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Hello Cards with Olga

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Hello Cards

Hello, friends! This is Olga Moss. Sometimes I like to make die cut cards, without using any stamps. I think it’s a different kind of magic. And often, it reminds me of putting together a puzzle.

I wanted to make mini round cards with dies only for today’s post. And Studio Katia has so many beautiful dies for these kinds of experiments!

Here I used HALFTONE DOTS CIRCLE DIES.

As you can see in the photo, all the circles are made three-dimensional. I simply adhered couple circles together and then inlaid them into larger die cut. The process of creating this card is a little intricate and takes a bit of time, but this spectacular look is definitely worth the effort.

To create the sentiment, I used a word hello from the FANCY SCALLOP CIRCLE DIES. For embellishments I used IRIDESCENT BUBBLES.

For this type of cards all you need is love of paper and a good mood!

SUPPLIES:

HALFTONE DOTS CIRCLE DIES

FANCY SCALLOP CIRCLE DIES

IRIDESCENT BUBBLES

EMBELLISHMENT WAND

Working with inky mistakes

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Hey lovelies, Tracy here with you today talking about inky mistakes.

If you have ever tried to create inky backgrounds/ink blending then you know no matter how good you are at it there will always be times when things go wrong. I am aiming to create a lot less waste as a crafter so when I sat down to create my DT cards for today and I was NOT having a good inky day I decided to roll with it. These are SUPER simple and easy ways to still use those inky panels.

The first mistake is one I think we have all done and that’s a patchy background, I was aiming for a nice smooth background which was going to be lovely and smooth with some beautifully stamped snowflakes…that didn’t happen, I totally messed up by watching what my dog was doing and ended up with patchy blending.

There is a few ways to fix this, you can just layer, layer & layer and you will end up with a nice solid inked card, but if like me you have joint issues this isnt always a easy fix. So what I tend to do is use sparkle splatter, you can create your own with water and mica powder, I use my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens, the more splatter the better. The reason this works is it creates a slight grungy feel and the sparkle also distracts from the blending so much.

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Mistake 2 was on the same card, I decided to use the same ink to stamp snowflakes to give a nice subtle look and I messed up the main snowflake by not applying enough pressure to the stamping block. I actually ended up doing this twice !! What I then did was take a smaller snowflake and some silver pigment ink and stamped into the centre area so ended up covering the missed stamping.

The above “fixes” resulted in a totally different card that I was going for, but I actually like how it turned out and it meant less waste. Please excuse the dark photo the weather has been awful here the last few days.

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I will confess this next mistake I did a few weeks ago and its been sitting on my desk waiting to go into the recycling bin.

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I had inked up this background and was so happy with the blend on it and then there was a droplet of water on my mat from where I wiped it down and it soaked into the card in not just one place but two ! it was so bad no splatters were even saving it, I decided to cover it affectivly would be best to add a long strip down the centre but couldnt figure out how to add the snowflakes, I really didn’t want to mess up again so I went  for something thats so simple yet affect and that is using white pigment ink for stamping. When you stamp with this over water reactive ink the pigment ink will asorb some of the colour so it ends up looking more tonal and its so so simple, which is great if you are having a day of everything going wrong like I was. Once I was happy with the stamping I trimmed down a strip of white card and stamped the sentiment. I knew I was this card to be clean and simple but still felt it needed something so I took some glitter card and trimmed down two thin strips and adhered them along the edge of the white card, this is a great and simple way to add some sparkle.

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So there you go a couple of very easy ways to fix/hide inky mistakes. I hope they have helped you cut down on your waste, this is something I want to work on so if you would like to see more posts on this then please let me know.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, happy crafting.

Supplies

Ink Blending Brushes

Snowflakes Stamp set

Artic Breeze Pearls

 

 

No-Line Coloring with Laura

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Hi everyone! It’s Laura, here and today I am back with a thank you card featuring the Japanese Peony stamp set and the no-line coloring technique. Don’t forget to check out the video at the end of this post for a step-by-step tutorial on how I created this card!

As I mentioned, the image I used is part of the Japanese Peony stamp set. I stamped it with Fadeout no-coloring ink and colored it with Karin Brush Markers Pro. Once the coloring was over, I die cut it with the coordinating dies.

For my card background I die cut some lilac cardstock with the Darling Ribbon and Dotted Frames Dies. I then created a second panel out of some vanilla cardstock, using the Dotted Patterns Set 3 and the Mini Polka Dot Cover Die.

I created a focal point with the Scallop Oblong dies and glued everything to the card base.

For the sentiment I used the A Cup of Thanks coordinating dies and I finished off the card with some Exotic Onyx Pearls.

As promised, here is the video tutorial for you, showing how to create this floral thank you card with the no-line coloring technique! I hope you like it!

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

Laura

——— S U P P L I E S ———
• JAPANESE PEONY
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• JAPANESE PEONY DIES
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• Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames
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• MINI POLKA DOTS COVER DIE
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• DOTTED PATTERNS SET 3
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• SCALLOP OBLONG
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• A CUP OF THANKS DIES
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• GLUE
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• EMBELLISHMENT WAND
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• TRIANGLE TRAY
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• EXOTIC ONYX PEARLS
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Let’s Shell-Ebrate with Dana

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, Shaker Cards

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

It’s Dana here and I’m sharing a birthday shaker card with you today.

To start, I die cut square panel from bristol paper using Nested Squares. Then, I ink blended it slightly with Distress Oxide Inks using Ink Blender Brushes. Detailed colors are Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough and Peacock Feathers. I then stenciled square panel again with same Distress Oxide Inks using Brush Stroke Waves Stencil.

Next, I created a seashell shaker window by die cutting with Seashell Shaker. I die cut seashell one more time from gold card stock as well. I mounted outline pieces of seashell, after I adhered Acetate Sheet.

I then mixed embellishments for shaker. I used Rainbow Loops, Rainbow Hearts, Speckled Sprinkles, Silver Fever Confetti. With these lovelies, I finished off my shaker using foam tape.

For sentiment, I silver heat embossed Shell-Ebration and die cut it using Best Ever Dies. As a final touch, I adhered crystals here and there as shown in the picture.

Hope you enjoyed this card. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Dana

 

:::Supplies:::

NESTED SQUARES
SEASHELL SHAKER
BRUSH STROKE WAVES STENCIL
SHELL-EBRATION
BEST EVER DIES

RAINBOW LOOPS
RAINBOW HEARTS
SPECKLED SPRINKLES
SILVER FEVER CONFETTI
IRIDESCENT SNOW CRYSTALS
SKY BLUE CRYSTALS

INK BLENDER BRUSHES
ACETATE SHEETS

Interactive birthday card

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Hello everyone! It’s Galina with you today and I’m going to show you how to add a more interst on your card using intercative die from Studio Katia. For this card I used a lot of cute critters from Under the Sea stamp set and some dies – Simple round tag die and Dotted Paterns set 1.

How I made this card you can watch here or on Studio Katia Youtube channel.

To create the colorful background for this card I used distress oxide inks- Shaded lilac, Tumbled Glass and Scattered Straw. I add water and white paint drops on it as well as white bubbles. I applied white pigment ink through the Confetti stencil to create those white bubbles. I cut out the card panel and a central elements using two dies from Dotted Patterns set 1.

Using the smallest die from Simple round tag die I cut out a small flap in the central die cut.

I foam mount the colorful rectangle panel on the white card base. Next I add the central piece, but before I applied a bright green color underneath. I applied distress oxide ink on the card base, the color called twisted citron.

Using a sentiment stamp from Under the sea set I stamped it behind the door on the green spot.

To finish my card I added a lot of TINY IRIDESCENT BUBBLES and ICY SPARKLE CRYSTALS.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Supplies


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Simple Happy BEE-Day Shaker Card

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Cards, CAS, Shaker Cards

Hello, my Friends and Happy Monday!

Today I am sharing a super simple shaker card that could be used for any occasion depending on the sentiment you chose, this one will be for someone’s BEE-day!

CARD DETAILS

To begin, I stamped out the cute little bee from the HONEY BEES stamp set, colored it using Copic Markers, and then die cut it using the HONEY BEES coordinating dies.

Next, I stamped out the yellow pattern on the background using yellow ink and the ZIG ZAG STRIPES background stamp. I then die cut the panel using the outer frame from the SCALLOP HONEYCOMB COVER and I also die cut the window for the shaker area using the HONEYCOMB SHAKER. To the back of the panel, I glued a piece of ACETATE. 

I then ran a piece of black cardstock through the die cut machine using the HONEYCOMB SHAKER and used the honeycomb shape to glue on the top of the acetate window.

With the background panel flipped onto its front, I added FOAM TAPE around the perimeter of the shaker window and then sprinkled my shaker bits which included GOLD FEVER  CONFETTI and SPARKLING HEARTS CONF. GLITTER inside the well. To close in the shaker area I used a piece of yellow cardstock and then attached the finished panel to an A2 top fold card front.

To finish the card off, I added a sentiment strip from the PEONY TRIMMINGS DIES that I stamped with a sentiment from the HONEY BEE stamp set and then popped up the cute be in the corner. 

Thank you for stopping by and until next time… Happy Crafting!

Ilda

Connect with me also on my Blog, Facebook Page, Instagram, and YouTube

SUPPLIES

HONEY BEES

HONEY BEES DIES

ZIG ZAG STRIPES

HONEYCOMB SHAKER

SCALLOP HONEYCOMB COVER

PEONY TRIMMINGS DIES

CLEAR ACETATE SHEETS

GOLD FEVER CONFETTI

SPARKLING HEARTS CONF. GLITTER

FOAM TAPE – WHITE

STUDIO KATIA GLUE

OTHER:

BLACKOUT INK

ATELIER BEE STING YELLOW

Floral garden – birthday card

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Hello everyone! It’s Galina. And today I want to share with you a bright floral birtday card. For this card I used a big stamp set called Floral Garden Stamp set.

I started with stamping flowers on the watercolor paper. I used light yellow distress ink to mak e a no-line coloring on the image. To color the flowers I choosed some bright colors of Arteza watercolor markers. I want to get a pop up and colorful colors on my card thats why I picked up this medium.

After my coloring was done I cut out the image with a scissors. Also I cut out a green frame using pretty scallop die from DOTTED PATTERNS SET 4. I foam mount flowers and the frame on the ivory color cardbase. To finish my card I heat embbossed a sentiment on the black stripe and add it to the card.

The floral pattern is quite busy, with a lot of details, so I didn’t add any extra embellishments on it.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day.

Galina

Supplies

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Honey Bees Hi with Tracey

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Hello Cards, Shaker Cards

Hi there it’s Tracey back again today. My lilac bushing are fully blooming right now and with that the honey bees are back too! Today I have a fun shaker card using the Scallop Honeycomb Cover die along with the gang from the Honey Bees stamp set!

To create the top panel of the shaker I blended Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and a bit of Spiced Marmelade Distress Oxide ink on to a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I flicked some water over the panel and picked up the excess with a paper towel. Then I splattered a bit of yellow gold metallic watercolour over the panel and set it aside to dry. Once it was dry I adhered a piece of Studio Katia Clear Acetate on the backside of the panel.

To create the bottom of the shaker which is the inside of the honeycomb I lightly blended another panel with the same Distress Oxide inks and then I placed the Honeycomb stencil over the panel and blended more of the inks over the stencil. Then I picked up some water with a clean foam blender and dabbed off the excess on a paper towel and pounced it over the stencil. I finished by absorbing the remaining water off the stencil with paper towel.

Once dry I adhered this to my card base and then I created the walls of my shaker using two layers of Studio Katia foam tape. I filled the shaker with a combination of Gold Fever Confetti and Gold Fever Glitter. I adhered the top panel of the shaker over the shaker well sealing the contents inside the honeycomb. The images from the Honey Bees stamp set were stamped and die cut with the Honey Bees die set. Then they were coloured with Copic markers and their wings were highlighted with clear Wink of Stella.

One of the hexagons from the die cute Honeycomb cover was stamped with the word hi from the Honey Bees stamp set and then placed over one of the empty hexagons with foam tape. “Buzzing by the say…” was stamped and die cut using one the Peony Trimmings die set.

Thank you so much for stopping in today and I hope that I have inspired you to make a shaker. They are always so fun to giveaway, stay safe!

SUPPLIES
Studio Katia Scallop Honeycomb Cover die
Studio Katia Honey Bees stamp set
Studio Katia Honeycomb stencil
Studio Katia Honey Bees die set
Studio Katia Peony Trimmings die set
Studio Katia Embellishment Wand
Studio Katia Clear Acetate
Studio Katia foam tape
Studio Katia Gold Fever Confetti
Studio Katia Gold Fever Glitter
Studio Katia Glue

Happy Birthday Shaker Card

/ CATEGORIES - Birthday Cards, Shaker Cards

Hello, crafty friends!

Today I’m on the blog with a birthday shaker card that is so festive!

To be honset, shaker cards kind of freak me out sometimes. But the method I did on today’s card is very easy to do, so let’s dive in!

I began by die cutting several (probably 6 or 7) card panels, using the Half Striped Cover Die and then I glued them all together, using liquid adhesive.

After the striped panels were assembled, I glued them down to a cut and scored 4.25 x 5.5 inch card panel, using liquid adhesive again.

So, now you can probably see where this is going, right?!

Because we cut so many panels, we’ve basically built up the “walls” of our shaker, making it possible for our shaker bits and pieces to fill in the areas nicely and without problem.

Choosing which shaker pieces to use was pretty easy, because I knew this was going to be a birthday card! And nothing says birthday more than SPRINKLES! So I used the Chunky Sprinkles, and filled the open areas of the bottom right side of my card.

I cut down an acetate sheet to 4.25 x 5.5 inches, and then glued that down on top of the shaker-filled card, and then I cut one more striped panel using that Striped Cover Die before gluing that down on top of the acetate.

To finish off the card, I used the hexagonal die from the same set and cut a piece of light pink cardstock. I embossed a sentiment from the Floral Wreath stamp set and then glued that finished sentiment piece down to my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today, and have a great day!

Kelly

Video. Simple diecutting – love you card

/ CATEGORIES - Cards, Valentines Day Cards

Hello, it’s Galina with you today. Everyone who love diecutting will love this cute and simple card. For this card I used my favorite dies – FANCY SCALLOP HEARTS set and MINI POLKA DOTS COVER DIE. In the video below I’ll share some tips and how I made this card.

Also, for this card I used adorable plant stamps and solid sentiment stamps. You can create such card for any occasion just pick the right sentiment from the LABEL MESSAGES stamp set.

I stamped two images on the white paper with Memento black ink. I colored my plants with a few Copic markers. I decided to keep this card in soft tones. So, for the heart background I picked light shade of orange and pink distress ink – Dried Marigold and Spun Sugar. I applied inks on the white cardstock with a Blender Brushes from studio Katia, the blender brush gives a softer ink appearance.

Using Mini polka dot die I cut out a white panel. To create a colorful dots under it, I cut out one more panel from a bright pink cardstock. If you want to create multicolored dots take different colors of cardstock, or apply inks on the card base before adhering the polka dot panel.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Galina


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