Yearly Archives: 2014

Valentine Shadow Box

I love holidays, and I really love holidays that include lots of chocolate. Valentine's Day seems to revolve around chocolate, which makes it one of my favorites. It's time to start your love themed crafting in preparation of the big day. I've seen shadow boxes all over the crafting world and while most are made of something a bit more solid like metal or wood, I wanted to try my hand at making a paper version. The result is a valentine of epic proportions that can stick around for a while as reminder of your love. I've embellished my little boxes with hearts and glitter, but it would be fun to add little mementos of your time together in each box as well. The files for this project are free for everyone!

Vintage Camera Photo Gift Box

Now is the time to take out all of those pictures you've been storing away. Make copies for all those you hold near and dear and put them inside this vintage camera box. Give it away as a gift for the next anniversary, family reunion or birthday. It may seem like a simple gift, but when packaged perfectly, it becomes a thoughtful way to remind someone of a treasured memory they've forgotten about themselves or someone they love.

No Class: January 19

I will be attending my mother in laws 70th birthday party.  In the meantime, why not watch some videos or past classes or work on the challenge?

Love U Tag

Our January challenge is in full swing. As a reminder the challenge this month is to create a Valentine's Day project using the color gold. I've seen lots of beautiful creations show up in the January Challenge Album, but if you haven't yet submitted, now is the time to do it. For details on how to enter and a list of prizes visit the Challenge page. Angie Contreras

Embossed Bells Wedding Card

Hello crafty friends. Melin here again. Today I am sharing a card I created with the awesome Pazzles Embossing Tool! I had some thin metal in my stash and was waiting for the right opportunity to use it. Here is what I came up with. I started by using the embossing tool to emboss the beautiful Victorian Frame File from the Craft Room Library onto some white cardstock. I lightly inked the edges of the cardstock. I wanted the embossing to really show up. I trimmed up my mats and patterned paper and then machine stitched them. I inked the edges to give them a shabby, vintage look and added the Fancy Corners file to the edges of my mats. Then it was on to using the embossing tool on the metal.

Game Controller Shaped Card

It ceases to amaze me that no matter how many times I look through the Craft Room Library, I invariably come across a file that I have never noticed before! I have two young boys and they love playing their electronic games. I thought this would be a perfect card, in particular for my 15 year old son, as he does not appreciate teddies or footballs on his birthday cards!

Cut And Paste Sketch: A ...

Several years ago I created a layout of my son with various pictures of his day. I recently came across this page and realized how precious it was. Even though the events of the day weren't exciting, it was those tiny moments that brought back a flood of memories. Most of our days are just ordinary days full of ordinary things, but years later the ordinary is special and you'll be thankful to have preserved them. As you take pictures of your day don't be afraid to take pictures of things in your life too, such as a favorite purse or a favorite room in your house. It will be fun to look back years later and notice the details.

Pazzles Introduces Spellbinders Digital Die ...

We have a fabulous announcement! Pazzles has teamed up with Spellbinders to bring back some of their most popular retired dies in digital cutting file formats! The creative possibilities are endless when you can cut, emboss, distress, pierce or pen tool any of the layers of a Nestabilities or Shapeabilities die. Combine the different layers in hundreds of combinations and resize to fit your project. The Spellbinders Cutting Collections are available in the Pazzles Online Store now! We are excited to see these files in action and can't wait to be impressed by your creations. The downloadable digital files are compatible with the original metal dies. You can use them in conjunction with the metal dies, or on their own. We've color coded the die lines within the files so it is easy to determine which lines are the original dies and which are enhancement lines added by Pazzles. Design Team Member Tara Brown created all of the samples you see in this post.

Card Holder And Organizer

These adorable card holders are the perfect way to organize your cards. Now when you create cards you can make 3-4 at a time and you will have a safe and easy place to store them until you are ready to send them!

No Class: January 12

We will be at CHA in Anaheim this week. In the meantime, why not watch some videos or past classes or work on the challenge?

Easy Thank You Card: Layered ...

Today I am sharing a super quick and easy card featuring files from the Craft Room Library. I wanted to create a card that could possibly work for a masculine recipient. Here is what I came up with. My finished card size is 5" x 6.5". My base was from regular Bazzill Kraft cardstock. I started by cutting a white mat an 1/8” down from my base size. I then cut another mat from patterned paper an 1/8" smaller than that, using a small grid patterned paper. Next, I used the Chevron Paper Lace file from the library and sized it to 4.5" x 6". I cut it from regular blue cardstock. I then used the Downy Feather file and cut two of them from another piece of patterned paper.

Easy Thank You Card

It’s so lovely to receive gifts, but sometimes it takes a while to find a Thank You card that is as special as the gift received. I hate the shop bought cards as they seem so impersonal, and now that I have my Pazzles Inspiration I would much rather create one myself. So, I have decided to create a Thank You card using my Pazzles and just change the patterned papers, to suit the person who gives me a gift. I designed my simple base card using kraft cardstock and selected the Round Corner tool to give it a softer look. I learnt this by watching the Rounding Corners video tutorial in the Craft Room Videos.

Easy Thank You Card: Patterned ...

All this week members of the Pazzles Design Team will be sharing recipes for fast and easy Thank You cards. Angie starts it off today with a beautiful, elegant card. She pairs patterned paper with a simple sentiment tag to make a gorgeous card. It seems like I can never have enough damask patterned paper. I just love the elegance of it and love the variety of colors they come in. I decided to create some thank you cards using damask paper by Recollections. For my card I used a 9 ½" x 7" card base. I simply cut a piece of the patterned paper and adhered to my card base. I then stamped some flower images and cut around them. I chalked and added pearls for the centers and used liquid pearls. I then went ahead and used the Plane Tag cutting file which can be found in the Craft Room Library. For the tag I simply added the thank you sentiment and printed it. I finished my card by adding ribbon along the side.

Ice Skate Box

Ice Skate Gift Box

This ice skate box makes a great gift box or party centerpiece. Cut two Ice Skate and one Cereal Box from the Craft Room Library. No need to change the sizes of these as they are perfect just as they are. Assemble the cereal box. Apply decorative paper to the ice skates and cereal box. Cut two 3" x 6" pieces of white corrugated card stock. Align and glue the bottom edge of each corrugated piece to the bottom edges of the longer sides of the cereal box. The corrugated cardstock not only provides extra support for the project, but looks like leggings.

Winter Sled Gift Box

A sled full of treats that goes together easily and makes a perfect winter gift. Fill with treats or a small gift for a winter birthday, Christmas, or just as a special treat!

Converting Hand Cut Patterns to ...

How many times have you found a fun card, box or scrapbook page on the internet that had hand cutting instructions on it and you thought, "that would be awesome as a cutting file."? Well, in this class we are going to learn how to take those wonderful hand cutting instructions and turn them to a cutting file that we can use over and over again. Don’t forget the NEW day and times. ALL classes are now on Sunday!

January 2014 Challenge

The challenge for this month is going to be a simple one. The challenge is to use the color gold in a Valentine's Day Project. Yes, I know that Valentine's Day is in February, but we want to give you time to complete it before the big day and what better way to do that than to join the challenge. When you have completed your project, just upload it to the January 2014 Challenge Folder. If you are not sure how to do that, there are instructions here. Remember, all you have to do is enter to have a chance to win one of the fabulous prizes. Be sure and check out the Challenge Page to see what those prizes are.

December Challenge Winner

Happy New Year and Congratulations to meader420 our December Challenge Winner. It was so fun to see all the different things that people used their Pazzles Inspiration on for the Holidays. There are decorations, gifts, gift wrapping and more. If you haven't looked at them, be sure and go take a look at the December Challenge Folder, you will be glad you did. meader420 will be choosing her prize from the list on the Challenge list.  Please send an email to klo@pazzles.com with your prize choice. Be sure and join us for next month’s challenge.  This is such a great opportunity to use your Pazzles Inspiration and win fabulous prizes.

Recycled Can Piggy Bank

My New Year’s resolution is to save more money. What’s yours? It is never too early to teach the advantages of having a savings to youngsters, and they may be more excited about stashing their money away if they have a cute bank to keep it in. Create this fun piggy bank and make them squeal with delight each time they’re able to add to their savings. I had some left over roasted almond containers on my kitchen counter and thought it would be fun to take something I would normally end up throwing away and turn it into a project instead. It’s a clever way to show people how to recycle, and inspire their own creativity in the process.

Welcome 2014 Party Hat

Happy New Year to all my fellow Pazzler’s. It has been a challenging year for me, as I have been a Pazzles Design Team Member for the best part of the 2013. I have learnt so much about being part of a Design Team, but more importantly I have learnt so much more about my Pazzles Inspiration and capability of the software. It has been an enjoyable creative journey and I hope those of you that have received a new Pazzles Inspiration Creative Cutter from Santa, will share your creative journey with fellow Pazzler’s here in the Pazzles Craft Room.

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