Let's celebrate!

Hi everybody!

There is always a reason to celebrate: a birthday, anniversary, father's day... and today I want to share with you a tag that can be used as a card.

Supply list:
• 657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine
• 658838 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Phrases
• 658611 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK - Tags #2
•  658836 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK w/Stamps - I Love You & Happy Anniversary
• 658609 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Birthday #2
• Card stock
• Pattern paper
• Glitter paper
• Staz'on ink
• Decorative ribbon
• Black gel pen
• Liquid glue
• Foam squares

I love this cupcake die. You can make different thing with it and use it in many ways. This time I put some pattern paper behind each section to create a "paper pieced" effect, but much easier :)

Happy Monday!

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¡Hola a todos!

Siempre hay alguna buena razón para celebrar algo: un cumpleaños, aniversarios, fiestas varias... Hoy os enseño un tag que puede ser utilizado como tarjeta en estas ocasiones.

Me encanta este troquel de cupcake. Lo podéis utilizar de muchas maneras y para muchas cosas. Hoy simplemente he puesto trocitos de papel decorado detrás de cada parte para conseguir un efecto de "paper piecing" pero muchísimo más fácil y rápido.

¡Feliz lunes!

Some quick cards with 'Life Made Simple' dies.


Hi there and a great Sunday afternoon to you!!
I have made two cards that I would like to show you today. They are pretty clean and simple, at least for me ;-)

The first one is based on a journaling card on top of the woodgrain base and then some pieces die cut with the 'Life Made Simple' basics. I think those speach bubbles are very sweet. Of course I had to use my fave flower die on this card as well!!

For number two I used the basics set again, and the 'Life Made Simple' 'Smile for the Camera' set. These are so cool and funky!

Sizzix products used:

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

659747 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Basics 

659755 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Smile for the Camera

656640 Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Florals

Other products:

I used papers from the French manufacturer Les Papiers de Pandore , Prima flowers, Rangers liquid pearls, colour Bisque, Papirdesign paper doily.

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Hej hej och god söndag till er alla! Idag har jag gjort två kort i en rätt så 'clean' stil, allafall om man jämför med hur jag oftast scrappar.

Det första har jeg byggt upp på toppen av ett journalkort och med en woodgrain bakgrund. Sedan har jag skurit ut några delar med 'Life Made Simple' basics. De där pratbubblorna är jättesöta tycker jag!! Och såklart måste jag ha med min favoritt die för att göra blommor, Tattered florals!

För kort nummer två använde jag 'basics' igen men även 'Life Made Simple' 'Smile for the Camera'. Dessa diesen är bara såå jättecoola.!

Sizzix produkter:

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

659747 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Basics 

659755 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Smile for the Camera

656640 Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Florals

Andra produkter:

Jag använde papper från franska Les Papiers de Pandore , Prima blommor, Rangers liquid pearls, i färgen Bisque, Papirdesign doily.

Fresh hexagons

Hi everybody!

Today I want to share with you a Clean & Simple card using lots of hexagons.

Supply list:
•  658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
• 658838 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK w/Stamps - Phrases
•  659758 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Overall Patterns
• 658609 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 10PK - Hexagons
• Card stock: white, pink
• Vellum
• Staz'on ink
• Distress Ink Salty ocean
• Adhesive pearls
• Liquid glue
• Foam squares

Hexagons have been a big trend this year and I love how clean and organic they are at the same time. To create this fresh card I have inked some white card stock with Distress ink and layered the hexagons Overall Pattern over it. This is a great card background and so easy to make. Then I have die cut some more hexagons and adhered on the card with foam squares. I have highlighted them with some dash lines and I have stamped my sentiment on the big one. I have die cut the butterfly out of some vellum and pink card stock and adhered on the card with Glue Dots. Flinally, I have adhered some pearls to create some more interest in the background.

Happy Monday!

¡Hola a todos!

Hoy quiero compartir con vosotros esta tarjeta hecha con un montón de hexágonos. Los hexágonos han sido una gran tendencia este año y a mí me encantan por lo sencillos y orgánicos que son a la vez. 

Para hacer esta tarjeta con una aire tan fresco he entintado una cartulina blanca con tinta Distress azul y luego le he pegado la celosía de hexágonos encima. esto crea un fondo de tarjeta muy sencillo de hacer pero muy vistoso. Después he troquelado unos cuantos hexágonos más y los he pegado encima de la tarjeta con foam adhesivo. Para darles un poco más de relieve les he hecho un falso cosido y he puesto el título de la tarjeta en uno de ellos.

La mariposa está troquelada con papel vegetal y cartulina rosa y pegada a la tarjeta con Glue Dots.

Para terminar he puesto alguna perlita adhesiva en el fondo para dar todavía más interés al mismo.

¡Feliz lunes!

Life Made Simple photo folder

Hi everybody!

I'm so happy to show you my first project using the dies of the new Life Made Simple  range. I was very excited when I first saw these dies, because they are just awesome! You know I like things to be versatile, simple and easy to use, and the Life Made Simple line is everything about this. The designs can be used in many ways and in a lot of projects: Cards, LOs, Mini albums and, of course, in your Project Life.

For today's blog post I have made a photo folder using the Basics and the Smile for the Camera sets. I have created the folder with the biger thinlits die and the mat for the camera with the small one. To achieve the camera look I have die cut it 3 times with different papers and paper pieced some elements. Then I have put all together with lots of foam squares.

Supply list:
• 657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine
• 659755 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Smile for the Camera
• 659747 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Basics
• Card stock: cream
• Pattern paper
• Distress ink
• Black gel pen
• Liquid glue
• Brad
• Staples
• Decorative ribbon
• Adhesive letters
• Foam Squares

 You can use this photo folder to temporary store your Project Life photos, as a card, to give away some printed photos, or as a pocket in a mini album. The possibilities are endless :)

 Happy Monday!

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¡Hola a todos!

Estoy encantada de enseñaros por fin mi primer trabajo utilizando la línea Life Made Simple. Ya sabéis que a mí me gustan las cosas polivalentes, sencillas y fáciles de utilizar y esta línea es perfecta para esto. Todos los diseños pueden ser utilizados para un montón de cosas: tarjetas, miniálbumes, páginas y, por supuesto, para tu Project Life.

Para esta entrada he creado una pequeña carpeta para poner fotos. La base está hecha con el troquel más grande de los básicos y el marco de la cámara con el pequeño. Para hacer la cámara la he troquelado tres veces con diferentes papeles y después he recortado algunos elementos y los he pegado con un montón de foam adhesivo.

Podéis utilizar esta carpeta para un montón de cosas: para almacenar las fotos del Project Life, como tarjeta, para regalar fotos impresas, como bolsillo en un mini...¡las posibilidades son infinitas!

¡Feliz lunes!

Invitations 'Made Simple'



Hi there. 

I hope your Easter is all you could wish for. 

I know it has been a well needed break for me, and I am sure you loved getting some time

 to spend with friends and family.

In my DT package from Sizzix I got some new and really cool dies, called 'Life Made Simple'. 

They are great for the pocket page scrapbooker but can be used for so much more. 

They are perfect as embellishments on a page much like a traditional journalling card or why not as lovely card toppers,...

I love it when I get to use up some of my scraps. 

I feel that you can never have too many cards in store.

For both cards I used the large basic shape (659747) as a base on top of white cardstock. On the first card I used the embossing folder from the Big Shot starter kit to add texture. I also added a strip of contrasting cardstock behind the arrows to make them stand out even more.

Also simlar on both cards is the double butterfly. Even here I used the Big Shot starter set. There is a Bigz die with the basic shape and a medium Sizzlits die with the ornate butterfly and as they are very conveniently  the same size :-)

Sizzix products:

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

659747 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Basics

659755  Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Smile for the Camera 

Other products used:

Paper: Bazzil cardstock, Heather Bailey paper pad.

Letter stickers: My Little Shoe Box

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Hejsan!

Hoppas Påsken varit så lugn och rofylld ni kunnat önska!

För min del ar det varit välbehövlig avkoppling, och jag gissar att ni alla som en njuter av 

ledig tid med vänner och familj.

I mitt DT-paket med härliga Sizzix produkter fanns de allra senaste 'Life Made Simple' diesen. 

De passar såklart bra för en mer dokumentär typ av scrapbooking men är även perfekta som dekorationer typ som journalling cards eller som kortdekorationer.

Jag gillar att använda slut på mina små pappersbitar som blivit över från andra projekt. - Och man kan ju inte ha för många kort på lager,... För båda korten använde jag den stora kort-formen(659747) som bas över vit cardstock. På det första använde jag även den embossing folder som följde med start kitet för att ge extra textur. Jag la en bit vit cardstock bakom raden av pilar så den skulle stå ut lite extra.

En annan liknande sak på båda korten är den dubbla fjärillen. Även denna kom med i Big Shot starter set. Där finns en Bigz die med basformen och en medium Sizzlits die med den sirliga formen. Som av en tanke är de precis samma storlek!

Sizzix products:

658300 Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

659747 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Basics

659755  Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Smile for the Camera 

Other products used:

Paper: Bazzil cardstock, Heather Bailey paper pad.

Letter stickers: My Little Shoe Box

Sunday post from Bente 'My Piece of Heaven'



Hello, I hope you are all having a lovely week end so far. 

I have a new page to share with you and of course I have used some of my new gorgeous Sizzix dies for it!

Here are a couple of shots I took along the way:

After I sprayed some different shades of mist on my page I look for the right placement 

for my diecut pieces.

Then I decide where my photo should go and start adding different kinds of embellishments.

And now a few closeups of my finished page:

 I used one of the new and funky Life Made Simple sets to cut the small tab. And the Tim Holtz rosette die is one of my favourites.

Sizzix products used for this page:

659432 Sizzix frameworks die - Lattice 

659431 Sizzix frameworks die - Trellies 

657177 Mini paper rosette die

 658300 Sizzix Big Shot starter kit (powder blue and teal) 

659747 Life Made Simple, basics

Other products used:

Scraps of Elegance April kit 'Flutter ':

Papers from Bo Bunny, collection 'Primrose' 

 Prima (Talia Tenacious) 

Petaloo ( Darjeeling Wild Blossom,-soft green, Botanical Blooms X 4 -grey)

Heidi Swapp colorshine Mint Green

October Afternoon mists (Icebox, Miss Mary Mack)

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Hej, jag hoppas att ni alla har en härlig helg hittills.

Jag har en ny layout at visa, och jag har naturligtvis roat mig med att använda en del av 

mina nya fina Sizzix dies tillsammans med den läckra turkosa Big Shot maskinen.

 Här är ett par bilder jag tog på vägen:
Efter att jag sprutade några olika nyanser av mist på min sida provade jag ut rätt placering  

för mina diecut bitar.

Sedan bestämmer jag var mitt foto ska gå och börja lägga till olika typer av dekorationer.

Och här är några närbilder på min färdiga sida. 

Jag använda ett av de häftiga nya setten för Project Life typ av scrapbooking. (Life Made Simpl).

Tim Holtz söta strip die för att laga rosetter är en av mina favoritter!

Sizzix produkter jeg har brukt på min sida:

659432 Sizzix frameworks die - Lattice 

659431 Sizzix frameworks die - Trellies 

657177 Mini paper rosette die

 658300 Sizzix Big Shot starter kit (powder blue and teal) 

659747 Life Made Simple, basics

Andra produkter jag har brukt:

Scraps of Elegance April kit 'Flutter ':

Papper från Bo Bunny, collection 'Primrose' 

 Prima blommor (Talia Tenacious) 

Petaloo blommor ( Darjeeling Wild Blossom,-soft green, Botanical Blooms X 4 -grey)

Heidi Swapp colorshine Mint Green

October Afternoon mists (Icebox, Miss Mary Mack)