Showing posts with label Embossing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Embossing. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 August 2015

New Cards by Karine



Hello!

After showing you very detailed mini books two Thursdays in a row, now it’s time for simpler creations: two nice cards ready to be sent with a color combo grey, yellow & red!

Supply List:

Papers: My Mind's Eyes
Gold paper
Button, thread, rhinestone, sewing pin
3D foam

Dies:

650515 : Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit
660320 : Sizzix Precision Base Plate for Intricate Thinlits Dies
657837 : Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die Word Play
658356 : Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK-rose-vines-trellis-set
657565 : Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK-squares

Start by cutting two rectangles out of striped grey paper scraps then fold in half.

Decorate the front of each card by adding embellishments such as buttons, rhinestones and twine thread.

For the first card, I started by embossing a yellow paper with the “Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK-rose-vines-trellis-set”.
Then I cut a square with the Framelits Die Set 8PK-squares die, and a larger one in a different paper. The two papers are superimposed: the yellow paper being glued with 3D foam pieces.
Then simply add thread and a pretty heart shaped pin.

For the second card, I used another die to cut a heart out of red striped paper; it will be completed with a small rhinestone!
Then I cut a “&” shape out of gold paper with the most fantastic alphabet die set I know of!!!! To try it is to adopt it!!!

And here we are! Two sunny little cards!







Thanks for your visits on the blog!

Have a lovely day,

Karine

Bonjour !

Après deux Jeudi Mini albums aux multiples détails place à la simplicité avec deux jolies cartes prêtes à envoyer au combo gris-jaune-rouge !

Matériel :

Papiers : My Mind's Eyes
Papier or
Bouton, ficelle, strass, épingle couture
Mousse 3D

Dies utilisés :

650515 : Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit
660320 : Sizzix Precision Base Plate for Intricate Thinlits Dies
657837 : Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die Word Play
658356 : Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK-rose-vines-trellis-set
657565 : Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK-squares

Commencez par découper deux rectangles dans des chutes de papiers gris à rayures puis pliez en deux.

Décorez l'avant de chaque carte en intégrant des embellissements comme des boutons, strass et cordelette.

Pour la première carte, j'ai d'abord embossé un papier jaune avec la plaque “Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK-rose-vines-trellis-set”
J'ai ensuite découpé un carré avec le die Framelits Die Set 8PK-squares, puis un autre de taille supérieure dans un autre imprimé. Les deux papiers sont superposés, le papier jaune sera collé avec des mousses 3D. Complétez simplement par de la cordelette et une jolie épingle coeur.

Pour la seconde carte, j'ai découpé un coeur avec un die dans du papier rouge à rayures, il sera simplement complété par un petit strass !
J'ai ensuite découpé un “&” dans un papier or avec le die alphabet le plus génial que je connaisse !!!! L'essayer c'est l'adopter !!!

Et voilà le résultat ! Deux petites cartes ensoleillées !

Merci pour vos visites

Bonne journée

Karine

Friday, 3 July 2015

3D-Dahlia on top of a Box....









Hi there,

Today i want to show you how to make this 3-D- Dahlia... It is so easy.
But it looks so beautiful....and its made out of  a Daisy Die

All you for the Dahlia-Box is:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray)
(out of it the Box Thinlit and the Textured Impressions Plus Embossing Folder (Dots))
Sizzix Bigz Die - Flower, Daisies
Sizzix Bigz Die - Garden Greens


You need a lot of Daisy of each size....
and you need to roll up each petal - i took my fingernail for this.


I took yellow paper for the ovary...




And then i put them all on a brad....



Together with a green leave (Sizzix Bigz Die - Garden Greens)
i put it onto the box (I embossed the box with the Textured Impressions Plus Embossing Folder (Dots) out of the Big Shot Plus Starter Kit)...

finished.





have a great weekend, Stephanie

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Hallo Ihr Lieben,

heute möchte ich euch die Dahlienblüte zeigen, die ich aus lauter Gänseblümchen-Dies
gemacht habe...

Was ihr dafür braucht:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray)
(daraus das Box Thinlit und den Textured Impressions Plus Embossing Folder (Dots))
Sizzix Bigz Die - Flower, Daisies
Sizzix Bigz Die - Garden Greens


Ihr braucht jede Menge der Gänseblümchen von jeder Größe.
Die einzelnen Blütenblätter rollt ihr au - ich hab das gleich mit dem Fingernagel gemacht.
Für den Blütenstempel habe ich gelbes Papier benutzt.

Und dann alle auf ein  Brad gesteckt - zusammen mit etwas Grünzeug
Auf die Box geklebt (die habe ich vorher mit dem Embossing-Folder aus dem 
Big Shot Plus Starter Kit embossed) und fertig ist die Box.

Ich wünsch euch ein hübsches Wochenende, Steffi

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Smile!


I am not the world's greatest photographer, I do have a decent camera but it is always set on automatic. These days most of my snaps are taken using my phone and some of them are great. Its so important to compose your shot and get the light right  because without those two things being in place all the fancy equipment and Photoshop trickery is a waste of time.

Having said all that, I do love old cameras from the fifties and sixties. It's a time when photography was becoming accessible to all and companies were fighting for a share of the 'cheap and cheerful' market with ever more colourful plastic creations. 

Some of those cameras look fabulous today, I even have a private Pintrest board dedicated to 1950's consumer goods featuring many such cameras. It makes me smile!

And so to today's blog, Sizzix have just released a new collection of Bigz dies designed by the good people of Echo Park. I had so much fun with these big, bold shapes while making projects for our trade shows and they are perfect for appliqué too. But today is all about the camera die.

Today I have used the Bigz camera die, the Thinlits alphabet set Alphanumeric and the Textured Impressions Butterfly Lattice set. Click on the highlighted text to see the individual products.

I started by die-cutting all the elements to make up my camera, the main body and the focus ring are backed with mount board to add a little depth to the shapes. I love this dusty pink, it's one of those classic American 1950's colours which I love so much so I used it for the body of my camera. as you can see, I embossed the pale metallic gold card with my lattice folder, it gives the perfect gold anodised look so popular at the time.



I trimmed about 5mm from the top of the embossed rectangle and mounted it onto the brown rectangle before attaching to the main body of the camera.


Next, I added the other elements. I used a hole punch to pop out a tiny pink circle which I added to the lens to create a highlight effect. 


While I was taking the individual letters from the Alphanumeric die set I had a revelation! I saw a word within a word which changed my approach to the whole card. I cut a rectangle of the lovely retro green/blue card and rounded off the bottom corners with a punch before placing all the letter dies across the base spelling the word 'SMILE' before removing the letter 'M' and 'E' and passing it through my Big Shot machine.



I die-cut the letters 'M' and 'E' from the pink card and attached them to the rectangle using thin strips of adhesive foam to add dimension. Next, I used my trusty Dymo machine to print out the legend 'YOU MAKE...'  above the word 'SMILE'; the 'ME' of course is part of the word. 





Here's the finished card, I think the Dymo strip adds to the retro vibe? 
it makes me smile anyway!

         

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Leather and metal







Before we start, I would like to say a big thank you to the staff and customers of Pink Tulip in Warwickshire, not far from Stratford-upon-Avon, I had a wicked day demonstrating all things Sizzix and we had a bit of a giggle too. It is a fabulous shop, full to the brim with all the latest craft goodies so if your ever in the area its well worth a little excursion.

NOW! from the title of this post you could be excused for thinking that I am writing an Iron Maiden fanzine and thankfully for both of us you would be wrong.

I have always been fascinated with combining different textures and materials to create amazing effects with die-cutting and embossing, sometimes the simplest combination of materials can yield some very surprising results. 

I think it is so important to keep exploring the endless possibilities of our chosen medium otherwise we get stuck in a creative rut which would drive me nuts!!!

All this brings us back full circle to leather, metal....... and embossing!

Metal is too tough and leather is too soft for embossing (although there are ways!!) so I need to look for ways to create the illusion of both materials.

metal is easy, but this is a great technique because it is very simple to do and the results can be incredible. I decided to apply the embossed effects to a couple of picture frames.

I am using the new PLUS embossing folders. Excuse the capital letters but they are huge! The folders themselves are A4 in size which opens up so many more creative avenues to explore. The folders that I am using today are Field of Diamonds and Botanical Swirls

I started by attaching a sheet of craft metal to a sheet of heavy weight card, this makes the metal sheet more rigid and less prone to damage when applied to your creation. Next, I used the empty picture frame as a template to mark out the size. It's always good to make it about 5mm longer than needed to allow for shrinkage after passing through the machine, you can always trim off any excess.

I cut the metal/card to size with a Stanley knife and placed it into the folder before running through my Big Shot Plus machine 




I used Black Soot Distress Paint moving quickly over the entire embossed area (any acrylic paint will work for this technique) the Distress Paint is just easier and less messy to apply. Before the paint starts to dry I took a piece of kitchen roll and wiped most of it away. I accelerated the drying time using my heat tool before using a kitchen scouring pad to remove much of the paint from the raised surface using circular motions, this also polishes the metal to bring back the shine.


All that is left to do is to mount the metal onto the frame and insert your chosen photo. Hard to believe this little monster is 18 years old....where does it go!


Let's move onto leather. This is a technique I developed after looking at some beautiful spanish leather wall coverings at a place called Plas Newydd in my home town of Llangollen. I wanted to mimic that rich, deep emboss using paper and this is the nearest I have come so far.

I started by taking a piece of kraft card slightly larger than my chosen frame before scrunching it into a ball repeatedly until it was covered in cracks and creases much like a piece of leather would appear. Next, I used my picture frame as a template to mark out my area before cutting to size using a craft knife.
The next stage was the inking of the folder, I used a StazOn Timber Brown ink pad because for this technique, I prefer the way that solvent ink pads transfer from the folder but feel free to explore other alternatives. I placed the card frame against the clean side of the folder and closed it carefully before passing through the Big Shot Plus debossing and transferring the ink at the same time.

The surface of the leather that I was using for reference is a rich mixture of tones but I didn't want to overdo it so I restricted myself to Wild Honey Distress Ink to add a little warmth. I used my sponge applicator in a random fashion brushing gently over the surface. Next, I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink applied with a tiny piece of Cut-n-Dry foam. I worked around the embossed detail to enhance the effect.


Before mounting onto the frame with double sided tape I used a little Walnut Stain Distress Ink around the perimeter. Be very careful with the darker colours and apply gently to begin, building up the depth gradually. The little monster is magically transformed into a little angel for this picture, funny how they are either one or the other with no grey area in between?

See you all next week!


Friday, 3 April 2015

star shaped treasure box tutorial









Hi there,

i hope you are celebrating a wonderful great easter with your family.

If you need a little break between egg hunting, family cake parties and easter dinner
i have a little tutorial for you...

I made a little star shaped treasure box for you...







First i made four stars using the second largest die of the Sizzix Framelits Die Set Stars (#657567).
One side of a ray measures 3cm - this measure we need later.














Than i embossed one of the stars with dots using the Sizzix Textured Impressions 
Embossing Folders Houndstooth & Stars Set (#659745)

Than i added watercolor...
















During the watercolor dries i built the box.

I cut a strip of paper, 31 cm long
(5 rays with two sides - each 3 cm - makes 30 cm... + 1 cm for fixing)
and 5 cm wide (left and right 1 cm for fixing).

Every 3 cm i fold the paper strip...and i clip small triangles for making the fixing straps.
















Than i glued one of the remaining stars to the strip.



























Then i used the third largest die and the third star for building a framed star..
I laid it on the box and marked the overlaping paper.
Then i cropped it and fixed the framed star.
















I fold the fourth star and glued two rays on to the box.
Now the other three rays are the lid.
I fixed a small magnet for closing the lid.


















The box is finished.

Decorating time!!!! Remember the first embossed star...
I decorated it with Stamps and leaves and fixed it on the front of the box.



Ready....



















Material:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine (#660020)
Sizzix Framelits Die Set Stars (#657567)
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Houndstooth & Dots Set (#659745)
Sizzix Bigz Die - Garden Greens (#659436)


Happy crafting
Stephanie

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Hallo ihr Lieben,

heute habe ich ein kleines Tutorial für euch.
Eine sternförmige Geschenkbox.

Ihr braucht:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine (#660020)
Sizzix Framelits Die Set Stars (#657567)
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Houndstooth & Dots Set (#659745)
Sizzix Bigz Die - Garden Greens (#659436)
Cardstock in weiß
Wasserfarbe und Gedöns zum Dekorieren.

Zuerst schneidet ihr euch vier Sterne aus - ich habe den zweitgrößten aus dem Sizzix Framelits Die Set Stars (#657567) genommen. Die Seite eines Strahls ist 3 cm lang - dieses Maß brauchen wir später.

Einen der Sterne embossed ihr mit den Pünktchen aus dem Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Houndstooth & Stars Set (#659745).
Ich habe das Ganze dann noch mit Wasserfarbe bepinselt.

Während die Farbe trocknet, schneidet ihr euch einen Streifen Papier aus.
Der muss 31 x 5 cm sein (die 3 cm von vorhin x 10 Seiten + 1 cm Klebefläche).

Den Streifen faltet ihr alle 3 cm und schneidet euch kleine Dreiecke in den Rand um die
Klebelaschen zu fertigen.

Dann klebt ihr einen der restlichen Sterne an eurem Rand fest.
So entsteht schon mal eine kleine Box.

Aus dem dritten Stern macht ihr einen kleinen Rahmen zusammen mit dem drittgrößten Die.

So könnt ihr euch schon mal die überlappenden Papiere der Box abmessen und diese dann
abschneiden.... Dann klebt ihr euch den "Rahmenstern" auf - das sieht schöner aus.

Den vierten Stern faltet ihr nach zwei Strahlen und fixiert diese zwei Strahlen auf der Box.
Die restlichen drei Strahlen sind der Deckel. Ich habe einen kleinen Magneten angesetzt, der die
Box geschlossen hält.

Jetzt geht es ans Dekorieren des embossten Sterns... Blätter, Stempel... was ihr mögt.
Dann klebt ihr den Stern auf die Vorderseite der Box....

Fertig....

Ich wünsche euch viel Spaß beim Nachmachen...

Liebste Grüße
Stephanie