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Guest Designer | Birthday Cards with Maria

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Floral Cards, Guest Designer

Hello everyone,

it’s Maria from @a_country_home. I’m very delighted to be a guest on the Studio Katia Blog today. A big thank you to Katia and Liliya for inviting me! I create three cards for today. It’s not a secret that I prefer watercoloring to other medium, it is the best way for me to relax after a long day at work. And here is what I came up with.

For my first card I die cut two panels using rectangle die from the Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Dies. Then I die cut one of the panels again with the decorative frame which is included in the Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Dies. Next, I stamped beautiful Lovely Blooms Stamp Set on both the frame and the panel. The Original Misti Stamping Tool is very helpful for this. Then I watercolored flowers and leaves and stamped the sentiment from the Birthday Greetings Stamp Set. When both panels were dry I adhered them together using foam tape for dimension. Then I mounted them on a light grey card base and embellished the card with the Cupid’s Kiss Crystals and May Crystals.

For my second card I used again the Lovely Blooms Stamp Set. I stamped it on a piece of water color cardstock with a light brown ink to create a watercolor card in no-line coloring technique. After all blossoms and leaves were colored I masked them and added some ink splatters in black. I used again one of the awesome Sentiments from the Birthday Greetings Stamp Set and stamped it on black cardstock then heat white embossed. I mounted my water colored panel on a dark grey cardbase using foam tape. Then I added the Sentiment also using foam tape. Some of the beautiful Cupid’s Kiss Crystals gives the final touch.

My third card I created with the cute Kobi Bearing Gifts Stamp Set in combination with the Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Dies. I stamped the tiny stamps all over a white die cut panel using beige ink. Then I stamped sweet Kobi with all his gifts on a piece of watercolor cardstock. I colored the gifts in all rainbow colors, such fun. I die cut Kobi with coordinating dies. I mounted the stamped panel onto a kraft card base, added Kobi in the middle and heat embossed the sentiment from the Birthday Greetings Stamp Set on a piece of pink cardstock using white embossing powder. I embellished the card with some April Crystals.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a lovely day!
Maria

Supplies:

Lovely Blooms | Clear Stamp Set

Birthday Greetings | Clear Stamp Set

Kobi Bearing Gifts | Clear Stamp Set

Kobi Bearing Gifts | Coordinating Dies

Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon | Creative Dies

Cupid’s Kiss Crystals | Mix

April | Crystals

May | Crystals

Guest Designer | Floral Cards with Alexandra

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Floral Cards, Guest Designer, Thank You Cards

Hello everyone!

Alexandra from made by Alexandra having the honour to guest design for Studio Katia today and wanted to share with you projects that I have created.

First is this floral card and I have to say that I just love  how the Spring Bouquet stamp set  come with the flowers already arranged in a bouquet and you don’t need to mask or try to figure out yourself how to arrange the flowers in a bouquet, which for me is the most struggling part when I create a floral card. 🙂

To start the card I die cut a piece a water color cardstock using Dotted Patterns : Scallop Frames creative dies and the stamped and embossed using white embossing powder and Versamark ink.

For the coloring I used distress inks which I just smooshed onto a piece of acetate and just picked the color with a water brush. After the coloring was completely dries I went ahead and die cut a circle using Dotted Patterns : Fancy circle Creative dies  kept all the tiny pieces and adhered the circle back in place using foam tape to create an inlaid technique . Final touch for the card was to add Clear round drops mix and this card was done.

And while i was playing with florals I couldn’t resist that gorgeous flower from Japanese Peony stamp set and created two cards.

Lately I’ve enjoyed using my alcohol markers to create alcohol ink backgrounds and this peony was the right size for my backgrounds so I stamped it using VersaMark in on vellum and for one card I used white embossing powder and for the other one I used gold embossing powder.

For this card I used the word ”friend” from the Spring bouquet coordinating dies and the other part of the sentiment is stamped and embossed on black cardstock, and added some Iridescent bubbles drops.

For the second card I used the sentiment from Spring bouquet stamp set   and this time I embossed using gold embossing powder on black cardstock , and added a few Clear round drops mix.

And while I love floral cards I always tend to gravitated towards cute critters and Kobi from Kobi the birthday bear stamp set  is just way too cute not to play with him 🙂 So here is a my last card as guest designer and is all about Kobi.

For this card I started by stamping that cutie and all the accessories using a light ink and coloured the images using my alcohol markers, trying to achieve a no line coloring. Also felt the need of adding some details to Kobi and for that I used a brown Polychromos pencil and for highlighting the images and for the dots from Kobi’s cheeks I used a white gel pen.

The ”happy birthday” sentiment is from Kobi the birthday bear stamp set and the ”friend ” is from Spring bouquet coordinating dies , to add a bit more interest I also added some sequins from Shimmering ice fusion.

Thank you so much for having me Katia, I had so much fun creating these cards and playing along with all amazing goodies!

Have a lovely day!

Guest Designer | Floral Trimmings with Laurie

/ CATEGORIES - Floral Cards, Guest Designer, Theme Week

Hi everyone!! Laurie here and I’m super excited to be a guest on SK blog today!! The theme is feminine or Mother’s Day cards. This was the perfect theme for me as I needed a card for my sister! My sister is truly my best friend and has helped me out tremendously lately so I wanted to make a card to thank her for everything.

The perfect set for this card is the Best Ever stamp set and matching dies. This set will let almost anyone know that they are “The Best Ever”. To give it a feminine flare, I used the Floral Trimmings which is absolutely gorgeous.

I started by embossing the florals with some Silver Pearl Embossing powder onto some Mixed Media paper. I choose several colours of Distress Inks to colour the flowers.

I stamped twice but only ended up using one. Here’s how the colouring turned out…

I fussy cut around the entire image because at this point I wasn’t 100% sure of what I wanted to do 🙂

I cut down some white cardstock with the largest die from the Dotted Patterns Set 1 Die Set for a mat on my blue card base. I used the same die to cut around the floral image. This gave me one larger floral piece along with a skinny piece.

For the sentiment, I die cut the “best” and “ever” scripty dies out of white cardstock and layered them onto the same colour of cardstock of the card base. I adhered the larger floral piece onto the bottom of the white panel and the skinny piece to the top with foam adhesive.

I also foam mounted the word dies and stamped “sister” directly onto the white panel. I finished the card of with a generous helping of the Sparkling Crystals Mix.

I already gave this card to my sis and she loved it!!

Thank you so much to Studio Katia for having me as a guest today and thank you for stopping by!!

Stay crafty, my friends!!

Laurie

SUPPLIES:

Floral Trimmings | Clear Stamp Set

Best Ever | Clear Stamp Set

Best Ever | Coordinating Dies

Dotted Patterns Set – 1 | Creative Dies

Sparkling Crystals | Mix

Guest Designer | Flower Elf Cards with Olesya

/ CATEGORIES - Floral Cards, Guest Designer, Thank You Cards

Hello! My name’s Olesya and I am super happy to be a guest designer at Studio Katia. Their products are of a very good quality and oh those sequins and mixes 🙂 one love!
I have prepared three cards using Studio Katia stamps and dies.

Using gold foil and double-sided tape I made several stripes on the card base.
I stamped a flower from Thank you so much stamp set three times to cut each layer of the flower and pop it up using some foam tape. Colored them with Zig brush pens. Die cut a Thank you sentiment with Thank you so much coordinating dies out of gold foil cardstock. Added a couple Nuvo glitter drops in Honey Gold.


I stamped the images from Thank you so much set and Friends of Winter set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink to color them in with Chameleon alcohol markers and pencils. Cut the elf apart and adhered him as if he’s a flower elf 🙂 Added a sentiment from Blooming Bunch stamp set.

Stamped the image from Blooming Bunch stamp set directly onto a card base, colored it in with Zig brush pens. Die cut a flower with Thank you so much dies, cut it apart to make it look like a bush. Stamped and die cut the elf, colored with Chameleon pencils. Added wings to the garden fairy using left overs after die cutting a bow using Fancy Square dies.

Thank you for stopping by!
Have a wonderful day!

SUPPLIES:

Blooming Bunch | Clear Stamp Set

Friends of Winter | Clear Stamp Set

Thank You So Much | Clear Stamp Set

Dotted Patterns: Fancy Square | Creative Dies

Thank You So Much | Coordinating Die Set

Clear Round Drops – Mix

Guest Designer | Five Cards with Jacquie

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, Floral Cards, Guest Designer, Thank You Cards, Valentines Day Cards

Hi there crafty friends! Jacquie here from The Big Reveal. I am so pleased to be this month’s Guest Designer for Studio Katia. I pretty much fell in love with Studio Katia with their first release! I love all their unique creative dies, the flowers, and of course, adorable Kobi!

I have made 5 cards for todays post, so sit back and maybe grab a cuppa something warm and enjoy!

My first card uses the beautiful Blooming Bunch stamp set and the awesome Dotted patterns: Scallop frames creative die set! I stamped the floral bouquet on watercolor paper and white heat embossed it. I used watercolor paints to color it. I then used the creative dies on the panel. I cut it out twice and raised the frame to give it more dimension. I stamped the sentiment on a piece of vellum and then adhered the bow to it, and stuck it to my card. I finished it off with some gorgeous crystals from the Cupids Kiss Crystal Mix.

My second card is a fun Valentine’s themed card using the super adorable Kobi’s Hugs and Kisses stamp set. I stamped the images on smooth white cardstock and colored with Copic markers and cut them out. I used the Dotted patterns: Loops creative dies on a piece of warm gray cardstock. I punched out all the circles, but then put a few back in for added interest. I gently blended some soft pink ink on the white card panel. I mounted the die cut piece over the card panel and adhered my Kobi bear to the front. I stamped HUGS in the center of the heart. I finished off again using crystals from the Cupids Kiss Crystal mix.

This third project is possibly my favorite! I stamped the lovely florals along the left edge and bottom of an A2 sized card panel, and then I stamped a few extra on another piece of cardstock. I colored these using Copics, but as you can see, I did a different type of coloring…just some lines highlighting, I didn’t color and blend the whole flower. I wanted it to have a unique look to it. I blended a bit of pale pink ink along the edges here and there. I took the Stitched creative windows die and placed it over my colored piece, and cut it out. I lined up the cut out pieces below, and mounted it using foam tape, making a shaker card. I filled the shaker with the Majestic confetti. I cut out the extra flowers I stamped, as well as the greeting and mounted them on the top of the shaker.

This 4th card uses the gorgeous and unique Floral trimmings set! I love to color with Copics so I stamped this several times and colored them all a bit differently. For this card, I cut out the floral image and set it aside. I then stamped the same image along the bottom of a folded note card in a pale ink. I mounted my colored and cut piece on the note card. I stamped the greeting and added some pretty sparkly sequins from the Crystal clear sequin fusion pack. I love how they picked up the purples and blues!

My final project features a die set that I was so excited to get! I cut out some thick watercolor paper using the Dotted Patterns: Fancy Square die. Then I cut another watercolor panel down and smooshed it in some watercolor paint and set aside to dry. I used the Floral Trimmings Copic colored piece I had left from the last card to fashion a little border along the inside of the frame. I stamped a greeting from Blooming bunch on the watercolored panel and adhered the frame using foam tape. I had originally thought I would make a shaker card, but decided to keep it simple and just adhere a few Iridescent Crystals to the card to finish it off.

That is all for my projects today! Thank you so much to Studio Katia for inviting me to be their guest designer! I really love their projects and have begun collecting them all! (haha!) Have a great day!

Peace,

Jacquie

SUPPLIES:

Blooming Bunch | Clear Stamp Set

Kobi’s Hugs & Kisses | Clear Stamp Set

Together We Bloom | Clear Stamp Set

Floral Trimmings | Clear Stamp Set

Dotted Patterns: Scallop Frames | Creative Dies

Dotted Patterns: Loops | Creative Dies

Dotted Patterns: Fancy Square | Creative Dies

Cupid’s Kiss Crystals | Mix

Majestic | Confetti

Crystal Clear Fusion

Iridescent Clear Crystals | Mix

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Guest Designer | You Make Me Happy & Together We Bloom with Crystal

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Floral Cards, Guest Designer

Hi everyone, Crystal here and I am super excited to be guest designing with Katia and the team. Her stamps are GORGEOUS and with so many possibilities.  I spent a very happy day coloring this card.

This card was super fun to make as it took stamping the mandala, then coloring each with Copic markers. Then, I heat embossed the “happy” onto vellum. Trimmed and adhered to the card base with foam tape. On black cardstock, I added the “you make me” and heat embossed that on white.To finish off, I added the super fun Iridescent Crystal Mix facing up. There is glitter Nuvo on the white areas on the actual mandala.And it the whole thing made me quite happy. Now, this is not the end of the projects for me. Next up is a watercolor wonder, using the Together We Bloom stamp set and the Dotted Patterns: Fancy Square creative dies. Now for this c, rd I relied heavily on my heat embossing gun! I stamped the florals from Together We Bloom on to heavy watercolor paper, and heat embossed in white. Using my watercolors, I dabbed the paint on to the florals. The sentiment is then heat embossed on to the scalloped frame and embellished with Crystal Rainbow Confetti. 

This card turned out quite bright and happy.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Crystal Thompson

Foxy Shaker and Sketchbook with Guest Designer Marina

/ CATEGORIES - Guest Designer, Shaker Cards

Hello, everyone! Marina here and I am happy to be a guest designer at Studio Katia.
Lovely little foxes were a real inspiration for me, so I made a shaker card and a kraft sketchbook.

Here is my foxy card.

First of all I stamped foxes and coloured them with pencils, then I die cut a scalloped panel with a window and stamped all over it using small stamps from the Foxes set.

I also made a tiny heart embellishment: I die cut red heart using a die from Scalloped Frame set and white heart using a die from Foxes coordinating dies and adhered them together using a foam tape. I also used foam tape to make a shaker which I filled with sequins from different mixes.

I used kraft paper and heavyweight cardstock to make this small mint sketchbook. When it was ready, I stamped it’s cover with different small stamps from the Foxes set and added white dots with a gel pen. Then I die cut a scallop banner, adhered it to the cover and decorated with stamped foxes and a little heart from the Scallop frame.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be inspired!

Marina

SUPPLIES:

Foxes | Clear Stamp Set

Foxes | Coordinating Die Set

Dotted Patterns: Scallop Frame | Creative Dies

Crystal Rainbow Fusion

Crystal Rainbow | Confetti

Crystal Clear Fusion

Silver Dust Seed Beads

Be Merry with Guest Designer Nina-Marie

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Floral Cards, Guest Designer, Winter Holidays

Hello everyone! I am thrilled to be guesting with Studio Katia today and sharing a Copic colored floral arrangement using their beautiful Merry Poinsettia stamp set!

I have really enjoyed incorporating Studio Katia products into my crafting of late; they are a new-to-me company and I love their creative stamps, dies and embellishments! If you have missed any of my previously-designed cards using Studio Katia products, you can see them here:

MEOW-lloween Shaker Featuring Studio Katia
No-Line Coloring with Copics Featuring Studio Katia

The Merry Poinsettia stamp set is super-fun to color and I love how the poinsettias turned out after I used Copic markers to shade them.

Studio Katia has a gorgeous die set Dotted Patterns, which has a large scalloped-edge die that makes a perfect panel on an A2 card. I cut both a sheet of DCWV Shimmer Neutrals cardstock and my poinsettia arrangement with this die so that both pieces had the same edging when layered together (the poinsettias are layered with foam tape).

Around my floral arrangement, I placed a few Silver Foil Crystals; these stunning gemstones catch the light SO beautifully! I also added Nuvo Morning Dew drops from Tonic Studios onto each berries and poinsettia center to give a bit of dimension. The Nuvo Drops also enhance the Copic coloring really nicely!

My sentiment is die cut with the coordinating Merry Poinsettia die set and I used Tonic’s Polished Gold Mirror cardstock for a beautiful, faux-foiled look. The small “be” greeting is from the Merry Poinsettia stamp set and stamped with Slate ink from Simon Says Stamp.

If you want to see how this card came together, I would encourage you to check out the video below.

Thank you Studio Katia for letting me guest with you today, and thank YOU readers for joining me for this tutorial! Happy Saturday!

Nina-Marie

 

SUPPLIES:

Merry Poinsettia | Clear Stamp Set

Merry Poinsettia | Coordinating Dies

Dotted Patterns: Scallop Frame | Creative Dies

Silver Foil Crystals | Mix

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Holiday Cards with Guest Designer Michelle

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Guest Designer, Halloween, Winter Holidays

Hello there, Michelle here and I am delighted to be Guest Designing with Studio Katia. I have two cards to share with you today. My first card uses the adorable Meowy Halloween Stamp Set and coordinating dies.

I started off by stamping the kitty from the set on to white cardstock. I coloured her using Copic Markers and then cut her out using coordinating dies. I took a panel of white cardstock and cut an aperture from it using one of the dies from the Dotted Pattern: Scallop Frames Die Set. I then stamped the sentiment below the aperture with black ink.

On to a piece of Bristol cardstock, I blended over purple and black Distress Inks to create a background. This piece I then adhered to the front of a black A2 card base. Next I added window panel on top with foam tape. I added the kitty to the centre, also with foam tape. To finish off, I adhered few Clear Round Drops.

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My next card uses the adorable Winter Kobi Stamp set and coordinating dies. Plus, the Dotted Pattern: Scallop Frames Die Set.

I started off by stamping Kobi, his sleigh and presents on some white cardstock using black ink. The images were then coloured using Copic Markers and cut out using the coordinating dies. I took a piece of white cardstock and cut it using the largest scallop die from the Dotted Pattern: Scallop Frames Die Set. I freehand cut a mask for the snow and added this to the bottom of the panel. I then blended over Broken China Distress Ink to create a soft sky background.

Next I removed the mask and added Kobi, his sleigh and presents on to a panel with foam tape. I stamped a sentiment from Friends of Winter Stamp Set using black ink. I then adhered the whole panel on to a white A2 card base with foam tape. To finish off, I added few Crystal Rainbow Confetti.

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today! I hope you have a great day!

Michelle

SUPPLIES:

Meowy Halloween | Clear Stamp Set

Meowy Halloween | Coordinating Dies

Dotted Patterns: Scallop Frame | Creative Dies

Winter Kobi | Clear Stamp Set

Winter Kobi | Coordinating Dies

Friends of Winter | Clear Stamp Set

Clear Round Drops – Mix

Crystal Rainbow | Confetti

Five Ways to Use Kobi the Birthday Bear with Kelly

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, Guest Designer, Hello Cards, Winter Holidays

Hi Folks! I’m Kelly from Notable Nest. I was excited to meet Katia at Creativation this year, as I think she has one of the hottest new lines of stamps in our industry! It’s always exciting to see new companies come on to the scene, and even moreso when they have such fun and fresh products.
One of the stamp sets I was dying to play with is the Kobi the Birthday Bear set. My personal goal this year is to make more birthday cards for all the littles in my life (nieces, nephews, cousins’ kids, friends’ kids), and this set is perfect for that. I was happy to find there are many other options available, so I decided to collect them together for a “5 Ways” post. Let’s take a look!
 5 WAYS TO USE KOBI THE BIRTHDAY BEAR

1. Use all the Accessories
I have to admit, sometimes I get a little lazy and just focus on the main image of a set, but I really do love the look of a card that includes all the secondary images and accessories. If you keep the coordinating dies attached, and line up all the related stamps on your MISTI, you can stamp them and cut them all at once. Really not much more time required. For this card, I think I’m only missing the tiny bee stamp and a slice of cake, but everything else is included.The panel from Dotted Patterns Set – 1 is just the right size to fit Kobi and all of his birthday accessories. The dotted details on the edges give it a nice depth. I cut a second panel from green patterned paper, cut it in half, and layered that on top of the main white panel to give Kobi a place to sit.
I’m also madly in love with the Tropical Forest Fusion sequin mix! I use a lot of greens, so the color is perfect for me, but I also appreciate all the different shades of green and sizes of sequins that are included. For a bag of green sequins, you certainly get your money’s worth here!

2. Turn Kobi into a Polar Bear
Kobi doesn’t always have to be a cute, cuddly brown teddy bear. Just let him be a white polar bear. Not only do you save yourself some coloring effort, but now you have the perfect focal point for your Christmas cards!

The bow from Dotted Patterns Set – 1 looks right at home on this Christmas card when cut from red foil, and is the right size to make Kobi more festive. The sentiments are from the Happy set, which is a great compliment to the Kobi set, as you can see how the secondary words are all the same size and font. 

3. Make a Partner for Kobi in Reverse
I wanted to make an anniversary card, but was stumped on how to do this with a single bear. Stamping another bear was a possibility, but I really wanted them facing each other and interacting, like a couple would be on their anniversary. I remembered my old reverse-a-stamp block, which is just a solid piece of rubber that you stamp on, and then stamp again on your piece of paper. Voila…a reversed image! Since it’s a second generation stamp the lines are often lighter and broken, so I just run over the stamped image with a felt pen. For the die I just stamped on the back side of the die.

In addition to the Kobi and Happy sets, I used the Brush Stroke Stripes to quickly create the yellow background. The Majestic Fusion sequin mix is great to use when I want a little something additional, but don’t want to introduce another color.
 

4. Just Use a Portion of Kobi
As cute as Kobi is, a good way to mix things up is to only use a portion of the image. Here, I’ve just stamped his head on a circle die from Dotted Patterns Set – 1. I made a couple snips along the “DON’T WORRY BE” stamp so I could curve it around the circle, and did the same with the “happy” stamp.
The panel is also worth mentioning …

I made it by lining up the gift card die from Dotted Patterns Set – 1 along a curve and cutting it twice. Who knew, it makes the cutest little scalloped panel?!?
 The fun, iridescent purple flowers dressing up Kobi are from the Siberian Iris flowers.

5. Stamp a Whole Family of Kobis
Finally, why not make a lot of Kobis by stamping and masking? We have 4 people in our family, so anytime I make multiples of a critter I usually make 4 of them to represent everyone in our family. I think it makes more sense for the recipient to see 4 bears when they read the sentiment “you make US happy.”Here’s a quick tip when making multiples from one stamp … make sure to rotate the image slightly in different directions each time you stamp it so they look more like different bears. For the panel on the bottom I forgot to do this for the 3 bears on the right, and you can really tell they are the exact same image repeated. For the top panel I rotated the stamp each time so they look a little more varied.Even though I wasn’t thrilled with the bottom panel, I didn’t want to waste it, so I colored it in quickly and made a simple card from it. On the top card I stamped “happy” several times on the card base before adhering the panel of bears.

Well folks, that wraps up our post showing five different ways to use the utterly charming Kobi the Birthday Bear. And, as you can see, he’s clearly not limited to just birthday cards. In this post we’ve covered birthday, holidays, anniversary, encouragement, and a general thank you. I hope you’ve gotten some ideas on how to create several cards with different looks from this one set.
Thanks very much to Katia for inviting me today! I had a lot of fun!
-Kelly