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Hello and welcome to our May Release Design Team Blog Hop. This release includes 5 new clear stamp sets, 2 new stand along die sets and introducing new coordinating die sets. Yay!

Erica here and for today’s card I decided to use the You’re So Ranunculus stamp set and the Matching die (you can also buy these in a stamp and die bundle) No surprise about using the flower stamp I’m guessing, considering what a flower lover I am.

I dusted my Strathmore Bristol Vellum water colour paper generously with my anti-static tool before stamping it with VersaMark ink and heat embossing it in white embossing powder. Once all set, I grabbed my Zig markers and coloured it in vivid colours. Instead of sticking to just one colour, I used pinks and yellows to create a very colourful bunch of flowers and different shades of green for the leaves and stems.

When I was happy with the flower colouring, I set the piece aside to dry and started on my background panel. For this one I used RangerInk water colour card stock as I wanted a crisp white border around my colouring. To create this I used masking tape and covered about .5cm of the card stock on each side when I taped it down to my old Sizzix cover plate (which I use as a portable easel for stability whilst painting) Grabbing my Gansai Tambi 36 pack and splish-splashed some of those gorgeous, creamy colours around.

Here I had a brilliant idea and decided to do something which I thought would make the flowers stand out a bit more than my original idea which was to do green for thudded e bottom and blue for a sky. Instead I used greens for the bottom where grass and bushes would be (admittedly part of the original plan but work with me) and then to contrast the flowers I used yellow and dark pink on the opposite spot on the background to where the flowers were. If that makes sense? If not, don’t worry, I barely understood that part myself when I read it back and I wrote it…! To help with this I die cut the flowers out using the matching die and then used it as a guide as to where to add which colour. I used my heat tool to set the colours once I was done and then gently peeled off the masking tape. I must admit I LOVE that little white border around the background colours, it really helps making it pop and adds interest without actually doing anything. Clever, huh??

As for sentiments I decided to go for one of the ones that comes with the flower stamp set ‘You’re so Kind’ and I heat embossed this in a gold embossing powder on a strip of vellum. It was a bit tricky to wrap this around the flower die cut and keep it straight, which in the end I didn’t manage at all. Oh well, onwards and upwards, eh? My trusted must-have foam tape came out and I added a generous amount to the back of the cut out before adhering it to the background (I had already adhered the background to a white card base at this point)

To cover up the wonky vellum bit I added some sequins to it in the hopes the bling would make up for the wonky-ness. These are from Majestic Sequin Fusion and are so versatile as you get both flat and cupped in the mix. I used only cupped for this card though, I tend to use the flat ones for shaker cards mostly.

Well, that was it for this card. Now for the fun part!

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate our May 2017 Release, we’re giving away (1) $100GF and (2) $50GC to the store to three lucky winners. All winners will be announced on June 3rd, 2017 on the Studio Katia Blog. Please visit all the blogs some of the girls are hosting their own giveaways!

To Enter:

Lease a comment on this blog post:

Make sure to leave all the comments by Tuesday June 1, 2017 11PM MT.

Ready to get hopping? Here’s the compete Blog Hop and you should heading towards the lovely Laurie next!

Studio Katia <– You are here

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Birthday Hop Replay + Winner Announcements!

May 10, 2017 / CATEGORIES - Announcements, Blog Hops, News

Hellloooo Everyone,

I can’t express how thankful I am for all you 🙂 I’ve read all of the comments thought out the hop and just WOW! Thank You So Much!:)

The Winner Announcements are at the end. This is just a quick replay of the amazing designers. Projects are arranged in the order of the hop. You can click HERE to see the full posts.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS:

Please email to info@studiokatia.com with subject: Birthday Hop Winner with your prize and your information. You have 48 hours!

WINNER of the Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Watercolor Brush Pens, 80 Color Set!

WINNER of the Simon Says Stamp Goodie Bag

WINNERS of the $20 GC to the Studio Katia Shop.

Thank You all again for all your comments and for joining us to celebrate our First Birthday!

Have a Crafty Day!

Katia

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Birthday shaker card with Erica

May 6, 2017 / CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Blog Hops, Cards, Floral Cards, News, Shaker Cards

Hello!!

Erica here with my blog post to go with the card I made as part of the 1st Birthday Celebration blog hop for Studio Katia! (You might have seen my card already if you took part in the hop on May 4th but here is the whole shebang in words too.)

As soon as I heard that the prompt for this blog hop was shaker cards I decided to do a see-through vase and fill it with blue and transparent sequins and shaker beads. Adding lots of flowers for the vase was just a bonus. I have done a card in the past when the vase was propped up on the front of the card but for this one I decided to do a flat front and cut the shaker compartment into the back, if that makes sense? I’m reading this back and it just seems like a mad riddle to be honest.. Hopefully the photos will explain better than my words do!

I started out by cutting out a tall and thin card base, 7″ x 4″, in a fabulous linen textured white card stock. In this panel I cut out the smallest of the Stitched Creative Nested Rectangles towards the bottom, leaving enough room to add enough adheisive to make sure no sequins escape the shaker compartment. Using this as a guide I cut out 4 panels in the same size and die cut the ‘vase’ on each one. These I layered up using LOTS of double sided tape and for the top layer I added a piece of acetate to the front panel. This whole lot I set aside for a minute as I wanted to stamp some flower stems on the negative cut (in the white linen textured card stock) before adding this to the back of the shaker compartment. Using the skinniest Brush Strokes stamp I stamped several stems using a green ink. Then to add a little bit extra I stamped some skinnier stems, from a stamp set from The Ton, using a darker ink.

Turning my card panel upside down, I filled the shaker compartment with Clear Iridescent Seed Beads, Icy Breeze Sequins in 4mm size and also some metallic blue 4mm sequins which sadly aren’t available any more so you could use Enchanted Sea Sequins or Light Blue Metallic Star Sequins for a jazzy look. The ‘inside of the vase’-bit I gently added as a lid and then I adhered the final piece of card stock to keep it all together.

Moving on to my flowers I reached for the big bloom in the Thank You So Much set and I stamped up two on Strathmore Bristol Vellum water colour paper and heatembossed them in white embossing powder. Using my Zig markers, I coloured them in rich reds with hints of pink. As usual the florist in me thought ‘this bunch needs greenery and some smaller flowers too’ so I stamped up another flower from the Together We Bloom as well as the biggest leaves. This I stamped two together to make a slightly bigger bunch of leaves. All this also got coloured in using Zig markers. Everything then got fussy cut.

Arranging these into a nice, big bunch I adhered them to the card using foam tape to add some extra dimension. As this is for a birthday it needed a sentiment and to keep things simple, as the rest of the card has a lot going on, I just stamped ‘Happy Birthday’ from the Birthday Lions in black on a piece of white card stock and cut it down quite small. This I also adhered with foam tape on the top flower and with that, the card was done!

I hope you have enjoyed this post and will enjoy the rest of the hop! There are always some absolutely amazing and breathtaking projects from the rest of the DT and the guest designers, you aren’t going to want to miss it! It also wouldn’t be a Birthday Celebration without a giveaway and some fabulous prizes, right? Don’t worry, although the actual birthday blog hop was a few days ago, there is still time to leave comments on each one for your chance to win.

GIVEAWAY INFO:
– You can win a $20 GC to Studio Katia at every stop on the hop! Make sure to leave a comment by Sunday, May 7th for your chance to win! The more blogs you visit, the greater your chances of winning.
– You can also win (1) Simon Says Stamp goody bag and (1) Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Watercolor Brush Pens, 80 Color Set. The winners will be chosen from all the comments along the hop.
– Studio Katia is offering 15% off all purchases to their online shop (link http://www.studiokatia.com) using the code “SKTURNS1” through Sunday, May 7th at midnight EST.

Happy hopping and Happy Birthday Studio Katia!!

Lots of love from Erica

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First Birthday Celebration Blog Hop!

May 4, 2017 / CATEGORIES - Announcements, Birthday Cards, Blog Hops, Cards, Other, Shaker Cards

Hello Everyone & Welcome!

I’m so happy and grateful to see you all here and celebrating our First Birthday Bash Blog Hop!! It has been a wonderful year and I’m so thankful for all your support. I would like to thank my amazing Design Team & Guest Designers from the bottom of my heart, Studio Katia would not be where it is now without each and every one of them.

Erica is up first with her stunning shaker card!

How exciting is it to see such an important mile stone for a young, fledging stamp company? Big, huge congratulations on your achievements so far, Katia!!! I can’t wait to see what this second year will bring!

For today, I’ve got a flowery shaker card. I’ve got a friend who’s turning 30 soon so I made this with her in mind. Her birthday has been and gone by the time this post goes up so no need to worry about spoiling the surprise.

SUPPLIES: Thank You So Much Clear Stamp, Together We Bloom Clear Stamp Set, Birthday Lions Clear Stamp Set, Stitched Creative Rectangles Dies, Sequins

Up next joining us lovely Rowena. I think Rowena did a FANTASTIC job with her first shaker card.

SUPPLIES: Thank You So Much Clear Stamp, Together We Bloom and Spring Fusion

I better finish this post with a card of my own. This week is Teacher Appreciation Week (which is usually the first week in May) I love making teacher cards. I don’t know what is it about these cards but I can make teachers cards all day long and not get tired.

SUPPLIES: Thank You So Much Clear Stamp Set, Teacher’s Apple, Stitched Notebook Creative Die, Sparkling Crystals

What’s a Birthday Hop without some presents 🙂

GIVEAWAY INFO:

You can win a $20 GC to Studio Katia at every stop on the hop! Make sure to leave a comment by Sunday, May 7th for your chance to win! The more blogs you visit, the greater your chances of winning.

You can also win (1) Simon Says Stamp goody bag and (1) Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Watercolor Brush Pens, 80 Color Set. The winners will be chosen from all the comments along the hop.

Studio Katia is offering 15% off all purchases to their online SHOP using the code “SKTURNS1” through Sunday, May 7th at midnight EST.

*Comments must be left before 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, May 7th and winners will be announced on May 10th.

Blog Hop

Your first stop on the hop is the amazing Shari!

If you get lost along the way you can find the complete list below of everyone who’s participating today:

Studio Katia
Simon Says Stamp
Jennifer McGuire
Svitlana Shayevich
Jessica Frost Ballas
Amy R
Coralynn Murray
Tracy
Valentyna
Liliuska
Laurie
Amy Kolling
Anna Kossakovskaya
Kristina
Svetlana
Olga

Thank You So Much and Let’s get hopping 🙂

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A Blog Named Hero’s 5th Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

March 26, 2017 / CATEGORIES - Blog Hops, Cards, News, Other

Hello Friends,

We are so excited to be a part of this fun Birthday Bash Blog Hop. Happy Birthday A Blog Named Hero!

Hero Arts products are very dear to me. I still have my very first Hero Arts stamp set that I bought years ago. For my card I used Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder, Color Layering Butterflies Stamp Set and I believe it’s called Brush Strokes Cling Stamp Set. SK Products: Mandala Stamp Set, And the Fox Says … Clear Stamp Set, Gold Foil Fusion, Luminous Lavender Sequins

This month we are collaborating with a Blog Named Hero and we have lot’s of wonderful works from our design team. This Month’s challenge was Bling it Up. Seat back and enjoy!

Hero Arts Products Used: Color Layering Fall Trees | Studio Katia Products Used: Hello Alice Stamp Set, Sparkling Crystals Mix, Majestic Fusion

Hero Arts Products Used: Hello Stamp and Cut | Studio Katia Products Used: Thank You So Much Clear Stamp Set, Gold Foil Seed Beads, Clear Round Drops – Mix, Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die

Studio Katia Products Used: Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die,Clear Round Drops – Mix , Clear Hearts, | Hero Arts Products Used: Color Layering Fall Trees |

Studio Katia Products Used: Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die , Stitched Loops Creative Die, Gold Foil Fusion , Confetti| Hero Arts Products Used: Happy Definition Background Stamp, Tiny Ink Spots, Tiny Star Background Stamp, Color Layering Bouquet, Winter Scene, Gold and White Embossing Powders

Studio Katia Products Used: Together We Bloom Clear stamp Set, Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die, Clear Round Drops – Mix, Sparkling Crystals – Mix| Hero Arts Products Used: Act of Kindness Stamp Set

Studio Katia Products Used: Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die ,Clear Round Drops – Mix , Sparkling Crystals Mix | Hero Arts Products Used: Hero Arts Friend Stamp set, Green Hills and Fresh Peach Shadow inks.

Studio Katia Products Used: Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die Spring Green Fusion| Hero Arts Products Used: Letter Pressed Paper, Friend Stamp Set, Green Hills and Ombre Inks

Studio Katia Products Used: Pink Lemonade Fusion, Pink Winter Fusion, Pink Winter Clear Stamp Set, Duo Talk Clear Stamp Set, Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die ,Confetti| Hero Arts Products Used: Layering Flamingo stamp set with May’s Shades of Pink ink cubes.

Studio Katia Products Used: Birthday Lions Stamp Set, Crystal Clear Fusion, Confetti| Hero Arts Products Used: Sparkle Borders Stamp

Studio Katia Products Used: Spring Green, Dazzling Celery, Golden Coper Metallic, Antique Bronze Seed Beads ,Gold Foil Seed Beads ,Sparkling Crystals Mix. And the Fox Says … Clear Stamp Set, | Hero Arts Products Used: Vintage Christmas Wishes Stamp Set

Studio Katia Products Used: Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die , Clear Round Drops – Mix, Together We Bloom Clear stamp Set Holiday Cheer Fusion| Hero Arts Products Used: Color Layering Butterflies Stamp Set

Studio Katia Products Used: Hello Alice Stamp Set, Stitched Nested Creative Squares | Hero Arts Products: Winter Time Friends Stamp Set

Studio Katia Products Used: Hello Alice Stamp Set, Crystal Clear Fusion, Sparkling Crystals Mix , Majestic Fusion And the Fox Says … Clear Stamp Set, | Hero Arts Products Used: Tiny Star Background

Studio Katia Products Used: Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die , Together We Bloom Clear stamp Set, Thank You So Much Clear Stamp Set, Summer Fusion| Hero Arts Products Used: Designer Woodgrain Rubber Stamp

Studio Katia Products Used: Foxes Clear Stamp Set, Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die , And the Fox Says … Clear Stamp Set, Silver Foil Fusion| Hero Arts Products: Hero Arts Constellation Background Rubber Stamp

GIVEAWAY
A Blog Named Hero is so thankful for our wonderful sponsors and collaborating companies! Several companies decided to help us celebrate our fifth anniversary with giveaways and they were so generous that we decided to spread the love over both hop days with different prizes to be won each day! Giveaway prizes total more than $500! To win, leave a comment on each hop stop. We will select winners randomly from different blogs so the more blogs you visit each day, the greater your chances of winning! And be sure to visit the Saturday post from A Blog Named Hero for the list of Saturday hoppers and prizes! Comments must be left before 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 28th and winners will be announced on March 30th.

Today’s prizes include the following:
$50 gift card to Simon Says Stamp
$50 gift card to Gina K Designs
$25 gift card to Winnie & Walter
$25 gift card to Lawn Fawn
$20 gift card to Avery Elle
Prize pack from Mama Elephant
Gift card from Studio Katia
One Online Card Class of your choice
One set of distress oxide inks from Jennifer McGuire Ink

Good luck and happy hopping!!

Be sure to leave comments along your way on the hop for your chance to win prizes. This is a two-day hop and a different prizes to be won each day.

If you get lost you can hop over to A Blog Named Hero to see the full list! Next on the Hop is the amazing Jessica Frost-Ballas.

Thanks for visiting! Have a Crafty Day!

Katia

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