MOTHER'S DAY CARD | SIZZIX LIFESTYLE | VIDEO

Mother's Day is just coming and Spring has sprung almost everywhere! So I clubbed both the themes and made a card for my Mom! I celebrate Mother's Day everyday, the sentiment says it all :) My card features Swan Bigz Die and Garden Florals Thinlit Dies by Sizzix Lifestyle. I was inspired by The Ugly Duckling story, it was my favourite since I was a kid. I love how the creators put those expressions on the little Swan and mom Swan faces. Heart touching!! This story always make me cry!

Products from Sizzix Lifestyle

• Swan Bigz Die
• Garden Florals Thinlit Dies
• Big Shot Plus Machine

HOW I MADE THIS CARD

• I started making my card by folding the card stock which is not a regular sized one, it's a kind of big card
• I trimmed another panel smaller than the main card base. Both are heavy weight in white
• Next I die-cut the Swan Bigz Die followed by Garden Florals Thinlit Dies through the Big Shot Plus Machine out of the same heavy weight card stock in white
• Next I placed my Craft Mat over my work surface and water colored all the die-cuts with Distress Inks (flowers - Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint / Swan - Antique Linen, Black Soot)
• I water colored the smaller panel also with Spun Sugar
• I gold foiled one of the Swan's wings by Clearsnap
• I doodled a bit on Swan's nose with Copic and black permanent markers
• Finally adhered everything together with Tacky Glue and finished the card with a sentiment from Altenew - Best Mom

A FEW MORE SHOTS FOR YOU

WATCH & ENJOY

I have made a video for you, I hope you like it. All the supplies are listed in the YouTube description. If you like my videos, hit that like button and subscribe to my channel. You can watch it HERE or watch in HD on my channel.

FOR CHALLENGES

• CAS on Friday Challenge #130- Mother's Day
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Mythology/Inspired by a story
• Paru's Cardmaking April 2018 challenge

I hope you like it. Thank you so much for visiting. See you soon :)

FLORAL VALENTINE'S DAY CARD | UNBOXING CHAPTER 1 DIES | SIZZIX LIFESTYLE

Hello everyone! Welcome back. Today I have a beautiful Floral Valentine's Day Card and Video for you. I used Chapter One Dies by Sizzix Lifestyle. I have also shared an Unboxing Video, you can check it HERE or below. Just for a change, I used my colored card stock instead of water coloring the die-cuts. Using colored card stock will save your time and the die-cuts will look pretty already! :)

How beautiful, right? You can easily shape up the leaves and flowers with your fingers.

PRODUCTS FROM SIZZIX LIFESTYLE

• Big Shot Plus Machine
• Garden Florals Thinlit Dies
• Dainty Lowercase Thinlit Dies

And the cardstocks are from A Muse Studio

CARD PROCESSING DETAILS

I started by die-cutting all the elements from Garden Florals out of colored cardstocks. Next I water colored horizontal stripes on a card panel in grey color. By the way, the paper I used for watercoloring is a heavy weight card stock and it holds water very well.

I let that horizontal lines dry completely and later added splatters of black paint for some lovely look and this is my favourite part!

I took sometime to arrange the florals and adhered them with Tacky Glue.

I also adhered the Dainty Lowercase with some Tacky Glue. These thinlits are really very gorgeous!

Finally I adhered the water colored panel over the main card base. And... that's it.

WATCH & ENJOY

I have made a video for you showing you the entire process of making the above card. I hope you like it. Enjoy! :)

UNBOXING VIDEO

I have also made an unboxing video showing you the Chapter One Dies from Sizzix Lifestyle. :)

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Thank you so much for visiting. :)