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Framed No line Lovely Blooms Watercoloring with Ilda

/ CATEGORIES - Floral Cards, Other

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

/ CATEGORIES - Other

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

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Other

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!

/ CATEGORIES - Other

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

Theme Week | Hearts/Valentines – Day 5. Sweet Valentine’s day card with Laura

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Other, Theme Week, Valentines Day Cards

 

Hello everyone! It’s Laura here with a sweet Valentine’s day card for the current Studio Katia Theme Week. For this card I combined the new Kobi’s Hugs and Kisses stamp set with the Sweet Heart Candy stamp set – they work perfectly together!
As a first step, I stamped images from the Kobi’s Hugs and Kisses set on some Neenah Solar White cardstock, I colored them with alcohol markers and cut them with the coordinating dies. I also added some highlights with a white gel pen.

For the background panel I cut some Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock using the Dotted Patterns: Loops Creative Dies. I did some ink blending with Distress Inks and added water splashes for some extra interest.
The card base is some dark gray cardstock that I cut with the rectangle die in the Darling Ribbon and Dotted Frames Creative Dies set.

 

I then adhered everything together, and, as a last step, I stamped several of the sentiments in the Sweet Heart Candy stamp set using Versamark ink.
And that’s it for today’s card! I really hope you liked it and I hope I inspired you to create with these wonderful Studio Katia products!
Thank you all so much for stopping by and have a great day,

Laura

 

SUPPLIES

Theme Week | Hearts/Valentines – Day 4 Floral Heart Birthday with Svetlana

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, Floral Cards, Other, Theme Week

Happy Thursday friends!

Today is Day 4 of Studio Katia theme week and I have a floral heart for you featuring the Floral Trimmings stamp set. This set is so versatile, I just love it.

I’ve created my own stencil from printer paper. This was very easy to create thanks to MISTI. I’ve placed my card-stock and placed the one of the stamps. On top of my card-stock I’ve placed my stencil and stamped the image.Then I repeated the process with another side. Creating a seamless floral heart. Then I repeated the process with another side. Creating a seamless floral heart.

I coloured all the images with copic markers, next added the sentiment with white heat embossing, and added another sentiment on a black card-stock.

To finish off the card I’ve added clear drops and pink crystals from Cupid’s Kiss Crystals.

Have a great day!
Svetlana

SUPPLIES:
Floral Trimmings | Clear Stamp Set
Blooming Bunch | Clear Stamp Set
Cupid’s Kiss Crystals
Clear Round Drops – Mix
Mini MISTI

 

Theme Week | Hearts/Valentines – Day 3 Floral Valentine Card with Natalia

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards, Other, Theme Week, Valentines Day Cards

Hello, everyone. Natalia is here. Today I will show you my version of Valentine’s card in the framework of thematic week dedicated to February, 14th.

I took Neenah Environment 100 LB SMOOTH DESERT STORM Paper and cut of the workpiece. From the beginning I decided that I will make no line coloring with pencils, so my next step was to stamp Floral Trimmings set using Altenew Rocky Shore crisp dye ink pads, placing the image at the top the workpiece.

Next stage was to color with markers all the elements, to prepare them to coloring with pencils (it’s easier to me to color with pencils above markers). I took Touch Twin and Copic alcohol markers of green, beige, pink, red and peach shades. After all flowers were colored, I began to color with pencils. As usual there are 2-3 pencils (mostly 2) for one color excluding white color, which sometimes allocates glares and plays the role of blender.

After that I took the piece of Neenah Environment 100 LB SMOOTH DESERT STORM Paper, emboss ink pad and white powder for embossing and made sentiment from Best Ever and And the Fox Says sets. Then I cut this workpiece using Dotted Patterns Set – 1 frame die and stuck fun foam to it for the volume. So I did to sentiment. All the element I glued to the base of the card and decorated with Clear Round Drops – Mix.

 

Thanks A Latte with Tracy

/ CATEGORIES - CAS, Coffee Cards, Other, Thank You Cards

Hey lovelies, Tracy here today sharing with you a card I created using the new Sweet Latte Set.

Anyone that knows me knows I am a total coffee addict and love all things coffee so i was SO happy when I saw this new stamp set. One thing I always like to have plenty of is Thank You cards, so this sentiment was perfect.

I stamped the latte cup and small heart from the set onto some Kraft card using Old Paper Distress ink and then used the rectangle from Dotted Patterns one die set to cut the piece out, I also die cut a circle from the centre.

I took some Neenah card stock and stamped both of the latte cups and then did some very basic pencil colouring and used the matching dies to cut them out. with the left over piece of Neenah I randomly stamped the small coffee bean from the set using brown dye ink. I also stamped the Thanks A Latte Sentiment and used the banner die from the new Best Ever Set to die cut the piece out.

Once that was all done I adhered the coffee bean piece to an A2 card and adhered the kraft panel over the top. The two latte cups I adhered one flat and the other with foam tape to give some dimension to the card, same with the sentiment banner.

I did toy with the idea of adding some sequins or gems but decided to leave it. This card is idea if you wanted to give someone a gift card to a coffee place, or just for a coffee crazy friend like me.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope I have inspired you.

I also want to wish you all a very happy holidays and thank you all for your comments in 2017.

Tracy

December 2017 Release Day 4: Floral Trimmings + Best Ever + Magic Hearts Crystals + Sweet Heart Candy

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards, New Release, Other, Sneak Peek

Hello Crafty Friends!

Welcome to the final day!

This month we have some amazing products for you – stamps, dies, sequins and more crystals! All new products will be available on Friday, December 15th at 8am EST. Be sure to stop by the every day this week and join us this TOMORROW for the BLOG HOP filled with tons of inspiration fun and giveaways!

In case you missed our previous posts:
Day 1: Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop + Sweet Latte + Coffee Script
Day 2: Blooming Bunch + Dotted Loops
Day 3: Kobi’s Hugs & Kisses + Cupid’s Kiss Crystals + Red Hearts Crystals

Today we would like to introduce you to the:

Floral Trimmings Clear Stamp Set – this is a puzzle floral 4×6 set. You can use this as a background stripe or fill the entire page. Create tri-fold cards or create beautiful edges. Possibilities are endless.

This template shows just a few of the ideas of how you can position this stamp set.

Best Ever Clear Stamp Set – This is a 4×4 stamp set. The Best Stamp Ever? See what we did there??  You can turn any sentiment into Best Ever. Coordinating dies can be used with the stamp set of on it’s own.

Magic Hearts | Crystals – these are mirror finish crystals with silver back. These will add shine to any project.

Lastly our Sweet Heart Candy Stamp set is getting a coordinating die. This die can be used on it’s own or with the stamp set.


Let’s see what our amazing team has for us today! Be sure to head to each design team members blog for details by clicking on the photos.

Amanda’ Card

Amanda created a Best Mom card, Best Ever stamp set features hand drawn calligraphy, that’s a great addition and can be used with virtually any stamp set.

Galina’s CardI created my card using fabulous stamp set “Floral Trimming” I stamped both floral borders close to each other on the white cardstock and colored flowers with Copic markers. Then I diecuted small circles using inner die from Dotted Patterns – Loops and glued negative die cut on the card base with adhesive tape and small round die cuts I attached with adhesive foam to create dimensional background. For the sentiment You’re Spectacular from And The Fox Says Clear Stamp Set. 

Svitlana’s CardFor my card I decided to use one of my favorite technique – spotlight image. I stamped a Floral Trimming onto a card base. Also stamped it one more time onto a panel and die-cut three hexagons using Dotted Mini Tags 1 Die Set out of this panel. I colored die-cut images and foam mounted them onto the card.

Using Best Ever Die Set I die – cut two words for the sentiment, colored them using COPICs and adhered onto the card. Stamped the word ‘friend’ and added clear drops to finish off the card.

Olga’s Card

I started working on my card by heat embossing floral trimmings in Hero Arts white embossing powder. Next, I colored images with Zig markers. I really wanted to make a spring card. So I took delicate and bright colors: blue, yellow, pink, pale pink, green and light green, mint. All together they look great and create a pleasant mood.

Then I stamped “You’re so wonderful” sentiment using black ink onto my cardstock.

Once my background was finished I added some Mint Dream Crystals mix

Thank You for stopping by!

Katia

December 2017 Release Day 2: Blooming Bunch

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Floral Cards, New Release, Other

Hello Crafty Friends!

Welcome to the Day 2 of the December Release Preview!

This month we have some amazing products for you – stamps, dies, sequins and more crystals! All new products will be available on Friday, December 15th at 8am EST. Be sure to stop by the every day this week and join us this Friday for the BLOG HOP filled with tons of inspiration fun and giveaways!

In case you missed our yesterday’s post:
Day 1: Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop + Sweet Latte + Coffee Script

Today we would like to introduce you to the:

Blooming Bunch – this hand drawn bouquet is perfect for your coloring projects.

Svetlana’s cardFor today’s card I used a giant bouquet from the new set “blooming bunch”. I die cut the the largest frame from the Dotted Patterns | Set and then stamped my image. I colored my floral with distress ink markers.  С I used white heat embossing for the sentiment.  To finish off the card I’ve added a few Clear Round Drops | Mix. I hope you like it. Svetlana.

Tracy’s CardThis is such a beautiful stamp and I wanted to keep this clean and simple. I used no line coloring technique and used Prismacolour pencils.

Kristina’s Card

I wanted to create a soft elegant card with golden accents. This beautiful floral set is great for any occasion.  Natalia’s CardI have always loved cards with flowers. Once I started to make cards with characters, but I still missing flowers. When I got new set I was so excited and started make card enthusiastically. I made a lot of different options, but this one is the best IMHO. After I’ve colored couple of work-pieces I knew, what to do next – I’ll cut them off. I toned the background with Altenew inks, cut the window for shaker using Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames die, filled it with sequins from the new release. I stuck the bud above and made the sentiment using hot embossing on acetate

Thank you for stopping by!
Katia