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Vintage Birthday Wishes
By Paivi Forsstrom
I just came home from Birmingham. I visited Stitches, a large trade show for creative craft industry. Sizzix stand was definitely the best one, full of beautiful projects and great ideas! It was also nice to meet the Sizzix people! :-)
This weeks project is made with a brand new framelits set - Frame, Square with ornate edges (657560). As I have told you before, framelits are my favorites... and one of the reason is that you can see what you cut.
In this fabulous set you get these three square framelits and one frame with beautiful ornate edges. Check out the other six sets of new framelits created by Pete Hughes.
I made a window to my cardstock and papers with help of square framelits. I decorated my window with this beautiful ornated frame. 
Inside the card I placed a nice vintage image. It's so nice and easy to cut these kind of images and photographs with the help of framelits, because you can see what you cut! 
I decorated my card with flowers cut with new decorative strip - Tattered Flower Garland (657824). With this die you can cut two kinds of flowers, different sizes and also leafs. The size of these flowers are perfect for cards. This die is going to be popular for sure.I also used some small butterflies to decorate my card. They are cut with Original Die - Butterflies and Rings (657009).
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Crazy dimensions with Framelits:)
By Anna Dąbrowska Hi there!
This is my first blogpost here on Sizzix blog and I'm more than excited to share my projects and ideas:) I hope we'll have a great creative time together!
I simply love detailed, non-conventional projects and Sizzix dies give so many possibilities of creating something really unique in easy and convinient way. Most of the times I don't add to my projects a lot of pre-made elements - I enjoy making them by myself - and Sizzix products are perfect for that.Here is a project I made for this blogpost - I went a bit crazy with dimensions and I loved that look very much!
To make this project I took pieces of scrapbooking paper - 2 smaller and one big, perfect to be the background for the scrapbook page. I also took the old family photo and Framelits die - Frame: Square with ornate edges (657560).
Using one of the smaller dies from the set I cut the photo...
... and using all shapes from this set I got a frame and few small pieces of paper - perfect for building the dimension on the page.
My next step was building up the composition - for my cinvinience, to knowa what I am going for. The final result may be a little different, but I think this planning step is helpful...
Next I stamped the background with vintage stamp set (7 Gypsies) and sepia Archival Ink (Ranger) and put a layer of gesso. When it was dry i couls add some more color splashes (Ranger Distress Stain and Tattered angels Glimmer Mist). I inked all the edges of the paper cut-outs with Distress Ink (Ranger).
Using a 3D foam I started to build dimensional composition from pieces and strips of paper.
I continued adding the 3D foam with every layer, adding some tulle between the layers too. The last layer was the photo.
I prepared embellishments - lace, metal clips and other elements, pebbles, drops. I used Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Mini Paper Rosettes (657177) to cut out and form a nice looking mini-rosette too.
Finally, using clear glue and some more 3D foam I finshed the layout composition. It is a multi - dimensional, eclectic page, inspired by vintage and grunge style.
Here are some more details of the finished project:
I hope you like my idea - in my opinion the Framelits are just perfect for this technique . They cut out wonderful sets of elements, going together no matter what project you make: layout, album, journal page or card.
See you soon again!
Anna Dąbrowska - Finnabair -
Party Fun: Create mustaches and mouths
Hi everyone!
Today I want to share with you a very funny idea for a party!
I love to prepare something cool for my parties but I don't have always the right time to do it so this is a super quick idea to use!
Materials you need:- Build a flower die (medium and big size petal)
- Big Shot machine
- 3 different colors of felt, red, fuchsia and black
- Kitchen sticks
- Hot glue gun
- Fabric scissors
STEPS- Make a couple of red, fuchsia and black big petals and don't fold them, leave them opened. In this way you have two parts , the front and the back of mustaches and mouths.
- Use the hot glue gun and put a drop of hot glue on the right side of a petal , glue the kitchen stick and the other petal.
- Simply you will have created mouths and mustaches in a very quick way! For the mustaches cut in half the big petals and glue:)
Take a look about how I used them during a scrapbooking event to have fun!!
Have fun creating with the wonderful Sizzix dies and think new ways to use them :)Love, Lory -
Lovely Luggage Card
By Paivi Forsstrom
My friend is having her 30th birthday party on Saturday. She likes to travel so I thought that the suitcase is a perfect shape for this project. The suitcase is cut with Movers & Shapers Die - Vintage Valise (657219). It's a lovely die, you'll have lots of fun decorating it, believe me!
With Bigz Die - Tiny Tabs & Tags (657188) you can cut perfect tags for your suitcase. The numbers, the age of the birthday girl, are cut with Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Typeset (657176).I also decorated my suitcase with rhinestones and flowers. Flowers are cut with brand new Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Tattered Flower Garland (657824). These flowers look great in any card or scrapbooking page.
Begin with cutting lots of flowers, different sizes and colors. 
I added some ink to my flowers, because I needed some nice shades of violet. I know that the birthday girl likes violet. 
Wrinkle the flowers and then open them carefully. Glue together, add some glitter glue and rhinestones.
I know my friend will appreciate the details on the birthday card and the thought put into it.
And the final touch: I made this neat pocket inside the card where I can hide the gift money! -
Cardmaker of the Century!
by Pete Hughes Why spend all that time, effort and money making your own cards when you can pop into your local newsagents and pick one off the shelf for a couple of pounds.
One reason is that it is a relaxing and fulfilling hobby which allows us to stretch our creative muscles, but for me, the giving and receiving of handmade cards is truly priceless.
To receive a card knowing that somebody has spent time and more than a little TLC to create is a wonderful feeling whatever the occasion, and you can rest assured that it will be cherished forever, often long after the accompanying gift has been shipped off to the charity shop.
The card that prompted me to write this blog entry, and the reason for the enigmatic title, I received this Valentines morning, not from my wife but from my baby daughter Poppy, and I am assured that the decorative spots were created using her very own fingertips.
I know that I may be more than a little biased when I say that it is the most beautiful card that I have ever seen, but one thing is for sure I will cherish it forever.
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Happy Valentine's day
Hello everyone,
how are you?
Today is a lovely day, the Day of Love , Cupid and lovers and I am so happy to celebrate it with a sweet project to purpose you :)
If you don't have made anything yet for your love you are still in time to try this easy and quick idea to make a gift :)
I have created a card and a candy cone box for my dear hubby :)
Let's start to show you what I have made :) I had a lot of fun , hihihihihhi^__^
Materials you need:
For the card- white card stock
- a patterned paper ( I used finally fall Apple holler from bella boulevard)
- a piece of kraft paper
- embellishiments ( I used sticker label and phrase stickers from the lovey dovey collection of bella boulevard, chipboards and tag from bella boulevard
- twine maraschino
- a heart
- glue or double side tape
- Big shot pro machine
- Big shot machine
- card ornate#3 die
- Bingo playing games set A2 from Tim Holtz Alterations
For the box- brown card stock
- white card stock for the scallop border
- kraft card stock for the scallop border
- double side tape
- 3d double side tape
- two patterned papers of your choise ( I used finally fall Apple Holler and sophisticates sprinkles and lace peep from Bella boulevard)
- a ribbon (from may art)
- hot glue gun
- embellishments of your choise ( I used chipboards and stickers from lovey dovey and ciao chip from bella boulevard)
- BIG SHOT PRO
- Cone die
First of all I would like to say that the images on each die are very explicative to understand how to use the die so take a look at them and you will not have problems to create any box or package you want. ;)
I started creating the box first to have an idea on how to make the card in a coordinating color combo.
I chose the color combination of white - brown - pink - red! Really nice! Don't you think?
Use your Big shot pro... this machine is fabulous!!!... and in a second your cone will be done! Great! Make it for two times, the first one with a card stock and the second with a patterned paper and stick them one to another. You can stick them building the first cone and after rolling it into the second paper or you can first glue the cones and after close the only cone you have just built.
Now it's the time of the cone border, to make it use the shape in the cone die. Make it two times, one for the kraft card stock and the second for the white one. Stick the white pieces on the kraft pieces and after on the back put some pieces of 3d double side tape to make a dimensional border for your cone:)
Glue them on the four sides of the cone :)
Now have fun to decorate it with all the embellishments you like :)
At the end I have stick a piece of ribbon to hang the cone:) Glue it at two sides of the cone using the hot glue gun and cover the ends with a half circle of paper :) very cool!
And now it's time to show you the card :) So simple and nice :)
Simply use the card, ornate die on a sheet of white card stock and make the same thing on a piece of a patterned paper. In the center I inserted the bingo card made with the tim holts alterations dies :) perfect for the meaning of this card! I have made a bingo with you my love:) This would be the message I thought while I was creating;)
And now some more photos :)
Have a lovely and sweet Valentines Day!
Love Lory -
My Valentine
By Paula Pascual
I am not one that makes a fuss over Valentine's day, but it is always nice to make a project that celebrates the person that you love. That is why I am sharing this project today that features my Valentine, my husband Omar.
For this simple project I used a variety of die cutting elements. To add volume and texture I made a 3D rose using the Mini Tattered Flowers Movers and Shapers, and then layered the different the die cut elements in different colours and textures. I used the Mini Old Jalopy and Arrow set, Heart Lace Embosslit and the Heart Set #2. I love all this hearts in different proportions, and remember hearts can be use any day of the year.
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New Home!
By Paivi Forsstrom
My friend has moved to a new home and she is having a house warming party soon. Surely I need to have a card to go with my house warming gift.
Lately I've been fascinated by shaped cards. That's probably why I wanted this card to look a bit like a house. You just need a good paper cutter to create this shape of a card. Furnitures are stamped and cut with Framelits Die Set With Stamps - Chandeliers (657777). This is a great combo! 
You need a smooth cardboard for stamping and some ink. I used black Stazon ink. You also need an acrylic block for the cling stamps. They are so easy to use.
When you cut the stamped images with framelits, you might want to use a post-it note to keep the objects in place during the cutting. 
And here are the images after cutting. Perfect! 
Decorate your chandelier and chair with rhinestones. 
I found some perfect colour paper flowers to go with this card. If you are not so lucky, you can always cut your own flowers with your Big Shot and dies. New Home text is cut with my favorite alphabets - Upon a Time (656916).
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Clever Wordplay!
by Pete Hughes I have just returned from the Paperworld Fair in Frankfurt where I was demonstrating some of our new lines for one of our European distributors. It was nice to see some old friends, though there was little time to chat. I did bump into Paivi who’s blogs you have no doubt been enjoying recently.As I mentioned last time, Mr. Tim Holtz will be co-presenting a QVC show on the 21st of February featuring tons of amazing products (and techniques no doubt!) including some new products from his ever popular Sizzix Alterations range.If I had to pick a favourite from the new range it would have to be Bigz XL Die Word Play (657837). This is a complete alphabet on a single die and because its steel rule blade you can cut a vast range of funky materials too. I know that I will be using this die way too much in the coming months, as I tend to do with all my favourites.Tune in on the 21st to get all the tips and tricks from the man himself and maybe pic up some dies from the new range just before they hit the shops If you want to be the envy of all your crafting chums.Here are a few things which I have made with the die.
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New Baby!
By Paivi Forsstrom My friend is going to have a baby soon, so I wanted to be prepared and I made some baby cards! I used my favorite dies - FRAMELITS. It is amazing what you can do with these dies. Look at these little cute ones!
This is the die (657568 Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Tags, Rounded.) that I used to make the "bed". Cut two pieces and glue them together.
You need circles (657551 Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Circles) and scalloped circles (657552 Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Circles, Scallop) to cut the head. Use some pink chalk color to the cheeks. 
I used some Original Jewellery Dies to make the binky. (657023 Sizzix Originals Die - Ovals #3 and 657025 Sizzix Originals Die - Rings, Asymmetrical). For eyes you need round punches, different sizes. Decorate your baby with a rhinestone and a bow.
Blanket is made from a piece of nice patterned paper and scalloped edge cut with this square (657566 Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Squares, Scallop).
I always use adhesive 3D foam squares to lift up some of the elements. In this card I used them on the binky and the blanket.
Now I'm prepared with both, baby girl and baby boy cards. Can`t wait to hear the good news! :-)
