Sparkle & Shine Christmas cards

Hi Everyone! This is Anna.

I cannot believe we have reached October already! Maybe it isn’t such a strange idea to be thinking about Christmas cards right now ;)

Here are two cards that I created using some Thinlits dies from Winter Wonderland collection by Craft Asylum.

When I make Christmas cards, I tend to like to use non-traditional Christmas colors…

 

 

 

For this card, I started with my pink base, that I created with spray ink.

I die cut the deer from gold glitter paper. I added the sentiment from the same collection. I die cut "joy" from card and then I glued above vellum banner.

Isn't the deer so cute?

 

 

 

 

For this card, I used the new Christmas trees dies. I love the little trees in this set! The sentiment is from the same collection. I die cut it from white paper and glue above vellum, to create the feeling of a chilly card.

I added tiny stars and rhinestone.

 

 

That's all I have for you today!

I hope you enjoyed my project today. Have a great week end, see you next Friday!

 

 

Items used:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only (White & Gray) (660020)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Decorative Trees (660878)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Winter Wishes (660882)

Sizzix Thinlits Die - Proud Deer (660881)

cardstocks

patterned papers

glitter paper

vellum paper

spray ink

distress ink

lace

rhinestones

sequins

wood veneer embellishments

sewing machine and thread

 

 

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ITALIANO

 

Ciao a tutti! Sono Anna.

Non riesco a credere che siamo già in Ottobre! Quindi forse, non è così folle pensare già ai biglietti di auguri natalizi. Dobbiamo pur portarci avanti ;)

Nel post di oggi vi mostro due card che ho creato con alcune fustelle Thinlits della collezione Winter Wonderland by Craft Asylum.

Quando creo le card di Natale, cerco di variare un po' provando anche altre combinazioni di colori, oltre a quella tradizionale bianco, rosso e verde.

Per la prima card, sono partita da una base rosa, che ho creato spruzzando l'inchiostro spray su un foglio di carta bianco..

Ho tagliato il cervo dalla carta oro glitter, usando la Big Shot e la fustella. Ho aggiunto il “sentiment”, della stessa collezione di fustelle. Ho dunque fustellato "joy" dal cartoncino, che ho poi incollato sopra un banner di carta da lucido.

Non è carino il cervo glitter?

 

Per il secondo biglietto ho usato le fustelle Thinlits con gli alberi di Natale. Mi piacciono proprio gli alberelli di questo set! Volevo che la composizione sembrasse quasi una finestra con una tenda.

Ho fustellato la frase dal cartoncino bianco e incollato sopra ad un pezzo di carta da lucido, per creare la sensazione di “ghiaccio” ;)

Ho aggiunto quindi qualche stellina e uno strass.

 

Questo è tutto... Spero vi sia piaciuto il mio progetto oggi.

 

Buon week end!

Al prossimo Venerdì!

 

Materiali:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only (White & Gray) (660020)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Decorative Trees (660878)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Winter Wishes (660882)

Sizzix Thinlits Die - Proud Deer (660881)

cartoncini

carte scrap

carta glitter

carta da lucido

spray ink

distress ink

pizzo

strass

paillettes

wood veneer

macchina da cucire e filo

Be happy with sequins

Hey everyone,

how was your week so far? I needed a really quick card for a birthday. And this is what I created with some Sizzix Dies and Cardstock. Sequins are always a good idea, right? ;)

Some weeks ago I bought a big bag of sequins in every color and so many different sizes. Love it! :)

So here are the supplies that I used:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) #660515
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Happiness Phrases #660804
Sizzix Bigz Die - Thought Bubbles #659741
Cardstock, twine, color mist and sequins

Wish you a nice weekend! xo Julia

Is it a boy or a girl?

Hey everyone,

I hope you guys had a nice week? We are moving into a new home in the next few weeks and I was cleaning up my room, when some of the pink little elephants got into my hands. Do you remember my elephant parade part 1 & part 2? :)

I think you know that feeling... You have to clean up a bit and to sort out all of your bits & pieces, but  when there is a chance to craft, you craft. Right? :) With the elephant duo I die cutted some dark blue elephants, for baby cards. You can never know, when you need one! ;)

To get a little more depth on this cards, I die cutted the thought bubbles and stamped the sentiments on them, before I used 3D adhesive tape. Do you like them? I love all the gold glitter dots. :)

And here is the supplies you will need to make cards like these:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) #660515
Sizzix Accessory - Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies #656499
Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Mint) #660522
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Elephant Duo #660496
Sizzix Bigz Die - Thought Bubbles #659741
Clear Stamps from Danipeuss and Pinkfresh Studio
StazOn Ink Pad in Jet Black
Heidi Swapp Gold Shimmer Mist
Sewing Machine and cardstock

Thank you for watching and have a nice day, xo Julia

Two different cards with one Thinlits Die Set

Hey guys,
what have you done in the past days? Autumn is near, and I just had the feeling to create some cards with leaves. Clean and simple, but I really love how they turned out. But instead of using leave dies I took the Thinlits Die Set with Intricate Tribal Flowers and made some tiny and pretty leaves. Normally they are for the flowers, but who else knows this than us? ;)

I really hope you like them. Are you in the mood for autumn now?

Here is the list of supplies I used:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) #660515
Sizzix Accessory - Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies #656499
Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Mint) #660522
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Intricate Tribal Florals
Sizzix Word Dies
Pattern paper, sewing machine and two blank cards

Have a nice weekend, xo Julia

You make me happy with watercolors

Hey everyone,

today I have a card for you that I made with a lot of watercolors. I can´t get enough of my watercolors. I´m a graphic designer and part of my studies were illustration. And my personal favorite medium to create illustrations was watercolor. You see, every last word in my sentences is "watercolor". :D So, just have a look at my card. I really hope you like it.

Most of my projects including a lot of pink, but for this card I tried a little bit of more blue to get an other feeling for it. I love how it turned out with the pop of purple. Can you see it?

Here is my list of supplies I used:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) #660515
Sizzix Accessory - Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies #656499
Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Mint) #660522
Sizzix Thinlits Die - Happy Birds #660497
White Cardstock, Sequins, Watercolors and a Brush

Thank you for stopping by and have a nice weekend. :) xo Julia

Feathers on Borders - Thank you cards

Hey crafty people,

I hope you all are doing well. :) 

Today I wanna show you two cards that I made with a lot of paper scraps. I have them in a big box and sometimes I just take it and see what happens when I use my Dies to get them in shape. In this is what happened this week. So easy, so fun. :)

I made some borders to get a frame on my card, so that the feathers are not floating in the nowhere. If you know what I mean. ;) The feathers are so beautiful! I really love all the bits and pieces that you can take away and put some pretty pattern paper on the back. So that´s how I made these cards. :)

With a stamp I added a sentiment and of course sequins and a piece of twine is the last detail to get a beautiful highlight on your project. Do you use sequins on your cards and other paper crafting projects?

Here is the list of supplies that I used:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) #660515
Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Eyelet Lace & Scallops #660395
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Lattice Feathers #660501
White Cardstock, Twine, Sequins
Pattern Paper

I hope you like my cards and I wish you a beautiful weekend. <3
xo Julia

XOXO

Hi everybody!

For this week, I wanted to scrap a picture of my elder daughter, a true teenager!

She takes selfies with her iPod and I adore looking at these photos…

To emphasize this bright and very clear beautiful picture, I chose a navy blue background. The lightness of the flowers of this paper was ideal!

Then I overlapped several papers of very neutral colours and I brought a little texture with a piece of white tulle and tracing paper.

I contrasted with turquoise and fuchsia embellishments.

I created a pretty farandole of leaves and flowers thanks to the daisy shaped die of Craft Asylum. The leaves were cut using the die " Garden greens " of Tim Holtz.

I finished my page with a lovely title cut with the Die "Friendship words: script" of Tim Holtz. Here and there I added some half-pearls, brads, buttons and stars… 

I hope that this page will please you! 

Items used:

660020: Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine

659436: Sizzix Bigz die Garden Green de Tim Holtz 

660225: Sizzix Thinlits die set 16PK - Friendchip words: script NEW!

6602485: Sizzix Thinlits die set 2PK - Layerig Daisy #2 NEW!

paper: Craft Asylum and American Crafts

Flowers: Kési'art and Prima
Masking Tpae: Studio Calico
Brads: Stampin'up

Dymo: Swirlcards

Stickers: American Crafts

Strass and Buttons: Scrapboukits

Isalilou

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Pour cette semaine, j'ai voulu scrapper une photo de ma grande fille, une vraie ado! Elle se prend en photo avec son I-pod et j'adore regarder ces clichés…

Pour mettre en valeur cette superbe photo très claire et lumineuse, j'ai choisi un fond bleu marine, la légèreté des fleurs de ce papier était idéale!

Puis j'ai superposé plusieurs papiers de couleur très neutre et j'ai apporté un peu de texture avec un morceau de tulle blanc et du calque.

J'ai contrasté avec des embellissement bleu turquoise et fushia
J'ai créé une jolie farandole de feuilles et de fleurs grâce au die en forme de marguerite de Craft Asylum et au feuille du die "Garden greens" de Tim Holtz.

J'ai terminé ma page avec un joli titre découpé grâce au Die "Friendship words: script" de Tim Holtz, quelques demi-perles, brads, boutons et étoiles ça et là …

J'espère que cette page vous aura plu!

Isalilou

"Hello and Be Happy" Tags

Hey guys,

I hope you are doing well? :) Last week I met some friends and I wanted to make something for them. Of course it should be made from paper. ;) And next to cards I think that tags are a good idea to give away. 

At first I die cutted my tags and the sentiment in one step out of my cardstock. I love how simple it is to make things like these with the Magnetic Platform - it is a must-have! ;)

With one of my favorite stamp set (hey, it includes a lot of ampersands! That´s totally awesome. ;) ) I made some marks on the cardstock with versamark. No embossing powder. Just my stamps and the versamarkt ink pad to get this watermark style. 

Glue all things together and you are ready! ;)

Are you making tags? Do you just making them for gift wrapping, or to give away as home decor for the workspace wall? I´m curious, tell me. :)

Here is the list of supplies I used:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit #660515

Sizzix Accessory - Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies #656499

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK - Tags #2 #658611

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Happiness Phrases #660804

White and brown cardstock, twine, Versamark

Ampersand Stamp Set by October Afternoon

Have a nice weekend, xo Julia

Watercolor Birthday Card and a Pillow Box

Hey everybody,
for some reason I love matching birthday sets. A cute card with a matching box for a small gift are always a fun idea. Yesterday, I had the chance to give away this summer set.

Before I used the Intricate Tribal Florals Thinlits to create these pretty flowers, I prepared watercolor paper with some paint. Just a little tipp: use a lot of water and let the color drop into it! So the color can swim wherever it wants to.

And use the magnetic platform for die cutting! It´s just awesome that your thinlits stay were you put them on and don´t slide away. ;)

Do you like this set? Tell me what you think about it. :)

List of supplies I used:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) #660515
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Intricate Tribal Florals
Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Mint)
Sizzix Accessory - Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Pillow Boxes
Watercolor paper and paint, brushes
Light green cardstock and vellum
Heat tool and white embossing powder, versamark stamp pad

Have a nice weekend and a lot of sun in your life! :)
xo Julia