Having Fun with the Christmas Poinsettia Border Die *VIDEO*

Hello and welcome back! I have been having so much fun playing with this new Christmas Poinsettia border die from Paper Rose Studio, and thought I would share some ideas with you. It really is a beautiful die and I don't think it is just for Christmas projects, but could be used year round.  I posted a Christmas card last month using it, but here are a couple more ideas for you.

Double Z fold card closed above, and open below

Christmas Lumiere

Supplies Used: Christmas Poinsettia Border Metal Cutting Die 30159, Christmas Poinsettia Flourish Metal Die Set 18312, Merry Christmas Chunky Metal Die Set 19511.  Other supplies: Ranger Alcohol inks in Rosewood, Cranberry, Poppyfield, Red Pepper, Fiesta, Watermelon; 10 PCS Wax Carving Tools; 14 PCS Dotting Tools Ball Styluses.

 

I hope you will come see how I have made these projects.  To see the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I do hope you are having a great day!

Balloon Birthday Card

Hi again everyone, I've got a balloon birthday card to share today that was created with some stencils from Paper Rose Studio.

Supplies Used:  Balloon 6x6" Stencil & Mask 20982, Floral Borders 6x6" Stencil 19342, Happy Birthday Chunky Script Stamp Set 24640, Betty's Garden 6x6 Paper Collection 28576. Liquitex Gloss Heavy Gel, Distress Oxide inks, gold thread, Gelly Roll Sparkle gel pen.

I started this card by using the Ballloon stencil to create the background on an A2 size piece of white cardstock which I later trimmed down to be 4 x 5 1/4". I just used a couple of the smaller sized balloons to stencil the cloud of balloons and tried to leave a slightly lighter area on each balloon, and made sure I overlapped the balloons. Once I was happy with the balloons, I used the gel pen to draw some squiggly lines down for the strings.

On a separate piece of white cardstock, I used the second largest balloon stencil to create the two larger balloons.  To add the Floral Borders stencil over top, I kept the original balloon stencil in place with low tack tape, and then applied the stencil over top of the balloon with a darker ink.  Next, I applied a thin layer of the Liquitex gel over these two balloons to give them a shiny look.  Glossy Accents would also work for this.  Once that was dry, I fussy cut the balloons out, right up to the edge of the stencilling.  I then added the gold thread to the tails of these balloons, using some double sided tape on the back.

Next, I stamped the sentiment with black ink onto the balloon card front, and adhered this to a piece of confetti patterned paper from the Betty's Garden collection and attached this to my card base.  Finally, I used scrap card to add some dimension to the back of the bigger balloons and then glued them onto the card front. 

Thank you for joining me today and I hope I've given you a little inspiration!

Using Die Cuts in Papercrafting *VIDEO*

Hello again!  Today I've got a video for you that is all about using pre-made die cuts in your paper crafting. I have to confess, I had never used these until I joined the Paper Rose Studio design team, but I am so glad that I have found them! They are an inexpensive way to create many beautiful projects and Paper Rose has such a beautiful line of them. They come as a pack of 4 sheets of perforated images that are usually in a range of sizes.  So if you are not keen on colouring in images, these may be the perfect solution for you. Here's a look at what I have created in my video today ...

Coffee cup coasters from the dollar store

 

 Supplies Used: Bee Happy Die Cuts 27703, Nature Stroll 3 Die Cuts 27898, Heart Circle Coverplate Metal Cutting Die 28819, All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339, Spring Floral Frame Metal Cutting Die 21054, Leaf Burst Rectangle Frame Metal Cutting Die 20547

 I hope you will join me over at the video to see how I have used die cuts to create all of these projects.  To see the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Thank you for stopping by and I do hope you're having a great day!

 

 

 

 
 

Missing You Card

Hello again and welcome!  I've got a missing you card to share today ...

Supplies Used: Summer Picnic Die Cuts 29952, Arch Border Frames Metal Cutting Die 30420, Little Foliage 1 Metal Cutting Die 21099, Watercolours - Sublime 12x12 Paper Collection 26440, All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339

I started this card by cutting an A2 sized piece of the blue watercolour cardstock and adhered it to my card base. I glued the house die cut where I thought it should go in relation to the arches.

Next, I cut the Arch Border die several times from white cardstock.  This die is one piece so with one pass through my die cutting machine, I was able to get all the sizes.  I really wanted the arches to look a bit like a garden arch trellis with leaves coming down.  To do that, I layered the arches with more layers on the largest arch and less as they got smaller. I used 4 of the largest arch, 2 of the middle sized one, and 1 of the smallest arch and glued each of these sizes together.  The die cut pieces actually have a bottom horizontal border that I didn't want, so I lined the arch layers up with the bottoms even and temporarily taped the sides together with low tack tape so I could cut the bottom border off all three sized arches evenly. 

Then, using the Little Foliage die, I cut from the green Watercolour cardstock, a number of the leaves.  Some of the leaves are cut from the back of the green cardstock so they would look like they were curving the other way.  I glued these onto the arches with them coming down in front and behind the arches.  When I was happy with the leaves, I removed the low tack tape that was keeping the side arches in place, and glued the arches onto the card front around the house.  Finally, I glued the remaining dog, poppies and butterfly die cuts in place.  The sentiment was adhered across the front of these.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a creative day!

Christmas Poinsettias Card

 Hello again! I've got a Christmas card today created from some new products from Paper Rose Studio. 

Supplies Used: Poinsettia Bouquet Clear Stamp Set 30306, Christmas Poinsettia Border Metal Cutting Die 30159, Merry Christmas Chunky Metal Die Set 19511, silver mirror cardstock.

I started this card by stamping the poinsettia image onto Neenah Solar Crest 80# cardstock with Gina K amalgam black ink.  I coloured it in with Copic markers (R39, R29, R35, YG01 for the main poinsettias, R46 for the berries, and BG72, BG70 for the leaves).  I then applied some Glossy Accents to the berries and set it aside to dry before fussy cutting it out.

Next, on a white A2 (4.25" x 5.5") sized card front, I die cut the Christmas Poinsettia Border die twice, trying to get it evenly spaced across the card as well as up and down.  I glued this onto an A2 sized piece of silver mirror cardstock, and then adhered this to my card base.  This is a really beautiful border die!

On a scrap of white cardstock, I applied a red ink ( I think it was Rouge by Catherine Pooler), and then die cut the Merry Christmas from this.  I also cut two more from white cardstock and stacked these together with glue.  I die cut the shadow layer from the same white cardstock and then glued the sentiment to the shadow layer.  I applied Glossy Accents to the sentiment and let it dry.

Finally, to assemble the card I glued the poinsettia image just above the center and the sentiment just below this.  The silver mirror cardstock really gives this card a lot of shine and the die cut borders look so delicate! 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!

Stencilling on Acetate *VIDEO*

Hello and welcome back!  Have you ever tried to stencil onto acetate? It can be very effective, especially if you want a see-through window on your card, or just the shine you get from the acetate.  Here are a few of the cards I created for my video ...

I've used different mediums on each of these cards, but they are all stencilled onto acetate and really do have a beautiful shine in real life.  I hope you'll come join me and find out how they were made as well as the other cards I've created.  To watch the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE.  Thanks for stopping by!