Vault Winter Wishes - Sizzix Christmas Cards

Hello, Lynn here today to share some Christmas cards I made using one of the Vault Christmas Sizzix Die Sets from Tim Holtz. I added in another of Tim's die sets and some 3D Texture Fades. Then got busy creating backgrounds with some multi media.

I used:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Die - Vault Winter Wishes
Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Die - Merry and Bright
Sizzix 3D Texture Fades - Arched, Brickwork, Lumbar, Quilted, Sparkle and Woodgrain.
Distress Oxide Inks
Distress Inks
Tiny Bells
DMC Crochet Cotton
Watercolour Paper
Card Blanks and Envelopes
Selection of cardstock and metallic cardstock scraps
3D Foam Pads

      

For each card I trimmed a piece of watercolour paper to measure slightly smaller than my card blank. I placed a selection of colours of Distress Oxide ink onto a messy mat. spritzed them with water and ran the paper back and forth through the colours to create the background for the card.

While the paper was still slightly damp, I place it into the 3D Texture Fade folder, and passed it through the Sizzix Big Shot. Then this was set aside to dry off completely.

I highlighted the embossed patterns by rubbing over with some Distress Inks and a blending tool.

With the Winter Wishes Die set, I cut two ice skates, heels and blades and three snowflakes,  from a selection of the scraps of cardstock and metallic card I had collected together. I also used the Merry and Bright die set to cut the phrase in metallic card.

I applied the snowflakes to the background, overlapping the edges in places and trimmed off the excess. This was then stuck to the front of the card blank.

I added the greeting placing it as seen in the photos.

Next I made up the ice skates, stitching the crochet cotton through the tiny holes in the boots to make them appear to be laced up, leaving enough cotton to tie on the bells later. I placed one boot over the other at a slight angle so you can still see they are a pair. Then I tied the laces together in a knot. I threaded a tiny bell onto each lace, then tied the laces together into a bow, and trimmed the ends off neatly.

With 3D foam pads applied to the back of the ice skates, I attached them to the centre of the card.

Here is a closer view of each card.

That's all for today. Back with more for Christmas soon.
Lynn x

Echo Park ~ Christmas Joy #1 🎅🏻

 Hello, it’s Anna back with you today. For my final post this month I’m sharing an advent calendar that I have created using Echo Park ~ Christmas Joy. 

You can find the collection {here}

I used a pre made paper advent bunting from Hobbycraft as my starting point…

I then cut 24 squares of coordinating cardstock from the matchmaker pack and adhered them on to each of the bunting pouches. 

I used the Simple Vintage Holly Jolly Number Bits to add a number to each of the bunting squares. I placed them on to start with and then gradually began embellishing each one.

 

I used stickers from the Element Stickers to embellish some of my pockets. 

I also fussy cut some florals and candy canes from patterned paper in the collection -

Festive Floral 

Popular Poinsettia 

Candy Cane Gifts

I also used Nuvo Drops to add some extra detail to some of the pockets. 

I added some chocolate coins to each of the pockets and then strung it across my mantle piece and now it’s all ready to go for the 1st of December. 

Why not have a go yourself? 

For everything you need to document and create for Christmas, Papermaze has a dedicated Christmas section on the website which you can find here. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

🎄See you next month 🎄

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Sending Mini Books As Christmas Gifts

 Hello!!

Lisa here. I hope you are well and looking forward to Christmas.

I have a little Christmas gift idea for you today.

You may have seen this mini book as I started making it last month.

If you missed it, here's part 1 of the video. 

I wanted to finish the book and add pockets, trimming, journaling and photos ready to gift to my Mum.

Here's the second part of this video, there's a full flip through at the end so you can see the completed gift.

I used the Say Cheese Classic Mouse Collection fro, Simple Stories, which you can see here.

I added pom pom trims to the edge of some of the pages with a hot glue gun.

 

The papers are so fun and make creating a mini book so easy.

I cute the bottom piece which has the word 'photo' and used a corner punch to round the corners and popped it so it peeps out. 

I love how fun this gift is.

And it's full of photos and memories.

I really recommend making a mini book as a gift.

They make such a special and personalised treat for someone. 

I hope you like this idea.

Lisa x

Nature - P13 Paper Products - Into the Woods Collection

Hi everyone,

It's Rebecca with you on the blog today sharing my second layout of the month, created with the gorgeous 'Into the Woods' collection by P13 Paper Products. You can find the collection in the shop here.

This layout was entirely inspired by one of the images on Paper #05. I really loved the circle image with the toadstool and decided to cut it out and create a layout made of circles.

Using a set of metal nesting dies, I cut circles of varying sizes form several of the patterned papers. I adore the green tones with the contrasting bright orange. I arranged the circles onto a sheet of Premium White Cardstock and adhered them together - but not to the background as I knew I wanted to come back later and add some mixed media. 

With the circles in place, I added a circular photo. I made sure to cut my photo larger than the other circles on the page to help it stand out. I fussy cut some toadstools from Paper #03 and arranged them among the circles, raised up on foam pads for dimension. To embellish further, I fussy cut a hare and some florals from Paper #07 and some butterflies from Paper #01. To build up the embellishment clusters further, I selected some leafy elements from the Flower and Leaves Ephemera Pack.

For my title, I rummaged through my stash and selected a perspextive title by Bramble Fox. The green colour was a perfect match for the green circles on this layout. Simple things like that make me really happy! 

I finished off embellishing with some phrases from Sticker Sheet #1.

With everything in place and adhered together, I was able to move everything off my background as one piece. This makes adding the mixed media much easier as I don't have to keep rebuilding my layout to see if I've added enough ink.

Using a brayer, I added some colour to my background using a Distress Ink Pad in the shade 'Peeled Paint' and a Distress Oxide Ink Pad in 'Iced Spruce'. Once this was dry, I returned everything to the centre of the page and adhered it with a layer of adhesive foam behind it.

Thanks so much for reading. I hope you like my layout and it offers you some inspiration. This collection is selling fast so grab it whilst you can!

Take care,

Rebecca x

@preciouspagespapercraft 

Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Yuletide - HoHoHo!

Hello,

It's Claire here again today, sharing a second layout with the Simple Vintage Yuletide collection. I have to say this has been an absolute joy to create with - such a stunning collection. You can find it all in the shop here, and I'd strongly recommend you check it out - it's so pretty!

Using a piece of Premium White Cardstock as my base, I applied a light coat of watered down black Distress Oxide ink with a brayer, helping to create a distressed look to anchor my design.

I drew half a tree on to scrap cardstock to use as a template, and used this as a guide to cut out a tree shape from the Comfort & Joy paper.

Layering this on foam to add separation from the mixed media background, I cut some smaller pieces of the Holiday Wishes and 4x6 Elements papers, as well as a very small strip of the 3x4 Elements paper. I distressed all the edges and layered these on top of the tree, curling some of the edges for extra texture and depth.

Next, I chose this beautiful red frame from the Chipboard Frames to house my photo. Before adhering this to the page, I layered two fussy cut tags from the Tag Elements paper underneath. 

Then came the clusters and oh my - you are spoilt for choice with this collection! So many different option and all are equally gorgeous. I used a combination of the Bits & Pieces and Floral Bits & Pieces, layering them around the design.

I opted for pieces with pops of red to help lift the colour and adhered some flat with others on foam helping to create extra dimension.

Of course, I couldn't have an empty tree, so I added a big red bow to the top and embellished each branch with gold and red Nuvo Drops for that extra bit of sparkle.

For my title, I used the fun HoHoHo phrase from Bits & Pieces and that brought the layout to completion.

I hope you've enjoyed this blog post. It was really a great layout to make with these gorgeous products. See the collection here in full. 

Happy scrapping! 

Claire x

@scrappysoulmate