November Monthly Challenge- To make a project for Gift but no card!

Hi Everyone, It's that time again for Elizabeth Craft Designs Monthly Challenge. This month's challenge is to make a project that simplifies as a gift. So here is my project a treat box and you can find the instructions here.

Instructions:
1. Create treat box using Early Espresso cardstock as per instructions.
2. Cut cream paper 1 1/4"x 4 3/4", adhere to top of  box. Cut window with tag from Lucy Label Pop Up die. Adhere clear acetate to fit inside of box.
3. Cut 2 pieces of Triangle vellum 5/8"x 4 3/4". Adhere to both sides of box.
4. Cut gold snowflake paper 
3 1/4"x 4 3/4", adhere to base. Cut stripe vellum 3 "x 4 1/2" adhere to gold paper.
5. Cut gold tag using Tags & More 1 -Lace. Cut stripe vellum 2 3/4"x 4", adhere to gold tag. Cut cream paper 2 1/2"x 3 3/4" adhere to stripe vellum. Cut a strip of Triangle vellum 7/8"x 2 3/4". Adhere to stripe vellum. Add gold ribbon.

6. Add Transparent/ Gold Glitter Borders as shown.
7. Cut "Peace", and "Merry Christmas" using Silver Shimmer Sheetz. Cut tag from Lucy Label Pop Up die. Place "Peace" on top.

8. Place Black Decorated Christmas Trees Peel-Off onto white cardstock with double sided adhesive on top. Cover Peel-offs with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polish glitter with your finger. Use a brush to brush off the excess glitter. Follow Els’ step by step instructions for this technique HERE. I used Tombow Dual Brush Markers although they do require extra time to dry as they are water-based. Use alcohol-based markers instead of water based markers if you prefer.

9. Add Red Glitter dots to Christmas tree along with Transparent/ Gold Glitter Stars to top of tree.

10. Cut Snowflakes from Stripe Vellum paper. Adhere using pop up dots. Add Transparent/ Gold Glitter Stars to top of snowflake.

Here is my second project which is Lip Balm holder. You can find the complete instructions here. I just change the opening for Lip Balm using a 3/4" punch.
The Black Christmas Cup Cakes Peel-Off were done the same way as in Step 8. Cut oval out using oval from Katie Label Pivot Card with stripe vellum paper. Add Transparent /Gold Glitter borders as shown.
1. Add Black Best Wishes Peel-Off as shown.
2. To close the box add a piece of Velcro.

Supply List:

Elizabeth Craft Designs

768 - Katie Label Pivot Card

779 - Lucy Label Pop Up

951 - Tags & More 1 - Lace

750 - Peace 

745 - Merry Christmas

757 - Snowflakes

sku 2527 - Christmas Cup Cakes Black Peel-Offs

sku 8526 - Decorated Christmas Trees Black Peel-Offs

sku 7010 - Transparent /Gold Glitter Borders Peel-Offs

sku 7078 - Transparent/Gold Glitter Stars Peel-Offs

SS 0211 - Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz

507 - Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Tape -10mm

Cardstock and patterned paper - Early Espresso, Whisper White - Stampin'Up, Metallic Stripe, Metallic Triangle- My Mind's Eye, Magical Lane, Ornamental Magic - Reminisce

Other- 993, 256,351,977,969,062, N00- Tombow Markers, Paper trimmer, Scor-it Board, gold ribbon-Michael's

Elizabeth Craft Designs October Monthly Challenge - Use Tags

It's that time again for Elizabeth Craft Designs Monthly Challenge. This month's challenge is to make a project or card using the newest tag dies. For this challenge I immediately thought of this card to showcase the tags. You can find the complete instructions here on Splitcoaststampers.

Instructions:
1. Create card base from gold snowflake paper. Cut it down to 8.5"x 11". Follow instructions as per Splitcoaststampers on how to fold card.
2. Cut white paper 4"x 5 1/4" and cut it on an angle as shown. Cut Ornament paper 3 3/4"x 4 3.4" again cut it on an angle. Adhere both papers using Double-sided Adhesive.

3. Cut out tags using Tag 1 (3"x 5") and Tag 2 (3"x 4") dies using gold metallic paper. Apply Ornament paper to gold tag an cut it out again using Tag 1 die. Cut out reinforcements that come with Tag 1 and Tag 3 using gold metallic paper. Apply gold Ornament Peel-Off along with Gold Holly Peel-Offs as shown. Cut out bow using bow from Ornament Set 3 using Red Adhesive Velvet Sheet. Add Red Glitter dots as shown.
4. On Tag 2 cut out white paper 2 3/4"x 3 1/2" and place in Pinecones Embossing folder and emboss. Apply Frayed Burlap Distress Ink over the embossed area.
5.  Cut a piece of vellum 2 1/2"x 3 1/4" and adhere it over the embossed paper using Double-sided Adhesive. Add Black Merry Christmas Peel-Off along with gold Holly Peel-Offs as shown. Adhere Red Glitter dots for berries as shown. Add ribbon to finish off tags.

 6. Front of the card cut out 2 pine branches from the Candle die using white Velvet Adhesive sheet. Add red Glitter dot Peel-Offs as shown. Place 2 Gold Ornament Peel-Off onto white cardstock with double sided adhesive on top. Cover Peel-offs with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polish glitter with your finger. Use a brush to brush off the excess glitter. Follow Els’ step by step instructions for this technique HERE. Colour it using Copic Markers using the following colors. Use 1 ornament for the front and 1 for the inside of the card. 

7. For the inside cut white paper 4"x 51/4" and adhere to base. Cut out gold stripe vellum 3 3/4"x 5". Cut out tag 2 using the Decorative Overlay using gold ornament paper. Cut out 2 pine branches from the Candle die using white Velvet Adhesive sheet. Add red Glitter dot Peel-Offs as shown. Add gold ornament as shown.

8. Cut out another tag using the middle die from Tags (763) using white paper. Add gold bow as shown.

Supply List:

Elizabeth Craft Designs
951 - Tags 1
952 - Tags 2
763 - Tags
919 - Candle
927 - Ornament Set 3
E123 - Pinecones Embossing Folder
402 - Red Velvet Adhesive Sheets
405 - White Velvet Adhesive Sheets
sku 7018 - Red Glitter Dots Assorted Peel-Offs
sku 2576 - Black Merry Christmas large Peel-Offs
sku 842 - Gold Corners & Borders Straight Peel-Offs
sku 2586 - Gold Jackie's Christmas Dolls in Circle Peel-Offs
sku 2573 - Gold Christmas Ornaments Round
642 - Cool Diamond Microfine Silk Glitter
502 - Elizabeth Transparent Double sided Tape Sheet

Cardstock and patterned papers- Whisper White- Stampin-Up, Metallic Stripe Vellum-My Mind's Eye, Metallic Music -Colorbok, Cozy Christmas -Simple Stories, Magic Lane, Ornamental Magic -Reminisce

Other: Paper trimmer, Scoring Board, E87, Y28, Y26 and Colorless blender- Copic Markers, Gold Ribbon - Michael's,

Ruby Rock and Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog Hop

Hello Ruby Rock-It and Elizabeth Craft Designs Fans! We are very excited to be partnering together this month, and to bring you this fun blog hop!

Each of our companies is offering a beautiful prize! Here's all the fun details on how you will be eligible to win!

Start at the beginning of our hop right here! And then simply follow the order listed below, making sure you stop and leave some love in the comments section for each designer! Please make sure to include your email in the comments section, so we will be able to contact you should you win!  

For additional chances to win:

"Like" Ruby Rock-It and Elizabeth Craft Designs on Facebook, and leave a comment, letting us know you came from our blog hop.

Comments will close Friday, October 10th at 11:59pm PST, and we will announce our winners the following week! Be sure to come back next week to see if you have won!

Ruby Rock-It

Elizabeth Craft Designs

Karen Aicken

Erin Yamabe

Kelly Booth

JuneGoh

Frances Byrne

Beckie Dreyer

Rita Edwards

Pattie Beltran

Debra Hensley

Candice Elliott

Raquel Mason

Jenifer Cowles

Mary Prasad

Jacqueline Smith

Kaka Costa

Candy Spiegel

Ruby Rock-It is offering our beautiful Essence Empire Bebe collection to one lucky winner!

And the Elizabeth Craft Designs prize is a package full of fun Peel-Offs from their new collection, Stand Up Helpers Set 2 and a pack of Watercolor paper.

If you're here from Mary Prasad, then you’re in the right place,  if not then you may want to start at the beginning right here! .  

Hi my name is Jackie Smith and the project I like to share with you today is this quick Happy Birthday card using Elizabeth Craft Design Peel-Offs and Ruby Rock-it Papers.

Instructions:

1. Create card base from Kraft cardstock. Cut 7"x 10" rectangle; score and fold in half (5"x 7" finished card size)

2. Cut Blue glitter flower paper 4 3/4"x 6 3/4" and Rain drop paper 4 1/2" x 5". Adhere using Double-sided Adhesive sheets.  

3. Cut dark green paper using the Tree edger from the Outdoor Edgers (914) and cut the light green paper using the plain edger from the same die. Adhere using pop up dots.

4. Cut out "Happy Birthday" using blue/red heart paper. Apply as shown.
5. Place black Rubber Ducky & Umbrella Peel-offs onto white cardstock with double sided adhesive on top. Cover Peel-offs with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polish glitter with your finger. Use a brush to brush of the excess glitter. Follow Els’ step by step instructions for this technique here.

6. Color Rubber Ducky and Umbrella as desired. I used Tombow Dual Brush Markers although they do require extra time to dry as they are water-based. Use alcohol-based markers instead of water-based markers if you prefer. Adhere Rubber Ducky and Umbrella using pop up dots.
7. Adhere self-adhesive Droplets using pop up dots as shown.

Here is a bonus card using some more papers.

Instructions: Card #2

1. Create card base using red cardstock. Cut 51/2"x 5 1/2" square paper; score & fold in half.
2. Place Lots of Pops PopUp; making sure the nibs line up on the fold line. Cut another rectangle 6″x 12″ for the backing card.
3. To create a “back wall” and a “floor wall”, cut (2) red block paper
 51/4"x 5 1/4". Place Lots of Pops  PopUp on the edge of paper and die cut PopUp insert. You will need your scissors to cut out the Lots of Pop insert completely. Do this on both papers. Karen explains this step in her video as well.
4. Place gold Tea pot, teacup, creamer and sugar bowl Peel-offs onto white cardstock with double sided adhesive on top. Cover Peel-offs with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polish glitter with your finger. Use a brush to brush of the excess glitter. Follow Els’ step by step instructions for this technique here.

6.  Color Tea pot, teacup, creamer and sugar bowl as desired. I used Tombow Dual Brush Markers although they do require extra time to dry as they are water-based. Use alcohol-based markers instead of water-based markers if you prefer. Adhere them using glue dots.
7. Add blue, red and yellow twine to the sticker in the left hand corner as well as to the tag. Cut out "Congratulations" using the Congratulations Standup Helper die using blue paper. Adhere under the tag. Apply flower sticker as shown.
8. For the front of the card, cut red paper 5 3/4″x 5 3/4″ and red circle paper 5 1/2″x 5 1/2″. Layer and adhere using double sided adhesive.
9. Cut flowers out using Floriade paper leaving a halo. Adhere using pop up dots. Add tag along with 3 colours of twine. Add sticker using pop up dots.  Adhere self-adhesive Droplets as shown. Add red Glitter Holly Borders as shown.



Supply List

Elizabeth Craft Designs
914 - Outdoor Edgers
937 - Happy Birthday Stand Up Helper
778 - Lots of Pops
935 - Congratulations Stand Up Helper
sku 2531 - Coffee & Tea Gold Peel-Offs
sku 2588 - Rainy Day Black Peel-Offs
sku 2572 - Rubby Ducky Black Peel-Offs
sku 7051 - Red Glitter Holly Borders
642 - Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter
502 - Double-sided Adhesive Sheets

Cardstock and patterned paper - Real Red, Whisper White, Crumb Cake- Stampin'Up, Handi Scandi pattern paper collection - Ruby Rock-It,

Other- Droplets, Twine, Die-cut pack, Tag pack, 3D stickers - Handi Scandi Collection by Ruby Rock-It, Tombow Markers - 491, 555, 993, 772, 727, 933, 969, N15 and N00

Thanks for joining me and please hop over to Kaka Costa blog to see what she has in store for you. Don't forget to leave a comment on each of the designers projects.

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"Like" Ruby Rock-It and Elizabeth Craft Designs on Facebook, and leave a comment, letting us know you came from our blog hop.

Elizabeth Craft Designs September Challenge - Fall, Harvest, Halloween

It's that time again my crafty friends, Elizabeth Craft Designs Monthly Challenge. This month's challenge is to make a card or project using Fall, Harvest, Halloween as a theme. So I love Halloween so I decided to do a Frightful, Boo, Halloween card. Karen Burniston did this really cool technique using Lorna Label Die so I decided to copy it.

Instructions:

1. Create card base from black cardstock. Cut 5″x 11″ rectangle; score and fold in half.
In this card I’m using a double fold with an extra platform using the Lorna Label PopUp.
Place the Lorna Label on the fold line as shown by Karen Burniston in this video. Cut another rectangle 5 1/4″x 12″ for the backing card.


2. To create a “back wall” and a “floor wall”, cut Trick or Treat and Spider paper 6″x 6″ square. Place Lorna Label PopUp on the edge of paper and die cut PopUp insert. You will need your scissors to cut out the Lorna Label insert completely. Do this on both papers. Adhere Trick or Treat paper to the top of the inside of the card and Spider paper to the bottom part of the inside of the card. Karen explains this step in her video as well. Cut Trick or Treat paper 2 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to the bottom of the inside of the card. Cut out the sticker and popped it up using pop dots and placed on top as shown. Cut out Moon from Graphic 45 paper line.

3. Cut out 4 trees using black paper and the die from All Seasons Tree die collection. Take a white colour pencil to add markings as shown. Cut out grass using Green Velvet Adhesive sheet using Outdoor Edges die. Adhere grass as shown.
4. Cut out spider webbing using Spiral Circle from the Spiral Circle Pull card using white Crepe paper. I just weaved in and out thru the trees I stamped Ghosts and Bats using White and Black pigment ink and embossed with clear powder. Adhere using glue dots. I added a couple of extras around the spider as shown. I added a couple of 3D spiders.
5. Place black Halloween in Frame Peel-offs and an extra Candy Corn onto white cardstock with double sided adhesive on top. Cover Peel-offs with Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polish glitter with your finger. Use a brush to brush of the excess glitter. Follow Els’ step by step instructions for this technique here.

 6. Color Spider and Candy Corn as desired. I used Tombow Dual Brush Markers although they do require extra time to dry as they are water-based. Use alcohol-based markers instead of water-based markers if you prefer. Place the extra Candy Corn on top of the Spider holding the candy using pop up dots. I also added some boogie eyes to the spider.
7. For the front of the card, cut pumpkin paper 5 1/2″x 5 3/4″ and black spider paper 5 1/4″x 5 1/2″. Layer and adhere using double sided adhesive. Adhere black spider lace ribbon before placing paper down on black base. Cut out tag using the newest die from ECD called Tags & More 1 Lace.using orange paper. Stamp webs using white pigment ink and emboss using silver embossing powder. Adhere various stickers and 3D black spider using pop dots as shown. Adhere black Glitter Borders as shown. Add orange ribbon to front of tag.

Supply List:

Elizabeth Craft Designs
781 - All Seasons Tree
914 - Outdoor Edges
916 - Spiral Circle Pull Card
951 - Tags & More 1 Lace
sku 2585 - Halloween in Frame
sku 7010 - Black Glitter Borders
502 - Double-sided Adhesive Sheets
410 - Light Green Velvet Adhesive Sheet
642- Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter

Cardstock and paper - Basic Black, Shimmery White paper - Stampin'Up, Assorted Halloween papers

Other:
White, Black pigment ink- Clearsnap, Zing Clear Embossing Powder - American Crafts, Crepe Paper- Dollar Store, 3D Spiders - Recollections by Michael's, Black Spider Web, Orange Halloween ribbon- Michael's, Boogie Eyes- Michael's

Asian Cards meet Tombow XTREME Permanent Adhesive

A couple of months ago I was contacted by Tombow to be a part of Tombow Sticky University and try out their new XTREME Permanent Adhesive by Tombow which is five times stickier than their regular adhesive.! I already used their Tombow markers as well as Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue so I was up for the challenge to see if would hold up.

For the first card I used the XTREME Permanent Adhesive  to hold the all the elements on the card, even the ribbon is held by the Xtreme Permanent adhesive. This ribbon is quite heavy and is holding really well.

For the second card I created this fancy fold card using Xtreme Permanent adhesive to hold all the elements on this card together. Again I used it on the satin red ribbon to see if it would hold, and tried it on the Chipboard pieces as well. Of course it holds it in place, so I'm really impressed with this tape runner to hold heavy elements.

Here is a picture of the inside card.

Supply List:
Elizabeth Craft Designs:

2516 - Black Asian Vase Peel-Offs
2517 - Black Kimono Peel-Offs
2514 - Black Koi Fish & Flowers
7018 - Black Glitter Borders Assorted Colors Peel-Offs
406 - Black Velvet Adhesive Sheets

Other:
IME - 044 Lattice 2 Dee's Distinctively Dies
CC4x4-223  Blossom Branch- Cottage Cutz
Red satin ribbon- unknown, Asian coin & charm- Michael's

Cardstock and Pattern Paper - Glitter & Glitz Art Deco Classics - Debbi Moore Designs, Basic Black,  Gold Glitter paper- Stampin'Up, Blue, Red Maruyama - Magenta, Corrugated paper- unknown, Chipboard pieces, sticker - Bo Bunny 'Serenity' Collection,


To see the rest of Tombow Sticky University projects, click here!!

Elizabeth Craft Designs July Challenge - To use a Stand Up Helper

 I'm back with another project for Elizabeth Craft Designs July Challenge. This month's challenge is to create a project or a card using a Stand-up Helper. 


Instructions:  Autumn Card
1. Cut brown cardstock 4 1/4"x 11". Score at
2 3/4", 5 1/2" and 8 1/4".
2. Cut Orange cardstock 4" x 5 1/4" and adhere it to the base using Double-sided Adhesive sheets.
3. Cut Yellow cardstock 3 3/4" x 5" and adhere it to the orange paper using Double-sided Adhesive sheets.
4. Apply sticker to centre of yellow paper. Apply red Glitter border around the  yellow paper.
5. Take Double-sided Adhesive sheets and apply to white paper. Adhere black Pumpkin Peel-Offs (sku 2538) and black Leaves (sku 0437) to adhesive. Add Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and burnish with finger. Colour with Tombow Markers as shown by Els here.

6.Place Oak Leaf Stand-up Helper at the 2 3/4" score line as shown by Els in this YouTube video here.  I placed Oak Leaf Stand-up Helper  3 different locations along the score line.
7. Apply Take Double-sided Adhesive sheets and apply to white paper. Cut out using Oak Leaf Stand-up Helper.  Apply Leaf Green, Orange and Yellow Silk Microfine Glitter to the Stand-up Helpers as shown. Burnish with finger.
8. Cut orange cardstock 2 1/2"x 4" adhere it to the base using Double-sided Adhesive sheets.  Cut green cardstock 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" adhere it to the orange paper using Double-sided Adhesive sheets. Apply extra pumpkin and leaves as shown.

Here is another card using a Season's Greetings Stand-up Helper. It works the same way as the Oak Leave.




Instructions:  Christmas Card

1. Cut brown cardstock 4 1/4"x 11". Score at 2 3/4", 5 1/2" and 8 1/4".
 2. Cut yellow cardstock 4" x 5 1/4" and adhere it to the base using Double-sided Adhesive sheets.
3. Cut red cardstock 3 3/4" x 5" and adhere it to the yellow paper using Double-sided Adhesive sheets
4. Cut blue snowflake paper adhere it to the red paper using Double-sided Adhesive. Apply red Glitter border around the  yellow paper.
5. Add silver snowflake Peel-Offs to blue cardstock.
6. Take Double-sided Adhesive sheets and apply to white paper. Adhere black Gift Peel-Offs (sku 2544) to adhesive. Add Cool Diamond Silk  Microfine Glitter and burnish with finger. Colour with Tombow Markers as shown by Els here.  Apply Purple Glitter Assorted Dots on Gifts as shown. Place in between Pine Trees as shown.
7. Cut red stripe cardstock 2 1/2"x 4" adhere it to the base using Double-sided Adhesive sheets.  Cut cardstock 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" adhere it to the red stripe paper using Double-sided Adhesive sheets. Apply red Glitter border around the red stripe paper.
8. Cut out Season's Greetings and Merry Christmas using Red Velvet Adhesive Sheet. Apply Season's Greetings onto brown Season's Greetings. Apply Merry Christmas to the top of card along with another cut out using Black Velvet Adhesive Sheet.

























9. Take Double-sided Adhesive sheets and apply to white paper. Cut out Pine trees twice using ECD 5 part pine (755).

Remove adhesive and apply Leaf Green Silk Microfine Glitter to one and Regal Green Silk to other as shown. Apply Scrap Dots 3-Dimensional adhesive as shown by Els in this video here. Apply Pine trees as shown using pop up dots on the front as shown.

Supply List:

Elizabeth Craft Designs:
944 - Merry Christmas
940 - Season's Greetings Stand Up Helper
930 - Stand Up Helpers 2
755 - 5 part Pine
sku 2538 - Black Pumpkins Peel-Offs
sku 2525 - Leaves Black Peel-Offs
sku 2544 - Gifts Black Peel-Offs
sku 7018 - Glitter Dots Assorted Colors -Purple
sku 7010 - Glitter Borders Assorted Colors - Red
sku 8530 - Silver Snowflakes Small
402 - Red Velvet Adhesive Sheets
406 - Black Velvet Adhesive Sheets
634 - Leaf Green Silk Microfine Glitter
613 - Orange Silk Microfine Glitter
636 - Yellow Silk Microfine Glitter
630 - Regal Green Silk Microfine Glitter
502 - Double-sided Adhesive Sheets
804 - Metal Adapter Plate

Cardstock and patterned - Early Espresso, Shimmery White - Stampin'Up!, Christmas Emporium -Graphic 45, Indian Summer - Basic Grey

Other- Paper Trimmer, scoring board, 555, 371, 397, 933, 885, 847, 177 - Tombow Markers, Scrap Dots 3 -Dimensional - Helmars, Pop up dots- Stampin'Up!