Fun in the Sun

I’m on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today with this summery card! Check it out, here … 

A Circle of Fish

I’m on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today with this technique-filled card …

Click here to see how I did it.

Yummy Double Scoop

In on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog today with this summery card … click here to see how I did it.

A Shimmery Hello

I’m on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today with this beautiful card. Stop by and see how I created it ….

Bathroom Inspiration

I get my inspiration in lots of places … this one came from the bathroom at Waldenwoods Banquet Facility in Hartland.

Here’s what I created …

See how I did it, here.

December Birthday Card

My mother-in-laws birthday is just a few days before Christmas. Since my birthday is just a few days after Christmas, I know how unfair it can be. Birthday presents come wrapped in Christmas paper and often are Christmas decor.

This year, I wanted to give her a card that celebrated the season, but was not Christmasy.

I started by embossing gold Shimmer Sheetz in the Pinecones Elizabeth Craft Designs Embossing Folder.

I used Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Adhesive to adhere it to a card base. I cut another piece of Shimmer Sheetz and adhered it to piece of cardstock and then the card front.

Then I placed strips of Transparent Double Sided Adhesive across the card. I trimmed the edges, removed the backing and coated it with Amethyst Silk Microfine Glitter. I shook off the excess and polished it.

Then I added a Happy Birthday Peel Off to the front.

Simple, but elegant.

Visit the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog to see more creations today!

Embossing the Possibilities

This month’s challenge on Scrap It Girl is to use embossing folders … or, if you don’t have any, pre-embossed paper.

I wanted to show off a couple of techniques, so I made a card.

I started with Shimmer Sheetz in blue, red and silver.

For the background, I embossed blue Shimmer Sheetz with the Bouquet embossing folder from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Then, I sanded the top, which made parts of it clear. I mounted this to a white cardstock base.

Next, I cut flowers out of both silver and red Shimmer Sheetz using dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs and a metal adaptor plate.

I used the dotted folder (also from ECD) to emboss the silver flower. Then, I swiped a StazOn ink pad over the top to color the raised dots.

I added a little ribbon, and the card is done … simple, but detailed!

Now it is your turn. Create a project with embossing folders and share your link at Scrap It Girl. You could win some fabulous prizes!

Ducky Mobile

I’m on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog today showing how to make this adorable ducky mobile!

Click here to check it out … 

With an Asian Flair

The Designer’s Challenge this month for Elizabeth Craft Designs is to create a project with an Asian theme.

Asian is definitely out of my comfort zone, so this was a tough one for me. It took me several days to develop a plan, but in the end, it all came together and I absolutely love it … in fact, it is one of my favorite cards yet!

I started by making my own background paper … I wanted something that looked like water. I took several Distress Ink pads and swiped them on a non-stick craft sheet.

Then I spritzed it with water and drug my background cardstock through the ink.

 

Heat dry and then repeat until you get the desired affect.

I swiped the edge with Distress Ink and adhered it to a black card base.

Then I covered Elizabeth Crafts’ Peel Offs in Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and colored them with Copic markers. I cut them out and adhered them to the card.

Next, I cut out the koi (Elizabeth Craft Designs die) from Shimmer Sheetz and the layered piece from black Adhesive Velvet Paper (Elizabeth Craft Designs). I added pop dots to the back side.

 

Then I used a border from another set of Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Peel Offs at the bottom of the card. To get it straight and all the way to the edge of the card, I let it run over onto my desk and then trim it after.

Then I adhered the koi and cut out the word Hello from the velvet paper and placed that on the front.

Since the inside was black, I added a sheet of white paper and some Asian corners (they are on the same sticker sheet as the borders).

Be sure to visit Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Blog today to see the rest of the designers responses to the Asian challenge! They are amazing … just saying!

A Sparkly Thank You

I’m on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog with step-by-step directions to make this adorable thank-you card. Don’t you love those bunny slippers!?!

The technique to make the background is magic … with a few pieces of cardstock, some double-sided adhesive and an embossing folder, you can turn one sheet of Shimmer Sheetz into three!! I only used one here, but I have two more to make two additional cards. There are both directions and a video on the ECD blog for you to learn how to create Shimmer magic, too. Check it out, here.