Challenge Me a Christmas Card with Michelle

Hello!

Today I am sharing a Christmas Card in conjunction with Michelle Lupton, a fabulous cardmaker and friend. She has a series of challenge cards she has been sharing with other crafters over the past week, so please take a look at her blog (found below) to see the many wonderful creations!

Today Michelle and I have been tasked with sharing a silver-themed Christmas Card. Silver is often elegant, so with this in mind I went about my creation.

I used Sizzix Framelits with Stamp, Manger and diecut an oval from the bauble shape to set the heat embossed scene behind and heat embossed the background of the card using My Favorite Things Radiating Rays stencil. The diecut bauble, ribbon and W Plus 9 Hand Lettered Holiday sentiment were cut from glitter cardstock to which I added glitter thread and a smattering of bling!

I attached the bauble with sticky dot adhesive so that it can be removed from the card and hung on a Christmas tree to be enjoyed for years to come. 

Thankyou Michelle for having me join you in your Christmas Card Challenge! To check out Michelle's card, click here.

Happy crafting and have a great day!

Teresa

Pets and Animals - November DT Project

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.

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
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

Rainbows - October DT Project 2

Hi There!

We are celebrating all that is colourful this month at Auzz Trinklets and Crafts and I have created a happy 'Rainbow' themed card once again.

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 a paper found in the My Favorite Things Party Pattern Paper Pack and backed it with black cardstock before adhering to the card base.

The phone die from Lawn Fawn Selfie Frames was cut from silver foil cardstock and layered with 5 pieces of white cardstock to form a solid frame, using Ranger Multi Medium Matte. The heart was diecut from the Lawn Fawn Magic Slider die set and cut from Yupo Paper that I ran through a Sizzix Sidekick Machine. I coloured the Yupo Paper with Tim Holtz Adirondack Brights Alcohol Ink with each of the colours in rainbow order. I dripped some colour onto the middle of a piece of Yupo cut at 3 1/2" x 5" - first the Watermelon, then Sunset Orange into the middle of the red, as it pushed out the colour, then Sunshine Yellow, again into the middle of the orange, then Citrus followed by Sail Boat Blue and Purple Twilight applied in the same manner.

I adhered the heart with 3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape. The hello sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider die set was cut from silver glitter cardstock and I stacked the die four times with white cardstock then attached it to the heart, surrounding it with a few small hearts cut from the silver foil cardstock cut with a die from Concord & 9th Happy Balloons die set. 

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
My Favorite Things Party Pattern Paper Pack
Black cardstock
Lawn Fawn Selfie Frames
Silver foil cardstock
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Lawn Fawn Magic Slider
Yupo Paper
Sizzix Sidekick Machine
Tim Holtz Adirondack Brights Alcohol Ink
3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape
Silver glitter cardstock

Rainbows - October DT Project

Hello!

Our theme for the month of October is Rainbows! 

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 chose to use Distress Oxide Inks to lay down my rainbow colours as they blend beautifully. This was important as currently the Oxide range does not yet have an indigo colour, but by blending the colours together, indigo sprang to life!

Using small Tsukineko ink daubers, I blended the Distress Oxide colours in rainbow order - Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet onto Neenah Classic Crest 80# Smooth Solar White Cardstock.

I diecut the balloon, string and tassels from my rainbow cardstock using the Happy Balloons dies from Concord & 9th with a Sizzix Bigshot machine, while the balloon was cut once again, as was the banner and heart from black cardstock. I cut a slither of the rainbow cardstock and two from black and placed them in position onto the cardbase.

I then placed all other elements onto the card using Ranger Multi Medium Matte and punched some small dots to look like confetti and adhered them also.

I paper pieced the balloon and adhered it to the card, adding Ranger Glossy Accents to the heart for shine. I stamped the sentiment from Concord & 9th Happy Balloons Stamp Set and embossed it using Versamark Ink and Ranger Embossing Powder, White after swiping the cardstock with EK Tools Powder Tool to prep the surface.

I placed the banner onto the card with some 3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape across the middle and Ranger Multi Medium Matte on the ends and after brushing some Zig Wink of Stella onto the balloon, the card was complete.

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
Tsukineko ink daubers
Ranger Distress Oxide Inks - Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Smooth Solar White Cardstock
Concord & 9th Happy Balloons dies
Sizzix Big Shot Machine
EK Tools Powder Tool
Versamark Ink 
Ranger Embossing Powder, White
3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape
Zig Wink of Stella

All About The Men - September DT Project 2

Hello Everyone!

Today I have another card "All About the Men" to share with you.

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 side folding card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

I die cut four white frames from My Favorite Things Blueprints 27 with a Sizzix Big Shot Machine from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Smooth Solar White Cardstock and one black cardstock frame to form a stacked layer and adhered this with Ranger Multi Medium Matte to the centre of the card front. 

I used the same die to die cut the inserts of the frame from Simon Says Stamp Seaglass cardstock. I placed these pieces in a MISTI and stamped them with the Hero Arts Waves Background stamp in My Favorite Things Berrylicious Hybrid Ink. I stamped the sentiments in onto each piece, using Versafine Onyx Black ink and then die cut the varying size waves into each piece with Lawn Fawn Ocean Wave Accents. I tucked the images from Lawn Fawn Duh-Nuh  into these die cut waves after stamping them in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colouring them with Copic Markers on X-Press It Blending card.

I placed each piece into the frame and propped up the head of the shark with a little 3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape. The googly eyes from my stash were then adhered and I swirled some Zig Wink of Stella, Clear onto all the shark images to complete this comic strip style 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

My Favorite Things Blueprints 27
Sizzix Big Shot Machine
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Smooth Solar White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Simon Says Stamp 100lb Cardstock - Seaglass
Misti Stamping Tool
Hero Arts Waves Background stamp
My Favorite Things Berrylicious Hybrid Ink
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Lawn Fawn Ocean Wave Accents
Lawn Fawn Duh-Nuh
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Copic Markers - N0, N2, N4, N5
X-Press It Blending card

3M Scotch Double Sided Foam Tape

Googly eyes

Zig Wink of Stella, Clear

All About The Men - September DT Project

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?

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
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

Animals - August DT Project 2

Hello Everyone!

I am back with my second "Animal" project for the month - winter is almost over - yay!!

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 side folding card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

I cut four frames from My Favourite Things Blueprints 27 with a Sizzix Bigshot Machine and stacked them together, adhering with Ranger Multi Medium Matte. I then glued the stamped and die cut cats from My Favorite Things Smitten Kitten (stamped with Memento Tuxedo Ink, coloured with copic markers onto X-Press It cardstock) in place onto the front of the frame. I diecut some American Crafts glitter cardstock in a purple shade with the same frame for the squares and adhered them to the back of the images. 

I cut a piece of white cardstock and coloured the edges using a Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool with Distress Oxide Ink, Seedless Preserves and adhered the frame to the centre of this piece. I then adhered a piece of white cardstock cut with the frame die into the rectangle opening.

I used the My Favorite Things You Trio to diecut 'YOU' three times from white cardstock and once from glitter cardstock, stacked the letters and adhered these in place.

I went back to the My Favorite Things Blueprints 27 and used the small fishtail banner for the sentiment from My Favorite Things Smitten Kitten. I stamped the sentiment in Distress Oxide Ink, Seedless Preserves with my MISTI  and then stamped it again with Versamark Ink on top. I heat embossed it with Ranger Clear Embossing Powder using a Wagner Heat Tool. I then added the sentiment onto the card.

Once the piece was added to the card base, I added a tiny amount of Ranger Enamel Accents, Black to the eyes of the cats and Ranger Glossy Accents to their noses 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 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock

Paper trimmer

Teflon Bone Folder

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

My Favourite Things Blueprints 27
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
My Favorite Things Smitten Kitten
Copic markers -  R20, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9
X-Press It Blending card
American Crafts glitter cardstock
Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
Distress Oxide Ink, Seedless Preserves
My Favorite Things You Trio
MISTI
Versamark Ink
Ranger Clear Embossing Powder 
Wagner Heat Tool
Ranger Enamel Accents, Black
Ranger Glossy Accents

Animals - August DT Project

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.

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 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