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Galaxy Christmas Card with Natalia

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Winter Holidays

Hello everyone! Natalia is here.  Today I would like to show you galaxy card made with SNOWFLAKES stamp set.

I took a piece watercolor paper and coloured the panel with Gansai Tambi watercolor paint. Once it was dry I added splatter with white, golden and silver paint. After all the splatter was dry, I heat embossed snowflake images from SNOWFLAKES stamp set using white embossing powder.

I die cut out the word Merry out of gold glittered cardstock using a die from MERRY POINSETTIA die set. Next, I heat embossed the sentiment from MERRY POINSETTIA stamp set using white embossing powder. I die cut a piece of vellum and gold glittered frame using hexagon die from HALF STRIPED COVER DIE.

I adhered the panel onto a dark card base and embellished the card with some SHIMMERING ICE sequins.

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

Natalia

Supplies:

SNOWFLAKES

MERRY POINSETTIA

MERRY POINSETTIA DIES

HALF STRIPED COVER DIE

SHIMMERING ICE

Poinsettia Shaker Card with Isha Gupta

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Winter Holidays

Hello everyone! Isha here sharing a card using watercolor markers and a watercolor stencil technique.

I started by creating the background stencil layer. I dabbed green and teal distress oxide ink to the stencil, spritz it with water and put it on a watercolor mat layer color side down. Remove the stencil slowly and this leaves a subtle and beautiful faux watercolor look. Let this piece dry and then I die-cut it using the Elegant Scallop Oval die. Flick some gold paint to it.

Adhere the negative piece of the oval to the cardbase. I then adhere a piece of vellum to the back side of the mat layer to create a shaker. Put some some confelli and glitter on top of the negative piece, adhere glue all around the mat layer and adhere it to the cardbase.

Stamp and emboss the images using WOW! gold embossing powder. I colored them using Zig watercolor pens. Let it dry and then die-cut it. Flick a bit of white paint.

Adhere the images. I then die-cut the word “MERRY” and embossed it using WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Ultra High powder. This give it a raised 3D effect. Adhere the word and the sentiment to the card.

Thank you for dropping by! Have a nice crafty day!

Isha

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Lots of Gifts Slider Tag with Liliya

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Winter Holidays

Happy Friday, everyone!
I had so much fun playing with the Slider Tag Die Set. It’s a great set with lots of dies, but for today’s post I only used the dies I needed to put a slider together.

First, I started working on my focal point. I stamped Kobi from KOBI BEARING GIFTS and coloured him with alcohol markers. I added some accents on the gifts with silver and gold gel pens. I die cut it out with coordinating die.

I die cut out the front of the tag and the inside tag out of white cardstock. For the back part of the tag I picked dark teal cardstock, and die cut out reinforcers out of the same cardstock.

I stamped images from Lots of Gifs Trimmings stamp set on the top part of the tag. I also stamped the gifts border on the bottom of the inside part and a sentiment from GIFT TAG GREETINGS: WINTER.

I decided to keep the colouring simple, otherwise the tag would turn out to be too busy, and only coloured some accents on the gifts using the same colours of alcohol markers that I used on the gifts carried by Kobi. To tie the white top with the rest of the tag I ink blended the edges of the tag using Studio Katia INK BLENDER BRUSHES and Peacock Feathers Oxide Ink which matched the teal cardstock perfectly.

I assembled the tag using strong double sided tape and adhered Kobi to the moving part of the tag, making sure to glue him to the bottom part only. I also used silver and golden embroidery thread to make twine for the tag.

I left the inside of the tag plain – a spot to write a personal message.

I hope this will give you some ideas for creating your own Slider Tags. And this kind of tag would be perfect for any occasion really.

Have a wonderful and inspiring day!

Liliya

Supplies:

SLIDER TAG DIE

LOTS OF GIFTS TRIMMINGS

KOBI BEARING GIFTS

KOBI BEARING GIFTS DIES

GIFT TAG GREETINGS: WINTER

INK BLENDER BRUSHES

25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019 and Studio Katia

/ CATEGORIES - Blog Hops, Winter Holidays

Hello Everyone! We are so excited to be part of the Annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags and to be among the sponsors of this great event!

Studio Katia is giving away TWO $25 CAD Gift Certificates to Studio Katia Store! Make sure to leave comments on our designers’ blogs for your chance to win. Please visit Tracey’s Blog for more information about the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event.

 

Our fabulous DT Ladies created beautiful tags for your inspiration using fun Studio Katia products! We are so happy to share their stunning projects with you today. Please visit their blogs to leave them some love and learn more details about their creations.

Isha created a tag using our newest SLIDER TAG DIE. She used a die SIMPLE ROUND TAG die set to add a lovely Christmas ornament. The background was made with SNOW-FETTI STENCIL. Die cut word Merry is from MERRY POINSETTIA DIES and the sentiment is from POINSETTIA BORDER Stamp Set.

Galina also used SLIDER TAG DIE, this is such a fantastic and versatile set of dies! That beautiful texture was created with our FLORAL SNOWFLAKE STENCIL. Sentiments on the flap are from the HAPPY SNOWMEN Stamp Set.

Olga used the SLIDER TAG DIE and combined it with images from LOTS OF GIFTS TRIMMINGS Stamp Set and check out that cute furry gang from HAPPY PAWLIDAYS Stamp Set peeking through the slider window.

Laura used our DOTTED SHAKER TAG 1 and showcased awesome masking technique skills combining images from two stamp sets: LOTS OF GIFTS TRIMMINGS and KOBI MAKES A WISH. The sentiment is from  GIFT TAG GREETINGS: WINTER.

Ilda created two bright and colourful tags using SLIDER TAG DIE. The top of the slider tags is decorated with hand drawn images from SNOWFLAKES Stamp Set. And those fun guys peeking through slider windows are from HAPPY SNOWMEN Stamp Set. All the sentiments are from GIFT TAG GREETINGS: WINTER.

Liliya used a tag die from DOTTED PATTERNS SET 3 to make both of her tags. She used images from POTTED PLANTS Stamp Set and CACTUS HUGS to create a non-traditional Christmas tag and decorated succulents and the background using SNOW-FETTI STENCIL. The Falala sentiment is from HAPPY PAWLIDAYS DIES. Craft tag was decorated with the help of FLORAL SNOWFLAKE STENCIL and a cute bow die from SHAKER BALLOON DIE. Die cut word Merry is from MERRY POINSETTIA DIES and the sentiment is from POINSETTIA BORDER Stamp Set.

Dana made fun tag using SLIDER TAG DIE and decorated it with fun images from HAPPY SNOWMEN Stamp Set. All the sentiments are from GIFT TAG GREETINGS: WINTER.

If you like making tags or would like to start making them, Studio Katia carries a lot of tag dies and die sets that will make creating tags a blast! With our dies you can make slider tags, shaker tags, gift card holder tags, fun shaped tags and simple beautiful tags. Check out our Store to add some of those products to your collection or your Christmas Wish List. 😉

Have a wonderful and inspiring Blog Hop!

Christmas Card with Olga

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Winter Holidays

Hello, friends!

Today I’m sharing a simple Christmas card featuring just a bit of stencilling, light blending and heat embossing. This card use our brand new products.

I used a stunning Floral Snowflake Stencil. This is one of the most beautiful designs I’ve ever seen. I think I’ll be using this stencil a lot this year for my Holiday cards and probably even in the years to come. It’s just that pretty.

I started to work on this card by making background. And it’s so simple! I just shaded triangle in dark green ink onto the light green cardstock. That is the silhouette of a Christmas tree turned out. Next I applied white paste through the stencil in different places onto my panel. For quick drying paste I used a hair dryer. lol

Then I did a sentiment panel. For this I used new Slider Tag Die.  But I dye cut only one tag from the red cardstock. Here I heat embossed the sentiments using GIFT TAG GREETINGS: WINTER stamp set.

I adhered the background panel to A2 white card base, I foam mounted the sentiment panel over it and tied the string with the pompoms on the tag. Also to embellish the card I used VINTAGE SHIMMER PEARLS. There are very few of them, only two, but it is there and adds a nice finishing touch to the card.

I hope you will give this idea a try. Have fun!

XO

Olga Moss

Supplies:

FLORAL SNOWFLAKE STENCIL

GIFT TAG GREETINGS: WINTER

SLIDER TAG DIE

VINTAGE SHIMMER PEARLS

Cute and simple Christmas card with Kaja

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Winter Holidays

Hi there,

It’s Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here with you today and what is a better way to start a week than with cute Christmas card?

Take a look at what I created:

Christmas is aproaching with lightning speed, so I must admit that my card are getting simpler and simpler each week in order to get all of them done.

I started making this card by coloring a deer from Friends of winter stamp set and three trees from Holiday village set. I decided to go with a alcohol markers as a coloring medium, since I love the clean look it gives.

Next, I used a Light ray stencil in the top left corner to get a bold background. I used distress oxide in Broken china first on the stencil and then I removed the stencil and used new Studio Katia brushes to add some light blue next to the rays.

The only thing missing on this card was a sentiment, so I stamped ‘Merry Christmas’ from Gift tag greetings: Winter. I wanted a clean look, so I used white paper and black ink.

I glued everything together using double-sided foam tape and Studio Katia glue and the card was finished!

Thank you so much for joining me!

Kaja

SUPPLIES:

Merry Christmas Card with Isha Gupta

/ CATEGORIES - Winter Holidays

Hello everyone! Isha here sharing a card using watercolor markers and lots of new release products. Here is my card with lots of layers still it’s quite flat and perfect for mailing. I started by creating a teal cardbase. I then die-cut a white layer using the Mini Polka Dot cover die. Trim it so its 4 by 5.25 inch. I then smooched some inks onto it to add more interest to the background. Now, I stamped and embossed the poinsettia border using WOW! gold embossing powder. I colored them using Tonic aqua flow pens. Let it dry and then die-cut it. Adhere the mat layer to the cardbase. Adhere the floral border. Die-cut a piece of vellum using the hexagon from Half Striped cover die. Stamp and emboss the sentiment using gold embossing powder. Adhere to the card center. Thank you for dropping by! Have a nice crafty day! Isha Supplies Poinsettia Border Stamp Poinsettia Border Die Gift Tag Greetings Stamp Mini Polka Dot Cover Die Half Striped Cover Die Studio Katia Glue

CAS Happy Holidays Card by Ilda

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, CAS, Winter Holidays

Well hello again friends, Ilda here!

Today I have the perfect card to mass-produce for the Holidays! It was one of those cards that came together so easily and so quickly that I have to share with you my process.

To start I die cut a piece of green and red cardstock out using the HALF STRIPED COVER. I then flipped over the die-cut green layer and glued it to the red layer. Because you will be seeing the underside of the die-cut piece, make sure your cutting plates are new or smooth, or you can use a piece of cardstock underneath to avoid the transfer of impressions onto the paper.

I then glued the panel onto the card base.

Next, I stamped out the Happy Holidays stamp from the GIFT TAG GREETINGS:WINTER onto black cardstock and then white heat embossed the letters, trimmed the piece out and then added to the center of the card front.

To finish off the card and to make it look like a present, I added the die-cut bow from the ELEGANT SCALLOP OVAL die set and glued an ICY SPARKLE CRYSTAL to the bow.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you enjoyed this quick and easy tutorial.

Until next time… Happy Crafting!

Ilda

 

SUPPLIES:

HALF STRIPED COVER

ELEGANT SCALLOP OVAL

GIFT TAG GREETINGS: WINTER

ICY SPARKLE CRYSTALS

STUDIO KATIA GLUE

B&W Christmas Cards featuring Autumn Leaves Stencil

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Winter Holidays

Hello everyone! Liliuska here and I am very excited to share the cards I made for today’s post. Few weekends ago I was playing with some of the new Studio Katia products and my plan was to make something non-traditional for Christmas cards. Then, as I was browsing through the stencils, Autumn Leaves Stencil caught my eye… I started with a purple and gold palette – which is a bonus card at the end of this post. Next, I decided to make black and white Christmas cards, and I love the result more than I could’ve expected.

I started working with two black panels. I covered both in white texture paste through Autumn Leaves Stencil, removed the stencil and while the paste was still wet I generously poured Sparkle Glitter over one panel first, then the other. I know how messy glitter can be, but I have in my stash an old cloth called ‘glitter magnet’ and always use it when working with glitter. There are many ways these days to keep the glitter from spreading everywhere, so make sure to be prepared. I set both panels aside to dry and started working on other details for the cards.

I knew I will make one vertical and one horizontal card (or portrait and landscape orientation). For the horizontal, I wanted to add poinsettias from Merry Poinsettia Stamp Set embossed on vellum with white embossing powder. I didn’t want to cover too much of that gorgeous background, so my “add-ons” had to be light and airy. Well, at least some of them.

After heat embossing poinsettia flowers and some leaves on a 32 lbs vellum, I die cut them out with Coordinating Dies. Next, using a smaller frame dies from Dotted Patterns Set 2 I die cut out a frame for the sentiment out of black cardstock. I picked one of the sentiments from Poinsettia Trimmings stamp set and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Once my textured panel was dry, I decided to make it a bit smaller by die cutting it out with a large frame die from Dotted Patterns Set 3. I foam mounted it onto a white card base, gluing underneath the panel a piece of beautiful silver lace fabric, which a friend of mine brought for me from her trip to France. Next, I foam mounted the sentiment panel at the bottom of the card, gluing underneath the poinsettias and two leaves. As a final touch I added some Arctic Breeze Pearls into the flower centres, in the spot where I attached the leaves and on the sentiment banner with the help of some Studio Katia GLUE and Jewel Picker Tool.

Once my panel for the second card was dry I used a large frame die from Darling Ribbon & Frames to die cut it out and give a nice finished border, since it would be covering the card base completely. I heat embossed Snowflakes images onto the same 32 lbs vellum using white embossing powder and die cut them out with Coordinating Dies.

For the sentiment I die cut out a banner using small die from Half Striped Cover Die set out of black cardstock. I stamped the sentiment from Poinsettia Border stamp set using clear embossing ink and white embossing powder. I foam mounted the banner onto a card, gluing snowflakes underneath. I coloured the banner with clear Wink of Stella and covered it with Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

 

For the third card I grabbed a piece of purple shimmer cardstock. I ink blended the background through Autumn Leaves Stencil using Milled Lavender Oxide Ink and Studio Katia Ink Blender Brush. I used a large frame die from Darling Ribbon & Frames to die cut out a panel once the ink was dry.

Next, I heat embossed poinsettias from Merry Poinsettia stamp set with gold embossing powder. To colour the images I used different shades of purple Oxide Inks and Studio Katia Ink Blender Brush. I blended darker shades from centre out and lighter shades from the tips of the petals towards the centres of the flowers. I die cut out the flowers with Coordinating Dies.

I used largest die from Dotted Patterns Set 2 to die cut out three thin frames out of purple cardstock and one thin frame out of golden glitter cardstock. I glued all the frames together using Studio Katia GLUE. This gave me a nice sturdy frame, which I adhered onto the ink blended panel.

Using the same Dotted Patterns Set 2 I cut out a panel out of 32 lbs vellum, so it would perfectly fit inside the golden frame. I stamped the sentiment from Poinsettia Border stamp set onto the vellum panel and adhered it inside golden frame adding glue under the sentiment and the spot where I was planning to adhere flowers, so that the glue wouldn’t show anywhere and not ruin the card. I foam mounted the flowers to the left from the sentiment. As a final touch I added some Gold Foil Pearls into the flower centres and above the sentiment with the help of Studio Katia GLUE and Jewel Picker Tool.

Hope you enjoyed all the inspiration I prepared for you today. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful and inspiring day!

Liliuska

Vintage Christmas Lights

/ CATEGORIES - Shaker Cards, Winter Holidays

Hi there! Emily here with you today, and I have a project inspired by the beautiful that I remember from my youth! I love the elegance of white Christmas lights, but I have always loved the nostalgic feeling of the soft glow of colored Christmas lights. The Crystal Rainbow sequins and Crystal Rainbow Confetti remind me of colored Christmas lights, so I used those as my inspiration for today’s shaker card. Let’s get started with the details!

I began with an A2 panel of white cardstock, and using the new Ink Blender Brushes, blended pink, purple, electric blue, teal, and yellow inks to create that soft Christmas light glow.

I then die cut the Half Striped Cover Die from some iridescent white cardstock, backed it with acetate, and added foam tape to create a shaker card. I filled the shaker with lots of Crystal Rainbow sequins and Crystal Rainbow Confetti.

For the greeting, I die cut the polygon from the Half Striped Cover Die using white cardstock, then stamped the “Be Merry” from Merry Poinsettia using black ink.

Well, that’s all for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!