Be Inspired : Dear Lizzy's Serendipity- Die-Cut Tutorial

Hi---Valerie here!!  

I was thrilled to receive the die-cut set from the
Dear Lizzy Serendipity Collection to try out!

Using die-cuts are one of my favorite ways to make my embellishments customized to whatever project I am working on. And I love when I can use parts of the die-cut pieces in different way like I did with my favorite piece in the Dear Lizzy Set - the fringe piece (It looks like a comb!)!!
I first used it the way it is intended to be used - as the center of the flowers that are part of the set. You simply roll the fringe up and then spread the ends out to look like the stamens of a flower. For this run roll up flower, I first die-cut the pieces and then edged all the pieces with a pink Wink of Stella glitter brush before rolling them into the flower. I haven't decided yet where I'll use it, but it will be a gorgeous embellishment edition to whatever I use it on!

I used it next as the actual fringe at the bottom of my tag

I just cut two pieces and then layered them one on top of each other to create the fringe.

I also used the layered flower and leaves from the set on my tag. I used the Wink of Stella pink glitter brush on this flower too - I love the subtle glimmer it gives the flower!

Here is a list of the supplies I used that you can find on The Little Blue House online store where you can order them:

American Crafts Dear Lizzy Serendipity Die Cut Set

American Crafts Dear Lizzy Serendipity Enamel Dots

American Crafts Dear Lizzy Serendipity Puffy Stickers

American Crafts Dear Lizzy Serendipity Lucky Love Paper

American Crafts Dear Lizzy Serendipity Love Letters Paper

Wink of Stella Pink Glitter Brush

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!! :)
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Be Inspired with Dear Lizzy: Serendipity Phrase Stamp

Good Morning Blue House Fans!!  Cat here from The Blue Crew for Day 2 of our feature:

BE INSPIRED WITH DEAR LIZZY

Nat & I had the Dear Lizzy Phrase Stamp to play with.

This fun little stamp can be used in so many ways on scrapbook pages, cards, treat containers, journaling and more.  Its super simple and easy to use too.  I love that the 12 sentiments all in one roller stamp so that makes it versatile and easy to take along to crops.

Nat and I both used the stamp on our layouts that we made with the  Dear Lizzy Serendipity paper collection.  It's available now at the store, or online HERE. 

We each used a phrase from the stamp to title our journaling posts.  So cute!



Close up of the journaling prompt

Close up of the journaling prompt

We also made this adorable little treat holder that I plan to fill with cookies and take to my neighbors.

This little beauty came together in minutes and turned out so cute.  You wont believe how easy it is to recreate.  Let me show you.

First, cut an 11in. circle and line it up on your score board. Just line the edge of the circle up on your score board as if it were a square piece of paper, having the top and sides of the circle touching the edge of your score board.

Score it at 3 ½ & 7 ½ inches.  Then flip 180 degrees and score at 3 & 8 inches. 

Then I cut from the edge to crease on the 3 ½ & 7 ½ inch score lines.  See pic.

Then I used my ATG gun to adhere the sides closed like so.

I used an assortment of trims that coordinate perfect with the Dear Lizzy line (available in the store now), along with the stamp and some pins & buttons from my stash to decorate the front. 

So cute and EASY, right?

So, this got me thinking about all the things I could do with these little containers… Hmmmm.  I cut out a variety of circle sizes and… I will show you exactly what I did with them on Monday on The Blue Crew blog. Te he he…  Until then, here is a sneak. 

Stay tuned for more posts featuring lots of inspiring ideas from the DEAR LIZZY SERENDIPITY line.  You can stop by The Little Blue House or our Online Store to get your very own Phrase Stamp, or even the whole Serendipity collection! 

Stay True Blue,
Cat & Nat ~ The Blue Crew

Wink of Stella Product Review Part 2

 

Are you Ready for more Wink of Stella Fun!?!
We have several more great reviews on this Glittery tool plus a few sneak peeks of what's to come this week on the Blog!

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Susan Liles Wink of Stella Review

One of the coolest (and new to me) products I've come across are the Wink of Stella pens that we carry at The Little Blue House.  They come in lots of colors and are an amazing brush type liquid glitter ink pen that totally delivers on the shimmer!  With the brush tip pens, you can get a thin or thick line, depending on how heavily you press down as you use the pen.  One of the other things I was impressed with is how quickly they dry to the touch--almost immediately!

One of the first things I did on my layout was take my base piece of paper with the yellow stripes and enhanced it with my yellow WOS brush.  I simply went along the top edge of every stripe and used light, then heavy pressure on my pen in one motion to create a wavy glittery line on each stripe.  At first I wasn't sure if it would show up, but the "yellow on yellow" was perfect. 

I then continued with my layout and used the pen to also add some yellow shimmer to some of the embellishments and parts of the grid paper to tie in with the stripes I had also highlighted.  

Here's a quick peek at another way I used the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush on an upcoming project that you'll see more detail of very soon!  WINK!!!  WINK!!! 

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Nat & Cat Wink of Stella Review

 

It's Nat from The Blue Crew with my PERSONAL review of
the Wink of Stella Brushes! In short, I love this product but it does taking some practice with the application technique.  The pen does dispense a lot of heavy "ink" if you are not careful.  I would suggest some practice runs on some scratch paper.  

I used "dark pink" on the lunch box notes and shaker card frame.  This product is great for covering wood and chipboard elements, as I did on the lunch box notes.  When painting chipboard, you may need to apply a few coats of WOS as the chipboard really soaks in the color.

The frame on the shaker card has a glossy finish so it was necessary for me to do a light coat of acrylic paint on the frame before applying the WOS. Otherwise, the WOS just wiped right off.

Cat used the "silver" on the Beauty Layout accented some of the flowers and title.

 

I used "clear"on the Get Well tag (used it over the "Get Well" sentiment). Something I learned from the other designers regarding the "clear" WOS. Initially, I thought the "clear" was inconsistent. At times, it worked like a charm....other times, I ruined some things because it looked to be messy and silver.  After mentioning this, I was told it could be that the product needs to be shaken........more.  So, be sure and shake the WOS well before application to get the "true" color. I love the pigmentation the Wink of Stella Glitter Brushes  provides. And the coverage is wonderful.

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Valerie Bishops' Wink of Stella Review

 

I received the Dark Pink Wink of Stella Glitter Brush in my Media Kit this month.
I really loved the colors and the touch of glitter it leaves when you use.
I had a definite learning curve and it took me some practice to get the look I wanted because the brush is not very stiff, it's long and bendy. I found it was a little hard to be really accurate in small areas. It works beautifully when I used it to color the edges on my projects.
I used the brush on my tag - I inked around each piece of the die-cut flower

and I used it on my "Best Ever" layout when I colored a few of the hearts on the background of my layout. I made the heart background using a mask and tinted modeling paste. 

 

I hope you enjoyed learning about Wink of Stella Brushes!
Come stock up on all your favorite colors at The Little Blue House or order at LBH Online Store!

Here is a Sneak Peek at what's Coming up on the Blog this Week.....

Join us for 3 days of Be Inspired Project Tutorials featuring Dear Lizzy: Serendipity Collection!!