Winter Wishes gift package

Hello Sizzix Friends!
November has just arrived and I'm so excited!
This is the first year I can share with you, Sizzix blog Readers, my Christmas projects and it's such a honor for me.

Today a new gift package is waiting for you and I hope you'll enjoy it.

 

You need:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only (White & Gray) (660020)

Sizzix Accessory - Die Brush & Foam Pad for Wafer-Thin Dies (660513)

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals (657563)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Phrase, Winter Wishes & Snowflakes (660663)  

Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Winter Snowflakes Set (658628)

Wrapping papers

Cardstocks (Kraft brown, Kraft shiny silver, Kraft shiny gold)

Scissors

Tape

Baker's twine (cream and gold)

Double-sided sticky tape

Double-sided sticky foam pads

Adhesive Pearl Stones

Twezzers

 

 

Wrap your gift up using a stripped wrapping paper, scissors and sticky tape.

Wrap the package with the twine and fix it with a piece of double-sided sticky tape.

Die cut two ovals (in two different sizes) using two framelits from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals (657563) and two different cardstocks (kraft brown for the small oval, shiny gold for the big one).

Emboss the golden big oval using a snowflakes embossing folder (I used Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Winter Snowflakes Set (658628) ).

Die cut the Winter Wishes phrase using two different cardstocks (kraft shiny silver and kraft shiny gold).

Use the Sizzix Accessory - Die Brush & Foam Pad for Wafer-Thin Dies (660513)  to remove the letters.

Paste a stipe of double-sided sticky tape behind the silver Wishes word and put the golden letters in the holes.

Remove the plastic film from the double-sided sticky tape and add some sticky foam pads behind the Winter Wishes phrase.

Paste the phrase on the kraft brown oval.

Stick some pieces of double-sided tape behind the two ovals (the embossed one and the kraft brown one) and paste them on the gift package.

Fix some adhesive pearls on the snowflakes using the tweezzers.

 

That's it :)

Have a wonderful sunday!

 

Silvia

 

 

 

*Per i lettori italiani*

Buongiorno amici creativi.
Novembre è appena arrivato e sono molto entusiasta!
Questo è il primo anno che posso condividere con voi, lettori del blog di Sizzix, i miei progetti Natalizi ed è un onore immenso per me, credetemi!

Oggi un nuovo pacchetto regalo vi aspetta e spero vi piaccia e, soprattutto, vi dia qualche spunto carino per le vostre confezioni.

Ho usato:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only (White & Gray) (660020)

Sizzix Accessory - Die Brush & Foam Pad for Wafer-Thin Dies (660513)

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals (657563)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Phrase, Winter Wishes & Snowflakes (660663)  

Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Winter Snowflakes Set (658628)

Carta regalo

Cartoncini (marrone, satinato argento, satinato oro)

Forbici

Scotch

Spago (crema e oro)

Nastro biadesivo

Gommini biadesivi

Perle adesive

Pinzette

 

Confezionare il regalo con una carta a righe, dello scotch e delle forbici.

Avvolgere dello spago attorno al pacchetto fissandolo poi con un pezzo di nastro biadesivo.

Fustellare due ovali di due dimensioni diverse usando due framelits da Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals (657563) e due diversi cartoncini (marrone kraft per l'ovale piccolo, satinato oro per quello grande).

Goffrare l'ovale dorato usando una cartella di goffraggio con fiocchi di neve (io ho usato Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Winter Snowflakes Set (658628) ).

Fustellare la frase Winter Wishes con due diversi cartoncini (satinato argento e satinato oro).

Usare Sizzix Accessory - Die Brush & Foam Pad for Wafer-Thin Dies (660513)  per rimuovere con facilità le lettere.

Incollare una striscia di nastro biadesivo dietro alla parola Wishes argentata e inserite negli spazi che si sono creati le lettere dorate.

Rimuovere la pellicola protettiva del biadesivo e incollare diversi gommini biadesivi.

Incollare la frase Winter Wishes argentata sull'ovale marrone kraft.

Attaccare alcune strisce di nastro biadesivo dietro ai due ovali (quello oro goffrato, quello marrone kraft con la scritta Natalizia) e incollarli sul pacchetto regalo.

Fissare, aiutandosi con delle pinzette, alcune perle adesive in diversi punti sopra ai fiocchi di neve.

 

Finito! :)

Buona domenica

 

Silvia

 

 

 

 

 

More than words

I love typography and graphic design, sometimes it borders on the obsessive like taking pictures of bottles in the supermarket or tearing an advert out of a magazine in a doctors waiting room. As you can imagine it has been the source of great embarrassment for my long suffering wife down the years particularly my soap-boxing rants when I am offended by BAD design in the high street!

Naturally, I think that I have good taste as do we all, but we can't all have good taste, if that were the case then there would be no bad taste and as a consequence 'taste', whether it be good or bad would simply not exist!

Let's just say that I know what I like and leave it at that. 

This is a long-winded way of telling you that I am very fond of all the new dies designed by Jen Long. A great designer and a lovely lady too. Also in the collection is a fabulous pillow box/poinsettia combo which I will feature in the coming weeks no doubt but today is all about festive phrases.

The dies I am using are very detailed so I chose a simple approach because they literally speak for themselves.



I started by die-cutting the 'Merry Christmas & Happy New Year' phrase from red card. Click on the highlighted text to see the die.

 I turned the die-cut phrase over and place strips of double sided tape onto the rear as shown. Next, I die-cut the phrase from white card and removed the individual letters before placing them into the red die-cut secured by the tape. I created a base card from sand coloured card and added a Christmas stamp in the bottom right hand corner.

 I attached the assembled phrase using adhesive foam pads and rounded off the corners of the base card using a corner punch. I love the simplicity of the card, it allows the die to take centre stage without any need for fancy techniques or papers.

The 'Winter Wishes' die is a particular favourite of mine. I started by die-cutting it from white card before adding the double sided tape to the rear and inserting the red die-cut letters as before.

Next, I placed a strip of turquoise card behind the phrase and die-cut some snowflakes using the accompanying die.

I stamped my base card and attached the assembled phrase before adding my chosen snowflake decorated using a single gem in the centre. I think they make a very handsome couple?

This card is an after thought but I was desperate to see how the phrase looked cut from metallic card. I was not disappointed with the results so I had to build a card around it! I also roped in the Framelits Fancy Labels Set and a few tiny gems.

Vintage Auto

Last week we took a look at some of the fab new 1950's dies designed by Jen Long and I mentioned the car die set which I am very fond of so I thought I would share it with you today.

Father's Day is just around the corner here in the UK so if you want a bit of inspiration check out this link which will take you to 6 project sheets and oodles of FREE downloadable papers to create retro style 1950's style cards. We love that word so I'll write it again....FREE!

Here are the dies I used today:

• Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 10PK - Vintage Car & Radio (659506)
• Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk by Tim Holtz (658563)
• Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Circles (657551)

I went for a typical 1950's colour palette and rather than make it easy for myself I decided to try to create a two tone style car. I started by cutting all the different elements including the headlights, hub caps, Bumper ( I should say fender really!) etc.

I trimmed away the parts of the blue car I didn't need along with the windscreen and steering wheel of the cream car. Next, I attached the separate sections of the blue car to the cream car before adding the wheels and hub caps.

After adding the bumper and headlights I attached the steering wheel and soft top as well as the silver wind screen surround.

Here is  a card made following most of the steps above but I have added a few twists like the white wall tires and I have substituted black for grey to give a softer effect. I also used Distress inks sparingly to add a little dimensional depth as well as a few white highlights with a gel pen.

I used a couple of the circled dies to create a silver frame with the check paper in the centre before die cutting the letters from silver card. I cut all the asymmetric shapes by hand before mounting everything onto the base card.

Well that, as they say is that! but I did have one tiny idea which I want to share.

I wanted to create the same car but have it look like a rusty old banger, I die-cut all the bits as above and roughly applied Walnut Stain Distress Ink around the edges before assembling the car.

I pressed down onto the die-cut car using an embossing ink pad before applying the Vintage Photo Distress embossing powder and shaking off the excess prior to setting it with a heat tool.

After this I went to work with my Distress inks starting with yellow and orange tones before introducing a little blue. The results were quite effective and it will probably find it's way onto a project at some point in the future.