Create and Inspire Edition 78

EASY 10-MINUTE SPRING CARD

BY AGA MALYSZEK

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.

2. Cut four leafy branches out of white cardstock with Dainty Leaves Die Set.

3. Color the die-cuts using Frosty Pink, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, and Evergreen markers from Cosmic Garden Artist Alcohol Markers Set A.

4. Adhere the die-cut branches on the card base using glue tape.

5. Stamp the “you are” from the You Are Everything Stamp Set on a piece of white cardstock using Obsidian Ink.

6. Cut sentiment with the coordinating die.

SUPPLIES

Stamp & Dies

Dainty Leaves Die Set

You Are Everything Stamp and Die Set

7. Stamp a sub-sentiment onto a strip of white cardstock using Obsidian Ink.

8. Adhere the sentiment and subsentiment into place on the card base using foam tape.

Ink

Obsidian Pigment Ink

Coloring Medium

Cosmic Garden Artist Alcohol Markers Set A

Cardstock

Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock

Other

Instant Dimension Foam Tape

Glue Tape

CARDSTOCK STRIPS

BY MICHELLE SHORT

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cut cardstock strips to different widths from a few Gradient Cardstock Sets; Pinkalicious, Purple Wine, Warm Sunshine, Caramel Toffee, Mountain Mist, and Volcano Lake.

2. Apply Double-Sided Adhesive Sheet to a piece of Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.

3. Remove the backing paper from the adhesive sheet and adhere the strips on top diagonally.

4. Cut off the excess before die cutting the panel with Terrific Tags Die Set.

5. Die cut the Flowing Foliage Dies three times from white cardstock (with more adhesive sheets on the back).

6. Stack them on top of one another for added dimension.

SUPPLIES

Stamp & Dies

Tiny Sentiments: Hello Stamp Set

Terrific Tags Die Set

Flowing Foliage Die Set

Ink

Embossing Ink

Cardstock and Paper

Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock

Jet Black Cardstock (25 sheets/set)

Gradient Cardstock Sets - Cherry Blossom, Rose Petal, Summer Afternoon, Sea Shore

Other

Instant Dimension Foam Tape

Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder

Double-sided Adhesive Sheets (10 sheets/set)

Scissors

Twine

7. Adhere the die-cut to a piece of Vellum Translucent Paper and fussy cut around it with scissors.

8. Adhere the vellum die-cut to the tag and cut off the excess of the stem.

9. Stamp a sentiment from the Tiny Sentiments: Hello Stamp Set onto black cardstock using Embossing Ink and heat set with Pure White Embossing Powder.

10. Cut this into a strip and adhere it to the tag with Instant Dimension Foam Tape.

11. Add twine through the top of the tag and tie it in a bow at the front.

HOT FOILING WITH DIES

BY LYDIA EVANS

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.

2. Heat up Dainty Blooms Cover Die in your hot foiling machine, add some gold foil (shiny side down) and a piece of white cardstock.

3. Run this through your die-cutting machine. This will give you a beautiful gold foiled outline of the cutting lines of the die transferred onto the cardstock.

4. Color the panel using Woodless Coloring Pencils. Use Peach Perfect, Coral Bliss, and Heart Beat for the flowers, Fresh Lemon, Maple Yellow, and Orange Cream for the flower centers, Limeade, Grass Field, and Shadow Creek for the leaves, and Desert Night for the background.

SUPPLIES

Dies

Dainty Blooms Cover Die

Always Be Kind Die Set

Coloring Medium

Woodless Coloring Pencils

Cardstock

Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock

Navy Cardstock (25 sheets/set)

Hot Foil Roll - Enchanted Gold

Other

Instant Dimension Foam Tape

Hot Foil Machine

Die Cutting Machine

5. Trim the piece to size and adhere it to the card base using foam tape.

6. Foil the smaller die from Always Be Kind Die Set onto a piece of Navy Cardstock.

7. Cut around this using the shadow die in the set.

8. Adhere the die-cut into place onto the card base using foam tape.

EASY EMBOSSED OVERLAY TECHNIQUE

BY JAYCEE GASPAR

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.

2. Dry emboss another panel of white cardstock with Peony Sunshine 3D Embossing Folder.

3. Swipe Butter Cream Pigment Ink around the edges of the peony, place the embossed panel inside, and run it through the die-cutting machine again. Repeat the process with Warm Sunshine Pigment Ink (near the peony center) and Caramel Toffee Pigment Ink (in the peony center).

4. Die cut “you” from Caps Bold Alphabet Die Set out of a piece of Summer Afternoon Gradient Cardstock.

SUPPLIES

Stamp, Stencil & 3D Embossing Folder

Peony Sunshine 3D Embossing Folder

Caps Bold Alphabet Die Set

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Dynamic Blossoms

Inks

Pigment Inks - Butter Cream, Warm Sunshine, and Caramel Toffee

Caramel Toffee Crisp Dye Ink

Cardstock

Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock

Gradient Cardstock Set - Summer Afternoon

Other

Instant Dimension Foam Tape

Satin Masking Tape

5. Place die-cuts into place in the embossed panel, add a strip of Satin Masking Tape, and then remove the embossed panel from underneath, leaving the die-cuts inside the Peony Sunshine 3D Embossing Folder.

6. Run this through the die-cutting machine. This will emboss the peony image on the sentiment die-cuts.

7. Repeat the same process in step 2 with the sentiment die-cuts, using Warm Sunshine and Caramel Toffee Pigment Inks.

8. Stamp sub-sentiment from Craft Your Life Project Kit: Dynamic Blossoms onto a piece of white cardstock using Caramel Toffee Dye Ink.

9. Adhere the sentiment and subsentiment die-cuts onto the panel using foam tape.

10. Adhere the panel onto the card base using foam tape.

BY TERRI KOSZLER

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.

2. Die cut Craft-A-Flower: African Daisy Die Set from Rose Petal, Summer Afternoon, and Green Meadows Gradient Cardstocks.

3. Die cut one layer for each flower from Pink Brilliance Glitter Gradient Cardstock.

4. Adhere the layers of the flower using liquid glue for the small centers and glue tape for the main layers.

5. Emboss a 4” x 5 ¼” panel using the Checkered Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder.

6. Adhere this panel to the card base using glue tape.

SUPPLIES

Dies & 3D Embossing Folder

Craft-A-Flower: African Daisy Layering Die Set

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Seasonal Blooms

Checkered Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder

Mega Stamp Frames Die Set

Cardstock

Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock

Glitter Gradient Cardstock Set - Pink Brilliance

Gradient Cardstock Sets - Rose Petal, Summer Afternoon, and Green Meadows

Other

Instant Dimension Foam Tape

2 in 1 Precision Glue Pen

Glue Tape

7. Adhere the daisy die-cuts into place on the embossed panel using foam tape and glue tape.

8. Cut the large frame from the Mega Stamp Frames Die Set and adhere this to the panel using foam squares.

9. Die cut “hello” detailed sentiment from the Craft Your Life Project Kit: Seasonal Blooms out of Pink Brilliance Glitter Gradient Cardstock and the base layer out of white cardstock.

10. Adhere the die-cuts together with liquid glue.

11. Adhere the sentiment die-cut onto the panel using foam tape.

MINI STAMPS

BY NORINE BORYS

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.

2. Stamp the image from Bouquet Basket Stamp Set on white cardstock with Permanent Black Ink.

3. Color the image with your favorite Artist Alcohol Markers.

4. Die cut with coordinating die.

5. Place the Bouquet Basket Die in the bottom right corner of an A2-sized panel of Kraft cardstock and run it through the die-cutting machine to create a “bouquet basket” opening.

6. Sandwich the Kraft cardstock in the Deck Planks 3D Embossing Folder and run it through the die-cutting machine.

SUPPLIES

Stamp, Die & 3D Embossing Folder

Bouquet Basket Stamp and Die Set

Deck Planks 3D Embossing Folder

Inks

Embossing Ink

Milk Chocolate Crisp Dye Ink

Permanent Black Ink

Coloring Medium

Artist Alcohol Markers Bundle (84 Colors)

Cardstock

Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock

Kraft Cardstock

Brown Cardstock

Other

Instant Dimension Foam Tape

Glue Tape

Ink Blending Tool - Large

Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder

Summer Afternoon Enamel Dots

7. To emphasize the texture of the embossed panel, lightly ink blend with Milk Chocolate Crisp Dye Ink and a large ink blending tool.

8. Adhere the panel onto the card base using glue tape, placing and adhering the die-cut basket into the die-cut opening.

9. Stamp the “thanks” sentiment from the Bouquet Basket Stamp Set on coordinating brown cardstock using Embossing Ink and heat set with Pure White Embossing Powder.

10. Add a few brown enamel dots all over the embossed panel.

ONE-LAYER CARD WITH

5-STEP MASKING

BY VIRGINIA LU

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.

2. Create masks for the greenhouse and the plants by stamping on a piece of masking paper using Obsidian Ink and die cutting them.

3. Stamp the plants from Victorian Greenhouse Stamp Set onto the panel using Green Valley Set, Fall Harvest Set, Autumn Blaze, and Moss Dye Ink.

4. Place masks over the stamped plants.

5. Stamp the greenhouse image using Vanilla Cream Dye Ink.

6. Place masks over the greenhouse image and stamp the foreground and background.

SUPPLIES

Stamp & Die

Victorian Greenhouse Stamp and Die Set

Ink

Crisp Dye Inks - Green Valley Set, Fall Harvest Set, Autumn Blaze, Moss, Vanilla Cream, Ocean Waves, Butternut

Obsidian Pigment Ink

Cardstock and Paper

Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock

Masking Paper (10 sheets/set)

Other Mini Blending Brush Set

Golden Trim Washi Tape

Sea Shore Enamel Dots

7. Stamp the “trees” behind the greenhouse using the plants in the same stamp set and the Green Valley Ink Set.

8. Re-stamp the plants inside the greenhouse in Obsidian Ink.

9. Apply Ocean Waves Dye Ink lightly above the greenhouse using a Mini Blending Brush.

10. Apply Butternut Dye Ink on the “ground” using a Mini Blending Brush.

11. Stamp sentiment into place onto the panel using Obsidian Ink.

12. Add a strip of Golden Trim Washi Tape at the bottom.

13. Finish with a few Sea Shore Enamel Dots.

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Note: Gray SKU represents coordinating die set.

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