Hello everyone. I’m over on the Birch Press Design blog today and wanted to share another Thanksgiving themed card while there’s still time. I had fun pulling my copics out and coloring for this one.
I stamped my images out from pumpkin lacework and colored them with my copic markers and then used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. Then I cut a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with distress oxides in evergreen bough, pine needles and peacock feathers. I spritzed it with water and let it dry. Then I ran it through my die cut machine with the pinpoint radial plate.
I decided it looked a little flat so I pulled out my gold watercolor and flicked some of that for added interest. I love how that shimmers in the light.
Next, I used liquid glue to adhered my leaves and pumpkin stem to the pumpkin. I backed the whole thing with foam tape, including the sentiment banner and popped it all in place. Then I used liquid glue to adhere the whole panel to a white card base.
For finishing touches, I adhered some peach colored hearts around the design. I just love how this finishes off the whole card and fills in some of the blank space perfectly.
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Hey everyone!!! It’s release day for Pink & Main today and I’ve got a really fun card featuring 3 new products available in the shop right now! We’re playing with the new My Vote stamps and dies, Slimline Sayings 1 stamps and the awesome Sunburst Slimline die.
I started by stamping my images from My Vote on a 3 inch wide piece of cardstock. Then I colored them all with my copics and used the coordinating dies to cut them out with my amazing Mini Maker die cutting machine.
This little machine is so awesome and convenient to have on my desk, ready to go! I never knew how handy one of these little machines would be and I haven’t even traveled with it yet. That’s going to amazing in a whole new way too!
But, I digress. Next, I die cut the Sunburst Slimline die from white, red, blue, yellow and purple cardstock. I used liquid glue to adhere my white frame to a card base and then fit the different colored inserts where I wanted them. Bonus, now I have a bunch of these ready to go to make other fun cards later on too!
I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment from Slimline Sayings 1 on vellum with black embossing powder and got everything ready for assembly. I added foam squares to the back of the elephant and star banners. Using my images as guides, I used liquid glue to adhere the balloons down, then added the star banners and finally stuck my elephant to the sentiment banner. Last, I added liquid glue to the back of the sentiment banner, hiding it behind the embossing and the elephant. I put acrylic blocks on this portion for a while and came back later for finishing touches.
For those, I added glossy accents to the elephant cheek, tusk and toes and part of the banner on his rump. I also added glossy accents to the star banners. However, all the other stars have crushed pineapple Stickles on them. I also used the black glaze pen on the elephant’s eye.
I’m super happy with how this fun card turned out and that I was able to show you fun ways to use some of the amazing, new products available in the Pink & Main shop right now!
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Hello friends! I’m over on the Miss Ink Stamps blog today featuring another new set that was released on Saturday called Little Angel. I couldn’t choose which images to use so I created a slimline card and used them all! They’re just too sweet.
I started by stamping and coloring the images from Little Angel. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut them all out. Next, I stamped the snowy village image on a piece of white cardstock and used a slimline rectangle to cut it out. Then I went around the edges with stormy sky distress oxide ink.
I arranged all of my images using a combination of liquid glue and foam squares to attach each one. Then I decided on my layers. I die cut a scalloped rectangle from kraft cardstock and adhered it to a white card base. Then a gold rectangle one size bigger than my background panel in gold. The scene and gold are adhered together and then popped up with foam tape on the scalloped base.
I cut my sentiment into a banner shape and popped it up with foam squares as well. For finishing touches I added wink of stella glitter brush pen to the angel’s wings and crown, black glaze pen the the critter eyes and glossy accents to their noses. I also finished things off with some white gel pen accents and a scattering of dazzle stars in the sky.
These sweet images are so fun to color and arrange in little scenes. The sentiments also range nicely so this isn’t just a Christmas set by any means. Stretching your stamps is always a fabulous plus!
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I’m so excited that the new Miss Ink Stamps release went live for purchase yesterday! I have a fun card to share celebrating and hopefully inspiring you to create!
I inked up my images from Snow One and colored them with my copics. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut the out and set them aside. Masking off the bottom portion of a white panel, I inked the rest up with chipped sapphire and stormy sky distress oxide inks and spritzed them with water. Then I flicked pearl watercolor on the panel and set it aside to dry.
I created a white card base and added a little striped washi tape to the edge. I trimmed the inked panel down to 4×5.5 and popped it up with foam tape. I added my images with foam squares and liquid glue. I cut my sentiment into a flag shape and popped it up as well.
For finishing touches I added some glossy accents to the snowman’s eyes, nose, hat band and buttons, black glaze pen to the bird’s eyes and Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the snow on the tree and the snowflakes.
There are such a fun variety of prodcuts available with this release. You’re sure to find something fantastic to create with. I hope you’ll check it out.
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Happy Weekend everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today featuring this super adorable fall wreath card. The wreath is an older die set and the kitty is actually from the recently released Stocking Stuffers set that’s Christmas themed! And there’s that fabulous embossing folder that will be making an appearance in the shop very soon too!
I cut down a panel to 4.25×5.5 and inked up the inside of my embossing folder with brown. Then I inserted my panel and ran it through my die cut machine with the embossing folder sandwich. I adhered it to a white card base and set it aside to work on my wreath.
Those elements were cut from a variety of cardstock and vellum. I used liquid glue to adhere them all together and then also to the embossed panel. Then I stamped the kitty from Stocking Stuffers and colored her with my copics. Using the coordinating dies I cut her out and then popped her up inside my wreath. Then I took the thanks from the wreath die set and cut it 3 times from red cardstock and adhered it as well.
I thought the wreath could use a little something and I’m obsessed with the new stitched bows so I cut the middle size one from kraft cardstock and added it to the top.
Isn’t this card just the cutest! You could even swap the kitty for the puppy or change the colors and make it Christmas themed too! The possibilities are endless. I just love it.
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Happy Friday everyone!!! I’m popping in today with a couple of sweet and simple cards I made with my last purchase from Clearly Besotted. I just love these images and had a blast putting these two cards together.
Both of these images come in the Christmas Line Up set and there was no way I was choosing which to use first so I inked them both up and started coloring with my copics. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut them out and moved on to backgrounds.
For my polar bear card, I masked off the center portion of a panel and inked it up using my blending brushes and some dye inks. Then I stamped a sentiment from Seasonal Sentiments above the inked area and popped the image up with foam squares. The panel was trimmed to 4×5.25 and popped up with foam tape on a white card base.
For finishing touches on these cuties, I added glossy accents to the tree base and gift bow. Then I went through with a black glaze pen and added shine to the polar bear eyes and noses.
For my reindeer card, I masked off the top portion of a panel and inked it up dark blue. Then I spritzed it with the Avery Elle white ink spray and let that dry. I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 again and stamped my sentiment from Picture It Christmas below the inked portion. I popped the panel up with foam tape and also popped the images up with foam squares again.
For finishing touches on this card, I added glossy accents to the reindeer and snowman noses, with the exception of Rudolph, who I added some Christmas Red Stickles to instead. I also went over these images adding black glaze pen to the eyes and snowman buttons too.
These images were super fun to color and would be great for mass producing if you need a card design for the holidays.
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I can’t even believe that it’s the final day of fun reveals for the Newton’s Nook Holiday Release! It’s been so much fun and I hope you have loved it all. We’ve got 2 sets to share with you today and I had so much fun creating with both of them!
Newton’s Snowman
Happy New Year
As soon as I saw this cute Newton’s Snowman image, I knew I wanted to create a great snow scene for those amazing kitties to build their snowcat in, so that’s what I did!
I started my card by stamping the image from Newton’s Snowman and colored it with my copic markers. Then I stamped the snowflakes from the set in a light blue ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut it all out and moved on to the scene. Using the mountains stencil, I inked up my mountains in 2 layers and added texture paste to the tops. Once that was dry I added a little blue ink to the sky. I used the Framework dies to cut the stenciled panel and also cut a second one for another layer of snow at the bottom. Then I used the land borders on that to create a snow drift. Next, I stamped a sentiment from yesterday’s Snowman Roundabout on there.
I glued my Newton’s Snowman image to the back of the snowdrift and popped that whole piece up with foam squares. I colored the word FROSTY with light blue copics so it glows just a bit. I added a little unicorn Stickles behind the image and snow drift for the look of another layer of snow glistening in the sunshine. Finally I used liquid glue to add the snowflakes and replaced the “O” in FROSTY with one too.
For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the kitty noses and hats, snowman eyes, nose, hat and buttons and also some Stickles to the snowflakes. Finally, the whole panel was popped up with foam tape on a green card base.
I also made a fun card with the new mini Happy New Year stamp set. It’s simple but really fun and given how things are different this year, I think I’ll be sending more New Year’s cards to friends that we won’t be seeing.
I started this card by using Thermoweb Transfer Gel on a piece of black cardstock using the Bubbly stencil. Once it was dry, I sent it through my laminator with gold decofoil for a fun, festive look of champagne bubbly in the background. Then I die cut the solid balloon from the Balloon Shaker Die set 3 times – two from vellum and one from teal cardstock. I stamps the new Happy New Year image in VersaMark and heat embossed it in gold on the teal balloon. Then I die cut the strings from white cardstock and glued them to the bottom of the balloons.
Finally, I die cut the foiled panel with the Framework die and popped it up on a matching teal card base. I hid glue for the vellum balloons behind the teal one and adhered them down. Then the teal balloon was popped up with foam squares.
Would you like to win the “Newton’s Snowman” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!
Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! Thewinner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday November 19th at 9pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 20th.
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Hey friends! I wanted to pop in again this morning with another fun sneak peek from Miss Ink Stamps. Today I’ve pulled from the upcoming Blitzened and Happy New Year sets to create a fun, lighthearted card to share with you.
I started my card by die cutting a stitched rectangle from white cardstock. I used the sunburst stencil with some light purple dye ink and a blending brush. Then I removed the the stencil and inked the whole panel up to take away the stark white that was left. I replaced the stencil and added glitter glitz gel over the darker purple area and set it aside to dry.
I die cut a stitched circle with the sentiment from Happy New Year in the center. Then I colored the image from Blitzened with my copics and used the scan-n-cut to cut him out. I adhered them together and die cut some vellum snowflakes. Using spray adhesive I attached the snowflakes and popped the sentiment and image up with foam squares.
For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the holly berries and mouse’s nose. Then I glued down some sequins on a couple of the snowflake centers and on the sentiment circle as well.
This is such a fun release! Check out the rest of the Miss Ink Stamps design team for sneak peeks and inspiration from today forward, with the release up for purchase on Saturday!
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Yay!!! We’re already to day 3 of the Newton’s Nook Winter Release reveal week. It’s flying by and we’ve got more adorable things to share with you today. I hope you’re ready for more awesome roundabouts because that’s what we’ve got!
Snowman Roundabout
Look at all these cuties!!! They’re so fun and I love the different style of sentiments on this set too! Coloring some of the letters in is so much fun!
Today I decided to make a square card that really features these cute snowman images instead of using it as a background like the Snowfall Roundabout yesterday.
I have found that when I want to use the roundabout stamps like this, I like to die cut the scalloped circle first and stamp my image on that. I find it easier to center for some reason. Just thought I’d share that. 😉 After I did all that I colored the whole panel with copic markers and set it aside. I pulled out the Frames Squared dies and cut a plaid square from those. Then I took a circle from that and one from the Circle Frames and cut them out for my sentiment. The sentiment I chose is actually from Snowman Greetings on day 1. It went so well and fit perfectly inside the circle, I couldn’t resist.
I also pulled out Pines & Holly and cut the holly and bow out. I used copics to color the veins in the holly a little darker and glued them together. Then I added some red flat sequins to the holly berried and center of the bow.
You all know I like dimension and glitter. There’s no shortage of either on this card. The plaid square is popped up on a red card base, which I rounded the corners on to match. Then the awesome Snowman Roundabout panel is popped up too. The sentiment is attached with a combo of liquid glue and foam squares to keep it level, just like the holly. Then the bow was attached with liquid glue beneath the sentiment circle.
For finishing touches I added a scattering of glossy accents on things like hat bands, coffee mugs and hearts. Then I added unicorn Stickles on things like the snow and hat brims. Finally I added black glaze pen to all the snowman eyes and buttons to give them a little shine and interest.
Would you like to win the “Snowman Roundabout” Stamp Set?This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!
Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! Thewinner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday November 19th at 9pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 20th.
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Hi friends! It’s time for Tuesday Tea and I’m really excited to share with you today so grab your cuppa and settle in. Today’s project is a card with a removable shaker ornament on it! I just love how it turned out!
I started my card thinking it would be a shaker snow globe with the cute bear and her coffee inside it. Once everything was colored and die cut I realized that she’s just a bit too big for my liking so I switched gears.
I used the Ready, Set, Snow set by Lawn Fawn to create the snow globe shaker and decided it would be fun to have the bears on either side. Even better, if I use foam tape behind the bears, they hold the ornament in place for a cute card front and removable ornament! I’m quite please with myself in this moment, you have no idea.
Here’s a little peeky peeky at the card and ornament separate too. I wanted to hide something behind but nothing I tried worked for me so I let go and left it how it is. I did, however, decorate the back of the shaker so it doesn’t matter how it hangs on the tree.
Simple but super cute and the glitter paper I used for the snowflake will catch the lights on the tree nicely I think.
How are your Christmas cards coming along? I still need to come up with one of those simple, mass produce-able designs but things like today’s card keep popping in my head and I can’t resist!
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