Dinning Room

I had a great time making this tent card using dies from Karen Burniston - I've never made a tent card before, but I love the design of them! For the pieces, I used the Accordion Oval die set to cut a singe panel, then cut two more plain pieces of card stock to the same size (not including the flap part of the accordion panel). One of the plain pieces I folded in half lengthways, then folded over the two outer long edges by about 1cm. I also cut out two chickens, and two lots of chicken wire (links to all the die sets are at the bottom of the post.) I glued together the two chicken wire pieces, and glued them to the back of the oval accordion panel (which I stamped with a woodgrain Stampin' Up stamp). I then glued one of the folded up edges of the folded plain piece of cardstock, to the back of the oval accordion panel, as shown below. Next I hand cut a little branch for one of my chickens to sit on, and tied a piece of twine to each end of it. I made holes in the flap of the a...

I wanted to show you a few simple cards I made using Stephanie Barnard's new range of Drop-ins die sets for Sizzix. This first uses the 'Card with Flowers Drop-ins', and all the flower and word layer dies are included in the set. This second card is made with the lovely 'Card, Scalloped with Gifts Drop-ins' set. There is the choice of three interchangeable central pop-out parts - the gifts, 'Surprise' and 'Happy Birthday'. The balloons are from the Sizzix Balloons Step-Ups die set. And this third card is made using the 'Card, Scallop with Flowers and Sentiments Drop-ins' set. This set is different from those above, in that there aren't any pop-out parts on this one, but there are loads of phrases and flowers which drop in and become an integral part of the frame. Product Links:    

I need to get round to showing you the third card in my 'Cocoa the Horse & Lorna Label' set!! This time Cocoa is still just a horse! I used cowboy papers from October Afternoon, and a couple of Karen Burniston's lovely new Western themed dies - the barbed wire, and mountain range both from her Western Edges die set. I put Elizabeth Craft Design double-sided tape on the back of my chicken wire pieces, layering a glitter card die cut on top of a black card die cut. The label die cut is from the Lorna Label set, and the stamp is from a Tim Holtz set. I used labels from the Lorna Label set, Happy Birthday from the Pop it Ups Happy Birthday PopUp die set, and used stars from Tim Holtz's Crescent Moon Biqz die. On the card front I used the horse silhouette die also from the Western Edges set. So here is Cocoa as a horse, unicorn and zebra ! Product Links:    

Only one more day in the Purple Onion Designs 25% off sale!! I made this cards with a variety of stamps by designer Stacey Yacula , which are available from POD. I coloured everything with Copics, and layered a few of the images which I cut out by hand, onto small foam pads. The Hello die is from WPlus9. Product links:    

I love the Card in a Box Sizzix die, which also includes die cuts for the pinwheels and clouds! This was such a quick card, using Tanya Whelan 'Bella Rose' papers by First Edition. I also added on a little sunshine from Lil' Inkers. I attached the pinwheels on acetate strips, and decorated the front of the box with a Spellbinders die (Decorative Labels 8), and Sizzix nesting labels. Product Links:    

Just to let you know there are 4 more days of Purple Onion Designs ' 25% off everything sale! Here's a card I made with a stamp set from POD, which I really like, called the Traveler Set . I just coloured the images with Copics, cut them out and popped them on the Triple Circle Flip-its card. The papers are from Stampin' Up, and I drew the wooden sign post myself, and added another stamp from the set for the sentiment. Product links:    

Purple is not a colour you will find me using all that often - I don't seem to own much purple crafting stuff, or be particularly drawn to it, but I do quite like how this Accordion card turned out! I used stamps from Purple Onion Designs , and dies by Karen Burniston from Elizabeth Craft Designs - the Katie Label Accordion set. Papers are from Stampin' Up. And in case you didn't know, Purple Onion Designs have a whopping 25% off ALL their stamps at the moment!! Take a look! I coloured the flowers with Copics, cut around them, and wrapped a bit of paper around the stems, tied with twine (from Stampin' Up). I added Ranger Crackle Accents to the flower centres for a bit of extra interest. Product Links:    

I really enjoyed making this card... fun stamps, Copic colouring and pretty colours... The stamps are all from Purple Onion Designs, who are having a wonderful Anniversary Sale - with 25% off ALL stamps, up until 28th August! For my card, I hand cut out the Bakery after colouring it, glued on some buttons which I added thread to, and used a Stampin' Up die set for the speech bubbles. I attached the stamped parts with foam pads. Product links:    

OK, so I made a Cocoa the Horse (by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs) card a little while back, with Cocoa made into a Unicorn , and now I'm sharing the next card in my 'Cocoa the Horse & Lorna Label' series... this time with Cocoa as a Zebra! I had so much fun making this card!  I hand drew the stripes onto Cocoa, with a fine Sharpie pen, and added a party hat & party blower from the Props 2 set. I then added lots of balloons (cut with dies from the Sizzix Balloon Step-ups Card set) and added some of them on clear acetate strips to the Lorna label pop-out part, so they would stand more forward. I printed out the quote which I had typed out. I just added a few strips of paper, some pompom trim from Stampin' Up, and a Happy Birthday by Paper Smooches, backed with Elizabeth Craft Designs double sided tape. Finally, I rounded off the edges of the card with a Zutter Round-it-all. My 'Cocoa the Horse & Lorna Label Collection'!! Product links:  ...

 Our Designer Challenge this month is called 'Inspired Creations', and I love it! Karen's Design Team are to pick any project from any of the past Designer Challenges, and use it as inspiration for a new card.  I had a lovely time going back through old Designer Challenge posts - there were tonnes of great ideas to choose from, but I think because I just spent the week before last on our church girl's camp, that Raquel Mason's fabulous tent card stood out to me, and I used it for inspiration for my card. Raquel adapted the Barn Pop Stand die set to make a tent, and added trees from the All Season Tree die set. Isn't it such a brilliant card?! You can find Raquel's original Barn Tent card blog post here . I used the Pop Stand die cutter (from the Barn Pop Stand set) to create flaps to which I attached four trees (from the All Seasons Tree set). I glued the outer branches of the front and back trees together. Next, I cut two barn shapes, and trimmed the bottom...

I love the 'Sizzix Framelits Die and Clear Acrylic Stamps - Tags' set, which includes lots of different sized and shaped tag dies, plus co-ordinating stamps, such as the ones used here. I used the largest die in the set to make a card, by leaving the folded edge of a folded in two piece of cardstock inside the top of the die. Product Links:    

Hello! I'm back with a card made with a die I love from Karen Burniston's new Farm 2 Collection from Elizabeth Craft Designs - 'Cocoa the Horse'.  I animated Cocoa on the Lorna Label PopUp card, and added a cut-by-hand unicorn horn and shadow, to make a very sparkly pink unicorn card! I hand cut clouds to add to the front platform of the Lorna Label, and added stars cut from a Tim Hotlz die onto strips of clear acetate. The rainbow and individual clouds are from a Sizzix die set. I used a Sizzix On the Edge die for the scalloped edge, and a Birthday die from Marianne Designs. The papers are from My Mind's Eye. Just to show you some of the layers a bit better... I had so much fun designing this card! The Cocoa the Horse die just gave me so many ideas! Here are three cards I made in my 'Cocoa the Horse & Lorna Label' set! I'll show the other cards in greater detail in future blog posts... Product Links: