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Quick and Easy Card Using Large Stamps

June 19, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Other

Hey lovelies, Tracy here with you today.

I recently saw someone say they felt intimidated by large stamps, especially large floral stamps. I decided to create a card thats not only quick to create, but you also do not need to be a colourist.

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I wanted to go for a slightly faded, almost distressed look for this card and I have used the new Floral Garden Stamp and stamped it directly onto a top folding A2 card. I used Rose Gold inkpad for this and only stamped once for that look, I really wanted the Sentiment to pop.

For the sentiment I have used the new It’s Your Birthday Stamp set and I stamped that twice using black ink to make it really pop.

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You could easily heat emboss this sort of stamp, or even use a watermark pad onto a dark coloured card, the possibilites are endless and you really do not need to color it to have an impact or make it a stamp you reach for time and time again.

I couldnt resist adding some of the new Pastel Rainbow Confetti to finish the card off and it is done.

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So there is an easy way to use a large floral stamp that does not include colouring.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, have a great day .

Items used –

Floral Garden Stamp

It’s Your Birthday Stamp set

Pastel Rainbow Confetti

Rainbow Stenciled Thanks

June 3, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Other

Hey everyone, Tracy here with you today sharing a card I created using the Mosaic Hearts Stencil.

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I started off by selecting the Oxide Inks I wanted to use and then secured the stencil over a piece of Neenah card. Starting from the top I used a ink blending tool and moved down the stencil in rainbow order, taking extra care and rather than moving in a circular motion as I normally would I used a swiping motion.

I then set that aside to dry and die cut a heart from some vellum and I used the thanks die from the A Cup Of Thanks co ordinating set and die cut it three times, once from silver glitter card and twice from Neenah. I adhered these today for dimension, slightly offsetting the glitter one to create a shadow effect.

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I trimmed down some of the same silver card stock to slightly bigger than the stenciled piece which I die cut using Dotted Patterns Set One. I used some strong tape to adhere these together and onto a A2 cardbase.

I then started to assemble the card, for dimension I added some foam tape to the back of the vellum heart, hiding them behind the thanks.

To finish off I added some of the Crystal Rainbow Confetti.

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Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you all have an amazing day.

Happy crafting.

Supplies-

Mosaic Hearts Stencil

A Cup Of Thanks Die

Dotted Patterns Set 1

Crystal Rainbow Confetti.

Cards for Teachers by Erum

May 31, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Back To School Cards, Cards, Other, Thank You Cards

Hi there everyone! Erum here. I have a fun colourful card set to share with you today. I actually made these for my nephew to give to his teachers on his last day of his current class.

I have actually “copied” one of my previous card designs and replicated the background but switched the stamps.

I started by adhering the die cut panel out of the Halftone Dots Cover Die to a plain cardstock panel of the same size. After the glue was dry, I applied watercolour to the panel and left it overnight to dry and straighten under heavy books.

I used the stamps from Kobi Loves School and used a mixed of watercolour and marker colouring to colour the images. I also added glossy accents to the balloons and the apple that Kobi’s holding.

Had so much fun making these cards and because giving these sort of handmade cards is still not as common here where I live, these were a hit among everyone!

I hope you like them too!

Thank you for stopping by.

SUPPLIES

Kobi Loves School

Halftone Dots Cover Die

No Line Watercolor with Laura

May 17, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, Floral Cards, Other

Hi everyone! It’s Laura here and today I am back with a post and a video showing how to create a floral birthday card! Today I decided to experiment with the no-line watercolor technique, and for my focal image I chose the gorgeous florals in the Studio Katia Kind Bouquet stamp set.

I started by stamping the image in the Kind Bouquet stamp set over some watercolor cardstock, using some very light ink. I then painted the flowers with my Gansai Tambi Watercolors and, once the painting was done, I die cut them with the coordinating dies.
For more details about watercoloring with the no-line technique you can watch the video at the end of this post.

I then created a quick background by applying a light wash of watercolor on some more watercolor cardstock, that I die cut with the Scallop Hearts Cover die. I added some extra detail with the Brush Stroke Waves stencil and Distress Oxide in Antique Linen
For my base layer, I die cut some more watercolor cardstock using the Darling Ribbon and Frames dies and blended Distress Oxides in Aged Mahogany and Tattered Rose on its edges.

As a last step I stamped one of the sentiments in the Blooming Bunch stamp set with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide, and that finished off my card.

If you would like to see the card making process in more detail, you can watch the video down below! And don’t forget to subscribe to the Studio Katia channel for more inspiration!

Thank you all so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Laura

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Have a SHARK-TASTIC party with Natalia

May 7, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Cards, Other

Hi there! It’s Natalia here and today I share with you my super cute diorama/shadow box card using beautiful Studio Katia supplies from the latest release – JAWSOME and UNDER THE SEA.

First, I stamped the cute images from the JAWSOME and UNDER THE SEA. Colored with copic markers and die cutting them with coordinating dies.

Next, I blended some distress inks onto white piece of paper. One of the panels I inked using BRUSH STROKE WAVES CREATIVE STENCIL and Nuvo Glimmer paste. Another 3 white pieces of paper I die cutting with SCALLOP OBL ONG, DARLING RIBBON & FRAMES CREATIVE DIES At the end I cut big simple frame using paper knife.

This 3 panels had next dimensions: 13.6 x 16.6, 13.6 x 14.6 and 13.6 x 12.6. Panels scored at 3 and 13.6; 2 and 12.6; 1 and 11.6 accordingly and the flaps are glued together after the overlap. Then I diecut windows in decreasing size in the center of each to get more of a tunneled-look to my card. (All dimensions are in cm.)

Placed all the elements on the white paper panels using double-sided foam tape. Heat embossed the sentiment from JAWSOME stamp set using white powder.

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

SUPPLIES:

BRUSH STROKE WAVES CREATIVE STENCIL

SCALLOP OBL ONG

DARLING RIBBON & FRAMES CREATIVE DIES

Shark-tastick birthday card with Galina

May 1, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, CAS, New Release, Other

Hi everyone! It’s Galina and I’m ready to share with you one more card with amazing Jawsome stamp set. This time I decided to make a night scene inside of heart shaped window. Because all cool birthday parties begins in the evening! 🙂

I started with creating night sky, I simply apply yellow distress ink on a right corner and then I apply blue distress inks all over yellow spot. Next I draw waves with copic markers and add few white stars with white gel pen. I cut out moon and few clouds from white cardstock and color them with markers.

Also I cut out a rectangle panel and heart inside of it. I foam mount this panel on my colorful background. I stamp and color shark boy (just adore him:)) with copic markers and I put a beautiful fish bouquet in his fin.

At last I stamped sentiment with versa mark black ink and add few sequins to embellish my card.

Hope you lke this card!

See you soon

Supplies

Summer Floral Card with Laura

April 24, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Other

Hi everyone! It’s Laura here, and today I am back with a summer themed floral card and a video showing you how to create it!

As a first step I stamped the gorgeous flowers from the Aloha stamp set on Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock and colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. I then die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I then created my sunset sky with Distress Inks. I used Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade, and blended them on some Bristol Smooth cardstock.

I added stars to the sky with Perfect Pearls in Perfect Gold, Perfect Copper and Perfect Pearl: I diluted them with water and used a paintbrush to create droplets over my background.

I created a window panel by die cutting some white cardstock with the Darling Ribbon & Frames dies, and glued everything together. The larger floral image is raised over one layer of foam tape, and the rest is glued down flat.

I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder over black cardstock and added a scattering of sequins from the Summer Fusion Mix – it was just perfect for this card!

To add even more sparkle and shine to the card, I coated the flowers and the leaves with a Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Pen. I hope the picture below can give you a bit of an impression of how shimmery this card turned out!

As I mentioned, I recorded a video tutorial for you, showing how to create this summer floral card featuring the Studio Katia Aloha stamp set. You can watch it down below or directly on the Studio Katia YouTube channel!

And that’s it for today! I really hope you liked today’s card and enjoyed the video!
Thank you all so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Laura

SUPPLIES

Aloha | Clear Stamps
Aloha | Coordinating Dies
Darling Ribbon & Frames | Creative Dies
Summer Fusion | Sequin Mix
Glue

I love you – Using scraps

April 17, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Other

Hey lovelies, Tracy here with you today sharing a card I created that is a great way to use up those scraps.

I have used glitter card scraps but any will work.

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I started off trimming down a piece of white card stock and then using the Sweet Heart Candy die I die cut 6 heart windows.

I then trimmed another piece of card down to be slightly smaller and covered it in adhesive. I then took the thin scrap pieces I had (if yours aren’t like this then just trim them down, it doesn’t have to be exact) and adhered them going diagonally across the piece of card. Once this was done I trimmed off any excess.

I then took a sentiment from the Jawsome stamp set and stamped it at the bottom of the card. The next step I adhered the glittered piece behind the hearts, making sure to line it all up correctly.

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I then created an a2 top folding note card and used some foam tape to adhere the panel to the card. I was tempted to add some gems or sequins but wanted the glitter pieces to be the focal point so I decided not to.

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This was a fun card to make and is GREAT for using up those scrap, it can be done with most dies so why not have a look through your dies and see what you can create.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you have a great day.

Happy crafting.

Items used-

Sweet Heart Candy die

Jawsome stamp set

Jawesome Card with Laura

March 27, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Other

Hi everyone! It’s Laura here and today I am back with a card featuring the new Jawesome stamp set! Stay tuned until the endo of this post, as there is a video tutorial showing how to make it!

As a first step I started working on the ocean background. I die cut some Canson XL watercolor cardstock with the scalloped rectangle die in the Scallop Hearts Cover set and did some very quick watercoloring with Gansai Tambi watercolors.

I also created a sand bank by die cutting some more watercolor cardstock with the Darling Ribbon & Frame dies and the Trimmings Border dies. I painted it with Gansai Tambi Watercolors and I started working on my images.

The stamp set I used for today’s card is the new Jawesome stamp set. I stamped the images with hybrid black ink on Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock and colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. I then die cut them with the coordinating dies.

Next, I die cut the ocean background with the Scallop Hearts Cover set. I created an inlaid die-cutting effect by adhering the ocean background to a white base using one layer of foam tape. The white base was die cut with the Darling Ribbon & Frames dies.
I created my scene and glued all the elements in place, raising the sharks on some foam tape.

I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and added some final details with a white gel pen, a Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Pen and some Nuvo Drops in Morning Dew.

And that’s my card for today! As I mentioned at the beginning of this post I recorded a video tutorial for you, showing how to create this fun ocean theme card. You can watch it down below or directly on the Studio Katia channel.

Thank you all so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Laura

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Birthday Card for a Boy with Laura

March 14, 2019 / CATEGORIES - Other

Hi everyone! It’s Laura here with an easy birthday card perfect for a boy!
The stamp set I used is the Kobi Bearing Gifts stamp set. I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock and colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. I then die cut them with the coordinating dies.

For the panel where Kobi is standing I used Ranger Alcohol inks in Turquoise and Cloudy Blue and one of the dies in the Dotted Patterns Set 3 dies.

I used the same die set as well as the Dotted Ribbon and Frames dies to die cut two panels out of white cardstock. I adhered them to each other with one layer of foam tape. I also used foam tape to glue the images to my card front.

I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder over some black cardstock and trimmed a thin strip around it. I finished off the front of the card with a scattering of May Crystals.

I mounted everything on a top-folding A2 card base and I decorated the inside by stamping more balloons and the sentiment happy birthday from the Kobi Bearing Gifts stamp set. You can have a peek at the inside of the card in the video tutorial linked below.

And that’s my card for today! As I mentioned, I filmed a video tutorial showing you how to create this cute birthday card. You can watch it down below or directly on the Studio Katia channel.

And that’s it for today! I really hope you like this card and enjoyed the video! Thank you all so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Laura

SUPPLIES

Kobi Bearing Gifts Clear Stamps
Kobi Bearing Gifts Coordinating Dies
Darling Ribbon & Frames Creative Dies
Dotted Patterns Set 3 Creative Dies
May Crystals
Studio Katia Glue