Wednesday, August 22, 2018

DIY Laminate Earrings Using Die-cuts

Hello, Crafty Friends!! I'm back with team Xyron again and this week we are getting our creative juices flowing crafting with laminate! Yup, laminate! It's not just for protecting documents anymore!!

And today, I will be showing you how to make laminate earrings using die-cuts from cardstock... Yes, cardstock!!


Supplies Used
Big Shot (Sizzix)
ColorBox Premium Dye Ink- Olive, Deep Sea (Clearsnap)
Tacky Glue
Makeup brush
Piercing Tool
Round Nose Pliers
Metal Earring Findings
Twine (optional)

These earrings were ridiculously easy to make. If you are a scrapbooker or card maker, you may already have some of these tools! As an all-around crafty gal, my Big Shot and Creative Station Lite are my best friends. But did you know they're not just for card making?

When you hear the words paper or die-cuts I bet jewelry is far from your mind. I hope today's project changes your mind!

First, using the Tropicool Twist die set by Lynda Kanase, I die-cut gecko and palm leaf shapes from random scraps of paper. These were literally just lying around and were leftovers from a previous project. I cut 4 of each die-cut, 2 cut regularly and 2 cut with the image in reverse (mirrored).

Then, I shaded my geckos. I squished a bit of  ColorBox Deep Sea Premium Dye Ink and used s make-up brush to lightly blend the color over it.

I repeated the same thing steps onto the palm leaves using ColorBox Premium Dye Ink in Olive.

Then, adhered the two sets of shaded die-cuts back to back with their matching "mirrored" die-cut.

I ran the sandwiched die-cuts through my Creative Station Lite with the 5" Two-Sided Laminate Refill inserted. And hand trimmed the excess laminate from the die-cuts.


I layered my geckos onto the leaves and glued them in place. Be sure to use a glue that is made to adhere to plastics. Otherwise, you may not get good adhesion and your piece may peel off.

I used my "pokey" tool to pierce holes at the top of my leaves. I opted not to punch holes with a hole punch because even my smallest hole punch was too big and would have left a sizable hole that way weaken the structure of my earing and rip right off.

I didn't want that... and I think you might not want that either.  So I just pricked a tiny hole on each, slipped on a jump ring, then attached earing hooks using my round nose pliers.

And check out how cute these little guys are...


As a final touch and for beautiful gift giving I used another die, this one from Eileen Hull's Bookplate, Hinges, & Label die set, to create the earing backer.


They almost look enameled.


How super-duper easy were these?!!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and give laminating crafts a try! 

Until Next Time...
HAPPY CRAFTING!!
~Mitsyana


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Saturday, August 18, 2018

Botanical Hello Card


Hello again, Crafty Friends!! 
 Today is just another HOT day and I'm not enjoying all the heat. It seems like we went from WINTER to SUMMER and totally bypassed SPRING. I don't know about you but I feel cheated... hmph!!  And now that summer vacation is over here I am sooooo looking forward to some FALL... BRING ON THE SWEATER WEATHER!! The scorching 100+ degree temps have killed nearly everything and are just about to take the last of my grass. I can't wait for Spring to roll back around and we can get back to the blooming flowers and gorgeous colors. I love the way walking into a garden makes me feel with its beautiful foliage, birds chirping, and delicate butterflies fluttering. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait till next year! 

Or... create my own garden!! 

Yup, my mind is set. I will create my own garden... out of paper that is! 

So, for today's project, I made this gorgeous botanical card., complete with lush foliage and butterfly! 


Sizzix Supplies Used

Other Supplies Used
DCWV Natural Corrugated Cardstock
DCWV Meet Me In Paris Stack
White Cardstock
Dark Green Cardstock
Light Green Cardstock
Light Pink Cardstock
Dark Pink Shimmer Cardstock
Brown Cardstock
Xyron Mega Runner
Xyron Creative Station
ColorBox Doodlebug Petal Point Pigment Ink
ColorBox Boardwalk Petal Point Pigment Ink
Paintbrush
Seed Beads
White Opaque Marker
Wink of Stella 
Fabri Tac
Glue Pen
Mouse Pad

For my card base, I wanted my card to have a natural and organic feel. So I mounted a 4 3/4"x 6 3/4" piece of natural corrugate onto a 5"x 7" card base made from white cardstock.


I used my Big Shot machine and Tim Holtz's and Stitched Rectangles to die cut paper from DCWV's Meet Me In Paris Paper Stack. This stack is very romantic, with neutral tones and lots of florals, and pops of pinks (my favorite color in the whole wide world). 


I used the reverse side of one of my papers to cut this stitched border from the Stitched Ovals set and attached it along the sides of my rectangle cut-outs.


Since my pieces need be attached to corrugate, which is an uneven surface, I want to make sure it stays put. So, I run both rectangles through my Xyron Creative Station for maximum adhesion.


Then apply them to my card front along with 1/4" strip I die-cut using the stitched borders from the Stitched Rectangles set.


I die cut assorted leaves and stems from green cardstock using Tim Holtz's Funky Florals #1 and Funky Florals #3 sets. Then, shaded the edges with green and brown from my ColorBox Boardwalk Petal Point Ink Pad.  For areas of the stems, I used a paintbrush to shade into the that were too thin and narrow to color with a big sponge.


I die-cut these pointed petal flowers from the Funky Florals #3 set from pink cardstock and their stamen from dark pink shimmer cardstock. I inked and blended the edges with Bubblegum ink from the Doodlebug Petal Point.


Then attached the stamen centers with a glue pen.


Once the glue was dried I added more dimension by shaping my flowers with a ball stylus. Then attached another set of stamens onto it.


I added a dollop of fabri tac to the centers of the flowers then poured seed beads onto the wet glue and set them aside to dry.


While that was drying I die-cut my butterfly using Tim Holtz's Detailed Butterflies, Mini dies from more dark pink shimmer cardstock and brown cardstock.


Using flicking strokes with a white opaque marker, I gave my butterfly a bit of detail.


I attached the detailed overlay and brushed some Wink of Stella over top.


I die cut the word "hello" using Tim Holtz's NEW Shadow Script #2 dies and attached it onto a stitched oval.


Then gathered all my die-cut elements to build onto my card base. I used fabri tac glue to attach the stems and leaves first. The layered my flowers, sentiment, and butterfly. Then lastly, tucked in a bow made from hemp twine.


And here is my finished card...


I love how dreamy this card is!


Those shade of pink really pops against all those neutral colors.


And check out how stunning that butterfly turned out!


I really hope you enjoyed today's tutorial and you are inspired to create your own paper garden!

Thanks for stopping by!!
~Mitsyana Wright

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Dino Wobbler Card- You Are Rawrsome

Hey there, crafty friends!!
Sorry, I've been MIA. My household got hit with a nasty bug and I'm still feeling under the weather. 
But I wanted to pop in and show some love as Team Xyron and hangs out with our good friends from Photo Play to bring you a little crafty inspiration all week long!

Today, I'll be sharing how I made this super simple Dino Wobbler Card.


Supplies Used
Jurassic- Fossil, Rawr, Element Stickers (Photo Play)
Mega Runner (Xyron)
Action Wobblers
Gray Cardstock
Craft Foam
Scissors
Paper Trimmer

If you have ever bought paper collections before, more than likely you've come across sheets like these... filled with journaling cards and quotes, or just coordinating pictures that go with the matching papers. They make great cards fronts or awesome add-ons to both cards and layouts. And I especially love it when paper sets come with more than one of the same sheet. That way if I mess up I have a backup, or in this instance, can make my card front multi-layered and dimensional. 


I saw this triceratops... It was huge!! This cutie was from the "Rawr" sheets and easily takes up an entire card front. I knew he would be amazing if he were three dimensional... or even better, three dimensional and wobbled!

I cut out 2 triceratopses. One I cut without the spikes, separated the head, and took off the shadowed foot. The other I left the scales and feet intact but removed the head.

Then, with my blending stylus added additional shading to his body and spikes.


Here is how I added dimension, with DIY foam adhesive.

I ran a piece of craft foam through my Xyron Creative Station Lite. I flipped it over and ran it through again, adding adhesive to both sides of my foam sheet.

Then, I cut it down to the sizes I needed and added it to the back of my triceratops bodies.

For my card base, I cut a piece of gray cardstock to 5.5" x 8.5" then folded in half to create an A2 sized card. I cut a piece of "Fossil" paper to 4"x 5.25" and the backside of the "Rawr" paper to 1.5"x 5.25".

I mounted the "wobbler to the back of the triceratop's head and attached it atop its body on the card front. Then I found the perfect sentiment... "YOU ARE RAWRSOME!" from the Jurassic Elements Stickers sheet.

And presto, so easy-peasy!!

Check out my finished card...




 And check it out here in action...


Isn't this little dino so stinking cute?? 

His little bobblehead just tickles me!!

I bet you're going to look at those panel sheets a little differently now, aren't you?!!
You can pretty much turn anything into a wobbler... and with the Rawr sheets from Photo Play's Jurassic Collection, you'll have tons to create with!!

I hope you're inspired and give wobblers a try! They really are so much fun!!

Happy Crafting!!
~Mitsyana

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The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with each manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

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