Hi! I'm Quim Díaz and I have a very ugly pencil case.

Hello everybody!

Holidays end, it's about time to return to school or work, and has come into my hands a very ugly pencil case!

I thought a few days on how to do something cute with it. Finally with a little chalk and paint, and  one of my favorite Big Shot Plus Starter Kit dies I can have a beautiful pencil case.

And if you want to see how ugly it was before, and do something similar, here you have a video tutorial where you can see how I did it.

This are the Sizzix products used in this project:
660515 Sizzix Big Shot PLUS Starter Kit (White and Gray)

Be Happy!!

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¡Hola a todo el mundo!

Las vacaciones finalizan, ya es hora de regresar a la escuela o el trabajo, y ha llegado a mis manos un estuche muy feo!

Pensé unos días en cómo podía hacer algo chulo con el. Finalmente con un poco de chalk paint y uno de mis troqueles preferidos del kit de inicio de la Big Shot Plus, he podido tener un estuche muy bonito.

Si quieres ver lo feo que era antes y/o hacer algo similar, arriba tenéis un video tutorial donde se puede ver cómo lo he hecho.

Estos son los productos Sizzix utilizados en este proyecto:
660515 Sizzix Big Shot PLUS Starter Kit (White and Gray)

¡¡Sed muy felices!!

Bear Necessities!

There is a wonderful new collection of dies that go by the collective name 'Winter Wonderland' which have just been released for all you crazy people who like to make your Christmas cards six months in advance.

I know it's a little early for the rest of us but I love this die so much that I couldn't resist sharing it with you. The die in question is a Bigz die called Loving Bear..... isn't that sweet?

Bigz dies mean BIG possibilities, especially when it comes to cutting a ridiculous range of materials. I attached an off-cut of natural calico to a piece of mount board and die-cut the bear and his snout.

 Next, I attached more calico to a piece of ivory card and die-cut the parts to make the scarf, the nose and the inside of the ears. I applied my Broken China and Shabby Shutters Distress Ink pads directly onto a craft mat and spritzed with clean water before dipping the parts of the scarf into the ink.

Next, I applied Old Paper Distress ink around the edges of the die-cuts. 

To add a little more texture I rolled out a pea sized blob of white chalky paint with my brayer before applying to the die-cuts. Always start off with a little paint, you can always add more if you need to.

I die-cut the eyes from black card and assembled the various bits & pieces before mounting onto a pink base card using adhesive foam pads. It's really simple but the effect is pretty cool. I do hope you share my enthusiasm for this die because I will probably be using it quite a bit between now and my 51st birthday, or Christmas as most of you call it!

Beautiful storage

Hi everybody!

Last week I was having fun with chalk paint, and I was wanting more ... so this week I used again creating a lovely place to store my embossing folders

With an Antique Wood Tray Drawer (a spanish new brand of wood items ready to craft), a little bit of paint applied with the dry brush technique and sanded, some lovely Sizzix dies and white glue, I have the ideal way to store my embossing folders and always have them ready to create beautiful things

some details of my nice drawer

Sizzix products I've used:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine

660210 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 102PK - Alphanumeric (1 “Tall)

660222 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4 PK - Scribbles & Splat

and all the embossing folders I have

Be happy!

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¡Hola a todo el mundo!

La semana pasada estuve divirtiéndome con chalk paint, y me quedé con ganas de más ... por lo que esta semana la he utilizado de nuevo para crear un encantador lugar donde almacenar mis carpetas de gofrado.

Con un Tray Drawer de Antique Wood (una nueva marca española de artículos de madera perfectos para manualidades), un poco de pintura aplicada con la técnica de pincel seco y lijada, algunos troqueles y cola blanca, ya tengo la forma ideal para almacenar mis carpetas de gofrado y tenerlas siempre listas para crear cosas bonitas.

Los productos Sizzix que he usado:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine

660210 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 102PK - Alphanumeric (1 “Tall)

660222 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4 PK - Scribbles & Splat

Y todas las carpetas de gofrado que tengo

¡Sed muy felices!

Altered tiny cutting board

Hi everybody!

We can’t deny that Chalk Paint is very cool. Is great for painting cardboard, and die cut it to create beautiful embellishments for our scrapbook.

Recently I really like altering decorative objects, and few days ago when I saw a tiny cutting board in a supplies shop, I had to buy it with the idea to use in a scrapbooking project. And here is the result.

in this step you can see how I did it:

some details of my altered tiny cutting board

Hope you like it!

As you saw in the step by step, Sizzix products I'm using in this project are:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine

657552 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Circles, Scallop

657563 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals

660805 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Hello Flower

Be happy!

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Hola a todo el mundo!

No podemos negar que la Chalk Paint esta muy de moda, y a mi me encanta usarla para pintar cartulina y troquelarla, creando preciosos embellecedores con un aspecto genial para usar en mi scrapbook.

Últimamente me estoy aficionando a alterar objetos de decoración, y el otro día cuando vi una minúscula tabla de cocina en una tienda de decoración no dude en comprarla para usarla en algún proyecto de scrapbooking. 

En el paso a paso puedes ver como lo he hecho.

Los productos Sizzix que he utilizado:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot machine

657552 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Circles, Scallop

657563 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals

660805 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Hello Flower

Sed muy felices!