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February Release Preview – Day 4 with Liliuska

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Floral Cards, New Release, Thank You Cards

Hello everyone!
Are you excited about coming release? I can’t wait for the reveal day!
And today I’d like to share a card using beautiful new stamps.

SUPPLIES:

Together We Bloom Clear Stamp Set – Coming Soon

Thank You So Much Clear Stamp Set – Coming Soon

Clear Round Drops Mix – Coming soon

Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die
I stamped flowers and leaves on white cardstock and coloured using Polychromos pencils.

I embossed a frame on a white woodgrain card base using a die from Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Set.Next I die cut a box and adhered it to my card base using double-sided tape and dimensional adhesive.

I fussy cut all coloured images and put flowers and leaves in a box.
For the inside I die cut a frame out of the same paper as the box and stamped Thank You on it. I added stamped butterfly and covered it with glossy accents.
Last touch – Round clear drops in two sized.
Few more days and you will not only enjoy all beautiful new products, but will be able to purchase them yourself!
I wish you a beautiful day and lots of inspiration!
Liliuska

February Release Preview – Day 1 with Laurie

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, New Release, Sneak Peek, Thank You Cards

Hello everyone!! It’s Laurie back with another project. But this is super special and super exciting!!  This week the Design Team for Studio Katia will be sharing projects using the new release!!  You really don’t want to miss any of it because this release is AMAZING!!!!

SUPPLIES:
Thank You So Much Clear Stamp Set – February Release
Hello Alice Clear Stamp Set – February Release
Darling Ribbon and Dotted Frame Creative Die Set
Clear Heart Drops

I chose the new Thank You So Much stamp set which features the most beautiful flower image.  It was screaming to be watercolored!!  So, I decided to use my TomBow Dual Brush Markers for this.  I stamped the image in Versamark ink and used white embossing powder…I’m not great at watercolour without those barriers the embossing creates :).  I used only one shade of turquoise to do my colouring but did add layers. I then fussy cut the flower out.

For my front card panel, I used the largest frame die from the Darling Ribbon and Dotted Frame Creative Die Set.  This covers the entire front of the cardbase.  After stamping the flower image repeatedly on the panel (I used Fog ink from Simon Says Stamp),  I did some partial die cutting to separate that panel into two pieces while maintaining the dotted detail.  This created a space to stamp my sentiment.

I found a solid leaf image in my stash, coloured on it directly with a green Tombow marker and simply used a water brush to smooth out the color and add some layers.

I adhered my die cut panel directly onto a kraft cardbase and stamped the sentiment in black ink.  This sentiment is also from a new stamp set in the release called, Hello Alice.  I foam mounted that big, beautiful flower and tucked the leaves behind.

To finish off, I added three Clear Heart Drops.  I actually refrained from using any sort of sparkle on this card because I thought that bold flower image was enough.

Thank you for stopping by today!!  I hope you enjoyed this little sneak of what’s to come this week!!
All the new fabulous products  will be available on Monday, February 27th!!!  You are going to LOVE this release!!!
Laurie

 

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Thank You Card with Olga

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Shaker Cards, Sneak Peek, Thank You Cards

Hi everyone, Olga made this fabulous shaker Thank You Card. 

SUPPLIES:

Stitched Creative Window Die

4mm Summer Fusion

Crystal Clear Flowers

Mini Thank You Clear Stamp – coming soon

 

Mini Thank You clear stamp that’s coming soon. At the moment it’s a free gift with purchase on all orders $75 and over. (it’s a 2×3 stamps)

Here’s the close up.

 

Thank You everyone for stopping by. Have a lovely day.

Olga

 

Thank You Card with Laurie

/ CATEGORIES - Back To School Cards, Cards, Thank You Cards

Hello everyone, and welcome back!! I have a sweet and simple thank you card to share with you today!!

SUPPLIES:

Teacher’s Apple Clear Stamp Set

Brush Strokes Clear Stamp Set

Stitched Notebook Creative Die

Crystal Clear Fusion

Mini Thank You – Coming soon

 

 

I always start by gathering up all the stamps and dies I think I will use:

I knew I wanted to use the Stitched Notebook Set, that you can see already die cut on the bottom right.  And I also knew I wanted to use the Teacher’s Apple stamp set, especially for the pencil image!!
For the sentiment, I chose to use the super sweet Mini Thank You set.  FYI: this is a sneak peek of a future release!!!! Right now it’s a free gift with purchase on orders $75 and over.
I used my Winsor and Newton Promarkers to colour the pencil.  In this case, I wanted it to look more like a pen so I coloured the “eraser” portion the same as the body.  Because I am using a light blue base, I added a bit of colour to the strip across the top.
Now here is where I got fancy!!  Embossing paste!! What??!!  I never use this stuff, and I’m not sure why!  I used a diagonal stripe stencil and applied the paste over top, in a messy way.  And because the layer was thin, it dried super fast!!
To finish things off, I added a ink blob just below the thank you using the awesome Brush Strokes stamp set.  I tied a very thin piece of thread around the top of the notebook die and adhered the “pen” so it looked like it wrote the sentiment.  I also added some sequins from the Crystal Clear Sequin Fusion mix.
Thank you for visiting today!!  Have a great week!!
Laurie

 

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Masculine Thank You cards by Erica

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Other, Thank You Cards

Hello!

Erica on the blog today with a couple of really quick ‘thank you’ cards in masculine colours. It’s not just women who appreciate a thank you note after all.

After picking out a navy and textured metallic blue card stock I started by cutting out two panels using the A2 die from Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames. The navy card stock I embossed with a quilt look embossing folder to give it some texture. The next step was to cut out a hole in each panel where the sentiment was going to peek out from. I used the wavy circle from Dotted Balloons creative cut set. Setting the two panels aside, I started on the background panels. For the navy blue card I decided on a mint green card stock for a nice contrast and for the metallic blue I used the same navy blue as the other card. The navy blue background I also embossed with the same quilt embossing folder to add some more texture to the card.

Using the Mini MISTI I placed both the background panel and the top panel in before placing my sentiment stamp. Doing things this way is a great way to make sure your sentiment ends up right where you want it and I must confess I am absolutely addicted to using the MISTI for even the simplest stamping. Just in case the first stamping isn’t as clear or crisp as I would like it.

Sprinkling the background panel generously with an anti-static tool is a must when using embossing powder and I did just that before stamping the sentiment from the ‘Mini Thank You’ set in VersaMark ink. I thought about using silver embossing powered but went with white instead in the end.

One of the cards, the navy one, I put together using a 1mm thick foam tape just to raise it a little bit and the metallic blue is as flat as possible. After gluing them onto card bases, I decided that they needed a little bit of bling, despite being masculine cards. I picked out a few 4 and 6mm sequins from the Jet Black sequin fusion pack, black isn’t too frilly and “blingy” is it?? The black sequins went on the navy blue card. Then I started thinking (oh boy, right…?) and thought it needed a white one or two too on the mint green part, just to frame the sentiment a little. I picked out just one each of 4 and 6mm Iridescent Magnolia and added them to the card. Moving on to the metallic blue card, I thought the black sequins would just blend in too much so I went with the Iridescent Magnolia sequins again but just on the navy blue part.

And that, my friends, is it! Quick and easy thank you cards made. If you like the design but want to give it to a girl friend, just use whatever colours you/the recipient like and mix’n’match sequins to fit the colour scheme you pick.

Happy crafting from Erica!

Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die

Jet Black Sequin Fusion

Iridescent Magnolia Sequins

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Thank You Butterfly – by Valentyna

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Thank You Cards

Hello everyone,
Popping up to share my Butterfly Thanks. A small but absolutely amazing stamp set! Love the fancy writing and cute tiny butterfly. If you need a quick thank you card, this stamp set can help you.
For this card I used Neenah Solar White cardstock, Studio Katia Thank you stamp set ( this stamp is a free gift with a purchase on all orders $75 and over, until supplies last), Zig marker 032 Persian Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black ink and Light Blue Metallic, Clear Wink of Stella.

Thank you for stopping by!
Valentyna

Mini Thank You Clear Stamp – Free Gift with Purchase on all orders $75 and over.

Light Blue Metallic Sequin Fusion