Echo Park Paper

"Farmhouse Christmas" Christmas Barn

Hello friends!!! Dorymar here today with you sharing a super fun project! I am a super fan of Farmhouse décor, style, and products and when I saw the Farmhouse Christmas Collection from Carta Bella, I fell in love instantly.  I adore every piece of this collection! 

To make my Barn, I used a digital cut file from Dreaming Tree SVG (Red Barn).  To create the base of my Barn I used the Carta Bella Designer Cardstock (Ebony Black Linen) and for the ceiling, I used the Natural White Linen Cardstock because those cardstocks have the perfect weight to create any 3d project.

I covered the sides of my barn with the Coordinating Solids papers from the collection and with an embossing folder I created a wood texture on my paper to give it a real Barn look.  Then I cut the windows, the alley doors, and the cupula and adhered it to my barn.  For the finishing touches of the windows and door, I used the black enamel dots, and they look incredibly beautiful. Finally, to create the yard, I used the Green/Black Coordinating solid.

One of the new and magnificent products that Carta Bella offers you are the Sticker books, these are perfect for this type of project because each book includes two sheets of the same stickers, this was fantastic because it can decorate both sides perfectly equal. In the front of my barn, I used the beautiful trees included in the chipboard accents and included key elements so that it would look like a real farm.

All my 3D projects include a mini album, and this could not be the exception, because in the inside of my barn I created a 5x6x2.5 album. On the cover, I used the B side of the Ornaments paper since it simulates wooden planks, and it is perfect to accompany the barn. As decoration, I used several pieces included in the stickers and as a magic element, I found in the chipboard accents the tractor already decorated for Christmas. This was the perfect item to include on my cover. Well, when you place the pieces side by side, it's a typical farm scene. There is no barn without a tractor!

The album includes 5 beautiful pages, full of pockets, foldouts, flaps, inserts and all the beautiful designs and patterns that the collection includes.

I was delighted with my project as well as the collection, it is wonderful! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, and it inspires you to use this collection in any of your Christmas projects.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dorymar

Supplies:

Farmhouse Christmas Collection Kit

Farmhouse Christmas Coordinating Solids

Carta Bella Designer Cardstock (Ebony Black)

Carta Bella Designer Cardstock (Natural White)

Farmhouse Christmas Chipboard Accents

Farmhouse Christmas Chipboard Phrases

Farmhouse Christmas Sticker Book

Farmhouse Christmas Enamel Dots.

"Farmhouse Christmas" Mini Album

Hi there, friends; It’s Lydia Cost today, and I’m walking through a little mini album I created using the ever so beautiful Farmhouse Christmas collection.  The gorgeous Carta Bella papers really did make my paper loving heart swoon. They are full of snowflakes, wreaths, and pretty farmhouse illustrations. I couldn’t wait to use those gorgeous papers inside a mini album.

For this album I decided to remake an album shape that I had recently experimented with.  This great tri-fold 4x5 album is perfect for so many reasons.  I love the way you can customize the closure.  You can use vintage buttons to close the cover, or you can punch holes for a gorgeous piece of ribbon to tie, like I did here.

I chose to cover my base with the amazing wooden patterned paper and those gorgeous poinsettias for my lid.  This paired perfectly with the glittery red ribbon I secured my cover and lid with.  I love that these patterned papers pair up so perfectly together, and I’m so smitten with the final result!

For the inside I chose 5 single signatures of pages, for a total of 20 workable album pages.  This will be the perfect set-up for my December documenting.  I stitched them into the bottom of my album, before adhered my internal patterned paper down.  It made the album seamless and pretty inside.  Another great option is to create an accordion album inside.

To finish preparing my album, I die-cut some great snowflakes from the new collections.  They looked perfect on that white subway tile patterned paper.  I weeded them out, and then they looked so perfect up against that gorgeous red paper.  I added in a few element stickers, and my cover page was finished.

Now all that is left is to fill in the album pages this year.  I’m so excited for it to get chunky and wonderful.  That’s my favorite thing about Christmas albums.  They are always so comforting and warm to flip through in Christmases to come.

Supplies:

Farmhouse Christmas Collection

Farmhouse Christmas “Poinsettia Floral” Paper

Farmhouse Christmas “Gift Tags” Paper

Farmhouse Christmas “Ornaments” Paper

Farmhouse Christmas “Snowflakes” Paper

Farmhouse Christmas Element Sticker Sheet

Farmhouse Christmas Joyful Snowflake Die Set

Chipboard

Washi Tape

Ribbon

Hole-Punch

"Farmhouse Christmas" Card Trio

Hey everyone, Michelle here today sharing some festive cards using the Farmhouse Christmas collection from Carta Bella.  I wanted to make some Cards but I didn't want to spend hours making them.  Thankfully with the Echo Park dies these cards were quick and turned out really pretty!

 

 

I decided to do 3 same cards but I used different colors for each one.  One I had all the pieces cut in my Big Shot, they just needed to be assembled.

 

 

I embellished each card with a few puffy stickers and enamel dots.

 

 

I also added some stitching around the edge with my sewing machine.  These cards took me about an hour to make.  SImple and elegant!

 

 

Don't know where to get started? Click HERE to download a complete supply list and step-by-step instructions for this fun card set!!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies used:

6x6 paper pad

Enamel dots

Puffy Stickers 

Season's Greetings die set

Let’s Lumberjack 12x12 Layout

Hey there, crafty friends; It’s Lydia Cost today, and is it just me or are you guys getting a little giddy about the fall weather.  I’m truly a summer girl, but I can go for cozy flannels and boots too.  When I got my hands on the Let’s Lumberjack collection I knew I’d found a new favorite with all that buffalo plaid.  It was just oh so handsome and cozy!

My little one was certainly eager to let me photograph him in his “lumberjack clothes.”  I couldn’t wait to get them down on a 12x12 layout, after I had my photos printed.  For this layout I really wanted to use some of those amazing trunk bark illustrations.  They really are some of my favorite masculine shapes in paper crafting.  They make the best illustrations for camping photos and boy layouts!

To start my layout, I backed my CB white cardstock with one of the amazing red plaid papers.  I love adding a little bit of detail to an otherwise all white layout.  I then arranged a bunch of 3x3 squares of patterned paper around my layout.  I really wanted to go for a grid layout, because it had been a really long time since I’d created a layout with clean lines like that.

I decided to stitch around the edges of each of my 3x3 squares with my sewing machine.  I love the whimsical look it leaves, after fluffing up the edges of each paper.  After I got my 3x3s down on the layout, I arranged my two photos next.  I decided to do one in each diagonal corner, for another even aspect in my grid layout.  They look so cute placed up against those fun patterned papers.

Next, I went about spreading little fussy-cut trunk bark, element stickers, and embellishments to my layout.  These little details really do tie in the whole layout so nicely.  I pulled a few pieces from the die-cut pack as well for even more interest.

To finish off my layout, I typed up my journaling on my typewriter.  I made sure to type out into a 3x3 area as well, so that it would fill another square up on my grid.  I left the middle space blank, to help draw the eye to that oh so fun “Timber” element sticker!

I certainly my simple grid layout leaves you inspired today!

Supplies:

Let’s Lumberjack Collection

 Let’s Lumberjack “3x4 Journaling Cards” Paper

Let’s Lumberjack “Wild & Free” Paper

Let’s Lumberjack “Chop Chop” Paper

Let’s Lumberjack Element Sticker Sheet

Let’s Lumberjack Collection Kit

Let’s Lumberjack 6x6 Paper Pad

Let’s Lumberjack Ephemera

Let’s Lumberjack Frames & Tags

CB Ultra White Linen Cardstock

Thanksgiving Treat Boxes Featuring Designer Stamps

Have you seen the new Echo Park Paper Designer Dies & Stamps? I am Michelle Zerull, and I'm in love with these new alphabet stamps! I've never liked my handwriting and I've never had the patience to learn modern calligraphy. Now I don't have to obsess over my handwriting because the stamps look professionally drawn! 

For holiday meals, I like to put personalized treat boxes by everyone's plate. I was so excited to use the Kaitlin Uppercase Alphabet and Kaitlin Lowercase Alphabet Stamps to personalize my Thanksgiving boxes. The boxes, made with the Carta Bella Hello Autumn Collection, hold little candies, but the real treat is how awesome the names look. I am so pleased with the way they came out! 

 

Not a stamper? You've got to try it. You're going to love it AND it will look great! Everyone says that you should stamp on smooth cardstock. Not true! I used the lightly textured Green/Lt. Orange Solid Paper from the Carta Bella Hello Autumn Solids Kit and I think it looks great. I was doing a goofy little happy dance with my ink pad! In our family, we have lots of L's and N's in our names. Alphabet stickers don't work. These stamps will change the way that the Zerull Family personalizes their treats!

 

 

Take a look at the Designer Stamps & Dies section of the Echo Park Paper website and check out all of the new fonts available to choose from. And yes...there are coordinating dies too.

Everything is going to be personalized!

Enjoy!

 

 

Supplies:

Designer Stamps Kaitlin Uppercase Alphabet Stamp Set

Designer Stamps Kaitlin Lowercase Alphabet Stamp Set

Carta Bella Designer Cardstock Natural White Felt

Hello Autumn "Fall Harvest" Patterned Paper

Hello Autumn "Pumpkins" Patterned Paper

Hello Autumn Solids Kit

Hello Autumn Green/Lt. Orange Solid Paper

Hello Autumn Sticker Book

Black Dye Ink

Clear Acrylic Stamp Block

Adhesive

Dimensional Foam Adhesive

Twine

Digital Electronic Cutting Machine

Thanksgiving Treat Box SVG: Etsy; DimensionalPaperCuts

Halloween Cards Featuring Designer Stamps

Hi there, friends; It’s Lydia Cost today, and I’m sharing some love for the new release designer stamps in the echo park collection!  I was so blessed to get to play with the Kaitlin Alphabet Stamps, and I think I’m in love!  They stamp so beautifully clear, and they pair effortlessly together with the uppercase and lowercase.  The brushed front has totally stolen my heart.

This week is Halloween, so I knew that I wanted to create some fun and spooky Halloween cards to share with my kiddo’s teachers.  It’s a great time to send them a little encouragement before fall break!  I wanted to do two cards that had a stamped element and some distressed elements.

For my first card, I pulled out my distressing stains.  I edged my white card base with brown, amber, and black to distress the edges for the perfect spooky look.  I then fussy-cut a banner from the “Night Sky” Paper; these look amazing backed with some foam squares.  I stamped my “Spooky” sentiment right below it, and then nestled in another little banner from the patterned paper.

To finish off this card, I wanted to fussy-cut some more of the amazing bats in this collection.  I then ran each one through my sewing machine in the center, so that I could have some great thread messiness on the front of my card.  I really do think this adds so much character.  They also serve to highlight my stamped sentiment too!

For my second card, I wanted a bit more simple design.  I pulled out the great orange striped patterned paper to back my card with.  I then fussy-cut another banner to create a cohesive look for both cards.  This one said “Spooky.”  For the stamping on this card, I wanted to add a little extra character.  I pulled out a manila tag from my stash.  I distressed the edges, and then I stamped near the center, “Hello.”  It created the perfect sentiment for this cute little card.

All that was left was to string up my tag and add a little stitching.  I then adhered it down to my base.  I picked a little element sticker from the sticker sheet, and aligned it on top of my banner for some added dimension.  It nestled perfectly right below my stamped sentiment!

These two cards were such fun to create, and I know they solidified my love for the Kaitlin stamp set.  I know I’ll be using both the lowercase and the uppercase in tandem on everything!

Supplies:

Kaitlin Lowercase Stamp Set

Kaitlin Uppercase Stamp Set

Halloween Market Collection Kit

Halloween Market “Night Sky” Patterned Paper

Halloween Market “Spooky Ghosts” Patterned Paper

Halloween Market “Halloween Words” Patterned Paper

Halloween Market Element Stickers

Wedding Party Decor Featuring Designer Dies

Hello Friends!!! It is Dorymar today with a few ideas featuring the fabulous Designer Dies from Echo Park Paper Co., With this collection you can create all occasion cards, projects, gifts, and more! Almost all collections include a coordinating die which is perfect to incorporate into whatever you want to create.  In my case, I decided to create a fun wedding party decoration and used the new and subtle “Our Wedding Collection” from Echo Park.  

At all parties, no matter the celebration, we find boxes for sweets, cards, banners, and many other things. The first project that I present to you is a beautiful card. For her I used the Ultra-White Linen Cardstock to make my 5”x8” base and covered the top with two beautiful patterned papers from the collection.  At the top, I cut with the "Stitched Heart Nesting Die Set" a beautiful heart, perfect for the occasion and decorated around with stickers included in the collection.

My second project is a beautiful treat box and for her I used the “Rectangular Gable-Box 3-D Die Set”, the “Stitched Heart Nesting Die Set” and a beautiful die from the collection called "Just Married Edges. ", this last die in particular is fantastic because it has three beautiful borders perfect for making cards, mats, or as I used them just to give a fine touch to your project.

The Mr. & Mrs. banner could not be absent, as it is in fashion these days. To do this I used the "Pennant Nesting Die Set" in combination with the "Just Married Edges Die Set" and the "Stitched Heart Nesting Die Set". The thing I like the most about being able to work with Echo Park dies is the amount of options that they offer you and the variety of sizes, for example the set of dies of pennants and of hearts include 5 to 8 sizes to choose from. You can carry out any project and include all these beautiful pieces.

My latest project is how to decorate a beautiful Mason Jar using scrapbook paper and of course the magnificent dies that Echo Park offers you. For this case I cut a circle from the collection papers to decorate the top of the jar and I added a nice lace in tune with the colors, but to make the tag, I used the "Our Wedding Tags Die Set" also included in the collection, this die set includes 3 tags of different sizes perfect to give personal touches to your projects. In this project, I used the medium size, I followed the pattern of incorporating the lace border and the heart to the theme of my project and added a beautiful sentiment included in one of the stickers of the collection. The result is very simple, but very beautiful.

I hope you liked the pieces that I created using the magnificent Dies Set that Echo Park offers you, if you want to see more options please stop by here; Echo Park Paper Designer Dies.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Our Wedding Coordinating Solids Paper Pack

Our Wedding Element Sticker Sheet

I Do Patterned Paper

Just Married Patterned Paper

Just Married Edges Die Set

Stitched Heart Nesting Die Set

Our Wedding Tags Die Set

Pennant Nesting Die Set

Rectangular Gable Box 3-D

Girl Wonder Layout Featuring Designer Dies

Hey everyone,  Michelle here today with a new layout to share using the America collection and Designer Dies!  Did you know that there are dies released with almost every new collection?   In addition to those, Echo Park has other dies that will coordinate with all your projects!

 

 

I often hear people say "I don't buy dies because I'm not a cardmaker."  What???  Who says dies are just for cards?  You can use them on literally any type of paper project!  

 

I used 2 sets of dies on my layout.  The first set I used is the Mckell Uppercase Alphabet.  It was just what I needed to complete my title! (These also come in a lowercase as well)

 

 

The next set of dies I used is the Stitched Star Nesting Die Set.   I love love love this set!  I created the whole background of my layout with this.  I love how the stars layer into each other!

 

 

Since I used a 4th of July themed collection for my Halloween layout, all the embellishments weren't appropriate for my layout.  (Plus I'm Canadian...lol)  So I fussy cut some words from the papers.

 

 

So you see everything goes in the world of scrapbooking.  Dies for layouts, 4th of July papers for Halloween layouts....anything is possible!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies used:

Mckell Uppercase Alphabet die set

Stitched Star Nesting die set

America Collection kit

America Solids Kit

America Ephemera

Another Look Inside Club EP: November 2020

We're back with another peek inside the November 2020 Edition of Club EP!

The kits come with many additional project ideas, plus exclusive cut files and instruction pages!

Being a member of our club definitely comes with privileges (exclusive project ideas, cut files, and discounts to name a few)!

Earlier this week we shared some fun tag projects, exclusive to Club EP.

Today, we're giving you a little peek at a few festive holiday cards, also exclusive to the kit! 

Everything you need to create a layout just like this one is included the kit!! Sign up today by clicking HERE!!

The kits come with many additional project ideas, plus exclusive cut files and instruction pages!

Being a member of our club definitely comes with privileges (exclusive project ideas, cut files, and discounts to name a few)!

Earlier this week we shared some fun tag projects, exclusive to Club EP.

Today, we're giving you a little peek at a few festive holiday cards, also exclusive to the kit! 

Everything you need to create a layout just like this one is included the kit!! Sign up today by clicking HERE!!

The kits come with many additional project ideas, plus exclusive cut files and instruction pages!

Being a member of our club definitely comes with privileges (exclusive project ideas, cut files, and discounts to name a few)!

Earlier this week we shared some fun tag projects, exclusive to Club EP.

Today, we're giving you a little peek at a few festive holiday cards, also exclusive to the kit! 

Everything you need to create a layout just like this one is included the kit!! Sign up today by clicking HERE!!

A Peek Inside Club EP: November 2020

Have you subscribed to CLUB EP yet? Here's another peek at what's included in our November 2020 Club EP Kit!

Did you know that in addition to all of amazing products, our monthly kits also include exclusive project ideas and instruction sheets? 

Here's an example of some festive tag ideas included in the November club kit:

Click HERE to visit the CLUB EP page for additional details and to subscribe!

Did you know that in addition to all of amazing products, our monthly kits also include exclusive project ideas and instruction sheets? 

Here's an example of some festive tag ideas included in the November club kit:

Click HERE to visit the CLUB EP page for additional details and to subscribe!