Thank You Cards

Thank You Card with Laura

September 17, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Other, Thank You Cards

Hi everyone! It’s Laura here, and today I am back with a fun thank you card I created using the Studio Katia Best Friends stamp set.This stamp is super cute and this would be the perfect thank you card to send to an animal lover 🙂

As a first step I stamped the image in the set on Neenah Solar White Cardstock and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers.

I then cut the front panel and the background panel out of white cardstock.
For the front panel I used the Dotted Patters Set 1 Creative Dies together with the Dotted Ovals Creative Dies. I used a light grey ink and the Brush Strokes Stamps to add interest to the panel.
For the background I repeated the same steps, this time using the Darling Ribbon & Frames Dies and the Brush Strokes Stripes Stamp Set.

For the sentiment I used the Giving Thanks coordinating dies. I cut the sentiment out of black cardstock and the outline out of white cardstock. I pressed the white die cut on my grey ink to add color and texture, and I glued it on my card front. Unfortunately this set is now retired – I didn’t realize as I was making this card, and I apologize for that- but, if you don’t have it, you can use the coordinating dies to the Mini Thank You stamp set for an equally pretty result. 🙂

I mounted everything on a top-folding A2 card base, and that finished off my card.
And that’s it for today! I really hope you enjoyed this post, and I hope I inspired you to create with the cute Best Friends stamp set.
Thank you all so much for stopping by, and have a great day,

Laura

SUPPLIES

*Retired – in alternative you can use the
Mini Thank You | Coordinating Dies

Stitched Quilt Inspired Card by Ilda

September 15, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Thank You Cards

Hello dear friends, Ilda here from I Love Doing All things crafty!
My card today is dedicated to all of you that inspire me on a daily basis. I am so thankful for all the crafty friends I have made and met because of this crazy Card Making/Papercrafting Community! YOU are all so amazing! I am inspired daily by all that I see from you on Facebook, Instagram, everywhere I look, there is SO much talent and inspiration.

So with that said, today I am sharing with you this stitched quilt card. This was definitely a labor of love to create as it took me most of the Summer to complete. The card was hugely inspired by the one and only Jennifer McGuire, the cardmaking Goddess!!! I have always loved her stitched cards but have never found time to try them. I now know why she does these types of cards while on vacation. Well, this Summer I spent 4 weeks in Portugal visiting my family. So to keep from having any crafty withdrawals, I took along with me some card panels that I had die cut with various patterns, embroidery needles, and a variety of colorful thread. The kids and I were so busy that I was only able to complete a couple of the panels as the only downtime I had was when we were at the beach. I just LOVE how this card turned out, and it was definitely worth all those beach hours!

To make this card:

I ran the small square stitch die from the Stitch Border Die set through the die cut machine 20 times!!!
Four times along the top and five rows down.
I used masking tape to hold the square in place while running it each time through the machine.
I eyeballed the spacing, so my squares aren’t perfect. If you want perfect, use a ruler to divide the card panel first.
Next, find yourself a beach, LOL… or a somewhere where you have plenty of time. Start stitching away!
I worked on one square at a time. I began with one color along the outer square and then switched colors for the middle square. To the inside, I used a flower like a stitch by always stitching from the center. (Sorry, not sure what these stitches are actually called, haha!) I also had all my needles threaded with different colors to save on threading them each time.
Once all my colorful squares were completed, I then used a white thread to connect the squares together. Looks like some fancy stitching but it was stitched the same way as the smaller squares I promise. The spacing just makes it look that way!
Once the inside was all done I then stitched along the outside of the panel, finishing off the edges.
To the bottom, I created a little fringed trimmed edge by looping doubled up thread and tying it in knots. To keep the knots from unraveling I added a small amount of multi-medium matt glue to each of them.
On a scrap piece of black cardstock, I stamped out the “you inspire me” sentiment from Japanese Peony set and heat set it with a white embossing powder.
I then used the long stitched border strip to die cut the holes along the top and the bottom of the sentiment strip.
Next, I attached the sentiment strip to the card, trying to line up the holes as best as possible as I stitched it into place.
To attach the Satin Vinca flowers I used a clear thread and a sewing needle, I also used a Silver Dust Seed Bead in the center of each flower. Since I placed the flowers where no holes were pierced I made new holes with the needle as they would not be seen and covered up by the flowers.
Now that the panel was complete, I added multi-medium glue to the entire threaded back and glued that to another piece of cardstock that I had trimmed a little smaller than the panel. I then placed it under a heavy book and set it aside to dry completely flat.
Once it was dry I adhered the panel to a black card base.
To the inside I finished it with the Thank You stamp from the Thank You So Much stamp set.

I hope this card has inspired you today just as Jennifer McGuire has inspired me with this creation.
Thank you all for stopping by, until next time… Happy Crafting!
Ilda

Colorful Blooms with Kristina

September 11, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Floral Cards, Thank You Cards

Hello everyone! It’s Kristina here. Today I made a colorful watercolor card featuring Spring Bouquet stamp set.

First, I stamped the flowers from Spring Bouquet stamp set onto watercolor paper with black waterproof ink.

Then, I quickly watercolored the flowers and added some details with Prismacolor pencils.

Next, I stamped the sentiment with black ink and adhered my card on a light grey card base with foam tape and embellished it with Majestic Fusion sequins.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great week!

Kristina

SUPPLIES:

Spring Bouquet | Clear Stamp Set

Majestic Fusion

Thanks a Bunch by Rowena

September 4, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Thank You Cards

Hello everyone, Rowena here and I am happy to be back on the blog with another ‘thank you’ card featuring Citrus Trimmings stamp set. You can never have too many thank you cards on hand…right? 😉

I did a bit of masking to create my card, you can use any masking paper you have on hand. I did some random stamping using both of the citrus trimming stamp set to create some variety.

I stamped my images using a watercolor friendly ink, for this one I used MFT cement hybrid ink. It’s perfect for both copic and watercolor as well. For my cardstock I used Tim Holtz watercolor paper. Any watercolor paper you have on hand would work as well, I just love how white the Tim Holtz watercolor paper compare to others.

Then I colored my images using my Daniel Smith watercolor. I colored some in yellow and oranges.

Once all the coloring is done, I splattered some watered down grey ink using a small brush all over for added interest.

I finished my card by white heat embossing my sentiment on a strip of black cardstock. The sentiment is from the same set. I also added a few clear drops to complete my card.

That’s it for me and I hope you enjoyed today’s post. Till next time and happy crafting 🙂

Crafty Hugs,

Rowena

Supplies I used:

Clear Drops – Mix One

Citrus Trimmings

Thank you card

August 30, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Floral Cards, Thank You Cards

Hi guys! It’s Galina. Today I want to share with you a floral card thank you card.

To create a card background I used Stitched border die and run it through my big shot a couple of times. And I didn’t pull out all tiny dots from the die cut. I glued it as is on a same color card base.

On a watercolor paper I stamped a big bouquet using Archival black ink. I colored this images using distress markers and few distress inks. Next I cut out a phrase “Thank you” using die from small cute set. Also I used a heart stamp and die from this set. I adhere all elements onto card base with adhesive foam.

Hope you like this project! Have a great day!

Galina

Supplies:

STITCH BORDERS | CREATIVE DIES

BLOOMING BUNCH | STAMP SET

MINI THANK YOU | STAMP SET

MINI THANK YOU | COORDINATING DIES

Sparkly Thanks With Tracy

August 29, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Thank You Cards

Hey lovelies, Tracy here with you today sharing my latest card.

For me stencils are possibly one of the most underused products in the craft work, so today I am sharing a card I created using the gorgeous Mandala Stencil.

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I started off by trimming down a piece of Neenah card to just under 4.1/4×5.5″ and picked 3 Oxide ink colours I wanted to work with.

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I taped my stencil in place, I decided to do it so it was half on the card and made sure it was firmly in place.

Once that was done I used ink blending tools and starting with the Mustard Seed Oxide I blended into the Spiced Marmalade and then into Candied Apple.

At this point you would normally remove the stencil, but as I wanted to add some sparkle I kept it in place, but to avoid too much ink bleeding I gently blotted the stencil to removed any excess ink.

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I then used Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone to cover the stencilled area. Make sure you immediately remove the stencil and wash it well as the paste does dry quite quickly and can ruin your stencil.

I left it to dry overnight and once it was dry I adhered it to an A2 top folding note card.

For a sentiment I used the Thanks Die and bubble from the now retired Thanks So much Co ordinating die set and adhered it to the card.

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As you can see it is quite sparkly and if this is too much sparkle for you then I would use a plain cardstock rather than a glittery one.

An alternative to this technique it to ink the whole piece of card with your oxides and then put the stencil on top and use the paste that way.

Whats your favourite way to use stencils ?

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Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you have a great day.

Thank you card

August 23, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards, Other, Thank You Cards

Hi everyone! It’s Galina and I’m sharing one more card using pretty heart shape dies. My first card with this heart die you can find here.

At first I applied blue and green distress oxide inks on a white paper stripe, little bit bigger than heart die, next I cut out bunch of hearts and small heart pieces ( you can see them on top and bottom of a card panel).

To create my card panel I used pierced rectangle die and regular white cardstock and then I cut “heart holes” in this panel using pierced heart die.

Also I stamped and cut out beautiful flower and few leaves. I colored all images with distress markers and distress inks. To create a sentiment cut a banner and I used stamp from , ,next I applied blue and green ink on it (at once), so I get nice colorful sentiment.

At last, I add black nuvo drops and adhere panek onto card base.

Have a great day!

Galina

Supplies:

Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon & Frames | Creative Dies

Sweet Heart Candy | Coordinating Dies

DOTTED PATTERNS: SET 2 | CREATIVE DIES

Together We Bloom | Clear Stamp Set

Thanks a Bunch! with Olga

May 20, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Thank You Cards

Hi everyone! I have a citrus card to share with you today featuring Citrus Trimmings Clear Stamp Set.

To make a frame I stamped both images onto watercolor paper and colored them with ZIG markers. Once the surface was dry, I splattered some brown and white paint over it to give it a more fun look. Next, I stamped “I’m grapeful for your friendship. Thanks a bunch!” sentiment in the center.

I embellished this project using Clear Round Drops. And my card is finished!

Hope, you’ll like my card! And I’m grapeful for your friendship!

Olga

Supplies:

Citrus Trimmings | Clear Stamp Set

Clear Round Drops – Mix

Thanks A Million With Tracy

May 16, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Thank You Cards

Hey lovelies, I hope you are having a great week with lots of crafting time.

As you know Katia now has stencils. Now I am a stencil snob, over the years i have had so many thin and flimsy stencils but I am happy to report that Katia’s stencils are fantastic quality and so great to use.

I am loving the Confetti Stencil, its a great all round stencil…which you can also rotate and use that way and it looks AWESOME.

One of my favourite inks to use with stencils is Distress Oxides, I especially like these inks on dark cardstock and that is what i am going to be creating today.

I am using the below Distress Oxide Ink colours.

I trimmed down some black card stock and taped the Confetti Stencil to the card and then in rainbow order applied the Oxide inks.

It is hard to pick up on a photo but they almost look velvet like on black card…so pretty.

Once it was all dry I used the rectangle from Dotted Patterns Set 1 die set to die cut the piece out.

I then used the Thanks A Million Stamp from the Dots Stamp Set and co ordinating die and heat embossed it in white as I wanted it to pop from the background.

I thought it needed some extra texture so I added some gold thread behind the sentiment and then to tie that in with the main card I used a gold gel pen to add some dot detailing.

I adhered everything to a card base made from the same black card which i trimmed to 3.3/4″ x 5.1/4″ . To finish the whole card off i added some Satin Rainbow confetti.

I had so much fun creating this and love working with this stencil.

I hope I have inspired you today. Don’t forget we love to see your Studio Katia creations so make sure you tag us on social media or use the hashtag studiokatia.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where everyone shares their Studio Katia creations.

I hope you have a great day!

Tracy

Supplies:

Confetti Stencil

Dotted Patterns Set 1 Die Set

Dots Stamp Set & Coodinating Die

Satin Rainbow Confetti

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Guest Designer | Floral Cards with Alexandra

April 27, 2018 / 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.

I also die cut the main panel using Dotted Patterns : Loops creative dies and Dotted Patterns : Fancy circle creative dies.

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!