Appliqueing Tattered Dies

Hi again, today I wanted to share a project in work I have been doing some time ago.It´s about applique again but this time using some of my favourites Tim Holtz dies,  bird and flowers and leaves.

Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Florals

Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Leaves

Sizzix Bigz Die - Caged Bird

My first idea was triying to use some different dies that are not especially for quilting and see how they work.

I must to say I loved what I got.

Here they are some pics.

Now I need to finish some quilting and sew all the pieces. Then , I will show you the finished project.

This is a project that I´m wishing to finish because I have been working on it a lot of time so I hope I you can see it soon.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Love

Mercedes

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Hola de nuevo a todos, hoy quería compartir un proyecto  que he estado haciendo hace tiempo. Se trata de nuevo de hacer aplicaciones pero esta vez usando los troqueles de Tim Holtz, concretamente unos que son mis favoritos, flores, hojas y pajarito.

Mi primera idea era usar troqueles que no fueran específicamente para patchwork y ver cómo funcionaban.

El resultado me ha encantado y ahí podéis ver algunas fotos.

Ahora tengo que terminar de acolchar, coser y hacer el montaje y entonces te  enseñaré cómo queda acabado.

Estoy deseando acabarlo  porque he estado trabajando bastante tiempo en ello  asi que espero que pronto lo puedas ver. 

Que tengas un maravilloso fin de semana
Cariños 
Mercedes

Layered home decor



Hello Sizzix fans! Today again my turn to provide you with some inspiration using Sizzix products. This time I made home decor, in the form of a small canvas. 

The main decorations of my project are: openwork birdcage and layered bird. I cut them using a Sizzix Bigz Die - Caged Bird from 3mm thick chipboard. I love the Bigz dies, especially for the fact that they give the possibility of cutting in various thick materials. 

The cut out chipboard shape can be freely decorated. I painted my chipboard elements white acrylic paint, and then I heat embossed them using light aqua embossing powder (birdcage) and clear holographic  powder (bird). To highlight the delicate nature of my main ornaments, added some fussy cutting flowers and honeycomb motifs which I cut out from kraft paper, using Sizzix Frameworks Die - Honeycomb.

Sizzix supplies used:

656634 Sizzix Bigz Die - Caged Bird

659430 Sizzix Frameworks Die - Honeycomb

657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)

My today's project is very simple to recreate and I hope that you take advantage of my idea to create a similar, small home decor or gift.

Thank you for visit us today! 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

~~ Karola ~~ 

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Witajcie! Dziś znów moja kolej, aby dostarczyć Wam nieco inspiracji z wykorzystaniem produktów Sizzix. Tym razem stworzyłam dekorację do domu, w postaci małego podobrazia. 

Głównymi ozdobami mojego projektu są: ażurowa klatka dla ptaków oraz warstwowy ptaszek. Wycięłam je za pomocą wykrojnika Sizzix Bigz Die - Caged Bird z 3 mm tektury introligatorskiej. Uwielbiam wykrojniki Bigz, szczególnie za to, że dają możliwość wycinania w grubych materiałach. 

Kształt wycięty z tektury możemy dowolnie ozdobić. Ja pomalowałam moje tekturowe motywy białą farbą akrylową, a następnie zembossowałam na gorąco, korzystając z jasno turkusowego pudru (klatka) oraz przezroczystego holograficznego (ptaszek). Aby podkreślić filigranowy charakter moich głównych ozdób, dodałam kilka kwiatków wyciętych precyzyjnie z papieru do scrapbookingu oraz motyw plastrów miodu, wycięty z papieru typu kraft za pomocą wykrojnika Sizzix Frameworks Die - Honeycomb.

Wykorzystane produkty Sizzix:

656634 Sizzix Bigz Die - Caged Bird

659430 Sizzix Frameworks Die - Honeycomb

657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal)

Projekt jest bardzo prosty do odtworzenia i mam nadzieję, że skorzystacie z mojego pomysłu, aby stworzyć podobną, małą dekorację do domu. 

Dziękuję za dzisiejsze odwiedziny na naszym blogu i życzę Wam 

wspaniałego, kreatywnego weekendu! 

~~ Karola ~~

Create & Craft Samples



What a fabulous time I have been having working with all the wonderful new dies in preparation for last Sundays Create & Craft show.  I have enjoyed every second of working with them and today want to share some of the samples I made for the show.

It is really hard to pick a favourite but I did adore working with the 3D Flower, it is one of those dies that you can use time and time again and get so many different results! These flowers were cut from felt and added to a hessian bag.

The Gazania and Plumeria from Susan's Garden are so beautiful and such fun to create.  These would be amazing to use with wedding stationary or decorations.

The Tim Holtz Stencilled Decorative Strip Alphabet was great to work with and a must have for any crafter wanting to add words to their creations. Here I added it to an acetate strip which gave the wording a 3D effect.

And of course, the ultra popular Tim Holtz Caged Bird which is great for so many different occasions and projects.

Well that is all from me.  If you have any questions about any of these designs or the others that I demonstrated on the show please let me know and I will do my best to help.

Until next time ...

Katie

Two projects by Gerry van Gent

Happy Sunday everyone!
Today I have two projects to share with you.
My first project is an altered item where I used a silhouette photo
of my daughter I "placed" in her dreams.

657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

658449 Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Album, Garden Gate

658530 Sizzix Bigz Die Mariposa

658260 Sizzix Bigz Die Christmas Cardinal

657492 Sizzix Bigz Die Tattered Pinecone

657176 Sizzix Sizzlits Dec. Strip Die Typeset Alphabet

657773 Sizzix Framelits Die Set w/Stamps Butterflies #3

657469 Sizzix Bigz Die Holiday Lamppost

I created the fence by die cutting Garden Gate twice from corrugated cardstock

and pattern paper.  I didn`t use the whole gates but part of them.

Then I distressed with ink and decorated with embellishment.

Behind the photo I adhered Mariposa butterfly.

For the tutorial how I created the butterfly with lace please

refer to one of my older blog posts (Father's Day Tag; 9 June, 2013)

Other Products I used:

Prima Marketing pattern papers

Prima Marketing flowers

Prima/Ingvild Bolme embellishments

Prima/Ingvild Bolme Chalk edgers 

Lets Get Beeze MDF wall clock

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My second project today is a card where I handmade the flowers & leaves

by using the beautiful Dogwood Flower dies.

657900 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

658405 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Flower, Dogwood

658367 Sizzix Movers & Shapers Magnetic Die Set - Butterflies

657906 Sizzix Framelits Die Set Frame, Snowflake

656634 Sizzix Bigz Die Caged Bird

658948 Sizzix Thinlits Die Frame, Rectangle

657789 Sizzix Sizzlits Die Set Love Set

657007 Sizzix Movers & Shapers Accessory Base Tray, L

The Dogwood flowers were made of pattern paper. 

For the centres I mixed Transparent and Yellow liquid drops.

The leaves were die cut from white crepe paper. After that painted and 

shaped while they were still wet. Then I added transparent liquid drops.

I hope you enjoyed my projects today!

Have a creative day!

Gerry

A Bunch of Flowers

 Good morning!

I have made a card to show you today. I have used the gorgeous bird cage die together with a Bunch of Flowers dies. They are really versatile - you can make fabulous flowers with these dies. The papers are from Maja Design. As a flower center I used some pearls to keep it simple.

And a close-up of the flowers.

655268 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

656634 Sizzix Bigz Die – Caged Bird

658602 Sizzix Thinlitz Die Set 13PK – Bunch of Flowers

Have a great Sunday!

Camilla

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God morgon!

Jag har gjort ett kort att visa er idag. Jag har använt den fina Bird Cage dien och A Bunch of Flowers dies. De är verkligen användbara - du kan göra fantastiskt fina blommor med dessa dies. Pappren kommer från Maja Design. Jag använde några pärlor till att ha som blommornas mitt för att hålla det enkelt.

655268 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

656634 Sizzix Bigz Die – Caged Bird

658602 Sizzix Thinlitz Die Set 13PK – Bunch of Flowers

Ha en härlig söndag!

Camilla