And stay tuned as I have a fun giveaway coming later on tonight!
For now - here's 2 more cards for my 2020 Valentine Series:
I used Simon's new Pawsome Love stamp set and wafer die combo for these cards. The images in this set are SO cute and I love how you can use them and some of the sentiments for "non-specific" Valentine cards.
I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the characters from the Pawsome Love set with Broken China Distress Oxide ink. I added some more of the patterned paper and the "Luv You" sentiment from the set and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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Since Simon Says Stamp is having this awesome DieCember wafer die sale - you can shop their entire selection HERE <-----click! - I thought I'd make a couple more cards using mostly SSS wafer dies. Specifically their Big Picture Book dies which are some of my favourites:
I used Simon's Leafy Frame wafer die on both cards - I just used 2 different shades of green card stock and 2 different shades of Distress Inks to blend onto them.
On each card I used sentiments from Technique Tuesday sets that were themed to each animal that I white heat embossed onto hearts die cut from the Nested Hearts wafer dies and then black card stock for the rest.
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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I had to hold off on posting these as I didn't want to chance the recipients seeing them ahead of time lol!
One of the gifts Chris got all of us this year (well all of us old enough for cell phones etc) was a Spotify Premium family membership. I've been too cheap to bother paying for it but the ads on the free version are SO annoying. So I'm pretty stoked over this gift lols!
I finished off the insides of the cards with more bits of patterned paper, and another gold heat embossed sentiment from the Love You Like stamp set and one more die cut snowflake and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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If you missed any of my other Christmas card posts for 2019 you can find them all at the links below!
Hello everyone!! I'm back with another Christmas card (multiple cards plus tags!) for my series! If you've missed any that I've posted so far you can find 'em all at the links below:
I used My Favorite Things Festive Friends stamp set and stamped all the images onto Copic friendly card stock (Linked below) and coloured them in with Copic markers. I used the coordinating Die-namics set to die cut all the images and then set to building all the little scenes for the cards and tags.
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Hello everyone!! I'm part of a great blog hop today to share inspiration for the NEW Studio Katia bundle release called Paws for Kindness. There's a stamp & die set, as well as 2 new stencils: Mini Paws and Love for Paws.
If you didn't get here from Kaja's blog you can start at the beginning of the hop HERE and I will also have links to all the stops below as well as GIVEAWAY info at the end of this post!
You can check out the Paws for Kindness bundle HERE <----click! and $10 from each bundle will be donated to Pets in the Classroom, because we truly believe that all children should have the opportunity to learn about the responsibilities, respect for life and being kind to one another.
Here's what I made with this bundle:
I stamped the little boy and his pets from the Paws for Kindness set onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with Inkon3's Blackout ink and coloured in the images with Copic markers. I used a Gel Roll broad white gel pen to add some dots and highlights to the images and then die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies.
There are 2 stencils that come in the bundle. I used the Love for Paws stencil and ran it through my Platinum 6 machine with the embossing setup to dry emboss the stencil onto the heart shaped card stock - it's such a subtle look and I love using stencils like this to get that effect!
I finished off the inside of the card with another heart that I stamped the boy and his pets on and then added some more sentiments from the Paws for Kindness stamp set and that was it!
To see how my card came together check out my video below:
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Now for the GIVEAWAY!
To celebrate the blog hop, Studio Katia is giving away a $15 gift certificate on each blog post in the hop!!
You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11/22/2019 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts on this blog hop and will be announced on the Studio Katia blog on 11/24/2019.
I pulled out one of the caffeinated critters from The Rabbit Hole Designs - I'd bought several of them some time ago as they crack me up and now was the perfect time to ink one up!
I used TRHD's Caffeinated Unicorn and stamped it onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with Inkon3's Blackout ink and coloured it in with a bunch of Copic Markers:
It is SO hard to photograph all the sparkle - you can see it in the video though!! I coated the Unicorn mane/tail with Nuvo's Clear Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer. I used a Jane Davenport Silver Screen pen on the coffee cup and "slippers" horns (lol I think they're narwhals? Love it). I used the coordinating wafer die to cut out the unicorn and popped it onto the card with foam dots.
To finish off the inside of the card I stamped the Unicorn with Hero Arts Reactive Taffy ink and added the other sentiment from the Caffeinated Unicorn set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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And I made 4 cards with it to share with y'all today!
I used the Woodland Whimsy stamp set that comes in the kit and stamped the images onto Bee Watercolor paper with Fallen Leaves Versafine Clair ink. I then used the watercolor pan set that comes in the kit to color them all in.
I also used that pan set on my previous card and video - you can check that out here:
I used Simon's Stitched Rectangle wafer dies to die cut the watercolor paper as well as to die cut the patterned paper that comes in the kit. I also added some cute little hearts from my stash just to finish everything off.
On the insides of the cards I stamped the sentiment from the Woodland Whimsy set with the Fallen Leaves ink then stamped the little leafy sprigs with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the frenchie image with Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink and then stamping another sentiment from the Fall Franchies set with the Fallen Leaves ink and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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If you missed any of the other Halloween videos I've posted so far you can find them all here:
I used My Favorite Things Spooktacular Stamp set with the coordinating wafer dies as my main images. And I didn't color them. Crazy right? Hear me out: I wanted to keep the images simple, plus focus on the backgrounds I made. Plus lets be honest: I was in the beginning stages of the chest cold and my nose was running so much that it was horrible trying to do anything (like a bunch of colouring) with my head tilted downwards b/c well.....it's just gross LOL!!
Really though - I sometimes like not colouring in line images - ones like these have so much great detail to them already that they can get away with it. IMO anyway.
I finished off the insides of the cards with more patterned paper strips and sentiments from the Spooktacular Friends set, and then stamped the same images and pumpkins and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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ACK Ohmygoodness - I had planned to have this video go up as soon as the Mama Elephant STAMPtember collab went live but life had other plans. As of posting this there are still some of the stamp sets left (the stamp and wafer die set sold out already!) but I also linked to a similar set by Mama Elephant (see below) as it's adorable too!!
I used the STAMPtember Snow Kittens set and 😍😍😍. Once this one is sold out (and I will be shocked if it doesn't sell out before tonight - it's been INSANELY popular and I can see why) I highly HIGHLY recommend checking out the Mama Elephant Snow Friends set. It's adorable too!
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Today's card features a couple of WAY oldie-but-goodie sets from Simon Says Stamp that I've had for 5+ years and done multiple Halloween videos with: Hey Pumpkin and Trick or Treat.
I stamped the cat images from both sets onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with Simon's Intense Black ink and coloured them in with Copics. After adding white highlights with my favorite white gel pen I fussy cut out both images.
On the inside of the card I used stamps from the Trick or Treat set (and I guess there are no longer coordinating dies available for this set sorry! I thought there were still available too but I think they were discontinued as it's a pretty old set!) and stamped/adhered them and that was it!
To see how my card came together check out my video below:
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I wanted to create a card using the birds in the set too. This is what I came up with:
I was really inspired by the patterned paper from the kit - this pattern specifically. I took some Distress Water-colour card stock and drew lines on it with a T-square ruler and a Pilot Envelope Addressing pen, and stamped the birds with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.
I used a bunch of Distress Oxide inks to paint the background and the birds. I chose colors that went well with the patterned paper and painted the birds in the order the colors appear in the paper.
I used sentiments from the Look for the Rainbow stamp set and white heat embossed them onto black card stock. On the inside of the card I added the sentiment and stamped a couple of the birds with the Distress Oxide inks and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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Ahhhhh happy Monday!! Usually I'm not much of a Monday person (or a morning person...) BUT I'm part of a big, fun, inspiring blog hop using a bunch of new Spellbinders dies AND I had a ton of success with foil! For those that haven't been watching me for a while - I struggle with foil and have yet to really use it on cards. That changed today!
OK first off:
Spellbinders released a bunch of fabulous Christmas sets this season! I was invited to take part in this big blog hop so there's a TON of inspiration as well as GIVEAWAY info at the end of my post!
I ended up making several cards using a few of the new die sets:
(apologies for the crappy photo - this one was taken late at night with horrible lighting)
First off - I got a Glimmer Hot Foil System - AND I was able to make it work. I have been stockpiling foils and foiling supplies for well over a year now and have either been unsuccessful or intimidated by all things foil. I took a gamble and got this machine because I LOVE the idea of being able to create letterpress foil designs - and because it's supposed to be easy to use.
Well if I can do it anyone can. These Ornament Hot Foil pates were some of my first attempts (the sentiments on the puppy cards were my FIRST first attempt) and they were almost perfect. I used 2 different colors of Glimmer Foils for them and alternated the foiled sentiments. The set also comes with all the dies to create the poinsettias and branches etc so I added those as well.
Last but not least is the Puppy Christmas cards!! I used Spellbinders Merry Hugs die set (isn't it adorable?!?). I'd foiled sentiments from the Ornament set, as well as a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiments hot foil plate onto blue card stock.
I die cut the puppers glasses from the same goal foil card stock I'd used on the green cards above. The backgrounds were done in the same way - just a Diagonal Stripe stencil and Schoolhouse Red ink this time.
To see how my cards came together AND to see my first impressions/unboxing/first attempt with the Glimmer Hot Foil System (skip to the 9 minute mark if you want to get right to the cardmaking portion) check out my video below:
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Now for the GIVEAWAY!!!
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, August 25th 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.
And now it's Saturday. Any plans for your weekend? I'm trying to get caught up with a million things as usual lol!
I've had Honey Bee Stamps No Probllama stamp set and dies sitting in the front of my HB container for MONTHS now with the intention of using it. I finally sat down and made a few cards with it and am so glad I did - this llama with his accessories just cracks me up!
The Double Stitched Polygons Honey Cuts Dies were used to create my scenes for each card. After die cutting them from white card stock I blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink onto them with a blending brush.
The multi-colour sentiment was a fun little twist. I created my own little multi-colour “ink pad” by folding up a baby wipe, applying three different Distress Oxide ink refills and then used that to ink up the “Hola” stamp. You can get blank Distress Oxide ink pads HERE that you can then use to create your own ombré ink pads or custom colors etc. I have one of them but I like the option of just using a baby wipe when I only want to create a few stamped images/sentiments and not commit an ink pad to it.
I used my impromptu ink pad to stamp the llama word and adhered that to the insides of the cards after stamping the rest of the sentiments in black ink and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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I stamped all the images from the Fairy-Tale Friends set onto Bristol Smooth card stock with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and clear heat embossed with with Inkon3's clear embossing powder. For the colouring I used Tombow Dual Brush pens, a water brush and Inkon3's Liquid Pixie Dust.
For the second card I used the masks and Oxide ink again to create the background, and on both cards I splattered the Inkon3 Liquid Pixie Dust. I die cut the panel with one of MFT's Stitched Rounded Rectangle Die-namics before popping it on to the card with Simon's Big Momma Foam Tape.
I used the leftover "frame" from the die cut rectangle and adhered it to the inside of the card. On the inside of that card and the back of the pop-up card I adhered sentiments I'd white heat embossed and a couple of the remaining unicorns and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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