Thinking of You - Elizabeth Craft Designs

 Hi and Welcome!

I love this time of the year. The trees are green, the flowers are blooming and there are so many wonderful new beginnings.

Today's card reminds me of all those things and I'm sending it to someone who's going through quite a lot right now. I hope it cheers her. 

Create a 6 x 6" tent fold white card base. Cut a 5 3/4 x 5 3/4" white layer 2x and a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" designer paper layer 2x from the Spring Blossom Collection. Adhere the two sets of layers together and then adhere one set inside the card using glue and the other one to the card front using dimensional tape.   

Diecut the Fitted Indented Square Frames from white card stock and diecut an image from the paper collection. Stamp the sentiment from the Floral Branches & Sentiments stamp set in black ink on the designer paper. Create a dimensional frame as shown with the image in the background. 

Adhere the frame to the center of the card front.  

Cut, color and shape the cherry blossoms, leaves and branch, add the stamens to the centers of the flowers and adhere all to the card front using hot glue. 

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

1696 - Fitted Indented Squares

CS405 - Floral Branches & Sentiments

C031 - Spring Blossom Cardstock

2244 - Cherry Blossom

PSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

Other Products Used: White Cardstock, Archival Inks; Olive, Magenta Hue and Pink Peony. Distress Oxide Ink Ground Espresso, Hot Glue

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate your visit!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well.  

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet 

Fluttering Magnolia - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hi and Welcome! 

Here's the card I created for my beautiful granddaughter for her 15th birthday! I used the beautiful Spring Blossom Collection designed by Angelica Turner and I'm very pleased with the way it turned out! BTW, she loved it.

Using the largest Ornamental Frame die, cut the card base from white cardstock.

Use the same die to cut pink cardstock for the card front and the inside of the card.Cut the decorative dies from white cardstock, add glitter, and adhere as shown. 

Be sure to add some dimensions tape before adhering the center diecuts.

Cut from Soft finish cardstock, color and shape the Magnolia flowers and leaves. Assemble, add prills to the flower centers and add glitter.

Stamp the sentiment on white cardstock using Garden Party Elements and diecut, along with a pink layer, using the Layered Labels dies. Adhere to the inside of the card with dimensional tape to create the easel stop. 

Adhere three large flowers to the card front and three smaller flowers to the inside around the sentiment using hot glue. To finish the card, diecut, color, shape, and glitter the Layered Butterfly and adhere to the card front.

Elizabeth Croft Designs Products Used:

CSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

2245 - Magnolia

2249 - Ornament Frame

2082 - Layered Labels

2119 Layered Butterflies

CS336 - Garden Party Elements

Other Products Used: White Cardstock, Pink Cardstock, Green Cardstock, Prills, White Pearlescent Ink, Prills, Hot Glue

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate your visit.

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well!

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet  

Celebrate - Elizabeth Craft Designs

 Hi and Welcome!

Today's card from the Spring Blossom Collection by Angelica Turner is one that could be used for many occasions: Wedding, Birthday, Anniversary, Retirement and so many more.The magnolia is such a beautiful flower to create with.

Cut white card base 5 1/4 x 7 1/4" Cover with Spring Blossom Cardstock. Cut Ornamental Frame from white and gold cardstock and adhere together, slightly offset.   

Adhere Ornament Frame to card front.

Cut Spring Blossom cardstock 5 x7" and adhere to the inside of the card.

Cut white cardstock 4 x 6" and use a punch to cut the corners. Stamp the magnolia and the sentiment from the Floral Branches & Sentiment stamp set on the white cardstock using VersaMark, over with gold embossing powder and heat set. Adhere to the inside of the card.

Cut, color and shape Magnolia flowers, stamens and leaves and adhere to the card front using hot glue. Cut Greenery Fillers 2 from gold cardstock and add to the floral arrangement.

Stamp "Celebrate" sentiment on white cardstock with VersaMark, cover with gold embossing powder and heat set. Cut, along with a gold layer, using Layered Labels die set and adhere using dimensional tape. Finish off the card by adding some gold bling.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

2082 - Layered Labels

2245 - Magnolia

2246 - Greenery Fillers 2

2249 - Ornamental Frame 

PSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

CS405 - Floral Branches & Sentiments

         C031 - Spring Blossom Cardstock

Other Products Used: White Cardstock, Gold Cardstock, Corner punch, VersaMark, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Gold Bling, Hot Glue.

Thank you so much for stopping by and viewing my card!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well.

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

  

Slimline Cherry Blossom - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hi and welcome! 

I added some beautiful cherry blossoms to a 3D vase vase for this slimline card and I love how it turned out.

Create a 4 x 9" white card base.Cover with 3 7/8 x 8 7/8 Spring Blossom paper. diecut Autumn Fancy borders 2x from white cardstock and add to card front as shown. Diecut vase from metallic cardstock, use an embossing folder to add texture. Assemble and adhere to card front. 

The vase is beautifully dimensional. 

Add 3 78 x 8 7/8" Spring Blossom paper to inside of card. Stamp cherry blossom and sentiment on 3 x 8" white cardsock and add to inside of card.

Diecut from Soft Finish Cardstock, color and shape cherry blossom flowers, leaves, stamens and branches and adhere as shown.  

Diecut, color and shape butterfly and add to card front. Stamp sentiment and diecut using the Layered Labels set and adhere using dimensionals. To finish it off, add a little bling.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

PSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

2082 - Layered Labels

2186 - Autumn Fancy Borders

2119 - Layered Butterflies

2244- Cherry Blossom

2248 - 3D Modern Vases

CS405 - Floral Branches & Sentiments 

C031 - Spring Blossoms Cardstock

Other Products Used: Archival Inks, White Cardstock, Metallic Cardstock, Bling, Hot Glue Gun

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you!

Until we meet again, please stay safe and be well.

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

 

Magnolia and Lace - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hi and welcome!!! 

The Elizabeth Craft Designs Spring Blossom Collection designed by Designs by Angelica Turner has officially launched on the website. You are going to absolutely love creating with this one!

Create a 5 x 7" cream card base. Cut paper from the Spring Blossom collection 5 x 7", 6 3/4" x 4 3/4", 4 x 6" and 3 3/4 x 5 3/4". Distress all the edges and adhere the larger layers together and adhere to the card front. Adhere some lace to the right side of the layer, then adhere the smaller layers together and adhere to the card front.

Adhere a strip of lace down the center of the top layer. 

Diecut the magnolias and cherry blossoms from soft finish cardstock, color and shape and add stamens. Diecut the leaves and butterfly from the Spring Blossom  paper and adhere all elements as shown using hot glue. Tuck in a string bow.

Cut designer paper 4 3/4 x 6 3/4" and 3 3/4 x 5 3/4" and lightly distress the edges. Cut cream cardstock 4 x 6". Stamp the sentiment and cherry blossoms on the smallest layer and adhere the layers to the inside of the card. 

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used: 

2244 - Cherry Blossom

2245 - Magnolia

2246 - Greenery Fillers 2

2119 - Layered Butterflies

CS405 - Floral Branches and Sentiments Stamp Set

C031 - Spring Blossom Cardstock

PSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

Other Products Used:

Archival Inks, Cream Cardstock, Lace, String, Stamens, Distressing Tool

Thank you so much much for stopping by, I really appreciate you.

Until we meet again, please stay safe and be well.

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Tweet Magnolia - Elizabeth Crafts Designs

 Hi and welcome!

Well, the new collection, Spring Blossom. designed by Angelica Turner is available is stores and I'm in love with everything about it. The gorgeous frame, the absolutely beautiful magnolia, the  pretty cherry blossoms and that sweet bird have all captured my heart. The collection will be available on the website May 7th. Here's my first card with this amazing new collection.

Using the outside frame die, cut a card base and an additional layer from white cardstock. Then cut two more layers from a darker color of the paper collection, one for the card front and one for the inside and ink the edges. Using the decorative frame dies, cut from a lighter color of the same collection. Adhere the layers to the front of the card. 

Trim the left side of the designer paper and adhere to the inside of the card. Use a corner punch on the corners of a piece of 4 x 6" cardstock, ink the edges and stamp the image and sentiment as shown and adhere to the inside of the card.  

Diecut, color and shape the beautiful magnolias and the leaves. Create the flower centers from the dies in the set. Use all four sizes to create the centers, color them and assemble them onto a small stamen. The largest diecut goes on first and the smallest one goes on last. Put the flowers together and adhere to the card front.     

Diecut all the pieces of the adorable bird, color and assemble. stamp the sentiment on white cardstock, diecut that and a designer paper using the Layered Labels set, ink the edges and adhere to the card front using dimensional. Adhere the bird on top of the label.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

2249 - Ornamental Frame

2247 - Chickadee 

2245 - Magnolia

C031 - Spring Magnolia CS

CS405 - Floral Branches & Sentiments

2082 - Layered Labels

PSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

Other Products Used: 

White cardstock, Archival Inks, Distress Oxide Inks, Stamens, Hot Glue Gun, Corner Punch.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well!

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗 

Janet

 

Decorative Birthday Blossoms - Elizabeth.Craft Designs

 Hi and welcome to my blog!

Spring is in the air and the tulip die designed by Angelica Turner is so versatile it can be used to create other beautiful spring blossoms.

Using the largest Decorative Oval Frame Die, cut a folded card base and a top panel from white cardstock and a panel for the inside of the card from the Garden Party Cardstock. Adhere the layers together.

Using the decorative dies, cut from white cardstock, add lots of glitter and adhere to the card front.

Cut, color and shape the Tulip flowers and the leaves from the Floral Greenery 3.

Add stamens and glitter to the flowers and pearlescent medium to the leaves.

Stamp the sentiment on white cardstock, cut, shape, ink the edges and adhere to the center of the card front. Add pearl strings. 

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

2215 - Tulip
2217 - Floral Greenery 3
2219 - Decorative Oval Frame
CS393 - Easter Greetings Stamp
PS144 - Soft Finish Cardstock
C019 - Garden Party Cardstoock

Other Products Used:
Archival Inks: Majestic Violet, Buttercup and Olive, Stamens, Hot Glue Gun, Pearlescent Medium, Pearls, White Cardstock.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I very much appreciate you.

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well.

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗
Janet
 

 

 

A Spring Birthday - Elizabeth Craft Designs

 Hi and welcome to my blog!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card I created for my beautiful niece's 65th Birthday using the Spring Awakening Collection by Angelica Turner

My niece loved it!

Cut a white 5 x 7" gatefold card base. Cover the gates with gold cardstock and Garden Party Designer Cardstock.

Using the base die from the Decorative Dimensional Basket, cut from white cardstock and Garden Party cardstock. Using the decorative base die, cut from gold cardstock and white cardstock and adhere together just so the gold creates a slight shadow. Lay the white diecut on the center of the card front and adhere the second magnet on top and then adhere the designer diecut and then the white and gold decorative diecut. Adhere this whole piece on the left side of the card front so that the magnets line up.

Cut gold cardstock and Garden Party cardstock and adhere to the center of the inside of the card over the magnet. Cut the handle from the Decorative Dimensional Basket 2x from white cardstock and 2 x from gold cardstock. Adhere the gold behind the white creating a gold shadow and adhere to each side of the inside.

Cut Flowers from Soft Finish Cardstoock using the dies from the Tulip and the Cornflower and leaves from the Floral Greenery 3 set. 

Color and shape the flowers and leaves and add stamens and glitter.

Stamp the sentiment on white cardstock from the Easter Greetings Stamp Set using VersaMark, cover with gold embossing powder and heat set. Cut using the Layered Labels. Adhere to the center of the card front and adhere the flowers and leaves to the left side of it. 

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used: 

2215 - Tulip

2216 - Cornflower

2217- Floral Greenery 3

2221 - Decorative Dimensional Basket

2082 - Layered Labels 

C019 - Garden Party Cardstock

PSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

Other Products Used:

Archival Inks, White Cardstock, Gold Cardstock, Stamens, VersaMark, Gold Embossing Powder, Magnets and Hot Glue Gun.

Thank you so much for stopping by...I really appreciate you.

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well. 

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet    

Easter Bunnies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hi and Welcome!!!

Easter is almost here and these are my last two Easter cards. I made these for my grandsons and chose to make the same card using two different color pallets. This little bunny by Joset Van De Burg is the absolute cutest and pairs beautifully with the Gorgeous Spring Awakening Collection by Angelica Turner.

Create two card bases, one from white cardstock and one from cream cardstock.

Cut two layers 4 7/8 x 6 7/8", make the egg cutout using the Honeycomb Egg largest die, emboss and adhere to the card fronts. Cut two designer papers from the Pretty Pastels Cardstock, one in blue and one in green 9 3/4 x 6 7/8". 

Stamp the sentiment from Easter Greetings Stamp set on white cardstock and cut using the Layered Labels die. Layer on blue Pretty Pastels cardstock. Diecut the Bunny pieces from Soft Finish Cardstock, color using Distress Oxide inks: Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone and Salt Water Taffy and assemble. Cut, color and shape leaves from the Floral Greenery 3 set.

Fold the blue 9 3/4 x 6 7/8" Pretty Pastels cardstock in half and adhere to the right inside of the card base.

Cut eggs from the Bunny die set from blue, yellow and purple cardstock. Adhere the leaves, bunny and eggs to the bottom center of the card front. 

Stamp the sentiment from Easter Greetings Stamp set on cream cardstock and cut using the Layered Labels die. Layer on green Pretty Pastels cardstock. Diecut the bunny pieces from Soft Finish Cardstock, color using Distress Oxide inks: Vintage Photo, Tea Dye and Salt Water Taffy and assemble. Cut, color and shape leaves from the Floral Greenery 3 set.

Fold the green 9 3/4 x 6 7/8" Pretty Pastels cardstock in half and adhere to the right inside of the card base.

Cut eggs using the Bunny die set from blue, yellow and purple cardstock. Adhere the leaves, bunny and eggs to the bottom center of the cream card front. Add some bling and the cards are finished.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

2082 - Layered Labels

2217 - Floral Greenery 3

2220 - Honeycomb Egg

2222 - Bunny

CS393 - Easter Greetings Stamp

C014 - Pretty Pastels Cardstock

PSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

Other Products Used:  

Distress Oxides Ink: Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Vintage Photo and Salt Water Taffy, Archival Ink: Leaf Green, White and Cream Cardstock, Embossing Folder, Yellow, Blue and Green Cardstock, Bling.

Thank you so much for stopping by...I really appreciate you!

Until we meet again, please stay safe and be well.

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

 

  

The Carrot Patch - Elizabeth Craft Designs

 Hi and Welcome!

I just love this cute little bunny and how he/she pairs so well with the beautiful flowers from the Spring Awakening Collection by Angelica Turner.

This is the Easter card I made for my hubby. Yes, he likes it when I add flowers to his cards lol.

Create a 6 x 6" white card base, cut Evening Rose designer paper to 5  7/8 x 5 7/8", ink the edges and adhere to the card front. 

Diecut the 5 x 5" frame from the Fitted Indented Squares from Evening Rose designer paper and adhere to the card front using dimensionals.

Stamp the sentiment from the Easter Greetings Stamp set,  fussy cut and adhere to the card front. 

Diecut the bunny, basket and carrots from colored cardstock and the clothes from Evening Rose designer party. Put it all together and adhere inside the square frame. 

Diecut from Soft Finish cardstock, color and shape the cornfowers and leaves and adhere to the right side of the frame along with some carrots. Add prills to the flower centers.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

2222 - Bunny

2216 - Cornflower

2217 - Floral Greenery 3

1696 - Fitted Indented Squares

CS393 - Easter Greetings Stamp

CO23 - Evening Rose Cardstock

PSF144 - Soft Finish Cardstock

Other Products Used:

Blue, Orange, Brown, Green and Yellow Inks, Colored Cardstock, Dimensionals, Prills and Hot Glue.   

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well!

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet