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Please welcome Monica

April 20, 2022 / CATEGORIES - News

Today we are introducing a new member of the Studio Katia Team and would love for you to meet Monica.

My name is Monica Zerpa. I am so happy to be part of the Studio Katia family. I’m a wife and mother of two young girls. Originally from tropical Venezuela, I now live in frigid Canada with my family. I have been crafting since a young age, being introduced by my elementary school teachers where I started paper crafts with a focus on parchment work (pergamino) and a few forms of fiber art. I also tried clay work, stained glass and frosted glass among many others. As an adult, I started scrapbooking but quickly went back to my cardmaking roots and I haven’t stopped since. To me, crafting is my time to disconnect and relax and it has become a helpful tool to manage anxiety. Thanks in advance for checking out my projects and for your support.

You can find me on social media @needleandpaper (IG, Pinterest, FB).

Monica has an amazing eye for colour and texture and we are sure you’ll give her a warm welcome to the SK family.

NEW! Birthday Cardmaking Kit and Free online class

October 1, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, CAS, New Release, News, Shaker Cards

Hello everyone! It’s Galina with you today and I want tell you about super cool cardmaking kit from Studio Katia! It’s a special kit which comes with free online class! Clear & Fancy online class is all about making cards with acetate sheets and gorgeous embellishments. The was specially designed for Great Canadian Virtual Scrapbook Carnival hosted by Creative Scrapbooker.

This is a limited edition and our first cardmaking kit. It is only available while supplies last so if you love it—do not wait!

The contents of this kit include:

– 4 random cardstocks from Black, White & Rainbow Pack
– 4 acetate sheets
– 1 Chunky Sprinkles Stencil (not yet released)
– 1 Mini Birthday Greeting stamp set (not yet released)
– 1 Mini Birthday Cake stamp set & Coordinating Die
– 1 Chunky Sparkle glitter jar
– 1 Sparkling Crystals
– 1 Iridescent Crystals
– 1 Chunky Sprinkles
– 1 Rainbow Crystals Mix (only available with this kit)
– 1 ink blending brush
– 20 foam squares

With this kit you can create a bunch of beautiful birthday cards. Here are some examples.

Shaker cards:

Simple coloring cards:

If you want to get inspired more you can watch Clear&Fansy online Class HERE in Great Canadian Virtual Scrapbook Faceboo Group. (You probably should join the group). More about this event HERE.

In this class I show how to create two birthday cards using Cardmaking Kit.

The first card – with a clear box and cake inside + stenciling and heat embossing tips.

Second card – with unusual form of a shaker + simple coloring with Alcohol markers.

I hope this class will help you to get inspired and create fancy cards for your friends and family. Everyone loves shakers cards 🙂

Some of the products from the kit you can buy separately, I’ll link them below, but a big sentiment stamp and stencils you can buy only with kit.

Supplies

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708

Studio Katia STAMPtember 2020 Exclusive Stamp Sets

September 3, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Announcements, News

Hello everyone!

Every year the whole crafting community is waiting for the month of September. Although we all know that the correct name is STAMPtember. 😉 Here at Studio Katia we are so proud and excited to celebrate this inspiring month with our friends at Simon Says Stamp and the whole crafting community with a brand new Studio Katia Floral Bunch Stamptember 2020 Exclusive Set.

But wait, there’s a SURPRISE!! This year, if you buy the stamp and die bundle, you will receive another Studio Katia Floral Bunch Stamptember 2020 Exclusive as a free gift. How amazing is that!

Don’t miss your opportunity to grab these new products while they’re still available, as these are a limited edition and sell out very quickly.

Sadly, our Design Team hasn’t received these new products in time. Please head over to Simon Says Stamp Blog to enjoy stunning projects from their Team.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Make sure to not miss this stamp set while it is still available!

Have a lovely crafty day!

Stamping Village collaboration- We stand with you

July 23, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Blog Hops, Cards, CAS, Hello Cards, News, Shaker Cards

Hello everyone! Today in cooperation with other amazing companies we are presenting a new stamp set. The set is called We Stand With You. It is all about inclusion, love, kindness and doing the right thing. 100% of the net profits from every stamp set will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense & Education fund.

We have many card samples for you and a special video on how to make a rainbow shaker card with a stained glass effect on it.

How to make this card you can watch here or on Studio Katia channel.

For this card I used a small rainbow stamp with a sentiment and few dies from Studio Katia: MINI POLKA DOTS COVER DIE – for the card background and FANCY CIRCLE die set to create a shaker window. Inside of the shakekr I put a lot of clear crystals called SPARKLING CRYSTALS.

Behind the die cut panel I put a pattern paper to add color to some dots on the background. I used a rainbow paper sheet with stripes from – BLACK, WHITE & RAINBOW 6×6 PAPER SET.

For the second card I used FANCY CIRCLE die set again. I cut out 9 circle windows in a white card panel. I foam mount it on a the different color cardstock pieces. After die cutting windows I got 9 small scallop circle die cuts. I stamped a rainbows on them using dye inks.

On a piece of grey cardstock I heat emboss a sentiment from the We Stand With You Stamp set. To embellish my card I add a yellow thread and colorful Jewel Crystals from Studio Katia.

And I want to share with you one more card, in case you missed it on Studio Katia Instagram.

To create this card I cut out a white panel with square windows using DOTTED SQUARE FRAME DIE. I made a little shakers on the central line of squares and on blue and yellow squares. I simply put a small acetate pieces behind these sections.

To create a sentiment I cut out letters from a white glitter cardstock using CHUNKY ALPHABET. The second part of the sentiment I heat embossed on the black cardstock.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day.

Supplies

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708

Video. Shaker cups slimline card

July 3, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Hello Cards, New Release, News, Shaker Cards

Hello friends! Galina with you today. And I want to share with how to create little shakers inside of the pretty cups with craft supplies. It’s a stamp set from our new release, if you missed it you can find all information and all new supplies in this post(click). Also for today’s project I picked new slimline dies and I absolutely in love with this new card format.

How I made this card you can watch here or on Studio Katia Youtube channel.

To create a bright background I cut out a white card panel using slimline dies set 2 and I add distress inks, I applied them diagonally with Studio Katia blender brushes on a thick cardstock. I masked edges of my die cut with a masking tape to keep them white.

Inside of the two pink cups I put yellow crystals called Pineapple Delight, they look so yummy!

All my images I colored with copic markers. I colored the cups with 3 shades of the each color to create a more realistic look on them.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Galina

Supplies

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708

Studio Katia June 2020 Release Blog Hop

June 25, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Blog Hops, New Release, News

Hello Everyone! We are so excited to welcome you to our JUNE Release Blog Hop!

This release includes 6 New Clear Stamp Sets and 4 Sets of Coordinating Dies, 6 New Stand Alone Creative Dies, 15 New Embellishments and a Studio Katia FIRST 6X6 Paper Set!

The release is now live and available for purchase in the store!

If you missed a full reveal post yesterday, make sure to check it out here and leave a comment for your chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to Studio Katia Online Store!

To celebrate JUNE 2020 Release Studio Katia is giving away a $50 Gift Certificate to Studio Katia Online Store! Winners will be chosen randomly from comments left on Studio Katia Blog.

To enter:

– Leave a comment under this blog post

For more chances to win:

– Follow Studio Katia on Instagram

– Like Studio Katia on Facebook

– Join Studio Katia Fan Group

– Subscribe to Studio Katia YouTube Channel

All comments must be left by Friday, July 3rd, 2020, 23:59 PM EST.

Would you like to win even more prizes? Hop over to each stop of the Hop, leave a comment there and you can win a $25 Gift Certificate to Studio Katia Online Store!

All winners will be announced on Sunday, July 5th, 2020 on SK Blog.

Ready to get hopping? Here’s the complete Blog Hop List:

Have fun hopping!

Studio Katia June 2020 Release

June 24, 2020 / CATEGORIES - New Release, News

Hello everyone, we’re so glad you’re here! We’re finally having a new release, it feels like FOREVER since we brought you new products. This release was scheduled for May but with everything that’s happening we had to push it until now.

This release includes 6 New Clear Stamp Sets and 4 Sets of Coordinating Dies, 6 New Stand Alone Creative Dies, 15 New Embellishments and a Studio Katia FIRST 6X6 Paper Set!

The release will be available for purchase in the store tomorrow June 25, 2020!

Now let’s take a closer look at the release!

We have a new 4×4 Craftastic set illustrated by Zlatina G. this set features a cup filled with crafty goodies. This is such a cute set that can be used all year round. The coordinating dies include a little window that can turn crafty cup into shaker cup.

Up next is another 4×4 set called Flourishing Note and coordinating dies. This set was also illustrated by Zlatina G. and it features a large envelope with flowers with matching sentiments. This is such a beautiful set and a must have for everyone who loves floral sets. Coordinating dies feature an outline and the word hello that can be used separately.

Introducing a new trimmings set. Sport-balls Trimmings and coordinating dies. (if you’re not familiar with our trimmings sets please click here to see the entire collection) This set perfect for making sport theme projects for friends or anyone who love sports. The trimming style shape gives you lots of flexibility when adding it to cards and crafts. The coordinating dies include words dad and coach.

Our new trimmings sentiment stamp set is finally here 4×4 Trimmings Sayings One stamp set has all the sentiments that are shaped to go along with all of out trimmings sets. Pair it up with Simple Trimmings stand-alone die for a complete look. The smaller banner die is about 4 inches long and it fits all the sentiments from Trimmings Saying One perfectly. Another 4×6 sentiment stamp set called Happy Celebrations which lists all the Happy holidays including Happy Canada Day and Happy Fourth of July.

Our last stamp set is a Mini-Birthday Cake and coordinating dies that’s so adorable and will go great any celebration theme projects.

Introducing a new product line to Studio Katia, 6×6 paper pads. Our first Black, White & Rainbow pad features 24 sheets of 80lb paper, 2 sheets of each design.

New stand-alone creative dies.

SLIMLINE dies are here. Introducing Dotted Slimline – set 1 and Dotted Slimline- set 2 dies. Slimline cards are ‘HOT’ right now, these basic shapes are must have for your slimline collection.

Introducing our first Chunky Alphabet and Chunky Numbers die sets. Add bold sentiments to your crafts with the cute chunky alphabet and numbers die sets.

Our new A2 Rectangular Dots cover die is perfect to add a touch of delicate detail to your cards. It features a dotted design that will work well with all of our beautiful floral stamps.

I saved the best for last. EMBELLISHMENTS. We have 15 new embellishments in this release. More pearls, jewel crystals and sequins.

Lipstick Red Crystals, Bora Bora Pearls, Rouge Pink Crystals, Vanilla Luster Fusion, Wine Berry Pearls
Pineapple Delight Crystals, Stormcloud Pearls, Apple Green Crystals, Bluebell Pearls, Moss Green Pearls
Neon Tangerine Crystals, Pink Carnation Crystals, Royal Purple Crystals, Amethyst Pearls, Mallow Crystals

Leave a comment below telling us what your favourite products are for your chance to win a $25 Gift Ceritficate

to Studio Katia Online Store!

Thank you so much for stopping by and hopefully you will join us tomorrow for design team blog hop and giveaways.

Katia

6 cards using MICRO HEXAGON COVER DIE

March 3, 2020 / CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Hello Cards, New Release, News, Other

Hello everyone! It’s Galina with you today. For today I’ve prepared for you a 6 different cards I made with a same die – MICRO HEXAGON COVER DIE. In the video below I’m sharing my favorite techniques with an intricate dies and some die cutting tips. It’s a first part of my two series videos with intricate dies.

With this background die you can create a layered detailed cards or shakers or even a clean simple cards. I made two simple cards with one die cut. I was inspired by hexagon graphic I found on pinterest and I decided to recreate it on my card.

For my next cards I used shinny glitter from Studio Katia ans shinny cardstock.

I add a beautiful heart frames on the both cards. I used FANCY SCALLOP HEARTS DIES and a vellum for the inner parts.

I stamped sentiments on the vellum with archival black ink.

For the last two cards I made same frames with a vellum inside.

To embelish my cards I add crystals and drops from differentsets.

I hope you like these cards and will try some techniques with this die. Don’t miss a second part of this video, soon I’ll share more inspiration with this die.

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Galina

Supplies

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?1559654439292

Winter 2019 Release Sneak Peek | Day 4

October 20, 2019 / CATEGORIES - New Release, News, Sneak Peek

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Day 4 of our Winter 2019 Release Sneak Peeks! We are so very happy that you like the new products coming to the store this Tuesday, October 22! Even though we were only featuring the stamp sets, we know you’ve caught more products on our designers cards and can’t wait to here what you think of the whole release when you see. But lets not rush just yet and enjoy one more day of anticipation. 😉

Today we are featuring Poinsettia Border stamp set. What else says Winter Holidays like poinsettias? We couldn’t have a perfect Winter 2019 Release without this stamp set. And we sure hope you love the poinsettias as well as those beautiful sentiments. They will add such an elegant touch to any card or project! Don’t you think?

Our fabulous DT Ladies did such a great job featuring new products in the previous days, and today is no difference – stunning examples of how gorgeous these poinsettias are! Enjoy!

Tracy

Emily

Dana

Today, just like on the first three days of our Sneak Peeks you have a chance to win a $15 CAD Gift Certificate to Studio Katia Online Store! Simply leave some love for our DT Ladies in the comments below for your chance to win. All winners will be announced on Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 on the Studio Katia Blog.

Thank you for joining us for all the Sneak Peeks! And we hope you are super excited about tomorrow’s New Release Reveal, just like we are!

Have a wonderful Sunday and see you all tomorrow!

Winter 2019 Release Sneak Peek | Day 2

October 18, 2019 / CATEGORIES - New Release, News, Other, Sneak Peek

Hello Everyone! We had so much fun yesterday introducing one of our newest products coming to the store October 22nd! We are very happy that you like what you saw and are very excited to welcome you to Day 2 of our Winter 2019 Release Sneak Peeks! Today, we are featuring a fabulous stamp set called Happy Pawlidays.

The set has a super cute image, which you will recognize from our previous releases. The cute furry friends came back bringing holiday spirit with fun accessories and great sentiments. And if you are not into colouring, you can simply colour the small images (hats, ornaments, etc.) and give the image a fun and festive look, just add a sentiment and your card is ready. Wouldn’t this be perfect for mass-production? We do hope this will be another favourite of yours!

Our DT Ladies prepared gorgeous projects for your inspiration:

Laura

Ilda

Have you noticed more fun products used in their cards? Tomorrow you will see them a bit closer. 😉 So make sure to come back to our blog tomorrow.

Would you like to win a $15 CAD Gift Certificate? Simply leave some love for our DT Ladies in the comments below for your chance to win. All winners will be announced on Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 on the Studio Katia Blog.

Thank you for joining us for another day of Sneak Peeks. We will be back here tomorrow with more inspiration, sneak peeks and chances to win a Gift Certificate to Studio Katia Online Store!