Hi crafty friends! As Christmas is fast approaching, I’m gearing up on making holiday cards. Unlike last year I did everything at the last minute and almost didn’t get any done. So, this year I’m making sure not to be rush and feel the stress of the holidays. So let’s get crafting!

Today I’m showcasing the cute ‘Winter Kobi’ stamp and die set. I just love all the little accessories that comes with the set. It’s perfect for creating your scene.

For my card I created a simple wintery scene. For my panel I used Neenah Desert Storm and die cut my panel using ‘Scallop Frame’ creative dies. Then I created my own sloped hill by drawing it on a paper and used scissors to cut it. You can also use any sloped hill die you have on hand.

I used a white pigment ink with a sponge dubber to create the snowy hill. For the sky I used salty ocean distress oxide using a sponge dubber as well.

Once my wintery scene was done. I colored all my images with copics. I adhered all my images with foam tape and added twine for the sleigh. To finish the card I used one of the sentiment from ‘Friends of Winter’ stamp set.

That finishes the card for today! Hope I inspired you all to get a head start on your Christmas cards and what better way than with this cute stamp.

Happy crafting,
Rowena

SUPPLIES:

Winter Kobi | Clear Stamp Set

Winter Kobi | Coordinating Dies

Friends of Winter | Clear Stamp Set

Dotted Patterns: Scallop Frame | Creative Dies

Hello Everyone!

We continue our Back to School Theme Week and even have a special SALE for you today as well. Make sure to read to the end to not miss a special discount code. It’s Liliuska’s turn to bring you some more school inspiration.

Since male cards are the tricky ones usually, I decided to make couple cards for male teachers. I hope you will find these helpful and fun to recreate. 😉
I picked blue and black cardstock for my cards, as I like to create pair. This way I can always play around my idea and have two slightly different cards while I already have all the stamps out anyway. I made two card bases and die cut two panels out both sheets of cardstock.

I started with blue panel. I grabbed a dark shade of blue ink and stamped one row with pencil stamp. I stamped the same row on masking paper to make a mask and covered the bottom row. Next I stamped two more rows, stamping one pencil higher than the rest to make it stand out. For that pencil I stamped eyes, glasses and moustache. I also decided to colour it with pencils to make it pop even more. I stamped the sentiment in black ink and embossed it with clear embossing with some glitter, just for fun. I also masked the very edge of the panel and added white shades with white ink. For this I like to use my fingers instead of sponges. I use daubers and sponges for all colours of ink except for white. I guess I feel I can control the process a little better.

Now is the turn to work on my card base. Since I picked black base for this it had to remind blackboard. I grabbed two small images and stamped them alternatively, making a pattern. Once stamped images were dry I shaded all the edges with white ink. I adhered blue panel to the base using foam tape to add some dimension.

For the second card I picked black panel and played around the blackboard theme as well. This time I also stamped pencil image multiple times, only now I decided to stamp top part of the panel. To make one of the pencils stand out I heat embossed with white embossing powder, and did the same with the sentiment and a little cup holder. All other pencils were simply stamped with white ink. I also added some shading on the panel edges using white ink and added a bit of detail to the embossed pencil with white pencil. This panel I adhered to the blue base using double-sided tape. 🙂

SUPPLIES:

Teacher’s Apple | Clear Stamp Set

Smarty Pants | Clear Stamp Set

Dotted Patterns Set – 1 | Creative Dies

I had lots of fun playing with these stamps and hope you were inspired by my idea!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Hello everyone and welcome back! Laurie here to share a super fun birthday card! One of my favourite things to do is die cut!! There is something so satisfying when you remove that piece of cardstock from the die. Another one of my favourite things is colouring. I recently invested in some Copic markers and am loving them!! So, let’s check out my project!!

I started by cutting the rectangle die from the Dotted Patterns Set 1 out of some white cardstock. I knew I wanted some sort of banner on this card so I took the small scalloped edged die and ran this through also with white cardstock.

This particular die is very cool. It can be used to create pretty slits in your projects to insert gift cards, etc. In this case, I trimmed it to become a banner shape. I layered this piece onto black cardstock and trimmed around it to give some contrast…you will see this in the finished card 🙂

Next, I stamped the presents and party hats from the super cute Kobi the Birthday Bear stamp set and chose some Copic markers.

The presents to the right was a total human error! Please ignore.

I love the shapes and designs on these images! Whimsical and so much fun to colour! I die cut everything out with the Co-ordinating Dies.

Before I put my card together, I decided the white panel was a little too stark, so I squished some Black Soot Distress Ink onto an acrylic block, added water and using a brush, created some splatters.

I started by adhering my banner directly onto the card panel. For the sentiment, I white heat embossed “Happy Birthday” onto a strip of black cardstock (the sentiment is also from Kobi). I snipped one end to make a fishtail banner. I adhered this on top of the banner.

I placed some black and white ribbon around the top of the banner and sentiment and adhered the panel on to a white cardbase using fun foam. I adhered the hats and presents in a fairly random order using a combination of tape runner and foam adhesive.

For a bit of added sparkle I used various sizes of sequins from the Crystal Clear Fusion…love these things!!

I hope you enjoyed todays project and got inspired to do some colouring and die-cutting!! Thank you SO much for stopping by!!

Have a great week!!!

Laurie