Autumn Card

Good Morning.  Our weather has turned to perfect Autumn temperatures which inspired me to create an Autumn card.

I used the Elizabeth Craft Designs Floral Foliage 1 die set which includes the wooden barrel, birdhouse, birds, bare branches and large leaves.  I also used the Floral Greenery 2 and Wild Flower 4 die sets.  

Using a piece of woodgrain design paper the barrel and birdhouse were die cut.  They were layered onto another die white die cut for strength because they were attached with dimensional tape.  Elizabeth Craft Design Soft Finish Cardstock was used for all the die cuts.  Before assembling the barrel, I used a pencil to emphasize the slats.  Then using distress ink, highlighted around each slat.  Tiny black embellishments were glued over the die cut holes in the barrel bands.  The birds were die cut and color sponged on them and attached to the birdhouse.  

The branches were die cut from the Floral Foliage 1 die set and colored using Ranger Mica Spray.  The large Maple Leaves from the same die set were also colored using Mica Sprays.  

The foliage (leafy branches) were die cut using the Floral Greenery 2 die set and colored using Distress Inks. 

The flowers were die cut using the Wild Flower 4 die set.  They were colored with Distress Inks.  I use three of the smallest flower die cuts for each flower.  

The Floral Foliage 1 Die Set is perfect for creating beautiful Autumn Themed cards.

Pink/White Poinsettia

 

Hello.  I love making pretty  Christmas cards using dies.  All the dies, cardstock and stamp used are from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Joyous Christmas Release.

For this card I die cut the doily from the Joyous Ornament-Round die set.  It was attached to a piece of the design paper from the Joyous Christmas Patterned Cardstock pack.  

The Poinsettia was die cut using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Soft Finished White Cardstock and Florals 29 die set.  I used Tim Holtz water colored pencils to color the center of each petal pink.  The leaves were colored using green alcohol markers.

The pretty ornament was die cut using white cardstock and the Joyous Ornament-Stars1 die set.  It was attached to the doily with glue.

The Holly Greenery die set was used to die cut the berry branches and pink styrofoam balls added for the berries.

The Holly Greenery die set was used to die cut the pine branches using the Soft Finished  White Cardstock.  Green ink was sponged on them.

The sentiment, from the Joyous Christmas Stamp Set, was stamped and silver embossed.

Products used to create this card are linked below.  Thank you for visiting my blog.

White Poinsettia

Hello Paper Crafters.  I am still working on completing my Christmas cards.  I am working with the Joyous Christmas release from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Today I decided to use a piece of the gorgeous Joyous Christmas design paper from this collection and use a piece of the cardstock that included a lot of design.   I had fun creating dimensional pieces to go over some of the design in the cardstock.

 Using Elizabeth Craft Design White Soft Finish Cardstock, the poinsettia was created using the Florals 29 die set. A hint of blue was added to the center of the poinsettia to go along with a blue and gold theme.  Gold dimensional elements were added in the center.  The leaves were also die cut using this cardstock and colored using three shades of green alcohol markers.  

Using the Holly Greenery die set, the branch die was used to die cut three berry branches.  White small Styrofoam balls were colored using Indigo Alcohol Ink.  A fine tip black pen was used to press down on the top of each berry.  (The berries were glued to the small circles on the die cut berry branch.)

The Holly Greenery die set was also used to die cut the pine branches.  They were die cut using green cardstock and cut into smaller pieces to glue under the berry branches.

The Joyous Christmas Stamp Set was used for the sentiment.  It was gold embossed on ivory cardstock and die cut using an oval die.  A slightly larger oval die was used to die cut a blue oval.  The sentiment was attached using dimensional dots.  Gold flat backed elements were used to complete the card.

This was a fun card to create using the Joyous Christmas Patterned Cardstock for a beautiful background.

Have you started creating your Christmas cards so you aren't rushed during the holidays?

Pretty Mistletoe

Hello.  Today I have another card designed using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Joyous Christmas Release.

The background paper is from the Joyous Christmas Patterned Cardstock pack.  On the bottom I silver embossed the holly design using the stamp from the Joyous Christmas Stamps.

The Joyous Christmas Ornament-Round die set was used to die cut doily using silver mirror cardstock.  It was attached using dimensional tape.

Four branches of Mistletoe were die cut using Elizabeth Craft White Cardstock and the Holly Greenery Die set and were colored using alcohol markers.  The berries are Styrofoam balls that have been colored using alcohol markers.  A black fine tip pen was used to push down on the top of each berry.  Doing a Google search, I found out Mistletoe berries are usually white but there is a pink variety.

The Holly Greenery Die set was used to die cut the Pine Branches.  They were die cut using green cardstock and brown Pan Pastel was used to color the branch.

Flowers were created using the Florals 30 die set.  They were die cut using white cardstock and in the center I stamped the stamens using Flower Centers-CS330.  Prills were added to the center of each flower.

A silver bow was created and attached under the center flower.  

Joyous Christmas

Hello Paper Crafters.  

Today I have a card designed using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Joyous Christmas release.

The plaid background is a piece of the design paper from the Joyous Christmas Paper Pad.  

Using the Joyous Ornament-Round die set, the large background doily was die cut using gold metallic card stock and the smaller lacey circle was die cut using white cardstock.  

The poinsettia was created using the Florals 29 die set.  The berry branch, holy leaves and pine needles were die cut using the Holly Greenery die set.  The berries were created using small Styrofoam balls that were colored using alcohol ink.  A black fine tip black pen was pushed down on the top of each berry.  The Pine Cones were created using the Pine Cone die set.  The small white flowers were die cut using the Florals 30 die set.  Two die cuts were glued together and a gold flat bead was glued to the center of each flower.  

To tie in with the gold on the card, a gold cold was made using gold twine.

The sentiment is from the Joyous Greetings stamp set.  It was gold embossed on white cardstock and mounted over a piece of gold mirror cardstock.  

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  Below are links to all the products in the Elizabeth Craft Designs Joyous Christmas release.