Hello everyone... Here are my two latest releases and I sincerely hope you enjoy viewing them and are inspired in some way.

 

 

RELEASE TWO

MARIANNE CREATABLES

‘ENGLISH COTTAGE’

6” x 6” Easel Card – Thatch Roof Cottage

 DIES  * STAMPS * EMBOSSERS  USED:

                MARIANNE  CREATABLES   #CR-1219        ENGLISH COTTAGE

                MARIANNE DESIGNABLES  #TC-0823       ‘RELAXING GIRL’ CLEAR STAMP

CHEERY LYNN DIES                #B-123            VICTORIAN PICKET FENCE

                                                                 #B-130             COLONIAL LAMP POSTS

                COTTAGE CUTZ DIES             #CC4x6-039   RUSTIC SIGN & TREES

                SPELLBINDERS DIES              #S4-132           CLASSIC RECTANGLES (Large) *For Window Trim

                                                                                                                                                    

                MEMORY BOX DIES              #822 IVY TENDRILS

                JUST RITE CUSTOM DIES     #JB-03730      VINTAGE LABEL & BANNER DIES

                FISKARS TEXTURE PLATES  NO # ‘HONEYCOMB’ for Cobblestone Walk

                CORNER PUNCH                   NO #                  NAME UNKNOWN

OTHER  MATERIALS:

                 BROWN CARDSTOCK

                PRINTED, TEXTURED CARDSTOCK (For the House)   

                WHITE CRICUT CARDSTOCK

                BLACK  CARDSTOCK

                CREAM CARDSTOCK

                YELLOW CARDSTOCK (For Light in Lamp Post)

                BLACK INK

                OIL PENCILS

                COPPER FOIL

                FLOWER SOFT

                FLOWER SOFT CARD TOPPERS (Flower Pots)

                REAL TWIGS FROM MY YARD (For Tree Trunks)

                RUST RAFFIA

                WHITE EYELET LACE (For Window Curtains)

                GLASS TILES FROM MY STASH (For Walkway Border)

               

*SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS / ALTERATIONS:

 

1.  The soaring bird was the punched out piece from the corner punch I used. I’m sorry I don’t              know the name of it. It’s probably an EK success or Fiskars one.

2.   For roof I tied small bundles of the Raffia together, layered them and then trimmed them.      

3.   Everything else is pretty much self-explanatory.    

 

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RELEASE TWO

MARIANNE CREATABLES

‘SCANDANAVIAN HOUSE’

6” x 6” Easel Card – Thanksgiving

 

DIES USED:

                MARIANNE  CREATABLES  #CR-1217                                    SCANDANAVIAN HOUSE

                MARTHA STEWART BORDER PUNCH  #42-70001              GARDEN TRELLIS (Deep Edge)

                EK SUCCESS BORDER PUNCH  #54-40075                            FALLING LEAVES                              

                                                 

OTHER  MATERIALS:

                BROWN COLOR CORE TEXTURED CARDSTOCK 

                PEACHY-ORANGE CARDSTOCK

                KRAFT PAPER CARDSTOCK

                CREAM CARDSTOCK

                RUST COLORED PAPER RAFFIA

                TAN RAFFIA

                ORANGE PIPECLEANER FOR THE WREATH

                3-D EMBELLISHMENTS FROM MY STASH

                COPPER COLORED ALPHABET CHARMS FROM MY STASH

                REAL TWIGS FROM MY YARD

                VINTAGE THANKSGIVING CARDSTOCK FOR THE BACK OF THE CARD

                3-D DOTS

               

*SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS / ALTERATIONS:

 

            1.   I hand tore the brown Kraft paper cardstock for the background for my letters.

2.   I took a plain sheet of printed fall leaves and cut it into different sizes of rectangles , allowing space between each one, in order to form the background into panes of fall colors.

3.   I threaded tan raffia around my little twigs and through the hole in the charms.  

4.   I used the punched out leaves from the border punch to sprinkle around on the card.

5.  I cut 2 3/8” strips of the brown cardstock to form the wings on the house. Then used  the  “Garden Trellis” Deep Edge border punch to make my wings look like a fence. Attached little   strips of wood to the back of the outer edge of each fence for posts.

6.   Everything else is pretty much self-explanatory.

                               

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RELEASE TWO

MARIANNE CREATABLES

‘VICTORIAN HOUSE’

6” x 6” Easel Card – Friendship

 

DIES  & STAMPS USED:

                MARIANNE  CREATABLES  #CR-1218                         VICTORIAN HOUSE

CHEERY LYNN DIES              #B-123                              VICTORIAN PICKET FENCE

                                                                    #B-124                              VICTORIAN GARDEN GATE

                                                                    #B-126                              GRASS BORDER

                                                                    #B-130                              COLONIAL LAMP POSTS

DIE VERSIONS DIES              #DVW-4x4-130             Flowers, Flower Pot & Butterfly from  

                                                                                                       “Garden Gazebo Whispers Collection”

                MEMORY BOX DIES             #98344                              MARSHMALLOW CLOUDS

                COTTAGE CUTZ DIES            #CC4x4-505                    GARDEN BRIDGE

                SIZZIX DIES                            #657854                             VICTORIAN LADIES w/Hats and Coordinating

                                                                                                             Stamps

                                                                #656929^TH                            BRANCH TREE – Tim Holtz Alterations

                                                                     #656064                           BRANCH w/LEAVES (SIZZLIT)

                                                                     #654374                           SUN #3 (SIZZLIT)

SPELLBINDERS DIES              #S5-014                           MEGA DECKLED RECTANGLES (Small)

CUTTLEBUG DIES                   #37-1166                         FRIENDS FOREVER CUT N’ EMBOSS SET

                                                                                                                                  “missing you”

                STAMPABILITIES                    #DR1076                          “FRIENDSHIP WARMS THE HEART

               

OTHER  MATERIALS:

                BLUE BAZZILL CARDSTOCK

                BROWN CARDSTOCK   

                WHITE GP (Georgia Pacific 110 lb) CARDSTOCK

                YELLOW CARDSTOCK

                BROWN INK

                OIL PENCILS

                FRUIT PUNCH STICKLES

                PEACH VELLUM

                BABY BLUE LIQUID PEARLS

                BROWN SATIN RIBBON

                VICTORIAN PRINT PAPER

                POOL BLUE INK

                FLOWER SOFT

 

*SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS / ALTERATIONS:

 

1.  I cut several of the ‘Leafy Branches’ from the same Brown cardstock I used for the ‘Branch Tree’ and randomly attached them to the tree to form the canopy of leaves. Then I cut the same number of ‘Leafy Branches’ from Green cardstock, clipped off the leaves and put them over the brown leaves to create the tree’s green leafy foliage.  

2.  The only other alterations I made were to shorten my little Victorian Lady and the Lamp Post.  She was a bit too tall to look proportionate to the house so I cut off her feet, hemmed her dress and put her feet back on. The Lamp Post only needed a small amount taken off the bottom of it because the front fold of the card raised it too high.

3.   Everything else is pretty much self-explanatory.    

 

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This next project is an electrically lit Christmas House that was inspired by one of my Dutch Paper Craft's design team sisters, Petra Manenschijn, from Holland. Her Tea Light Christmas Candle was truly inspirational and she graciously allowed me to expand upon her idea and this is the result. Thank you, Petra! Oma Pat

 

 

RELEASE TWO

MARIANNE CREATABLES

SCANDANAVIAN HOUSE * CHRISTMAS TREE

5 “ SQUARE FOIL CHRISTMAS HOUSE – “CHRISTMAS NIGHT LIGHT”

 DIES  * PUNCHES  USED:

                MARIANNE  CREATABLES             #CR-1217             SCANDANAVIAN HOUSE

                                                                           #LR-0142             MINI POINSETTIA DIE SET (Used for

                                                                                                                      Leaves)

                                                                           #LR-0235             PETRA’S SMALL OVALS (For Pet Rug)

                MARIANNE CRAFTABLES              #CR-1224             CHRISTMAS TREE

                NELLIE SNELLEN PUNCHES           #FLP-013              MEDIUM POINSETTIA

                                                                           #FLP-022              SMALL (MINI) POINSETTIA

               

OTHER  MATERIALS:

                 

                RED SATIN RIBBON – 1/16”

                RED & GREEN RIBBON – 1/2”

                RED & GOLD CROCHET THREAD FROM MY STASH

                GOLD FOIL CARDSTOCK (Only one side is foiled. The other side is white)

                GREEN FOIL CARDSTOCK (Only one side is foil. The other side is white)

                WHITE VELLUM

                WOOD PLAQUES

                ELECTRICAL CORD

                CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB

                EMBELLISHMENTS FROM MY STASH

                RED FELT

                OAK STAIN

                GREEN FOILED PIPE CLEANERS

                CHRISTMAS RED STICKLES

                YELLOW LIQUID PEARLS (For center of Poinsettias)

                GREEN RHINESTONES (For center of the Poinsettias on the inside corners)

 

*SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS / ALTERATIONS:

 

1.       I cut a 5 1/8” x 5/8” thick, square of wood. Mounted it in the center of a wooden plaque with screws in each corner. Drilled a 1” hole through the two layers of wood and secured the light socket in place so that the rim of the socket was flush with the wood surface. Then screwed in light bulb. This way you can change out the bulbs with ease or simply use a votive candle instead of the electric light.

 

2.       I cut eight (8) of the houses. (Four from the foil side and four from the white side.) I glued white vellum to the back side of four of the houses and then glued the white sides together, giving me four (4) doubled sided gold houses with vellum windows. (One house for each side of the 5 1/8” square block of wood, thus forming the walls of my square Christmas House.    I repeated this process (with the exception of the Vellum) with the Green Foil to make the background trees. Only I used ten (10) trees, five green and five in the gold to net me five (5) double sided Foil Christmas Trees. Green on one side and gold on the other.

 

3.       I punched holes in each corner of the roofs, threaded red ribbon through them and then tied a knot, binding them together for added stiffness and stability. Wrapped the roof top with the sparkly red and gold crochet thread and then placed a poinsettia at each corner.

 

4.       I hot glued my animals and embellishments to suit. My kitten was glued to the rug I made with the Petra’s Small Oval Die Set and I took some Christmas Red Foil Embroidery Thread and tangled it around his wee little back paws. Stickled his play toy with Christmas Red Stickles to make it look like a ball of yarn. And boy is he having a good time! J

 

5.       If you have any questions, please email me for further directions and I will be glad to expand on any aspect of this project.

                 

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RELEASE TWO

MARIANNE CRAFTABLES

  CHRISTMAS TREE

6” x 6” – Easel Christmas Card ( White on White )

 DIES  * PUNCHES  USED:

                 

                MARIANNE CRAFTABLES              #CR-1224             CHRISTMAS TREE

                NELLIE SNELLEN PUNCHES           #FLP-013              MEDIUM POINSETTIA

                                                                           #FLP-014              JUMBO POINSETTIA

                MARTHA STEWART BORDER      #42-40005             PINE NEEDLES

                BOSSKUTS                                       #0810                    “MERRY CHRISTMAS” Phrase

                SPELLBINDERS                                #LF-246                 GRAND LABELS 11                           

 

               

OTHER  MATERIALS:

                 

                1 ½” WHITE ORGANZA WIRED RIBBON

                PEARLS

                SILVER FOIL CARDSTOCK

                THE PAPER STUDIO PEARL FINISH “Blanc Boutique” Paper Pad (12x12)

               

                 

*SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS / ALTERATIONS:

1.       I used three different prints in the Pearl Cardstock

2.       Cut out my labels and tree.

3.       Tied a ribbon on the card

4.       Made my Poinsettia out of matching paper and foil, dotted the tree with 5 pearls.

5.       And it was done. Very simple, quick  and elegant.  

 

 

 

 

DESIGN PROJECT THREE

 

‘LIFESTYLE CRAFTS SKELETON’

 

 

DIES USED:

                LIFESTYLE CRAFTS #DT-0367                        Skeleton

                 

               

OTHER  MATERIALS:

                ORANGE & BLACK SPIDERWEB RIBBON

  WHITE SPIDERWEB DECORATION from HOBBY LOBBY

                SPIDERS, CROWS, WITCH on Broom, PUMPKIN SCARECROW from MY STASH

                CORNCOB PIPE I MADE with MY POLYMER CLAY and A TWIG

                BROWN TWIG WREATH

 

                 

*SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS / ALTERATIONS:

            1. I ATTACHED THE SKELETON PARTS TOGETHER BY PIERCING HOLES AT EACH JOINT AND SEWING THEM TOGETHER LOOSELY. THIS WAY THE SKELETON HAS MOVEABLE PARTS SO THAT YOU CAN POSITION HIM HOWEVER YOU LIKE. REALLY “KOOL” DIE. LOTS OF FUN!

 

                2. ARRANGE EVERYTHING TO YOUR TASTE AND YOU HAVE A VERY SPOOKY AND PRETTY HALLOWEEN WREATH.

 

 



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DESIGN PROJECT THREE

 

‘LIFESTYLE CRAFTS COFFIN BOX’

 

 

 

DIES USED:

              LIFESTYLE CRAFTS #DC-0372                          Coffin Box

QUICKUTZ REVOLUTION 4x4 #SK-0007        Halloween Phrases ( Trick-or-Treat )

BOSSKUT #0847, #0847-1                                Skeleton Tombstone

               

OTHER  MATERIALS:

              BLACK BAZZILL PAPER

              BLACK POLYMER CLAY

              ORANGE POLYMER CLAY

              WHITE SPIDERWEB DECORATION from HOBBY LOBBY

ORANGE SATIN MATERIAL

ORANGE SATIN RIBBON w/Black Cats

BLACK SPIDERS

SKELETON

POLYFILL PILLOW STUFFING for the BED LINING

BLACK LACE WPIDERWEB MATERIAL

CELLO CANDY BAG

ORANGE 1/8” RIBBON

BLACK ROPE RIBBON

CHOCOLATE COVERED SUNFLOWER SEEDS CANDY

GOOGLY –MOVEABLE EYES ( BOTH ON THE SKELETON IN THE COFFIN AND THE TOMBSTONE)

 

*SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS / ALTERATIONS:

            1.  COVERED THE PILLOW POLYFILL WITH THE ORANGE SATIN MATERIAL AND HOT-GLUED IT IN THE BOTTOM OF COFFIN.

 

                2. COVERED THE COFFIN LID WITH THE BLACK LACE SPIDERWEB MATERIAL AND LINED THE INSIDE WITH THE ORANGE SATIN AND RAN A BEAD OF BLACK ROPE RIBBON AROUND THE INSIDE EDGES.

 

                3. THIS LITTLE COFFIN WAS ABSOLUTELY TOOOOOO MUCH FUN! I COULD MAKE THESE ALL DAY LONG.

 



Well, that's it for these two releases. I hope you found something inspirational. Please visit Dutchpapercrafts.blogspot.com to purchase the dies used in the making of these projects. Happy crafting everyone...    Patricia Gayle