A little bit of crazy

 

 

 

Today I've gon crazy with colours, embossing and sequins but once in a while I think we all need a little bit of crazy.

 

 

 

I die cut the frame from the Thinlits Die Set 6PK - I Heart This and added some patterned paper behind the opening in the frame. The frame says "I {heart} this" and that didn't really fit with my card so I cut a fish tail banner for my main sentiment and added above the "I {heart} this".

 

 

 

Next up I stamped three different flowers from Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden in VersaMark and heat embossed them using different colours of embossing powder. I scattered the flowers in two corner of the frame and layered them on top of one another using foam adhesive.

 

 

 

The final touches to this playful card was some sequins, a smaller sentiment and a hand drawn line running around the entire background.

 

Supply list:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Thinlits Die Set 6PK - I Heart This
Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden
Cardstock
Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye, Simple Stories)
VersaMark
Embossing powder (WOW)
Embossing tool
Stamps (Simon Says Stamp)
Sequins



 

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I dag har jeg et lidt tosset og farvestrålende kort til jer - nogle gange har man bare brug for lidt fis og ballade.

 

Jeg udstansede rammen fra Thinlits Die Set 6PK - I Heart This, og satte noget mønstret papir inde i rammen. Da die'en udstanser sætningen "I {heart} this", hvilket ikke passede til mit korts tema, valgte jeg at skære et banner ud, hvor jeg stemplede kortets primære hilsen på. Jeg satte dette banner henover "I {heart} this" delen af rammen.

 

Næste skridt var at stemple tre forskellige blomster fra Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden med VersaMark og derefter varmeembosse dem i forskellige farver af embossingpulver. Jeg spredte blomsterne i to hjørner af rammen.

 

De sidste skridt til at gøre dette legefulde kort færdigt var at tilføje pailetter, en mindre hilsen og en håndtegnet linje hele vejen rundt langs kortets baggrund.

 

Ingredienser:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Thinlits Die Set 6PK - I Heart This
Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden
Karton
Mønstret papier (My Mind's Eye, Simple Stories)
VersaMark
Embossingpulver (WOW)
Embossing tool
Stempler (Simon Says Stamp)
Pailetter

A layout with lots of different dies

Hello Sizzix friends!!
I am so sorry that my post is going up later than usual this Sunday, but the trouble is it's raining so much here that the basement of our house is flooded and I had to deal with that for most of the day. We have a pump that is supposed to take the water out but it really was no big help since the power was cut for several hours. Ok, that was my day. I hope you had a better one so far!! :-)

Anyway, I have a page that I'd like to share with you as usual:

And I even took some close up shots. 

Unfortunately the colours are not great due to the abysmal lightning conditions....

It was nice to play with some great Sizzix dies and stamps to take my mind off things.

The framelits stamps are great because you see exactly where you are supposed to cut out your stamped image. It's really easy to get a nice clean cut.

For my title I combined one of the Sizzix thinlits dies with some letter stickers.

Finally a close up of some of the bunting pieces I cut out with a new Bigz die and some Tattered florals with some framelits leaves.

These are the Sizzix Products that I used:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - Simply Lovely 
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden 
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - You & Me
Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Florals 
Sizzix Accessory - Susan's Garden Tool Kit
Sizzix Bigz Die - Pennants

In addition I used  Heidi Swapp 'Dreamy' collection and letter stickers and flowers från Papirdesign -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hejsan Sizzix vänner!

Ledsen att mitt inlägg kommer mycket senare idag! Mitt problem är att det är hundraårsregn i södra Sverige i dag och min källare är totalt översvömmat. Jag har tömt hinkar etc hela dagen, och nu börjar det regna igen.....Vi har en länspump som egentligen ska ta hand om vattnet, men när jag kom ner i källaren tidigt i morse var det redan fullt av vatten där pga elavbrott som gjorde att pumpen inte fungerade!! Detta var min dag. Hoppas din varit bättre!! :-) 

Men i vilket fall som helst har jag en sida att dela med er idag: 

Några närbilder blev det också, men tyvärr blev färgåtergivningen inte så bra med de dåliga ljusförhållandena vi har.

Det var trevligt att underhålla mig en stund sen med underbara Sizzix dies och stämplar för att skingra tankarna lite.

 Framelits stämplarna er kanon sedan du ser exakt var du ska lägga din die för att få en perfekt utstansning. Enkelt!!

Jag använde en die fra Sizzix thinlits settet 'You & Me' för min titel tillsammans med några alfabetsstickers.

Slutligen en bild på mina banners som jag gjorde med en ny Bigz die och mina Tattered florals med några snygga framelits löv.

Dessa fina Sizzix produkterna använde jag:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - Simply Lovely 
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden 
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - You & Me
Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Florals 
Sizzix Accessory - Susan's Garden Tool Kit
Sizzix Bigz Die - Pennants

I övrigt använde jag papper från Heidi Swapp 'Dreamy' collection and letter stickers and flowers från Papirdesign.

 

A feminine and romantic card.

Hi there Sizzix friends!!
Today I have a card to share in a romantic and slightly shabby style.

I have used one of the the frameworks dies here as well as one of the framelits sets with both stamps and dies.

Almost no combination is as feminine and romantic as pink with light blue. I cut out my leaves from both cardstock and a patterned paper and quite like the effect of the patterned leaves.

I like to paint on my diecut pieces with gesso. Here I have diecut a piece of chipboard and I find the gesso makes it look a little softer.

Thank you all for looking today and for any sweet comment you like to leave me. It's so nice with a little feed back here on the blog!!

The Sizzix products I used are: 

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Frameworks Die - Courtyard
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden

Other products; Lemoncraft, Prima, Melissa Frances

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Hej Sizzix vänner!
Idag vill jag visa er ett kort i romantisk og shabby chic stil.
Jag har använt en av framework diesen och ett set med tunna dies och stämplar, som heter 'English Garden'.
Rosa och ljusblått är nog den mest romantiska kombinationen av alla. Jag stansade ut löven både i enfärgad vit cardstock och i mönsterpapper. Jag gillar jättemycket effekten av de mönstrade löven.
jag gillar att måla på mina stansade bitar med gesso. Här har jag stansat ut från en bit chipboard med en Bigz die och tycker att gesson mjukar upp intrycket lite.
Tack för att ni tittar in idag och för eventuella kommentarer ni lämnar mig.
Det är så trevligt med lite feedback här på bloggen!

Sizzix produkterna jag har använt: 

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Frameworks Die - Courtyard
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden

Andra produkter; Lemoncraft, Prima, Melissa Frances

Spring in your Step!

..... Don't want to speak too soon but we may have seen the last of the snow which has been clinging stubbornly to the hills around my home for the last 2/3 weeks. My daughter and I went for a walk on Sunday without our coats on so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

The daffodils which seem to occupy every roadside verge in Wales these days are picking their heads up after their premature snowy burial cruelly stopped them in their tracks and the blossom is starting to appear on the trees which means I'll start sneezing any time soon!

At the beginning of January I made this simple flower garland and at the time Spring seemed like a very distant prospect, but I kept the photo's waiting for the right time and here it is!

The dies used where all from the Botanical Sanctuary and English Garden collections designed by Scrappy Cat for Sizzix and they are all Sizzlit dies. Click on the links above to see the individual collections.

All of the flowers and butterflies were die cut from quality, smooth heavy weight white card. I started by cutting two shapes. Trim around the flower heads of one of the die cuts and put to one side.

Use an assortment of Distress Inks to colour the foliage, I have used the colours Mustard Seed, Crushed Olive and Faded Jeans but feel free to use any die inks that suit the purpose. Build up the colour starting with the lightest first until you have the result you desire.

Use a spritzer Bottle filled with water to spray onto the inked die cut creating a mottled effect. Use your preferred ink shades to colour the flower heads, mist as before and attach to the complete die cut once dry. To Add a little pizazz use a light dusting of Spray and Sparkle glitter varnish.

Choose a selection of your favourite flower and butterfly die cuts and use the same inking techniques on each, try blending the ink, particularly on the butterflies to create interesting two tone effects. Once you have your assembled die cuts attach each one to a plain garland made of twigs.