Auzz Trinklets N Crafts: DT Teresa

Showing posts with label DT Teresa. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

DT Teresa - Christmas

Hello Everyone!

December is here and you guessed it! Yes, we are sharing projects to celebrate the Christmas season.

I am not organised enough to have Christmas cards well underway, so I usually choose one or two (or a few!) designs and create them production-line style. I keep mostly to a simple design to speed up the process and it is a simple card design I have for you today.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110# 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 WPlus9 Holiday Trimmings stamp set and coordinating dies and each christmas tree was stamped with three Altenew inks. To create an ombre affect I inked up the stamp with the lightest tone and then covered the bottom of the image with a medium tone, then added the dark tone to the base of the image before stamping.

The decorative element of the tree was stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with Hero Arts silver embossing powder after swiping the cardstock with EK Tools Powder Tool to prep the surface. The sentiment was also stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with Ranger Embossing Powder, White was then diecut with the coordinating die with a Sizzix Sidekick Machine. I adhered the sentiment with foam tape to complete the card.

Thankyou for following along with me today. 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 110# Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon Bone Folder

WPlus9 Holiday Trimmings

Altenew inks - Sea Breeze, Turquoise, Tide Blue

Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Lagoon

Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris

Mocha

Versamark ink

Hero Arts silver embossing powder

EK Tools Powder Tool

Ranger Embossing Powder, White

Sizzix Sidekick Machine

Thursday, November 9, 2017

DT Teresa - Pets and Animals

Hello!

November is bringing Pets and Animals projects to you from the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts blog. I decided to pull out a stamp set I have had here for a few months and had not yet had a chance to use.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110# 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 Simon Says Stamp Cardstock in the colours Seaglass, Green Apple and Green Leaf for the sky, grass and tree foliage.

The dies used were Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Borders, Puffy Clouds Borders and Grassy Hillside Borders. The tree trunks were coloured with Copic Markers E17 and E 79.

The cat was stamped in Altenew Inks, Paper Bag and Dark Chocolate from Altenew Modern Cats and the grass clumps were stamped from an older set, My Favorite Things Modern Blooms.

The sentiment was also from Altenew Modern Cats stamp set, stamped in Versamark Ink and twice embossed with Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.

I embellished the card using Ranger Liquid Pearls in Ruby Red and Tonic Studios Nuvo Drops in Simply White.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products Used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110# Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon Bone Folder
Simon Says Stamp Cardstock, Seaglass, Green Apple, Green Leaf
Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Borders
Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds Borders
Lawn Fawn Grassy Hillside Borders
Copic Markers - E17, E 79
Altenew Ink - Paper Bag, Dark Chocolate
Altenew Modern Cats
My Favorite Things Modern Blooms
Versamark Ink
Ranger Embossing Powder - Liquid Platinum
Ranger Liquid Pearls - Ruby Red
Tonic Studios Nuvo Drops - Simply White

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

DT Teresa - All About The Men

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our month of celebrating All About The Men!

I think many of us struggle with creating a masculine themed card and hopefully we can provide you with some inspiration throughout September here on the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts blog.

Bold and graphic are elements I think of when it comes to a masculine design. I kept things fairly simple here as the stamp really does all the work for me on this card.

This card uses Neenah Classic Crest 110# 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".

The Concord & 9th turnabout stamps are a revelation. I used the Concord & 9th Triangle Turnabout stamp on this card and it was so fun to play with. There is a little bit of prep to using these stamps, so be sure to check out the You Tube video they have on their channel to learn what you need to do.

I may have mentioned this before, but for all the fabulous techniques that can be done with Ranger Distress Oxide Inks, I simply love stamping with them! For this background I used Wild Honey (yum!), Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans and Fired Brick. I stamped with a MISTI onto a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Neenah Classic Crest 80# Smooth Solar White Cardstock piece and trimmed it down to

4 1/8" x 5 1/2" to fit the card front, bar a sliver on the right where I placed a strip of Simon Says Stamp 100# Soft Navy Cardstock.

I used the same cardstock to cut a strip for the sentiment and the top piece of the 'stars' word die. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark Ink from My Favorite Things Written in the Stars and heat embossed with Ranger Embossing Powder, White after swiping the cardstock with EK Tools Powder Tool to prep the surface.

I then diecut the word 'stars' with the Sizzix Big Shot Machine from My Favorite Things Shining Stars using Neenah Classic Crest 80# Smooth Solar White Cardstock and stacked these together using Ranger Multi Medium Matte, placing the navy piece on top and adhering to the card. I then adhered the sentiment strip above and the card was complete.

Perhaps it is unconventional to have not included some stars on my card, but sometimes unexpected can be fun. What do you think?

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products Used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110# Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon Bone Folder
Concord & 9th Triangle Turnabout stamp
Ranger Distress Oxide Inks - Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans, Fired Brick
MISTI
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Smooth Solar White Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp 100# Soft Navy Cardstock
Versamark Ink
My Favorite Things Written in the Stars
EK Tools Powder Tool
Ranger Embossing Powder, White
Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Thursday, August 10, 2017

DT Teresa - Animals

Hello everyone!

This month we are sharing projects featuring animals on the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts blog. Many companies have brilliant creature stamps and Neha has numerous styles of animal stamps in the store, from Katzelkraft critters to Clearly Besotted beasties to Lawn Fawn fauna - you are sure to find something to suit your style!

Today I am again working with stamps from one of my favourite companies, My Favorite Things.

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 die cut a frame with a Sizzix Big Shot Machine from My Favorite Things Dienamics Stitched Cover-Up Companion - Vertical four times from Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock and adhered these together on top of each other using Ranger Multi Medium Matte. I stamped the sentiment from the new My Favorite Things Happy Hippos on the centre of the frame with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and then adhered the frame to the card base.

I used the same die to cut a small rectangle piece from My Favorite Things Calm & Cozy Chevron 6x6 Paper Pack to fit inside the bottom rectangle of the frame. I first adhered it to one piece of Neenah cardstock left over from the frames I cut earlier and adhered it in place to the card base. I then diecut a piece of Simon Says Stamp 100lb Cardstock - Green Apple with Lawn Fawn Stitched Mountain Borders and a piece of Simon Says Stamp 100lb Cardstock - Seaglass with the same die. I pieced these together, adhering them to one larger rectangle piece of Neenah cardstock from the top of the frame. I then cut away the overhanging pieces of coloured cardstock with Tim Holtz Kushgrip Scissors and placed the rectangle back into the larger rectangle of the frame and ran it through the Sizzix Bigshot Machine again in order to have the stitched edge on the rectangle piece. I adhered this in place onto the card base.

I cut the sun from the Simon Says Stamp 100lb Cardstock - Sunshine with the Mama Elephant Stitched Sky die set and trimmed the rays off a little at the top and on the right using a mini guillotine, similar to the Tonic Studio guillotine. This enabled me to tuck it snugly into the corner inside the frame.

I then stamped the hippo, birds and balloons from the My Favorite Things Happy Hippos in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, using my Misti Stamping Tool onto X-Press It Blending card. I coloured these using Copic Markers and cut each image using a Brother Scan n Cut as I did not have the coordinating dies on hand. I placed these onto the card using 3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape to add dimension.

I completed the card by adding Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins - 4mm and 6mm.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products Used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon Bone Folder

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

My Favorite Things Stitched Cover-Up Companion - Vertical

Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

My Favorite Things Happy Hippos

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

My Favorite Things Calm & Cozy Chevron 6x6 Paper Pack
Simon Says Stamp 100lb Cardstock - Green Apple
Lawn Fawn Stitched Mountain Borders
Simon Says Stamp 100lb Cardstock - Seaglass
Tim Holtz Kushgrip Scissors
Simon Says Stamp 100lb Cardstock - Sunshine
Mama Elephant Stitched Sky
Mini guillotine
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Misti Stamping Tool
X-Press It Blending card
Copic Markers - R20, W3, W5, W7, W9, Y08, Y17, YG17, YG25, YR15
Brother Scan n Cut

3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape

Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins - 4mm and 6mm

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

DT Teresa - Play To Your Strengths 2

Hello! I hope this mid-week day finds you well.

I have another interactive card to share today, a design feature determined as a strength of mine. Playing to our strengths is the theme for the Auzz Trinklets and Crafts blog this month.

I cut two pieces of Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and squirt some Ken Oliver Color Burst powders across the cardstock - Ultramarine Blue at the top, Pthalo Green in the middle and Violet along the bottom and squirted water over the powder using a Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer to spread the colour. I dried the piece off with a Wagner Heat Tool and die cut the pieces using the scalloped rectangle frame from My Favorite Things Blueprints 27 using a Sizzix Bigshot machine.

I took the My Favorite Things Slider Channel Builder and made a modified cut in the middle of one of the coloured cardstock pieces. I did this by using the largest die and running it through with the end of the die hanging outside of the plates so it would not cut through the cardstock. I then turned it around and repeated this on the other side, leaving a smaller rectangle with curved corners. This gave me my window. I reserved the positive rectangle for the card assembly. I stamped the sentiment 'have a magical day' from the Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends in Versamark ink with a Misti stamping tool and embossed it with Ranger Embossing Powder, White with my heat tool.

From the second piece of coloured cardstock I cut a piece across the middle using the same die as above to give me the piece to slide in and out of the window. As it was similarly coloured, it does not look out of place on the finished card. I used an EK Tools Powder Tool to prep the surface of this piece, ensuring embossing powder would not stick to where it was not desired. I stamped the sentiment 'waving hello' from the stamp set Lawn Fawn Mermaid for You using the same instructions as above.

I then stamped numerous images from the Lawn Fawn Mermaid for You stamp set, the copic coloured images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It Blending Card and the solid images in Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks and cut these out using the corresponding dies. To assemble the card, I cut three of each of the remaining dies in the My Favorite Things Slider Channel Builder set of dies and stacked each of these, adhering them together with Ranger Multi Medium Matte. I then adhered these around, above and below the window on the back of the coloured piece of Bristol cardstock. I adhered this to the card base and then adhered the reserved piece ('have a magical day') inside the window to the card base also. I slid the large coloured diecut piece in on the right hand side of the card. This slides in and out easily as the piece has plenty of clearance with the three layers of die cuts under the window piece.

I then cut two shortened fish tail pieces from Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock with a die from My Favorite Things Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax, the perfect width for the slider piece, so I adhered these as a handle and stamped the 'slide me' from Lawn Fawn Push Here stamp set in Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink.

I adhered all the images, some with Ranger Multi Medium Matte and others with 3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape. The narwhal in particular, was adhered with foam tape as this prevents the slider piece from escaping the card when opened. I finished by adding Zig Wink of Stella to parts of the images, unfortunately difficult to photograph.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Products Used:

Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon Bone Folder

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper

Ken Oliver Color Burst powders - Ultramarine Blue, Pthalo Green, Violet

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

Wagner Heat Tool

My Favorite Things Blueprints 27

Sizzix Bigshot machine

My Favorite Things Slider Channel Builder

Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends

Versamark ink

Misti stamping tool

Ranger Embossing Powder, White

EK Tools Powder Tool

Lawn Fawn Mermaid For You

Copic Markers - 0, BG11, BG13, BG15, E000, E00, E02, E35, E50, E53N0, N02, N04, R20, RV21, RV23, RV25, Y26, Y28, Y32, YG21, YG25, YR12, YR14, YR15, V01, V04, V06, V12

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

X-Press It Blending Card
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks - Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade, Faded Jeans
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Solar White Cardstock
My Favorite Things Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax
Lawn Fawn Push Here
3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape
Zig Wink of Stella

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

DT Teresa - Play To Your Strengths

Hello!

This month on the blog we are each 'playing to our strengths'. I have chosen to feature interactive card designs; they are so much fun to create and receive!

I die cut numerous copies of the claw machine with Lawn Fawn You're Claw-some Lawn Cuts from Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock, 15-16 in all, with a Sizzix Bigshot Machine. I took a negative from one of the diecut pieces and used it as a template to line up in the bottom left corner of my MISTI stamping tool. I then took one of the claw machine diecuts, inserted it into the template, lined up the claw machine stamp from Lawn Fawn You're Claw-some and closed the door of the MISTI, picking up the stamp. I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, removed the die cut and replaced it with the next blank diecut. I repeated this until all the die cuts were stamped.

I coloured the inside of the claw machine, the teddies and around them with Copic markers, this being the base layer. I then took 10 or so of these diecuts, cut the inside of the claw machine away, using a Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Design Ruler and a craft knife. I coloured only one of these pieces for the top layer of the claw machine. I used a die from Lawn Fawn, Slide on Over to cut a space for the My Favorite Things Slider Element to sit, into every one of the claw machine die cuts - apart from the base and top pieces. I stamped the hearts from Lawn Fawn, You're Claw-some along the top section of the machine on the top layer die cut.

I proceeded to adhere these pieces together with Ranger Multi Medium Matte, lining them up carefully. The sides of the diecut are so slim, but as I built the layers, the shape gained integrity and was not so delicate. The remaining stamped dies were cut to allow the claw to slide along the top of the machine, attached to the Slider Element by a small piece of cardstock, the mechanism hidden by the top layer. I adhered these and placed the hook with Slider Element into place. I considered placing some shaker items into the space, but realised this would compromise the slider from running smoothly as they would get in the way, so decided against this. I then adhered a sheet of acetate to cover the area so it would resemble a glassed in claw machine and adhered the top layer to the machine.

To assemble the card, I diecut two rectangles with a die from My Favorite Things Blueprints 21 from Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock and one from a sheet of designer paper from Lawn Fawn, Perfectly Plaid, Fall 6x6". I placed one of the Neenah rectangles and the plaid rectangle piece one on top of the other and cut them diagonally with my paper trimmer. I then adhered matching pieces of the rectangle onto the second Neenah rectangle, coloured the top Neenah piece with a copic marker and I stamped the sentiment from Lawn Fawn, You're Claw-some onto this piece before adhering it directly onto the card base. I placed the claw machine onto the card, added Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops - Glitter, Blue Lagoon onto the stamped hearts and Ranger Glossy Accents onto the joy stick controls and around the drop zone of the machine.