Elizabeth Craft Designs April Challenge - Elegant & White

Guess what it's time for April's Challenge for Elizabeth Craft Designs  and this month's theme is Elegant & White. So here is my design using Karen Burniston's Accordion Fancy Label (771) 
You can find Karen demoing it here.
When I heard about our April challenge using white, I immediately thought of Wedding or Anniversary cards. So my parents are celebrating their 56th Wedding Anniversary in July, so I decided to make an Anniversary card using Karen's Accordion Fancy Label.

How to make this card:

1. Create card base using white paper and cut 3 frames using Accordion Fancy Label (771). 
2. For each frame cut out the corresponding Fancy Frame Edge using light gold, white and white stripe paper as shown.














3. On 2nd frame apply transparent gold Peel Offs (sku 7010) on white scallop frame. On 3rd frame apply Glitter Holly Border Gold/Silver on gold scallop frame.
4. Cut out 3 frames using Accordion Fancy Label (771) cut it out leaving just the label using Butterfly Glitter paper by Best Creation. Apply to all 3 frames.
5. Take large label from the accordion fancy frame and cut Silver Shimmer Sheetz and run it thru Swirly Curves (E119) embossing folder. Apply to first frame as shown. Use the same die cut out label using White Velvet paper and run it thru Butterflies (KB119) embossing folder. Apply to second frame as shown here. Use the same die cut out label using White Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz and run it thru embossing folder called Petal Power (E117). Apply to third frame as shown.
6. Cut 3 labels using the next size die using white, cream paper as shown.
7. Apply 1 large flower, 2 smaller flowers and 1 butterfly onto double sided adhesive. Apply Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Apply as shown using pop up dots.
8. Apply another small flower onto White Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz. Apply to centre of large flower.
9. Apply Gold "Happy" Peel Offs to 2nd Frame and "Anniversary" Peel Offs to 3rd Frame as shown.

Supplies Used:
Elizabeth Craft Designs:
771 Accordion Fancy Label
774 Fancy Frame Edges 
E117 Petal Power Embossing Folder
E119 Swirly Curves Embossing Folder
KB119 Butterflies Embossing Folder
502 Double Sided Adhesive
0413 Big Flowers Silver Peel Offs
0362 Butterflies with Doodles Peel Offs
7010 Glitter Borders Transparent Gold
7051 Glitter Holly Borders Gold/Silver
302 Happy Anniversary Gold Peel Offs
639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter
405 White Velvet Sheet
SS0212 Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
SS0102 White Iridescent Shimmer Sheets

Other:
Paper - Gold, White, White Stripe and Cream, Butterfly Basic Glitter - Best Creation Inc. pop up dots, Sookwang adhesive, Big Shot, trimmer



Have a Fabulous Day and don't forgot to check back  on April 30th to see all the Beautiful Creations by Elizabeth Craft Designers by clicking HERE !!!

Happiness Is Like A Butterfly

Hi, It's Jackie Smith and today I'm showing one of my favourite die called 'Katie Label' designed by Karen Burniston for ECD, along with  another favourite  of mine; Peel Offs using Tombow markers and Warm Diamond Glitter.

To Create The Card;

1. Create card base from double sided paper. Cut 6"x 12", score @ 6" and fold in half. (6" Square card)

2. Line up Karen's Burniston 'Katie Label' die on the fold line. Cut out using die cut machine. You can see Karen demoing it here.

3. Cut out Blue paper (1 1/4" x  5 3/4") & (2 1/4"x 5 3/4"). Cut out paisley paper (1"x 5 1/2") & (2" x 5 1/2"). Adhere over  blue paper. Cut out dot paper 2 pieces (1 3/4" x 2 1/2") and on either side of label as shown. Add checkered washi tape as shown.

4. Cut out Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz (SS0103) (2" x 2 1/4"). Emboss using Butterflies (KB101) by ECD. Sponge Azure Stazon ink as shown.

5. Place Waterlilies Black Peel Off and Butterfly Black Peel Off on water-colour paper by ECD. Color with Tombow markers. Add Black Glitter Dots (sku 7018) on butterfly and add transparent Gold/Silver Glitter Borders (sku 7010). You can see Els demoing it here.

6. Cut 4 pieces of checkered paper; 2 pieces (2 1/8"x 5 3/4") and 2 pieces (1 3/4"x 5 3/4"). Adhere as shown. Cut 4 pieces of dot paper; 2 pieces (1 3/4"x 2) and 2 pieces (1 1/8"x 1 3/4").

7. Cut 2 pieces of checkered paper using the largest label from the Katie Label die. Stamp sentiment on left hand using Citrine Pigment ink and emboss using  clear embossing powder. On right side use Citrine Pigment ink and emboss using PEARLustre Aventurine embossing powder. Heat set. Cut sentiments out using the  second largest label from the Katie Label die. Sponge with Tumble Glass Distress ink by Tim Holtz.

8. Adhere large and 2 small butterflies Peel offs onto double side adhesive, apply Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Color with Tombow markers. Place where shown.

9. Adhere Ladybug, butterfly and Waterlilies Flower Peel Offs onto water-colour paper by ECD and colour with Tombow markers. Adhere using Pop up dots where shown.

Supply List:

Elizabeth Craft Designs

768 Katie Label Pivot Card

(KB101) Butterflies Embossing Folder

SS0103 Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz

Peel Offs (sku 0362) Butterflies with Doodles black

(sku 2528) Waterlilies Flowers black

(sku 2341) Lady Bugs black

(sku 0412) Big Butterflies black

(sku 7010) Transparent Glitter/Gold Glitter Borders

(sku 7018) Black Glitter Dots

639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter

WP903 Watercolor paper

502 Double Sided Adhesive

Other Supplies

Paper - Authentique 'Loyal' Collection

other- Tombow Markers - 368,491,093,228,068,422,N15, N00, Citrine Pigment Ink- Clearsnap, Pearlustre Aventurine EP -Stampendous, Clear Zing Embossing Powder- American Crafts, Azure Stazon ink pad- Tsukineko, Stamps - Clematis & Butterflies - Flourishes, Butterfly Dreams - JustRite, Paper Trimmer, Scor-it Board, foam tape, Sookwang Tape.

Tombow & Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog Hop

Happy Mother's Day

Welcome everyone to the Tombow and Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog Hop running April 18th - 20th! Everyday different designers from Elizabeth Craft Designs will showcase their projects and at the end of the hop there will be a prize for the person that leaves a comment on all the Design Team's project and Tombow will announce a winner on Monday April 21st at 3:30 P.M. EST.

To be eligible to win, please comment on each of the designers projects  and don't forget to "Like" TombowUSA and Elizabeth Craft Designs on Facebook. 

If you're here from Candy Spiegel, then you’re in the right place,  if not then you may want to start at the beginning Tombow Blog.  

Hi my name is Jackie Smith and the project I like to share with you today is this quick Happy Mother's Day card. When I heard that we were having a Blog Hop with Tombow and ECD I wanted to use the Lots of Pops die, Coffee & Tea Peel Offs and the Gift Peel Offs to  celebrate "Moms" special day.

Instructions:

1. Create insert from brown cardstock. Cut 5 1/2" x 10", score @ 5". Place Lots of Pops die (778) on the fold line. Cut it out.

2. Create card base from stripe cardstock. Cut 5 3/4" x 11". Score @ 5 1/2". Adhere brown insert paper to stripe paper by lining up folds.

3. Layer brown paper (5 1/4"x 5 1/2") using Tombow Xtreme adhesive onto front panel.

 Layer pink paper (5"x 5 1/4") on top.

4. Stamp "Wonderful Mother" on Primrose Noteworthy Sticker using Cocoa pigment ink. Apply clear embossing powder. Heat set. Apply to pink paper using foam dots for extra dimension. Add Rose chipboard piece.

5. Cut (2) green papers (3 1/4" x 5 1/4") place on top & bottom as shown. Cut (2) Circle paper(3"x 5") place as shown.

6. Stamp 2 sentiments on 2 different stickers using Cocoa & Black pigment ink. Apply Clear embossing powder.  Heat set. Adhere to circle paper using foam dots as shown.

7. Place Teapot & Cup gold Peel Offs onto ECD watercolour paper. Take Tombow markers to color Teapot & Cup as shown using the blender pen to soften colours.

8. Place Double Sided Adhesive onto white paper. Place Gift Black Peel Offs onto adhesive. Apply Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Burnish and color using Tombow Markers and blender pen.

9. Cut out Peel Offs using scissors and adhere them as shown.

10. Adhere Cup and Teapot chipboard as shown.

Supply List:

Elizabeth Craft Designs 

778 Lots of Pops die

639 Warm Diamond - Silk Microfine Glitter

2531 Coffee & Tea Gold Peel Offs

2544 Gifts Black Peel Offs

502 Double Sided Adhesive

WP903 Watercolour paper

Tombow

Xtreme High Performance Adhesive

N00 Blender Pen

256, 177, 243, 093, 351 Greens

873, 933, 885, 847 Orange/Red

055, 993 Yellows

813, 761, 725 Pinks

Other

Bo Bunny 'Primrose' Collection, Bo Bunny 'Little Miss' Chipboard, Cocoa, Black pigment ink -Clearsnap

Clear Embossing Powder -Zing, Stamps- Favourite Thoughts, Well Scripted - Stampin'Up, Big Shot -Sizzix

Scor it Board 

Thanks for joining me and please hop over to Debbie Fisher blog to see what she has in store for you. Don't forget to leave a comment on each of the designers projects and don't forget to "Like" TombowUSA and Elizabeth Craft Designs on Facebook.

Thinking of You

 Well I'm back with another project for Elizabeth Craft Designs and this time I decided to do a scrapbook page to showcase how versatile these products are. This week is really a tough time for me, 6 years ago my husband passed away from Cancer. I had never done any scrapbooking about my husband usually it's just about the child and I found these old picture of him and his mom so here is the page. I'm not sure when this picture was taken but I think around 1945 or 1946. Anyways I really like the mix media craze that going around these days so I decided to let the texture roll.
 So I started off using this 'definition' paper from "Tattered Time" by DCWV  which I used  Soft Gel medium to apply definition paper to the white 130 lb card stock. I then took out the following The Crafter Workshop Stencils; TCW219 Punchinella, TCW 454 Specimen and TCW2030 Burlap Bits applied light modelling paste as shown. After it was dry, I sprayed the following colours using Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst sprays using Gold. Copper and Brown.I then applied Copper and Brown Gold Inka Gold by Viva Decor to the raised portions of the stencils. I then used a black Stabilo pencil to highlight the textured of the paste. I also stamped some textures using Texture stamps from Dina Wakley collection using brown Archival ink by Ranger. I then started to layer various papers starting off with a dark brown paper, then a glassine envelope which was stamped using brown Archival ink and using the stamps from Dina Wakley 'Textures". Then I added a white resist paper by Prima Marketing along with kraft resist paper by Tim Holtz,  I put down the photo which I overlaid some taupe crochet trim. All papers were sponged using Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I then ran some gold metallic shimmer sheetz thru embossing folder called 'Damask' by designer Karen Burniston. Then I sanded the Gold Shimmer Sheetz down and used Timber Brown and Jet Black Stazon ink on the embossed areas. I then used a blank wood ATC blank which I cut it in half, part of it was cover using gold metallic shimmer sheetz. The other ATC part was embossed using an embossing folder called 'Swirly Curves' and then added some Brown Gold Inka Gold to highlight the embossed area as shown below.

I cut out Daisy flowers using the Big Flowers Set 1 by ECD using or Tissue paper and Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz that were embossed using 'Petal Power' Embossing folder and Damask Embossign folder all by ECD. I then used Timber Brown and Jet Black Stazon ink to highlight the embossed areas. For the center of the flowers I used black velvet paper by Elizabeth Craft Designs. I laid some flowers on top of a piece of chipboard which I used embossed in Dauber by Ranger and embossed using Byzantine Bronze and Midnight Bronze Obsidian Embossing Powder by Lindy's Stamp Gang. For the two butterflies I used a paper from Tattered Time and cut them using the silhoutte  butterfly die that comes with the Butterfly Pivot Card by Karen Burniston by ECD. I then cut the overlay using Beige Velvet Paper by ECD and sponged on Vintage Photo for definition.I added small flowers from I Am Roses and sprayed them using Lindy's Stamp Gang Vintage Spray called 'Incandescent Copper' and added a couple of gold flowers and flower charm by Prima Marketing. I added a couple of metal embellishments a rose and a butterfly and used Brown Gold Inka Gold to highlight them. I cut out leaves using gold metallic shimmer sheetz and beige velvet paper using Triple Leaf Set by ECD.

I had a manilla tag which I used for journalling and used a button with twine for the pullout.  I cut out "Thinking of You" using a die and  black velvet paper by ECD. After all that I took some Sepia Acrylic Artists ink by Daler Rowney and made splats on my paper and cover up the photo so it didn't get splat on...

Supplies Used:

Paper: Tattered Time - DCWV, 130 lb Super Heavy Cardstock, White Resist Canvas Checkered Pattern-Prima Marketing, Kraft Resist Paper Stash - Tim Holtz, Black & Beige Velvet Adhesive Sheets - Elizabeth CraftDesigns, Gold Shimmer Sheetz - Elizabeth Craft Designs, Tissue Paper -unknown

Ink: Jet Black, Timberbrown Stazon ink -Tsukineko, Vintage Photo Distress ink - Tim Holtz, Emboss It Dabber- Ranger, Sepia Acrylic Artists Ink - Daler Rowny

Dies: Curvy Leaves (730) - Elizabeth Craft Designs, Big Flower Set 1 (795)- Elizabeth Craft Designs,Thinking of You (789)- Elizabeth Craft Designs, Butterfly Pivot Card (767) - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Embossing Folders: Swirly Curves (E119), Damask (KB104), Petal Power (E117) - all by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Stamps: Textures (MDR41344) Dina Wakley for Ranger

Other: Stencils -Punchinella (TCW 219), Specimen (TCW 454), Burlap Bits (TCW 2030)- The Crafters Workshop, Copper, Brown -Gold Inka Gold- Viva Decor, Midnight Bronze Obsidian, Byrantine Bronze Embossing Powders - Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powders, Clam Bake Beige, Bayou Boogie Gold, South Shore Sand - Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays,White Roses - I Am Roses, Gold Flowers, Yellow Flower with charms, Wooden ATC's - Prima Marketing, Taupe Crochet Lace - May Arts, Wooden Buttons- Stampin'Up, Light Modelling Paste -Golden, Twine-unknown. Metal butterfly- Fab Scraps, Metal Rose -Michael's, Black Colored -Marking Pencils-Stabilo

Remembering Ralph....

There are days when you would like to skip and this is one day is one for me, although time keeps going on... but for me it seems like yesterday. Six years ago today (April 9th) my best friend/husband (Ralph) passed away from Cancer.  I never do any scrapbooking pages about my husband or myself, usually it's just about the kids, right?. So I thought I could honour my husband this way. I saw this video by Limor Webber for Prima Marketing which you can find here. I started off using a vintage paper from the collection by DCWV called 'Tattered Time'. I placed this on a 130 lb white super stock paper using soft gel medium by Golden to adhere it.

I then used my Brick Stencil by The Crafters Workshop TCW191 and used light modelling paste by Golden to add texture to the paper. I also added some more texture using another TCW 267 called 'Ledger'. I then took a Versamark and swiped it onto the texture paste and brushed on some Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals in gold and brown to soften the white paste. I also added some Old Gold Inka Gold by Viva Decor to add more highlight. I then outlined the bricks using a Stabilo pencil which will move when using a water brush to add some depth. For the photo I just added a lot of layers using various papers from the bottom up. First layer was tissue paper, paper from Weekend Market by Bo Bunny, glassine envelope which was stamped on using a texture stamp by Dina Wakley and brown Archival ink by Ranger.

I then used a white resist pattern paper by Prima Marketing which was sponge using Vintage Photo distress ink. I added a doily which was sprayed using Lindy's Stamp Gang Dark Chocolate Truffle and then stamped some texture using black archival ink and Dina Wakley stamps. I added some gears which were cut out using corrugated paper using Tim Holtz Gear die in the left hand & right hand corner. Highlighted using Old Gold Inka Gold. I added a gear chipboard piece which was coloured using black soot distress stain and tarnished brass distress paint. I added some buttons with twine, gold  flowers, tags, stamps and cut up a metal frame to add more texture. In the gold flower in the top left hand, I added a "21" brad which was Ralph's birthday. I cut out some tags using Bo Bunny 'Weekend Market' to add some journalling.

First Ever Elizabeth Craft Designs Challenge - Flowers

Hi Everyone!! Welcome to the First ever Elizabeth Craft Designs Design Team Challenge. Once a month we (the designers) will have a challenge using a different theme here at the ECD blog and this month's theme is Flowers. What a better way to hurry Spring in and Winter out than the use of flowers. I don't know about you but I'm tired of winter, here in Alberta, the winters can be long and cold almost 6 months long. So I can hardly wait for Spring, I have already heard the geese back in town. So for my inspiration since I'm a Horticulturist, I decided to have a flower shop as the basis for my card challenge. For the front of my card I used Blushing Bride for my base which is a 5"x 7" finished card size. I then used Bo Bunny 'Primrose' collection for the rest. I added 3 layers and then cut the rose silhouette using the Elizabeth Craft Design die called "Roses (799)" using the iridescent pink shimmer sheetz. I then used the black velvet paper and cut it out using the same die but used the overlay instead. I then cut out various leaves from the same die and used Green Iridescent and Green Peridot Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz. I stamped the sentiment using black crafter's ink, clear embossing powder and used the stamp called 'Friends Forever'. A neat trick is to lay clear magic tape over the words you don't want inked, remove tape and stamp. Then do it for the other side and that's how I stamped the words in 2 different spots.


















For the inside, I started off using Early Espresso paper for my base which is 4 3/4" X 6 3/4" which will fit inside the pink card base and cut it out using Karen Burniston's  Lots of Pops die which cuts out the various platforms to which you can add flowers as seen here. In Karen's March Challenge for her design team she shows you how to add more platforms as seen in this video here. So I have added 2 more platforms to add more flowers cause you can never have too much flowers in a flower shop. I added another layer of paper from the Primrose collection and then cut out another Green Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz and emboss using Curvy Leaves Embossing Folder by ECD. I then used some Alcohol ink in various green colors to add some depth. I then cut out the posts using the same die, it was part of the die package using double sided adhesive backed onto brown paper. I then used Teal (628) & Leaf Green (634) Silk Microfine Glitter by ECD to color the posts. I then printed out the 'Flower Shop' words onto Blushing Bride paper and cut it out using banner die that came with the Lots of Pops die collection. I strung the words on using Early Espresso twine and used Tim Holtz little stapler to attach them. I then used the Peel Offs by Elizabeth Crafts called 'Flowers in Pot" (SKU 0356). One of my favorite ways to color Peel Offs is to used double sided adhesive,  Cool Diamond glitter and Copic Markers. Els van de Burgt has a really great video to show you how it is done as seen here.
 For the bottom of the card, I added another layer of paper and then cut a piece of pink Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz. Again ran it thru Curvy Leaves Embossing Folder by ECD and then used some Alcohol ink in various pink and red colors to add some depth. I added a sticker from the Primrose Collection by Bo Bunny and stamped the sentiment by Penny Black "The Thought of You" using black crafter's ink and clear embossing powder. I cut it down so it would fit on the sticker. Check back on March 31st for the rest of the Design Team cards on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

Supplies:
Dies: "Roses (799)" , Lots of Pops - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Embossing Folders: Curvy Leaves - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter: Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter, Teal (628), Leaf Green (634) - Elizabeth Craft                       Designs
Shimmer Sheetz: Pink Iridescent, Peridot Gemstone, Green Iridescent  - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stamps: 3305F The Thought of You - Penny Black
            3775 C Friends Forever - Rubber Stampede Delta
Copic Markers: Blues: B52, BG57, BV17, Greens YG05, G99, G29,
                          Pinks RV11, RV17, RV55,V28, Reds R17, R59,
                          Yellow/Orange Y06, YR07, YR24
                           Browns E31, E39,E49
Peel Offs- Flowers in Pot (SKU 0356) Silver Elizabeth Craft Designs

Paper:   Blushing Bride, Shimmery White,
             Early Espresso - Stampin'Up,  Primrose - Bo Bunny,
             Black Velvet Paper - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Daisies - Thank You

I was super excited to be asked to join the first ever Elizabeth Craft Designs Design Team! Today is my first post and I'm going to show you how to use Karen Burniston's Newest Pop It Ups Collection dies called 'Accordion Oval'  to make a real simple card. In this die package comes an oval frame along with 4 nesting ovals plus a heart. I started off using Pool Party paper as my base and cut out 2 frames using the Oval frame die. I then used various papers by Kaisercraft collection called 'Enchanted Garden' for the rest. So after cutting out the frames, I wanted to add a layer to both frames which is really easy to do. Using the butterfly paper, I cut it out twice using the same oval frame die. All I did was cut out the oval out and cut the frame down 1/8th along the short and long sides. I did this to all 4 sides of the 2 frames. You can see Karen demoing about this die here. 

I cut out 2 more ovals using the dies that come with this oval set and stamped the sentiment by Stampendous using Archival ink by Wendy Vecchi. I added a black butterfly peel-off by ECD called 'Daisies in Oval' and coloured it using Copic Markers on Warm Diamond Glitter.  You can see Els demoing it  here on YouTube video.

For the inside of both frames, I cut out the polka Dot border using ECD die called 'Oval Dot Frame Edges using double side adhesive that was placed onto decorative paper. I then applied Fuchsia (619) Silk Microfine Glitter to the left side of the frame and Leaf Green (619) to the right. For the left side I used the black peel-off Daisies in Oval ECD 2558 and coloured them using Warm Diamond Glitter using the following Copic Markers seen here 

 

For the right side I cut out the daisy silhouette using a ECD die called 'Daisy' (901) and used the pink shimmer sheetz and then cut the overlay using black velvet sheet by ECD. I then used a Quick Glue pen to the centre of the flower and added some Fuchsia glitter.  I then cut the leaves using the leaf die from the same die set using Peridot Gemstone shimmer sheetz. I cut out the 'Thank You" using the ECD die called 'Thank You' (723) using Pink and Black Velvet paper. I laid the black 'Thank You' and then offset the pink 'Thank You' on top.

Supplies Used:

Paper: White Shimmery paper, Pool Party - Stampin' Up, Enchanted Garden Collection - Kaisercraft, Pink, Black Velvet Paper -Elizabeth Craft Designs (ECD)

Dies- Daisy (901), Thank You (723), Accordion Oval (772), Oval Frame Edges (776)

Peel- Offs - 2558 Black Daisies in Oval - ECD

Glitter: Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter (640), Leaf Green (634) Fuchsia (619) - ECD

Stamp: H194 Footprint Friends- Stampendous

Shimmer Sheetz - Peridot Gemstone, Pink -ECD

Copic Markers: G29, YG05,YG93, YG95, RV04, RV19, V06, BV08, 100. C2, Colorless Blender pen

Ink: Watering Can Archival ink- Wendy Vecchi

Other: Quickie Glue Pen- Sakura