Elizabeth Craft Designs February Group Post - Valentine's Day Projects

 Happy Monday!

For February's Group Post it's all about Valentine's Day Projects. For this month's group post, I'm sharing this pretty Love Wall Hanging. To create my wall hanging, I've used dies from Els van de Burgt Studio, Joset Designs, the Planner Essentials Collection and the Paper Flower Collection. Grab a cup of your favourite beverage and read below as I have a tutorial for you so that you can re-create my Love Wall Hanging at home. You'll also want to make sure to stop by the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog to check out the rest of the projects.  

To start, you'll need some valentine's themed patterned paper. Die cut a 5" Scalloped Heart out of a piece of Valentine's themed paper. Die cut a 3 3/4" Scalloped Heart out of a piece of book page. Ink the edges of both hearts using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

You'll need another two coordinating valentine's themed patterned paper. Die cut a 4" Stitched Heart out of a piece of one of the patterned papers. Die cut a 3" Stitched Heart out of the other patterned paper. Ink the edges of both hearts using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Essentials 20 - Half Heart Page Set, you'll need the Love word. Die cut the word out of a piece of valentine's themed patterned paper. 

The next three steps use the Floral 6 die.

Die cut the large flower three times, the medium flower four times and the small flower four times out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Worn Lipstick Distress Ink over the entire surface of all of the flowers. Shape the flowers as desired. Add a large Glitter.Red/Gold Dot to the middle of each small flower.

Die cut the leaf three times out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Forest Moss Distress Ink over the entire surface of the leaves. Shape the leaves as desired.

Die cut one the small flowers twice and the other small flower once out of White Soft Finish Cardstock.

From the Journaling Elements Stamp, you'll need the three hearts stamp. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the stamp and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Reapply ink to the stamp and stamp again on the same piece of cardstock. Fussy cut a total of five flowers. Ink the edges of all the hearts using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the 3" heart to the 3 3/4" heart. Foam square the 3 3/4" heart to the 4" heart. Adhere the 4" heart to the 5" heart.

Adhere the flowers together. Three of the flowers need a small, medium and large flower. The other flower needs a small and medium flower.

Adhere a leaf to the top right corner of the 3" heart.  Foam square the flower with the medium and small flower overtop of the leaf.

Adhere one of the leaves to the top left and bottom left of the 3" heart. Foam square the remaining three flowers in between the two leaves.

Adhere the three white flowers as desired in amongst the three pink flowers.

Adhere the five hearts as desired in amongst the flowers and the hearts.

Adhere the Love Word in between the two flower bunches.

To finish the wall hanging punch two holes at the top of the hearts. Tie a piece of white twine through the holes at the top of the hearts.

Here are a few closeups of the finished wall hanging.

Here is the finished Love Wall Hanging.

Elizabeth Craft Deigns Supplies Used:

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Black Soot, Forest Moss & Worn Lipstick and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

- Simple Stories: Kissing Booth Paper Pack

- Misc: White Twine and Book Page

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I have inspired you to recreate your own version of my Love Wall Hanging.

- Katelyn

Moments Planner Insert

 Happy Thursday! 

For today's post, I've created this Fall Moments Planner Insert which features dies and stamps the Planner Essentials, dies from the Sidekick Essentials Collection as well as stamps from Charlene. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my planner insert at home. 

Choose a piece of Fall themed patterned paper and a coordinating cardstock piece. From the Planner Essentials 7 die, die cut the small tag out of the patterned paper. Die cut the reinforcements out of the coordinating cardstock. You will need a total of three reinforcements. Ink the edges of the tag and reinforcements using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose another piece of coordinating patterned paper. From the Planner Essentials 21 - Note Pieces die, you'll need the 2" note piece and 1 1/2" note piece. Die cut the 2" note piece out of the patterned paper. Die cut the 1 1/2" note piece out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of both note pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Sidekick Essentials 1 die, die cut the two single leaves out of kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of the leaves using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Essentials 24 - Photo Frame Pages, you'll need the filmstrip, slotted arrow and other arrow. You'll need the first coordinating cardstock as well as two others. From one of the cardstock, you'll die cut the film strip. From the second piece of cardstock, die cut the slotted arrow. From the third piece of cardstock, die cut the other arrow. Ink the edges of the arrows and filmstrip using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From a third piece of coordinating patterned paper. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the 1 1/2" Retro Label from the Retro Label Stamp Set and stamp onto the patterned paper. Apply Forest Moss Distress ink to the 5/8" retro label and stamp onto a piece of kraft cardstock. From the Winter Words stamp set, you'll need the Moments word. Apply Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink to the word and stamp in the middle of the 5/8" label. Fussy cut the two labels out. Ink the edges of the labels using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Flip two of the patterned papers over. You'll now need the one of the banners from the Bullet Journaling 1 Stamp Set. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the banner and stamp once on one of the patterned papers. Reapply ink to the banner and stamp twice on the other patterned paper. Fussy cut the banners out. Ink the edges of all three banners using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Garden Flowers stamp set, you'll need two of the leaf stamps. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to each stamp and stamp onto a piece of watercolour cardstock. Colour the leaves in using the watercolour palette. Once the leaves have dried, fussy cut the leaves out. Ink the edges of the leaves using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the reinforcements over top of the holes on the page.

Foam square the 1 1/2" note piece 7/8" from the right and 1/2" from the bottom of the page. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the 2" note piece 1/4" from the right and 7/8" from the bottom of the page.

Staple the film strip and slotted arrow as desired. I stapled them about 1/2" from the left of the 1 1/2" note piece. 

Use foam squares to adhere the patterned paper label 3/4" from the left and 1 1/4" from the bottom of the page. Adhere the coloured leaves as desired in the middle of the page.

Adhere the single leaves as desired in amongst the coloured leaves. Foam square the Moment label 3/8" from the right and 7/8" from the bottom of the page.

Adhere the remaining arrow underneath the moments label. Staple the single banners to the top of the page as desired.

Here are a few closeup photos of the insert.

Here is the finished Moments Planner Insert.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

 Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Forest Moss, Ripe Persimmon & Walnut Stain and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

- Simple Stories: Cozy Days Paper Pack

- Misc: Kraft Cardstock and Mini Stapler

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I have inspired you to recreate your own version of my Moments Planner Insert.

- Katelyn

Boo Sidekick Essentials Page

 Happy Thursday!

I'm up over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today, where I'm sharing my Boo Sidekick Essentials Page. My planner page features a variety of dies from the Planner Essentials and Sidekick Essentials Collections as well as stamps from Charlene.

For a full tutorial on my Boo Sidekick Essentials Page, you'll want to head over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog for all the details. 

- Katelyn

 

Fall Planner Insert

 Happy Thursday!

I'm up over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today, where I'm sharing my Fall Planner Insert. My planner insert features a variety of dies from the Planner Essentials Collection, the Art Journal Specials and stamps from Charlene.

For a full tutorial on my Fall Planner Insert, you'll want to head over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog for all the details. 

- Katelyn

 

Thankful Sidekick Essentials Page

Happy Tuesday! 

For today's post, I've created this fall like Thankful Sidekick Essentials Page Noted which features the Planner Essentials, the Sidekick Essentials Collection, stamps from Charlene and stamps from the Art Journal Specials Collection. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my Page at home. 

To start, die cut the page from the Sidekick Essentials 6 die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Sprinkle Magenta Nuance in Jade, Olive and Orange on the page as desired. Spritz the powder with water. Once the powder has dried, apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the hexagon stamp from the Pure Spring stamp and stamp randomly on the page. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. You'll need to stamp the stamp on the page a total of seven times. Distress the edges of the page. Ink the edges of the page using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose one of the reinforcements from the Reinforcement Variety Pack. Die cut the reinforcements out of kraft cardstock. You'll need a total of six reinforcements. Ink the edges of the reinforcements using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Essentials 24 - Photo Frame Pages you'll need the filmstrip and arrow die. Die cut the arrow die out of a piece of vellum. Die cut the filmstrip die out of a piece of kraft cardstock.

Choose one of the medium sized banners from the Planner Essentials 27 - Retro Number Trio. Choose two pieces of fall themed patterned paper and die cut the medium sized banner once out of each of the patterned papers. Ink the edges of both banners using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose two more coordinating fall themed patterned papers. You will also need one of the papers you just used to die cut the banners out. From the Planner Essentials 21 - Note Pieces die, you'll need the 2 7/8" note piece, the 1 1/2" note piece and the 2" note piece. Die cut the 2 7/8" note piece out of the first patterned paper. Die cut the 1 1/2" note piece out of the second piece of patterned paper. Die cut the 2" note piece out of the third patterned paper. Distress the edges of all of the note pieces. Ink the edges of all the note pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose three of the mushrooms from the Autumn Surprise stamp set. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to each of the mushrooms and stamp onto a piece of watercolour cardstock. Colour the mushrooms in using the Watercolor Palette. Once the mushrooms have dried, fussy cut them out. Ink the edges of the mushrooms using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Using the Morning Letters stamp set, spell out the word Thankful. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to each letter that spells out Thankful and stamp onto a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Fussy cut around the word. Ink the edges of the word using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the reinforcements over each of the circles on the page.

Adhere the 1 1/2" note piece 5/8" from the right and 1/4" from the top of the 2 7/8" note piece. Adhere the 2" note piece 1/2" from the right and 3/4" from the top of the 2 7/8" note piece.

Staple the filmstrip and arrow as desired on the left hand side of the 2" note piece.

Foam square the 2 7/8" note piece 1 1/8" from the bottom and have the note piece hang over the right hand side by a 1/4".

Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the mushrooms as desired on the note pieces. Adhere the thankful word to the right hand side of the 2" note piece.

To finish the page, staple the two banners at the top right corner of the page as desired.

Here are a few closeup photos of the page.

Here is the finished Thankful Sidekick Essentials Page.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

 

 Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

- Magenta Nuance: Olive, Jade and Orange

- Creative Memories: Painted Harvest Paper Pack

- Misc: Vellum, Kraft Cardstock and Mini Stapler

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I have inspired you to recreate your own version of my Thankful Sidekick Essentials Page.

- Katelyn