Elizabeth Craft Designs - Right as Rain

Elizabeth Craft | Rustic Barrel and Roses

Hello! Today I am sharing a card with a rustic garden feel, which combines several Elizabeth Craft Designs die sets. The design features a weathered wooden barrel containing roses and lush greenery, a birdhouse, set on a patterned paper background for added texture. A simple tag tucked into the arrangement finishes the scene. I originally set out to make a Fourth of July scene, but the design morphed along the way!

- Create a 5″ x 7″ card base from textured white cardstock and add a patterned paper panel (49 and Market from a season or so ago).
- Cut the barrel, birdhouse, and birds with dies in the Floral Foliage 1 set from soft-finish cardstock. Color and assemble as required.
- Cut the roses and leaves with dies in the Roses set from soft-finish cardstock. Color the leaves and shape. Shape the roses. This video from Elizabeth Craft is a big help in shaping the elements.
- Cut additional greenery with dies in the Greenery Fillers 01 set (now retired) from soft-finish cardstock. Color and shape.
- Stamp the sentiment and cut with a tag die. I used a now-retired Stampin’ Up Timeless Tropical stamp and a Taylored Expressions tag die.
- Arrange and adhere the elements to the prepared card base.

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Elizabeth Craft | Aloha Mouse

Hello! I’m sharing a fun 5″ x 7″ card featuring products from Elizabeth Craft Designs that leans all the way into tropical playfulness. I recently posted a round-up of tropical- and beach-themed cards HERE.

The scene showcases the adorable Little Mouse character, who has been transformed into a cheerful hula girl using the Aloha Accessories. With a grass skirt, the mouse feels right at home in a mini-island getaway on the card front.

The background sets the stage with a relaxed ocean scene. Ocean waves were created with the Lawn Fawn Ocean Waves Borders, and the sandy beach grounds the design. An inked palm tree and other items add to the tropical setting.

The sentiment was stamped and cut with a cloud die (a now-retired Memory Box set). Stamping on the cloud allows the scene to remain the star of the card.

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Elizabeth Craft Designs | Camera Album

Hello! Today, I’m sharing the first page of a mini album created with the Camera and Suitcase Build a Book die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Designed to create a camera-shaped (or suitcase) album, this clever die set offers many opportunities for storytelling and creativity. For my cover, I included the adorable little mouse as a playful focal point and used patterned paper on the camera body to add color. To build a cohesive look, I plan to seek out a coordinated paper collection for the inside pages. I’m looking forward to adding more pages.

- Cut the mouse from Soft Finish cardstock and color with Distress Oxide inks (Black Soot, Spun Sugar, Tea Dye, and Candied Apple). Assemble. I used the Aloha Accessories set to cut the sunglasses.
- Cut the camera body from a variety of cardstock colors and assemble. I built up the lens with foam so that the mouse could be placed inside.

Don’t want to make an album? Cut off the side section with the binding holes.

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Elizabeth Craft | Feathered Friends Hello

Hello! I’m back playing with the Elizabeth Craft Designs Birds & Dwellings die set. This time, I took a different approach from my previous card featuring the birdhouse and two cardinals. For today’s design, I chose the bird cage and paired it with two sweet birds, all die cut from watercolor paper that I colored with Distress Sprays. A dry-embossed background adds texture without competing with the focal elements. I finished the design with a tucked-away “hello” tag sentiment for a subtle finishing touch.

- Dry-emboss solid cardstock with an embossing folder. I used the now-retired Sizzix Tim Holtz Floral folder. Add panel to an A2-size card base.
- Using a die in the Essential Stylish Ovals set from Spellbinders, cut an oval from vellum.
- Cut watercolor cardstock, colored with Distress Sprays, with the Birds & Dwellings dies for the birds, birdcage, and florals. Assemble and add to the oval. Add the assembly to the card base.
- Stamp the sentiment (now-retired SU Timeless Tropical set) and cut it with a small tag die (now-retired MFT tag set).

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Elizabeth Craft Designs | Build a Bouquet

Hello! Today’s card features the beautiful Build a Bouquet set from the Romantic Revival Collection by Elizabeth Craft Designs. This thoughtfully designed set makes it easy to create a full floral arrangement, beginning with the bouquet base and layering in individual blooms and foliage. For this card, I cut all of the pieces from watercolor cardstock that had been colored with Distress Sprays, giving the bouquet variation and a painterly feel. I also used the tag die from the Build a Bouquet set to cut a “hello” sentiment stamped with a Tim Holtz Simple Sayings stamp, which tucks perfectly into the arrangement for a clean and finished look.