Cards

Valentine Hugs

January 25, 2021 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Valentines Day Cards

Happy Monday, crafty friends! Today, I’m sharing the Valentine’s Day card I made for my son. I combined the Cactus Hugs and Potted Plants stamp and die sets, with the Stitch Borders dies.

The four cacti and the sentiment are from the Cactus Hugs stamp set. The flowers at the top right and the little hearts are from the Potted Plants stamp set.

I love customizing all of the little pots with the various faces. Since I created a grid on this card design, it was easy to heat emboss and watercolour them using the same distress inks.

I used the largest of the Stitch Borders dies to create the top panel and smooshed the same two colours I used to colour the pots with shimmer spritz to make it ultra sparkly. Then I used the tool ‘n’ one to remove some of the holes and adhered it to coloured cardstock to bring out the blue in the pots.

I repeated the sentiment, leaving a space to pop up the tiny hearts from the Potted Plants stamp set. Then I added an assortment of Seafoam Pearls with liquid glue and an embellishment wand.

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Supplies:

Watercolor Valentine’s Day Card with Dana

January 21, 2021 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Floral Cards, Valentines Day Cards

Hello, everyone!

It’s Dana here and I’m back with my first card of 2021. Many of things are still not good, but I hope everything goes well in new year to all of you. Today, I have a lovely card for Valentine’s Day and let’s get started!

To begin, I die cut white card stock using SCALLOP HEARTS COVER. I die cut it again with Fancy Scallop Hearts Dies. I then took a CHUNKY ALPHABET set and die cut ‘LOVE’ and small tag from red card stock.

Next, I stamped KIND BOUQUET in black onto cold pressed watercolor paper. I watercolored bouquet using Distress Inks and let it dried. I then colored again with Copic markers for pop the images and I love how it turned out. As a last touch of coloring, I added white dots using white gel pen and Nuvo crystal drop.

I mounted watercolor panel onto A2 sized baby pink card stock and popped up scalloped one using foam tape. Then, I arranged alphabets using glue.

To finish, I white heat embossed a sentiment from GIFT TAG GREETINGS: VALENTINES.

Hope you enjoyed this card. Thank you so much for stopping by and happy crafting!

xoxo,

Dana

:: Supplies ::

From our home to yours with Natalia

January 15, 2021 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Shaker Cards, Winter Holidays

Hi there! It’s Natalia here. Today I want to share with you my card using beautiful Studio Katia supplies KOBI’S ICE DAY stamp set, HOLIDAY VILLAGE stamp set and RECTANGULAR DOTS COVER.

First, I stamped the cute images from the KOBI’S ICE DAY and HOLIDAY VILLAGE stamp sets. Colored with copic markers and die cut with coordinating dies and scissors. I made highlights using white and silver pen.

I took two panels of white and grey cardstocks. I cut out a window in the upper panel using paper knife. I inked the lower panel with Distress Inks. I added some splatters to the upper frame panel using colors of the lower panel inking.

I adhered the image onto my background panel using double-sided foam tape. Cut 2 frames out of foam to make a shaker. Filled it with SPARKLING CRYSTALS, PINEAPPLE DELIGHT CRYSTALS, 3M CRYSTAL CLEAR, SILVER DUST, MINT DREAM CRYSTALS, POSEIDON CRYSTALS, SPRING GREEN CRYSTALS, CRYSTAL CLEAR CONFETTI, 3M CRYSTAL RAINBOW.

Placed all the elements on the white paper panels using double-sided foam tape.

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

SUPPLIES:

RECTANGULAR DOTS COVER

SPARKLING CRYSTALS

PINEAPPLE DELIGHT CRYSTALS

SPRING GREEN CRYSTALS

CRYSTAL CLEAR CONFETTI

3M CRYSTAL RAINBOW

Beautiful Stenciled Christmas Cards by Tracey

January 11, 2021 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Winter Holidays

Happy New Year! Hi there, it’s Tracey and before putting your holiday crafty supplies away, take a bit of time and make some cards to get ready for next holiday season.

I made two sets of cards using the Studio Katia Snowflake stencil and the Floral Snowflake stencil. I used them along with Distress Oxide inks and Distress Oxide Sprays to create what are my favourite card designs this year!

I used the Studio Katia Snowflakes stencil for this first set of cards. I began with a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I sprayed the back of the Snowflake stencil with Pixie Spray, it makes keeping your stencils flat and in place so easy. I adhered the stencil, sticky side down, to panel so the snowflake is off the edge. I began by blending Scattered Straw Distress Oxide ink in the centre of the snowflake. Then working out from the centre I blended Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide inks with the Studio Katia Ink Blender Brushes until I was happy with the blend. I intentionally did not cover the entire panel with ink, I let the Spun Sugar just fade off.

Each panel ended up a bit different depending on my ink blending, I wasn’t too worried about getting the stencil spotless between each card.

While cleaning off the stencil on my media mat I noticed the ink colours were seeping under the stencil. It looked like watercolour on the back, so I quickly grabbed another panel of Bristol Smooth and dropped the stencil on it. I wish I could have been able to get a better photo for you but this one turned out so fun. My favourite Christmas card I made!

Once all of the panels were dry I die cut them using the stitched rectangle from the Darling Ribbons & Trims die set. This gives a nice finish to the edge of the panel. The sentiment, Peace on earth, from the Poinsettia Border stamp set, was stamped and heat embossed with Wow Gold Pearl embossing powder on all the cards.

Six cards and a bonus 7th!

For the second set of cards, I used Distress Oxide ink and Distress Oxide Sprays and with the Snowflake stencil and the Floral Snowflake stencil.

The first group were all made with the Snowflake stencil. Just like I did with the last set of cards, I cut nine panels of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I sprayed the back of the Snowflake stencil with Pixie Spray, adhered the stencil to the panel and put it into my Spray box. I sprayed Distress Oxide Sprays on to the panels one at a time using a variety of blues Distress Oxide Sprays–Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Faded Jeans and Cracked Pistachio. So fast, so fun and so pretty.

The next two cards are a bit different the first card uses Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Spray along with the Snowflake stencil.

The teal card was made by spraying Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Spray using the Floral Snowflake stencil. I damaged the panel but rather than tossing it into the recycle bin, I used a large circle die to cut the snowflake out and stock the circle onto a teal card base. The sentiment was embossed with Wow Gold Pearl embossing powder.

For these next two cards I started by blending some Tumble Glass Distress Oxide ink onto the two panels just around the edge and keeping the centres mostly white. I used the Floral Snowflake stencil using Abandoned Coral and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Sprays.

Once all of the panels were dry I die cut them using the stitched rectangle from the Darling Ribbons & Trims die set just like I did with the first set. All the sentiments were from the Gift Tags Greetings: Winter stamp set. Once everything was assembled I sprayed the panels with clear Glimmer Spray for extra shine and set them aside to dry.

A couple hours in my studio and I ended up with 16 Christmas cards!

Supplies:

Studio Katia Snowflake stencil
Floral Snowflake stencil
Studio Katia Ink Blender Brushes
Darling Ribbons & Trims die set
Poinsettia Border stamp set
Gift Tags Greetings: Winter
Scattered Straw Distress Oxide ink
Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide ink
Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink
Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink
Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink
Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink
Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Spray
Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Spray
Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Spray
Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Spray
Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Spray
Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Spray
Wow Gold Pearl embossing powder
Pixie Spray

Shaped jewel crystal frames

December 29, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards, Hello Cards

Hello everyone, it’s Galina.

Today im going to show you how to create shiny crystal frame using small dies and your favorite crystal embellishments.

How I made this card you can watch here or on Studio Katia’s Youtube chanel.

I cut out a white panel using Dotted die set 3. I applied few colors of ink on it. I used blender brushes to apply light shades of each color. If you want to get a brighter background – add a second layer of ink or apply inks with hard hand and pick a lot of ink on your brush.

Next I cut out 3 windows using a small hexagon die. Next I applied a small amount of liquid glue close to the cut edge and then placed the biggest crystals. I combined pink, green and blue transparent crystals.

I heat embossed flowers on a piece of vellum and attached it behind the card panel. I heat embossed a sentiment on the black cardstock and cut out with a coordinating stripe die. I foam mount it under the die cut windows.

Also, I listed below some other little dies, which you can use for this technique.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Galina

Supplies

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Merry Christmas with Natalia

December 18, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards, Winter Holidays

Hi there! It’s Natalia here. Today I want to share with you my card using beautiful Studio Katia products – POINSETTIA BORDER and MERRY POINSETTIA stamp sets.

First, I stamped the cute images from the Merry Poinsettia Clear Stamp Set. Colored with copic markers and die cutting them with coordinating dies.

I blended some distress inks onto white piece of paper. I cut out a window in the upper panel using paper knife.

Placed all the elements on the white paper panel using double-sided foam tape. Die cutting word Merry from Merry Poinsettia Clear Stamp Set. I stamped word Christmas gold heat embossed. I mounted my panel onto white card base using foam and finished my card.

I added some CLEAR DROPS MIX TWO for a finishing touch.

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

Natalia

SUPPLIES:

POINSETTIA BORDER

MERRY POINSETTIA

MERRY POINSETTIA DIES

CLEAR DROPS MIX TWO

Watercolor Holiday Cards with Dana

December 16, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Winter Holidays

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

It’s Dana here and I’d like to share two watercolor holiday cards today. It’s easy and fun and let’s get started!

For my first card, I pulled out cold pressed watercolor paper with Floral Snowflake Stencil. I ink blended watercolor panel using distress inks with Ink Blender Brushes. Then, I smoothed the image with clean water using paint brush. After it dried completely, I splattered distress inks here and there as shown.

Next, I die cut some alphabets and dots from metallic gold paper using Chunky Alphabet and Chunky Numbers. Before I foam mounted them, I stamped ‘joyeux’ from Snowflakes in black. I then mounted watercolor panel onto A2 sized blue card stock and embellished it with hemp cord.

For my next card, I created watercolor looks using same technique with first card. I used Snowflakes stamp set for snowflakes and Poinsettia Border for sentiment.

After it dried, I die cut ‘peace’ directly from watercolor panel and put them aside for next step. I took an A2 sized kraft card stock and mounted metallic silver paper and watercolor panel step by step.

Then, I adhered mini pop dots to negative pieces and mounted them as shown in the picture. I embellished Icy Sparkle Crystals and finished off this card.

Hope you enjoyed today’s cards. Happy crafting!

xoxo,

Dana

Supplies

FLORAL SNOWFLAKE STENCIL
SNOWFLAKES
POINSETTIA BORDER
HAPPY SNOWMEN

CHUNKY ALPHABET
CHUNKY NUMBERS

INK BLENDER BRUSHES
GLUE
ICY SPARKLE CRYSTALS

Happy Pawlidays Christmas Card

December 10, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Winter Holidays

Happy Pawlidays, Christmas Card, Studio Katia, Card Making, Stamping, Die Cutting, handmade card, ilovedoingallthingscrafty, Stamps, how to, Pets, family photo, Holiday Card,Copic Markers,Ink Blending,

Well hello, friends, Ilda here!

This fun card is for all my animal lovers out there. I was inspired by a recent photo I saw of some friends with their furry pets. So I thought it would be a great idea to recreate it as a Christmas card.

CARD DETAILS

To begin, I stamped out all my images. The cute children and furries come from the LOVE FOR PAWS BUNDLE. To both kids, I added the Santa Claus hat that comes from the WINTER KOBI. The images were then colored using Copic Markers and then die cut with the coordinating dies.

Next, I stamped out the LOTS OF GIFTS TRIMMINGS on the background panel. I then colored the gifts very simply using a variety of red markers. I then added gold details with a gel pen. To the top of the presents, I first stamped out a tree from the HAPPY SNOWMEN set and then blended it a little to give it a glowing appearance. I then used a few INK BLENDER BRUSHES to blend out the top area of the panel used Distress Oxide inks.
Moving along, I trimmed down the panel and then glued the background to the scallop frame that comes from the DOTTED PATTERNS SET 4. I then popped the images back into the center of the scene using FOAM TAPE.

The sentiment comes from the HAPPY PAWLIDAYS Set, that I then die cut using the banner from the PEONY TRIMMINGS DIES.

Here is how I finished off the inside of the card. The sentiments also come from the HAPPY PAWLIDAYS stamp set.

Sending family photo cards at this time of year is very common, so maybe sending a handmade card personalized to look like you and your furry pets may be another option and a cute surprise for your recipients.

Hope this Happy Pawlidays Christmas Card inspired you today. And since I don’t post again until after Christmas. I just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas however you are celebrating it this crazy year! Thank you for stopping by and until next time… xoxo, Ilda

Connect with me also on my Blog, Facebook Page, Instagram, and YouTube

SUPPLIES

LOVE FOR PAWS BUNDLE Shop at: SK	HAPPY PAWLIDAYS Shop at: SK	LOTS OF GIFTS TRIMMINGS Shop at: SK	HAPPY SNOWMEN Shop at: SK
WINTER KOBI Shop at: SK	WINTER KOBI DIES Shop at: SK	DOTTED PATTERNS SET 4 Shop at: SK	PEONY TRIMMINGS DIES Shop at: SK
INK BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SK	STUDIO KATIA GLUE Shop at: SK	FOAM TAPE – WHITE Shop at: SK	MINI MISTI Shop at: SSS \| SB \| HBS
NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS \| AMZ \| HBS	BLACKOUT INK Shop at: SSS \| HBS \| IO3	COPIC SKETCH Shop at: SSS \| AMZ	GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS \| AMZ \| SB
Oxide Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Shop at: SSS \| SB \| HBS	Oxide Ink Pad ICED SPRUCE Shop at: SSS \| HBS	Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Shop at: SSS \| SB \| HBS	ATELIER SHARK TOOTH Shop at: SSS \| IO3
WHITE GELLY ROLLER PEN SET Shop at: SSS \| AMZ \| SB	Gelly Roll Metallic Gel Ink Pen Set Shop at: AMZ	SMALL TIP WATER BRUSH PEN Shop at: SSS \| IO3	LIQUID PIXIE DUST Shop at: SSS \| IO3

Quick and Elegant Christmas Card by Tracey

December 9, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards

Hi crafty peeps, it’s Tracey here today and I have a really quick and easily reproducible Christmas card to share. We are getting to crunch time now and it seems no matter how early I start making Christmas cards in the year, I never seem to have enough.

I used the Poinsettia Border stamp set to create my card today using some coloured cardstock, embossing and ink blending. Simple design but also very elegant.

I started with a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of red cardstock. I used my anti static tool all over the red cardstock so that I could prevent stray embossing powder sticking where it shouldn’t. Next I stamped and white embossed the poinsettia border in the upper left corner of my card. The sentiment from the same set was built with the “Merry” script stamps and Christmas in the sans serif font from the same in the bottom right.

My very simple card design was pretty, but it seemed to be missing something. I added some dimension by ink blending Black Soot Distress Oxide ink in from the corners on the red embossed panel using Studio Katia Blending Brushes. I used a very light hand to build to shading up slowly. Remember to can always add more but you can’t take it away.

To add a bit of sparkle to the front of the card I sprayed it with Sparkle Shimmer Spritz. It didn’t want to smile for the camera, but trust me it added a bit of elegance. To add a bit more to the card front without going overboard I added some Studio Katia Wine Berry Pearls over top of the berries on the poinsettia using Studio Katia glue. I used the two smallest pearl sizes and grouped them in three.

Thank you so much for stopping in today. Good luck getting those last minute cards done!

Supplies:
Poinsettia Border stamp set
Studio Katia Wine Berry pearls
Studio Katia Blending Brushes
Studio Katia Embellishment wand
Studio Katia Round Stamping block
Studio Katia glue

Clean and simple masculine card with Kaja

December 7, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards

Hi there,

It’s Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I decided to take a break from Christmas cards and make a masculine card for a friend.

Take a look:

It has been a while since I made a clean and simple card with a masculine feel to it, so it was about time to make one! 🙂 I started making this card by stamping out and coloring the cacti from Cactus hugs stamp set. I used three different shapes of cactus which will then help me creating a simple scene. To color it in, I used typical colors, so the card looks even cleaner.

Next, I ink blended my background for which I used three colors of blue distress oxide ink and wonderful Studio Katia brushes. I started with dark color at the top and then blend it out with the middle and lightest shade. Once I was happy with the ombe that I got, I sprinkled some white paint on to, to make sure that the background goes nicely with my card.

Then, I took a piece of white card stock in the size of my card base and die cut an oval from Elegant scalopped oval dies set. I positioned it towards the top of the paper, which ensures that I have a big amount of white left at the bottom. I then glued the die cut piece directly over the ink blended background.

The last thing I added to this card was a sentiment that reads ‘Thinking of you’ and can be found in Potted plants stamp set. I used black ink on white card stock, so the sentiment doesn’t pop up too much.

The only thing left to do was to glue everything together using glue and double sided foam tape!

This finishes up this clean and simple masculine card! Let me know in the comments which SK stamp set do you use most for these kind of cards!

Hugs,

Kaja

SUPPLIES:
• Studio Katia – CACTUS HUGS
• Studio Katia – POTTED PLANTS
• Studio Katia dies – ELEGANT SCALOPPED OVAL
• Studio Katia dies – CACTUS HUGS
• Studio Katia – GLUE
• Studio Katia – DOUBLE SIDED TAPE