Splendid Collection Calendar Gift!

Good morning Scrap Shotz friends!! It's Karla here today with a look at the beautiful calendar gift we made in last week's Facebook Live using the gorgeous Splendid Collection and the sweet Mini Taylored Expressions calendars Set! If you got the beautiful May Kit Club featuring the Paige Evan's Splendid Collection you'll be able to use products from the kit! And you can also find them in the Scrap Shotz Store! This will look beautiful in your own house as a piece of home decor! And since you get 10 Mini Taylored Expressions calendars in the set, you'll be able to make lots for lovely gift sets for your friends, family, teachers and more!

Here's a look at January through June, embellished with stickers from the Sticker Book and 6x12 Accent Sticker Sheet. I kept the finished piece flat, but if you were adding it to a shadowbox frame or a frame without the glass you could add several layers of dimension!

This is July through December. I pulled out some of my older Vicki Boutin Sticker Sheets from the Color Study Collection as well. Any small phrase and sentiment stickers work great for this type of project!

There are so many ways you can display these calendars - choose any 4x6" frame, give them with photos for each month, put them in a travellers notebook, on a scrapbook page or in a pocket page - before or after you've displayed each month! And the embellishment ideas are endless!

Watch the Video on Facebook where you can see just how these calendar cards came together! Plus you get to see some new goodies close up!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Scrap Shotz Facebook page this Thursday at 1pm mst for a Live Demo by the beautiful Rosie! 

Have a happy, crafty summer!!

Three Easy Birthday Cards!

Hello Scrap Shotz Friends!

Rosie here to share some very easy birthday cards with you but first, how are you all doing? Our schools and all non-essential businesses are shut down so we are working hard to "flatten the curve".

We trust you are all keeping safe and healthy and a big thank you and hugs to all those who are on the front lines from the first responders, to the nurses and doctors in the clinics and hospitals, to the friendly voices at the other end of the phone of 311, 811, 911 whatever the emergency/covid information number is in your area!

I am using some great Taylored Expression products which make cards simple and easy to create.

I used the following products to create these cards:

The Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Stamp Set Background, Taylored Expressions-Simple Strips Die, Taylored Expressions-Simple Strips Backer Die and Hero Arts Wish Big Peek-a-Boo Parts Stamp Set (there will be future projects on the blog using this set so subscribe to make sure you don't miss them :) )

In the back of my mind I had decided to cut a rainbow selection of card stock using the Simple Strips Backer Die:

Prior to cutting the coloured card stock, I stamped the sentiments with the Simple Strips Background Stamp Set in Gina K Amalgam Jet Black ink:

After stamping, I die cut the sentiments with the matching Simple Strips Die:

And in one die cut pass you have 18 various sentiments to use...you can also find:

Christmas sentiments

Birthday sentiments 

Friend sentiments

Sympathy sentiments

You can stamp all the above sentiments and die cut with the same die!

There is now a Simple Strips Backer Die which creates a banner "mat" behind each sentiment so you cut 18 "mats" all at the same time with the die.

I used the die with card stock in rainbow colours. You will need to use extended cutting plates as this die measures approximately 8 1/4". Your cutting machine may come with an extended base but not plates.

I created my first card by just laying out die cut strips in rainbow order:

Then I picked out the sentiment I wanted to use and the corresponding die cut mat, embellished with a few Studio Katia sequins and here is the final result:

For this next card I stamped the Hero Arts-Wish Big Peek-A-Boo Parts stamp on white card stock in Gina K Amalgam Jet Black Ink:

Happy Birthday is stamped from the Hero Arts set and the banners are cut in half to create a "wreath" around the sentiment.

Once the banner pieces are adhered with liquid glue, I add foam adhesive to pop up the sentiment.

 A few Studio Katia gems from my stash finish this card off.

This final card, also uses Simple Strips Backer Die cuts for the card front which shows how versatile this die is as the die cuts can be used on their own to create a background or mat stamped sentiments.

I alternated the die cut strips and easily matted the die cut sentiment with the matching die cut. I added some sparkle and shine with bling from my stash.

March Scrapshotz Kit - Pinkfresh Studio My Favorite Story - Take 2

 

Pastel rainbows and blooms! This pretty line of paper makes you long for spring! On this layout I used the rainbow to write my journaling. Under the matted photo, I put a trio of the lovely tags and at the bottom is a bit of popped up ephemera. A few enamel dots spread over the page and it was complete. 

For my second layout, I found this older photo of my granddaughter and had to laugh! Since we are social-distancing and self-isolating, the world is worried about having enough toilet paper. This toilet paper pile is pure gold right now! I used a couple of frames to do my journaling in, and popped one on top of the other.

There is a cascade of blooms mixed with chipboard circles down the diagonal of the page and I used plenty of pop dots to give it dimension.

 

And finally, the cards from the scraps! I love using left over bits of ephemera and scraps of leftover patterned paper to create cards for my stash.

This one is just a tag embellished with a few drops of Nuvo Crystal Drops.

This happy card was created by stamping the sentiment from the Stamping Village Happy Birthday set (available here!) right on a leftover tag, then adding a bow of binding tape and some enamel dots. I colored the hearts with a watercolor pen.

These cards used leftover paper blooms from the kit with a frame on one and the other highlighted with Nuvo drop centers. These cards will work for any event.

This card used another pretty frame and I used a greeting from the Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips Stamp Set Birthday.  These sentiments, along with the dies and the backer dies, are made in advance and stored for quick card making! Taylored Expressions has a few different sets that are cut with the same dies. Love them!!! 

Thanks for stopping by for a look at my kit projects. Be well and safe, everyone!

Taylored Expressions| Poinsettia & Pine

Hello All! 

Rosie back with a couple more Taylored Expressions Christmas cards, featuring the Ponsettia and Pine stencil. 

First up is a card front stencilled with Nuvo Glacier Paste in Frostbite and the Ponsettia & Pine stencil over navy (admiral) bazzil card stock.

I taped the stencil to the back of the card stock to hold it in place while I applied the paste, then removed the stencil and set the card stock aside to dry.

Make sure you clean the stencil right away or at least place it in warm water until you can wash it off. The paste likes to stick to the stencil.

The sentiment is from the Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Christmas stamp set which is a genius stamp in combination with the coordinating die. It stamps 18 sentiments all at once which can then be die cut all at the same time with the matching die, such a time saver!!! 

I kept this card simple adding just the embossed sentiment strip and Autumn Red Nuvo Crystal Drops.

This card combines the Poinsettia and Pine stencil, Pine Clippings die and Christmas Simple Strips.

I inked white card stock with Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink and then used my heat tool to dry it.

Next I inked the stencil with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink. The pine boughs are cut out of glitter white card stock with the TE Pine Clippings die and adhered to the card front with liquid adhesive once it was dry.

A sentiment strip adhered with foam adhesive over the area the pine boughs are layered and a few Autumn Red Nuvo Crystal Drops complete the card. So easy to create different looks with one stencil!

Thanks for stopping by!

Fluffy Friends Holiday & Pine Clippings

Hello Scrap Shotz Friends!

Rosie here to share the first couple of holiday cards using Taylored Expressions products.  

I've used the Fluffy Friends stamp set:

Vintage Sled die set:

Simple Strips-Christmas stamp set and Simple Strips Die:

I stamped and die cut a bunch of images all at the same time, you can see by the stamp graphic above that this bear is actually sitting on a sled. I wanted to have him ride the die cut sled so I trimmed the sled portion off. All the images are coloured with Copic markers and I added shading to the sled with an E30 copic marker as well.

I inked the background with yellow, orange, red and navy dye inks from my stash with Taylored Expressions blender brushes.

I then adhered a white glitter card stock die cut hill from my stash, placing the sled on the downhill :).

I added the presents and birdie from the stamp set. The bear was holding a black string in the stamp so I added gold thread attached to the runners to cover that up. The sentiment is from the TE Simple Strips-Christmas stamp set. This coordinates with the Simple Strips die, and gives you 18 Christmas themed sentiments cut in a banner, perfectly sized for each sentiment. Pretty Pink Posh confetti adds some shine as a final touch.

Next up is the Pine Clippings die:

I created a frame around the centre inked portion of the card with silver card stock Pine Clippings die cuts. The centre was inked with Distress Oxide inks in Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn and Lucky Clover. I then inked outside the centre portion with Evergreen Bough and brushed Perfect Pearls Perfect Pearl across the entire surface.

I then embossed the panel with the We R Memory Keepers Gemstone embossing folder. I stamped the Christmas Simple Strips on red card stock with embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder, then cut with the coordinating die.

I finished the card off with Nuvo Glitter Drops in Ruby Slippers.

I'll be back in a few days with a couple more cards.

Thanks for stopping by!