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Jul 20, 2021

Foiled Christmas Tree

Happy Tuesday everyone! Lisa here, and I'm sharing a foiled A7 Christmas tree card today. Yep, I'm still on my Christmas in July kick. It's so fun! I made this card using only one die, and I think that really says something for Tutti Designs that I could make this project using just this one die! It's called Viney Christmas Tree and isn't it amazing?

It's so hard to photograph foil, but the tree is cut out of Christmas green foil. It's so shiny and bright in person!

I put Scor Tape on the back of the foil cardstock before cutting it with the tree die. It makes adhering all the little detailed pieces a snap!

I wanted to show here how I cut out the centers of my foiled pieces so I can use them on another project later. You can also see how I taped my ribbon down on the back of the front panel, too. I put tape under and on top of the ribbon to keep it secure.

I almost didn't put the bow, but then I decided that it needed it.

I hope this inspires you not only to jump into your Christmas crafting, but to check out the amazing selection of Tutti Designs dies that Dies R Us carries. You won't be sorry!! --Lisa

Products Used:

Tutti Designs Viney Christmas Tree
1/4" Scor Tape
1/2" Scor Tape
Assorted foil cardstocks
Sparkly ribbon
Satin ribbon
Mini glue dots

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Jul 13, 2021

Christmas Joy in July

Hi everyone! Lisa here, and I'm sharing a sparkly Christmas slimline card today. I really love Christmas in July. It gives me an opportunity to get a jump on all the cards I'd like to make in November and December but just don't have time to get them done. I've been wanting to play with my Birch Press Belle Ornament dies, so that's what I decided to create this card with. I used the Ornament Basics die set as well, but it's not required to use the Belle dies.

You can see how the ornament in the center has four layers, the three Belle Ornament layers and the Basics base die as well.

Here are the dies I used to create the ornaments. I love how you can mix and match all the elements when creating your projects.

This the only photo I took with the Pinkfresh Studios Slim Diagonal Stitched Rectangles, not sure how that happened. I used the largest one for my patterned paper layer.

Here I started cutting out the various pieces and layers for my baubles (that's what my aunt calls these old-fashioned shaped ornaments and it's kind of stuck with me). I tried a mix of foil and glitter on the sides at first, but ultimately made them all glitter and mixed the two for the center ornament instead.

At this point I decided not to use the metal ornament toppers I'd cut out of foil cardstock. I thought they were too tall for the slimline card and didn't look right. I like the baubles just the way they are.

Lastly I took this Sizzix Tim Holtz Holiday Words die and cut JOY from the center of the red ornament layer. I'm saving the actual center for a future project, and only used the letters.

I hope this inspires you to dive into your Christmas crafting now instead of later! It's a ton of fun, especially when paired with Christmas music or movies. --Lisa

Products Used:

Birch Press Belle Ornament die set
Birch Press Ornaments Basics die set
Pinkfresh Studios Slim Diagonal Stitched Rectangles die set
1/4" Scor Tape
1/2" Scor Tape
Assorted glitter and foil cardstocks
Christmas patterned paper
Sticky Thumb Raised Sticky Dots

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Dec 23, 2020

Gingerbread Man Spa

Ahhhh!!! Hot Chocolate...

The other day. I was making hot chocolate and some pumpkin spiced chocolate cookies with my daughter and the inspiration hit me...what if I made a hot chocolate bug using the latest Mug dies from Lawn Fawn. That's when I came across the Tiny Gingerbread stamps and I think that is what sold me on it. I had the idea of these little gingerbread people jumping into a cup of hot cocoa and swimming, playing and just having a grand time.

Supplies:

Tiny Gingerbread Stamps
Tiny Gingerbread Die Cuts
Outside In Stitched Mug Dies
Stitched Mug Frame Dies
Just Stitching Star Dies
Ocean Wave Accents
Hocus Pocus Stencil
Milled Lavender Distress Oxide
Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide
Picket Fence Distress Ink
Copic Markers

Antique Linen Distress Ink
Silver Glitter Cardstock
Grey Metallic Cardstock
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Brown Cardstock
A2 Card base
Liquid Glue
Foam Tape
White Embossing Powder
VersaMark Embossing Ink

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A little spa treatment please!

To start off I die cut out my solid and hollow mugs out of solid white cardstock. I used the metallic gray for the spoon, brown for a solid mug and silver glitter cardstock for the smoke tendrils. For the brown cutout I also used the Ocean Wave Accents to cut half way down the mug and a small wave cut inside of the mug piece to create a small opening.

Next I worked my background on a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of white cardstock. I blended together Milled Lavender and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide. Using Picket Fence Distress Ink, I blended in some stars with the Hocus Pocus stencil. I also added some star stitching with the Just Stitching Star Dies. This really added a nice touch. Once completed I adhered the background down onto my card base.

Now I started to put together my main piece. using liquid glue I glued down the brown cut out to the white solid cut out. I left the top of the brown cut out without glue so that I could slide in the spoon behind it Using foam tape I adhered down the cut, centered on the card.

Using Antique Linen Distress Ink, I added some color to the mug outline on the lower portion. I then adhered that down to the mug piece. I stamped out my gingerbread people and colored them in (E31, E35, R39, E93). Once finished I die cut them out. Using the sentiment in the same pack, I stamped and embossed it with white powder on a strip of black cardstock, angling the end. I placed my a gingerbread man under the die cut waves, one on the spoon, one on the handle, two on the sentiment and one jumping in. I also adhered down the steam tendrils to finish it off.

Here is what the finished product will look like.

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Now this was a fun project sharing a whole story from my imagination. I just love fun cards like this and being able to share it with you all. I hope that you come back for another inspirational tutorial.

XOXO - HeartcraftPaper

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Dec 10, 2020

I believe in CHRISTmas

Howdy!

Hope y'all are having a wonderful holiday season! It's Mary Ellen from Creative Time With ME! Today I have a fantastic nativity box card to share with y'all, plus a video!