A crafty way to keep track of flower dies

I am not sure about you, but I do love and have loads of flower dies. So many that sometimes it is hard to keep track of all of them. For this reason, I came up with an easy reference swatch book that allows be to look through the different flower dies as well as allowing me to check whether some of them look good together even though they are from different sets.

This is the finished swatch book. Here is how I made it.

I die cut all my flowers using different scraps of paper. I printed (as my handwriting is atrocious) the name of each set for easy reference. I attached the name of the set onto thick acetate and then glue the flowers on the acetate. Each set is on a separate acetate.

 

Using a Cropadile, I made a single hole on the top left corner of all the acetates, and linked them all with a ball chain, which is easy to open to add more or rearrange order.

Here is some of the pages of my swatch book.

This is how it works, by layering different pages I can find out how some of them will work together.

Some of the possibilities were a complete surprise how well they look together.

One of my favorite combinations was this one above, using the Intricate flowers 1 and Intricate Flowers 2. Even though they have similar names I did not designed them to work together at all. But they work really nicely so I am very happy.

 

To make a simple card, I stamped a message on the same paper and die cut it using one of the Sentiment Tag dies. As I wanted it a little bit shorter I place the die purposely over the edge of the paper, one of the beauties of the Framelits I know exactly how it is going to look once die cut.

And that is the finished card. The flower is the central point and I would have only come up with this combo because my new flower reference booklet.

Pinwheel birthday

 

Merle turned three this week-end and I wanted to make a fun and bright card for a summer-girl like Merle.

 

 

It is easy to make a pinwheel by die cutting a square, cutting half way in from each corner, folding the corners towards the midle of the square and glueing them down. I used Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop to give my pinwheel even more details. As the base of the pinwheel I used a paper straw in a fun pattern.

 

 

Since Merle was born I've added butterflies to her scrapbooking layouts, cards etc. and this time aroud was no different: Tree little veneer butterflies had landed on the pinwheel.

 

In order to be able to add name and age to the card I used Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments to die cut two tags. I didn't want them to have the rounded end, så I folded the paper and let the die hang out over the fold.

 

This gave me two nicely cut tags that I attached around the paper straw using a stapler. Then I added Merle's name and age using letter stickers.

 

This is not a card that will easily fit in an envelope but I do think it is fun once in a while to make cards with a lot of dimension.

 

Supply list:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop

Letter sticker (LilyBee)

Cardstock

Patterned Paper (Echo Park)

Stapler (Tim Holz)

Veneer butterflies

Button

 

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I denne week-end blev Merle tre, og jeg ville lave et rigtig sommerkort til hende. Da det er super nemt at lave vindmøller, faldt valget på netop sådan en som udsmykning.

 

Man skær ganske enkelt en firkant ud, skær ind fra alle fire hjørner og folder så hvert hjørne ind mod midten og limer fast. Og vupti så har man toppen til en vindmølle klar! Jeg brugte et papirsugerør som fod til vindmøllen, og da jeg brugte Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop fik vindmøllen også lidt ekstra detaljer.

 

Siden Merle blev født, har jeg haft sommerfugle som hendes gennemgående detaljer, og derfor er der tre små finer-sommerfugle, der er landet på vindmøllen.

 

For at kunne sætte navn og alder på kortet, udstansede jeg to tags. Men da jeg ikke ville have den rundede del med, foldede jeg papiret og lod en del af dien stikker ud over. På den måde fik jeg to fint udstansede skilte til at sætte omkring sugerøret med en hæftemaskine.

 

Ingredienser:

 

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop

Sticker-bogstaver (LilyBee)

Karton

Møsntret papir (Echo Park)

Hæftemaskine (Tim Holz)

Finer sommerfugle

Knap

Alma tumler i sneen

 

 

 

 

I had a beautiful picture of Alma in the snow and I wanted to make a wintery scrapbook page for that photo so I went with my favourite winter colour scheme: blues, red and white.

 

The page is fairly simple but that is the way I like my pages: I cut a piece of pattern paper to work as a frame for the photo and then I added various embellishments and a title around the photo.

I die cut the largest of the snowflakes from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 3PK - Snowflakes and divided it in two adding one part to the upper left corner of the photo and the other part to the lower right corner of the photo.

 

Besided from the snowflake I die cut multiple tags using the Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments, stamped them using various winter themed stamps and hang them from baker's twine wrapped around the entire layout a few times.

 

Supply list:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 3PK - Snowflakes

Cardstock

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Baker's twine

Sequins

Flock: Doodlebug

Stickers: LilyBee & American Crafts

Stamps: Papertrey Ink & Wplus9

Ink: Papertrey Ink & VersaFine

 

 

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Jeg havde et skønt billede af Alma, som jeg ville bruge til en vinter-side med, og jeg valgte mit ynglingsfarvetema til siden: blå, rød og hvid.

 

Siden er relativt enkel, men sådan kan jeg godt lide mine layouts: Jeg skar et stykke mønstret papir ud, så det kunne være en slags ramme for billedet, og derefter tilføjede jeg pynt og en titel rundt om billedet.

 

Jeg udstansede det store snefnug fra Sizzix Framelits Die Set 3PK - Snowflakes og delte det i to. Den ene del satte jeg rundt om øverste venstre hjørne af fotoet, den anden del om nederste højre hjørne.

 

Udover snefnugget udstansede jeg forskellige tags med Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments, stemplede dem med vinterstempler og hang dem fra noget baker's twine, jeg viklede et par gange rundt om layoutet.

 

Ingredienser:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 3PK - Snowflakes

Karton

Mønstret papir: Basic Grey

Baker's twine

Pailetter

Flock: Doodlebug

Stickers: LilyBee & American Crafts

Stempler: Papertrey Ink & Wplus9

Sværte: Papertrey Ink & VersaFine

 

Skoleklar / Ready for school

 

 

 

 

Wednesday again and this week I decided to create a layout using a few of Sizzix Framelit dies. They are terrific all round dies that can be used for cards, layouts and all kinds of projects.

 

 

I find that when using shapes on a layout they stand out less than when using them on a card but that is fine by me: I want to create a whole. I clustered by two pictures on top of a large tag made using the Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK - Tags #2. On the buttom of the tag I added a sliver of a different pattern paper die cut with the Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop.

 



 

I didn't have room to fit in a large title so I felt I needed to anchor the title somewhat. I die cut two tags using Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments and then added my title to the tag. This is a good way to make sure a small title can still be seen.

 

 

 

I even got around to incorporating some hexagons as a contrast to the circles from the balloons.

 

 

Supply list:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 10PK - Hexagons
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK - Tags #2
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Paper: Echo Park
Stickers: LilyBee
Other: Paper decorations from Bazzill
Cardstock

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Onsdag igen, og jeg havde lyst til at lave et layout i denne uge. Jeg brugte nogle forskellige Sizzix Framelit dies til layoutet, fordi de er så all round dies, som kan bruges på layouts, kort og alle mulige andre projekter.

For mig at se flyder formerne mere sammen, når man bruger dem på et layout i forhold til, hvis man brugte dem på et kort, men det gør ikke noget: Jeg vil jo have, at layoutet bliver et hele. Jeg samlede mine to billeder ovenpå en stor tag lavet med Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK - Tags #2. På bunden af taggen tilføjede jeg en lille stribe anderledes mønstret papir udstanset med Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop.

Jeg havde ikke rigtig plads til en stor titel, så jeg følte, at det var vigtigt, at give min lille titel en base. Derfor udstansede jeg to tags med Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments, og derpå satte jeg min titel. Det er en god måde at sikre sig, at en lille titel fortsat kan ses.

Jeg fik endda plads til nogle sekskanter, som virker som kontrast til ballonernes cirkelformer.

Ingredienser:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK - Squares, Scallop
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 10PK - Hexagons
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK - Tags #2
Papir: Echo Park
Stickers: LilyBee
Andet: Paper decorations from Bazzill
Karton

Bright and cheerful hexagons

Yet another Wednesday and yet again it is time for me to share a project with you. My mother had asked if I could do a card for a little girl's baptism using bright and happy colours and this is what I came up with.

It is indeed and bright and happy card and I enjoyed creating it using fun papers and various Sizzix dies.

The pattern on the right side of the card was created by die cutting a number of matching patterned papers into hexagons using the Sizzix Frameworks Die - Honeycomb.

Next up I die cut a frame using the same die (in a white piece of scrap paper) to use as a stencil when lining up the hexagons to form a pattern. I simply alligned the stencil where I wanted it, glued down all the hexagons directly on the front of the card base and once I had all of them in place I cut of what ever extended beyond the card base. To finish off the patterned portion of the card I ran a green sliver of paper as well as some glitter tape down the card.

The final touch was to add two tags made using the Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments to house the sentiment and the little girl's name. The tags hang from a piece of baker's twine wrapped around the green paper.

Supply list:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Frameworks Die - Honeycomb

Patterned paper (Echo Park)

Cardstock
Sticker alphabet

Enamel dot (My Mind's Eye)
Glitter Tape (American Crafts)
Baker's twine

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Endnu en fin onsdag, og jeg har et nyt projekt til jer her på bloggen: Min mor havde bestilt et kort til en barnedåb, og det skulle være i friske, klare farver, hvilket jo heldigvis er en favorit kombination for mig, så her er hvad jeg fandt på.

Mønstret på den højre side af kortet er lavet vha. Sizzix Frameworks Die - Honeycomb. Jeg startede med at udstanse et antal sekskanter i forskellige mønstrede papirer. Herefter udstansede jeg en stencil med samme die, som jeg brugte, da jeg lavede mønstret: Stencillen blev placeret direkte på kortbasen, og så monterede jeg alle sekskanterne. Da jeg havde dem på plads, var der bare tilbage at klippe af, hvor nogle af dem stak ud over kanten på kortet. For at indramme mønsteret lod jeg en grøn strimmel papir og lidt glimmertape løbe hele vejen ned over kortet.

Det sidste punkt på dagsordenen var at tilføje to tags, som jeg lavede med vSizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments. Herpå satte jeg en hilsen samt den lille piges fine navn. Tagene hænger fra en omgang baker's twine, som er bundet omkring den grønne stripe papir.

Ingredienser:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Frameworks Die - Honeycomb

Mønsterpapir (Echo Park)

Karton
Sticker alphabet

Enamel dot (My Mind's Eye)
Glitter Tape (American Crafts)
Baker's twine



Easter Chickens




With Easter rapidly approaching I took the opportunity to decorate an egg carton with chocolate-eggs in it. Since I made the box for a little girl I wanted it to be playful and fun so I decided to use one of the birds from Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3.

1. Using the Magnetic Platform and a die from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals I was able to cut a rounded edge on the pattern paper I wanted to dress the egg carton in.
2. Once I had achieved the rounded edge on the paper I attached it to the egg carton using a fast drying liquid glue.
3. Before closing the carton I wrapped all four eggs in pink tissue paper.

4. I wanted the birds to sit perched on top of the box and in order to achieve this I attached a strip of paper to the back of each die cut bird.
5. To hide the paper strip I die cut birds in plain cardstock and glue to the back of each bird.
6. Next up I decorated the birds with googly eyes, beaks and combs. Once that was done I attached the birds to the egg carton using glue dots.

I tied a ribbon around the box, closed it with a bow and then attached a tag with the name of the recipient on it. The tag was made with one of the dies from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments.

Supply list:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) 
Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Paper: October Afternoon
Stickers: Lily Bee
Cardstock
Ribbon + thread
Button
Googly eyes
Egg-carton with content

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Her lige før påske benyttede jeg chancen til at dekorere en æggebakke med chokoladeæg i til en lille pige. Da æsken netop var til et barn, besluttede jeg mig for at lave den sjov, og til det formål brugte jeg en af fuglene fra Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3.

1. Ved hjælp af Magnetic Platform og en die fra Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals kunne jeg udstanse en fin buet kant på det papir, jeg havde tænkt at pynte kartonen med.
2. Da jeg først havde rundet kanten af, kunne jeg montere papiret på æggebakken med en hurtigt tørrende lim.
3. Før jeg lukkede æggebakken, pakkede jeg alle fire chokoladeæg ind i pink silkepapir.
4. Jeg ville have fuglene til at sidde på toppen af æggebakken, og for at det kunne lade sig gøre, limede jeg en strimmel papir på bagsiden af hver fugl.
5. Ekstra udstansninger i almindeligt karton skjuler papirstrimlen.
6. Efter at have dekoreret fuglene med rulleøjne, næb og hanekamme limede jeg dem på æggebakken med gluedots.

Slutteligt bandt jeg et bånd omkring æggebakken, lukkede med en sløjfe og hang en tag med pigens navn på fra sløjfen. Taggen lavede jeg med en dies fra Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments.

Ingredienser:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) 
Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Papir: October Afternoon
Stickers: Lily Bee
Karton
Bånd + tråd
Knap
Rulleøjne
Æggebakke med indhold