for this green snowflake paper. Of course, no page is complete without some fun reinforcements. (I’m addicted to them!)

Craftily yours, Karen

Supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs

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Green pattern and colored cardstock. Dark and light silver glitter pens. Half pearls. Ribbon.

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December Day-by-Day

December 12, 2022

Karen here. I have SO much fun every year creating a day-by-day scrapbook for December using the fabulous Planner Essentials Line! What a treasure these scrapbooks are to look at in future years! This year, I’m getting a bit of a late go because I was on a road trip, but it sure does make the first few days easy to find pictures! I used Annette’s sidekick planner class for inspiration as well as the prompts provided in the ECD Planner Group on Facebook.

How SWEET is the new Santa Claus from Joset?! I used the Christmas Lives Here paper for the page base diecut from Planner Essentials 4 and added a panel (from that collection as well). The 2022 is from the FuN Alphabet Tabs collection. The word “days” is cut using the Planner Essentials 23 set.

The day 1 prompt is “Let the Fun Begin” and I sure did. The picture is when we had just started off on our road trip! The paper is again from the Christmas Lives here collection (that comes in the December Sidekick Class along with the Sidekick Essentials 25). The number, tab, circles and mittens are in the Sidekick Essentials collection.

Day 2’s prompt is “My Favorite Color.” When asked, I usually say “green” – but in this case, I was at the Grand Canyon on December 2, so I am using “Nature” as my favorite color. The Grand Canyon had amazing hues of tan, green, red, brown and grays. Beautiful! No page is complete without some reinforcements, in my humble opinion. I linked up all three amazing sets below.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs

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Red and metallic cardstocks, Dymo Labels

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Mixed Media Christmas Card

November 15, 2022

Hello, my crafty friends. Marla here, sharing a mixed media Christmas card. Over the past few months, I have shared several cards using the Beautiful Blooms “Peace” stamp and die set. I can’t get enough of this beautiful cardinal. Don’t you love stamps that you can use over and over and never tire of them? This card is packed with a lot of layers, so let’s jump right in.

1. Stamp and die cut the cardinal from the ECD Beautiful Blooms “Peace” stamp set onto watercolor cardstock. 2. Color with Distress Watercolor pencils in “Candied Apple and Barn Door”.

3. Sprinkle “Evergreen Emerald and Mountain Meadow Green” Lindy’s Stamp Gang “Magical” powders onto watercolor cardstock. Spritz with water to move the powder and dry.

4. Splatter the panel with more water to add a water droplet pattern. Die cut four pieces of holly using the die from ECD “Winter Greens”.

5. Cut another piece of watercolor cardstock to 8.25 x 3.25 inches. Spritz the cardstock with water and add “Rudolph’s Nose Red” Lindy’s Stamp Gang “Magical” powder. Spritzed again with water and heat set.

6. Use a text stamp and black waterproof ink and stamp onto the background. Then add gold watercolor paint around the edges of the panel and splatter more gold paint onto the background.

7. Add texture with “Grit Paste” and a stencil from ECD “Happy Pattern”. Sprinkle “Candied Apple” Embossing Glaze over top of the “Grit Paste.” Once the paste has dried heat set the Embossing Glaze.

8. Adhere the panel to black cardstock cut an 1/8″ larger than the 8.25 x 3.25 mixed media background and add to a cardbase.

9. Arrange the holly and the cardinal in two corners. Die cut and color red berries using the ECD “Florals 12” die and add clear “Morning Dew” Nuvo drops for dimension and shine.

10. Build two small flowers with the ECD “Florals 14” die and glitter cardstock. Add a small black enamel dot to the center. Add the flowers to the holly.

11. Finish the card with a large die cut sentiment of your choice.

Thank you for joining me today. I have linked all of the ECD products I have used on my card today for easy shopping.

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Feel the Warmth

November 11, 2022

Karen here! I usually make at least 100 Christmas cards and send them out. I’m SO far behind and so glad that I have Joset’s new collection to help and inspire me. Today’s cards use the adorable new Mrs. Claus and the Sweater Season set.

How sweet is this sweater from the Sweater Season set with a bear on it?! The background papers are all from the Christmas Lives Here paper collection. (I added a Fitted Square a bit crooked just to frame the sweater a bit. I created the sweater from a green dotted G45 scrap along with sleeves that are 90 lb Soft Finish Cardstock with Copic G46. Of course the waist and collar are also Soft FInish Cardstock. The sentiment tag is from the new Nested Tag set and the sentiment itself is from Holiday Treats.

I absolutely love Mrs. Clause! It’s like putting together a paper doll from when I was younger. She is so super sweet. Her feet and dress are cut from the same G45 dotted paper I used in the sweater. The rest of the pieces are cut with 90 lb Soft Finish Cardstock. I used a Copic E00 on the skin, the Copic G46 for the collar and bottom of the apron, and the C1 for the hair. I cut her sweet little glasses with gold cardstock and added some lace and twine. Cutting the pieces on top with 101mm Double Sided Adhesive makes it so much easier to put together!

Thank you for stopping by!

Craftily yours, Karen

Supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs

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Kraft & green cardstock, Copic Markers, red jewels

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Merry little baker

October 18, 2022

Hey there. Jackie here today with my first Christmas themed blog post of the year! These brand-new baking themed die sets are so adorable and what’s more they are not just for Christmas!! I can see these being really useful all year round.

Step One:

Start with a 5.25×5.25″ top folding card blank, blend some ink in the centre using squeezed lemonade distress oxide and an ink blending tool. Then mark out a gridded pattern over the top using the tile die and a black thin line marker pen. Leave a few of the outer square’s half lined.

Step Two:

Colour in the tiles using a yellow pen. You don’t have to be too careful here, colouring quite rough will add texture.

Step Three:

Ink around the edges of the die cut table using brown ink and attach to the card front toward the right-hand side.

Step Four:

Die cut the cake and add a line of jam before adding the icing top. Create the tiny Christmas tree by die cutting the larger tree then fussy cutting the two corners off as shown in the photo. glue these together then add a tiny die cut cookie for the tree trunk.

Step Five:

Die cut and build the baker girl along with a bowl of red jam.

Step Six:

Fix all the die cuts in place, add a thin black line all around the card edge then finish off with a white heat embossed sentiment.

I hope you have enjoyed my first Christmas blog post, I really had fun with these baking/Christmas die sets. Happy Christmas crafting – Jackie x

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products

1991 – Mrs. Claus (Coming soon)

1993 – Kitchen (Coming soon)

1994 – Let’s bake (Coming soon)

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Tis the Season

October 15, 2022

Hello, Marla here with another Christmas card featuring ECD Beautiful Blooms “Noel” stamps and dies. I love the greenery in this stamp set and chose the large mistletoe as the focal point for this card. Instead of the traditional hanging mistletoe, I took a different approach and used it in my potted plant. Let’s get started.

I began by stamping and coloring my mistletoe and pine branches using Copic markers. Next I added “Diamond” stickles to the pine branches and Nuvo “Morning Dew” clear drops to the berries on the mistletoe and then set it aside to dry.

Next, on a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of white cardstock I used the “Merry Christmas” sentiment and red ink to repeat stamp the sentiment. I added foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered it to an A2 red card base. Then I cut a 2″ x 4″ piece of red polka dot patterned paper and adhered it horizontally to the center of the layered card panel.

Moving on to the container I die cut the “Flower Pot/Bucket” from silver metallic cardstock and added “Black Soot” Distress Ink to give it a weathered look. I wrapped a thin ribbon around the center of the pot and added a bow and small tag. After inserting the mistletoe and pine branches, I added foam tape to the back and adhered it to my card panel.

To finish the card, I cut a piece of white cardstock using the “Leave the Doily” die. I cut it in half and adhered each half to the right and left sides of the potted plant. For more sparkle I added dots of red Stickles .

That completes my card for today. I have linked the products below for quick and easy shopping. Until next time…… Marla

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