Sweet Wishes card

Hi Sizzix friends!

On this festive Friday I have prepared a pair of  clean and simple cards. I like to use two cardstocks in the same colour one as a background and the other one with embossment.  It gives an elegant result.

To make these beautiful cards I have used the following supplies:

My Big Shot machine, the borders embossing folder, Bigz die Heartfelt , white cardstock, 

flowered washi tape, the sentiment and brads.

I have covered a little piece of white cardstock with the washi tape.

I have die-cut this heart.

I have embossed a white cardstock which is 0,5 cm smaller than the 

card size. I really love this embossing folder !!!

Now I have all the pieces to make my card, I've chosen the colour of 

the brads to match the washi tape.

And finally this is the result:

The same card in different colours.

I have used the following Sizzix products:

• 658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
• 659964 Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Borders & Flowers Set
• 660233 Sizzix Bigz Die - Heartfelt

I hope you have enjoyed these clean and simple cards. Thanks for your visit!

Have a creative and happy Easter!

Raquel

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¡Hola a todos!

Para este viernes festivo he preparado unas tarjetas muy clean and simple. Me gusta mucho utilizar dos cartulinas del mismo color una lisa como fondo y otra repujada. Le da un toque elegante al trabajo.

Para realizar estas bonitas tarjetas he utilizado los siguientes materiales:

Mi Big Shot machine,  la carpeta de embossing borders, Bigz die Heartfelt , cartulina blanca, washi tape de flores, el mensaje y encuadernadores mini.

Primer he cubierto una cartulina blana con el washi tape, después lo he troquelado con forma de corazón. He realizado el repujado en otra cartulina blanca 5 mm más pequeña que la tarjeta (me encanta esta carpeta) . Ahora ya tenemos todas las piezas para montar nuestra tarjeta. 

Finalmente este es el resultado. He realizado la misma tarjeta con otra gama de color.

He utilizado los siguientes productos Sizzix:

• 658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
• 659964 Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Borders & Flowers Set
• 660233 Sizzix Bigz Die - Heartfelt

Espero que os haya gustado estas sencillas tarjetas. ¡Gracias por la visita!

¡Feliz y creativa Pascua!

Raquel

Easter Gift Jar & Card

Happy Friday everyone,

Last week, I shared with you this little Easter Home Decor Idea. Today I want to share with you a other Easter project. It’s amazing what you can create with the Sizzix Big Shot!

Easter is just around the corner and Sizzix gives you 10 free downloadable papers for all your papercard needs, labels with sentiment are included: Free Paper Downloads for Easter.

For Easter nothing is better that a handmade gift. This Jar Easter Treat Gift and the Card are quick and simple ideas that you can pack along for your Easter Sunday!

 

 

The jars are so versatile and fun! They make great decorations and packages.

 

 

I reuse a jar of honey. I collect these jars and use them for all sorts of fun projects. Then I wash them out and sterilize them in the dishwasher. I also usually paint the lids white. Fill the jars with some Easter candy and embellish with paper and die cut your favorite design. I used Love Bird and Woodland Flower dies design by Craft Asylum.

This is the Easter card I made, using a few of the papers and the Fanciful Fairy die design by Pete.

 

 

I hope you enjoy these.

Happy Easter!!!

Anna

 

Items used:

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

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Love Bird (660806)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Woodland Flower (660814)

Sizzix Thinlits Die - Fanciful Fairy (660095)

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Circles (657551)

jar

papers: Free Paper Downloads for Easter

cardstock: white, glitter gold

vellum paper

paper doily

acrylic paint: white

spray ink

sequins

sewing machine

foam board tape

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Per le amiche italiane! :)

Buon venerdì a tutti,

La settimana scorsa, ho condiviso con voi questa piccola idea di Home Decor per Pasqua. Oggi vorrei condividere con voi un altro progetto, anzi due!

Pasqua è proprio dietro l'angolo e Sizzix ha pensato di regalarvi carte stampabili a per tutte le esigenze di crap e cardmaking: 10 fogli scaricabili gratuitamente, le etichette con l'augurio sono incluse ;) Scarica qui le carte gratuite per Pasqua.

E 'incredibile quello che si può creare con la Big Shot! E per Pasqua ci aiuta a creare tanti bei pensierini fatti a mano.

Questo vasetto accompagnato da un biglietto, ad esempio può essere un piccolo regalo per Pasqua. Idee semplici che si possono realizzare velocemente per la vostra Domenica di Pasqua!

I barattoli di recupero sono così versatili e divertenti e si possono fare delle fantastiche confezioni regalo, senza spendere troppo ;)

Io ad esempio, ho riutilizzato un barattolo del miele. Metto da parte questi vasetti e li uso spesso per “inventarmi” dei regalini. Dopo averli lavati, di solito pitturo i coperchi di bianco. Qui ho riempito il barattolo con gli ovetti di cioccolato ed ho decorato con le carte e le forme tagliate con le fustelle. Ho usato Love Bird e Woodland Flower disegnate da Craft Asylum.

Questa è la card di Pasqua che ho creato, utilizzando sempre alcune delle carte stampabili gratis e la fustella Fanciful Fairy disegnata da Pete.

Spero che questi lavori vi siano piaciuti e vi possano aiutare nei lavori last minute di questi giorni.

Buona Pasqua!!!

Anna

Materiali:

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

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Love Bird (660806)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Woodland Flower (660814)

Sizzix Thinlits Die - Fanciful Fairy (660095)

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Circles (657551)

barattolo

carte: Carte scrap gratis per Pasqua - Download

cartoncini: bianco, oro glitter

carta da lucido

centrino di carta

colore acrilico: bianco

colore spray

paillettes

macchina da cucire

scotch spessorato

Happy Easter Card with Free Paper Downloads

Happy Thursday, readers!!

Today we will create together an Easter card 

using the Free Papers to download HERE!!

I used:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit 660515

Free Printable Easter Papers

Textured Impressions Plus Embossing Folder included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515

Bigz L Die everiday Essential included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515

Thinlits Plus Die Set also included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515

Scissors

Glues

Pink and white Cardstocks

Using the Free Printable Easter Papers, print the pois, stripe and happy easter papers on white cardstocks. Now, with the Layer Perfet - Metric, cut a cardboard  of cm 11x15  with stripes paper and another of cm 9,5x13,5 with pois paper.

Embossing pink cardstock with Textured Impressions Plus Embossing Folder included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515 and die cut flower using Bigz L Die everiday Essential included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515.

Cut die leaves using Thinlits Plus Die Set also included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515. Cut out Happy Easter banner. Now paste the different parts with glue.

Your Happy Easter Card is ready!!!!
Do you like it???

PER LE LETTRICI ITALIANE

Felice Giovedì, care amiche!

Oggi creeremo insieme un biglietto di auguri 

per la Pasqua usando le Free Easter Papers

che potete scaricare QUI!!!

Ho usato:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit 660515

Free Printable Easter Papers

Textured Impressions Plus Embossing Folder included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515

Bigz L Die everiday Essential included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515

Thinlits Plus Die Set also included in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515

Forbici

Colla

Cartoncino rosa e bianco

Usando le Free Printable Easter Papers, stampa su cartoncino bianco i modelli pois, righe e happy easter. Ora con Layer Perfet - Metric, un righello utilissimo, ritaglia due cartoncini, uno di cm 11x15, l'altro di cm 9,5x13,5. Embossare un cartoncino rosa con Textured Impressions Plus Embossing Folder incluso in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515; con lo stesso fustellare il fiore usando Bigz L Die everiday Essential incluso in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515.

Fustellare le foglioline usando Thinlits Plus Die Set also incluso in Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit 660515. Ritagliare le scritte Happy Easter. Ora incollare le varie parti per assemblare la card.

La vostra Happy Easter Card è pronta!

Vi piace??

Felice Pasqua a tutti!!!

Giovanna

A happy trio of baby quilts

Hello again, and Happy Easter to you.

As you can see, from the photo below, I have made progress on the baby quilts - and I think I might be able to finish them this weekend.

I have used the same fabrics and the rectangle die (http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/659837/sizzix-bigz-die-rectangle-2-x-4-finished-2-1-2-x-4-1-2-unfinished) for all of the quilts, and added the 2" finished square (http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/657607/sizzix-bigz-die-square-2-finished-2-1-2-unfinished) for one, and the 1" finished strip (http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/657607/sizzix-bigz-die-square-2-finished-2-1-2-unfinished) for the third quilt.

I think you'll agree they look quite different, but all have the rectangle in common, it was a happy decision to make the task easier, which worked for me!

 

This quilt is a rail fence, using 2 rectangles for each block.

I laid the whole quilt out and then made the blocks for each row, joined the rows and there we have a cot quilt top.

This quilt uses the square with the rectangle to make a rainbow of blocks that I joined together in sequence.

 This is actually the quilt I made first - using the white strip to alternately with the bright spots.

Now they just need to be quilted and bound - but I think I might manage that this weekend.

So not quite HRH but certainly a bright beginning!
Next week I think I will be showcasing a 'new' die - it's not been in our catalogue for very long and this will be my first time using it - so watch this space!
Enjoy this very special weekend.
Angela

 

 

Mini book Hello World ! by Karine

Mini album Hello World!

Hello!

Today’s Thursday, and I am delighted to show you a glimpse of a new project that I will teach in France from May onwards. Colours and glitter for very dynamic & cheerful pictures!

Supply list:

Cardstock: American Crafts

Papers: 4heures37, Studio Calico

Alphabets: Jenni Bowlin Studio

Labels: Custom & Craft

Glitter: Pause Créative

Stamps: Studio Calico, Bloomini Studio, Denim Tampons

Dies:

658300 :  Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

660801 :  Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK-speech-bubbles

660804 :  Sizzix Die Set 3PK-happiness-phrases

660815 :  Sizzix Die Set 3PK-Woodland-leaves

Here I used the newly launched Sizzix dies! They are fantastic, with a thin and elaborate design. Wonderful! To add brightness and sparkle to my mini album, I felt like working with glitter.

Double-sided tape is perfect for this technique! All you have to do is cut some leaves, words and geometric patterns in this adhesive.

Then glue your die cuts on your background or your photo, peel off the upper plastic layer of the tape and sprinkle with thin glitter! Remove the extra glitter and here you are! Your glitter is fixed as if by magic! This is an easy technique that makes a good impression, don’t you think?

Have a lovely day,

Karine

Mini album Hello World !

Bonjour !

En ce jeudi, j'ai le plaisir de vous présenter un nouveau projet que je donnerai en France à compter du mois de Mai ! De la couleur,des paillettes pour des photos tout aussi vitaminées !

Matériel :

Cardstock : American Crafts

Papiers : 4heures37, Studio Calico

Alphabets : Jenni Bowlin Studio

Etiquettes : Custom & Craft

Paillettes : Pause Créative

Tampons : Studio Calico, Bloomini Studio, Denim Tampons

Dies utilisés :

658300 :  Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

660801 :  Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK-speech-bubbles

660804 :  Sizzix Die Set 3PK-happiness-phrases

660815 :  Sizzix Die Set 3PK-Woodland-leaves

J'ai utilisé ici les tout derniers dies Sizzix ! Ils sont superbes, tellement fins et travaillés, du bonheur ! Pour rajouter un peu d'éclat et de luminosité à mon mini album j'ai eu envie de les travailler avec des paillettes.

J'ai utilisé ici du double face recto-verso idéal pour cette technique !Il vous suffit de découper feuille texte et forme géométrique dans cet adhésif.

Collez ensuite sur votre fond ou photo, enlevez la 2nde protection plastique et saupoudrez de paillettes fines. Récupérez le surplus et le tour est joué ! Vos paillettes sont fixées comme par magie ! Une technique facile et qui fait beaucoup d'effet qu'en pensez-vous ??

Très bonne journée à vous

Karine

Bags of fun!

Today is a complete change of direction from last week, I wanted to do something 'off the page' as they say. 

I love using recycled materials wherever possible and I can often be found haunting the local charity shops for things to die-cut or decorate. 

I have been working with fabrics recently, and I'm forever picking the brains of Angela, our in-house textile guru asking increasingly ridiculous questions about various fabrics and their properties thinking that one day I can put all this knowledge to some good use (don't hold your breath!)

I am using another of those stunning Sizzix Bigz flower dies. I love the contemporary feel of the shapes and the leaf is just gorgeous as you will see. The die in question is called Flower Layers & Leaf #2 by the clever people at Doodlebug Design.

I raided the local charity shops and left with a grey clutch bag, two pairs of jeans and some lace fabric (I get the funniest looks!!). I cut away the seams in the legs of the jeans and layered two strips of denim back to back, I put a sheet of Bondaweb in between the strips and applied a hot iron. Having that double thickness will give my flowers more spring or body, and another advantage of using the heat fusible web stops the fabric from fraying when die-cut. 

I die-cut four large denim flowers and four lace flowers before laying a lace flower over each denim flower.

I folded the flowers in half and half again before securing with a a few stitches where the flowers come to a point. I recommend a good strong thread for fabric of this thickness. I repeated the process with the other three sets of flowers and placed them point to point. At this stage you can stitch them onto a circle of fabric to keep them together ready to mount onto your project. 

I die-cut one of the smaller flowers from a single layer of darker denim backed with bondaweb to stop any fraying. Next, i used a needle and thread to add a few stitches down the centre of each individual petal to give the flower some added dimension before dipping into my bling box which is a treasure trove of recovered costume jewellery including bracelets, necklaces and earrings etc. I came up with a rather lovely diamante gem which, if memory serves, came from a hair band! I added the gem to the centre of the flower before mounting this into the centre of our assembled denim/lace flower. I die-cut the leaf from the same dark denim before attaching both to the rear of the flower.

I attached the flower by stitching through the bag, any unsightly stitching can be covered with a button if preferred. Not bad for recycled materials? You can use this flower as a broach or to decorate a hat too if preferred.

Here is a card made using the same die to show the oval centre and retro star shape which are part of the design. I love the versatility of these shapes and this is another in a long list of dies that I could not be without.

A beautiful vanilla, raspberry and white chocolate easter cake

Hi everybody!

One of my favorite annual traditions is that which involves to godfathers buying a typical Easter cake to his niece; this cake is called Mona and usually is topped by chocolate eggs.

Besides the cake and chocolate eggs, usually it come with beautiful trimmings and some toy figure. Is not that wonderful?

If we are among the most daring that we like to handmade it , we can also decorate with die cut paper elements

here some details of my proposal for this year, hoping that the person that is going to receive it as a gift is not seeing this blogpost at this moment (fingers crossed!)

Happy easter again and be happy!

The Sizzix products I'm using in this tasty project are:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine

657552 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares scallop

657563 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals

660210 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 102PK - Alphanumeric (1 “Tall)

660222 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4 PK - Scribbles & Splat

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Una de mis tradiciones anuales favoritas es la que hace que los padrinos compren un típico pastel de Pascua a su sobrina; este pastel se llama Mona y por lo general está coronada por huevos de chocolate.

Además de la tarta y los huevos de chocolate, por lo general viene con hermosos adornos y alguna figura de juguete. ¿No es eso maravilloso?

Si estamos entre los más atrevidos que nos gusta lo hecho a mano, también lo podemos decorar con elementos de papel troquelados

Podéis ver algunos detalles de mi propuesta para este año, con la esperanza de que la persona que lo va a recibir como regalo no está viendo este blogpost en este momento (crucemos los dedos!

Los productos Sizzix que he usado en este sabroso proyecto son:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine

657552 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares scallop

657563 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals

660210 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 102PK - Alphanumeric (1 “Tall)

660222 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4 PK - Scribbles & Splat

Buena Semana Santa y sed muy felices!