Hi there! It’s Marsha here today, sharing a clean and simple Easter Eggs card!
Have you heard? The new coloured Soft Finish Cardstock has arrived and… it’s so, so beautiful!!!
I had to create something with it right away, otherwise I might hoard it and I’ll end up only petting it every once in a while.
There are so many things I love about this cardstock, but to name just one: it has one coloured side and one white side. This means you can do fun things with it, like using the coloured side to cast colourful shadows on a white card!
It’s Frances here with today’s project. With Easter being only a week away, I decided to create an Easter card using Joset Designs Easter Eggs die set and the Els van de Burgt Studio Stitched Rectangles. I couldn’t help but add some green to my card using the new Through the Lens Wood Series 6×6 cardstock.
Hi there! It’s Marsha here today with a fun Easter craft that you can easily do with kids!
Easter brunch is a tradition in my family and we tend to have the same festive foods on the table each year. I usually buy a bunch of spring-coloured paper napkins to put on the table, but this year I thought it would be fun to decorate cotton napkins with fabric paint.
It’s Frances Byrne here today. As Easter is only two weeks away, I decided to create an Easter card for my tutorial today. I have used some of Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Peel Off Stickers and another one of the grids from Susan’s Garden Patch range of dies.
Here is how I created my card:
1. Die cut the grid from the Garden Patch 7/8 inch & Mini Leaves die set using brown cardstock and also designer paper.
2. Trim out the grids on the left side of the grid as per photo above. Layer grid to a piece of blue cardstock which is 4 1/2″ square. Add the designer paper squares to the outer grids. Cut a piece of white cardstock 2-7/8″ square and adhere it into the large grid.
3. Create a top-folding card from green cardstock which is 5″ square and attach the layers created in step 2 to card.
4. From the Small Eggs Peel-Off stickers, place three eggs and two butterflies onto white cardstock that has Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive on top. Remove release sheet, cover peel-offs with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polish glitter with your finger. You can see a video Els created using this technique HERE. Color your images as desired.
5. Cut a piece of green cardstock 1″ x 3-1/2″ and another which is 2″ x 3-1/2″. Use the grass die from the Outdoor Edges set to die cut grass, keeping the die near the top of the card so you keep the full depth of the card. Ink edges using green ink. Trim grass so it is 2-7/8″ wide.
6. Assemble Easter Eggs and grass, adhering one of the eggs to the white cardstock first, then the 2″ deep grass over this. The last two Easter Eggs are attached to the card using foam tape and finally the 1″ deep grass again adhering with foam tape.
The inside of the card:
7. Cut a piece of white cardstock 3-7/8″ square and layer this to a piece of brown cardstock 4-1/16″ square. Layer this to a piece of blue cardstock 4-1/2″ square which is adhered to the inside of the card.
8. Roughly trim around the negative Easter Egg and butterfly image which remains after using the peel-off for your card. Peel off any excess black peel-off sticker that may be around your image until you just have the image as per photo above.
9. Cut a piece of Transfer Sheet large enough to fit over the Easter Egg and butterfly. Remove the protective backing and place the tacky side of the Transfer Sheet onto the negative shapes. Burnish with a bone folder or your fingers and carefully lift the Transfer Sheet checking to ensure that all of the pieces lift at once. You can see Els’ video using this technique HERE.
10. Now move the Transfer Sheet with negative shapes attached to it over to the card. When it is in the right spot, place it down onto the card and rub the front of the Transfer Sheet to release the pieces onto the card. Carefully lift the Transfer Sheet to check and make sure all of the negative image pieces are now on the card. (Don’t remove the Transfer sheet until all pieces are in place).
11. Using the Alphabet 1 – Caps die set, die cut “EASTER” from green cardstock that has Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive on the back of it. Adhere the letters so they are centered to the inside white card.
12. Die cut “Happy” from the Happy Birthday die from green cardstock that has Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive on the back of it. Adhere this above and to the left of the word “EASTER”.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.
This is Selma today wishing you a Happy Easter. I love to create home decor items with Susan’s Garden flower dies. Today, I have decorated a bunny and added beautiful, realistic-looking flowers to the baskets that you can keep for years to come.
1. Garden Notes Lily (pictured below):
Click here to see a video tutorial on creating the lilies. (The video will give you some insight into shaping flowers in general.)
The Garden Notes Lily was used to create the necklace around the bunny’s neck.
Use white cardstock to die cut the flowers and then use a pink marker for details on the petals.
The stamens were die cut using yellow cardstock and black pollen was added to the tips.
Use pastel green cardstock for the stems and leaves.
Susan’s Garden All Metal Tool Set and Mini Molding Pad were used for shaping petals, stamens, leaves and stems.
2. Daffodils (pictured below):
The daffodils are in the Garden Patch – 1 3/8-inch & Mini Daffodils die set.
Glue all the daffodils onto the top of the grass in the basket.
Before Susan designed daffodil dies, I never dreamed I could create little daffodils that look so realistic! These little flowers are so cute and are very easy to create.
When creating flowers, it is helpful to die cut a lot of them at one time to do an assembly line to shape and create them for this and future projects.
Below is pictured many different sized daisies and chrysanthemums die cut from white cardstock.
Shape the flowers and add a yellow center; I used bright yellow Stickles.
Glue a variety of daisies around the top edge of the basket holding the Easter Eggs.
I love Susan’s new line of mini flowers along with the larger flowers. They can be used on so many things. This cute bunny, with all the spring flowers, will now become a centerpiece on my dining room table. What can you think of that you could add some pretty flowers to for a home decor piece?
Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the December Pop it Ups Designer Challenge. Each month I challenge my Designer Challenge team to use Pop it Ups dies for a specific theme. This month the challenge was to give year-round inspiration. We split up the months among the team so we could make sure that you have at least one inspiring card for every month of the year.
The Designer Challenge Team includes members from the USA, Canada, U.K. and Australia, so I encouraged them to craft for their own country’s holidays and dates (U.K. Mother’s Day is in March, Canadian Thanksgiving is in October and Australian Father’s Day is in September) so our challenge would be internationally inspiring. They did an amazing job!
August didn’t have much by way of international holidays, so it was the perfect month for Birthday cards. (My twins’ birthday is in August) I wanted to create a new twist on an old classic – the Explosion Card. This video tutorial will show how to make explosion sides for a traditional pop-up card. I used the Happy Birthday die in the video, but this technique would also work with the other general pop-up dies; Lorna Label, Lots of Pops, Lucy Label, Garden Bench and the new general pop-up being released in a few weeks at CHA. (Does the anticipation have you on the edge of your seat?)
Here are a few photos of the video project. For a card like this, where the inside is so spectacular, I saw no reason to do too much decorating on the front – a few stripes to tie in with the inside colors and then let the magic be in the discovery of the explosion pop-up card. After all, this card will most likely be displayed open, not closed.
To attach the twine I simply punched small holes on each side of the explosion, threaded the ends of the twine through the holes and then tied the ends in a knot.
I hung two Props2 birthday hats from the twine using tiny safety pins. I chose safety pins so I could seat the pins onto the twine and they wouldn’t slide to the middle. To make sure the hats could hang vertically, I made a slotted hole in each hat to accommodate the bottom part of the safety pin.
Anything that is attached to the “bellows” (as my husband John calls them) will also pop-up, so you can see in the photo below where I added a couple more Props2 Birthday hats attached randomly to the explosion side pieces.
Thin Paper – Bazzill Miss Teagen Sue collection (older retired – use any other lightweight patterned paper)
Ribbon & Twine – Creative Impressions
Tiny Safety Pins – Advantus
Magnets – Basic Grey
Brayer, Fineline 20 gauge bottle, Lineco glue
Let’s get inspiration for a year’s worth of cards, courtesy of the 2014 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Team and Guest Designer Sandy Diller.
JANUARY
Fran Sabad starts off the year with a shiny golden New Year’s Card. She used the Katie Label Accordion and turned it into landscape orientation by following the instructions in my video tutorial. So elegant!
Frances Byrne is our resident wonder from down under! She always makes the most amazing cards, and this Australia Day card is no exception. She combined the Spiral Circle Pull Card with the All Seasons Tree and then styled Honey the Bear as a Koala. G’card, Mate!
FEBRUARY
Raquel Mason used the doubling technique from last month’s video to make a Double Heart Pivot Card for Valentine’s Day inspiration. She also styled Honey the Bear as a chocolate bear. Perfect colors and styling.
Frances Byrne made this gorgeous Happy Chinese New Year card by mixing pages from the Circle Accordion and the Fancy Accordion with the Frame Edges for each album. What perfect colors and stamps!
MARCH
Kelly Booth‘s birthday is on St. Patrick’s Day so naturally she chose March and crafted this glittery green magical card. The Ring Accordion, Poppy the Owl, Props1 and the Clouds Embossing Folder all make an appearance, along with the ECD 4-leaf clovers die.
Helen Cryer is from the U.K., where Mother’s Day is celebrated in March. She made this lovely 4-page Oval Accordion card, also incorporating the Oval Dots Frame Edges. Her color and image choices are perfection, as usual!
APRIL
You had me at amazing, Caz Counsell! I just love what Caz did for an April Fools Day card – everything is backwards, from the way the card opens to the greeting itself. But fear not . . . you can read it in the mirror if you hold it just so! AMAZING! I also love her choice of the Ring Frame Edges on the sides of the Katie Label Accordion (done Landscape style) to give the labels a different look.
Raquel Mason will make you smile with this bright fun landscape Oval Accordion Easter card featuring Hoppy the Frog dressed like a bunny. She also used the Oval Flourish Frame Edges.
MAY
Shelly Hickox made a drop-dead gorgeous Mother’s Day card with a very cool technique for notching together gutted Oval Accordion pages to make a tunnel card. Can you see all the layers of goodness in the card? Make sure you click on Shelly’s name to see more photos on her blog. She also used the fence from the House Pivot Card and the banner from the Lorna Label die.
If you notice a Landscape Accordion theme going on this month, it all started with a video tutorial I posted last month teaching how to convert the portrait-style Accordion Album dies (Oval, Katie Label) into Landscape orientation. Learn this technique on my blog post: Video Tutorial: Converting Portrait Accordions into Landscape. I am always so flattered when the team likes my videos enough to try the techniques.
JUNE
Donna Wright is from the U.K. where they also celebrate Father’s Day in June. She used the Landscape Accordion technique with the Katie Label Accordion to make a World’s Greatest Dad card. What a great use for the ECD Wheelbarrow die!
Everyone needs graduation cards in June and here is some fabulous inspiration courtesy of Summer Hills-Painter. She used the graduate’s school colors with the landscape technique on the Oval Accordion, plus Oval Flourish Frame Edges. Check out that mini tassel!
JULY
Karen Aicken combined the Spiral Circle Pull Card with the Damask Embossing folder and the little maple leaf from the All Seasons Tree die into a spectacular Canada Day card. I love all those little leaves flying on the spiral.
This 4th of July card by Shelly Hickox is patriotic and perfect. She used the Katie Label Accordion and Katie Stars Frame Edges along with decorator ovals and the banners from the Lots of Pops die. Notice the glittered banner behind the word celebrate and the occasional glittered silver stars in the Frame Edges.
AUGUST
Sandy Diller always makes such amazing cards when she guest designs for the Challenges. This month is no exception with this fabulous tutorial for how to elongate the Katie Label Accordion die to make this 5-panel card for her friend turning 70. She cut SEVENTY candles for the card. What a great friend! The Agatha Edges and flourish work great atop all her interactive pages. Make sure you click her name to go see the tutorial.
SEPTEMBER
Frances Byrne also made a landscape accordion, this one with the Katie Label Accordion and Katie Stars Frame Edges, to celebrate Father’s Day, which is in September in Australia. Having the landscape orientation gave her the right size panels for her perfect stamps.
Summer Hills-Painter shows a great September Back-to-School card using the Ring Accordion. What a wonderful way to kick off the year with your child’s teacher. As usual, Summer picked the perfect combination of papers and elements.
OCTOBER
Karen Aicken is Canadian, where Thanksgiving is celebrated in October. She made this lovely card using a technique first seen on a card by Raquel Mason, where a transparency on the first panel of a Katie Label Pivot Card reveals a greeting when the card is closed and disappears when opened.
Shelly Hickox mentioned that Halloween came and went before she got a chance to use this gorgeous Graphic 45 patterned paper. This challenge was the perfect reason to pull it back out and fussy cut all the scenery for an amazingly complex-looking, but easily-assembled Lots of Pops card. You can see a video of this card in action by clicking Shelly’s name.
NOVEMBER
Fran Sabad got very clever with her punches and fashioned a turkey to fit the Circle Accordion Album. On the front of her album (click her name to see it) she added the Ring Frame Edges around the circle opening – a very clever way to use those edges.
This is my original project from the video tutorial, which not only shows the technique for making the portrait albums into landscape, but also for how to style Dutch the Fox and Honey the Bear as woodland creatures instead of Characters. It’s all on this blog post: Video Tutorial: Converting Portrait Accordions into Landscape.
DECEMBER
Donna Wright created a spectacular Fancy Accordion Advent Calendar card with adorable little jeweled numbered doors. Each door has a little image behind it, so you should definitely click over to see it. She also used every one of the frame edges from the Fancy Frame Edges and the Fancy Seasons Frame Edges die sets. This is AMAZING!
Caz Counsell wanted to show a quick and easy Christmas Pivot card for a December idea. She used the Katie Label Pivot Card and the Agatha Edges.
Karen Aicken made this fabulous Hanukkah card for her daughter recently. She used the Spiral Circle Pull Card and added little dreidels on the spiral when the card is pulled open. (Click her name to see the inside of the card)
Sandy Diller also made a Hanukkah card using the Fancy Accordion and Fancy Frame Edges and traditional Hanukkah symbols. What a gorgeous album!
Kelly Booth made this delightful 6-page Oval Accordion card recently featuring a variety of snowman stamps colored to perfection. She used the Oval Clouds Frame Edges on each page in her signature color (teal!)
So there you have it! A year’s worth of inspiration using Pop it Ups dies.
On a more personal note, I really want to thank everyone at Elizabeth Craft Designs, my amazing Designer Challenge Team and all my fellow crafters, customers and students for making my first year with ECD so successful. Joining this family has truly been like coming home and I am so inspired to bring you more innovative die designs in 2015.
Join us next year (see what I did there?) on January 21, 2015 when the team will be showing off new dies being released at CHA Winter 2015 in a challenge I’m calling “Triple Categories” (Mixing dies from at least three categories)
It’s Frances here from Australia. Easter is only a week away, so today I am sharing an Easter Pop-Up card I created.
As you can see by the photo above, my pop-up card has a basket of brightly colored Easter Eggs on the inside. As I wanted to have some of my eggs inside a basket, the first thing I needed to do was create a basket … here is how I made it.
1. First up I took some tan card and die cut this using the Bamboo Trellis die. I also cut another piece from scraps so that I only had one set of diamonds along the side of the trellis (refer to photo above)
2. From the full bamboo trellis piece I turned the trellis on its side so that the long side was at the top and bottom. I trimmed the “sides” of the trellis down at angle. The bottom of my basket is approx 1 3/4″ and the top is 3 1/4.
3. Apply some adhesive to the scrap piece of trellis shown in the second photo above and attach this to the bottom of the basket shape cut in step 2. Sponge all the edges with tan ink.
4. Using the trellis basket as a pattern, trace and cut out another basket shape from tan card. Adhere the trellis basket to the solid basket.
5. To create the handle for the basket I used the largest circle die from the Accordion Circle Card set and the Accordion Circle Card page die. Place the large circle die into the center of the page die and die cut your circle from tan card. Trim any tabs from the circle frame we created and attach the circle handle to the inside of the basket.
Next it is time to create the eggs.
6. Cut a piece of Double Sided Adhesive sheet approx 4 inches x 6 inches. Remove the release sheet from one side of the adhesive and set aside upside down on your desk (shiny side up). Adhere your Double Sided Adhesive sheet to a piece of white card the same size.
7. From the Small Eggs Peel-Off Sticker sheet remove 7 eggs and 3 butterflies (2 large & 1 small). Place these sticky side up onto the release sheet that we set aside earlier.
8. Take your white card and place it with the adhesive side facing down onto the release sheet with the Peel-Offs on it. The Peel-Offs will lift from the release sheet and stick to the adhesive on the card stock.
9. Turn your card so that the release sheet is now on top. Take off the release sheet and make sure not to touch the adhesive. You have now transferred your outline sticker.
10. Cover the adhesive with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter Silk Microfine Glitter and Polish with your finger. You can see a video Els created using this technique here. Color your images as desired. Cut out the eggs and butterflies.
11. Arrange three of the eggs on the inside of the basket. I used foam tape to give some dimension between the front two eggs and the center egg.
12. Using the grass die from the Garden Bench Pop-Up die set, cut two pieces of grass from green card. Adhere this to the bottom of the basket.
13. Using the Four Bows Die set, cut the solid bow from orange card and the dotted bow from Light Blue Velvet Adhesive sheets. Assemble bow and place at top of basket using foam tape.
Creating the Pop-Up Card
14. Cut your designer paper to 4 1/2 inches x 10 1/2 inches. Fold in half so that it measures 4 1/2 inches x 5 1/4 inches. Open up the designer paper again and place the Lots of Pops Pop-Up die so that the “nubs” of the die are in the centre and on the fold line. Use your die cutting machine to die cut the pop-up.
15. “Pop Up” the large center pop-up piece and the two side pop-ups … we don’t need the two smaller pop-ups at the top and bottom of the centre pop-up.
16. Attach the basket of eggs to the large center pop-up panel and an egg to each of the side pop-ups.
17. Cut a piece of orange card 4 1/2 inches x 11 1/2 inches. Fold in half so it measures 4 1/2 inches x 5 3/4inches.
18. Attach inner pop-up panel to the orange card, ensuring not to place any adhesive over the pop up areas (hint apply your adhesive to the pop-up piece not the base card)
19. Cut a piece of Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz to approx 5 inches x 6 inches. Emboss the Shimmer Sheetz using the Swirly Curves Embossing Folder. Sand the debossed side of the Shimmer Sheetz with a sanding block to reveal some of the white core.
20. Cut two pieces from the embossed/sanded Shimmer Sheetz 3/4 inches wide, adhere a piece of orange card underneath the Shimmer Sheetz at one edge to create a border and then adhere these two pieces of Shimmer Sheetz to the top and bottom of the pop-up card level with the edge of the outer card. Trim of any excess from sides of card.
21. Use the two large label dies from the Katie Label Pivot Card die set to die cut one white and one orange label. Stamp your Happy Easter Sentiment to the label and attach to the centre of the lower section of the pop up card. Decorate the label using the two remaining butterflies we created earlier.
Decorating the Front of the card
22. Cut a piece of designer paper (used on the inside of the card) 4 1/2 inches x 5 inches. Attach to front of card as per photo above.
23. From the remaining Shimmer Sheetz we embossed in step 17. Cut a piece that is 2 1/2 inches x 4 1/2 inches. Layer this to orange card which is 2 3/4 inches x 4 1/2 inches and attach to card as per photo.
24. Add remaining Peel-Off sticker Easter eggs to the right hand side of the card.
Hi – it’s Karen Aicken here with today’s post, and I have a pretty Easter card to share using the Heart Pivot die. I have shown lots of ways to use the Heart Pivot on my blog, as hearts are good for lots more than just Anniversaries and Valentine’s!
Below the Heart Pivot, I used two labels from the Katie Label Pivot die set, and two banner pieces from Lots of Pops. I lightly sponged over the pattern that embosses on the label, adding two Glitter Dots and hand lettering on the oval.
This card is sized at 4-1/2 x 6″, and I cut a smaller floral paper panel and attached it to the front.
I used Gretchen’s technique of adding adhesive on the top, right side and bottom only (see her post HERE). Then I opened the card, placed the Heart Pivot Die on the fold and ran it through my Big Shot. The pivots fold easily, then I was able to snip off any excess floral paper from the front and add adhesive where needed on the floral panel. This is a great way to have your patterned paper panel line up perfectly with the Pivot die and only have to cut it once!
I cut two additional floral hearts from the decorator dies that come with the Heart Pivot, inked the edges and attached them to the heart pivot. TIP: Open and close your Pivot Cards while holding them in the air, not while they are flat on your work area. You will prevent the Pivots from tearing this way.
I usually decorate my Pivot cards while the card is flat open on my work area.
Just to show you how versatile the Pop it Ups collection is – I wanted a little colour behind the flowers, so used the cloud/foliage die that comes with the All Seasons Tree! I also adore the little Flower dies – AND the Curvy Leaves die. I combined them here, inking the edges and adding some highlights with a Tombow marker. Of course, I also added Glitter Dots to the hearts because I LOVE Glitter Dots. So much shimmer and shine without any bulk or mess.
In this close up, you can see that I actually stamped the Curvy Leaves and the blue ‘clouds’ with a dot pattern stamp before attaching them to the hearts.
The three little banners were cut from floral paper scraps, using the banner that comes with the Lots Of Pops die set, and I added another stacked flower and two leaves snipped from a larger Curvy Leaves stem.
I added two additional labels to the inside, as a place to write a message and add a signature.
Finally, here is the view from the top then from the back.
I love how you can combine lots of different dies and come up with a unique and special card. Thanks for stopping by today!
Today we would like to share with you an easy, fun project for Easter: Judi Kauffman decorated inexpensive plastic eggs with Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Glitter Dots, Glitter Flowers, and Glitter Borders Peel-offs. Dyed hens’ eggs would work, too, but the plastic ones have a hinge so they can be filled with candy or a small gift. So pretty and colorful!
From the first time I saw Elizabeth Craft Designs in my local scrapbook store I was drawn to the Easter eggs. However, since Easter had just passed, I passed on them and opted for flowers and butterflies instead. Then, when Easter rolled back around the following year, I could no longer find them. I have dreamed of coloring those eggs for almost three years, so naturally, when I made the design team, the first thing I ordered were all of the Easter Egg Peel-Offs! And, I have been waiting for Easter to get close enough, to finally make a card using those eggs.
First, I applied Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter to the Peel-Offs using double-sided adhesive.
I selected my colors based on the paper I planned to use from Authentique. I then colored the eggs using my Copic Sketch Makers. Watch Els showing you how to color on top of the Silk Microfine Glitter HERE. I used the following colors:
I decided to use some of the little parts on the sticker sheet as well, so I colored the bows and grass and cut them out. Then I turned my attention to the card itself.
For the base of the card I die cut four accordion pages using the Accordion Oval Card die and attached these together using double sided adhesive on the long side tabs.
Karen has a great You Tube showing you how to assemble an Accordion card using the Pop it Ups Accordion dies.
Next, I added a smaller oval, which comes with the Accordion Oval Card die, to the inside of each of the ovals I planned to add eggs. I also cut out the bunny, using the oval die from the paper I was working with. I used dimensional foam squares to attach each of the eggs and the grass.
Next, I decided to decorate each page with the Oval Flourish Frame Edges. This adds more elegance, like what you might expect from a Faberge egg, and brings more focus onto the eggs.
I added tiny rhinestones and pearls on one egg and Silver Glitters Dots on the other. I love the dimension and sparkle this added. Once that was done, I folded the card, attached the tiny tabs and adhered the bows to the card.
For the sentiment, I stamped “Happy Easter” onto a piece of Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz using StazOn ink. Once this was dry, I trimmed the piece and then used a corner rounder on the corners.
As a final touch, I added a bit of Diamond Stickles to the bunny paper to help balance the sparkles.
I love how it turned out and I finally got to color the eggs!
