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You’re So Wonderful with Rubeena

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Hello, friends! Rubeena here from A Rare Ruby. There is no specific theme this month so I was delighted to use one of Studio Katia’s gorgeous floral stamps. Studio Katia carries some of my favorite bouquets that are perfect for practicing your coloring.

In the last few weeks, I have been setting up my watercolor palettes. For today’s card, I used my new Daniel Smith watercolors finally.

I started with watercolor cardstock and stamped Spring Bouquet with watercolor-friendly black dye ink in the bottom corners. I watercolored them with a round 2 brush and watercolors in shades of pink, coral, purple, and green (Quinacridone Coral, Quinacridone Rose, Rose of Ultramarine, Imperial Purple, Spring Green, and Deep Sap Green). I don’t consider myself a true watercolor artist since I tend to get messy with this medium. However, I have started to pick up a few tips here and there in my practice. I learned the phrase “underpainting” from a very good friend of mine. I lay a very light color on all of the images and then after each layer dries, I add slightly darker shades over it. It’s not entirely realistic but does give it some depth.

Recently, I invested in a glass media mat as well and it helps to keep my watercolors diluted on it (which I can then clean off with a wet wipe). I colored around the floral arrangements in a very light green. Once it dried, I stamped the sentiment “you’re so wonderful” from Blooming Bunch.

To finish it off, I die-cut the panel with the large dotted rectangle frame from Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon & Frames. I then adhered the panel to my white card base with double-sided adhesive. Simple but pretty. I stamped a lot of the Studio Katia flowers on watercolor cardstock and keep them in a bin so I can practice coloring over the next few weeks. I hope this inspires you to go watercolor!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Spring Bouquet
Blooming Bunch
Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon & Frames

Easy Textured Watercolor Background with Laura

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Hi everyone! It’s Laura here, and today I am back with a card I made using the super adorable Mermaid for Each Other stamp set.
As a first step I stamped my images on Bristol Vellum cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink, heat embossed them with white embossing powder, and colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I created a color chart where I listed all the markers I used, so that you can use it as a reference, in case you’d like to reproduce this card. When I was done coloring the images I die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I then started working on my background. I took some watercolor cardstock, and, using the wet on wet technique, I added some color with my Gansai Tambi (I used the pans number 38, 61 and 67). While the cardstock was still wet I added some water droplets and some kitchen salt. This little trick allows to effortlessly create a beautiful texture on your watercolor pieces.

Once the background was dry I cut it first with the rectangle die in the Darling Ribbon Creative Dies, and then used one of the dies in the Dotted Patterns – Set 1 to cut the focal panel out of the watercolor background. I used the same rectangle die and the star die in the Mini Tags 1 set to cut some white cardstock, and then layered the three panels to create a fun design on my card. For some extra dimension I popped up the central panel with some fun foam.

As a finishing touch I added some Nuvo Drops in red to create some contrast on the card.
I also recorded a video showing how I created this project- you can watch it down below. And don’t forget to subscribe to the Studio Katia channel for more inspiration from the design team!

And that’s it for today! I really hope you enjoyed the post and the video, and I hope I inspired you to create with this adorable stamp set! Thank you all so much for stopping by, and have a great day!

Laura

SUPPLIES

Mermaid For Each Other | Clear Stamp Set
Mermaid For Each Other | Coordinating Dies
Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon & Frames | Creative Dies
Dotted Patterns Set – 1 | Creative Dies
Dotted Patterns: Mini Tags 1 | Creative Dies

Birthday Fishes with Rubeena

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Hello, friends! Rubeena here from A Rare Ruby. This month’s theme on the Studio Katia Blog is under the sea or summer cards. I’m a big fan of underwater themes so I was excited to play with Under the Sea.

I started by stamping several of the images with a Copic-friendly black dye ink and colored with Copic markers. I die-cut them using the Under the Sea Coordinating Dies.

I like adding dots to give it a more textured look. White dots definitely make images pop so I added them to the jellyfish.

For the background, I used blue-green shades of Copic markers on Yupo translucent paper. The amazing thing about Yupo paper is that it’s synthetic so the colors do not get absorbed like regular cardstock. If you keep mixing or adding colors over one another, you can get unique looks. Another option would be to use alcohol inks or Copic marker refills to get a messy underwater look.

I die-cut a large oval from Dotted Ovals Creative Dies and used the frame over the background. I glued it all to a white base and then added the images with foam tape.

The sentiment was heat-embossed in white on black cardstock. I trimmed it down and added it below my scene. There are so many different ways to create an underwater theme. My fabulous teammates have been sharing all month long on the blog and social media so I hope you’ve been feeling inspired to create some of your own.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Under the Sea
Under the Sea Coordinating Dies
Dotted Ovals Creative Dies

Underwater world | by Galina Filippenko

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Hello everyone!

I want to share with you my underwater world on a card 🙂

I decided to convert houses into sunken city. I choosed three big stamps and stamped them on a watercolor paper. Using masking techique I add uderwater critters and seaweeds. I* stamped all images with archival black ink.

Next I applied distress inks, I used almost all shades of blue inks that I have 🙂 I started with latest color and finish with darkest on edges.

Next I cover the card background using wave mask and dab on using wet paper towel, I picked  some amount of ink and get nice waves through all my background. I add more “waves” using white gel pen. Next I colored a little bit all images with distress markers. Because I colored on a blue surface I got nice underwater look of the card background.

To add more interest to the little fishes I create a fish scales using SK  glitter and Ranger matt glue. To finish my card I add a sentiment on a banner and a lot of bubbles and crystals.

Have a great day!

Galina

Supplies:

Brush stroke waves Stencil

Whimsical Town | Clear Stamp Set

Mermaid For Each Other | Clear Stamp Set

Under the Sea | Clear Stamp Set

Dotted Patterns Set 2 

Best friend Stamp set

Iridescent bubbles

Ocean waves Crystals

Clear drops

Under the Sea with Erum

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Studio Katia Under the Sea | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

Hello friends! Erum here today with an awesome Under the Sea card.

Studio Katia Under the Sea | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

I love this card! I usually don’t make these kind of cards but this was SO much fun and I had a blast.

I started by inking my panel with distress inks and then used the Brush Strokes Waves Stencil to pick up some ink with the help of a damp tissue.

Studio Katia Under the Sea | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

After the background was ready, I coloured all the images with Prismacolors. This took a bit of time, I mostly did this while watching a tv show 🙂

Studio Katia Under the Sea | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

After colouring the images, I used the coordinating dies to die cut them and started arranging them to build my scene.

Studio Katia Under the Sea | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

After popping up the elements, I added some Just Chunky Confetti Glitter and Dots Chunky Confetti Glitter.

Studio Katia Under the Sea | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

I hope you liked my card as much as I did.

Studio Katia Under the Sea | Erum Tasneem | @pr0digy0

Thank you for stopping by!

-Erum

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Under the Sea Stamp Set

Under the Sea Coordinating Dies 

Brush Strokes Waves Stencil

Just Chunky Confetti Glitter

Dots Chunky Confetti Glitter

 

 

Shell-ebration Card plus Tag Set with Laura

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Hi everyone! It’s Laura here, and today I am back with a mini set composed of a card and a coordinating tag I created using the Shell-ebration Stamp Set.
For the background of both the card and the tag I used stencils, Nuvo Glimmer Paste (Moonstone) and Distress Oxides (Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch). I blended the inks on some smooth cardstock, used a baby wipe to lift off some of the pigment through the stencils, and then applied the Glimmer Paste with a spatula. For the card I used the Bubbles stencil, and for the tag I used the Brush Stroke Waves Stencil.
I then stamped the turtle from the Shell-ebration stamp set and some of the smaller images from the Under the Sea stamp set, colored them with Spectrum Noir Markers and cut them with the coordinating dies. I also created a reference chart for your convenience where I listed all the markers I used.

Both the card and the tag have a window structure. For the card I created the front of the window using the Dotted Patterns Darling Ribbon Creative Dies,

and for the tag I used the Dotted Shaker Tag 2 Creative Dies.

I glued some of the images directly on the background and some on the window panels, that I coated with acetate. The sentiments come from the Shell-ebration stamp set and are heat embossed over white cardstock. To embellish my projects even more I used Majestic Confetti and Nuvo Jewel Drops.

I also recorded a video tutorial showing how I created today’s card, you can watch it down below. And don’t forget to subscribe to the Studio Katia channel for more inspiration from the design team.

And that’s it for today! I really hope you liked the post and enjoyed the video, and I hope I inspired you to create with the super cute Shell-ebration stamp set! Thank you all so much for stopping by, and have a great day

Laura

SUPPLIES

Shell-ebration | Clear Stamp Set
Shell-ebration | Coordinating Dies
Under the Sea | Clear Stamp Set
Under the Sea | Coordinating Dies
Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon | Creative Dies
Dotted Shaker Tag – 2 | Creative Dies
Bubbles | Creative Stencil
Brush Stroke Waves | Creative Stencil
Majestic | Confetti

Framed No line Lovely Blooms Watercoloring with Ilda

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Hello Everyone!

Ilda here from I Love Doing All things crafty and I’m back today with a no line watercoloring project featuring the Lovely Blooms  from the latest Release.

I loved how the coloring of these flowers turned out so I just had to frame it! Difficult to see from these photos, but the gentle shimmer is so pretty in real life.

I began by stamping the Lovely Blooms onto watercolor paper using fadeout ink. I then took the time to watercolor these blooms using some Shimmery Watercolor crayons that I had picked up from Michael’s so long ago and hadn’t used them, so it was about time. To turn the crayons into watercolors, I rubbed the crayon onto a watercolor dish, added a drop of water and mixed the pigment with the brush until I was happy with color and consistency of the watercolor.

I’m not going to lie, this watercoloring was a bit time consuming but I really did enjoy the process as I learn a little more each time and I find it very relaxing. Plus, I have been participating in Kathy Racoosins #thedailymarker challenge and this piece, of course, is one of my challenge pieces. I guess you only get better if you keep practicing and for me, I still trying to learn how to use all the different media I have 😉

Other than adding highlights with a white gelly roller pen and some glossy accents to a few of the flowers, that was it for this project. Sometimes less is more. Of course, this could easily still be turned into a card in the future.

Thank you all for joining me today, I hope this Framed No line Watercoloring of the Lovely Blooms with Watercolor Crayons was inspiring for you.

Have a lovely day!

Ilda

SUPPLIES:

Lovely Blooms | Clear Stamp Set

Kobi Bearing Gifts at Your Door Card by Ilda

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Hello Everyone!

Ilda here from I Love Doing All Things Crafty, and I am super excited to share with you my first card on the Studio Katia Blog featuring the new Kobi Bearing Gifts Stamp Set. I wanted to create a doorway scene where Kobi is coming to your house with his arms filled with presents and balloons.

For this card, I began by coloring out Kobi and his gifts using Zig Pens and then used the Coordinating Dies to dies cut the images. Next, I worked on the card background, I wanted to make it look like Kobi was also carrying a bunch of balloons with him. So I used the Bubble Stencil and Distress Oxide inks and blended out a bunch of different sized bubbles to create the balloons in the background. For some extra sparkle, I used some multi medium matte glue and added some drops here and there to glue down some sprinkles of the Just Chunky Glitter.

Did anyone notice my doormat? In hindsight, I wished I had filmed the process, but my time is so limited these days so the next best thing I could do was to take process pics. This way you can refer to them if you want to do the same. I had so much fun making this cute little mat and it was super easy to do!

The first thing I did was die cut the middle sized Stitch Border Die using a similarly colored piece of paper of the string I was using. I then trimmed length of the mat to a size that would fit the window of the card.  BTW, I did not use embroidery string as I didn’t have the color I wanted, so I used a crochet yarn which worked just as well.

Here is how I achieved the carpet-like effect.
I doubled up the thread, this way it fills up the entire mat with minimal effort.
As I worked on each row of stitches, I used a crochet needle to lift up the thread from the die cut. You could use a thin straw or a skewer to do this as well (see image below).

As you can see from the above image, I have an odd number of rows. So I just did the same thing with the crochet needle and wrapped the thread around it without creating a cross stitch.

Now that the mat is all stitched, I used a sharp pair of scissors and cut down the center of each row. I had a few spots that the lengths of the thread were longer than others so I trimmed as I found necessary.

I also used strong double sided adhesive to hold the stitches in place from behind. I then removed the adhesive backing and then stuck it down to the card base.

Next, I added doubled up foam tape behind Kobi and adhered his feet to the carpet using some multi medium matte glue and attached the gift to the carpet/mat the same way.

To finish off this card and to create the illusion of a doorway,  I used the largest die from the Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon Dies and also the largest frame die from the Dotted Patterns: Set 2 Dies and used foam tape to pop up the frame. Before adhering it to the front of the card I stamped one of the sentiments from the Birthday Greetings Set.

I hope you learned something new today and were inspired by my Kobi Bearing Gifts Card. Until next time have a great crafty Day!

Supplies:

Birthday Greetings | Clear Stamp Set

Kobi Bearing Gifts | Clear Stamp Set

Kobi Bearing Gifts | Coordinating Dies

Bubbles | Creative Stencil

Stitch Borders | Creative Die

Dotted Patterns: Set 2 | Creative Dies

Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon | Creative Dies

Just | Chunky Confetti Glitter

Congratulations on a new home! with Kaja

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Hi there,

It’s Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I have prepared a simple new home card. 🙂

Take a look:

When I first saw the Whimsical town stamp set I imediatly got the idea for this card and now I finally made the idea come true!

I decided to stamp out 3 houses from the set and put them in the center of the square piece of paper. I added some trees, stairs and even a garbage bin and then I colored everything using alcohol markers.

Next, I used blender marker to make some clear dots in the blue background, but I felt like the dots weren’t enough, so I added some glossy accents glue over them to make them pop just a bit. The glue dries clear and it gives just enough interest to the background. If you want to add even more dimension you can use Clear round drops which give a really nice finished look.

After my glue was dry I die cut my scene using Dotted patterns: Scalloped square. I love the scalloped border, so I die cut another square using the same die and a white card stock, but I just used the thin border you see around the main panel.

The only thing left to do was to stamp and glue down the sentiment. I used ‘congratulations!’ that can be found in Whimsical town stamp set and I stamped it on a white cardstock that I cut down to a small banner. I popped it up using double sided foam squares.

Then, I glued the scalloped square down using double sided tape and this finished up the card.

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

SUPPLIES:

Studio Katia – Whimsical town

Studio Katia dies – Dotted patterns: Scalloped square

Throwback Thursday with the Team + Giveaway-s!

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Hello friends! It’s Thursday and we’re on our way to Creativation!

Today we have a special post for you + Giveaways! Our amazing design team has selected some of their favorites. Scroll down to see the giveaway!

Now the fun part!

GIVEAWAY-S!

There are 3 prizes in total, one winner will be selected at random from each social media ( 1 from this blog post, 1 from the Instagram, 1 from Facebook) Each winner will select their choice of stamp set and 5 embellishments + something from the upcoming new release. All winners will be announced on this blog on Tuesday January 23, 2018.

You have up to 3 chances to qualify to win:
– Tell us what’s your favorite product and what would you like to see more of in the future. Leave a comment here by Sunday, January 21, 2018
– Like us on Facebook   (there is a giveaway on Facebook as well!)
– Follow us (@studiokatia) on Instagram (there is a giveaway on Instagram as well!)

Happy Day!

Katia