Create & Craft Samples



What a fabulous time I have been having working with all the wonderful new dies in preparation for last Sundays Create & Craft show.  I have enjoyed every second of working with them and today want to share some of the samples I made for the show.

It is really hard to pick a favourite but I did adore working with the 3D Flower, it is one of those dies that you can use time and time again and get so many different results! These flowers were cut from felt and added to a hessian bag.

The Gazania and Plumeria from Susan's Garden are so beautiful and such fun to create.  These would be amazing to use with wedding stationary or decorations.

The Tim Holtz Stencilled Decorative Strip Alphabet was great to work with and a must have for any crafter wanting to add words to their creations. Here I added it to an acetate strip which gave the wording a 3D effect.

And of course, the ultra popular Tim Holtz Caged Bird which is great for so many different occasions and projects.

Well that is all from me.  If you have any questions about any of these designs or the others that I demonstrated on the show please let me know and I will do my best to help.

Until next time ...

Katie

Holly Jolly Christmas Gift Bag & Card

Hellooooooooo everyone!!!
How are you?
Did you miss me? I miss you so much :) I know it's Thursday but I would to share with you an extra project for Christmas! I love this time of the year, is so Magic!!! Are you doing your December daily??? I'll show you mine next week :) so stay tuned!
Did you enjoy the last Christmas Blog Hop?? I found every project amazing!!! I adore to make handmade gifts for my family and friends, especially Christmas Gift packs:) with Sizzix dies this is so easy and amazing!!! I am so thankful for this! And you? What are you doing?

oookkk I have to stop myself I would to chat a lot with you all ;)

Today I want to share with you a new Christmas Gift Packaging and card idea :)
Take a look :)

Materials you need:
Big shot machine (655268)
Big shot pro (656250)
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 3PK w/stamps - Tags (658279)
Sizzix Framelits Die set 8PK - Circles (657551)
Sizzix Bigz Pro Die - Bag Mini Grocery (657673)
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder w/stamp- Snowflake Background set (658283)
Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Stripe Die - Snowflake Rosette (658256)
Bazzill kraft and white card stock
American crafts Gold glitter card stock
Studio calico patterned paper
Red and white twine
Christmas bell
Big pearl and little pearls artoz and my mind's eye
White wool
Studio calico  opaque white mister huey's
Tattered angels glimmer mist iridescent gold
White and gold embossing powder
Heat gun
Embossing ink pad
Paper doily
3D double side tape
Hot gun glue

Let's start :)

The Bag

1. Use your bag die and your big shot pro to make the it. Fold and build it using the instructions inside the die package.
2. Make a snowflake rosette and be sure to not waste the border is left from the die cutting.
3. With the hot gun glue adhere the snowflake to the bag. add a pearl in the centre.
4. Stamp and emboss the "have a jolly holiday" but this time cut only the phrase with the circle framelits.
5. Cut another circle bigger than the first with the phrase and make a little hole to hold them to the bag.
6. Complete with twine, Christmas bell and white wool.
7. Finish it spraying iridescent gold glimmer mist and opaque white mister huey's.

The card

1. Cut a stripe of kraft paper of 12x30 cm and fold it in half.
2. Cut a rectangle from the white card stock of 11x14 cm. Now use a versamark ink pad for embossing and stamp with the big snowflake stamps. Emboss them with the white powder. at the end emboss the snowflakes with the appropriated embossing folder.
3. Glue this rectangle on the front cover.
4. Glue the paper doily cut in half and on it what is left from the snowflake rosette, I have used the border is left :) 
5. Cut a circle from the gold glitter card stock and adhere it.
6. Stamp and emboss the greetings phrase using the gold powder and snowflake tag and stamp.
7. Stick it on the gold circle with 3d double side tape.
8. Add simply the red and white twine, the white wool and a Christmas bell making a knot.

Hope you like it:)
Don't forget that on the website there are a Christmas Challenge and a competition !

Christmas Challenge

The Christmas Challenge is in week 4 of 5 and this week Anna Dabrowska, Celine Navarro, Karine Cazenave-Tapie, Loredana Bucaria and Pete Hughes are battling to win the best gift bag or box. If you vote for your favourite, you're then taken straight to download the free project sheets.

http://www.sizzix.co.uk/christmas-challenge

Christmas competition

We have a festive giveaway on the site where 3 lucky winners will win a Big Shot and 2 items from our holiday collection. Or if they've already got a Big Shot they can choose from selected dies or embossing folders from our 2012 collections up to the same value. T&C's apply. Closing date 14th December at 10am GMT.

http://www.sizzix.co.uk/sizzix-christmas-giveaway

Go go goooo and vote and be sure to participate to win amazing prizes!!!!

have a lovely weekend 

Love, Lory

I'm a Fossil Bag addict

Hello everyone!

Today, I'd like to show you a layout I made using my new favorite Framelits dies set : the Frames, Decorative #2 :)

You'll need for this layout : 

• Frames Decorative #2 Framelits (657938)
• a Big Shot (655268)
• Studio Calico Roller Rink kit
• Studio Calico add-on #1
• Studio Calico add-on #2
• Studio Calico add-on #3
• Studio Calico add-on #4
• Mr Huey mists
• Prima Chalk inks

I used the Decorative Frames Framelits to create the 3 cute labels on this layout. I used both the cut-out and the edges of the die-cuts, in order to create labels with 2 different patterned papers.

Isn't it cute?

The best way to use these Framelits is to cut into double-sided papers, so that you can choose which side you want to use on your layout!

Hope this inspired you!

Take care !

Céline

Wedding bag

Hi everyone!

Have a wonderful monday morning!!! How are you?

How did you spend your last weekend? I was at the sea with my family!

Today I want to share with you another lovely thing made for my friend's wedding!

This is a cute idea that we have used as an embellishment to put at the center of each table at the wedding party but it can be used as a wedding bag for the confetti :)

Materials you need:

• Sizzix Big shot machine (code 655268)
• Sizzix Scoreboards XL Die - Bag, Suitcase (code 657124)
• Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative strip Die - Mini Paper Rosettes (2 Sizes) - ( code 657177)
• bazzill card stock white, kraft, turquoise
• one clear button
• brown chalk
• brown ink
• travel stamp and alphabet stamps
• caribbean twine
• hot gun glue
• glue and double side tape

Instructions:

1. create your suitcase using your die and build it using double side tape.
2. create a turquoise flower and close it with the hot glue
3. cut two little stripes of kraft paper and glue them on the suitcase
4. now add the rosette with a button and the tag with the name of the place ( in our situation of the travel made that will be the name of the table) and add the circle stamp to give a cool touch to the bag.
5. add a tag with the date of the wedding 

Very simple and easy.. we made 15 suitcases:)

The guest were so surprised.

I hope you like it :)

Have a wonderful week!

Love, Lory.

London Icons lunch bag

This week I decided to use some of the London icon fabrics to create a small bag.

I used 6 different fabrics plus a lining for the bag.
I cut 10 rectangles (die 657605) from 2 fabrics, and 5 squares (die 657607) from the other 4 fabrics.
 I cut a strip, 41/2"x 14", from each of the first 2 fabrics for the handles.

I joined the pieces to make 5 stripes as shown ( I know there are only 4 shown, but you need to make 5) Press the seams, and then join each row to make a circle.

Join the 5 circles together to make a piece as shown below.

Cut the lining to the same size as the bag (don't forget the seam allowance).

Press the handle pieces in half down the length and press the edges into the middle.
Top stitch along the length of the handle.

Pin the  handle to the bag as shown, and repeat on other side.

Stitch the side seam of the lining and then join the lining to the bag along the top edge. ( Match the right side or the lining to the right side of the bag, the handles will be in between the layers, and stitch along the edge using 1/4" seam.)

Turn the bag right side out, and turn the bottonm edge of the lining in and top stitch.

I squared off the corners of my bag.

I stitched where the pins are, cut off the triangle and neatened the edge, and sewed through all layers.

The bag is now complete.

Which is more than I can say for my sewing room. The furniture is in place, just one shelf still to put up, but I dismantled my sewing area in the dining room and all of the things from that are now piled in the new room. I decided I couldn't put a photo of the disorganised heap - so I will just say that I hope to be organised enough to let you have a peep by the end of May.

For now I am going to help my youngest daughter decorate a 'princess cake' for her niece, my granddaughter, for a party this evening.

This is the dream of a 3 year old!

Enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend.