Valentine's Day heart banner

First of all, thank you for your lovely comments you have sent me for my umbrella man canvas. Your kind words meant a lot to me.

And now here is my Valentine-banner... I don't know really that it is a banner or rather a garland... but anyway, I wanted to make home decor for Valentine's Day. I wanted hearts, I wanted red and I wanted some sparkles. So the result is here:

And now, I will tell you how I made this.

I cut out four hearts from chipboard with using the Sizzix heart shape dies that way you see in the picture.

I painted them red with acrylic paint - both sides!

Then I smeared some glitter liner with a brush on both sides too.

After drying I run them through the Sizzix machine between a floral embossing folder. Inked the edges with some brown ink.

I covered with acrylic medium.

Then I cut out the letters and covered with glitter liner.

And of course I cut out flowers from pink and red cardstocks. Inked the edges with Ranger Gathered Twigs. Onto the flowers I put a touch of glitter liner, rhinestones in the middles and acrylic medium in the end.

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Hearts by Stephanie Barnard (657574)

Sizzix Bigz XL Die, Vintage Market by Tim Holtz (658772)

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Tattered Flower by Tim Holtz (657824)

Sizzix Embossing Folder, Dots&Flowers by Stephanie Barnard (655838)

red acrylic paint

Marabu Glitter Liners

Schmicke Acrylic Medium

Sizzix - Ornament shaped Christmas banner

Sizzix - bannière de Noël en papier


I'm ready with my Christmas banner. I don't want to say too much about it. I think the pictures tell everything. But I really love it and I'm very satisfied with the combination of the ornament die by Rachael Bright, the stencil by Tim Holtz and the letters by Brenda Walton.

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Ornaments by Rachael Bright (657942)

Sizzix Sizzlits Alphabet Die, Antiqua by Brenda Walton (658337)

Stampers Anonymous, Layering Stencil, Flourish (THS032)

music sheet

Marabu Relief Paste, Perle

Marabu Glitter Liner, light green, white

Schmincke Acrylic Medium

a branch (painted silver)

organza ribbon

May garland - yellow paper rosettes

I have made this garland for Eszter's class and since Eszter goes to the Ecole Francaise I have written the word May in French.

For making the sign I used plain yellow, A4 cardstocks. I cut them in 4 pieces. 

Then I passed each through my Sizzix machine between a flower embossing folder.

I rubbed white chalk ink on the surface.

After I continued the process the same way like before. 

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, 3D Snowflake Medallions by Brenda Walton (658739)

Sizzix Framelits Die, Circle Scallop (657552)

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Antiqua Capital Letters by Brenda Walton (658337)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Everyday Eclectic by Echo Park (659107)

Sizzix Embossing Folder, Flowers by Stephanie Barnard (657597)

Marabu Glitter Liner (purple)

Tsukineko Memento ink pad (purple)

ColorBox Chalk ink pad (white)

adhesives (Pritt Stift, Rayher paper glue, hot glue)

cardstocks

Sizzix - Easter egg paper garland and other decorations

I made these Easter decorations to Eszter's classe but actually these are another version of an earlier paper decoration.

You can find those decorations here and here.

First I didn't put accent circonflexe on the A letter but after I changed my mind and with cutting one of the end of an E letter, I put an accent to write the word correctly.

But I couldn't make a good photo of that.

I made some vertical garlands too.

Eszter's teacher was very happy with them.

Sizzix - Easter egg paper garland

Well, I've already begun to put up the Easter decorations and I started with the paper sign. 

For the garland I used the biggest Sizzix egg die to cut out six eggs from chipboard. After I cut out six light blue and six light green eggs from cardstocks.

The coloured papers were run through the machine between embossing folders.

After I inked the embossed papers.

Then I glued the coloured eggs to the chipboard eggs. 

I cut out the letters of EASTER with Brenda Walton sizzlits die.

I glued the brown letters to one side of the eggs and after I put a little brown ink to the edges of the eggs.

With Crop-A-Dile Big Bite I punched holes to the top of the eggs.

I put twine to the holes and I tied bows.

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Eggs (658691)

Sizzix Embossing Folders, Classical Beauty&Baroque Wallpaper by Scrappy Cat (657748)

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Antiqua Letters by Brenda Walton (658337)

Crop-A-Dile Big Bite

twine

glue

Ranger Distress Ink (Bundled Sage)

Tsukineko Memento (Summer Sky, Rich Cocoa)

chipboard

cardstock

Sizzix birthday name garland with Brenda Walton snowflake medallion

To celebrate Eszter's ninth birthday I made this name banner for her party.

For this decoration it was me who made the polka dot papers too. 

I used a plain pink cardstock to push through the Big Shot between a dot embossing folder.

I painted the dots with a dark pink ink.

I cut out the shapes with Brenda Walton snowflake medallion die. For each medallion I needed 4 shapes. With running through the paper in the Big Shot machine the embossed dots flattened and that was my goal to have a polka dot paper.

I folded them at the fold lines and I sticked them together.

After pushing down the center I added some hot glue to the center and I immediately glued a scalloped circle on it. Then, I placed a scalloped circle to the other side too.

To the front sides I glued the letters.

I put Marabu Glitter Liner to the edges and to the letters.

After the glitter liner dried the medallion looked like this.

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, Snowflake Medallion by Brenda Walton (658739)

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Antiqua Alphabet by Brenda Walton (658337)

Sizzix Framelits Die, Scalloped Circle (657552)

Sizzix Embossing Folders, Polka Dots by Eileen Hull (658990)

Pritt Stift, hot glue

Marabu Glitter Liners

Tsukineko Memento Ink