Christmas with Poinsettia + Susan's Garden

Hello Friends, welcome back to another challenge for Susan's Garden at Elizabeth Craft Designs. Yes and its Christmas so we are going with the traditional color of Christmas.

For my card today I have used white gold and some poinsettia. kept it simple with some frills.

Please visit the ECD blog here to view more inspirations. Here;s what we want to ask all of you

What Susan Garden products would you like to find under your Christmas tree this year?”

The poinsettias are foam flowers and shaped by heating the petals. Its a tone on tone on white with splashes of gold and green. The Gold border holds the frame on a scored background.

Do share how you like it and I will be back with some more inspirations and new projects.

Congratulations Card – Love in a Mist

Hello Friends, Piyanki here with  a new project using some brand new Susan’s Garden dies. The collection is fun , creative and as always immensely intricate to give your flowers the perfect shape and natural look. For today’s post I have chosen the Garden Notes –  “Love in a Mist” (Nigella Damascena) die set. First the name fascinated me and then when I researched a little about the flower, it blooms in the color blue. For a long time I have not created any flower in blue so went for it at once.

Love in a Mist is a common name for “Nigella”. The ferny , fennel like foliage makes it look all the more interesting. With the die set you have the perfect dies for the foliage which will add the natural look once you assemble the flowers. I chose to create my flowers blue for my card, however you can find these flowers in a variety of different colors.

Step 1 : Cut a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock to 8.5″ x 5.5″, score along the long side at 4.25″ to create a  4.25″ x 5.5″ top folding card which will be the base of the card.

Step 2 : Cut another piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock at 4″ x 5.3″ to form the second layer. Use the Stitched Oval die to die cut a section of the card stock.

Step 3 : Cut a piece of Watercolor Paper to 3″ x 5.3″ add color to this panel using  Distress Oxide of your choice.( Iced Pruce , Broken China used on this card) and some Distress Ink ( Squeezed Lemonade , Curved Pumpkin).

Step 4: Keep adding layers of distress ink, splash some water and then heat dry it in between every layer. Once you form the desired shade adhere this layer to the second layer.

Step 5:  To add more depth to the card base die cut several pieces of the smallest dies from Garden Notes Dahlia 2 and adhered it all over the card stock.

Step 6: Using the Love in a Mist die set, die cut enough petals and leaves to create three flowers from White Soft Finish Cardstock.  Color using Zig Markers.

Step 7 : Assemble all the flowers , ferns around the upper portion of the stitched oval.

Step 8: To finish the card add a die cut the sentiment “Congratulations”  3-4 times from a White Soft Finish Cardstock, stack the sentiments together to give a raised effect. Adhere to the lower portion of the oval opening.

Be the Sunshine

Hello Friends, after a technical pause back to my blog! There is some technical error going on due to which I am unable to operate. However with some workaround I am able to be back.

Today I am with a project featuring some garden fairies from Susan's garden collection. The flowers and the fairies completes your perfect garden.

First lets see some of the projects glimpse and then to the ECD challenge post.

If you want to see more inspiration here's LINK.

For today's challenge Elizabeth Craft Designs are giving away a $20 Gift Card to use on the Elizabeth Craft Designs website to 3 winners. 

To enter simply leave a comment on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Challenge post and tell us “If you had your own fairy, what would be 3 products on your crafting wishlist?”

We will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing 

The winners will be announced on Friday, October 13th, on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

Product Used

GN Hydrangea 2

GN Tiger Lily Fairies

Molding Mat

Kids Choice Glue

Soft Finish White Card Stock

SG Panpastels Set 3

Metal Tool

Soft Finish CS Set 4

6mm double sided adhesive

Hope to see you soon! Love to hear from you. Share your love , comments and thoughts.

Be the Sunshine

Hello friends, welcoming you to my post. I appreciate you stopping by. Today I have a brand new card using Susan's Anemone flowers. I have made many projects with this flower and somehow I dont get enough.

Its a beautiful flower and love love working on it. Now for any of my card/projects I love to create a background/backdrop on which I lay or assemble my bouquet of flowers.

Every time I try and create something new whether its tone-on-tone , watercolor , mixed media , texture background or something new.

This time I used some scraps of solid card stock to create the backdrop. I had seen a video long back from Jennifer and always wanted to try this technique.

This month I am hooked to this background and I am in the spree to make more and more of this background.

Instructions

1. Cut and score a white card base to 5.5" x 4.25"
2.Cut several thin strips from coordinating color card stock.
3. Die cut, color and shape several Anemone along with the leaves.
4. Fill the centers and keep it ready to assemble.
5. Adhere all the strips onto the card base.
6.Snip off the extra ends from both sides of the card.
7. Assemble the flowers and leaves.
8. Finish the card with a quote from the stamp set.

Product Used

Susan's Garden - Anemone
Soft White Card Stock
Soft Card Stock - Set 3
Metal Tool Set
Kids Choice Glue
GN Ivy Vines
Molding Mat

Do share how you like my project. See you soon at the next blog!

For our Challenge today Elizabeth Craft Designs are giving away a $20 Gift Card to use on the Elizabeth Craft Designs website to 3 winners.

To enter, simply leave a comment on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog post and answer this question: What Home Decor items do you like to create to use in your home?

We will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing.

The winners will be announced on Friday, September 15th, on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

Merry Christmas

Hello friends, I am back again with another project for Christmas. This time I am featuring the Poinsettia along with some basic and elegant background.

Its a beautiful concept to get all your Christmas cards get created at this time of the year. So by Christmas all are cards and gifts are ready to go.

Do share how you like it and would love to hear from you.

Until then happy crafting. Will be back soon with some more fun creations.

Dahlias from Susan's Garden

A big welcome to all the readers. Today I have some fresh flowers from Susan's Garden  for you all on a water color backdrop. Dahlias come in so many colors that you can create your own color therapy to create your dahlias. 

The dies are designed is such versatile way that creating any of the flowers from Susan's Garden is for sure easy. It also adds the original cuts and folds.

Instruction

• Cut a water color card stock which measures 4" x 5".
• Sprinkle some water and then use some spray paints and random spritz them while heat set it.
• Continue the process until you get the water color background you desire.
• Die cut 3 pieces of entwined circles from white card stock.
• Adhere the 3 piece overlapping each other on the water color background.
• Die cut several pieces of the Garden Notes Dahlias from a lilac card stock.
• Shape and fold the petals and leaves using Susan's Metal Tool Set.
• Once the flowers are shaped, arrange and adhere them in a cluster on the card panel created.
• Cut and score a white card stock at 4.25" x 5.5" for the card base.
• Adhere the card panel on the card base which will finish your card.
• Embellish the card with some pearl bling of your choice.

Do leave your comments and love.

Let me know how you like it and I will be back soon with some more creativity.

Bottle Art with Susan's Begonia

Welcome friends to my crafty space. Hope you all are having a nice week and crafty one too. When you can use your  creativity to decor your house what more can you ask for. 

 What I have made today is something very close to my heart. I collect these old wine bottles and when opportunities comes I turn them into beautiful pieces of art. They are simple to make and yet looks so elegant.

Its a part of the ongoing challenge on ECD blog and you much visit to see how beautiful projects coming from all the designers across the world.

Instructions

• Take any old bottle of any shape and size.
• Soak it in hot water to remove the labels and any stickers
• Use jute twines,Jute Lace and Fabric Lace.
• First cover the entire bottle with Jute twine.
• Use the Jute and fabric lace to wrap and cover the middle section of the bottle.
• Shape and color Begonia and arrange the bouquet on one side of the bottle.
• Use Glue Gun to adhere the flowers on as they will be adhering to the fabric.

Product Used

Tuberous Begonia

Metal Tool

Kids Choice Glue

Jute Twine

Jute Lace

Fabric Lace

Glue Gun

Heat Tool

Hope you like it, do share your love and comment. Until then Happy crafting and see you soon at the next blog!

A Canvas with Dahlia

Welcome Friends to another post where I have the beautiful Dahlias on a Canvas from Susan's Garden. While I had fun creating this, also it reminds me of my childhood where I used to help and see my mother nurture these beauties.

Working with flowers makes you fall in love with the nature all the more and such has been my experience so far. This project is typically not a card but a textured canvas. Lets see some more close up and then how we can re create the same.

Intructions

• Take a blank canvas and apply white gesso.
• Take some texture paste and a knife and use the texture paste unevenly on the canvas without any stencils.
• Take some spray paints and sprinkle on the textured surface after it dries completely.
• Sprinkle some warm silk microfine glitter and sprinkle it after applying soft gel.
• Die cut multiple pieces of Dahlia and shape them using the Metal tool and molding mat.
• To assemble die cut a piece of romantic corner and tuck in before placing the flowers.

Products 

Romantic Corner

Warm Superfine Diamond Dust

Garden Dahlias

Metal Tool

Canvas

Texture Paste

Sprays

Beads

Glue

Thats all I have for you all today. Do share how you like and leave your love and comments.

See you soon as the next blog!

Elizabeth Craft Designs + Sunflower Card

Welcome all. Today I am back with another card using one of the newly released dies from Susan's Garden. If you have not visited the garden yet then here is the link where you get to see all the new released dies.

Susan's Garden

Being one of my favourite flower I created a very simple card today with Sunflower being the focal for the card. Bright, Yellow and fresh from my craft Garden is what I have today for you all.

I would love to know what you think and also what you create with the sunflower die.

\Untill then happy crafting and see you soon at the next blog!

A Tag with Poinsettia!

Hello friends, Piyanki here using the Poinsettia from Susan’s Garden to create a water color mixed media Tag!

Shaping poinsettias is what I love. I have made a Red and Pink Poinsettia earlier with a word background.

I used the new Distress Oxide for the background. Keeping a suttle background so that the flower pops.

How to:

1. Cut a chipboard in the tag shape 6.5″ x 3″. Distress the sides and spunge with distress ink.
2. Die cut 2 pieces of Entwined Circles.
3. Die cut 2 sets of Poinsettia flower dies. Color and shade them with distress ink.
4. Shape the flower petals and leaves using Susan’s Metal tool.
5. Cut a piece of Water Color paper in the same size as the chipboard tag.
6. Sprinkle with water to prepare the base and create the background with distress ink.
7. First lay down the die cut circles pieces, add some mesh and prepare for the flower base.
8. Arrange the flowers, leaves and then lay it on the mesh background.
9. Sprinkle some white paint and stones to finish the background.
10. Cut a Black strip of card Stock. Die the word Congratulations with a white paper.
11. Adhere the sentiment at the bottom.

Love to hear from you!

Happy Crafting and see you soon!

Hello + Soon to release dies by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hello everyone and welcome to my first post for Elizabeth Craft Designs. Ever since I started working with flowers and paper crafting, Susan's Garden Club - Elizabeth Craft Designs was one of the company whose flower dies I would die for.

The reason would be the flowers are so natural, easy to create and perfect to what you may see in your garden. 2017 could not be a better start than joining the fabulous team.

So we have a whole new range of dies yet to be released and we at Elizabeth Craft Designs are all gearing up for the new release. You can see the whole new release HERE.

Now let me tell you a little about my project, the flower I chose today for my project is one of the very few flower I have been wanting to work with for the longest time.

Here's my version of the flower and I hope I could do justice.

The card is a very simple card. Its made with a window and acetate however I have not added any shaker elements as such.

I wanted to sentiment to be behind with some background flowers and leaves so created a double layer and acetate sheet.

Do share how you like it.Listing down all the products used.

Mini Molding Mat

Hydrangea

Postage Rectangles

Susan's Tool

Self Adhesive

Flower Pot

Hello

Leaf Pad

Kids Choice Glue

Olive Twist

See you soon at the next Blog!