Shabby Floral Tent Card + a Tutorial!

Hi everyone! I'm back today with a pretty spring project using some of my favorite dies from Karen Burniston and Tim Holtz. Sizzix is having a huge sale this weekend and this Cabinet Card die is one of my favorites. I thought I'd experiment with a new way to use it - a tent card with a window that folds flat for mailing, but expands into a 3D scene. Cool, right?

I also wanted to experiment with making flowers using Distress Oxide ink and coffee filters. I used Karen Burniston's flower dies and I was absolutely thrilled with how they turned out! I took pics along the way to show how I made them (and the card). Read on to see how it all came together.

Begin by cutting the edges off of a cone-type coffee filter and separating the two pieces. Press Distress Oxide ink pad onto a nonstick craft sheet to dispense ink in a small area. Spritz the ink with water and lay the filter into it, spritzing with more water as necessary. Crumple the filter and wipe up all the ink. The filters are super absorbent and take the ink well.

Dry the filters with a heat gun. They'll be wrinkly, but will smooth out later. And don't worry about any texture that might be on the filter - it disappears after the flowers are cut.

 Stack two filters and cut several flowers, using dies from Karen Burniston's Flowers and Bee die set.

Without separating the flowers, stack a small flower on top of a larger flower, punch hole and insert stamens (you can find a tutorial for how I made my stamens in this post from a few years ago). Add a dab of glue to the back and cover with tiny flower. This will keep the stamens intact and hold the flower together. When dry, separate and fluff the petals, as you see in the flower on the right.

To create the tent card, cut a frame from a piece of heavy green cardstock using the small cabinet card die nested inside the larger one. Scrape DecoArt crackle paste over it and let dry. Meanwhile, cut a piece for the back of the card from the cabinet card die (remove the movers and shapers die). Add the decorative background piece (an ATC sized panel from Tim Holtz's Wallflower collection). Trim as needed. Cut a piece of kraft cardstock measuring 3 3/8" x 2" and score every half inch. Also cut a small piece from Kraft cardstock to use as a hinge for the top.

Adhere the accordion scored piece as shown above.

Adhere the paper dolls to the center accordion fold. Rub word band with white Distress crayon to highlight the words and attach to the bottom of the card. Attach the hinge at the top. Finally, add your flowers and leaves and a glittery swallow, cut from glitter paper using the bird die from Karen Burniston's Outdoor Scene set.

How pretty are these flowers?! I just love the softness of the filters and the bold color from the Distress Oxide ink. And they look quite a bit like my inspiration - the forsythia bush in my yard that's blooming like crazy right now.

In My Garden is the theme over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge blog this week, and I just happened to take this picture this morning, which inspired my whole card!

Here you can see that this folds completely flat for mailing. How sweet would this be for a birthday card that doubles as a gift?! I can think of so many fun ways to use this die idea. Feel free to share yours in the comments!

The supplies I used can be found at Sizzix, Karen Burniston, and Simon Says Stamp via the links below. Make sure you check out the other amazing Tim Holtz dies that are on sale at Sizzix this weekend!


Thanks so much

Merry Christmas Faux Wood Tag

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well and not too overwhelmed by the holidays. For once, I feel like I'm not running behind with a million things left to do - very rare for me!

A couple weeks ago I was browsing through the Christmas decor at JoAnn's and spotted a cute little wood sign and immediately thought, 'I'll be I could make that out of chipboard!' I came home and pulled out some of my favorite dies from Karen Burniston and got to work. I have a quick tutorial below if you'd like to try it yourself.

Begin by cutting two tags from lightweight chipboard using the large tag die from Karen's Tag Book Pop Up set. I had some dividers from a liquor store box I grabbed (I can't resist those boxes when they set them out - weird, I know!) that ended up being the perfect weight. Paint them both white and cut one into slats as shown. Cut sentiment and cardinals from red Kraft Core'dinations paper. Cut leaves from green Kraft Core'dinations.

Adhere the slats on top of the other painted tag, starting with the center slat and leaving just a bit of space in between (the left and right edges will overhang just a bit). Use sandpaper to rough up the edges and give it a worn appearance.

Adhere your sentiment using Karen's fine tip bottle glue. Use a circle die and pencil to lightly trace a circle to use as a guideline for your wreath. Using the same glue, begin adhering your branches as shown, trimming and layering until your wreath is complete.

Color some of Tim Holtz's Beaded Berries with red alcohol ink and tuck into the wreath. Finally, adhere tiny cardinals to wreath and tie with a length of twill ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed this quick holiday project! I love the look of the faux wood slats and will definitely be using this idea on future projects. The supplies I used can be found at my favorite stores via the links below.


Have a great week!

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hi all! Today I'm sharing a glittery holiday decor piece I created for December's Karen Burniston Designer Challenge. This month our theme is 'All I Want for Christmas'. We were challenged to create something using our favorite die - the one we'd want to receive if we didn't already own it. I had a really hard time choosing a favorite, but the new Iron Fence Pop Up is such an amazing die, I would definitely run out and buy it. There are so many ways you can use it!

You might remember back in September I shared a Halloween diorama that was inspired by my teammate, Raquel Mason. I knew while I was making it that I wanted to try a Christmas version, and this was the perfect excuse to make one. I needed something for the centerpiece and decided to create a sparkly little house, adapting Karen's Holiday House slightly to create a 3D version (you might remember a more rustic house I made a couple years ago with the same die). I took a few photos along the way to show you how it came together.

To make the house 3D, and also change the direction of the roof line, we'll actually be using the house die to make the sides, instead of the front. Cut the pieces as shown above. The long strip is used to give the vestibule sides, creating a dimensional front.

Cover white cardstock with adhesive and die cut three fences. Remove adhesive and cover with glitter.

Adhere fence pieces to a disk of styrofoam (I found a pack of two at my Dollar Tree).

To create the trees, die cut mint cardstock using one of the tree dies from the Evergreen Pivot Card die set (another one of my faves). Fold each tree in half and adhere to each other, back to back. I used four per tree. Cover with glitter and insert a toothpick.

After house is assembled, cover with glitter. Tie a length of tinsel twine around it and add a Christmas Typed Token. Tie a bit of pink twine around a little deer and adhere to disk. The snow is a combination of polyester batting and Martha Stewart's snow glitter.

I didn't glue my house down - I wanted to be able to add a battery-operated tea light so it would glow at night. So pretty! If you wanted it to be more stable, you could glue it down and cut a hole in the back and add a candle that way.

I added a bit more batting in the chimney as a final little touch. I just love the wispy look of it. I hope you enjoyed my little glittery house - I had so much fun making it! And I am so thrilled with how it turned out. I hope you're inspired to make one of your own.

Great news! The Holiday House and Evergreen Pivot Card dies are both on sale at Elizabeth Craft Designs right now! You can find the other supplies I used at ECD and Simon Says Stamp.

Karen Burniston Holiday House Karen Burniston Evergreen Pivot Card Iron Fence Pop-Up Soft Finish Cardstock 8.5" X 11" 270gr /100Lb 10 pack (PSF102) Soft Finish Cardstock, Mint Green Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 64mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 6mm (506) Zip Dry PAPER GLUE Permanent Adhesive Paper Arts Tim Holtz Idea-ology DECORATIVE DEER Findings TH93337 Tim Holtz Idea-ology SILVER TINSEL TWINE TH93025 Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHRISTMAS Typed Tokens Findings TH93327 Tim Holtz Distress Glitter CLEAR ROCK CANDY Ranger TDG39150 Ranger GLUE N SEAL 3.5 OZ Matte INK44994*

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure and check out Karen's blog Tuesday to see an incredible new tutorial, plus lots of inspiration from the team.

Have a great week!

I'm entering this into Simon Says Stamp's 'Let There Be Snow' challenge and Frilly and Funkie's Home for the Holidays challenge.

Simple Felt Leaf Wreath

Hi all! I have a quick and easy holiday project to share with you today. I am a huge fan of Sweet Paul Magazine - if you've never seen it, you're really missing out! - and when I saw this tutorial for an adorable felt woodland wreath, I immediately ordered the materials to make one of my own. I mean, how cute are those tiny mushrooms?!

I had a feeling that one of the leaves on Eileen Hull's Spring Leaves die would be the perfect size for this and I was right! I love the extra detail the serrated edges give. And the die makes cutting the leaves from thick felt a breeze.

Since I didn't have a wreath form on hand, I figured I could just whip one up with my Twist and Style tool! I cut a piece of 19 gauge wire about 60" long and folded it in half. I used the tool to twist it, making a stronger structure to adhere my leaves to. I cut out about 40 leaves from heavy weight felt (bought at Hobby Lobby) and hot glued them to the wire ring.

When all the leaves were in place, I tucked the mushrooms into the leaves in singles and groups of two. Aren't they just the sweetest? Thanks so much to Sweet Paul for sharing this tutorial. Make sure you pop over to their site and check out all the great recipes, crafts, and decorating ideas. And I can't recommend their magazine enough! It is seriously the most beautiful, inspiring magazine I've ever come across (not affiliated, just a happy customer!).

You can find the supplies I used at Sizzix, Scrapbook.com, Simon Says Stamp, and Amazon via the links below.

Twist and Style Tool Eileen Hull Spring Leaves Die Sizzix LEAVES SPRING Bigz Die 661111 yueton Pack of 100 Mini Foam Mushroom for Garden Ornament Flower Pots Bonsai Micro Landscape Decor ( CCbetter Mini Hot Melt Glue Gun with 25pcs Glue Sticks High Temperature Melting Glue Gun Kit Flexibl

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Snow Globe Pop it Ups Card

Hi all! It's time again for Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge. For the second challenge of the month, our theme is 'Charmed, I'm Sure!' We could choose from any of Karen's charm die sets to use in our card. I have been dying to make a pop-up snow globe using Karen's dies and decided to use the tree from the new Holiday Charms set for my card.

In addition to using the tree charm on the snow globe portion, I also used it on the front, attaching it with one of Tim Holtz's cute little jingle bell brads. So adorable!

When I was trying to figure out how I'd create a snow globe, I came up with several options before deciding on this one. Can you guess what the base is? It's Karen's Barn Pop Stand set, altered slightly to create a base for the snow globe. So easy and fun! Follow along below to see how to create it.

Begin by die cutting the barn. Then, using the second largest die from the Twist Circle die set, cut out a section of the barn to create a base for the snow globe. To create the 'dam' for the shaker, nest the same die inside the largest circle from the set and cut 3-4 rings from thin chipboard. Glue them together in a stack.

Create a scene using stamps and the tree die from Karen's Outdoor Edges set. Glue stacked rings on top and add snow.

Adhere clear plastic window to rings and top with a frame cut from glitter paper. Cut the tree charm from green paper, and trim hanger from top. Sponge with white paint and adhere to front of snow globe. Adhere snow globe to base.

I embellished my window with snowflake rub ons and one of Tim Holtz's new stickers (do this before you glue everything together!). I also added some gold trim, a deer sticker from Elizabeth Craft Designs, a bit of jute twine, and a bow. The sentiment in the circle is from Karen's new Holiday Clear Stamps.

What's extra cool about this card is that it actually 'snows' as you open the card! I would love to say I planned that, but it was just a happy accident!

You can find the supplies I used at Elizabeth Craft Designs and Simon Says Stamp via the links below.

Karen Burniston Barn Pop Stand Die Set Holiday Charms Twist Circle Pop-Up Holiday Clear Stamp Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 SCRIBBLE WOODLAND CMS282 Tim Holtz Idea-ology TIDINGS Mini Stash 8 x 8 Cardstock Pack TH93325 Tim Holtz Idea-ology HOLIDAY Deco Sheets TH93342 Tim Holtz Idea-ology HOLIDAY TALK Metallic Stickers TH93347 Tim Holtz Idea-ology GILDED CHRISTMASTIME Remnant Rubs TH93330 Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHRISTMASTIME Ephemera Pack TH93326 Tim Holtz Idea-ology JINGLE BRADS Fasteners TH93331 Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHRISTMAS Jute String TH93344 Tim Holtz Idea-ology CRINKLE RIBBON TH93020 Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival WATERING CAN Ink Pad AID39006 Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival RED GERANIUM Ink Pad AID38993 Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM FOR WAFER THIN DIES Accessory 656499 Tim Holtz Sizzix VAGABOND 2 MACHINE Die Cutting Embossing Alterations 660855

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure and check out Karen's blog tomorrow for another great tutorial and lots of charming ideas from the whole team.

Have a great week!