Elizabeth Craft Design's DT Challenge- White on White

Hi Everyone!
It's time to share my creation for April's Elizabeth Craft Designs' Design Team Challenge. Every month the DT is given a theme to inspire a creation and then we share it with you at the end of that month.This month was especially fun- White on White with gold or silver accents- ahh the possibilities! There will be links to all the DT creations on the main ECD Blog on April 30th so check it out for some amazing White on White inspiration!

I love flowers and I love to make them! I knew I wanted lots on my card and using Elizabeth Craft Designs Bunch of Flowers 1 die was the perfect thing- three different flowers in three sizes. Ideal for making a wide variety of flowers. White on white can be a challenge because it can blend into itself and loose dimension. I combated this by using lots of textures and vellum mixed throughout my card.

Here's how I made this card:
1. Cut a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card base from white cardstock. Cut a white panel from Accordion Oval Card die and then clip out the center oval. Emboss the "frame" that is left with Swirly Curves embossing folder. Add foam adhesive to the oval frame.

2. Diecut a white trellis from the Bamboo Trellis die. Clip off the bottom portion of the trellis to make it fit in the oval frame, slightly off center to the left. Position the trellis on the card base and adhere. Add the popped up oval frame.

3. Cut a strip of vellum about 1 1/4 x 5. Clip a "v" out of one end for the banner look. Diecut Thinking of You in white. Adhere it to the vellum strip as shown.  Set aside.

4. Diecut 2 sets of white flowers and 4 sets of vellum flowers of each design in Bunches of Flowers 1. Diecut several white Curvy Leaves and a few from Gold Shimmer Sheetz. Diecut one small butterfly from the Butterfly Pivot Card die set in white.

5. Assemble the flowers by layering different combinations of white and vellum- shaping and cupping the flowers and then adding a gold brad to hold them together. Add veining on the leaves with a piercer for a more detailed look.

6. To complete the card, add each flower on a pop dot around 2/3 of the curve of the frame. Add white and gold leaves in to fill any gaps and add balance. Add the tiny butterfly. Adhere the vellum strip with the "v" end to the right and sticking past the edge of the card about 1/2 inch.

I hope you enjoyed my project for the White on White DT Challenge. I really enjoyed making it. Don't forget to check out all the other designers at the main Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog on the 30th for more inspiration!

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies used:
728 Bunches of Flowers 1
727 Bamboo Trellis
719 Thinking of You
730 Curvy Leaves
772 Accordion Oval Card
E119 Swirly Curves Embossing Folder
SS0212 Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz

Other supplies:
Gold mini brads
white cardstick
Vellum
pop dots
glue dots
piercer/pad
scissors
Ball stylus for cupping the flowers

Tombow and Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog Hop!

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the Tombow and Elizabeth Craft Designs  Blog Hop. If you're here from the Day 2 line up on the Tombow Blog then you’re in the right place! If you missed Day 1 head back to the Tombow blog to see all the great projects that have already been posted. 

There is a Prize to win! What to do? To be eligible to win, please comment on each of the designers projects and don't forget to "Like" TombowUSA and "Like" Elizabeth Craft Designs pages on Facebook.

Tombow will announce a winner on Monday April 21st at 3:30 P.M. EST.

Here's what you could win:
Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Selection of Peel-Off stickers
Watercolor Paper
Double Sided Adhesive Sheets
Congratulations die
Stand Up Helpers die set
Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter

Tombow:
Xtreme AdhesiveDual Brush Pen Set, 10 Retro

                

I've been using Tombow Dual Brush Pens for a long time and one of the techniques I love to do with them is to color on fabric. The colors stay so vibrant!  Elizabeth Craft Designs Peel- Off Outline Stickers work perfectly for the project I'd like to share with you today. 

Here are the steps to make this card:

1. Fold white card base in half.  With the Elizabeth Craft Designs Swirly Curves embossing folder, emboss a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of white cardstock. Ink edges with brown  ink, lightly and adhere to the base.

2. Attach the Daisies in Ovals Peel-Off sticker to a piece of muslin. Press down to secure well. Using Tombow Dual Brush Pens, color in the image one color at a time, using a heat tool to dry each color before adding the next to prevent bleeding. Blend lightly with the blender brush for a smooth look. When dry, fray the edges of the muslin for a vintage look.

Note: In the above image on the right side, you can see the first attempt I made at coloring on fabric with the outline sticker removed. ( another fun look you can achieve with this technique) and the bleeding that occurred because the fabric was too saturated. Take the time to dry the different colors for best results!

3. Glitter and color a butterfly from the Daisies in Ovals Peel-offs. Cut out and add to the right edge of the image with foam adhesive. Adhere the completed muslin to a yellow mat with Elizabeth Craft Designs double sided adhesive. Add "x" s made from strips of black Straight Borders Peel-Offs around the image to simulate stitches.

4. Fold a long strip of ribbon in half and adhere to the center of the card front with loop on the top. Add the muslin panel over the ribbon on foam adhesive to complete.

Elizabeth Craft Designs products used:

Swirly Curves Embossing Folder ( E119)

Daisies in Ovals Peel-Off Sticker ( 2558)

Double Sided Adhesive (501)

Peel-Off Sticker Straight Borders- black (1004)

Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter (639)

Tombow Dual Brush Pens in the following colors:

 452, 076, 055, 993, 373, 158, 977

Tombow Blender Pen - N00

Thanks for joining us on the Blog hop today! From here the next blog up is Rita Edwards.

Don't forget to leave a comment on each designer's blog to qualify for the amazing prize pack!

Birthday Cupcake Catch Accordion Oval card- ECD Blogpost

Hi Everyone,
Today is my turn to post a tutorial over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog. Please stop by and check out my fun card using the Accordion Oval Card die and a Cupcake Peel-Off. I think it turned out really cute!

Elizabeth Craft Designs first ever Design Team challenge!

Hi Everyone!
Can you feel Spring in the air? The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the flowers are beginning to bloom. Life is everywhere... what better way to celebrate than with the first ever Elizabeth Craft Designs Design Team challenge with the theme of Flowers! Once a month the team will be given a theme to inspire our creativity. We will post on our blogs and then there will be a post on the ECD Blog with links to everyone's projects.

I love flowers and I love coloring on Silk Microfine Glitter with Copic Markers. I've had the Daisies in Frames Outline Stickers calling my name for some time so I decided to use them for this challenge.

To create this card I began with a white base and added pattern paper from Bazzill's Avalon Collection.  I rounded the corners on the bottom only to soften the look of the card. I cut a 5 1/2 x 2 1/8 strip of Avalon pink pattern paper and added white scalloped border to the top and bottom. To create the daisy sqaures I adhered double sided adhesive to a strip of white cardstock and then added the three daisy squares- sticky side down and glittered them with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Remember to polish your glitter by rubbing it with your finger to set the glitter in the adhesive and bring up the shine.

Time to color! I used Copic Markers to color the Daisy squares in the following colors: R20, Y13, BG32, G94 and O to soften the edges. If you haven't colored on Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter before you can refer to THIS video tutorial by Els which will show you the process.

Here is a close up- don't you just love all the sparkle?!

Once I had added the daisy squares I felt like there needed to be a little contrast in the design so I used some of the negative pieces of the peel offs to give that extra punch. I used a piercer to lift them off the sheet and place them on the card.

To finish up the card I added the daisy panel on pop dots and then added the Happy Birthday outline sticker to the bottom left. I then added a strip of black border to the top and lower part of the card. Two small white ribbon bows finishes off the card. Isn't it sweet?

I hope you found a little inspiration today! Thanks for stopping by!

ECD Supplies used:

Daisies in a Frame

Double sided tape

Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter

Black border lines

Happy Birthday Outline stickers

Other supplies:

Copic Markers: R20, Y13, BG32, G94, 0

Pop Dots

White ribbon

Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog Post

Hi Everyone!
I'm excited to share that my second official ECD Design Team blog post goes live today. If you have a chance,I'd love it if you would stop by the ECD Blog and see how I created a fun card using Silk Microfine Glitter and Copics-  one of my favorite technques!  Let me know what you think! I love hearing from you!

Thanks for all the support!
Have a great day!
Debra

Spring is Here!- Copic Cards

I had a wonderful Copic Cards class this week. Everyone did a fantastic job coloring their images. It's amazing what practicing together can do! I wanted to share the cards I designed. The focal point is always the image- I keep the cards simple so we have plenty of time to color.

For this card I used a free digi image from Whimsie Doodles  colored with Copic Markers. Isn't she cute!? I used the new Lots of Dots embossing folder from Elizabeth Craft Designs as well as the purple glitter dots for the accents. The purple metallic paper is from Bazzill.

Copics Used: Skin: E00, E01, E11, E04, R20   Hair: Y21, YR23  Ears, Headband, Heart, Ruffle: R20, R22
Dress, Boots, Dots: V12, V15, V17 Boots: V17 Bunny: E25 "I" YR23

Spring is in the air- espcially in the second card we did. The Basket full of tulips was a free digi image I found on Pinterest,. I loved coloring the intricate weave of the basket.  You can't see it in the photo but we added a few lines of Startdust Gelly Glaze Pen to the bottom of the tulips for some sparkle.  The basket weave embossing folder is from Lifestyle crafts. 

Copics used: Basket E21, E23, E25  Pink Tulips R81, R83, R85 Orange Tulips YR00, YR02, YR04 Leaves YG11, YG13, YG17 Ground W0, W1

The last card we did featured this adorable little boy from Lili of the Valley. He's got the right idea, don't you think? 

Copics used: Skin E00, E01, E11, R20 Hair: Y21, YR23 Pants, Socks, Stripes B93, B97 Shirt E53 Tree E23 E25 Leaves YG97 Paper E50 E53 Hat, Shoes E53 E55 E57 Ground, grass YG93 YG95 YG97 Shadow W1

Thanks for stopping by! 

Baby Love Blocks

Hi Everyone!
Just a quick post today to share the last card we made in class- this baby love block card. I've seen lots of block cards floating around the internet recently and love the look of them. I wanted to try it out and this card is the result. It's such a fun design and can be changed to fit a variety of themes.

The elephant and balloons are from a file in the Silhouette Online store. The letters are from a font on my computer cut on the cameo. The cute paper is from Studio Calico- Storytime collection. There is a great tutorial for the block card on Splitcoast Stampers here .  

I've got my Copic Cards class this Tuesday at Scrapp'n Savvy so I'm off to finish up kitting..
Hope you all had a great weekend!

Debra

Baby Love!

It's Spring and it seems babies are abounding everywhere...well maybe not but it is always good to have  stash of baby cards on hand for those special arrivals. That was the focus of my DistINKtive card class last week at Scrapp'n Savvy.

For this card I wanted to focus on coloring with Distress Markers for the water color look- I love this technique and it is so easy. Just take your markers, scribble the colors you want to use on a craft mat or piece of acetate and then using a water brush, pick up the color and paint your image. Easy and very forgiving. The image on this card is from Lily of the Valley and the paper is from Studio Calico. I used glossy accents on the buttons to give them some shine. 

The next card we did was this cute dresser card. The pattern is from a cut file found in the Silhouette Online store. I took it up a notch with the decorations. The front of the dresser is inked with white ink and pop dotted up. The little images in the drawers are from an old stamp set in my stash and the flowers were made from two small flower punches with a little stickles in the centers. Inside it says Congratulations! Turned out cute, don't you think?

We did one more card but I am going to save that for tomorrow......so stay tuned! 

Have a great day!

Debra

Custom Color Glitter Shamrock ECD DT card

Hi Everyone!
I'm so excited! Today my first official post as part of the Elizabeth Craft Design team has posted on the ECD blog. I made this fun Joyfold Shamrock card just in time for St. Patrick's Day with the 4-Leaf Clover die...stop by and check it out and let me know what you think!

Dahlia Tags

I had a great Garden Club class last week where we made Susan's Gardens Dahlia die and put them on the largest tag from Elizabeth Craft Designs Tags die. We colored the middles with Gelatos to give them some depth and definition. The purple and orange are on regular Bazzill cardstock and the dark pink is on Bazzill metallic cardstock- love the shimmer! I really liked the way the tags turned out- they would be so fun to give someone on a plate of goodies or a basket of pampering items, don't you think?

The wonderful ladies in the morning Garden Club- so much fun to be with!





Next month we will be making the Pansey/Violet die..perfect for spring!

Thanks for stopping by!