DT Teresa - Mother's Day

Hello Everyone!

Today I am sharing a cheerful card for Mother's Day, our theme for the month of May.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock for the base which is cut with a paper trimmer at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored with a teflon bone folder at 5 1/2" to make a top folding card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

I stamped the Simon Says Stamp Circle Doodle Background in Versamark Ink onto a piece of  5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Strathmore Bristol Cardstock after using the EK Tools Powder Tool to guard against stray embossing powder. I then covered the stamped background with Ranger Clear Embossing Powder and heat set the powder with a Wagner Heat Tool. 

I then chose colours of the rainbow from my collection of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and painted the rings of the circles on the card in ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) order and I threw pink in there too, for good measure! I lay down a small amount of each colour in a ring and then blended out the colour using a Zig Wink of Stella Brush Marker which created a shimmer all over the card. The shine of the embossing powder and shimmer on the colour looks beautiful, but difficult to capture in a photograph.

I die cut butterflies using Pretty Pink Posh Blissful Butterflies Coordinating Dies from the coloured cardstock, once it had dried and with the same die I also cut some butterflies from a black foam sheet using the Sizzix Big Shot Machine. I allowed the foam cut butterflies sit over night to allow them to bounce back into shape after being compressed in the Bigshot Machine before adhering them to the bottom of the coloured butterflies with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.

I cut a triangle away from the coloured piece and adhered it with Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller to the bottom of the left hand side of the card front and cut a strip of Simon Says Stamp Cardstock in Doll Pink and two thin black cardstock strips to run down the length of the triangle. On to the pink strip, I stamped the sentiment from Clearly Besotted Message Me in Versamark Ink and embossed it with Ranger Embossing Powder, White and placed the three strips on to the card front using Ranger Multi Medium Matte. I placed Auzz Trinklets N Crafts Dew Drops 6mm on either side of the sentiment, again using Ranger Multi Medium Matte, which is not at all visible under the clear domes once it has dried. The foam-raised butterflies were then placed onto the card front. 

To complete the card, I cut black cardstock into a card front-sized rectangle from My Favorite Things Blueprints 16 with the Sizzix Bigshot and then lay the rectangle die from My Favorite Things Blueprints 13, ensuring it was centred onto the larger die cut rectangle and ran it through the Bigshot once again. This left me with a narrow frame which I glued onto the card as a finishing touch.

Thankyou for following along with me today. Please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder
Simon Says Stamp Circle Doodle Background
Versamark Ink
Strathmore Bristol Cardstock
EK Tools Powder Tool
Ranger Embossing Powder, Clear
Wagner Heat Tool
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, 60 pack
   No. 022 Carmine Red
   No. 070 Orange
   No. 050 Yellow
   No. 041 Light Green
   No. 031 Cobalt Blue
   No. 030 Blue
   No. 081 Light Violet
   No. 025 Pink
Zig Wink of Stella Brush Marker
Pretty Pink Posh Blissful Butterflies Coordinating Dies
Black foam sheet
Sizzix Big Shot Machine
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Kokuyo Glue Tape Roller, Permanent
Simon Says Stamp Cardstock, Doll Pink
Black Cardstock
Clearly Besotted Message Me
Ranger Embossing Powder, White
Auzz Trinklets N Crafts Dew Drops, 6mm
My Favorite Things Blueprints 16
My Favorite Things Blueprints 13

DT Teresa - Shabby Chic 2

Hello! 

I have another shabby chic project to share with you today, catching up now! 

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock for the base which is cut with a paper trimmer at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored with a teflon bone folder at 5 1/2" to make a top folding card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

I used the scalloped frame from My Favorite Things Blueprints 20 to place on the card base, moving it slightly above the fold of the card to create a top folding scalloped base card once it was run through the Sizzix Bigshot. I then used the same frame die to cut a piece from Simon Says Stamp cardstock in Audrey Blue and adhered this to the partially scalloped card base. This covered the top fold of the card base - as the frame die was moved above the card base before cutting to retain the fold, the edge was flat. Using the coloured cardstock allowed the opportunity for a complete scalloped card front. Using Versamark Ink, I stamped a floral image from The Ton Fresh Cut Dahlias stamp set numerous times onto the card, providing a subtle background.

I used Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock and stamped various images from Hero arts Color Layering Bird and Branch and WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals to create my own patterned cardstock piece. Altenew Inks provided a wonderful feminine, pastel pallet using Frosty Pink, Buttercream, Frayed Leaf and Peach Perfect. From this I cut a teapot, teapot lid and teacup from My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party and placed aside. 

I then die cut multiple (7-8) tea pots, lids, teacups and (42-48) sugar cubes with the dies from plain white cardstock and adhered the pieces together using Ranger Multi Medium Matte to make sturdy embellishments. Before adding the top stamped piece of the tea pot lid and tea cup I cut away a small area of the plain adhered pieces with my Tim Holtz scissors to allow the pieces to sit flush over the top of the teapot. I then added the top piece and glued the teapot, lid, cup and sugar cubes into place using Ranger Ink Multi Medium Matte.

After brushing over the area to be stamped with an EK Tools powder tool, the sentiment stamp from My Favorite Things Cookie Crumbs was cut apart and stamped in Versamark Ink with my MISTI stamping tool. I used Hero Arts white embossing powder for a stand out sentiment, paired with a Wagner Heat Tool.

I die cut a spoon with My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party from a silver foiled piece a had previously made from Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil using a Heidi Swapp Minc Machine. I cut away the lower half of the spoon and placed the handle section against the top of the teacup, adhering it to the card base and giving the illusion of it sitting inside the cup.

The sugar cubes were then swiped with the wonderful Zig Wink of Stella in Clear to provide a shimmer and a sparkle! Finally, I placed some lovely fabric flowers onto the teapot. An elegant, feminine card is the result and would make a great Mother's Day card also.

Thankyou for following along with me today. Please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa


Products used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder

My Favorite Things Blueprints 20

Sizzix Bigshot Machine

Simon Says Stamp cardstock in Audrey Blue

Versamark Ink

The Ton Fresh Cut Dahlias 

Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Hero Arts Color Layering Bird and Branch

WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals

Altenew Ink Frosty Pink

Altenew Ink Buttercream

Altenew Ink Frayed Leaf

Altenew Ink Peach Perfect

My Favorite Things Dienamics Tea Party

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Tonic Scissors by Tim Holtz

EK Tools powder tool

My Favorite Things Cookie Crumbs

MISTI stamping tool

Ranger white embossing powder

Wagner Heat Tool

Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil in Silver

Heidi Swapp Minc Machine

Zig Wink of Stella in Clear

Fabric flowers

DT Teresa - Shades of Green

Hello Everyone!

Today I am sharing a card to suit our theme for March, Shades of Green.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock for the base which is cut with a paper trimmer at 4 ¼" x 11" and scored with a teflon bone folder at 5 ½" to make a top folding card of 5 ½" x 4 ¼".

I began by 'smooshing' four Distress Ink Pads (Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn) onto a Ken Oliver Best Ever Craft Mat side by side and squirted the ink with a little water from a Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Bottle a few times. I took a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock cut at 5 ½" x 4 ¼" and tapped it into the ink, allowing the ink to spread over the paper. When it was entirely covered, I set it aside to air dry. I quickly cleaned the ink from the mat easily with a cloth - paper towel would also work well.

I opted to create a whale (a long time favourite beastie) for my focal point as the background was reminiscent of a sea spray - albeit green - so I chose the Lawn Fawn Narwhal and Friends die set for this card. I used Bazzill coloured cardstock from my stash to create this happy fellow with his spout. Such a cutie isn't he?!

I used a die from My Favorite Things Blueprints 27 and cut a bright green piece of Bazzill cardstock from my stash with my Sizzix Bigshot Machine. I stamped the sentiment from My Favorite Things Twice the Wishes in Versamark ink onto this piece after using anti-static powder to prevent stray embossing powder from adhering in unwanted places, using my MISTI stamping tool. I then poured Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder onto the stamped sentiment and heated it with a Wagner heat tool.

Once the watercolour piece was dry, I used the Sizzix Bigshot Machine and diecut the cardstock with the My Favorite Things Peek-a-Boo Polka Dots background die. I attempted to leave as many dots in place as possible to keep them in order as I wanted to place them onto the card base as they appeared on the previously uncut piece. I placed foam dots onto each and every dot that stayed in place and removed the backing paper from the foam dots before lining up the watercolor piece with the card base and adhering the dots in place. I left the piece holding the dots in place and proceeded to place foam dots onto the 'escapee' dots and then puzzle pieced them into their respective holes. Once they were all laid onto the card base, I removed the negative piece. I plan to use this on a future card.

I doubled the height of the sentiment and whale diecuts using two layers of foam dots and adhered them in place and the card was complete.

Thankyou for following along with me today. Please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day! 

Teresa

Products used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper Trimmer

Teflon Bone Folder

Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink Pad

Lucky Clover Distress Ink Pad

Twisted Citron Distress Ink Pad

Mowed Lawn Distress Ink Pad

Ken Oliver Best Ever Craft Mat

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Bottle

Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock

Lawn Fawn Narwhal and Friends

Bazzill coloured cardstock

My Favorite Things Blueprints 27

Sizzix Bigshot Machine

My Favorite Things Twice the Wishes

Anti-static powder

Versamark ink

MISTI stamping tool

Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder 

Wagner heat tool

My Favorite Things Peek-a-Boo Polka Dots Dienamics

Foam dots

DT Clarinda - Romance 2nd post

Hello Everyone!!

It is DT Clarinda here with my second contribution for February. This months theme is Romance. So with that in mind, it is my 20th wedding anniversary next month so I thought I would take this opportunity to make my hubby an anniversary card to celebrate.

Here are a couple of photos that show most of the items I used. I will list them all at the end of the post.

I began by stamping the image (whimsy stamps - bird swing) onto watercolour paper using Memento angel pink ink so that the image would have a 'no lines' finished look. I then painted the image using Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours - I have many different watercolour sets, but this is by far my favourite. The background was painted using a wash of Lindys colour spray - Merci beaucoup mint.

I then ran this through the bigshot using a circle die. I cut a frame using a round rose frame die (unbranded)  and glued them to my backing sheet which came from the Magnolia Lane paper collection from ultimate crafts. The large pink flowers started out white. I used the wicking method to colour them with bubblegum pink dylusions ink spray and then added glossy accents to the petals and rubbed them in ultrafine glitter.

I like to adhere bulky items to cards and LO's using the Finnabair 3D matte gel. It dries clear but flexible so will not crack off if the card is bent. I cut a small piece of cheesecloth and died it with Lindys stamp gang spray in curiouser chartreuse. I also edged the yellow flowers using Dr PH Martins Bombay ink in white.  I then stuck it all down.

I finished it off by inking all the edges in Versa Magic chalk ink - Persimmon and Oasis Green and Kaisercraft ink in Berry and backing it in a matching colour. I then added the words LOVE YOU using washi tape by recollections.

Thank - you for visiting, see you next month.

Clarinda xx

Tools:

• Big shot
• Scotch tape glider
• Acrylic block for stamps
• Stamp - Whimsy stamps - bird swing
• Circle die
• Rose frame die
• Stanley knife and metal ruler
• Aqua brushes

Consumables:

• Color splash watercolor and word washi tape - Recollections
• Tombow clear glue
• Memento ink - Angel pink
• Watercolour paper
• Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours - 36 pan
• Magnolia lane paper pad
• Ultra fine glitter
• Glossy accents by ranger
• Lindys sprays in merci beaucoup mint, curiouser chartreuse and T-bird turquoise
• Dylusions ink spray in bubblegum
• Bombay white india ink by Dr PH Martin
• Versa Magic chalk ink - Persimmon and Oasis Green
•  Kaisercraft ink in Berry
• Finnabair 3D matte gel.

DT Teresa - Romance 2

Hello! I hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's Day yesterday, whether or not you celebrated the day designated for love!

Today I am sharing a card that fits the bill for Romance, our theme for February here on the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts blog.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock for the base which is cut with a paper trimmer at 4 ¼“ x 11” and scored with a teflon bone folder at 5 ½“ to make a top folding card of 5 ½“ x 4 ¼”.

I chose My Favorite Things Cookie Crumbs and the coordinating My Favorite Things Dienamics set You're the Milk to my Cookie for this project.

I used the sprinkles/hundreds and thousands stamp meant for a cookie and stamped it multiple times onto the card base with Altenew Crisp Dye Ink in Frosty Pink. 

The layered frames were die cut from Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles dies. I lined up the outside die with the third largest die to create the first frame and then used the outside die with the second largest die to create the top frame and adhered them together using 3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape and stuck these to the card base with double sided tape.

I cut four milk bottles from Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock and glued them together to create a dimensional piece and did the same with kraft cardstock to create the cookie, using the larger of the two circular dies in the set.

My Heidi Swapp Minc machine then came into action. I foiled Heidi Swapp Minc Sheets using Heidi Swapp Reactive Foil in Light Pink, iCraft Deco Foil in Red and iCraft Deco Foil in Gold. I then used dies from the MFT set to diecut the pieces I needed from the different colours of foil using my Sizzix Big Shot machine. The heart dies came from the Sizzix dies set that coordinate with Tim Holtz's Stampers Anonymous Crazy Things stamp set. The foiled pieces left over, I put away for future projects. I used a shim when cutting the lid for the bottle so the debossing was a little deeper and more obvious. 

I took the label for the milk bottle and heat embossed the word milk from the MFT stamp set using Versamark ink, Hero Arts white embossing powder and Wagner heat tool. Prior to stamping, I used an EK Success Powder Tool on the foil to prevent stray embossing powder from sticking in places I did not want it, then wiped away the powder once the embossing had cooled with a microfibre cloth. I was not sure how the foil would react to the great heat of the tool, but was happy to see that it provided an interesting effect and a wonderful texture. I think I will be using this technique again as it would be perfect for a vintage look. 

I glued all the pieces together and placed them onto the card base using Ranger Multi Medium Matte before stamping and heat embossing the sentiment from the MFT stamp set with Hero Arts white embossing powder onto a strip of black cardstock which I adhered with 3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape. Again, I used the EK Success Powder Tool prior to stamping on the black cardstock, wiping the powder away with a microfibre cloth after the embossing was done.

I showed this to my husband once I had finished and he asked if he could write in it and give it to me. Ha!

Thankyou for following along with me today. Please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day! 

Teresa

Products:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Paper 

Paper trimmer

Teflon bone folder

My Favorite Things Cookie Crumbs

My Favorite Things Dienamics You're the Milk to my Cookie

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink in Frosty Pink

Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles dies

3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape

Double sided tape

Kraft cardstock

Heidi Swapp Minc machine

Heidi Swapp Minc Sheets

Heidi Swapp Reactive Foil in Light Pink

iCraft Deco Foil in Red  

iCraft Deco Foil in Gold

Sizzix Big Shot machine

Sizzix/Tim Holtz dies set Crazy Things

EK Success Powder Tool

Versamark ink

Hero Arts white embossing powder

Microfibre cloth

Wagner heat tool

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

DT Clarinda - Romance

Hi Everyone!!

DT Clarinda here. *waves*  I just want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Denielle for posting my last two posts for me whilst I was away on vacation. I am back now and looking forward to being able to share lots of creations with you.

This months theme is romance, so I have created a lovely little shaker card for valentine' s day. 

This is a photo of the items I used to create the card.  I will make a list below.

Firstly I stamped the Gorjuss image onto some blending paper that I had cut to 10cm square and used copics to colour the image.

I then created the box frame using my scoring board and a piece of white card stock cut 11.5cm square. I cut in diagonally from the corners approx. 1 cm and scored two lines. Fold the card on the scoring lines and stick the image to the base of the frame (if it is a bit tight, just trim it down). 

Then add your shaker items, and cut a piece of acetate to fit on top and secure with double sided tape or glue.

Using a stanley knife and metal ruler, I cut out a frame from red card stock. This I embossed with hearts, rounded the corners and inked the edges. Attach on top of the acetate. I used a white and a pink Kirarina Wink pen to colour odd hearts to help them stand out a bit.

I then cut white cardstock to twice the length, scored and folded that, and rounded off the corners. Glue the frame to the white card being careful to line it up so the frame is sitting to the edge of the card.

Add ribbon around the edge to hide the gaps. Add greeting and flowers to suit.

Inside was very simple, I just layered a white die cut piece of card on top of a red die cut piece of card and stamped with a matching sentiment.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my creation. Below is a list of the products I have used. Many of these are available to purchase from Auzz Trinklets n Krafts or can be ordered in by Neha.

Thank you for visiting.

Clarinda xx

Tools:

• Big shot 
• Cuttlebug heart embossing folder
• Tim holts scissors (medium and small) (love these and have multiple pairs - best scissors available in my opinion :) )
• Stanley knife and metal ruler (I don't use paper trimmers)
• Small scoring board
• Corner rounder
• Scotch tape glider (I love this tool and it's big enough that I don't lose it)
• Acrylic blocks for stamps.
• Gorjuss stamp - the scarf.
• Sentiment stamps. 
• Stitched rectangular die set. (I cut the rectangles then adjusted the paper and sent them through a second time to get squares)

Consumables:

• Tacky glue
• Fast drying glue with precision tip
• Memento ink
• Distress ink (barn door)
• Heart shaped confetti
• Assorted flowers
• White blending paper
• White and red cardstock
• Kirarina Wink pens
• White sharpie pen

Copic colours:

• E -  0000, 000, 11, 21, 23, 31, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 50, 53
• W - 3, 5, 7
• BG - 70, 72, 75, 78
• Colourless blender

DT Teresa - Romance

Welcome to February and our new theme for the month here on the Auzz Trinklets n Crafts blog. This month we are celebrating Romance as it will be Valentine's Day soon enough!

I am sharing a fun shaker card today using Altenew inks and Simon Says Stamp dies with sequins from the Auzz Trinklets n Crafts store. I kept the design simple as the elements stand alone.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Paper for the base which is cut at 4 ¼“ x 11” and scored at 5 ½“ to make a top folding card of 5 ½“ x 4 ¼”.

I used the stitched rectangle die from My Favorite Things Blueprints 13 and cut this from Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Cardstock to create the layer for the shaker.

The cute bunnies are stamped images created with the Simon Says Stamp Bunny Hugs die. I cut these from a Darice Foam sheet using the Sizzix Big Shot Machine.

I placed the stitched rectangle into the lower left corner of my MISTI. I removed the heart from the bunny and put it aside, then put some repositionable adhesive onto one side of the foam bunny and positioned it onto the cardstock where I wanted to stamp the blue bunny, adhesive side facing up. I closed the door of the MISTI, picking up the bunny and inked it up with Altenew Crisp Dye Ink - Ocean Waves. After stamping the blue bunny, I moved the stitched rectangle over to the right by 1 1/4" and leaving it in position, cleaned off the foam with a damp Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy. This time I inked up the foam bunny with Altenew Crisp Dye Ink - Cotton Candy and stamped the image to the left of the blue bunny.

The Simon Says Stamp Heart Smile sentiment was then die cut with the Sizzix Big Shot Machine. After removing all the diecut pieces I adhered a piece of acetate from my stash behind the sentiment with Ranger Multi Medium Matte and used it also to replace the centres of the letters onto the top of the acetate and set it aside to dry.

Once it was dry, I took the Darice Foam Sheet and cut pieces to fit behind the stitched rectangle layer and doubled the pieces, adhering with the Ranger Multi Medium Matte in order to offer height and give the shaker pieces clearance when the card was put together.

I placed the various sequins onto the card base where they would be seen under the sentiment window - Auzz Trinklets N Crafts Star Shape Fillers, Auzz Trinklets n Crafts Shaker Mix Red Salsa and added a touch of blue from my stash. I then used Wonder Tape to secure the layer to the card base. 

I finished off the card by taking the heart from the foam bunny I put aside earlier and coloured it with a Copic marker, R46 and after allowing it to dry, I glued it between the two bunnies, an exchange of love! 

Thankyou for following along with me today; please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets n Crafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.

Happy crafting and have a great day! 

Teresa

Products:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Paper
My Favorite Things Blueprints 13
Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Bunny Hugs
Darice Foam Sheet
Sizzix Big Shot Machine
MISTI Stamping Tool
Altenew Crisp Dye Ink - Ocean Waves
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy
Altenew Crisp Dye Ink - Cotton Candy
Simon Says Stamp Heart Smile
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Auzz Trinklets N Crafts Star Shape Fillers
Auzz Trinklets n Crafts Shaker Mix Red Salsa
Copic marker, R46