Elizabeth Craft Designs- a Z-Fold

Hello friends,

Today I'm sharing a Z-Fold poppy card.

Z-Fold 

Wild Poppy, Columbine, Bloom Wildly Sentiments, Flower Centers 3, Stitched Squares and Circles,

Lace, Hearts and Doily,  Garden Party Soft Finish Cardstock

Fold a piece of white cardstock in half then use the 5 1/2" square die to cut card by laying the die,

on the fold side, just off the end so that the fold will not cut (the cutting edge should be parallel but not touching the fold).

Open card and score at 2 3/4" just on the left side.  Cut out 5" square from gold 2 times, 3 1/2" square from gold 1 time, and 3 1/2" circle and 3" circle taped together (to make a frame) from gold 1 time. Cut greenish color pattern paper 2 times with 4 1/2" square and 1 time with 4" circle.  Cut 2 doilies from white.

On inside of card, glue one 5" square, then the 4 1/2" greenish color paper making borders even.  Glue the 3 12" circle frame in the center. 

Cut the other 5" gold square in half then glue 1 half to the top and 1 half inside (see photo below).  Do the same with the 4 1/2" greenish paper, 1 half on top and 1 half inside.

Use foam tape or Fun Foam to pop up the 3 1/2" gold square and adhere it to the left side only of Z top.

Glue 4" greenish circle to gold square then 1 of the doilies.

To decorate I stamped and die cut 2 butterflies coloring them orange and yellow and adding glitter to the wings.  I die cut 6 poppy petals, 6 stamen and some leaves.  Color them with inks then glue them together in sets of 2, off-setting petals.  I glued some gauze onto the white doily then glued the flowers down, adding leaves.  I then glued the butterflies down to the card.

I stamped the sentiment on white then trimmed it down to fit on a 7/8" X 2 1/8" gold panel I had cut out.

I then popped it up in the center of the inside white doily. (See photo for placement).

Thanks for visiting!

Robin

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs-Oval Easel

Hello creative friends,

I've made more California Poppies today for this oval easel card.

 

I used the largest oval on the folded cardstock making sure the cutting edge at the fold hung over about 1/4" so it didn't cut the fold.  I then scored the top in half.  Cut another front with the same oval die and glue it to just one half of the card base top.  This creates the easel.  The easel will stand up when it sets against a popped up sentiment on the inside as shown.

Again I've used black with copper in off-set layers for the oval frames.

Wild Poppies, Columbine, Stitched Ovals, Bloom Wildly Sentiments, Flower Centers 3,

Evening Rose and Soft Finish Cardstock

Thanks for visiting!

Robin

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs-California Poppies

 Hello artistic friends!

I'm using the poppy dies today but instead of an ornamental poppy I've made some California poppy which is the state flower.

They are brightly colored orange and pair so well with purple lupine out in the fields but my purple flowers today are not lupine, they are wildflowers part of the greenery die set.

Wild Poppy, Floral Greenery 4, Columbine, Flower Centers 3, Stitched Ovals,

Stitched Rectangles and Labels, Soft Finish Cardstock, Garden Party and Bloom Wildly Sentiments.

I have double layers on the oval and the rectangle of copper and black, slightly offset.

I also added some acrylic water drops and blue sheer ribbon.

I used some Stickles around the edges of poppies.

Thanks for visiting!

Robin

Elizabeth Craft Designs-Daisies

 Hello Crafting friends!

Today I've made a circular window for this square card.  The butterfly helps it stay closed but easily pulls through when opening the card.

Blackfoot Daisy, Columbine, Flower Centers 3, Bloom Wildly Sentiments, 

Stitched Squares and Circles, Beautiful Brights and Soft Finish Cardstock

I added some dew drops for embellishment.

Yellow Nuvo Drops added to the star shapes inside flower centers.

Thanks for visiting.

Robin

Elizabeth Craft Designs-Bunches

 Hello dear crafting friends.

I've used a fun mixture of dies today for this card.  And the mixture of gold with pink gives the card that special touch as well, don't you think?

I love all these dies with the look of stitching, the stitches add extra dimension to any card.

Lenten Roses, Stitched Rectangles and Labels, Rectangle Gift Box, Bloom Sentiments, 

Bohemian Rose and Soft Finish Cardstock

I used Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick to color the roses.

Thanks for visiting.

Robin