Thursday, July 9, 2015

Hello


Hi everyone,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  Our challenge hostess for July, Lynn McAuley continues to issue the challenges.

Lynn tells us that this Friday is Cheer Up the Lonely Day. So for our challenge this week she has asked us to .... Make and send a card of friendship to someone you know who lives alone. 

I have been after the Bird Crazy Stamp set from Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz for about 3 or 4 months now and they finally came back in stock so I was able to get my hands on a set. These guys make me smile, so I thought they would work for this week's challenge.

I wanted my card to be bright and cheery. I also wanted to play with my distress stains ... so I added for different colored distress stains to my card. I also a couple of different stencils and distress stain to add interest to my background.  Once my card was dry I used the Rectangle Pull Card dies set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs for the base of my card.


For this card I used 5 of the birds from the stamp set to decorate my card. I felt my card needed something extra, so I added the tiny arrows which are also included in the Rectangle Pull Card die set.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:



Stamps: Bird Crazy; Handwritten Sentiments - Stampers Anonymous; Coffee Stains - Prima
Paper: White
Dies: Rectangle Pull Card - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
Other: Black Ink; Twisted Citron Distress Paint; Mermaid Lagoon Distress Paint; Spiced Marmalade Distress Paint; Fossilized Amber Distress Paint; Picket Fence Distress Paint;  Stampers Anonymous Striped Stencil; MFT Stamps Bricks Stencil; Foam Tape; Copics



Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Hello


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Hi everyone,

It's Pop It Up Wednesday over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog and this week it is my turn to post a tutorial.

A few weeks ago I set upon trying to reorganise some old cards I created using various technique which I wanted to keep for future reference. While I didn’t get very far with the reorganisation, I did rediscover a few tent cards I had previously created and this lead me to thinking of using the Oval Accordion Card die set which is what I have used for my card today. I love when a die can have more than one purpose for us to use it for.

You can view my tutorial here.
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One last photo showing the view of the tent card from the side.
Don't forget you can check out my tutorial on how to create this card over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog  (Blog post goes live 8AM MT).
Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs:
772 Accordion Oval Card
972 Accordion Rectangle Card
776 Oval Dots Frame Edges
2596 Lots of Owls Peel Off Stickers 
509 Transparent Double Sided Tape 152mm
508 Transparent Double Sided Tape 64mm
507 Transparent Double Sided Tape 10mm
639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter 
802 Fine Pointed Scissors
  
Other:
Cardstock: white, aqua, teal
Score Board
Hemp Cord
Copic Markers
Foam Tape


Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Make Balloon Animals


Hi everyone,

It's challenge time again over on the Riley and Company blog. This time round our challenge is hosted by Heather!

For our challenge this week Heather has challenged us to Color Challenge using the colors Orange and Purple to create our cards.

For my card today, I have used Riley and Company's Balloon Animal Riley and a sentiment from the Circus Words stamp set.

I created an Accordion Card using the Fancy Label Accordion Card set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.


Here is my card when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope.



Want to Play Along?

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using Riley and Company images.

Once you have created your card/project, come back here and place a comment with a link to your card so we can see what you have created. If you upload your card/project to Splitcoast Stampers please use the keyword Riley1415. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's cards on their blogs:





Stamps: Balloon Animals Riley; Circus Words - Riley and Company
Paper: White; Black; DP - Graphic 45
Dies: Fancy Label Accordion Card; Star Fancy Frame Edges - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
Other: Black Ink; Foam Tape; Copics


Monday, July 6, 2015

Crazy Quilt of Life


Hi everyone,

My card today is one I created for a friend of mine who celebrated her birthday last month. She loves quilting and sewing, so when I saw this fun stamp set from Art Impressions earlier in the year I knew I had to buy it for her birthday card.

Since then I have also acquired a few other sewing/quilt related products so I incorporated a few of those in my card too.

For the base of my card I used the Lots of Pops Pop Up Card die set Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I added the Agatha Edges die to the top edge of my card and on the lower edge I added a Quilt Square die.



Here is another view of my card so you can se the pop up portion of my card a little easier.


On the front of my card I used the Sizzix Spool of Thread Card Bigz die to create a large Spool of Thread. I stamped the sentiment to the bottom of the spool.

Stamps: Quilt Set - Art Impressions; Birthday Assortment - Stampendous
Paper: White; Kraft; Green; Blue; Sew Lovely DP - Carta Bella
Dies: Lots of Pops Pop Up Card; Katie Label Pivot Card; Agatha Edges - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs; Spool of Thread Card Bigz Die - Sizzix; Stitched with Love - MFT Stamps
Other: Black Ink; Green Hemp Cord; Foam Tape; Copics


Sunday, July 5, 2015

Happy Birthday


Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing a pop up card I created a few weeks ago, using a few new toys I picked up at the recent Papercrafts Show.



The flowers and vase used for this card are from Stampendous. To color the flowers I used my Chameleon markers. 

As you can see I created a Pop Up card using the Lots of Pops Pop Up Card die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

At the top and bottom edges of my card I played again with one of the header dies from Tonic Studio. I added purple glitter dot peel-off stickers over the holes of the stars/flowers.


Here is a side view of my card so you can see the pop up portion of my card a little easier.



For the front of my card I die cut my  designer paper using the Tonic Studio Header die and added the Happy Birthday sentiment which is also a die. I finished the card off by adding a flower.

Stamps: Build a Bouquet - Stampendous
Paper: White; Black; DP - Kaisercraft
Dies: Lots of Pops - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs; Build a Bouquet Die Set - Stampendous; Happy Birthday - Creative Expressions; Celebration Season Header Fold Die Set - Tonic Studios
Other: Black Ink; ECD Purple Glitter Dot Peel Off Stickers; ECD Black Glitter Border Peel Off Stickers; Foam Tape; Chameleon Markers



Saturday, July 4, 2015

Dad


Hi everyone,


It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Being a brand new month it is time to introduce our challenge hostess for July which is Karen Aicken.

For our challenge this week, Karen has given us a Color challenge .... MONOCHROMATIC    Use two or more shades of the same colour. Neutrals such as kraft, grey, black or white can be added in small amounts.

For my card today I created a card suitable for either Father's Day or it could also be a birthday card for a Dad. Father's Day isn't until September down here, so I have plenty of time to make more Father's Day cards and I normally need a few.

To create my card I have used the Rectangle Accordion Card designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I changed the format of this Accordion Card from a Portrait style to Landscape. You can see a video by Karen Burniston on how to do this technique here



I recently purchased some Australiana style dies which included this die of the Rusty Old Ute which I used on my card today. To the centre panel I added the "Dad" sentiment die which I layered about 4 times to give some depth. I also added some star brads to the top and bottom of the sentiment.



Here is a close up of the second and third pages of my card. 


Here is my card closed ready to be placed in an envelope.



Elizabeth Craft Designs is celebrating the 4th July weekend with a sale! 
20% off on ALL products - 3 days only (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
Use discount coupon code HAPPY4TH 
Treat yourself to dies from Karen Burniston, Susan Tierney-Cockburn, and Els van de Burgt! Stock up on Silk Microfine Glitter, Shimmer Sheetz, Clear Double Sided Adhesive, watercolor paper, peel-offs, and more...


Paper: Primitive Cream; Brown; Tan; DP
Dies: Rectangle Accordion Card - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs; Rusty Old Ute - Ultimate Crafts; Dad - Lil' Inker Designs
Other: ECD Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape; Star Brads; Foam Tape



Friday, July 3, 2015

Thinking of You


 Hi everyone,
It's my turn to post of the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today. For my project today I have created a Stand Up Card using the Fox Peel Off Stickers.
Here is how I created my card:
1. Creating the Peel Off Sticker Images:
a.  Before reading the instructions below, you can see a video Els created using this technique here.
b.  Place a sheet of Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive onto cardstock that is big enough for your peel-offs and remove the release sheet.
c.  Be careful not to touch the adhesive or it will leave fingerprints in the glitter.
d.  From the Foxy peel-offs, place the Fox Sleeping; Fox Standing and 3 paw prints onto the release sheet (sticky side up).
e. Place the cardstock that has Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive on top of the peel-off. (In other words, place sticky onto sticky.)
f.  Use release sheet in handling the cardstock until you cover the adhesive with glitter so you don’t leave fingerprints.
g.  Cover the adhesive with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter, polish glitter with your finger and brush excess off.
h.  Color your images as desired using alcohol-based markers on the glitter.
i.  Cut around all peel-off pieces and attach to the card.
* Coloring Tips for alcohol-based markers and glitter: Remember that when using alcohol-based markers, such as Copics, work quickly and don’t let the tip of the marker linger on the glittered surface. Too much alcohol ink can dissolve the adhesive and remove the glitter. It takes very little ink to color the surface of the glittered image so work with a light touch. To get the faded look, lay a line of color down along one edge of the section you want to color and then use your Blender pen to pull the color across the rest of the image. You may have to lay more color down to get deeper shading after you blend it out.
2.  The Card Base:
  • Cut a piece of rust cardstock 5 -1/2″ x 8-1/2″. Score at 2-1/8″ and 4-1/4″. Fold along score lines as shown above. Lightly score at 6-3/8″ but do not fold.
3. Position the Hinge Stand Up Helper die from the Stand Up Helpers 3 – Hinge die set  so that the bottom of the die is lined up along the 6-3/8″ score line created in step 1 and approx 3/4″ from the left side of the card. Die cut, remove the die from the card and now line it up again on the score line but this  time approximately 3/4″ from the right side of the card.
  • Place a piece of Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive to black cardstock that will be large enough to fit the Stand Up Helper Hinges die twice. Die cut so that the adhesive is on the bottom, trim along the bottom edge of the grass and adhere on top of the Hinge Stand Up Helper on the rust card. Add a Gold Glitter Dot Peel Off Sticker over the holes of the Hinge Stand Up Helper piece.
  • Cut a piece of rust cardstock 5-1/2″ x 2-1/8″ and adhere to the panel behind the Stand Up Helper to hide the opening.

4. Cut a piece of black card that measures 5-1/2″ x 1-7/8″. Cut a piece of designer paper that measures 5-1/2″ x 1-6/8″. Layer the two pieces together and adhere to the front of the base of the card as per photo above.
5. Adhere the Sleeping Fox to the left hand side of this panel using foam tape. Add the three paw prints to the card referring to photo above for placement.
6.  Roughly trim around the sentiment Thinking of You from the Thinking of You Large Peel Off Stickers. Peel off any excess black peel-off sticker that may be around your image until you just have the sentiment as per photo above.
  •  Cut a piece of Transfer Sheet large enough to fit over the sentiment. Remove the protective backing and place the tacky side of the Transfer Sheet onto the word “Thinking”. 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.
  •  Now move the Transfer Sheet with sentiment 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 sentiment pieces are now on the card. (Don’t remove the Transfer sheet until all pieces are in place). Repeat this process to place the words “of You” underneath the word “Thinking”.

7. Cut a piece of black card that measures 5-1/4″ x 4″. Cut a piece of designer paper that measures 5″ x 3-3/4″.
  • Use the rolling hills die from the Outdoor Edges die set and cut a piece of green designer paper that is approx 1-1/4″ high. Adhere this to the bottom of the designer paper cut above, and then layer this to the black card.
  • Die cut the tree from the CountryScapes The Woods die set from kraft card.
  • Die cut leaves three times from green card.
  • Cut away left hand tree from die cut above and highlight edges of tree using copic marker. Attach to the top right hand corner of card as per photo above.
  • Attach leaves to tree as per photo above.
  • Attach Standing Fox to the lower left hand side of card using foam tape.


8. Adhere the main panel to the lower half of the front of the card as per photo above.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial.
Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs:
2597 Foxy peel-offs Black 
2580 Thinking of You Large peel-offs Black
992 CountryScapes – The Woods 1
914 Outdoor Edges
963 Stand Up Helpers 3 – Hinges
509 Transparent Double Sided Tape 152mm
506 Transparent Double Sided Tape 6mm
639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter 
802 Fine Pointed Scissors
  
Other:
Cardstock: white; black; rust
Designer Paper: Kaisercraft Into the Wild 6-1/2″ Paper Pad
Copic Markers
Foam Tape


Thursday, July 2, 2015

Stamp on Days that end with "Y"


Hi everyone,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Being a brand new month it is time to introduce our challenge hostess for the month, which is Lynn McAuley.

Saturday (4th July) will be the birthday of America. For our challenge this week we were asked to make a card showing how you will celebrate the day (cook outs, parades, fireworks, or just at home reading a good book).


As most of you know, I live in Australia so Saturday will not be a special day for me. I normally make my cards for this challenge a week or two before the challenge and right now I don't have any particular plans for the day, like going shopping etc. As I pretty much get to stamp everyday even if it is for an hour or two, it is a pretty safe bet that I will do that on the day. So for my card today I went with a stamping theme.

I have been stamping for over 25 years and when I first started stamping many stamp companies sold stamp themed rubber stamps whether they would be an image of someone/something stamping; stamping equipment or sentiments. People used these to create cards, mail art and various other projects. And of course I collected a fair few of these stamps, so it was fun to pull them out and play with some of them.

For my card today I created a Pop Up Card using the Lots of Pops Pop Up Card die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I drew in a floor at the bottom of my stamping bear and cut it off straight so decided to add a floor to the base of my Pop Up card. I added my favorite sentiment .... 'I only stamp on days that end with "Y" ' using the labels from the Katie Label Pivot Card die set. Along the bottom edge of the card I added the flourish from the Agatha Edges die set.



Here is another view of my card so you can see the pop up part of my card a little easier. As my image was long and narrow, I decided to create two additional pop up boxes to give the edges of the image more support.

I added black glitter dots to the strip of pink card at the top of my card.


For the front of my card I added another stamp themed sentiment on my fish tail flags. Hmmm I think these days I need to add dies to both these sayings ... can't imagine not using dies when I create a card anymore.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:


Stamps: Stampin' is My Passion (Bear) - Stampassions; Stamping Problem - Artistic Stamp Exchange; End with "Y" - unknown; Gotta Stamp - Printworks; Beware Sign - Limited Editions; Stamping Border - Raindrops on Roses
Paper: White; Bright Pink; Black; Forever Young DP -  Bo Bunny
Dies: Lots of Pops; Katie Label Pivot Card; Agatha Edges - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs; Fishtail Flags Stax - MFT Stamps
Other: Black Ink; Black Glitter Dots - ECD; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush; Copics


Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Elizabeth Craft Designs June Designer Challenge


Hi everyone,

It's time for our June Elizabeth Craft Designs Designer Challenge. Check out the Elizabeth Crafts Designs blog today where you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month.

For our challenge this month the Designers were asked to use one of the new Peel Off Stickers which have recently been released by Elizabeth Craft Designs. 

For my card today I decided to use the new "Baby" Peel Off Stickers to create a 1st Birthday card. I can never have enough birthday cards. I decided to go with the primary colors red, yellow and blue.

The base of my card uses the Rectangle Accordion Card die.



Here is a close up of the first two pages of my card. For the monkey image and the other toys (on the third page), I adhered the images onto Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive Tape which had been attached to card and then covered this with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and then colored with Copics. For more details on how to do this technique you can see a video Els created using this technique here

As you can see I have added the decorative doily edge from the Paris Edges die set ... a red one on the first page and a blue one on the last page. This makes the card a little more festive. 


I used the "Happy Birthday to You" sentiment from the Farm Greetings Clear Stamp set and stamped it onto white card and then die cut it using the speech bubble from the Lorna Label Pop Up Card. I die cut three more speech bubbles from blue card and layered them behind the white speech bubble so I had a blue frame around the speech bubble.

On the centre page I added my greeting "1 Today" for this I used the Numbers & More 1 die set and the Alphabet 1 Caps die set. To help keep the sentiment lined up and even I placed a piece of low tack masking tape across my white card label and then positioned the letters or number up against it. I added some blue stars that where left over from the Katie Star Frame Edges and added some Transparent/Gold Glitter Dot Peel Off Stickers to each star.


I used the Katie Stars Frame Edge die set to create my frame around each page. As I wanted to keep with the primary color theme on each page, I also added stars of the color not already on that page. 

Along the edge where the Paris Edges is joined to the Accordion Page I added a Transparent/Gold Glitter BorderPeel Off Stickers.


Here is my card closed ready to be placed in an envelope.

That's it from me today, thanks for visiting my blog.

Stamps: Farm Greetings Clear Stamp Set - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Paper: White; Red; Blue; Yellow
Dies: Rectangle Accordion Card; Katie Stars Frame Edges; Paris Edges; Lorna Label Pop Up Card - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs; Alphabet 1 Caps; Numbers & More - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Other ECD Products: Baby Peel Off Stickers; Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape 152mm; Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter; Transparent/Gold Glitter Dot Peel Off Stickers; Transparent/Gold Glitter Borders Peel Off Stickers
Foam Tape; Copics