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Coloring on Velvet

September 8, 2014

Hi crafty friends, it’s Raquel here today. I wanted to make a fall theme card with lots of texture, so I used burlap ribbon, peel-offs and Velvet Adhesive Sheets to create this project. I loved discovering and learning a new way to use Velvet Adhesive Sheets! Let me show you how it works.

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1. Cut tan cardstock at 5.5 x 8.5. Score at 4.25 and fold in half for a standard A2 size card base.

2. Cut Bronze Shimmer Sheetz at 4 x 5. Emboss using the Trendy Tiles 1 embossing folder and lightly sand with a sanding block. To alter the sanded and embossed Shimmer Sheetz, pounce Blending Solution, Currant & Meadow Alcohol Ink onto Shimmer Sheetz and swipe the White StazOn pad over the top of the Shimmer Sheetz. Tip: To avoid getting any alcohol ink onto the white ink pad, use an applicator tool instead of the pad to apply the color.

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3. Die cut the words Thank You three times from white cardstock and once from White Velvet Adhesive Sheet.  Layer and glue the four pieces on top of each other, ending with the Velvet on top. Use markers to create an ombre (blended color) effect. Start with the darkest color at the bottom and blend to the lightest color at the top. Tip: It’s very easy to color on Velvet Adhesive Sheets, and it’s so pretty too!

4. Cut a length of burlap ribbon to 5.25 and staple to Shimmer Sheetz.

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5. Use fine-point tweezers to remove Pumpkins Peel-off and place it sticky side up on a clean craft sheet on your work table. Cut a piece of White Velvet Adhesive large enough to fit the Peel-Off. Place Velvet Adhesive Sheet (Velvet side down) on top of the Peel-Off. The Peel-off will lift onto the Velvet.

6. Color with Tombow Dual Brush Markers. Use the blender pen to blend the colors. Set aside to dry. Cut out images. (Drying time depends on climate and how heavily the color is applied.)

7. Assemble card as shown. For added dimension, use foam tape behind the pumpkins.

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8. To decorate a coordinating envelope: Cut a piece of Sticker Transfer Sheet large enough to fit the negative pieces leftover from the Pumpkins. Place Sticker Transfer Sheet on top of negative pieces and burnish with a bone folder or the bowl of a spoon. Slowly lift up the Sticker Transfer Sheet to make sure all pieces have been lifted. If not keep burnishing. Move the Transfer sheet to the lower left side of the envelope and burnish again to release the pieces onto the envelope.

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I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and feel inspired to try it yourself.

 

Happy Crafting,

Raquel

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies

788 Thank You Die

SS0215 Bronze Shimmer Sheetz

2538 Pumpkins Peel-Offs

405 White Velvet Adhesive Sheet

KB102 Trendy Tiles Embossing Folder

600 Sticker Transfer Sheet

 

Other Supplies

Tan card stock

White A2 sized envelope

Bone folder or tablespoon

Tombow Dual Brush Markers

White StazOn Ink (Imagine Crafts featuring Tsukineko)

Glossy Accents, Currant and Meadow Alcohol Inks (Ranger)

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher (idea-ology)

Burlap Ribbon (Stampin’ Up!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wheelbarrow of Roses

August 27, 2014

Made by Mary Dimercurio Prasad for Elizabeth Craft Designs

I thought this would make a nice thank you card for a friend. After coloring the image, I decided to mimic the wrapping on the roses as the background on the card. I found some black and white striped paper and used the same colored markers for the stripes. They aren’t perfectly colored like a patterned paper would be, but I like the hand-made feel it gives to the card.

Making the Card

1. Cut purple cardstock 4 1/4 by 11 inches. Fold in half to create card base. Cut a piece of matching purple paper 3 3/4 by 6 inches. If you don’t have matching paper, use the same cardstock. Cut black and white striped paper 4 1/4 by 7 inches.

2. Stamp and color two images – the mouse carrying roses for the card front and a bee for the inside of the card. I used Copic markers. Color the black and white striped paper in matching colors. Use the scalloped oval from Accordion Oval set to cut out the mouse image. Carefully trim off the scallops so it will just be an oval. Cut the scalloped oval from black cardstock and adhere image to it as shown.

3. Cut a thin strip of red cardstock 4 1/4 inches long. Using Thank You die, cut 6 copies from red cardstock. Glue them together on top of one another so they will have thickness.

4. Center Lots of Pops die along purple card base fold and die cut as per the instructions.
Pop up only the main platform and one on top. Adhere purple paper behind cut area so the hole won’t show when card is opened. The photo below shows a side view of this.
Adhere striped paper to the card front as shown. It should cover the purple paper completely. Adhere red strip to card as shown (cover seam). Use dimensional tape to stick down the main image as shown. Adhere Thank You as shown.

Inside Side View

5. Die cut 3 clouds (All Seasons Tree) of each size from dark and medium green cardstock
(12 total). Die cut 14 small leaves from light green cardstock. Using a foam blender tool, ink edges with Evergeen Bough Distress ink. Die cut tree from brown cardstock. Optional – draw bark lines using brown colored pencils. Adhere as shown.

6. Die cut clouds (All Seasons Tree) from White Iris Shimmer Sheetz using metal adaptor plate. Adhere largest cloud as shown. Adhere small cloud using dimensional tape as shown.

7. Die cut two copies of wheelbarrow from “distressed wood” cardstock. Cut out “main section” from one. Cut a piece of red cardstock 1 5/8 by 1 inch; cut an arc across one wide end. This will go in the wheelbarrow to hold the flowers. Adhere it to the full wheelbarrow on the design side. Add dimensional tape to the back of the “main section” and line it up with the wheelbarrow; stick down.

Making Flowers

8. From red paper, cut 13 small four rounded petal flowers (Bunch of Flowers 1) and 13 small five petal flowers (pictured above). Ink edges of both sides with Aged Mahogany. Cut 12 leaves (All Seasons Tree) from green paper. Ink edges of both sides with Forest Moss.
Coat both sides of all cuts with Distress Crackle Paint, Rock Candy. Shape petals by rubbing in the center with something rounded like the end of a small paint brush. I use a rubber mouse pad under flowers for shaping. Shape leaves by drawing down the centers with a die pick or small embossing tool. Curl the tips of all leaves and petals from behind using your thumb and long edge of tool.

Inside Close Up

9. Adhere each four-petal flower to center of a five-petal flower. Add some glue to the center and pinch/scrunch from behind to form a rose. Glue 10 of the flowers to the red cardstock in the wheelbarrow. Glue 9 leaves between the flowers, similar to what is shown.

10. Die cut 2 grass pieces (Garden Bench) from green paper; ink edges with Forest Moss.
Coat with Distress Crackle, Rock Candy. Adhere one in front of tree as shown.

Inside Looking Down

11. Fussy cut bee image. Add Wink of Stella to wings (optional). Bend a few inches of wire around the end of a small paintbrush to create loops. Bend small flat loops at each end of wire. Adhere one end to back of bee by sandwiching it between the image and a small piece of white cardstock. Similarly stick the other end to the upper pop up platform using purple cardstock. Bend the bee wire as desired.

12. Adhere wheelbarrow to front of main pop up platform. Adhere grass as shown. Adhere two flowers and one leaf in front of wheelbarrow as shown. Add one flower and two leaves to the right of the wheelbarrow. Add two tree leaves to the bottom of the card as shown – your hand-written message will go under those.

Card Front Straight

Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other Supplies

  • Purple Cardstock, Optional Matching Purple Paper
  • Red, Black, Brown Cardstock, 3 Shades of Green Cardstock
  • Red and Green Paper
  • B&W Striped Paper
  • Penny Black Stuck on You Stamps (or other stamp set)
  • Copic or Other Alcohol Markers
  • Wink of Stella (optional)
  • Black Wire
  • Colored Pencils, various browns (optional)
  • Distress Ink, Evergreen Bough, Forest Moss, Aged Mahogany
  • Distress Crackle Paint, Rock Candy
  • Distressed Wood Cardstock (I used MME Bramble Rose 6×6)

 

Pop it Ups

A Flourish Thank You card

August 25, 2014

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Good morning crafty friends,

This is Rita here today and would like to share my ‘Thank You’ card with you. 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 simple yet elegant card:

1. Cut two card bases (front and back) at 6″ wide x 6″ long and secure the Agatha Edges onto the base with washi tape. Die cut one at a time.

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2. Repeat each side rotating the two different Agatha Edges for both front and back of our card. Set them aside.

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3. For the inside of the card, cut the card base at 4″ wide x 9″ long and score at 4.5″. Adhere the inside layer to the back of the front card base and mark the cut line on the back card base, then trim along the cut mark.

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4. Adhere the inside layer to the back of the back card base and test that the card can open and close easily without hitting any other section.

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5. Using a darker card base, die cut the Flourish with Flowers, Thank You sentiment and the larger flower of the Crystal Flower set. Using a lighter card base, die cut two circles from the Accordion Circle Card set and the larger flower of the Crystal Flower Overlay Set 2. The little tag will go with a small gift.

Here you see all the die cuts for our card.

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6. Adhere the Flourish with Flowers die cuts onto the front of the card base and place foam squares onto the circle die cuts, which will bring the card to a 3-dimensional feeling. Adhere the ‘Thank You’ die cut to the front of the card.

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7. Adhere the smaller circle onto the larger circle with foam squares.

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8. Adhere both Crystal flower and overlay to complete our card.

As always, I would like to thank you for following my tutorial and I hope that you enjoyed reading it as much as I did creating it.

hugs, Rita

Elizabeth Craft Designs supplies used today:

– (782) Agatha Edges die set
– (797) Flourish with Flowers die set
– (769) Accordion Circle Card die set
– (923) Crystal Flower Overlay Set 2 die set
– (924) Crystal Flower Set 1 die set
– (788) Thank You die

Other supplies:
– DCWV The Lace & Linen Stack card stock

Pop it Ups

Thank you with flowers

August 6, 2014

Good morning crafty friends,

This is Rita here on this Wednesday morning and today I would like to share my ‘Thank You’ card with you. This is a card I created for my sweet friend Helen. A little while back Helen surprised me with a gorgeous gift and I really wanted to show her my true appreciation.
Since she loves flowers so much, I decided to create a card with flowers that could convey my sincere and heartfelt appreciation.

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 lovely card:

1. Cut card base at 6″ wide x 12″ long and score at 6″. Slightly off center, die cut the Garden Bench. Set aside.

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2. Using the wooden card stock, die cut 6 wheelbarrows, 1 set of the the gardening tools and 3 umbrella handles. Set them all aside.

3. Using the same card stock as our card base, die cut the umbrella, the bucket, flowers, leaves (reverse side), clouds and boots.

Here you see all the die cuts for our card.

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4. For the front of our card, die cut largest label of the Katie Label Pivot Card from the wooden card stock and a smaller label from the flower patterned paper we used for the card base. Die cut the “Thank You” from white card stock.

Here you can see the die cuts for the front of our card.

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5. Adhere each of the 6 wheelbarrows together creating a nice 3D effect, then adhere the earlier cut leaves and flowers onto it. Assemble the “Thank You” labels with a soft ribbon in between the two labels. Create an overlay for our garden bench and assemble both rain boots and umbrella. Add Transparent Glitter Dot Peel-offs to each element.

Here you can see all the completed little elements to build our card with.

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6. Adhere the bench overlay on top of the bench die cut card base and measure where the wheelbarrow would stand. That is the location our stand up helper will need to be cut.

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7. Adhere the “Thank You” frame to the front of the card.

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8. Adhere the rest of the elements onto the inside of the card.

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As always, I would like to thank you for following my tutorial and I hope that you enjoyed reading it as much as I did creating it.

hugs, Rita

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Elizabeth Craft Designs supplies used today:
– (768) Katie Label Pivot Card die set
– (780) Garden Bench die set
– (792) Stand Up Helpers die set
– (730) Curvy Leaves die set
– (781) All Seasons Tree die set
– (788) Thank You die set
– (933) Wheelbarrow die set
– (928) Rainy Day die set
– (SKU 7018) Glitter Dots

Other supplies:
– Prima 841782 Annalee Collection card stock
– DCWV The Tradewinds Stack
– Ribbon by Clear Bags

Thank You Flowers

July 24, 2014

ECD flower by Candy Spiegel

Hi! It’s Candy here and i’m back to show you a floral Thank You card. For this card I used the circle Stand-Up Helper from Stand-Up Helpers Set 2. I also used a flower Peel-Off that I thought would match perfect with the floral paper that I just purchased.

Instructions: 

1. Cut paper 4 1/4″x11″. Score at 2 3/4″, 5 1/2″ and 8 1/4″.

2. Use washi tape to hold round Stand-Up Helper die in place at the 2 3/4″ mark and cut.

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3. Cut white cardstock and Double-Sided Adhesive slightly larger than the flower Peel-Off. Remove backing off Double-Sided Adhesive and adhere to cardstock.

4. Remove other side of the adhesive and place it upside down on the table. Remove sticker and place it upside down on backing. Place adhesive/cardstock, sticky side down, on top of sticker. Flip over and remove cover.

5. Coat with Soft Teal Silk Microfine Glitter. Shake off excess and polish. (a coffee filter catches leftover glitter so it can be dumped back into the jar.)

6. Cut out sticker.

7. Repeat with small flower.

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8. Use tweezers to apply Glitter Dots and Glitter Flowers as shown.

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9. Cut patterned paper 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to top quarter of card base.

10. Attach large flower with dimensional adhesive.

11. Cut leaves from patterned paper. Adhere.

12. Cut patterned paper 4″ x 2 1/2″ and adhere below Stand Up Helper.

13. Cut patterned paper 1 1/2″ x 1 1/4″. Mat with another piece of patterned paper. Adhere to card.

14. Cut sentiment from patterned paper and adhere to card.

15. Adhere small flower to inside of card.

16. Apply Glitter Flowers as shown.

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17. Apply Double-Sided Adhesive to white cardstock. Use circle die from Crystal Flowers Set to cut flower center.

18. Peel-off protective sheet and apply Fire Opal Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish. Attach with dimensional adhesive.

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I hope you enjoyed making this card!

SUPPLIES:

Elizabeth Craft Designs

501 Double-Sided Adhesive

930 Stand-Up Helpers Set 2

629 Soft Teal Silk Microfine Glitter

609 Fire Opal Silk Microfine Glitter

0413 Big Flowers Peel-Off Sticker

7018 Glitter Dot Peel-Off Sticker

7048 Glitter Flower Peel-Off Sticker

801 Fine Pointed Tweezers

723 Thank You Die

730 Curvy Leaves Die

924 Crystal Flower Set

 

Other Supplies

White Cardstock

Patterned Paper (We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer)

Dimensional Adhesive

 

Watercolor Splatter Flower Thank You Card

May 14, 2014

Card Front White

Designed by Mary Dimercurio Prasad for the Elizabeth Craft Designs DT.

I wanted to make my own splattered background for die cutting flowers. I decided to use Tombow Dual Brush Markers but you could use watercolor, Distress Ink, or other paint. The layering of the word die, embossed background, and 3D flowers gives this card a lot of texture and dimension.

Making the Card

1. Choose three colors for your card. I used red, orange, and yellow. Color these randomly on a
non-stick craft sheet. Mist fairly generously with water. Lightly mist a white sheet of cardstock.
Run this through the colors on the non-stick craft sheet.

2. Add more color to the non-stick craft sheet. This time mist lightly. Randomly place the cardstock back into the color on the sheet. This will create some darker blotches and smears across the lighter background.

3. Let the cardstock dry completely (or use a heat tool). Die cut flowers. Run a matching color Copic marker (I used the R32 – Peach) along the edges of the flowers to hide some of the white cardstock. Shape petals.

Thank You Die Cuts

4. Die cut “Thank You” 6 to 8 times (depending on how thick you want it) from black cardstock.
Glue the pieces on top of each other to form a 3D sentiment.

5. Cut black cardstock to 4 x 5 1/4 inches. Cut card base from white cardstock, 4 1/4 inches by 11 inches and fold in half. Cut another piece of white cardstock for embossed background about the same size as your embossing folder.

6. Open embossing folder and ink one side with Black Soot Distress Ink (I inked the thinner side of the Swirly Curves embossing folder). Emboss white piece of cardstock. This will impress the black into the background.

7. Cut embossed piece about 1/8 inch smaller than the black cardstock (so 1/16th will show around the edges). Layer and adhere to card base.

Flowers

8. Assemble the flowers as shown. Add adhesive back pearls or color dots to center. I colored one of the pearls with Copic marker YR18 to match the flower (top right).

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Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies

Other Supplies

  • White and Black Cardstock
  • Tombow Dual Brush Pens: Orange, Red, Yellow
  • Copic Markers: R32, YR18
  • Distress Ink: Black Soot
  • Tim Holtz Distress Marker Spritzer
  • Adhesive Pearls and Color Dots
  • Non-Stick Craft Sheet
  • Glue and Adhesive

Hydrangea for Lovely Tags

April 22, 2014

Good morning friends!

This is Rita again, and today I would like to share with you something new I created.

My last project was a sweet “Thank You” card with hydrangea Peel-off stickers and today it is time to create the matching  “Thank You” tag. Since I’m almost always looking for tags for birthday presents, I wanted to create a matching “Happy Birthday” tag as well. Make yourself a nice cup of coffee, sit back and we shall get started. And yes, I have my cup of coffee sitting here as well, best way to start our day.

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1. Bring out your Hydrangea Peel-off stickers, double sided adhesive, Amethyst Gemstone, Green Metallic, Gold Metallic and Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz.

2. Peel off the release sheet of your double sided adhesive and attach the adhesive side to the Amethyst Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz.

3. Place the release sheet on your work surface and place your Peel-off sticker flowers upside down on the release sheet (sticky side up).

4. Place the adhesive side of the double-sided adhesive and Shimmer Sheetz combination onto the release sheet.

5. Turn your Shimmer Sheetz 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.

6. Cover the adhesive with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter, shake off the extra glitter and simply use your finger to polish. This will allow the glitter to stick and remain on the double sided adhesive.

7. Using your craft scissors, fussy cut the hydrangea.

8. Place the Peel-off sticker leaves upside down on your work surface (sticky side up).

9. Place the Green Metallic Shimmer Sheetz over the leaves.

10. Using your craft scissors, fussy cut the leaves.

11. Color the hydrangea using your Copic markers to make the purple color turn darker.

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12. Die cut your Gold Metallic and your Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz with the largest tag from the Tags die set.

13. Emboss the Shimmer Sheetz tags using the Lots of Dots and Swirly Curves embossing folders.

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14. Die cut “Happy Birthday” and “Thank You”

15. Assemble your tags and add some ribbon to each tag.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs, Rita

Elizabeth Craft Designs Product List:
Hydrangea Peel-0ff Sticker
Double-sided Adhesive Sheets
Amethyst Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz
Purple Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz
Green Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter
788 – Thank You Die Set
783 – Happy Birthday Die Set
763 – Tags Die Set
E119 – Swirly Curves Embossing Folder
E114 – Lots of Dots Embossing Folder

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