ECD Poinsettia Candle Holder

I'm honoured to be a guest designer on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today showcasing some of Els dies and Suzanne Cannon's "A WAY WITH WORD" dies (and available on Elizabeth Craft Designs). 

You mostly see cards on my blog only because I have no room to put 3dimensional or craft projects anywhere in my home - sigh!! It's filled to the rafters with all the projects I've made over the years (too many to count...) but I thought I'd make something a little out of my norm today. BIG GRIN

You can see all the details and descriptions by clicking on any image. Enjoy or by clicking here to go to my website to see how I really made it. On the the ECD blog they have altered my real candle for a battery operated candle and for safety sake I would agree, but to get the "Merry Christmas" on the candle you really need a wax candle or you can glue the word to a battery operated candle. I know a little confusing...

And it fits for these challenges:
Penny's Challenges  #256  anything goes
Scrappyland  #31 anything goes

Facebook - Card Maker Magazine challenge  Xmas Decorations
Love to Scrap  #67 anything goes
Die Cut Divas  monthly Dec  warm and cozy
Sassy Studio Designs  #310 anything but a card
Southern Girls Challenge  #125 use something you love.

MC Sept/15 - ECD Bricks & Merry Christmas - I'm Telling You

 So I also wanted to use the #Elizabeth Craft Designs (ECD) "Bricks" to emboss the design...

And using Shimmer Sheetz as well as an ECD Holly Berry & Merry Christmas die (also available on Quietfire Design).

And on the inside using a Quietfire Design quote stamp

To see more views & descriptions etc just click on any card image. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Crazy Hazelnut Challenge  Monthly Sept Xmas
Christmas Cards All Year Round  Monthly Sept  Country Xmas
Creative Card Crew  #95 Xmas
ABC Christmas Challenge  things that start with R (red, Relief embossing)
The Paper Shelter  #217 embossing (2nd entry)
Jingle Bell Rock  Xmas Bingo: bingo: santa, bling, stamping; brads, die cut, ribbon; glitter, snow, gold
 

 

MC Aug/15 - Easel Postage - Sun Sand & Sea - HB

I signed up for an online class with Jennifer McGuire for Dies & Silhouette software "A Cut Above" recently. You can take only the die portion, or only the Silhouette software portion or both. I decided to take both... And although there was nothing new for me with the die tutorials, there were a lot of good things to learn. Now the Silhouette software stuff is a different matter. I've struggled with their software (free version) and keep going back to my Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) software for my Silhouette machine. I am totally happy wth SCAL, it's so easy to learn and totally intuitive. Silhouette Studio is frustrating and takes ages to try to figure out how to do something, so I always avoid it if possible. I could learn for free googling tutorials and stuff, but that's time consuming too... and not sure what I wanted to really learn... Well it seems there is something that really intrigued me and I used the technique to create this card. I also made a step by step tutorial on how it's done to create the postage front and easel HERE

I'm using part of a "Happy Birthday" die (available at Elizabeth Craft Designs and at Quietfire Design) cut and layered 7 times with the colors of the rainbow cardstock... It's a take on one of my team mates (Diane Nguyen) who stacked it HERE, I decided to off set the layers...

I'm also using Iris Shimmer Sheetz for the seahorse.

And Quietfire Design quote ("Twirl & Enjoy" 3pce set) and part of a sentiment stamp ("Tiny Christmas Wishes" 3pce set).

Click on any image to see all the details and descriptions and the link for the tutorial. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Creatalicious challenge  #78 summer fun at the beach
Artistic Inspirations  #137 water (2nd entry)
Incy Wincy Designs  #308 sun, sand & sea
Ooh La La Creations  #186 nuatical
Deep Ocean Challenge  #110  maritime
Pinspirational Challenges  #146 sand surf and beach
The House That Stamps Built  #812 sun, sand & surf
Sisterhood of Crafters  #38 rainbow
Aud Sentiment Challenge  #138 sentiment + fairies
4 Crafty Chicks  #259 nautical
Alphabet Challenge  M for mermaids
Crafts 4 Eternity  #239 arrow
Craft Stamper Challenge  use pens or pencils
Crazy Challenge  #203 fairies
Fashionable Stamping  #102  Seaside or beach
My Time To Craft  #302  easel
City Crafter  #274 mood board see pic HERE