Menig Skovgaard / Private Skovgaard

 

 

 

This week I've been working with some fun new products from Sizzix and Tim Holtz: Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase and Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There. They are quite different products but they play well together.

I combined them on a layout of our bonus nephew, Bertram from when he and his family visited us last December. Bertram used mud and leaves to dress up as a soldier training in the woods.

I used the Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase to create my title in very thick cork. That is one reason to really love this alphabet: You can cut all sorts of cool materials to form your title and there by create your own dimensional stickers.

I used the Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There to do a couple of arrows that work as embellishmets on the page. The arrows have the right worn touch that go well with a layout and story like this. It was very easy to stamp the arrows first and then die cut them using the coordinating dies and the Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies.
 

Supply list:
Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Cardstock
Patterned Paper (American Crafts)
Ink (Memento)
Dymo
Brads
Cork

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 I denne uge har jeg arbejdet med nogle herlige nye produkter fra Sizzix og Tim Holtz: Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase og Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There. Det er egentlig ret forskellige produkter, men de leger fint sammen alligevel. Jeg kombinerede dem på et layout fra December, hvor vi havde besøg af vores bonus-nevø, Bertram og hans familie. Vi var en tur i skoven, og Bertram brugte mudder og bregner til at klæde sig ud som en soldat på øvelse i skoven.

Jeg brugte Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase til at skære titlen ud i meget tyk kort, og det er en af årsagerne til at holde af dette alfabet: Du kan bruge det til at skære alle mulige cool materialer ud, og dermed lave dine egne dimensionelle bogstaver.

Jeg anvendte Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There til at lave et par stykker pynt til siden. Pilene har det rette slidte udtryk til en side og en historie som denne. Det var super nemt at stemple pilene først, og derefter udstanse dem ved hjælp af de koordinerende dies og Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies.


Ingredienser:
Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Karton
Mønsterpapir (American Crafts)
Sværte (Memento)
Dymo
Brads
Kork

For a friend

Hello to all:) Today I have this flower card I made using new Prima flower dies.

Sizzix products:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine 657900
Sizzlits Die, Flower, 3D &Vine 658064
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Couquette 659701

Other products:
Pion Design papers; Fairytale of Spring, Flower Frames
cardboard
gesso, structure paste
brick stencil
Distress Inks Bundled Sage, Tumbled Glass and Walnut Stain
black marker
black mist
glue, tape
sentiment stamp "For a friend"

How to do:
1. Cut the patterned paper size 11 cm × 15 cm, distress all the edges with DI Walnut Stain. Apply some gesso and allow to dry.
2. When dried, make brick figure using stencil and structure paste, allow to dry.
3. Apply some color on to the card using DI Bundled Sage and Tumbled Glass, add some spots using black mist.
4. Cut the flowers using Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Couquette 659701; four big and four small. Make them ready as above.
5. Cut also the flower branches using Sizzlits Die, Flower, 3D &Vine 658064.Cut the leaves out from the branches and make them again like in the photo above:)
6. Now you can make your card ready; place the flowers, branches and leaves and glue them. Stamp the sentiment. Finally draw the lines using black marker.

Happy crafting, Minna

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Tässä tällainen kortti tänään näytille:)

Sizzix tarvikkeet:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine 657900
Sizzlits Die, Flower, 3D &Vine 658064
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Couquette 659701

Muut tarvikkeet:
Pion DEsign paperit; Fairytale of Spring, Flower Frames
kartonkia
gessoa, struktuuripastaa
tiiliseinä sabluuna
Distress Ink musteet;Bundled Sage, Tumbled Glass ja Walnut Stain
musta tussi
musta suihke
liimaa, teippiä
tekstileima "Ystävälle"

Kuinka teet tämän:
1. Leikkaa kuviopaperi kokoon 11 cm × 15 cm, levitä reunoihin DI mustetta Walnut Stain. Levitä korttiin vähän gessoa ja anna kuivua.
2.Tee tiilikuvioita käyttäen sabluunaa ja pastaa, anna kuivua.
3. Lisää taustaan väriä käyttäen DI musteita Bundled Sage ja Tumbled Glass, lisää muutamia "pisteitä" mustalla suihkeella.
4. Leikkaa kukat käyttäen stanssia Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Couquette 659701; neljä isoa ja neljä pientä kukkaa. Kasaa ne kuten kuvassa.
5. Leikkaa myös kukan oksat käyttäen stanssia Sizzlits Die, Flower, 3D &Vine 658064. Leikkaa lehdet pois varresta ja kokoa ne uudelleen kuten kuvassa.
6. Nyt voit tehdä kortin valmiiksi; asettele kukat, varret, lehdet ja liimaa ne. Leimaa teksti. Lopuksi piirrä ääriviivat mustalla tussilla.

Terveisin,Minna

Bon Voyage!

Last week, here at Sizzix Central, we bid farewell to the lovely Helen Young who has left to have a little baby and we all wish her well. As is the custom, I made a card signed by the crew to send her on her way.

I couldn't resist using the new Jillibean Soup and KI Memories for Hampton Art collection. A collection so good that it took the collective minds of three excellent companies to create.

I LOVE THIS COLLECTION!!! sorry to shout but I really do love it! it's so fresh and contemporary and I'm sure it will be equally well received by both card makers and their scrapbooking cousins.

I dipped into a few of the die/embossing folder sets to make the card which is easy because they work so harmoniously together. the sets I used are:

• Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK w/Stamps - Hello (659464)
• Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK  - I Heart This (659767)
• Sizzix Framelits Die Set 10PK - Be Thankful (659766)
• Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Butterfly & Garden Set  (659784)
• Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Smile & Plus Set  (659785)

I started by debossing the front of a square ivory base card whose corners I had rounded with a punch. I placed the folder at an angle so as to only partially emboss the card. Next, I gently applied Seedless Preserves and Crushed Olive Distress inks using foam blending tools over the debossed image. Not only are these two of my favourite colours, they also blend beautifully well together.

Next, I set about  die-cutting and embossing all the elements I want to use. I must tell you, at this point I haven't got a clue how this is all going to fit together which is all part of the fun with this style of card making.

I stamped the phrase using the Crushed Olive Distress Ink and die-cut it with the corresponding die before mounting it onto a die-cut speech balloon using 3-D foam pads. I die-cut the button and star from gold card which I then distressed with a sanding block. 

Next, I cut an asymmetric rectangle of ivory card and embossed it with the 'smile' folder before inking over the raised surface. I die-cut the mini banner and butterfly from the ivory card and inked the butterfly using the same two colours before threading the button with twine

Finally I was ready to assemble all the elements on the base card. I did this by placing them in position and moving them around until I found a pleasing composition. I used a combination of double sided tape and 3D foam pads to add a little dimension before adding a crystal gem in the centre of the star. I will be using these dies/folders quite a bit in the coming month as there is so much creative scope. They represent such great value as there are so many elements in each set. I hope you like them as much as I do?

FOR YOU

Hi everyone

I hope you all had a great week, today i have a decoratet paper bag to show you.

 

items used:

Sizzilits Decorative Strip Bow-Tied 659426

Sizzix Texture Fades Chevron& lattice set 2 embossing folder 659448

Sizzix Framelits 8 PK Tag Collection 658784

Suplly list:

Paper Studiolight Chabbychic

Stamp: IO clear stamp

Ink: Vintage Photo/ Ranger

Paper bag 9x16 cm,ribbon

How to do:

Cut out a patterned paper 8,5x15,5 cm and put it into the embossing folder, die cut 2 tag using Tag Collection , one to decorate the fronside of the paperbag and a bigger to put into the paperbag where you can writte a text. Die cut using Bow-Tied dies , decorate the paper bag.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by, see you next Tuesday

Pia

 

Hej alle

Jeg håber I har nydt den danske sommer, i dag vil jeg vise en dekoreret papirspose

 

Dies jeg har brugt:

Sizzilits Decorative Strip Bow-Tied 659426

Sizzix Texture Fades Chevron& lattice set 2 embossing folder 659448

Sizzix Framelits 8 PK Tag Collection 658784

Andre materialer:

Papir: Studiolight Chabbychic

Stempler: IO clear stamp

Ink: Vintage Photo/ Ranger

Papirs pose 9x16 cm, bånd

fremgangs måde:

Skær mønstret papir 8,5x15,5 cm og sæt det ind i embossing folder, stands ud 2 tag ved at bruge Tag Collection , en lille til at dekore forsiden af pose og en større til at bruge indeni posen hvor der kan skrives en tekst. Udstands Bow-Tied og dekorer posen og sæt bånd på den store tag

Tak fordi du kiggede forbi, håber vi ses igen næste tirsdag

Pia

A clean and simple Congratulations card

I have always loved very clean and simple cards, but as the years have passed I have also dipped my toes on more elaborate designs.

Today i wanted to go back to my clean and simple roots with a congratulations card.

I used the large Circle and Heart from the Framelits set of the Big Shot Starter Kit - 658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal).

I placed the heart die exactly where I wanted the aperture to be and secured with Magic Lowtack Tape, then I die cut it. I cut a few hearts using patterned paper.

I placed them on the card, then using washi tape as guides to keep them straight while I glued them.

I then trimmed the escess off the edges. I die cut two more hearts one in yellow and one in green. The yellow one was a guide, so I glue it through the aperture and place it exactly in its centre.

I glued the green heart to a circle and then used the yellow heart as a guide to where position exactly the green heart.

Finally I stamped the random dots and the Congratulations from my same set of stamps and added some enamel dots.

And here you have the finished card. I hope you like it!

'Lovely' using Frameworks die Trellis

Hello to you all! I wonder if you are enjoying the same warm weather we are....?
At the moment it feels like it will stay like this for ever...

Today I have a project to share with a picture that we took in Spring before the heat set in.
We were enjoying a late afternoon at the nearest beach.

I used an old cardboard box to diecut my Frameworks Trellis and wanted to do something fun with the leftover bits.
I used a stencil with gesso to make a patterned background and then added the leftover bits that just happened to be the exact same size. I like the effect a lot!

Together with mists and stamps the Trellis create a great background for my black and white picture.

Lately I love the look of the drips from different coloured  media, sometimes the messier the better .-)

I also made a Tattered Florals flower, and I don't think anybody has missed that they are really my favourites....

These are the products that I used for my page:

658300 Sizzix Big Shot starter kit  

659431 Sizzix Frameworks die, Trellies

656640 Sizzix Bigz die Tattered florals

658437 Susan's Garden Tool Kit 

Thank you for looking!!

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Hej på er all ihop. Undrar om ni alla har lika underbart soligt väder som vi har här...?
Just nu känns det faktisk som det ska fortsätta såhär för alltid!
Idag har jag något litet att visa er med ett foto jag tog tidigt i våras innan värsta värmen kom.
Vi njöt av en liten eftermiddagstur till närmaste sandstranden.

Jag stansade ut min Framework Trellis die ur en gammal papplåda jag hade och ville gärna använda bitarna som blev till övers också. Jag använde en stencil och gesso för att göra ett bakgrundsmönster. Sedan limmade jag dit småbitarna som faktisk hade precis samma storlek som mönstret i stencilen. Jag tycker det blev en jättekul effekt!

Tillsammans med stencil, mist , stämplar och gesso blir mina Trellis en kanon bakgrund för det svart/vita fotot. Dessutom gillar jag skarpt allt som har med droppande färg att göra för ögonblicket. Härligt med lite kladd!!
Slutligen gjorde jag en blomma med min Tattered Florals die. Det är nog ingen som missat att det
är en stor favorit!!

Här är vad jag använt för min sida:

658300 Sizzix Big Shot starter kit  

659431 Sizzix Frameworks die, Trellies

656640 Sizzix Bigz die Tattered florals

658437 Susan's Garden Tool Kit 

Tack för att ni tittar in!

Rounds are all around

Hello all!

Today I would like to share with you my new layout. This time I used just rounds - but I made them the main object of my project. I used different sizes and colours to make it bright and creative. Besides I used just the dies which are included in the Starter Kit so if you buy it you'll get a number of dies and will be able to create a project of the kind without addition purchases.

 
"Limited Edition" means my two little sons as I'm the only one who has these two wonderful creatures))

I used a stencil with rounds and paste to make the background so the round dies matched it perfectly.

The products I used:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Have a nice day!!

Olga

Всем приветики!!

Сегодня я хочу показать вам свою новую страничку. На этот раз я использовала только круги, но в большом количестве - разных цветов и размеров, поэтому они стали главным объектом работы.Кроме того, все эти ножи входят в "стартовый набор" вместе с машинкой, поэтому купив его, можно делать подобные работы не покупая дополнительные ножи.

Фраза Limited Edition - про моих мартышек. Они существуют только в одном экземпляре каждый и только у меня)) 

Для фона я использовала маску с кругами и пасту, поэтому вырезанные круги очень гармонируют с ним.

Всем чудесного дня!

Ольга 

A tray - basket for my wips

I love doing baskets, but these time I needed something big , like a fabric tray , for my wips. Then I designed  a nice " tray basket" that matched with  my needlework project bag that I showed some weeks ago here and the tutorial for sew it. 

I used the circle die  to add  the half circles made with fabric.

Now I can enjoy i with these cute kit and sew  my hexagons in my patio.

Here you can see some details and the quilting on the back of the  tray.

Supply List : 

657900

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)

Bigz L Die- Circles 2",3" & 4"

47"x 3.5"  cotton fabric , gingham fabric , batting, fusible web ( same size for everthing )

11.5"x 11.5"  cotton fabric , gingham fabric , batting, fusible web ( same size for everthing )

Scraps for the circles

44" lace bias

I cut  40 , 3"  circles in different scraps. 

Sew in pairs as I liked. 

Cut in the middle

Took  out and pressed

Press the fusible web to the  gingham fabrics ( rectangle and square )

Sew the rectangle and after that I sew to the square.

I did the same with the batting and the cotton fabric.First I quilt them with straight lines.

Pinned  the  half circles  around the out side of  the cotton tray ( 5 in each side ).

Put the gingham tray inside the other and pinned again .

Then  I sew the bias tape  on the out side and finished by hand and that´s all. 

I think it´s a practical tray and you don´t need  time to sew it. I love mine!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Love

Mercedes

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Me encanta hacer  cestas y esta vez necesitaba algo más grande, similar a una bandeja , para mis proyectos en curso. Entonces diseñé una  “ cesta bandeja “ que fuera a juego con  la última bolsa que hice para mis proyectos que  enseñé aquí  hace algunas semanas  y el tutorial para hacerla.

Para ello , usé el troquel de los círculos  para añadir un adorno alrededor .

Ahora ya puedo disfrutar de este  bonito kit  y coser en mi patio.

En las fotos puedes ver el acolchado que hice  alrededor  y en la base de esta bandeja de tela.

Materiales :

657900

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)

Bigz L Die- Circles 2",3" & 4"

119cm x 9 cm de tela de algodón , tela de vichí, guata y entretela de pegar con la plancha por un lado ( el mismo tamaño para todo )

29cm x 29cm de tela de algodón  tela de vichí , guata y entrele de pegar con la plancha por un lado ( el mismo tañamo para todo )

Restos de telas para los círuclos

112 cm de biés con puntilla

Estos son los pasos que seguí . Puedes guiarte a través de las imágenes.

Corté  40 cículos con el troquel del  círculo mediano de 7.5 cm

Los cosí  del revés como me gustaron y los corté por la mitad

Les dí la vuelta y planché.

Planché la entretela a las telas de vichí ( cuadrado y rectángulo )

Cosí cerré el  rectángulo con una costura por el revés y lo cosí al cuadrado de  vichí.

Hice lo mismo con la tela de algodón que previamente había acolchado con unas líneas en la base y una en el medio del lateral de la cesta.

Sujeté con alfileres los medios círculos en la parte de afuera de la cesta de tela de algodón ( 5 en cada lado )

Coloqué dentro el forro de vichí y sujeté todo con alfileres.

Cosí el biés por encima y lo terminé a mano.

Creo que es una bandeja práctica y no necesitas mucho tiempo para coserla.
 ¡ A mí me encanta la mía !
Que tengas un maravilloso fin de semana 
Cariños  
Mercedes 

Doodled Watering Can

Lately I have really been having fun with lettering. What makes it fun is to allow yourself to experiment and play with the words and shapes. If you mess up, just erase or start over. It's amazing how freeing it is not to feel like it has to be perfect!

I used the Sizzix ScoreBoards Watering Can as a base and die cut it from matboard. This material is such a great surface to draw on- so smooth and sturdy too!

Die cut one watering can and two side pieces from matboard.

Draw your design or lettering in pencil, then trace over it with a permanent marker. 

(I used a Sakura Sensei pen). Once everything is traced, erase the pencil lines. 

Add flowers, stitching lines, and 3D embellishments.

Select a color palette of about ten markers (I used Copics).

Color in the letters as desired. Add strong double sided adhesive to the flaps on each side of the surround and press into position on the base of the watering can.

And that's it! This project goes together so nice and fast- would be the perfect project to do with your kids.

Hope you all are having a great summer. See you next time...