Showing posts with label Alphanumeric. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alphanumeric. Show all posts

Friday, 28 August 2015

Cards - Positive and Negative Die Cuts



Happy Friday everyone, It's Anna posting today.
I think we all need "Birthday" cards at all time of year and... How many times have you set aside a die-cut shape? Take a tip from this project: I made the positive and negative die cut sentiments using Big Shot Plus and alphabet Alphanumeric.
I used both the die cut image and the card it was cut from to created these two cards.
 
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From one die cut, I end up with 2 cards and each one of them with a specific technique.
Here is the first card I made:
 
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The first card uses the negative image, that I cut out from white cardstock.
 
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I glued a strip of floral paper to highlight the word, on the inside card. I stamped the word "birthday" to complete the card. I embellished with a cute daisy that I cut out with two dies (Botanical Bloom collection by Craft Asylum).
Here is the detail of the front of the card:
 
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I carefully saved the insides of the letters to make my second card...
 
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I mounted it in acetate paper: using the positive of my die cut I glued them back into place, above acetate strip. I created a small window on the front of the card and I attached the acetate.
I completed the card with a big cupcake (Echo Park collection).
 
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The use of the negative and the positive parts of your die cuts in these 2 cards is simple and fast!
 
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Here are the supplies I used to make these cards:
cardstocks
acetate paper
patterned papers
spray ink
acrylic paint
ink pad
stamp
washi tape glitter
brad
enamel dots
button
pin
stapler
 
I hope you enjoyed my project today. Have a great week end, see you next Friday!
 
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Buon Venerdì a tutti, sono Anna e sono qui con un nuova idea per usare la Big Shot e le fustelle!
Credo che tutti abbiamo bisogno di biglietti di compleanno durante tutto l'anno e nei giorni di ferie è buona cosa cercare di portarsi avanti, prima che il tran tran quotidiano prenda il sopravvento.
Così oggi vi mostro un trucchetto per risparmiare tempo ;)
Prendete spunto da questo progetto, perchè ho cercato di fare due card al prezzo di una! Infatti, ho utilizzato la scritta fustellata con la Big Shot Plus e l'alfabeto Alphanumeric, usando sia il positivo che il negativo. Non si butta via nulla! :D
 
Da un solo taglio, ho ottenuto due card differenti, usando per ognuna una tecnica specifica.
 
La prima card utilizza l'immagine negativa, visto che i titoli traforati vanno tanto di moda. Ho fustellato la scritta “happy” posizionando le lettere sul biglietto bianco. Ho incollato una striscia di carta a fiori nell'interno, per evidenziare la parola. Ho timbrato la parola "birthday" per completare la scritta. Quindi ho abbellito con un po' di washi tape glitter, una striscia di carta e una deliziosa margherita che ho messo assieme grazie a due fustelle (collezione Botanical Bloom by Craft Asylum). I colori di questa card sono decisamente femminili :)
 
Come avrete intuito, ho messo da parte, con attenzione, le lettere fustellate precedentemente per realizzare la mia seconda card.
Per questo biglietto ho deciso di creare anche qui un effetto ottico “traforato”, per cui ho montato la scritta su acetato: utilizzando il “positivo” ho incollato le lettere sopra la striscia di acetato. Ho creato, quindi, una piccola finestra sul fronte della card, dove ho incollato con biadesivo l'acetato. Ho completato il biglietto di compleanno con una grande e meravigliosa cupcake (fustella della collezione Echo Park), che ho anche embossato e rifinito con un bottone rosso. I colori di questa card diciamo che vanno bene per tutti.
 
Ecco che ho già pronte due card per le prossime occasioni!
Come avete visto l'uso delle parti negative e positive della vostra fustellata, consente di creare due card in modo semplice e veloce. Provateci anche voi e poi fatemi sapere! ;)
 
Materiali:
cartoncini
acetato
carta da scrapbooking
inchiostro spray
colori acrilici
inchiostro per timbri
timbro
washi tape glitter
brad
enamel dot
bottone
spillo decorato
spillatrice
 
Spero che il mio progetto oggi vi sia piaciuto. Buon week end, ci vediamo qui venerdì prossimo!

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Smile!


I am not the world's greatest photographer, I do have a decent camera but it is always set on automatic. These days most of my snaps are taken using my phone and some of them are great. Its so important to compose your shot and get the light right  because without those two things being in place all the fancy equipment and Photoshop trickery is a waste of time.

Having said all that, I do love old cameras from the fifties and sixties. It's a time when photography was becoming accessible to all and companies were fighting for a share of the 'cheap and cheerful' market with ever more colourful plastic creations. 

Some of those cameras look fabulous today, I even have a private Pintrest board dedicated to 1950's consumer goods featuring many such cameras. It makes me smile!

And so to today's blog, Sizzix have just released a new collection of Bigz dies designed by the good people of Echo Park. I had so much fun with these big, bold shapes while making projects for our trade shows and they are perfect for appliqué too. But today is all about the camera die.

Today I have used the Bigz camera die, the Thinlits alphabet set Alphanumeric and the Textured Impressions Butterfly Lattice set. Click on the highlighted text to see the individual products.

I started by die-cutting all the elements to make up my camera, the main body and the focus ring are backed with mount board to add a little depth to the shapes. I love this dusty pink, it's one of those classic American 1950's colours which I love so much so I used it for the body of my camera. as you can see, I embossed the pale metallic gold card with my lattice folder, it gives the perfect gold anodised look so popular at the time.



I trimmed about 5mm from the top of the embossed rectangle and mounted it onto the brown rectangle before attaching to the main body of the camera.


Next, I added the other elements. I used a hole punch to pop out a tiny pink circle which I added to the lens to create a highlight effect. 


While I was taking the individual letters from the Alphanumeric die set I had a revelation! I saw a word within a word which changed my approach to the whole card. I cut a rectangle of the lovely retro green/blue card and rounded off the bottom corners with a punch before placing all the letter dies across the base spelling the word 'SMILE' before removing the letter 'M' and 'E' and passing it through my Big Shot machine.



I die-cut the letters 'M' and 'E' from the pink card and attached them to the rectangle using thin strips of adhesive foam to add dimension. Next, I used my trusty Dymo machine to print out the legend 'YOU MAKE...'  above the word 'SMILE'; the 'ME' of course is part of the word. 





Here's the finished card, I think the Dymo strip adds to the retro vibe? 
it makes me smile anyway!

         

Sunday, 14 June 2015

"Happy Father's Day" Layout by Gerry van Gent


Hallo Sizzix Friends!

Next Sunday we are celebrating Father's Day! Therefore I
created an A4 layout to give as a present to our # 1 Dad :-) 
This photo of him and the kids was taken on Mother's Day 
which makes it even more special to me/us!
 father's Day 2015

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660515 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit 
660485 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Layering Daisy #2
660222 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Scribble & Splat
660210 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Alphanumeric
657551 Sizzix Framelits Die Set Circles
FREE PAPER DOWNLOADS FATHER'S DAY

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I began this layout by choosing two pattern papers for the background.
After that I cut out lots of embellishments from the Free Paper Downloads
for Father's Day. For one of the embellishments I used the Circles dies
- I used here two sizes of the Circles
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Daisies were die cut from white cardstock. 
Each daisy has two layers.
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"2015" was die cut from both white cardstock and Father's Day free papers.
The pattern paper numbers were used as a "shadow".
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Most of the embellishments were adhered with foam squares.
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OTHER PRODUCTS I USED:
Prima Marketing - Sugar Dots
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Thank you for your visit!
Have a creative day!

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

A mini to offer



Hello!


Today for this Tuesday, I suggest realizing a mini to slip in a small bag, this little detail allows to offer it!




I use:


For the small bag, first I cut a die in a thick draft paper, then I used this punched paper as a stencil to realize this butterfly, using paint. I used the Die included in the Big Shot Plus start-up kit.



For the small bag, first I cut a die in a thick draft paper, then I used this punched paper as a stencil to realize this butterfly, using paint. I used the Die included in the Big Shot Plus start-up kit.


For the mini album, I simply realized tags of various sizes with coloured papers. Tags are simply bound with a ring.










The titles were cut in golden paper with glitters, using the "Happiness phrases" die of Craft Asylum and "Cléo" were cut with the "Alphanumeric" die of Tim Holtz.




Here is an elegant mini to offer and that will allow you to keep your lovely souvenirs.

Good day to you all


Items used:

paper : Swirlcards collection Primavera et ORchidée
Wooden Stars: Studio Calico
Ribbons: American Craft and Studio Calico
Acrylic Paint and Metal Ring


Good day to you all!



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Un petit mini à offrir,


 Aujourd'hui pour ce mardi, je vous propose de réaliser un petit mini à glisser dans un petit sac, ce petit détail permet de l'offrir!


Pour le petit sac, j'ai d'abord découpé un Die dans un papier de brouillon assez épais, puis j'ai utilisé ce papier perforé comme pochoir pour réaliser ce papillon grâce à de la peinture. J'ai utilisé le die inclus dans le kit de démarrage de la Big Shot Plus.

 Pour le mini album j'ai simplement réalisé des tags de différentes tailles avec des papiers de couleurs. Les tags sont reliés simplement avec un anneau.

 Décorez avec quelques embellissements en bois, des fleurs en résine et du calque.
 Les titres on été découpés grâce au die "Happiness phrases" de Craft Asylum dans du papier doré à paillettes et Cléo grâce au die "Alphanuméric" de Tim Holtz.

 Voilà un petit mini à offrir plein d'élégance et qui permettra de conserver vos jolis souvenirs!
 
 Bonne journée à toutes et tous"
 

Sunday, 10 May 2015

"Mom" by Gerry van Gent

Hello Sizzix friends!

Today I would love to share with you an altered piece of
corrugated cardboard.
I used the FREE FLORAL PAPER DOWNLOADS
and of course combined them with  Sizzix dies.

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660515 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit
669473 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Decorative Trim #2
660474 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Decorative Bubbles
660210 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Alphanumeric
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For this fun project I used a piece of folded corrugated
cardboard which was used to divide bottles in a box.
Its sizes are approx. 31cm x 14cm. I added another piece of
corrugated cardboard (11.5cm x 13cm) which I used for
the photo. I treated all edges with gesso.
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Before adhering the Floral Papers I used sand paper
to distress the edges.
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One of my favourite butterflies (from Starter Kit) was decorated
with one of the flowers from FLORAL PAPER DOWNLOADS.
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All paper flowers were fussy cut from the FLORAL PAPER DOWNLOADS.
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OTHER PRODUCTS I USED:
Prima Marketing Shabby Chic Treasures by Ingvild Bolme
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Have a creative Sunday!