STUDIO KATIA

We Belong Together with Natalia

September 6, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Coffee Cards, Floral Cards, Other

Hi there! It’s Natalia here. Today I want to share with you my card with Sweet Latte stamp set. When I plan card with this stamps, it gather with Dotted Patterns: Loops every time. They fit together so much, that I can’t imagine the one without the other.

First, I stamped the cute images from the Sweet Latte stamp sets. Using masks and LOVELY BLOOMS STAMP SET, Spring Bouquet Clear Stamp Set and Floral Trimmings Clear Stamp Set, I decorated the elements. Colored with copic markers and die cutting them with coordinating dies.

I blended some distress inks onto white piece of paper and die cutting the images with Dotted Patterns: Loops Creative Dies and Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon & Frames Creative Dies.

Placed all the elements on the white paper panel using double-sided foam tape. Heat embossed the sentiment from Sweet Latte stamp set using white powder. Decorated everything with CLEAR DROPS MIX ONE.

Thank you so much for join me today have a great day!

Natalia

SUPPLIES:

Sweet Latte stamp set

Sweet Latte | Coordinating Dies

LOVELY BLOOMS STAMP SET

Spring Bouquet Clear Stamp Set

Floral Trimmings Clear Stamp Set

Dotted Patterns: Loops Creative Dies

Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon & Frames Creative Dies

CLEAR DROPS MIX ONE

Watercolored Blooms + Thank You with Rubeena

September 5, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Other

Hello, friends! Rubeena here from A Rare Ruby. Today, I have another floral card for you using a new color palette and a few tips on getting out of your comfort zone.

Flowers are my favorite stamps to color, and watercoloring is a favorite medium as of late. I started by stamping the large floral cluster from Lovely Blooms onto watercolor paper. When watercoloring, I like to lay down some light colors, which is termed as underpainting. I learned this from one of my very close friends. It enhances the colors that you lay over it.

When you work on a project, how much thought do you give to the colors you’ll use? It can get overwhelming. I have so many watercolors and sometimes I have to limit myself to two to four colors so I can create a piece that coordinates. I actually did some washes in several muted shades of red, purple, blue, and green. I initially started with green, red, and purple and added indigo since it went well with the purple. This led me to use various values of these colors to watercolor the rest of the image in layers (also known as glazing).

Next time you color, start with two colors and add another shade or two that you normally don’t reach for. If you notice in my latest projects, I have been attempting different colors. It is okay to mess up. It is okay not to be completely happy with it. The point is that you’re teaching your brain to look at things differently and that can only help you to improve as an artist. Some people keep doing the same thing over and over, and that’s okay, too. But if you want a different result, you have to be brave enough to try something different. You can do that in small steps.

For “basic” cards, you can leave this floral image as a flat one-layer card and simple add a sentiment in whatever manner that you like (stamped, embossed, die-cut, etc.). I like different looks for my flowers so I cut off parts of the cluster so that I could rearrange the bouquet. This is a great way to “stretch” your stamps. Now, I started thinking about what I wanted to do with the base. I decided to use one of the cover dies and a watercolor wash background that I had sitting around. I die-cut the sheet with Halftone Dots Cover and trimmed it down so it would fit over a dark gray card base. I didn’t want to use a white card base since I wanted to go for a dark mood. For the sentiment, I die-cut the word “thank you” from Mini Thank You Coordinating Dies from black cardstock four times and stacked them with multi medium matte. Finally, I mounted everything over the base.

Don’t forget to try something new and have fun with it.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Lovely Blooms
Halftone Dots Cover
Mini Thank You Coordinating Dies

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

Ocean scene with Kaja

August 31, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Cards

Hi there,

It’s Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I have a cute ocean card for you. I know summer is almost over, but I just couldn’t resist making one more card with this theme. 🙂

Take a look at the card:

First, I took my paper trimmer and cut down a piece of white paper that was slightly smaller than the card base. Then, I took small rectangle from Dotted patterns: set 2 die set and die cut it in the middle of that white panel. I decided that I want to have two windows, so I die cut another rectangle above the first one.

The die does a beautiful outside and inside dotted edge, so I decided to use both pieces. I took the inner parts and then I ink blended distress oxides in Tumbled glass and Broken china colors on top. Once I was happy with the blend, I added some water splatters for the ocean look.

I stamped out the images from three summer stamp sets: Mermaid for each other, Shell-ebration and Under the sea. I colored the images in using alcohol markers and I die cut everything using their coordinating dies.

Next thing I did was the sentiment. I didn’t want to mess it up, so I took my Misti stamping tool and a stamp saying ‘you’re so wonderful’ from Blooming bunch stamp set. I then stamped the sentiment directly in the middle under my two windows.

Then, I started possitioning. First I popped up the white panel with some foam tape to give my card some dimention. Once that was in place I put the ink blended rectangles back in their place, but I used double sided tape so they are glue directly on the card base. I used liquid glue for most of my colored images, the only thing that I popped up was the turtle.

The last thing I added was some glossy accents details on the fish and sea-shells, which finished up my card.

That’s it for today! Thank you so much for joining me! See you next time.

SUPPLIES:

Studio Katia – Under the sea

Studio Katia – Mermaid for each other

Studio Katia – Shell-ebration

Studio Katia – Blooming bunch

Studio Katia dies – Dotted patterns: set 2

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.

August Release – Winners!

August 28, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Announcements, Winners

Hello Everyone!

It is time to announce our August Release Giveaway Winners. We are so grateful for all your comments and for sharing your back to school memories. It was so fun to read all of them!

And here are names of two $30 CAD Gift Certificates to Studio Katia Online Store:

MARY-ANNE V

CAROL

We also decided to give away one $25 CAD Gift Certificate to Studio Katia Online Store. And the winner of this prize is:

HELEN

Congratulations, Ladies!! Please email to studiokatiagiveaway@gmail.com with a subject Studio Katia August Release Giveaway Winner.

Happy Crafting!

Back to School Card with Laura

August 27, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Other

Hi everyone! It’s Laura here, and today I am back with a card I created for back to school, which contains a little gift for the teacher who will receive it. The present is a little bookmark that can be taken out to reveal a fun message hidden behind it, and I think this idea can be used in many occasions to create really fun cards with an extra surprise factor 🙂

For the bookmark itself I used the new bookmark die, exclusive to the Studio Katia store, and for the panel in which it is tucked in I used dies from the Dotted Patterns Set 1 Creative Dies. This set also includes the die I used to cut the little slit for the bookmark. To create the hillsides I combined these dies with the Simple Borders Creative Dies.

To add color to the sky and the hills I used my Distress Oxides: I used Mermaid Lagoon, Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron. I added more interest to the panels adding some water droplets, as well as some splatters with the Distress Oxides I had already used and some white acrylic paint.
The sweet Kobi image that I used today comes from the Kobi Loves School stamp set, new with the August 2018 mini release. I stamped it on Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers. Here is a color chart for you to use as a reference, where I listed all the markers I used.

I die cut the image of Kobi with the coordinating dies, and started working on my card base again. I first assembled the bookmark by gluing the hillside to the sky. I then used one of the dies in the Dotted Patterns Set 1 dies to cut a slit on the larger hillside, where I will tuck my bookmark. I extended the slit just a bit using a craft knife, and then glued the hillside to the main panel.

I stamped the sentiment on my bookmark using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I made sure that the word “teacher” was be low enough to be hidden once the bookmark is in place on the main panel.
I also glued the image of Kobi on the bookmark, and threaded some ribbon through one of the eylets on the top.

I added a sentiment and some more images on the sky on my main panel as well. These will be revealed only once the bookmark is removed, for a really fun surprise effect!
I die cut the word teacher using the new Teacher Script Die and ink blended some Distress Oxides in Candied Apple and Fired Brick on top. I stacked several die cuts so that I would get a dimensional effect.

For the card base I cut some red cardstock to an A2 size using the Darling Ribbon and Frames Dies and I created my own patterned paper. I arranged some of the small images in the Kobi Loves School set on my round acrylic block and stamped them repeatedly on the card base using Versamark ink. I then heat embossed them with white embossing powder.
I raised the main panel over the card base with some fun foam, and added some of the July Crystals around the teacher die cut.

I mounted everything on a top folding A2 card base, and decorated the inside by stamping some of the smaller images in the Kobi Loves School set with Distress Oxide in Candied Apple.

I also created a video where I show the step by step process, you can watch it down below.

And that’s it for today! I really hope you enjoyed this project, and I hope I inspired you to create with the wonderful Studio Katia August 2018 mini release!
Thank you all so much for stopping by, and have a great day!

Laura

SUPPLIES

Colourful Poinsettias with Erum

August 24, 2018 / CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, Floral Cards

Hi there everyone! I hope you all are doing well.

I am here with a colourful, bold card featuring the Merry Poinsettia Stamp Set mainly.

I started by stamping the flowers on watercolour paper. Next, I roughly watercoloured the images with Autumnal colours. I decided to use a different colour base instead of the typical Autumn ones, like off white or kraft. Instead I picked out black cardstock so that my follows an Autumn colour theme but doesn’t look like an Autumn card. I hope you understand what I am saying 🙂

Next I fussy cut all the images and set them aside. I pulled out a black card base and added some white splatters. Then I arranged the floral bouquet and added some gold paint splatters.

After this I popped up the sentiment which is from Birthday Greeting Stamp Set. In the end, I added some Crystal Rainbow Fusion for bling.

I hope you liked my card! I LOVE this stamp set, the flowers are beautifully drawn.

Thank you for stopping by!

SUPPLIES:

Merry Poinsettia Stamp Set

Birthday Greeting Stamp Set

Crystal Rainbow Fusion

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