Being Negative - Die Cut Team Designer Challenge

Today we're kicking off a new design team challenge on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  For May it's all about being negative, so all of the die cut design team members were challenged to create a card using the negative piece left over from die cutting a die.  With the challenge in mind, I created a feminine Happy Birthday card featuring a variety of dies from ModaScrap. You'll want to read below as I have a tutorial for you so that you can re-create my Happy Birthday Card. Read all the way down to the bottom as I have some information at the end of the post on how to get in on a fabulous giveaway from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

To start, cut a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock to 4" x 5 1/4". Once the cardstock has been cut, place the large lacy poppy on the right hand side of your card. Make sure the stem of the poppy ends in the bottom left hand corner. Run the cardstock with the die on it through your die cutting machine.

Take the small poppy die and place it to the left of the large poppy die. Make sure the stem of the small poppy sits on top of the large poppy's stem. Run the cardstock with the die on it through your die cutting machine.

Using the positive part of the large poppy, blend Milled Lavender Distress Ink over the entire surface of the large poppy using a blend tool with foam. Apply Glossy Accents to the middle of the lacy poppy. With the glossy accents in the middle, sprinkle Ribbit coloured Flower Prills in the middle.

Using the positive part of the small poppy, blend Shabby Shutters Distress Ink over the entire surface of the small poppy using a blend tool with foam. 

From the Stitched Fishtail Banners, die cut the 3/4" banner out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Trim the banner down to 2 5/8". Blend Milled Lavender Distress Ink over the entire surface of the banner using a blend tool with foam. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Happy Birthday Sentiment. Stamp the Happy Birthday Sentiment onto the middle of the banner. Ink the edges of the banner using Black Soot Distress Ink and a Blending Tool with Foam.

Cut a piece of patterned paper that measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the patterned paper. With the edges distressed, ink the edges of the patterned paper piece using Black Soot Distress Ink and a Blending Tool with Foam.

Cut a piece of patterned paper that measures 4" x 5 1/4". 

Now it's time to assemble your card. 

Adhere the white cardstock piece that has the poppies die cut on it to the 4" x 5 1/4" piece of patterned paper. Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the White Soft Finish Cardstock. With the edges distressed, ink the edges of the patterned paper piece using Black Soot Distress Ink and a Blending Tool with Foam.

Adhere the positive large poppy to the right of the large negative poppy. Adhere the positive small poppy to the left of the small negative poppy.

Using thin foam squares, adhere the Happy Birthday Banner to the left hand side of the White Soft Finish Cardstock. Foam square the White Soft Finish Cardstock piece to the 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of patterned paper. 

Create a small bow out of twine and adhere on the left hand side of the banner. Cut a piece of Super Stock Cardstock that measures 5 1/2" x 11", score at 4 1/4". Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here's a closeup shot of the cardfront.

Here's the finished Happy Birthday Card.

Thanks for joining me today! Make sure to head over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog to check out the rest of the Die Cut team's wonderful creations. I hope that I've inspired you to re-create my Happy Birthday card at home.

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For today's challenge Elizabeth Craft Designs are giving away a Background Die Prize pack which includes: heart background; circles background; chevron background and diamond background to 3 winners. 

To enter simply leave a comment on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Challenge post and tell us "What are some project ideas you would use scrap pieces for when crafting?”

We will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing 

The winners will be announced on Friday, May 5 on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

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Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

- Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 6mm

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

- General Sentiments Clear Stamp

- Lacy Poppies

- Stitched Fishtail Banners

- Prills: Flower Pot - Ribbit

Other Products Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Milled Lavender, Shabby Shutters and Black Soot and Blending Tool & Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink and Glossy Accents

- FabScraps: Lavender Breeze - Memory Lane and Whisper

- Creative Scrapbooker/Cathie Allan: Super Stock Cardstock

- Twine

- Katelyn

Thinking of You Lantern Box

Happy Saturday! Have you ever needed a small box that looks pretty for something special for that friend or loved one of yours? Well, I've got the perfect project for you today, that features the Lantern Box Die from ModaScrap which creates a beautiful little box. I have a tutorial below for you so that you can recreate my pretty Thinking of You Lantern Box at home. 

To start, you'll need to die cut the Lantern Box die twice out of floral patterned paper.

Once the two lantern box pieces have been die cut, assemble your box using clear double sided adhesive in 3mm. 

To finish in behind the flower cut outs on the box, cut four pieces of purple woodgrain patterned paper that measures 1 1/2" x 1 1/4". 

Adhere the purple woodgrain patterned paper pieces behind the flower cut outs.

Using the Stitched Fishtail Banners, die cut the smallest banner out of Super Stock cardstock. Once the banner has been cut out, trim the banner down to 2". With the banner cut down, apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the "Thinking of You" sentiment. Stamp the sentiment onto the banner. Using a blending tool with foam and Black Soot Distress Ink, ink the edges of the banner.

From the Dancing Butterflies die, die cut the small butterfly out of Super Stock cardstock. Blend Milled Lavender Distress Ink with a blending tool and foam over the entire butterfly.

Using the Leafy Branch 2 die, die cut two branches out of Super Stock cardstock. Blend Shabby Shutters Distress Ink with a blending tool and foam over the entire surface of each branch. You'll need to cut the majority of the stem of the branch off, leaving about 1/2" of the stem.

Now it's time to decorate your box.

Adhere the branches on the top right hand side of the box, making sure one of the branches sits off to the right slightly. 

Fold the wings on the butterfly slightly up and adhere the butterfly to the right hand side of the Thinking of You banner. Adhere the Thinking of You banner to the leafy branches. 

To finish the handle of the box, tie a purple bow around the handle. 

Here are some close up photos of my finished Thinking of You lantern Box.

Here's the finished Thinking of You Lantern Box.

Thanks for joining me today! I hope that I've inspired you to re-create my Thinking of You Lantern Box at home.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

- Leafy Branch 2

- Dancing Butterflies

- Stitched Fishtail Banners

- Lantern Box

- General Sentiments Clear Stamp

-  Clear Double Sided Adhesive - 3mm

Other Products Used:

- FabScraps: Lavender Breeze - Whisper and Memory Lane

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Shabby Shutters and Milled Lavender and Blending Tool/Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

- Creative Scrapbooker/Cathie Allan: Super Stock Cardstock

- Katelyn