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4th of July Party Decor

Hello Crate Paper Fans! It’ almost 4th of July and I'm guessing lots of you are preparing for this big day. Today I will show you an easy and last minute idea on what you can do without any 4th of July specialized collection. I am sure you will find these or similar products in your stash to create these decorations.

First I checked the Flourish collection and picked up some of the blue patterned paper. I found one with flowers and one with more solid pattern. I opened my Falala box and there I found treasure: red papers, stars and paper rosettes. These are actually snowflakes but they are perfect for 4th of July decor as well.

I cut out letter and number from the chosen papers and gather other matching embellishments from Main Squeeze and Carousel collections. I also created a half blue half red DIY paper rosette and added a "snowflake” on the top. The glitter stars with tassels are also perfect for this occasion. You could use the alphas and other embellishments for a table decor. If you add twine, you can do some bunting which you can use for a main door decoration or for your garden party.

I hope you got some idea how to make something pretty in the last moments. You just have to look on your stash with a different way.

 Used products:

Flourish Emma Paper, Flourish Poetic Paper, Falala Twinkle Paper, Falala Fireside Paper, Falala Tinsel Tassels, Falala Snowflakes, Main Squeeze 12x12 Chipboard Stickers, Carousel Puffy Stickers

4th of July: Festive Party Invitations

Hello Crate Paper Friends!  Lorilei here today sharing two July 4th Party Invitation ideas! It was a fun challenge to create party invitations for July 4th from my current Crate Paper collections.  I had to get creative and figure out how to use the colors I had to get a good representation of an iconic American celebration!  I decided on flags as the main theme of my invitations.  I felt like I could be creative but still have something recognizable!  I started out the first invitation with a big tag!  The dimensions of the tag are 5 1/2" wide by 8" high. 

I started out by preparing a piece of white cardstock to cut into a banner "flag" shape.  I added think pink strips from the Good Vibes Flourish paper and then added a smaller banner with white on top.  I punched out stars from the Good Vibes Passion paper.  I bent about 1/4" of the flag around a cut-down skewer for the flag pole.

To embellish the front of the invite I added two different alphas and layered the cork stars from the Good Vibes Ephemera Pak with Gold star stickers.  Some ribbons and twine in the tag hole finished it off!

The back of the first invitation is all about the fun Ice Cream party!  I have been wanting to use the Ice Cream truck from Good Vibes for a long time and this seemed like the perfect opportunity!!  I added more gold glittery alphas and sprinkles of embellishments from the chipboard set.

For my second invitation, I decided on a 4x6 folding card for my base.  I created a flag for the background using a blue and pink paper from the Flourish collection.  I punched little stars from the Aviary paper to decorate the blue rectangle on the background.  The flag would look spectacular on its own but since I love layers I decided to jazz it up even more!

I used the blue tag from the Flourish Ephemera pak and the white rosette from the Standouts pak.  I decided to layer stars in the papers I used for the flag on top of the rosette.  A pretty gold glitter title and a word sticker and a typed sentiment finished it off perfectly!

I had such fun making these invitations! Try making a flag for a card or fun decorations for your 4th of July festivities!

SUPPLIES:

GOOD VIBES:  Passion 344305 / Flourish 344306 / Together Glitter Alpha 344315 / Ephemera 344313 /  Cardstock Stickers 344314

FLOURISH: 344362 POPPY  /  344364 EMMA  /  344365 AVIARY  /  344396 STANDOUTS  /  344387 EPHEMERA P ACK /  344401 CARDSTOCK STICKERS

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Celebrate 4th of July: Layout

Hello everyone! Enza here, and today I'm bringing you a 4^th of July layout! This is not a day I grew up celebrating, but I certainly love all the festivities, excitement, and preparation for it. Every year our kids look forward to watching firework displays and lighting some themselves. Last year it was a special one, as I became a U.S. Citizen on this very day. Lots of emotions and certainly a very significant step in my life. I wanted my layout to be as patriotic as possible, with traditional colors and symbols.

I was able to pull reds and blues from different Maggie Holmes collections, as well as last year's holiday Falala collection and Here+There. Pleated fans and banners are what we often see at 4^th of July parties and parades, so I decided to cut several rosettes, in different sizes, and make them the focus of my page.

I have to say that this layout turned out VERY dimensional! I doubt it's going to go in an album, but I'm okay with that. It's a good excuse to frame it and have it out all the time ;)

I started by creating some texture on a 12x12 white cardstock with a stencil and modeling paste; I like that it is very sublte but still noticeable. I then layered the rosettes alternating colors and sizes. After finding a placement for the main rosette with our photo, I arranged the other ones as I thought they'd look best and went on decorating the page.

I die-cut stars in different sizes and layered them in the center of the rosettes. I also used sentiments and chipboard stickers, as well as the pretty rosette with the gold heart that came in the Flourish collection. To bring in more of the gold, I added some foiled stickers from the Maggie Holmes #StickerBook and the “Oh Happy Day” banner from the Carousel collection.

I finished the layout with black and white stars from the Carousel collection, and black splatters.

I really enjoyed making this layout and am very happy with the result. Such beautiful memories documented on this page!

Have a lovely day and a wonderful 4^th of July!

Supplies: Falala – Twinkle (379043), 6x6 Paper Pad (379052); Here+There - Foreigner (344335); Flourish – Emma (344364), Standouts (344396), Chipboard Stickers (344386); Maggie Holmes #StickerBook; Carousel – Puffy Stickers (379117), 6x12 Stickers (379120). 

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Summer Card

Hi Crafters! It’s Flóra back today on the Crate Paper blog. Summer is here and I decided to prepare a few cards for our summer vacation. I thought it would be fun to send handmade cards to our loved ones with photos taken on the holiday. I believe lots of you have a cute instax camera or other pocket printer, so you can easily add a photo on the way.

 

 

I trimmed a card base from white cardstock and than I cut a piece for cover from Paradise paper. This paper is so gorgeous with all the tropical leaves. I added a frame die cut, but glued with foam tape. This will be the place for your instax photo. Behind the photo I added a leave die cut and over banner chipboard and a cool sunglasses. On the bottom I added few sentiments from 6x12 stickers. Paradise found and yesss are perfect for your greetings cards.

 

 

For the second card I used Hustle paper. I found another frame in the Ephemera pack, so I prepared for the photo. I also added a huge leaf die cut and a chipboard one which has amazing holographic foil on it. On the left, I placed a cute bird from the Embossed Puffy Sticker sheet and under the photo titles from 6x12 Sticker sheet. In the end I adhered XO with Charming Alpha Thickers.

 

 

I obviously can’t wait for our summer holiday and send these fun cards to my family. I think it’s really great way to cheer up your cards with beautiful and happy vacation photos. Hope you like my cards and will try them out! Thanks for stopping by! Flóra

 

Used products: Wild Heart Paradise Paper, Wild Heart Hustle Paper, Wild Heart Ephemera, Wild Heart 6x12 Stickers, Wild Heart Embossed Puffy Stickers, Wild Heart 12x12 Chipboard Stickers, Charming Alpha Thickers

How To: Summer Notebook

Every now & then, I really enjoy altering projects. A good shift when I want to take a break from creating scrapbook layouts. It sure is refreshing to the soul! This round, I decided to alter a notebook. Perfect as a summer gift for a family member or for a friend to commemorate all the summer memories.

 

 This project is fairly simple. I have this little notebook in my collection and thought it would be nice to decorate the cover with the Wild Heart collection. To begin, I started by picking up all the gold looking die-cuts to match those gold dots on the cover. By picking the same colors will also give the cohesive look I was going for. Next by using the tag as my main piece, I took my time to layer the rest of the die-cuts and stickers to fill up the space. I wanted it to be clustered but not too overwhelmed as well. 

 

 

Just by using some foam tapes and adhering them at the back of the die-cuts were sure give that interesting dimension.

Thanks again for coming by!

Xoxo Jessy

Supplies: Crate Paper Wild Heart - Ephemera Die-Cuts (344436), Cardstock Stickers (344435), Embossed Puffy Stickers (344442), Thickers (344438)

Summer Vibes: Layout

Hello and welcome back! Its Bea here today sharing a new layout created with the Wild Heart collection. I can’t get enough of this pretty line! Even if it is almost summer, I haven’t had any summer themed photos yet, so I opened my drawer to find photos to document. I’ve found a cute photo of my daughter I took on the beach last summer. Her smile just melts my heart!

The colors, patterns and icons in this collection are just so fresh and lovely! Rather than having one patterned paper as my background, I decided to trim and layer a couple of the patterned papers on my background to make a colorful and interesting look. I love how perfectly they all go together and how easy to mix and match them!

I kept the photo nice and straight on the layout to balance out the angles of the background. I chose a plant from 12x12 Chipboard Sheet and place it on the left side of the photo. I couldn’t resist to add a sunglasses sticker to the plant, because it’s just too cute.

On the right side of the photo I created a cluster using pink rosette, glittered sticker, paper clips and ephemera pieces.  I also fussy cut flowers from the Jungle paper and arranged to the cluster. For adding title, I used the Sweet Life stamp from the collection’s stamp set. I created gradient effect using yellow and pink ink pads, fussy cut around the stamped image and adhered the title to the background using foam tape. I really love the colors and patterns so much – it brings summer vibes into our home!   

Whether you are heading for holiday soon or document stories from previous summer like me, I know you’ll enjoy creating with Wild Heart! Thanks for stopping by! Bea 

Supplies: Crate Paper Wild Heart - Planted (344424), Electric (344421), Wildly (344420), Palms (344422), Daze (344423), Paradise (344425), Hustle (344430), Jungle (344428), Chipboard Stickers (344434), Cardstock Stickers (344435), Ephemera Cardstock Die-Cuts (344436), Thicker Stickers (344438), Clear stamps (344443), Decorative clips (344440), Standouts (344439),

Father's Day: Layout

Father's Day is this weekend! It's a perfect time to honour that special man in our lives. And for that, I chose to honor my husband. He is such a great dad or dada (that's what my darling daughters calls him). They absolutely adore him! He will do anything just to make us feel comfortable. He is meant to be a dad. And what better way to create a layout to celebrate this special day! 

This layout is pretty much inspired by my house. I really love plants and my house theme is white. And with that in mind, I wanted to create a clean line layout. This layout consisted lots of layering with ephemera die-cuts & stickers all around the photos. Before adhering all the elements together, I decided to give more texture by stamping the green foliages at each corner. I went with oil pastel rather than using all ink. Just rubbing the oil pastel onto the clear stamp & by using a brush pen filled with water to wet the stamp, will certainly give you the watercolor effect. I truly loved how it turned out, subtle but yet pretty.

 

Phrase stickers are great addition to your layout. It helped to fill up the gaps & spaces. They sure give more character to your layout!

 

Isn't it lovely to have many different texture and dimension place together? I absolutely loved them!

I seriously love the combo of crisp white with all the beautiful leaves die-cuts around the photos. What a cozy feeling! 

Happy Father's day! Thanks again for swinging by! 

Xoxo Jessy

Supplies : Crate Paper Wild Heart - Ephemera Die-Cuts (344436), Cardstock Stickers (344435), Thickers (344438), Clear Stamps (344443),  Chipboard Stickers (344434), Standouts (344439)

Fresh Cards for Father's Day

Welcome to the Crate Paper Blog today. It's me, Sandra, and I'm sharing two Father's Day cards with you today. I mixed and matched materials from three Crate Paper Collections- I combined papers and embellishments from Wild Heart, Here & There and Good Vibes.

The first card with the title "Go Daddy" is designed for adventurous dads who like to travel or who enjoy going on adventures.

I used a card base with a fresh wild design and added some fun embellishments, including a compass, flowers, a retro radio and a cute little VW van. These embellishments are arranged in a semicircle. The VW fan is handmade. I used different patterned papers and a die from my stash to make the van. I like how it turned out. It's definitely the eye-catcher on this card.

The second card has a tropical theme. And it says 'Hooray' to all dads. It's a combination of different shades of green and blue with a little black and brown. I like this color scheme. And I think it's perfect for masculine cards.

The Paradise Paper from the Wild Heart Collection is just the perfect base for tropical cards. And by adding different leaves, a butterfly and a 'hooray' tag, you can create an effortless yet fun and special Father's Day card.

I hope you like my card inspiration. Have fun creating your own special Father's Day cards.
Yours, Sandra

Supplies: Crate Paper - Wild Heart Paradise (344425), Cardstock Stickers (344435), Decorative Clips (344440), Embossed Puffy Stickers (344442), Crate Paper - Here & There Traveler (344333), Foreigner (344335), Scenic View (344339), Chipboard Stickers (344345), Stickers (344347), Crate Paper - Good Vibes Thickers Stickers (344315)