This is Rita Edwards here. Today I would like to share my new Christmas card with you. I wanted to create a card that I could send to my parents. Growing up in Hungary, we used to get a lot of snow and that meant lots of outdoor play in the snow with lots of snowmen being built. Combined with a pretty Christmas tree, my card idea was born and I could hardly wait to actually create it.
As always, I hope you have a nice cup of coffee or tea in your hand so you can sit back and enjoy my tutorial.
This is how you can create this Christmas card:
1. Using My Mind’s Eye’s Vintage Christmas or your favorite paper pads, cut a light patterned cardstock 6″ x 12″. Score at 6″ and fold to create the outside layer of our card. Repeat this step once more for the inside layer of our card.
2. Position the Lots of Pops die set on the left side over the score line and die cut. Fold the pop out sections (all except the smaller pop up on the left) and set aside. This will serve as the back support for our snowman.
3. Adhere the outside and inside layers together, set aside.
4. Using the sprig die from the Candle die set, die cut 24 sprigs from Green Velvet Sheet, which will allow us to create an entire Christmas tree. Using the same Green Velvet Sheet, die cut ‘Merry Christmas’.
5. Using a red and light beige color cardstock, die cut the largest and middle sized tag dies from the Tags die set.
6. Using white cardstock, Double Sided Adhesive Sheet and Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter, we will create the base for our snowman. Peel off the release sheet from the Double Sided Adhesive Sheet and adhere the adhesive side to white cardstock. Peel off the other release sheet and cover adhesive with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish with your finger. Brush off the excess glitter; return it to the jar for other projects.
7. Using the Snowman die set, die cut the elements from the glitter covered cardstock, as created in step 6. Using black cardstock, die cut the eyes, mouth and buttons.
8. The photo below will show you all of the die cut pieces for the complete Christmas card.
9. Using your Copic or other alcohol markers, color the die cut pieces of our snowman. Once colored, assemble the snowman as shown on the die set’s packaging.
10. Adhere the sprigs to the inside of our card creating a Christmas tree. To help the process, visualize a triangle shape and start from the top working our way down to the tree stump. Add Red Glitter Dots as ‘ornaments’ and ‘tree top’ for our Christmas tree.
11. Adhere the light beige tag die cut over the red tag die and add a green ribbon to both sets. Add the ‘Merry Christmas’ die cut to the front of one of the tags and adhere to the front of our card. Adhere the second set of tags on the inside of the card.
I hope you enjoy making your own Snowman and Christmas Tree cards as much as I did. Thank you for stopping by the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today.
Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the October 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 make cards suitable for the men and boys in our lives.
Normally you would also see a new card and video from me, but then this happened…
Thankfully it all worked out and we arrived home in the early hours of this morning. Gonzalo was only a tropical storm when he passed over the island, but later strengthened into a hurricane. There were straggling black clouds hurrying to catch up the next morning, but otherwise the skies turned bright and sunny and the airport reopened.
My card and video is delayed, but luckily my amazing team of ten designers, plus a guest designer, are providing fabulous inspiration this month for your masculine cards. For each card you can click on the designer’s name to visit her blog post, where you will find additional photos, supply lists and (in some cases) instructions for the cards.
SPIRAL CIRCLE PULL CARDS:
Many of the designers this month chose to use the Spiral Circle Pull Card die for their masculine cards.
Summer Hills-Painter made this hilarious “Shake your Booty!” card that is wonderfully interactive. I love that you can see his disco hand in both positions. Plus, his booty really shakes!
I’m happy to welcome back Sandy Diller as a guest designer for the challenge this month. Sandy combined the Spiral Circle Pull Card with the Clock & Gears die set. Notice her clever use of all the knock-out numbers peppered all over the card and the flying gears effect created by using the spiral. What a perfect sentiment to use for this card!
Frances Byrne also used the same two dies – Spiral Circle Pull Card and Clock & Gears, but the results look completely different. Frances also found the perfect patterned paper to go with her “Make Every Moment Count” card. Notice the word “Time” is visible in the closed position. Clever!
This next card is extremely clever and fun. Donna Wright reproduced a Westminster clock for her masculine card. She shaped the outer portions of the clock with the Outdoor Edges and embellished with the Agatha Edges. Her signature tiny clothespins are used as clock weights.
GENERAL POP-UP CARDS:
The brand-new Happy Birthday Pop-up die is now available and the designers have provided some wonderful ideas for it.
Shelly Hickox is the queen of faux finishes and this card is no exception. She creates leather and metal and rivets and faux eyelets and she explains it all! Definitely check out her blog post to see more of this Shellypiece.
The first time I met Raquel Mason it was at a store in Florida where I was teaching classes. She brought some of her cards to show me and I was blown away. Check out this clever creation using Shimmer Sheetz as a mirror to reflect the Happy Birthday in the mirror. Raquel also lengthened the poles from the Lots of Pops die by stopping the cutting pad short of the end of the die and cutting the bottoms with scissors. Fabulous!
Karen Aicken also used the Happy Birthday pop-up die, but added pen outlining around the words for definition. What a great tip! You’ll want to click over to Karen’s blog post to see the front of this card, which is also very masculine!
Karen Aicken made another card for the challenge and chose to do a card for a younger boy. This one is a Lorna Label pop-up card using the doubling technique. She used some of the brand new Puppies Peel-off Stickers and added the birthday hat from the Props 2 die set. What a great idea! She also used the script word dies from the Happy Birthday set to create the greeting.
What could be more masculine than cowboys? Helen Cryer made this great Lorna Label pop-up card with the perfect combination of papers. Love the denim on the pop-up!
Kelly Booth also chose to make a little boy’s card and used both of the brand new Character dies – Honey the Bear and Dutch the Fox. She also used the new birthday-themed Props2. The front of her card features the Outdoor Edges combined to make a great dirt and grass ground. Honey the Bear holds the present from the Evergreen Pivot Card.
The inside of Kelly’s card is just as bright and fun as the outside. Dutch is sitting on the Lorna Label Pop-up die and Kelly used the decorator dies from the new Happy Birthday pop-up to create the greeting.
Another great card for a man or boy is this sensational Dr. Who-inspired card by Raquel Mason. She was very clever using pieces of the Holiday House to create the Tardis. She also used the gears from the Clock & Gears die set.
The interior of Raquel’s card uses the Lots of Pops to animate a Dalek, created from the new Tags & More die set plus more gears and the speech bubble from the Lorna Label set. Such a fabulous creation!
PIVOT AND ACCORDION CARDS:
Kelly Booth made a fun Katie Label Pivot Card for her husband as an anniversary card. I love how Kelly combined the decorator hearts from several Pop it Ups dies on this card. Pivot Cards are the quickest of the interactive card dies and since the same decoration pivots from the front of the card to the interior of the card, crafters often choose Pivot Card dies when they want double-duty decoration.
Fran Sabad used the same Katie Label Pivot Card die as Kelly, but she used a folding technique to double the height of the label so she would have more real estate for decorating. She added circle decorations in a nautical theme – very masculine!
Speaking of Katie Labels – did you know that the same shape (the Katie Label) is offered as a Pivot Card die (see the two examples above) but also as an Accordion Die (see the three samples below)? The die sets have different mechanisms (pivot cards are not the same as accordions) but because the shapes are the same, the decorator dies from both sets can be mixed together. They do not duplicate.
Frances Byrne made this brilliant 3-page Katie Label Accordion as a Father’s Day card. What a perfect stamp for page 2! She also used the Katie Stars Frame Edges on the second page. Love this!
I never met a pun that I didn’t like, so this next card by Fran Sabad is right up my alley. She made a 2-page Katie Label Accordion using the Katie Holly Frame Edges, a giant ‘stache’d Nutcracker, and a greeting to fit. Notice the fun detailing on the Nutcracker’s hat!
Caz Counsell also used the Katie Label Accordion for this hilarious birthday card featuring the Katie Stars Frame Edges as well. Caz chose the perfect masculine colors for this card.
I know that I’m inspired by all these great ideas, how about you? Now I know what you’re thinking – men and boys are not always appreciative of handmade cards. Ah, but interactive cards appeal to their mechanical sides and they will be quite impressed with your crafty abilities when you present a Pop it Ups card!
My final teaching trip of the year is coming up next week. I’ll be heading to North and South Carolina and here is a video preview of the cards I’ll be teaching. Head over to my blog post for links to the stores.
I’ll be back next month on November 12th with the RED, WHITE OR BLUE challenge. No, we’re not making patriotic cards – we’re making single-color cards! This is the all-white, all-red or all-blue challenge and the designers may choose which color to use. It should be a really fun challenge.
It’s Frances here. Elizabeth Craft Designs just released some amazing new products today. Part of their new release are these 3 fun tag die sets – Tags & More. Each of the three sets (Deco, Leaves, and Lace) includes a Basic Tag shape that can be cut to any length, a Decorative Overlay, 4 Reinforcements, and 3 Corner pieces, plus a bonus ¼” Circle.
For my project today I used Tags & More 3 – Leaves in combination with Lots of Pops to create a tag pop up card. Before I show you how I created my card, let me tell you about the other new cool products, Elizabeth Craft Designs released today.
Double Sided Adhesive
Yeh, Elizabeth Craft Designs is releasing their brand new logo-printed Transparent Double Sided Tape, available in Rolls (5 widths) and Sheets (3 sizes), with stronger hold and thinner release sheets for easy die cutting and true-color glittering projects.
Embossing Folders
9 new Embossing Folder! Roses, Bark, Bouquet, Gingko, Pinecones, Sprig, Snowflakes,
Sea Glass, and Clouds. See all of them at www.ecraftdesigns.com.
Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups
I love the two new Character dies designer by Karen Burniston. They are so cute! Let me introduce Honey the Bear and Dutch the Fox. Karen also designed a new props set – Props 2. This set includes a party hat, bear-shaped balloon with string and bow and a party blower.
Last but not least we would like to introduce the new Happy Birthday PopUp die set and the Ring Frame Edges 1. The Happy Birthday PopUp comes with the main Pop Up die plus 3 accessory dies (Happy Birthday greeting for layering and 2 sets of decorative stars).
The Ring Frame Edges 1 set includes 4 different frame styles to coordinate with the Ring Accordion.
Instructions
Now let me show you how I created my Snowman Tag Pop Up Card:
1. Cut a piece of light blue card 3 1/2 inches x 12 inches, a piece of dark blue card 3 1/2 inches x 12 inches and another piece of light blue card 3 1/2 inches x approx 7 inches.
2. Score the light blue card at 6 inches, fold and then unfold. Place the Lots of Pops die on the center score line, secure in place using removable tape. Place the tag die at the top of the card and secure in place using removable tape. Run card through die cutting machine.
3. Remove both dies from the light blue card. Place the decorator die which is included in the tag die set onto the light blue card lining up the hole in the decorator die with the hole created by the tag die, ensuring that the die is even around the curve of the already cut die shape. Secure die in place using removable tape.
4. Score the dark blue card at 6 inches. Place the tag shape die onto the card as we did previously to the light blue card and secure in place using removable tape. Run both pieces through your die cutting machine.
5. On the remaining light blue card repeat the steps above to create the tag shape (using both the tag shape die and the decorator die, but not the pop up die).
6. Use a paper trimmer or craft knife and ruler to cut off the excess edge from creating the tag shape from all three pieces of card.
7. Fold up the pop up piece on the light blue card. For this card we are only popping up the main piece not the smaller optional pop up panels.
8. Adhere the light blue card into the dark blue card. Trim off any uneven edges and if necessary trim the bottom of the card to make it even.
9. Adhere the smaller light blue card to the front of the card lining up the top of the card.
Trim of any excess length so it is even with the fold of the card.
10. Die cut two the “eye” shaped hole decorate pieces and adhere these over the hole at the top of the card on the front and inside of the card.
11. Add some twine or cord through the hole of the top of the card.
12. Adhere a piece of double sided adhesive to white card, approx 3 inches x 3 1/2 inches. Remove the release sheet and place it upside down on your desk (shiny side up).
13. From the Snowman in Frame Peel-off sheet remove the snowman without the frame,
the broom and ornament. Place your pieces sticky side up onto the release sheet.
14. 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.
15. Turn your card so the release sheet is now on top. Take off the release sheet and make sure not to touch the images on the adhesive.
16. Cover the adhesive with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polish with your finger. Brush off any excess glitter. You can see a video Els created using this technique here.
Color your images as desired.
17. Cut out the snowman, broom and ornament.
18. Adhere another piece of double sided adhesive to white card, approx 2 inches x 5 inches. Die cut snow edges using the Outdoor Edges die set. Remove the release sheet from the adhesive and add Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter.
19. Cut the glittered snow edges in half. Adhere one half to the pop up panel as per photo.
Add snowman to the pop up panel over the snow. (Note – I adhered the snowman to the panel about half way up). Then add the other piece of snow so it is in front of the snowman. Trim any excess so it is even with the pop up panel.
20. Decorate the snowman with the broom and ornament. I added twine to the ornament so I could hang it on the twig arm.
21. Die cut 7 snowflakes from white card that is covered with double sided adhesive.
Use snowflakes die from the Circle Spiral Pull Card. Remove the release sheet from all 7 snowflakes and cover them with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish and brush off any excess glitter.
22. Use the label die from the Lorna Label Pop Up to die cut one label from white card.
Sponge edge with blue ink. Stamp sentiment with black ink and adhere label to lower panel of inside of the card.
23. Decorate the card with 5 of the snowflakes as per photo above. To the center of each snowflake add a Transparent/Gold Glitter Dot.
24. Die cut 4 photo corners from the Tag Die set from dark blue card. Adhere one on either side to the lower corner on the inside of the card and the remaining two corners to the bottom edges on the outside.
25. Use the large label from the Katie Label Accordion Card and die cut one label from white and two from dark blue card. Sponge edges with blue card. Stamp sentiment using black ink.
26. To create the dark blue layer around the label. Cut the two dark blue labels in half, one lengthwise and the other widthwise. Trim off the corners so that each half looks like the half labels on the right in the photo above. Adhere the two long labels behind the white label so a small amount is showing. Then adhere the remaining two short labels so they appear at the top and bottom of the label.
27. Cut a piece of dark blue card 5/8 inches by 3 1/2 inches and adhere to the front of the card so it will be in the center of the label when it is attached to the card. Trim off any excess from sides.
28. Attach label to card using foam tape.
29. Attach the last two snowflakes to the front of the card using foam tape.
Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the September 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 make Halloween cards and you are going to LOVE what they’ve created.
For my project and video I will teach the technique for doubling the Lorna Label Pop-up since it’s something that a lot of the designers have been doing and I get regular requests for a video tutorial showing how to do it. I added a second technique for adding a skinny box platform through the Double Lorna, allowing animation of a taller and/or heavier object (like a mummified penguin). Watch the video here:
Here are photos of the finished card, which measures 5″ wide by 5.5″ tall and will mail in an A7 envelope (5″ x 7″) for additional postage because of the bulk.
Here’s a close-up photo of my Chilly Mummy. Because of the ribbon wrapping, the arms have bulk and will naturally fall down into the “I’m going to get you!” position when the card is opened.
Here’s a side view of the card so you have a visual of all the different platforms in the double-Lorna-plus-extra-box card. The lower Lorna label, made automatically in the doubling process, acts as a floating floor and you can add horizontal slots anywhere along that floor to animate other objects, such as my tree. Use a slot/foot system to animate items all over the floor if you choose.
If you’re wondering why I didn’t simply use a slot/foot system to animate the mummy, it was only because the mummy was going to be heavy with all the bandages and especially top-heavy with the arms coming out. For that reason, I went with a full box platform instead of just a slot/foot. If you need a reminder of the video measurements:
Measure 1.75″ from the center fold of the card to place the slot die.
Use a 3/8″ x 9″ strip of cardstock, folded in half, then in half again, to create a box platform with 2.25″ sides. Trim the outer sections into small feet to make it easier to attach them through the slots.
SUPPLY LIST
Elizabeth Craft Designs Pop it Ups Dies by Karen Burniston:
Stash items, source unknown – black bat, washi tape, ribbon for bandages, spiderweb stamp
Ready for some amazing inspiration across every category of Pop it Ups dies? Sit back and let the Designer Challenge Team amaze you. If you have any questions about their projects or supplies, simply click the name to head over to their blog post where they have posted additional photos, supply lists, tips, tricks, etc.
PIVOT CARDS
Raquel Mason created this fun haunted house card using the House Pivot Card, Poppy the Owl, the All Seasons Tree and the Holiday House dies. Poppy sits atop the broom from the ECD snowman die and because the handle of the broom is attached behind the house, Poppy will “fly” when the card is opened. So clever!
Donna Wright also used the House Pivot Card with the Holiday House and All Seasons Tree, but went for a more ominous spooky feel with her black houses, Outdoor Edges silhouetting the horizon and bright glittery moon.
Donna Wright blew me away with this creation, where she created a double-House card (use the same “cut into a folded card” technique as shown in this month’s video) but then continued on with another clever technique which was to invert the folds so the double-house is a pop-up inside the card rather than a pivot. She mixed house parts from the Holiday House and the House Pivot Card to fashion her two houses and stamped and colored some cute trick-or-treaters to complete the look.
Fran Sabad also used the House Pivot Card and wanted to show that a new stamp set from Stampin’ Up! will work perfectly with this die. Make sure you click over to see her card’s interior, too.
SPIRAL CIRCLE PULL CARDS
Helen Cryer created the cutest Frankenstein card ever using the Spiral Circle Pull Card. Helen comments on her blog that this card was made easier by having all the control over card size and fold placement. The Spiral Circle Pull Card needs only a card with a fold (and the fold can be anywhere) to turn it into a z-fold flip card.
Frances Byrne also used the Spiral Circle Pull Card, but did something completely different – she created a gatefold double pull with the Clock and Gears on the first circle and the spiral inside the second circle. Check out the eyeballs on the spiral – what a great spooky idea!
Karen Aicken shows yet another look for the Spiral Circle Pull Card – leaving the spiral exposed so it is visible in the closed position. You’ll see her cute googly-eyed crows peeking out from within the spiral. Then, pull the card open and the crows will fly. How fun!
GENERAL POP-UPS
Summer Hills-Painter and I were definitely wave-lengthing on our ideas this month. She, too, created a Chilly-the-Mummy card. The pop-up die is the Lots of Pops, which comes with several platforms for decorating. She used just the shadow layer of Chilly, cut from green cardstock and wrapped with bandages from her first aid kit! I especially love the inking on her moon.
Shelly Hickox created a towering haunted house using the Holiday House die with folded paper so each section of the house would become taller. She explains this process on her blog. Shelly used the Lorna Label pop-up to animate her spooky house and fence.
Kelly Booth also created a double-Lorna card this month and decorated it to perfection using stamped and colored images and her own background inking technique. Kelly is amazing with her Copics as you can see here!
Karen Aicken used Hoppy the Frog on the Lucy Label pop-up die for a fabulous Hoppy Halloween card. This side view shows the differences between the Lucy and the Lorna pop-up dies. Lucy (used here) is a smaller label that sits very far forward into the card. The extra box platform (used for the bat) is optional.
Karen Aicken‘s next card uses the Lorna Label pop-up. You can see that the Lorna is a larger label that sits close to the back wall and atop a required box platform. In this card Karen used it to animate the Holiday House die and made a clever path using the Outdoor Edges.
Caz Counsell blew me away with her FrankenPop card, not only for the very clever and cute styling of Poppy the Owl as Frankenstein, but also for the amazing texture she created with the Damask Embossing folder for the foreground and the trees. Everything about this card is amazing!
ACCORDION ALBUMS
Shelly Hickox made a sensational 3-page Katie Label Accordion with clear pages that have been stamped with spider webs. What an amazing combination of patterns and textures. Shelly explains how she created this look on her blog post. I also have a video tutorial for adding clear pages to Accordion albums.
Raquel Mason shows off the brand new Halloween in Frame peel-off stickers, designed by Judi Kauffman to perfectly coordinate with the Katie Label Accordion die. For Raquel’s card, she used the silver peel-off stickers, plus microfine glitter and bright greens, purples and oranges. The Katie Stars Frame Edges are used on the album and she also added a string of banners across the pages using pieces from the Lots of Pops die. What fun!
Kelly Booth also used the same dies and stickers as Raquel, but chose to do a four page Katie Label Accordion with the black peel-off stickers and despite similar color choices, the two cards feel completely different. That’s the wonderful thing about die cutting, where every card is a new card, even with the same ingredients.
Frances Byrne used Poppy the Owl and the broom from the ECD snowman die for a fabulous 3-page Fancy Accordion Album. This card is fabulous – clean, crisp and loads of fun!
Fran Sabad recently injured her arm and has been crafting one-handed (and her left hand, too!) I certainly can’t tell a difference in her amazing creations, can you? Check out this 3-page Circle Accordion with fabulous pieces and parts. Fran found the perfect green bubbles for her brew.
Fran Sabad also made a 2-page Oval Accordion card with a witchy Poppy the owl and the new Oval Clouds Frame Edges. What a perfect combination of colors!
CHARACTER DIES
Karen Aicken made this wonderful card front for her haunted house card shown above. I love her styling of Poppy the Owl with shiny eyes and patterned body. She added a stamped and glittered witch hat and illustrates how perfectly the All Seasons Tree works as a branch for the Character dies.
Caz Counsell shows how perfectly the decorator dies in the Pop it Ups collection can be used for flat card fronts. Here she has used Hoppy the Frog for a wonderful witch’s brew card. Notice the cauldron’s feet – eek! Love that!
So how about it? Feeling spookily inspired to try your own version of one (or more) of these cards? One thing I can guarantee is that pop-up cards ooze fun. They’re fun to make, fun to give and most definitely fun to receive!
I’ll be back next month on October 15th for the next Designer Challenge. In October we’re doing a theme called Make it Manly where we will inspire you with card ideas suitable for the men and boys in your life using Pop it Ups dies.
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 Candy Spiegel returning with another project I created. This one was designed for my husband’s birthday.
For the cover, I started with a piece of Velvet Adhesive Sheet in beige and embossed it with Trendy Tiles 2 embossing folder. I was trying to replicate some sort of brick roadway.
After embossing, I coated the raised portion with Staz-On Ink in black. Then, I created the corners with a corner rounder.
I die cut one Happy Birthday out of black card stock and one out of patterned paper and layered the two to create a shadow effect.
I then transferred my Peel-Off sticker on a piece of double sided adhesive on white card stock and applied Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. I colored my image with Copic markers. Els has a great You video of this technique: Silk Microfine Glitter – Coloring with Alcohol Markers.
For the inside of the card, I used the Lots of Pops die set.
I added “Happy Birthday” on a banner from the Assorted Words Peel-Off sheet.
The saying was printed on the computer. I used the extra dies from the Katie Label Pivot Card to create the labels. I added tiny steering wheels from the Peel-Off sheet to the edges.
I also added a few planes from that same sticker sheet to the background.
My husband loved it … what do you think?
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It’s me again, Rita! Ever since I posted my very first Elizabeth Craft Design project, I’ve been thinking and thinking and thinking… of what exactly could I do next. Something colorful? Something fun? Or maybe something new? Or maybe combine them all!
Let’s see what exactly I’m talking about! And before I forget, please remember to tell me in your comments below if you like this format of steps, I find them useful and would like to hear what you think.
1. Let’s start with some fun paper: Be. Loved by Fancy Pants Designs, which serves as the main frame and floor for my card. Also, we can use some Neenah Pearl card stock, which I airbrushed to serve as our sky.
2. Next I combined some sweet little digital images in Silhouette Studio: Tiddly Inks Hanging around little girl received some legs from School Girl and also added some little birds.
3. At this point we can pull out simple white card stock, double-sided-adhesive and my absolute favorite, Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter — getting exciting, right?
4. Once we peeled off the release sheet of our double-sided adhesive sheet, carefully place it over the white card stock. At this point, we can cut out the size of the paper we need, remove the other release sheet and apply our microfine glitter mentioned above — Els van de Burgt of Elizabeth Craft Designs has a wonderful video of this technique on YouTube: Silk Microfine Glitter – Coloring with Alcohol Markers.
5. Using our freshly glittered adhesive-cardstock, now we can cut out 2 poles and 10 little flags with the Lots of Pops die set. Also cut out the little heart from the Accordion Oval Card die set. They all look beautiful!
6. Using the Lots of Pops die set to create the base of our card.
7. And now my other favorite part: coloring is next! Yes, I’m addicted… So let’s color up the little upside down girl and the little birds. And here comes the beauty of Elizabeth Craft Design’s glitter: now I can use the same Copic markers on the flags that I also used on the clothing. How cool is that! No need to dig for matching paper! No need to match the cloths with paper we already found, none of that old hassle! And the colored flags are simply amazing! Daylight or by the lamp, everything is reflecting the light in the most beautiful way.
8. To decorate the front of our card, I used the Thinking of You die and one of the decorator pieces included in the Katie Label Pivot card die set to cut the label.
9. Now it’s time to assemble. Relax. Sit back and enjoy!
I hope to see your cards soon and please ask me any questions! Hugs, Rita
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