Family layout by Karine

Hi there!

Here is a new lay-out more in the C&S style with a nice black & white picture!

Supply list:

Papers: Crate Paper, Echo Park

Cardstock: American Crafts

Transparency: Studio Calico

Rub-ons: Jenni Bowlin Studio

Chipboards: Studio Calico

Stickers: Studio Calico, Jenni Bowlin Studio

Dies-cuts: K Box Scrap Plaisir, Pebbles

Wood Embellishment: K Box Scrap Plaisir

Masking Tape

Others: 3D foam

Dies:

659749: Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK-Forever & a Day

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

I started by gluing my picture in the lower part of my page. I pieced together the same turquoise blue polka dots paper to build my background paper.

The left part of my page will be partially covered with a torn patterned tracing paper.

I used a die from the "Life made simple-Forever & A day" set that I’m particularly fond of.

It is cut out of kraft paper. I only kept the "I will love you forever" part which will serve as title.

Then I decorated my page as simply as possible: little gold stars, matching rub-ons, mini-stickers and die-cuts.

This is a lay-out I really like and that is realized really rapidly!

Have a lovely day,

See you next Thursday,

Karine

Hello !

Une nouvelle page cette fois-ci plutôt clean & simple pour une jolie photo en noir et blanc !

Matériel :

Papiers : Crate Paper, Echo Park

Cardstock : American Crafts

Transparent : Studio Calico

Rub-ons : Jenni Bowlin Studio

Chipboards : Studio Calico

Autocollants : Studio Calico, Jenni Bowlin Studio

Dies-cuts : K Box Scrap Plaisir, Pebbles

Embellissement bois : K Box Scrap Plaisir

Masking Tape

Divers : Mousse 3D

Dies :

659749: Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK-Forever & a Day

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit

J'ai commencé par coller ma photo dans la partie basse de ma page. J'ai reconstitué le fond avec un seul et même imprimé turquoise à pois.

La partie de gauche sera partiellement recouverte avec un calque imprimé et déchiré.

J'ai utilisé une découpe du set "Life made simple-Forever & A day" que j'aime particulièrement. Celle-ci est découpée dans du kraft. Je n'ai pas conservé la carte dans son intégralité et je me suis simplement focalisée sur la partie "I will love you forever" qui fera office de titre.

J'ai ensuite décoré ma page le plus simplement possible en collant de jolies petites étoiles dorées, des rub-ons assortis, des mini stickers et des dies-cuts.

Une page que j'aime beaucoup et très rapide à réaliser !

Bonne journée,

A jeudi

Karine

Tidy!

Tidy is not a word that would necessarily spring to mind when describing my work area when I'm busy crafting. I'm sure that this is true of many of you? In my defence I do clean up between projects but I'm not too bothered by clutter.

If like me, you live in Wales then this word takes on a different meaning, Tidy could be transposed for any number of words, all of which are positive like excellent, brilliant, wicked etc.

My good friend and former band mate  Andrew 'Bone' Jones, an excellent fellow and Tidy guitar player as well was blessed with a little girl last Tuesday by the name of Isabella Eira (a welsh name meaning 'snow') So many congrats to Bone and Julia.

Bone told me the happy news via text, it read as one might expect but ended with the word tidy! which is  his favourite word by far, not that he has a limited vocabulary, although now you mention it.......

I wanted to mark the occasion with a card, and the great thing about being a crafter is that you can offer something a little bit special and bespoke. I had a great idea but to make it work I had to reach for my Framelits Circles dies and my Scalloped Squares, The rest, as they say was easy. There are two sets of Framelits circles dies and even though you can create the project using just those in the link above I have lumped them all together in one folder.

I Started by selecting my papers and dies before die-cutting three different circles, two pale yellow and the smallest from Spotty pink paper. Next I placed a smaller circle against the base of the largest circle and another die roughly in the centre of the smaller yellow circle. I also trimmed away part of the spotty circle until I have the collection of shapes in the far right hand picture.

I cut the yellow 'ring' in half and fashioned one end into a chevron with my craft knife forming the end of the trunk before mounting them all together to form my elephant. Next I cut a square of ivory card and added a faux stitch effect around the perimeter with a pattern makers wheel. I matted the square onto a die-cut pink scalloped square before mounting the elephant using 3D foam pads.

Finally, I printed the word tidy onto white card and carefully trimmed around it with a craft knife forming a speech bubble.

I printed the words onto a rectangle of kraft card as well as the seal at the top (this is from a dingbats font called 'old seals' free to download from dafont.com).

TIDY!!!

Los geht's Deutschland

 

 

 

 

Germany is (along with much of the rest of the world) in the grips of the football mania of the World Cup and since the Danish team didn't make it to Brasil and I live in Germany, I still have a team to root for. I'll be watching the game between Germany and the United States with some friends in Denmark and I wanted to bring some German flair to the event.

 

When I saw these Niederegger marcipans in the German colours, I decided to buy some and make a little gift set in the German colour: Schwarz (black), rot (red), gold (golden/yellow).

I figured out that two of the marcipans would fit in a small square box that I formed out of a die cut scallopped square using Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop: Simply die cut the largest square, then count three scallops from each side and score lines here. Once you have the score lines you also have a guide for cutting: One side of each corner need to be cut lose (use the picture above for reference). Last step is to assemble the box by folding in the corners and glueing them down.

 

I made my boxes in black cardstock and then I added slivers of red and yellow cardstock to mimic the German flag. A 12" strip is plenty to reach around the box.

 

 

I knew I wanted to wrap the boxes in cellofan paper and then add some tags with text to the packages, so I die cut three tags. Once more, I used the Germany trio of colours for the frames of the tags. I looked up what German fans might yell at a game and I added that call to the three tags.

 

 

I added two marcipans to each little box and I colour coordinated them so there would be a black, a red and a golden box.



 

The last step was wrapping the boxes in cellofan paper and adding the tags to each box with matching baker's twine. Los geht's Deutschland (Let's go Germany)!

Supply list:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop

Marcipan pieces

Cardstock

Baker's twine

Stikers (LilyBee)

 

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Tyskland er (sammen med meget af resten af verden) grebet af fodboldmania på grund af VM i Brasilien, og nu da landsholdet ikke er i Brasilien og vi bor i Tyskland, har jeg fortsat et hold at holde med. Jeg skal se kampen mellem Tyskland og USA sammen med venner, og jeg ville have lidt tysk flair med til festlighederne.

 

Da jeg så Niederegger marcipanstykkerne i de tyske farver, slog jeg til og besluttede at lave et lille gavesæt i de tyske farver: Schwarz (sort), rot (rød), gold (gylden/gul).

 

Jeg opdagede, at to af marcipanstykkerne kunne passe i en lille box, som jeg lavede ud af udstansede scallopped firkanter lavet med Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop: Jeg udstansede den største af firkanterne og lavede foldelinjer tre buer inde på alle sider af firkanterne. Foldelinjerne er samtidig guides til der, hvor man skal skære for at kunne samle boxen (brug billedet ovenfor som reference). Det sidste skridt er at samle boxene ved at folde hjørnerne ind og lime dem sammen.

 

Jeg lavede mine boxe i sort karton, hvorefter jeg tilføjede strimler af rødt og gult karton, så boxene kom til at ligne det tyske flag. Strimler på 12 inches / 30,5 cm er rigeligt lange til at nå hele vejen rundt.

 

Da jeg vidste, at jeg ville pakke boxene ind i cellofan og så tilføje nogle tags, udstansede jeg tre tags og endnu en gang brugte jeg den tyske trio af farver. Derudover fandt jeg et fodboldslogan, som jeg kunne sætte på tagene.

 

Hver box indeholder to marcipanstykker, og de er farvesorteret, så der er en sort, en rød og en gylden box.

 

Det sidste skridt var at pakke boxene ind i cellofan og sætte taggene fast med matchende baker's twine. Los geht's Deutschland (Go Tyskland)!

 

Ingredienser:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop

Marcipanstykker

Karton

Baker's twine

Stikers (LilyBee)

Remembering those special moments....

Hello to everyone:) Today I have this card to show you:)

Sizzix products:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine 657900
Sizzix Frameworks Die - Chevron 659428
Sizzix Bigz Die - Flowers, 3-D 656545

Other products:

Prima Marketing papers; Sweet Fairy

Prima Marketing journaling notecards; Meadow Lark

cardboard

gesso

glue

corrugated cardboard

doily

Prima Marketing PRINTERY Reflections Antique Mirror 

burlap

How to do:

1. Cut the backroundpaper size 12 cm × 15 cm, apply gesso on to it and allow to dry.

2. Cut the pieces of burlap (4 cm × 11 cm) and corrugated cardboard (10 cm × 4 cm) and paint them using gesso, allow to dry.

3. Cut the roses, two big and four small, using Sizzix Bigz Die - Flowers, 3-D 656545. Finish them with glue.

4.  Cut also the framework using Sizzix Frameworks Die - Chevron 659428. 

5. When the backgrounpaper is dry, fit it on to the cardboard ( a little bit bigger than the paper) by sewing.

6. Cut a piece of patterned paper 5 cm × 14 cm and fit it vertically to the left side. Cut also the other paper size 5 cm × 12 cm and fit it horizontally in the middle of the card.

7. Place the journaling card (cut the piece of), doily, corrugated cardboard, burlap, framework and Prima Marketing antique mirror  as above in the picture.

8. Place the roses on to the card and glue them.

9. Tape the ready cover on to the cardboard size 14 cm × 16,5 cm.

Have a nice day,Minna

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Moi:) Tässä jälleen uusi kortti näytille:)

Sizzix tarvikkeet:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine 657900
Sizzix Frameworks Die - Chevron 659428
Sizzix Bigz Die - Flowers, 3-D 656545

Muut tarvikkeet:
Prima marketing papereita; Sweet Fairy
Prima marketing journaling kortti; Meadow Lark
kartonkia
gesso
liimaa
aaltopahvia
doily
Prima Marketing PRINTERY Reflections Antique Mirror
juuttikangasta

Kuinka teet tämän:
1. Leikkaa taustapaperi kokoon 12 cm ×15 cm ja levitä gessoa siihen, anna kuivua.
2. Leikkaa myös palaset juuttikangasta (4 cm × 11 cm) ja aaltopahvia (10 cm × 4 cm) ja maalaa ne gessolla, anna kuivua.
3. Leikkaa ruusut; kaksi isoa ja neljä pientä käyttäen Sizzix Bigz Die - Flowers, 3-D 656545. Liimaa ne valmiiksi.
4. Leikkaa myös framework käyttäen Sizzix Frameworks Die - Chevron 659428. 
5. Kun taustapaperi on kuivunut, kiinnitä se ommellen hieman sitä isompaan kartonkiin.
6. Leikkaa pala kuviopaperia 5 cm × 14 cm ja kiinnitä se pystysuoraan kortin vasempaan reunaan. Leikkaa toinen paperi 5 cm × 12 cm ja kiinnitä se vaakasuoraan kortin keskelle.
7. Kiinnitä journaling kortti (leikkaa pala pois), doily, aaltopahvi, juuttikangas, framework ja Prima Marketing  antique mirror koriste korttiin kuten kuvassa.
8. Asettele ruusut ja liimaa ne paikalleen.
9. Teippaa lopuksi valmis kansi korttipohjaan kokoa14 cm × 16,5 cm.

Mukavaa keskiviikkoa, Minna

Star box

Hi everyone

I hope you all had a great week, today I have a little giftbox to share with you.

Sizzix dies I have used:

Sizzix framelits 5 pk Star 657567

Sizzix movers and sharpers Bigz L Matchbox 659447

Supplylist:

Paper: Purple Violets Galeriapapiera

Ink: memento-Sweet Plum

pontura paint-Lilla

Thanks for stopping by, wish you a great week
Pia

Hej alle

Jeg  håber du har haft en fantastisk uge, i dag vil jeg vise en lille gaveæske





Sizzix dies jeg har brugt:

Sizzix framelits 5 pk Star 657567

Sizzix movers and sharpers Bigz L Matchbox 659447

Andre materialer:

Papir: Purple Violets Galeriapapiera

Ink: memento-Sweet Plum

pontura paint-Lilla

Wooden block....


Hi everyone...hope you had a great week...today I have made a wooden block with Frameworks, cheesecloth and Gesso. Very easy to make and a nice gift to a dear friend ♥

Supply list:
657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine
659424 Sizzix Frameworks Die - Courtyard 

Papers: Pion Design - My Precious Daughter
Other: Wooden block, Gesso, cheesecloth, Flowers - Kort & Godt, Tissue Tape - Tim Holtz idea-ology

How to do:
Find a  wooden block and Die cut Framework in patterned paper with Sizzix Frameworks Die - Courtyard 
"Glue" it to the wooden block with Gesso and cheesecloth. Add flowers, Tissue Tape and text. 

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a great day!

Anne Kristine

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Heisann... I dag har jeg laget en trekloss  med Frameworks og osteklut.

Materialer:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine
659424 Sizzix Frameworks Die - Courtyard 

Papir: Pion Design - My Precious Daughter
Annet: Trekloss, Gesso, osteklut, blomster - Kort & Godt, Tissue Tape - Tim Holtz idea-ology

Beskrivelse:
Finn en trekloss og stans ut  Framework i mønsterark med Sizzix Frameworks Die - Courtyard 
"Limes" til treklossen med Gesso og osteklut. Lim på blomster, Tissue Tape og tekst. 

Takk for at du stikker innom her og ha en herlig dag!

Anne Kristine

Frameworks dies as masks for gold flakes

One of my long time always in my craft room product are any type of gold flakes or faux gold leaf. they add a different kind of metallic effect that not card mirri or shiny would ever do. 

One of my favourite products form the latest releases from Mr. Tim Holtz are the Frameworks dies, dies that are perfect for a lot of different technique. And if you know me, you will know that I love techniques. Frameworks dies make wonderful masks, gap cards and templates. Here is one of those techniques.

I die cut first the Frameworks-Chevron die using white textured card. As usual, I put the textured card facing the foam that will make the textured side the front. Then I took a piece of Stix2 double sided sticky sheet and attached it to a plain card to give it some extra stability, though is not necessary. 

I lifted the remain protective sheet and place over it the Chevron (texture side up). I protected the adhesive placing the protective sheet over it.

I placed on to the biz die from the Big Shot Starter kit but any Bigz die with a bold shape will work. Once die cut, I removed the protective sheet and use the left overs from the Chevron die to fill the one area that looked a bit bare. this in itself is another way to do this technique as you will see bellow.

Then I placed the heart with the sticky side up on a plastic container that holds my gold flakes. Using a scrunchy tool (usually sold on its own as a gold flake tool) I made sure that all sticky areas were covered and that any excess was pulled away and back in the container. On the right photo you can see the effect.

As I mentioned, this technique can be used as well with just the off bits like in the card bellow.

And finally a close up of the golden flakes effect bellow.

I think it is a very elegant way to add some metallics to your work, specially if you mix it up with matte and soft colours. I love it and I hope you try this technique soon!

A summery greetingcard.


We have arrived at Midsommer Eve which is hugely celebrated here in Sweden and this is our beloved lightest period of the year. It's a beautiful time!
I have several friends who celebrate a birthday just about now I wanted to make a few birthday cards :-)

I started out with a card base and stitched a green panel to it.
On top I layered a piece of netting and two pices of lattice in pink. Then I die cut and  added an oval in the center. To finish off I added several flowers; handmade and from the store, as well as some seambinding.

These leftovers from different packages of flowers have been calling my name to get used. I think next time I'll make a mini album with them, but today they served as cardbases.

Sizzix frameworks die lattice
Sizzix Big Shot starter kit
Sizzix framelits die set ovals
Sizzix Tattered florals Bigz die

Other from Papirdesign

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Nu firar  vi midsommar här i Skandinavien och vi tycker det är underbart med allt ljus vid denna tiden. En stor högtid för oss i norr! Dessutom känner jag många som firar sin födelsedag nu så jag kände för att göra några kort.
Jag började med basen och sydde fast en grönt panel sedan lite lager på lager med tyg, framework  lattice och en oval. För att dekorera la jag till några handgjorda och köpta blommor och en rosett.

Dessa bakgrunderna från olika blomsterpaket har kallat på min uppmärksamhet ett tag. Idag blev det ett kor5t, men nästa gång blir det nog ett mini album.

Detta använde jag:

Sizzix frameworks die lattice
Sizzix Big Shot starter kit
Sizzix framelits die set ovals
Sizzix Tattered florals Bigz die

Övrigt från Papirdesign

A vintage card by Olga

Hello all!

Today I would like to share with you my new vintage card. This time I used frame and label dies to make several layers. 

To make the card look soft I used white roses:

Here are the products I used:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Sizzix Accessory - Susan's Garden Tool Kit

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 4PK - Labels, Ornate

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 4PK - Frame, Square w/Ornate Edges

Sizzix Bigz Die - Flowers, 3-D

Have a nice day!!

Regards,

Olga

Three Hearts Cushion

Hi to everyone, today I come back with another cushion, this time the Three Hearts Cushion that I have done using Sizzix dies .

My cushion is 13" x 13"

This technique is used to in scrapbooking and I wanted to do a chance on fabric.

Supplies List :

656335   Sizzix Bigz Die - Hearts, Primitive

657900   Sizzix Big Shot machine

Scraps of fabrics for the hearts 

6"x 5.5" fusible web

14"x 9.5" floral fabric for the back

14"x 2" floral fabric for the back

14" x 5" linen fabric

14"x 14" linen fabric 

5" ribbon

1 button

First I chose my fabrics, some  in red ,pink and white on a dark linen I could get in our last trip to IKEA.

Sew some little scraps changing the size of everyone .

I  saw it can fit the die and press the fusible web on the back of the block before using the Big Shot machine.

Then only  cut  and prepared the back of the cushion as usually.

I centered  the three hearts on the linen and pinned

It was the time to applicate the hearts with my sewing machine with red thread.

And with the two parts finished  I sew  around right side together.

Now , I ´ve got a confortable cushion for my chair  and spent time sewing in my pation.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend

 

Love

Mercedes

 

 

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Hola a todo el mundo, hoy regreso con otro  cojín , esta vez “ Tres corazones “ que he confeccionado  usando los troqueles de Sizzix.

 Mi cojín tiene una medida de 33cm x 33cm

Esta técnica se usa también en scrapbooking and quería probar  a hacerlo sobre tela.

Materiales:

656335   Sizzix Bigz Die - Hearts, Primitive

657900   Sizzix Big Shot machine

Trozos de tela para los corazones

14cm x 15 cm de entretela para pegar con plancha.

35.5 cm x 24cm de tela de florecitas para la trasera

35.5 cm x 5cm de tela de flroecitas para la trasera

35.5 cm x 12.5cm de lino

35.5 cm x 35.5 cm de lino para el top del cojín

12.5 cm de cinta para el cierre

1 botón

Primero elegí mis telas , algunas en rojos , rosas y blancos que irían sobre un lino  gris oscuro que compré en IKEA

Cosí algunos trozos cambiando el tamaño de cada uno.

Comprobé  la medida para el troquel de corazones y pegué con la plancha la entretela.

Después corté los corazones con el troquel y preparé la trasera del cojín como es habitual.

Centré los corazones  con alfileres y apliqué a máquina con hilo rojo sobe el cuadrado de lino.

Monté el cojín dejando derecho con derecho y cosí alrededor.

Ahora tengo un cómodo cojín para mi silla y  estar cosiendo en el patio.

Que tengas un maravilloso fin de semana
Cariños 
Mercedes