A layout with lots of different dies

Hello Sizzix friends!!
I am so sorry that my post is going up later than usual this Sunday, but the trouble is it's raining so much here that the basement of our house is flooded and I had to deal with that for most of the day. We have a pump that is supposed to take the water out but it really was no big help since the power was cut for several hours. Ok, that was my day. I hope you had a better one so far!! :-)

Anyway, I have a page that I'd like to share with you as usual:

And I even took some close up shots. 

Unfortunately the colours are not great due to the abysmal lightning conditions....

It was nice to play with some great Sizzix dies and stamps to take my mind off things.

The framelits stamps are great because you see exactly where you are supposed to cut out your stamped image. It's really easy to get a nice clean cut.

For my title I combined one of the Sizzix thinlits dies with some letter stickers.

Finally a close up of some of the bunting pieces I cut out with a new Bigz die and some Tattered florals with some framelits leaves.

These are the Sizzix Products that I used:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - Simply Lovely 
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden 
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - You & Me
Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Florals 
Sizzix Accessory - Susan's Garden Tool Kit
Sizzix Bigz Die - Pennants

In addition I used  Heidi Swapp 'Dreamy' collection and letter stickers and flowers från Papirdesign -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hejsan Sizzix vänner!

Ledsen att mitt inlägg kommer mycket senare idag! Mitt problem är att det är hundraårsregn i södra Sverige i dag och min källare är totalt översvömmat. Jag har tömt hinkar etc hela dagen, och nu börjar det regna igen.....Vi har en länspump som egentligen ska ta hand om vattnet, men när jag kom ner i källaren tidigt i morse var det redan fullt av vatten där pga elavbrott som gjorde att pumpen inte fungerade!! Detta var min dag. Hoppas din varit bättre!! :-) 

Men i vilket fall som helst har jag en sida att dela med er idag: 

Några närbilder blev det också, men tyvärr blev färgåtergivningen inte så bra med de dåliga ljusförhållandena vi har.

Det var trevligt att underhålla mig en stund sen med underbara Sizzix dies och stämplar för att skingra tankarna lite.

 Framelits stämplarna er kanon sedan du ser exakt var du ska lägga din die för att få en perfekt utstansning. Enkelt!!

Jag använde en die fra Sizzix thinlits settet 'You & Me' för min titel tillsammans med några alfabetsstickers.

Slutligen en bild på mina banners som jag gjorde med en ny Bigz die och mina Tattered florals med några snygga framelits löv.

Dessa fina Sizzix produkterna använde jag:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - Simply Lovely 
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - English Garden 
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - You & Me
Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Florals 
Sizzix Accessory - Susan's Garden Tool Kit
Sizzix Bigz Die - Pennants

I övrigt använde jag papper från Heidi Swapp 'Dreamy' collection and letter stickers and flowers från Papirdesign.

 

Set of CAS cards

 

 

 

Prior to using the Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There for last week's layout, I used them on a set of clean and simple cards.

 

 

 

I thought that even though the arrows have a slightly distressed / worn look they would work well for a very simple card design. I simply stamped a row of one of the arrows along the bottom of each card using a dark brown ink.

 

 

 

To give each card a little something something, I stamped one of the arrows in a bright colour and then I die cut this arrow. Finally, I added it towards the right side of the card using foam adhesive. This adds some dimension and interest to this very clean design.

 

 

 

Simply changing the colour of this contrasting arrow really makes each card different from the other cards. So when making a set of cards sometimes just using different colours is enough to ensure your cards remain fresh and fun.

 

 

 

The last step in finishing each card was to add a sentiment and I used one from the Framelits Die Set 10PK w/Stamps - Flowers & Tags using the same brown ink as the majority of the arrows.

 

Supply list:

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 10PK w/Stamps - Flowers & Tags
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Ink (Memento and Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock

 

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Inden jeg brugte Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There på sidste uges layout, brugte jeg de samme stempler og dies til at lave et sæt enkle kort. Jeg mente, at til trods for at pilene har et slidt look, kunne de bruges som motiv for et stramt kortdesign.

 

Jeg stemplede en række pile nederst på et kort i en mørk brun sværte, og for at give hvert enkelt kort noget ekstra, stemplede jeg en af pilene i en konstrasterende farve. Denne farvede pil udstansede jeg med sættets medfølgende dies, hvorefter jeg monterede den på 3d-puder hen mod den højre side af kortet.

 

Noget så enkelt som at ændre farverne på hvert enkelt kort kan være med til at holde hvert kort i et sæt friskt og unikt.

 

Det sidste skridt var at stemple en tekst på kortene, og her valgte jeg at bruge en hilsen, som stammer fra Framelits Die Set 10PK w/Stamps - Flowers & Tags.

 

Ingredienser:

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 10PK w/Stamps - Flowers & Tags
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sværte (Memento and Papertrey Ink)
Karton

Menig Skovgaard / Private Skovgaard

 

 

 

This week I've been working with some fun new products from Sizzix and Tim Holtz: Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase and Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There. They are quite different products but they play well together.

I combined them on a layout of our bonus nephew, Bertram from when he and his family visited us last December. Bertram used mud and leaves to dress up as a soldier training in the woods.

I used the Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase to create my title in very thick cork. That is one reason to really love this alphabet: You can cut all sorts of cool materials to form your title and there by create your own dimensional stickers.

I used the Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There to do a couple of arrows that work as embellishmets on the page. The arrows have the right worn touch that go well with a layout and story like this. It was very easy to stamp the arrows first and then die cut them using the coordinating dies and the Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies.
 

Supply list:
Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Cardstock
Patterned Paper (American Crafts)
Ink (Memento)
Dymo
Brads
Cork

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 I denne uge har jeg arbejdet med nogle herlige nye produkter fra Sizzix og Tim Holtz: Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase og Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There. Det er egentlig ret forskellige produkter, men de leger fint sammen alligevel. Jeg kombinerede dem på et layout fra December, hvor vi havde besøg af vores bonus-nevø, Bertram og hans familie. Vi var en tur i skoven, og Bertram brugte mudder og bregner til at klæde sig ud som en soldat på øvelse i skoven.

Jeg brugte Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase til at skære titlen ud i meget tyk kort, og det er en af årsagerne til at holde af dette alfabet: Du kan bruge det til at skære alle mulige cool materialer ud, og dermed lave dine egne dimensionelle bogstaver.

Jeg anvendte Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There til at lave et par stykker pynt til siden. Pilene har det rette slidte udtryk til en side og en historie som denne. Det var super nemt at stemple pilene først, og derefter udstanse dem ved hjælp af de koordinerende dies og Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies.


Ingredienser:
Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Block Talk Lowercase
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Here & There
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Karton
Mønsterpapir (American Crafts)
Sværte (Memento)
Dymo
Brads
Kork