Floral Easel Card

Hi friends sharing an Easel card I made with Crealies  dies featuring handmade  foamiran poinsettias ,and  various mixed media elements including handmade resin doves.

I love making flowers using foamiran and usually most flowers are time consuming but these were super simple to make...just die cutting , inking the  centers , adding the  pollen and topping off with a sprinkling of glitter.

I love how I can mix and match the  nesting dies of Crealies  as they all fit perfectly together. In this card I used 4 types of circle dies sets and the die cuts from all these sets coordinate perfectly!

I made the  cute doves using resin and a Martha Stewart silicon mould.

Added tiny white and pink "flower pearls" inside the  circles...these always add a lovely texture to a project!

Added "Celebrate" as the  sentiment and a tiny resin bow to finish it off!

Easel Card

I hope you liked my card. Here are the  supplies used

Crealies  Dies :
Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.7
Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.49

Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.69

Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.84

Duo Dies No.54

Partzz No. 30

Set of 3 No .52
Text Dies No. 14

3 D Pop Up Christmas Card

3 D Pop Up Christmas Card

Hi crafters...I hope you are all geared up for the festive season! I am sharing a fun adorable card made with Crealies Cardzz dies...these are my favorite Crealies dies as they are unique and really huge...you can make standalone cards and 3 D projects using them! 

Sharing a 3 D pop up card which folds completely flat for mailing.

3 D Pop Up Christmas Card

The Xmas tree folds flat and becomes  3 dimensional when you pull on the sled . The sled is made of 2 die cut pieces joined by pop up tabs on which I added the penguin family [fussy cut from a pattern paper]. The tree is attached to the pop up tab on the sled and that is how it becomes dimensional on pulling the  sled.

I dressed up the  sled with Crealies poinsettias and added cute candlesticks [with the  candle and flame glittered up] on the  Xmas tree. 

3 D Pop Up Christmas Card

Here is how the  card lies flat for mailing

3 D Pop Up Christmas Card

I hope you liked this fun Pop Up Card
Here are the  supplies used

Crealies  Dies :
Cardzz No 16

Cardzz No. 17

Duo Dies No. 52
On the Edge No 103
Partzz No 30
Partzz No 34
Partzz No 37

Set of 3 No. 52
Uno No 39

Uno No 52

Xmas Word Cards

Hi friends...sharing some simple cards I made with new Crealies Xmas word dies. These are really big and perfect to make simple quick cards.

Xmas Word Card

I added a "floating" 3 D Christmas tree beside the  "Xmas" by adding it  to a  sheet of acetate attached to Xmas card base.

Xmas Word Card

This one is more traditional with poinsettias and tiny Christmas ornaments.

Xmas Word Card

And here are some simple stand- alone cards made with only the  Xmas dies.

Xmas Word Card

Love how you can quickly whip up different variations by just mixing and matching papers.

Xmas Word Card

I love traditional Christmas colors !

Xmas Word Card

I hope you like these ideas.

Here are links to the  products used in the  Crealies  website. They ship worldwide.

Crealies  Dies :

Cardzz No. 17  

Cardzz No. 152  

Duo Dies No. 52
Partzz No. 29

Set of 3 No. 52

Mini Snowman Shakers

Mini Snowman Shakers

Hi friends....sharing a mini Tutorial to make these fun mini snowman shakers which you can use as mini note-cards, tags, bookmarks, ornaments or even as fridge magnets...

In short they are so cute you can use them to make so many different handmade gifts for the  festive season! 

My daughter loves them but I am not sure she is going to gift them hehe!

Mini Snowman Shaker Cards

I used the   Crealies snowman die [ which you have seen in these posts : Snowman Snowscape card, DIY Snowman Ornament, Snowman Circle Card, 3 D Christmas Card] to quickly make these little snowmen by mixing and matching colors. The hats are made out of shiny black glitter foam and I mixed different pattern papers to make the  scarves.

Snowman 

Use circle dies to create the shaker bodies for the  snowmen.  I used Crea-nestlies XXL Circle dies from Crealies but you can also hand-cut the  circles...die cutting just makes your job super easy.

Snowman Shakers

Tape 2 cirle dies as shown to die cut circle frames of a reasonable width. 

Snowman Shakers

You can use double sided adhesive foam or die cut 2 foam discs to create the wall for your shaker. 

Also cut a circular frame in paper to layer atop.

Snowman Shakers

This is how your shaker wall will look with the layers glued on top of each other.Cut an acetate circle and sandwich it between your foam disc wall and the  paper disc as shown below.

Snowman Shakers

Also cut a solid circle from pattern paper and cardstock for the base of your shaker.

Snowman Shakers

So here are the  parts of your shaker snowman: circular foam frames with

acetate sandwiched and base circles.

Snowman Shakers

Snowman Shakers

I added a silver glitter foam snowflake to the base of the shaker. Add glitter balls, styrofoam snow balls, tiny stars or whatever else you fancy inside your shaker.

Mini Snowman Shakers

I love traditional Christmas Colors but you can go crazy and make flamingo pink shakers too!

Mini Snowman Shakers

Crafty Tip : Don't be tempted to add too many shaker elements in your shaker or it will not shake nicely!

Mini Snowman Shakers

Glue the base over the shaker and let it dry nicely.

Finally glue on your snowman on to its shaker body and voila you have your shaker snowman !

Mini Snowman Shaker Card

I add a backing so that my snowmen could stand.

You could add jumbo paper clips,magnets or ribbon hangers to them and use them in different ways.

Mini Snowman Shakers

I hope you like this idea of little snowmen shakers

Crealies Dies/Stansen:

Crea Nest Lies XXL No. 84
Partzz No. 29

Partzz No. 38

Explosion Pop Up Card

Explosion Pop Up Card 

Hi friends...sharing a fun Pop Up Card perfect for the  festive season as it folds flat for mailing and packs a punch when you open it!

Explosion Pop Up Card 

The folds are origami folds...tricky to get right the  first time you try it [ I followed a tutorial from Mixed Up Crafts to make it]!

Explosion Pop Up Card 

I die cut cute little presents from metallic paper to make the  present. I love the  Presents die set from Crealies  and I think you can adapt the  same card design to make a cute birthday card.

Explosion Pop Up Card 

I added a Merry Christmas to the  lower flap of the  card. I created my own pop up mechanism in the  center using 3 strips of card stock Here are the  Measurements and score guides

Score all strips on the  long side :

Strip A 3 x 4 inches : Score at 1/2, 2 3/4 and 3 1/2

Strip B 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches  : Score at 1/2, 2, and 2 3/4 

Strip C 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches : Score at 1/2, 1 1/4 and 2

Explosion Pop Up Card 

Mountain fold all the  strips at the  scorelines as shown

Pop Up Card 

Strip A will go at the  bottom followed by Strip B and then Strip C. These measurements are just guidelines. You can fashion your pop up to fit the  theme and size of your central pop up.

Here is the  video from my Instagram feed

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Explosion Pop Up Card 

Supplies : All dies are from Crealies
I hope you liked my card idea
Linking to 
The Rudolph Days Challenge 
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #366 - used snippets of paper to create all the  presents
Double D Challenge - my Christmas style is traditional ...I love using traditional colours and elements
Craftyhazelnuts Christmas Challenge 465
Fab n Funky Christmas
MLCCB #16 - November Anything Christmas Goes!,
CraftyHazelnut's Pattern Paper Challenge
The 12 Months of Christmas Link up - Red and Green