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Seaside Themed Gifts
Dreaming of a sunny seaside break? It’s hard to beat fish and chips on the beach with the sand between your toes, but these colourful makes from Sizzix are the next best thing! No matter where you are, the long, lazy days of summer were made for crafting, and there’s no better place to kick-start your creativity than with these smiling die-cut sea dwellers. But your die cutting machine won’t be the only star of the show. These fab crafts will also help you try your hand at heat embossing and making a shaker card.
Seaside themed Summer Gifts
There’s nothing quite like a handmade gift and card to show someone that you really care
Framed art
Kit List
Sizzix: Surfacez mat board; Big Shot die cutting machine; Bigz XL Chunky Alphabet die set; Bigz Ocean Friends die set, Heart #3 die; Making Essential embossing ink pad, opaque embossing powder in Limoncello and Sorbet, Express glue, foam tape, sequins Tim Holtz distress oxide ink pads: Broken China, Iced Spruce Heat tool White card Aperture frame
1Die cut the following from mat board: letters to spell the sentiment Make Waves using the Chunky Alphabet die set and the seahorse and shell from the Ocean Friends die set. Apply the embossing ink, sprinkle over embossing powder and emboss with a heat tool. 2 Die cut Heart #3 from mat board and apply distress oxide ink in Broken China. Spritz with water and leave to dry. 3 Using the Ocean Friends set, die cut the whale from mat board and apply Iced Spruce distress oxide. Spritz with water and leave to dry. Die cut another whale fr om white card and trim off the top. Adhere this to the bottom of the mat board whale using Express glue. 4 Trim white card to fit in your frame and adhere behind the aperture. Adhere the heart into the centre and adhere the whale and the seahorse as shown using foam tape. 5 Adhere the words centrally above and below the heart. Add the shell using foam tape and embellish with sequins.
Shaker card
Kit List
Sizzix: Surfacez cardstock sheets, mat board; Framelits circles die set; Big Shot die cutting machine; Bigz Ocean Friends die set; Making Essential Express glue, sequins and beads, shaker dome circle, foam tape; Thinlits Elle Uppercase die set, Alphanumeric Tiny Type Uppercase die set Corner punch Tim Holtz distress oxide ink pads: Broken China, Iced Spruce 1 Trim white card to a 12cm square.
Round the two bottom corners with a corner punch. Die cut the largest circle fr om the centre. 2 Trim a piece of white card so it is slightly larger than the circle cut in step 1 and apply the Broken China distress oxide ink. Spritz with water and leave to dry.
3Die cut the seal from mat board and apply Iced Spruce distress oxide as shown. Once dry, adhere the seal to the centre of the card from step 2. 4 Sprinkle sequins over the seal and adhere the shaker dome on top. Add the white card on top of this. 5 Trim a piece of Sorbet card slightly larger than the white panel. Round the bottom corners with the punch, and adher e as shown. 6 Using the Elle Uppercase set, die cut the word Splash and adhere to the panel as shown. Die cut two of the shells from the Ocean Friends set from Limoncello card. 7 Using the Alphanumeric Tiny Type
Uppercase set, die cut the words Make A and adhere to the white card. Adhere the shells on either side. 8 Create a card blank from Limoncello card that’s slightly larger than the panel. Adhere the panel to the card blank using foam tape.
Helping HAND X Choose a selection of colours that
complement each other, but stick to just a few so that the design is the focal point.
X To create a textured look with
distress oxide inks, spritz with water and use a paper towel to remove the excess.
X Give the mat board dimension
and a range of textures by adding embossing powder, distress oxide ink and card.
X Use foam tape to adhere some of
the die cuts to add dimension.
