Planner Post - June Ticket Tag

Happy Friday! I'm excited to be sharing with you today my June Ticket Tag for inbetween my weekly June planner spreads in my Planner. To create my ticket tag, I've used a variety of the dies and stamps from the Planner Essentials line. You'll want to read below to learn how I created my June Ticket Tag.

To start, die cut the ticket from the Planner Essentials - 11 die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Rosebud, Spring Green and Ocean Magenta Nuance over the entire surface of the tag. Spritz the tag with water. Dry the ticket tag with a heat tool. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the hexagon stamp from the Pure Spring stamp and stamp onto the ticket tag. Reapply the ink to the hexagon stamp three more times randomly onto the ticket tag. Ink the edges of the ticket tag using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Months die, die cut the June month word out of White Soft Finish Cardstock.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Important stamp and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Cut the word out. Ink the edges of the word using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Calendar stamp and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Cut the calendar out. Ink the edges of the calendar using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. Use a black pen to add the numbers and month to your calendar.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Retro Label stamp and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Cut the label out. Ink the edges of the label using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. Using a black gel pen, add writing as desired into your label.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the arrow stamps and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Cut the arrows out. Ink the edges of the arrows using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the June month to the top of the ticket tag. Foam square the calendar 1/4" from the right and 1 1/4" from the top of the ticket tag. Adhere the two arrows to the left of the calendar. Adhere the important word 1/4" from the right and 3/8" from the bottom of the ticket tag. Foam square the label 5/8" from the right and 3/4" from the bottom of the ticket tag. To finish off the tag, use a white gel pen to draw lines inside of the stamped hexagons.

Here's a few closeup photos of the the finished June Ticket Tag.

Here is the finished June Ticket Tag.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

- Planner Essentials Months

- Planner Essentials - 11

- Pure Spring

- Retro Labels

- Bullet Journaling 2

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

- Beacon Choice Glue

- 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Black Soot Distress Ink and a Blending tool with foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink and Mister

- Magenta Nuance: Rosebud, Spring Green and Ocean

- Misc: Black Gel Pen and White Gel Pen

- Katelyn

Let the Adventure Begin Card

Happy Monday! I'm up on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today sharing my Let the Adventure Begin Card, which features new dies from Joset Designs, dies from Els van de Burgt Studio as well as dies and patterned paper from ModaScrap. 

I would love for you to go and check out the full tutorial on how to create my Let the Adventure Begin Card over on the Elizabeth Crafts Designs Blog. 

- Katelyn

It's Your Birthday Card

I was busy playing with Joset's Safari Collection this past weekend and created a fun birthday card. With a few of the dies figured out from Joset Designs as well as dies and patterned paper from ModaScrap, I created this fun It's Your Birthday Card. You'll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my It's Your Birthday card at home.

To start, die cut the 4 3/4" Dashing Squares out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Ink the edges of the square using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the 4 3/4" Stitched Hexagon out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Olive Magenta Nuance powder over top of the hexagon. Spritz the powder with water. Once the paper has dried, ink the edges of the hexagon using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose a patterned paper piece from the ModaScrap - Magic Mountain Paper Pack. Die cut the 5 1/4" Stitched Hexagon out of the patterned paper piece. Ink the edges of the hexagon using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Jungle Leaves, die cut one of the leaves twice out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Shabby Shutters Distress Ink over the entire surfaces of the leaves.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the It's Your Birthday sentiment and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Cut apart the sentiment as desired. Ink the edges of each word or words using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Party Accessories die, die cut the crown out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Fossilized Amber Distress Ink over the entire surface of the crown.

From the Monkey Die, die cut all of the elements for the monkey out except for the banana out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Ground Espresso Distress Ink over the entire surface of the head, body, tail, arms and legs. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Tea Dye Distress Ink over the entire surface of the face, ears, tummy, hands and feet.

Adhere the 4 3/4" stitched hexagon to the 5 1/4" stitched hexagon. Foam square the 5 1/4" stitched hexagon to the 4 3/4" dashing square.

On the left hand side of the stitched hexagons, adhere the two jungles leaves.

Adhere your monkey together. Adhere the crown to the top of the monkey's head. Once the monkey is adhere, add a nose and mouth with a black pen. Foam square the monkey to the middle of the 4 3/4" stitched hexagon.

Adhere the It's Your Birthday sentiments to the left hand side of the monkey as desired. Adhere the Go Bananas! sentiment to the right hand side of the monkey. To finish off the card, cut a card base that measures 4 3/4" x 9 1/2", score at 4 3/4". Adhere the card front to the card base.

Here are a few closeups photos of the finished card.

Here is the finished It's Your Birthday Card.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

- Dashing Squares

- Monkey

- Party Accessories

- Jungle Leaves

- Safari Sayings

- Stitched Hexagons

- ModaScrap: Magic Mountain Paper Pack

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

- 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive

- Kids Choice Glue

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink- Shabby Shutters, Fossilized Amber, Ground Espresso & Tea Dye and Blending tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink and Mister

- Magenta Nuance: Olive

- Misc: Black Pen

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. I hope that I've inspired you to recreate my It's Your Birthday Card at home.

- Katelyn 

Beautiful Day Scrapbook Layout

Happy Monday! I'm excited to be up on Creative Scrapbooker Magazine's Blog as a monthly blogger sharing my Beautiful Day Scrapbook Layout. My layout features a variety of products from Carta Bella, ink from Ranger Ink and adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

You'll want to make sure to stop by the Creative Scrapbooker Blog to learn how I created my Beautiful Day Scrapbook Layout.

Thanks for stopping by!

- Katelyn

Masculine Happy Birthday Card

Happy Wednesday! Today's project is a Masculine Happy Birthday Card for Southern Ridge Trading Company's blog. I hope that my card inspires you to recreate your own version at home.

You'll want to stop by Southern Ridge Trading Company's blog so that you can learn how I created my Masculine Happy Birthday Card at home.

- Katelyn

But First, Coffee Tag

Happy Monday!

I have a new post over on Quietfire Design blog today, where I'm sharing my But First, Coffee Tag which features a variety of Quietfire stamps and A Way With Words Dies.

For a full tutorial and a few more photos of my project, you'll want to head over to Quietfire Design blog for all the details. 

- Katelyn

Planner Post - May Tittle Page

Happy Saturday! I'm excited to be sharing with you today my May Tittle Page for my Planner. To create my tittle page, I've used a variety of the dies from the Planner Essentials line and dies from Els van de Burgt Studio. You'll want to read below to learn how I created my May Title Page.

To start, die cut the Planner Essentials 2 page out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Aquamarine, Hot Pink and Chartreuse Magenta Nuance over the page. Spritz the powder with water. Allow to dry. Once the page has dried, apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the letter stamp from the Patterns 2 stamp set and stamp randomly on the page. Repeat the previous step six more times. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the dot strip from the Schedule stamp set and stamp onto the tab of the page. Ink the edges of the page using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam. Set the page aside while we work on the other elements.

From the Planner Months die, die cut the May month out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Aquamarine Magenta Nuance powder over the month and spritz with water. Set the word aside to dry.

Die cut a 2 1/4" Stitched Circle out of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the stitched circle using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink.

Die cut the Stitched Label from the Planner Labels die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Chartreuse Magenta Nuance powder over the stitched label and spritz with water. Set the stitched label aside to dry. Once the label has dried, ink the edges of the label using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Filmstrip die, die cut the polaroid frame with stitching out of black cardstock.

From a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock, die cut the 1 1/2" and 1" Stitched Fishtails Banners. Ink the edges of the stitched banners using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the heart reinforcements from the Planner Labels die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Adhere the heart reinforcements over each hole on the page. Colour in the dots in the tab using black and white gel pens.

Adhere the 1 1/2" stitched fishtail banner 1 1/8" from the left and 1 1/4" from the top of the page. Adhere the 1" stitched fishtail banner 1 3/8" from the right and 1 3/4" from the top of the page. Foam square the black polaroid frame 7/8" from the left and 2 7/8" from the bottom of the page. 

Adhere the stitched label 3/8" from the right and 3 3/8" from the bottom of the page. Adhere the May month to the stitched circle. Foam square the stitched circle 7/8" from the left and 2 7/8" from the bottom of the page.

Here's a few closeup photos of the the finished May Tittle Page.

Here is the finished May Tittle Page.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

- Planner Essentials Labels

- Planner Essentials Months

- Planner Filmstrip

- Planner Essentials - 2

- Patterns 2

- Schedule

- Stitched Circles

- Stitched Fishtail Banners

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

- Beacon Choice Glue

- 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and a Blending tool with foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink and Mister

- Magenta Nuance: Aquamarine, Hot Pink and Chartreuse

- Misc: Kraft Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Black Gel Pen and White Gel Pen

- Katelyn

Happy Mother's Day Card

Happy Tuesday! With Mother's Day this past Sunday I can now share the Mother's Day Card that I gave to mom. I know that I'm sharing my card now, but you can easily change the Happy Mother's Day sentiment out for a Happy Birthday, Thinking of You, With Sympathy, etc. With a few of my favourite dies from ModaScrap, Joset Designs and Susans Garden Notes in hand, I set off and created this pretty Happy Mother's Day. You'll want to read below as I share with you how to recreate my Happy Mother's Day card at home.

To start, die cut a 5 1/4" Dashing Square out of a piece of patterned paper. Ink the edges of the square using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut a 4 3/4" Dashing Square out of another piece of patterned paper. Ink the edges of the square using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Cut a third piece of patterned paper to 4" x 4".

Die cut a 4 1/4" Dashing Square out of a fourth piece of patterned paper. Place the 3 1/2" Frame It/Stitched Circle in the middle of the patterned paper piece. Run the piece of paper with the die on it through your die cutting machine. Ink the edges of the square using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the scallop edge from the Valentines Edges out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Cut the edge down to 3".

Cut out a patterned paper border from the paper and cut the border down to 3". Ink the edges of the border using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Words 3 - Happy Holidays die, die cut the Happy Mother's Day sentiment out of White Soft Finish Cardstock.

From the Large Flower Set, choose one of the flowers. Die cut the chosen flower six times out of pink paper. Die cut the centers once out of a matching pink patterned paper piece. Adhere two of the pink flowers together and add a center to each. Repeat the previous step two more times for the remaining pink flowers.

Choose a leaf from the Trio of Leaves die. Die cut the leaf eight times out of a green paper.

From the Small Flower Set die, choose one of the small flowers. Die cu the chosen small flower six times out of a purple patterned paper piece. Die cut the center die out of coordinating purple purple. You will only need three of the centers. Adhere two of the purple flowers together and add a center to each. Repeat the previous step two more times for the remaining purple flowers.

Adhere the 4 3/4" Dashing Square to the 5 1/4" Dashing Square.

Adhere the 4" patterned paper piece in behind the 4 1/4" Dashing Square. Foam square the 4 1/4" square to the middle of the 4 3/4" Dashing Square.

Adhere the border strip to the scallop edge piece. Adhere the border strip/scallop edge piece to the bottom middle of the circle.

Adhere a large pink flower and two small purple flowers in the bottom right hand side of the circle. Cut down two leaves as desired and adhere them underneath the pink flower.

Adhere the remaining two large pink flower and one small purple flowers in the top left hand side of the circle. Cut down the remaining leaves as desired and adhere them underneath both pink flowers and the purple flower.

Adhere the Happy Mother's Day sentiment in the circle portion of the card. To finish off the card, cut a cardbase that measures 5 1/2" x 11", score at 5 1/2".

Here are a few closeups photos of the finished card.

Here is the finished Happy Mother's Day Card.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

- Dashing Squares

- Valentines Edges

- Words 3: Happy Holidays

- Large Flower Set

- Small Flower Set

- Trio of Leaves

- Garden Notes: Frame It/Stitched Circles

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

- 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive

- Kids Choice Glue

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink- Black Soot and Blending tool with Foam

- Graphic 45: Bloom - 12x12 Patterns & Solids and 8x8 Paper Pad

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. I hope that I've inspired you to recreate my Happy Mother's Day Card at home.

- Katelyn