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Flower Power Shaker Card

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How to make a Flower Power Shaker Card.

One of my favorite cards to make is a shaker card.  

I love using dimension and movement.  

Did you know that vinyl is perfect for cardmaking?

For my card, I used StyleTechCraft Green Opal Adhesive Craft Vinyl*.

The Opal Vinyl is a color-shifting vinyl that takes on a different look

depending on how you hold it.  

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StyletechCraft products brought to you by ATSM Craft*

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Directions:  

  • Cut the “Daisy Background” using Opal Vinyl and the Silhouette Die Cutting Machine.  (I sized the image to a 3 ¼” x 3 ¼” design.)
  • Remove the excess vinyl around the design using a Vinyl Weeding Pen*.
  • Cut a piece of transfer tape and place it over the vinyl design.  
  • Gently rub over the design with the Scraper Tool*.

  • I cut a simple cardstock frame using my Silhouette Die-Cutting Machine.  My frame measures 4 ½” x 4 ½”.  The inside cutout measures 3 ½” x 3 ½”, which leaves a ½” border around the frame. 
  • Cut a 4 ¼” x 4 ¼” piece of clear acetate. (My acetate has a blue protective coating on both sides.) Place Scor-tape* around the border of the frame. 
  • Remove the protective coating from both sides of the acetate.  (If yours has them.)
  • Place acetate over the sticky Scor-tape*. 

  • Remove the design from the vinyl backing sheet using the transfer paper.
  • Place the design onto the acetate on the front of the frame.  

  • Cut a piece of cardstock 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”.
  • Cut thin strips from the adhesive foam sheet.  
  • Adhere the strips to the back of the frame. 
  • Add iridescent shaker sprinkles inside the frame.  (Do not overfill with shaker sprinkles.)
  • Adhere the 4 ¼” piece of cardstock to the back of the frame to create your shaker element.

  • Adhere the shaker to a 5″ x 5″ card.

  • Stamp a small greeting onto cardstock.  Notch one end to create a banner.
  • Adhere the greeting to the front of the card. 

I hope you enjoyed the Iridescent Opal Shaker card.

It’s a nod to those vintage Flower Power Shirts of the 70s.  

“This is a sponsored post.  As a member of the StyleTechCraft Design Team I have been provided product and compensation in exchange for my creative ideas.  The views and opinions are my own.

Celebrating You

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How to make a Celebrating You Gift Card.

I love it when I can use a tool or die set in several different ways.

I think the Sizzix Floral Pockets & Paperclips Die Set by Eileen Hull* is one of those.

And I haven’t even made everything you can make with this set.

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I used the Floral Square Die included in the set and die-cut it several times.

  • I die-cut it once using cream cardstock for the cream frame. 
  • I adhered a small piece of blue parchment cardstock to the back of the cream floral base.
  • I die-cut it using green cardstock and cut off the outside edges that make the frame.  I glued the green layer onto the cream layer.  
  • For added dimension, I cut three flowers out of pink cardstock.  I glued all three flowers together and then glued them onto the green flower.  
  • I used maroon cardstock to die-cut three centers for the inside of the flower.  

  • I adhered the floral die-cut onto a pink cardstock layer.  I added foam mounting squares to the back of the pink layer to give the card added dimension.
  • I used a Silver Calligraphy Paint Pen* to draw a silver edge onto the maroon cardstock layer. 
  • I stamped the words “celebrating you” (from the Fan Favorites Stamp Set*) onto a small piece of cream cardstock and gave it a simple layer.  I added Foam Mounting Squares* to the back of the word layer and added to the front of the card.  

For another quick project, I made a Four Seasons Gift Card Set.

The 10-piece die set* also includes dies to make pockets, tags,

birds, paper clips, labels, notes, and lists.  It’s a very versatile die set.

Eileen Hull and Sizzix October New Release

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Eileen Hull and Sizzix October New Release

Eileen Hull and Sizzix October New Release Stamps and Dies

This Eileen Hull Sizzix release was designed with journaling in mind!

If you have never journaled before, this collection of seven products

is a great place to start!

In it, you will find everything that you need to get going.

If you have been journaling for a while, you will want to add these items

to your stash- the pieces are very versatile and will coordinate with many

of the other dies you may already have.

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Hello Fall Mini Album

Hello Fall Mini Album

This cute little Fall album uses the New Sizzix Mini Album by Eileen Hull*

and the Happy Fall Paper Collection* from Echo Park Paper.

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Hello Fall Mini Album

The New Sizzix Mini Album by Eileen Hull* creates a 5” x 5” x 1” Mini-Album.  The die is a Scoreboard die specially designed to cut and score thick material. And it cuts in one pass- so easy and quick! You can also use this die to cut the pages that go inside.

I added a flip book on one side of the album and a small signature book on the other.

Hello Fall Mini Album

It’s a great little album for adding Fall Memories.

Christmas Ornament Card

Ornament Card

When I saw the New Sizzix Charms 6-piece Thinlit Die Set*,

I knew I had to make them into ornaments for a Christmas Card.

Wine Glass Charms

Wine Glass Charms

The Charms Die Set* also made these super cute Wine Glass Charms.

I cut them using Sizzix Shrink Plastic*.  Once they were cut, I made the top hole a little bigger with a 1/8th hole punch* and then used a heat tool* to shrink them.  I color them using Decocolor paint markers*.

Damasked Embossed Watercolor Card

Damask Embossed Watercolor Card

I used the New Large Floral Damask Embossing Folder* to emboss white cardstock.  I water colored on top of the raised areas for a simple floral damask.

Damasked Embossed Watercolor Card

I made a coordinating charm for the top of the card using the Charms Die Set*.

Red and White Embossed Damask Card

Red and White Embossed Damask Card

For the Red and White Embossed Damask Card, I used a red dye ink pad and rubbed it over the floral damask embossing folder* before embossing.  Once it was run through the Big Shot Machine* it transferred the red ink to the background of the paper.  I water colored the center with yellow ink.

Eileen Hull New Release Dies and Stamps by Sizzix

Here’s the Full Eileen Hull Sizzix October Release:

Eileen Hull Sizzix October New Release Party

We are celebrating the Eileen Hull Sizzix October Release with an Instagram Hop

Eileen will be giving away prizes! A lucky winner on IG and one on YouTube

will have a chance to win the entire 7 piece set of products.

TWO more will win prizes by participating in the Hop! Good luck!

2024 Holiday Paper Crafting Workshop

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2024 Holiday Paper Crafting Workshop

Sue’s Holiday Paper Crafting Workshop

Looking for a jumpstart to the holiday season? Sue is hosting a Holiday Paper Crafting Workshop! Join with other paper crafters for a fun afternoon of creating together.  In the workshop, we will be making 6-8 Christmas Cards, a 3D Snowflake Christmas Tree Decoration, and a quick and easy Holiday Necklace. Come and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, before the busy hustle and bustle of the holidays.

Saturday November 9th, from 12:30 to 3:30 pm

Cost is only $30 

NEW LOCATION:  Tremont Gallery & Pearl Street Stamping 

109 W Pearl St., Tremont, IL 

I am excited to team up with Carla and Ann, of Tremont Gallery & Pearl Street Stamping, and host the workshop at their store.  If you’ve never shopped at Tremont Gallery & Pearl Street Stamping, you will love Carla and Ann, and their wonderful hospitality.  

Call Tremont Gallery to Sign Up:  309-925-4438 (Store Open Wednesday-Friday)

For more information you can email me at suesholidayworkshop@yahoo.com 

Mini Steamer Trunk and more…

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Mini Steamer Trunk

The Mini Steamer Trunk

I have been fascinated with old vintage things for a long time.

Just look around my house.
You will find vintage items sprinkled in every room.

Some items have a good story or are family keepsakes.
The others are there because they make me happy

So… When Sizzix and Eileen Hull re-released the Treasure Box Die*

and the Stacking Drawer Die*, I decided to make a Miniature Steamer Trunk.   

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A little Inspiration…

Sometimes, I get lucky, and I get a vision of how I want a project to turn out.

The mini steamer trunk was one of those projects.

I found an image online for my inspiration.

(I’m so happy with the way it turned out.)

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The base of the Steamer Trunk was die-cut using a black textured mat board.

I painted the trunk with a mix of browns, and black acrylic to give it a woodgrain look.

To make it look like a steamer trunk, I glued thin strips of black mat board

to the top and sides of the trunk.

To give it a shine I painted the trunk with Mod Podge Satin Sealer*.

The Treasure Box* measures 3 1/4” x 5 1/4” x 4”.

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I painted three Stacking Drawers* the same as the base of the trunk.

I added decorative scrapbook paper on the front of the drawers and

the inside of the lid.  I think it looks like old wallpaper.

The Steamer trunk is one of the projects I made for the Eileen Hull and Sizzix June Release Party. 

(see below for more information)

Little Gift Box made with the Sizzix Stacking Drawers Die by Eileen Hull.

A Little Gift Box using the Stacking Drawer Die*

The Stacking Drawers* also make a perfect little gift box.

I will have a tutorial on how I made this little gift box later this month.

Summer Bloom Mini Album

Summer Blooms Mini Album

Summer Blooms Mini Album was made using Eileen’s Notebook Die*.

Click here for the Summer Blooms Mini Album Tutorial

Floral Lattice Card

The Floral Lattice Card was made using the

NEW Painterly Blooms & Background Thinlet Dies from Eileen Hull*.

I inked the background of the card using dye inks on watercolor paper.

I spritzed the paper with a mini mister* to give the background a mottled effect.

I used a palette knife* to spread white embossing paste* over the lattice stencil

from the Watercolour Flowers & Lattice Layered Stencils Set*.

FYI…The Watercolour Florals & Lattice stencil set* was inspired by a watercolor picture that Eileen painted.

The set included 4 stencils.  Three stencil layers give dimension and the fourth layer, a versatile lattice design, that can be used to create a plaid pattern!

Eileen Hull and Sizzix June Release Party

For more great projects from Eileen Hull’s Design Teams, we’re having a Blog Hop with tons of awesome inspiration.  Click here for Eileen’s Blog.

We hope you will watch our release party on June 4th at noon Eastern to see lots of samples and alternate ideas for ways to use these dies. There will be a GIVEAWAY!!!

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Summer Blooms Mini Album

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Summer Bloom Mini Album

How to make a Summer Blooms Mini Album…

I love Summer Blooms and fell in love with the new Bloom Collection*

from Echo Park as soon as I saw it.

Using the Sizzix Notebook Die by Eileen Hull* and the Bloom Collection*,

I made this cute little pocket-sized mini album.

Summer Bloom Mini Album

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Summer Bloom Mini Album

Directions:

  • Cut two 6″ x 8-1/2″pieces of decorative scrapbook paper for the front and inside of the cover.
  • Lay decorative scrapbook paper (design side up) on the Xyron Creative Station* crank the handle to run the paper through the machine.  As it moves through the Xyron Creative Station it adds adhesive to the back side of the paper.
  • Easy to use and it doesn’t need any electricity.
  • I like using the Xyron Creative Station* when making mini books because you get complete coverage, no wrinkling, no bubbles!

Summer Bloom Mini Album

  • Cut a piece of mat board 6″ x 8-1/2″.
  • Adhere the decorative paper on each side of the mat board.
  • Lay the covered mat board over the notebook die* sandwiched between two cutting plates.
  • Crank the handle of the Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine* and run the die through the machine.  The Big Shot will cut and score the mat board.

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  • The notebook die creases the center of mat board as it goes through the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine* making it easy to fold the cover for your mini album.

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  • Cut a 2 1/4″ x 5″ strip of decorative paper to use for the spine and run it through the Xyron Creative Station*.  Adhere the strip to the spine of the book.
  • Cut 5 cardstock pages using the notebook die.
  • Crease the cardstock on the center score lines.

Summer Bloom Mini Album

  • Wrap the twine around the inside creases and around the outside of the book cover to secure the pages.
  • FYI…I wanted this Mini Album to be all about the pictures, so I kept the pages white. There are no fancy embellishments or special pages inside this album.

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  • After I had all my pages together, I tied the pieces of twine together in one knot on the spine and added a small metal heart charm.   I placed a small floral sticker from the Bloom Collection* to the center of the heart.
  • As an afterthought, after I took the above pictures, I added Sizzix Effects™ Liquid Gloss* over the heart. The Liquid Gloss gives the heart a clear domed look and will seal in the sticker.

Summer Bloom Mini Album

  • Decorate the front of the album with Stickers from the Bloom Collection*.
  • For added dimension, place the sticker on a small piece of matboard.

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Spring Quilt Cards

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Spring Quilt Cards

Spring Quilt Cards made with Eileen Hull’s Faux Postage Die from Sizzix.

Over the weekend, I decided to make a couple of floral Spring cards using the New Faux Postage Die from Eileen Hull*.

I know the dies are perfect for making little faux postage stamps.

But, I like to think of the pieces like a quilt.

It’s all good no matter how you use the die.

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Spring Quilt Cards

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Spring Quilt Cards

The Thank You Card reminds me a sweet floral quilt for a little girl’s bed.

It really is easy to find coordinating paper when using a paper pad.

I cut out flowers from one of the large floral-patterned papers.

To make them dimensional, I added Thin 3D Foam Squares*

underneath the flowers.

Spring Quilt Cards

Would you believe the paper for the Enjoy Card was from the same floral paper pad.

I die-cut the black floral paper using the faux postage die.

I used one small section from the die-cut paper to create my card.

I again “fussy cut” a few flowers to put on the front of the card.

After adding several layers, my card measured 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″,

the perfect size for putting into a A2 envelope*.

Christmas Quilt Card

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Christmas Quilt Card

Christmas Quilt Card

Have you finished sending out your Christmas Cards yet?

I’m close to being done, but if you’re not, here’s a last-minute

card using Eileen Hull’s Mini Slimline & Tickets Die Set by Sizzix*

Christmas Quilt Card

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Christmas Quilt Card

  • I know the pieces of the die are technically tickets.  I think when it’s all assembled, it looks like a quilt.  (so there you have it!)
  • I used paper from the “Happy Christmas” Paper Pad* to cut three bases. 

Christmas Quilt Card

  • I adhered one base to the die-cut layer.  The others, I cut apart. I used those to create a patchwork base.

Christmas Quilt Card

  • I used stickers from the Happy Christmas Sticker Book* to embellish the front of the card.  
  • Here’s a simple tip I learned from a class I took from Mrs Grossman (of Mrs. Grossman Sticker Company) many years ago. To make stickers die-cuts, brush baby powder on the back to remove the stickiness.

Christmas Quilt Card

The Slimline Ticket die would make a great card for any occasion.

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Card Making with StyleTechCraft Vinyl

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Card Making with StyleTechCraft Vinyl

Cardmaking with Vinyl…

Did you know that the same vinyl you use to embellish everyday items

around your home can be used to create beautiful cards?

StyleTechCraft adhesive vinyl makes it easy to create cards with intricate and delicate designs.

Use it with your Cricut or Cameo electronic cutters and even with steel rule dies.

The possibilities are endless!

Card Making with StyleTechCraft Vinyl

This month the StyleTechCraft Design Team was asked to use Polished Metal Vinyl

to create a project.  In the past several years, I’ve added StyleTechCraft vinyl

to almost every imaginable surface around my house.

I have used it on plates, glasses, coffee cups, vases, metal, wood and more.

But I often forget to use it to create cards.

Card Making with StyleTechCraft Vinyl

Materials Used:

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Card Making with StyleTechCraft Vinyl

Card Details:

Card Making with StyleTechCraft Vinyl

After making the birthday card, I thought the silver was so light and delicate that

it would make a perfect Congratulations card. Perfect for a wedding or anniversary.

“This is a sponsored post.  As a member of the StyleTechCraft Design Team I have been provided product and compensation in exchange for my creative ideas.  The views and opinions are my own.

Heart Cards for All Occasions

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Heart Cards for All Occasions

If you like making cards with hearts…

there’s no reason to stop just because Valentine’s Day’s over.

You can make heart cards any time of the year.

Maker's Movement Striped Heart Die

I used the New Striped Heart Die* from The Maker’s Movement with several of

their older dies to create several Heart Cards for use with several of life’s celebrations.

Hearts and Love are great anytime.

Maker's Movement

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Heart Cards for All Occasions

Pink Heart Card

  • I played with different patterns in the same pink hues to make these simple heart cards.
  • I adhered the paper onto white cardstock using my Xyron Creative Station* to make a double layer before die-cutting the heart.  It gives the “heart” a little dimension without being too much.

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Heart Cards for All Occasions

Rainbow Heart Card

  • I used cardstock in several muted colors of the rainbow to create this card. Instead of spacing the stripes apart, I butted them close to each other.
  • I used the daisy and leaf dies from the You’re my Jam Stamp & Die Set* to make the flower on the top of the heart.
  • I made the Frame using the Nested Stitched Rectangles Die Set*.

Heart Cards for All Occasions

Baby Heart Tag Card

  • Monochromatic shades of pale blue make this sweet baby heart.
  • I used the Large Nested Tag Die Set* to create the tag.
  • I trimmed down the bottom edge using the Borders 1 Die Set*.
  • I cut the word B-A-B-Y out of white cardstock using the Alphabet Die Set*.

Heart Cards for All Occasions

Gold Heart Card

  • Perfect to use as a Birthday, Anniversary, or Wedding Card.
  • I used a shimmery gold cardstock to create an elegant-looking heart.
  • The red rose on the top of the heart was made using the spiral flower die from the In Full Bloom Stamp & Die Set.
  • After I die-cut the spiral flower, I gently molded the cardstock using a molding mat* and a large ball stylus*. I used pointed-reverse tweezers* to wind the flower and curl the leaves.
  • Stamp the word “Congratulations” from the Welcome Home Stamp & Die Set onto white cardstock and die-cut a banner using the banner die from the Message in a Bottle Stamp & Die Set.