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Christmas in July Theme Week – Day 2 with Laurie

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Theme Week, Winter Holidays

HO, HO, HO!!!  This week at Studio Katia we’ve been celebrating Christmas early!!  On one hand, it’s nice to mix things up in the middle of the year by taking out your winter stamps and having a play.  On the other hand,  it’s too soon to think about snow and winter (we get about 6-7 months of winter here, so I plan on enjoying summer while I can!).
To bring some summer into my winter card,  I used non-traditional Christmas colours.  I started by stamping a few of the images from the Origami Winter stamp set using Versamark Ink and then embossed them using Ranger Fine Detail white embossing powder.  I decided I wanted to colour on kraft with pencils crayons.  Seems like ages ago that I used my pencils!!
SUPPLIES:
Origami Winter Clear Stamp Set
Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Dies
I chose two shades of each colour:  pink, turquoise, purple and blue. I use the Lyra Rembrandt PolyColor pencils and love them! After I had all the images coloured, I decided that the one bow was way too dark in comparison to my other colours. I cut down the kraft panel using the rectangle die from the Dotted Patterns Set 1 and adhered directly onto an A2 white card base.

The sentiment also come from the Origami Winter set.  I white heat embossed it onto the sentiment strip from the Darling Ribbon and Dotted Frames creative dies set.  To give it a bit of dimension, I added two layers of foam adhesive to the middle of the strip and used liquid glue to adhere the ends.
I went through my stash of SK sequins and picked out a few that matched my colour scheme.  I used the 8mm sequins from the Crystal Clear Fusion,  a few 4mm Luminous Lavender and picked out a couple light blue sequins from the Winter Wonderland Fusion.


I hope you enjoyed today’s “Christmas in July” card!  Thanks for stopping by and see you soon!!

Theme Week | Christmas In July: Day 1 with Svitlana

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Theme Week, Winter Holidays

Hi friends!

Svitlana is here.  The theme of this week here at Studio Katia is Christmas in July and our Design Team will be sharing Christmas cards. It’s time to slowly start making holiday cards, isn’t it? Especially if you send a lot.

I’m a big lover of everything Christmas related and of course i love making holiday cards. And now, in July, when it’s so hot  – holiday cardmaking help me to survive the summer, given the hope that winter is coming.

Today I want to share a fun flamingos card today.

SUPPLIES:

Pink Winter Stamp Set

Dotted Pattern Sets 1 Die Set

I cut a stitched panel out of white cardstock using a die from Dotted Pattern Sets 1 Die Set and stamped three flamingos from Pink Winter Stamp Set onto it.

I added accessories to them and tangles them together with light strings.  Then they were colored with COPICs. With white gel pen I colored some lights. And stamped the sentiment in the bottom.

After that I foam mounted the panel onto a white card base.

Have a wonderful week!

Svitlana.

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Summer Time with Sunny Studio Collaboration Hop!

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Hello Crafty Friends!
Both teams are celebrating Summer Time with fun and colorful cards using stamps from Sunny Studio and dies and embellishments from Studio Katia. There’s prizes too! Both companies have a prize to give away too so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Erica here with a few delicious cards!

Yep, three greetings today as I have three cards for you. When Katia told me we were doing a collaboration with Sunny Studio Stamps I wanted all the stamps. I’m not even exaggerating, like All. The. Stamps! After much deliberation back and forth (and mainly because I HAD to make a decision or I’d probably still be deliberating) I got the Two Scoops stamp set, as well as the coordinating die, because I’m a bit of an ice cream monster.

My first idea was to use the sentiment ‘What’s the scoop, sweet thing?’ and have a cone with loads of scoops of ice cream in it. I wanted it to look like each scoop was a different flavor so I mixed and matched my stamped and die cut scoops until I had the desired height of my cone and then I adhered them all together with foam tape as I wanted them popped off the card. Background wise I wanted quite a plain panel so it didn’t distract too much from the ice cream cone and I decided to make my own patterned paper using the same inks as I had used for the scoops to make it a perfect colour match. The little sprinkle stamp in the set was just what I was looking for and again, I went to town with the stamping. I can be quite the force to be reckoned with once I get on a roll!

As the rest of the background is quite plain… or at least plain-ish…. I added some details by die cutting some pattern into the panel using the A2 sized rectangle as well as the flourished frame in the Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames creative cuts before adding the whole thing to a card base. Once it was on the card base, I popped it back into the MISTI and stamped the sentiment I picked earlier on it in a lovely teal colour, EXCEPT I masked off the word ‘sweet’ as I wanted to substitute it with a die cut that said the same thing. I cut it out in white card stock and shaded the bottom of it in the same ink as I stamped the rest of the sentiment to create an ombre effect. One last final flourish for this card was a scattering of sequins from the Crystal Rainbow fusion which I adhered with glossy accents.

For my second card I tried something completely different and cut out a card base, a 8″x3.5″ rectangle shape, out of mint green card stock. It is a thin, long card and the plan was to have a parade of ice cream cones on it! I’m trying to make more use of my patterned paper rather than just hoarding it (I’m totally guilty of doing this) so I cut out a 3″ wide strip of pastel coloured plaid patterned paper which I added to the middle of the card with double sided tape.

My last card was super quick as I had “left over” ice creams as well as a ready-made background panel which I added some details to by running it through my BigShot with the dotted rectangle A2 die from the Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames. Then it was a quick glue and foam tape job to add the ice creams, stamp the sentiment and add some clear sequins from the Crystal Clear sequin fusion and done!
That’s it from me for this time but don’t forget to hop along the whole hop and check out everyone’s contribution, not to mention leave comments for your chance to win some fabulous stuff!

Have a great weekend!
Erica

★GIVEAWAY!★
To celebrate this Summer Time Hop we are giving away THREE prizes – one prize pack from Studio Katia and two $25 store credit from Sunny Studio! 

Here’s how to win:
Comment on the Design Team blogs from Sunny Studio and Studio Katia team blogs (see list complete list at the Studio Katia and Sunny Studio Blog)! 
The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog hop 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 Monday July 10th at 12pm EST to comment – winners will be announced on the Sunny Studio and Studio Katia blogs on Wednesday July 12th.
The Complete Hop List:

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Interactive Birthday Card with Svetlana

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards

Happy Friday Everyone, Svetlana here!

If you missed the previous post make sure to see it here.
Today I have another interactive card, featuring Kobi the Birthday Bear!
SUPPLIES:
Kobi the Birthday Bear | Bundle
Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames Creative Die
Vintage Sheer Fusion
I’ve started with the base, I’ve stamped gifts onto the card base. Then I used masking tape and covered the gifts, created my background with distress ink and then colored all the images with zig clear markers.

For the interactive part, I’ve added more gifts and a Happy Birthday sentiment to the panel. So when you pull up you can see the message. For the embellishments, I add some Vintage Sheer sequins.
Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Svetlana

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Studio Katia Design Team Call

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Hello Crafty Friends! Studio Katia is super excited to announce our very first Design Team Call.
We are looking for Design Team members that are dependable, energetic, passionate about cardmaking & paper crafting and are active on Social Media. The Design Team members will be asked to create two projects per months and showcase the Studio Katia product line.

Design Team Requirements
•   Must love Studio Katia Products. We are a company that produces clear photopolymer stamps, creative dies and embellishments.
•   Have the ability to meet deadlines.
•   Have active Social Media (Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest) accounts
•   Take crisp, clear photographs of your projects and be able to apply watermark
•   Create two projects per month to be posted on SK blog (your blog post must include a short tutorial and/or video showcasing SK products)
•   Create one project for New Release Blog Hop and one project for each collaboration that we may have.
•   Be active on Studio Katia gallery Facebook group.
•   Design Team term from September 1st, 2017 – August 31st, 2018.

Design Team members are provided Studio Katia product to create projects.  If you feel that you can achieve the above and would like to be part of our team, then we would love to see your application.

HOW TO APPLY:
If you are interested in being a part of the Design Team of SK for our September 1st, 2017 – August 31st, 2018 term please send your application to team@studiokatia.com with the subject DT Application.

Please include the following information in your entry:
•    Full name, email address, blog address and links to any other social media where you display your work (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube etc.).
•    Links to your online projects and any video tutorials you may have done.
•    Short bio about you, why you want to be part of the team, your project strengths and individual creative style.
•    Lists of any other design teams you have been on or are currently with.

What you can expect:
•    Free products with the new release.
•    Welcome package.
•    Discount code to the store.
•    Exposure of your work as it will be featured on our blog and social media outlets.
•    Link back to your blog or website connected to each blog post featuring your work.
•    Affiliate program

*This design team call is open to Canada/USA and International applicants.  Please note that International Design Team positions are limited.
** Current design team members are welcome to apply.

This DT call is open through until midnight on Monday July 31, 2017. Successful applicants will be contacted and invited to join the team. New Design Team members will be announced on Aug 31, 2017. Your first month as designer will be September 2017.

Thank you so much to all who apply – we’re very excited to see your applications.
Good luck everyone!!!

Colour Burst experiment with Erica

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

Hello, hello! Erica back on the blog with a super simple and fun to make card today.

I recently got some of the Colour Bursts pigments and thought I’d try them out for today’s card. I’m still on a ‘thank you’ card roll and this one is no different. There are many ways of using these colours: you can mix them with water and using them as water colours, you can sprinkle them dry onto paper and then spritz water on for fun effects or you can do it the other way around and add water first and then the colours. I decided to do the last one.

To begin with I got the Thank You So Much stamp set out, makes sense doesn’t it, seeing as it was going to be a thank you card. Plus I’m a flower nut. Two birds, one rock and all that!

I used RangerInk water colour card stock for this card as it’s nice and white. I figured the colours would be very vibrant as I got the Caribbean colour mix and thought the white would be a nice contrast. As there was going to be plenty of water involved, I decided to heat emboss the leaves in a pattern directly on the background. The flower itself I stamped on a separate piece of water colour card stock.

I must admit I was a bit nervous about the whole thing before I got started but there was no need, it was great fun! I will say that it is best to do it on a prepared surface as it can be a bit messy, I have some stains on my coffee table now that will be difficult to get rid off without sanding the table down! LOL! Oh, it’s also a good idea to tape down the card stock you are going to use as otherwise you won’t have much control over where the water and the colour goes.

Right-o, back to the card making/mess making: I spritzed water on the background with a mini mister and then sprinkled the green colour burst directly onto the wet areas. It was MESMERISING to watch the colours come to life and swirl around! I quickly moved on to the flower and used Tangerine first, in a much smaller quantity and just a TINY sprinkling of Fuchsia on top. A little bit of water added here and there to make the colours less opaque did the trick. Basically, go small and steady when using these, they pack a colourful punch!

Setting the background and the flower aside to dry, I moved on to the sentiment. I used the ‘thank you’ die that comes in the stamp and die coordinating bundle. I cut one out in foam tape to create dimension and another piece in black card stock, these two pieces I layered together and set aside.

When everything was dry, I cut out the flower with the coordinating die as well as a piece of foam tape. These two I layered in the same manner I did the thank you die. Once all these pieces were done, it was time to cut a card base and I choose black card stock for this. I trimmed down the background panel just a little, little bit so that the black card base would frame the sentiment, which was going in the bottom right hand corner. We are talking perhaps 1/4 of a centimetre. After I had added the thank you die cut to the card, I added glossy accents to it as well to make it really pop.

This card did not take long to make at all and you can make it even faster if you use a heat gun to set the colours. Sure, the glossy accents still need to dry but if you are in a hurry, you could just skip this step.

That’s it from me for today but don’t forget to check back in a few days as we have a really fun collaboration happening, I can’t wait to show you my cards I made for it!

Happy crafting from Erica

 

Hello Shaker with Valentyna!

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards, Hello Cards, Shaker Cards

Hello everyone,
Today I have another card featuring Together We Bloom peonies. This time it is a shaker card.
SUPPLIES:
Together We Bloom Clear Stamp Set
Together We Bloom Coordinating Dies
Dotted Ovals Creative Dies
Lilac Bush Fusion
Luminous Lavender Sequins 4MM/6MM

To make a shaker window I cut the upper layer from the paper and foam using two biggest Dotted Ovals dies. Then I cut a shaker pouch using the biggest die and clear stamp sleeve. I didn’t sew the pouch. I adhered it with double sided tape and filled the inside with sequins Luminous Lavander, Iridescent Butterflies, and  Flowers.
Peonies were stamped with Memento Black ink and colored with Chameleons – V04, GR3. After cutting flowers with matching dies.Instead of stamped sentiment, I used die-cut Hello which comes with You’re So Ranunculus matching die set.

Thank you for stopping by!
Happy crafting!
Valentyna

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Embossed Floral Background

/ CATEGORIES - CAS, Thank You Cards

Hi friends!

Svitlana is here today. Happy 4th Of July to all our American readers! Hope you’re having a great time with your family enjoying picnics, fireworks and s’mores 🙂

I’m a big fan of background stamps and own a lot of them. But they can be a bit pricey. At the same time some designs don’t have so many uses that are worth to be purchased. Today I want to share how you can create a floral background using just one floral image.

Make your own floral background using just one floral image. With Studio Katia Thank You So Much Stamp set. Card by @craftwalks

To start off I cut a panel out of Solar White cardstock and prepped it with anti-static powder as I didn’t want my embossing powder to stick where I didn’t want it to be. With clear embossing ink I stamped a floral from Thank You So Much Stamp Set kind of in the middle of the panel and white embossed it.

Make your own floral background using just one floral image. With Studio Katia Thank You So Much Stamp set. Card by @craftwalks

Using clear ink I stamped another flower next to already embossed one overlapping it a bit and poured white embossing powder over and removed the excess of the powder back to its container. In order to achieve continuous not overlapping design I removed the powder from the overlapped area using small dry brush. After that I heat set it.

I continued doing the same until covered the whole panel with white embossed flowers. I did one flower at a time. As it was easier for me to remove embossing powders from overlapped areas.

Make your own floral background using just one floral image. With Studio Katia Thank You So Much Stamp set. Card by @craftwalks

I inked the whole panel using Antique Linen Distress Ink. It revealed not very visible before white on white embossing and added a light vintage look to the panel. After that the panel was foam mounted onto a white card base.

I die-cut a sentiment using a die from Thank You So Much Die Set out of white cardstock twice and adhered them together. Just so add a little bit of dimension. And them I adhered the sentiment onto the panel.

Make your own floral background using just one floral image. With Studio Katia Thank You So Much Stamp set. Card by @craftwalks

I finished off my card by adding several sequins from Majestic Fusion.

You can do the same background using stamping. But in this case you will need some kind of masking, paper of liquid one. What I like about embossing is that it can be easily removed with a brush.

Have a wonderful day!

Svitlana

You’re So Lovely with Laurie!

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Floral Cards

HELLO!!!
I hope everyone enjoyed their Canada Day long weekend!  And to my American friends, I hope you have a fabulous Independence Day!!!
I’m sharing a card that literally took me about 20 minutes to make. 
SUPPLIES:
Together We Bloom Clear Stamp Set
You’re So Ranunculus Clear Stamp Set
I started by heat embossing some of the floral and leaf images from the beautiful Together We Bloom stamp set.  And did you know that the CO-ORDINATING DIES were just released!!!  Almost all of the stamp sets have matching dies..how awesome is that??!
I used Silver Pearl embossing powder from Ranger.  It’s my new favourite.  It gives such a soft and shimmery look.  White is nice but sometimes can be a little too stark.
I watercolored everything with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers.  I haven’t used them in quite some time and now I’m wondering why!  They are so amazing!

I usually cut my panels down with some sort of frame die, but today I decided to leave it full size so I didn’t cut off any of the loveliness.  And as always, I did not think about the sentiment until the very end so to keep it small and simple, I stamped one of the sentiment from the You’re So Ranunculus stamp set onto a strip of watercolour paper and snipped the “v” shape on either end.  I foam mounted it in the centre of the card (it helped to break up the leaf overload in the centre).
To finish, I adhered some of the gorgeous Crystal Clear Sequins.
That’s it for me today!!  Wishing you an amazing week!!
Thanks for stopping by!!

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Foxes with Anni!

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

Hey stampers, Anni here!

So happy and honored to be a guest designer for Studio Katia this month.
I had so much fun playing with these super cute stamps. For my cards today I used the set called Foxes. I am a big fan of foxes and it is very hard, well, let’s say impossible, to resist fox stamps. And this set is especially awesome.
I started by stamping all images in this set on white cardstock with alcohol marker friendly ink. I didn’t use all the images in the end but I like to colour all the images to have a few to choose from. For the colouring I decided to go with Copics because I love the bright colours.

I have something shocking to tell you: I am a fan of fussy cutting. With the coordinating dies it seems I could never get them in the right place and never end up with an even border around the images. I don’t know why but I found the ones from Studio Katia much easier to use and you may notice that I got a satisfying result.

For my first card I used a die from the set Dotted Pattern Set 1 and for the sentiment the hello die from the You’re Ranunculus Coordinating die set. For a little bit of interest I stamped and heat embossed some mushrooms on my cardbase.

I assembled the card and added some sequins for the finishing touch.

My second card is a real clean and simple one.

I just added a Mini Thank You die cut to my sleeping fox. I think such a cute image can stand on its own.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

Anni

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