Hello friends! Today I'm sharing two one layer watercolored cards featuring components from the Simon Says Stamp April 2020 Card Kit, Follow the Rainbows. For the rainbow and clouds panel I used one of the four custom Suzy's Watercolor Cards included in the kit and simply painted the panel with Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors and embellished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard before adhering the panel to a white top fold card base. For the other card, I created my own one layer panel with the Follow the Rainbows Stamp Set also included in the kit!
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Watch the creation of these one layer easy watercolor cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
One layer cards are a breeze to mail since they are relatively flat! I love finding ways to embellish one layer cards for that added bit of fun! Touches of iridescent glitter with the Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were the perfect touch for these encouragement and thinking of you cards.
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Today I'm sharing a trio of rainbow shaker cards with you featuring the Simon Says Stamp April 2020 Card Kit, " Follow The Rainbows". Now, more than ever, we are needing some rainbows. I hope this happy little set of cards brings a smile to your face and inspires you to create. Hugs and all my love to you all! ❤️🌈❤️
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Watch the creation of these three shaker cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
There's just something about stamping on acetate with white ink that I love. Each of these cards feature the Follow The Rainbows Stamp Set, Whimsy Stamps Rainbow 6x6 Patterned Paper, cardstock, and envelopes from the kit. I am just in love with these rainbow papers and the stamp set. You can make a bunch of these happy cards in afternoon. I love that they can be for many different occasions, too!
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Hello friends! I'm sharing three ways to use a sunshine stencil today for quick and easy, yet stunning cards. We will be using Deco Foil Transer Gel Duo and Foil on one background, applying Gold Glitz Glitter Gel to colored cardstock for the another background, and applying dye inks through the stencil first and finishing with White Glitz Glitter Gel on top for a rainbow of glittery rays for the third card. All designs were finished with a die cut heart in the center that features a greeting! My favorite thing about these cards? They mix and match supplies from many companies. This is always one of my most favorite techniques and ways to extend your supplies!
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Watch the creation of these three stenciled cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
All three backgrounds started with a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of cardstock and each was stenciled with the MFT Stamps Radiating Rays Stencil.
The heart was applied to the background with foam adhesive squares and finished with a scattering of Little Things Sprinkles Big Hearts embellishments.
The background of this card was created by applying a layer of Deco Foil Transer Gel Duo through the stencil using a Stencil Pal. The gel was allowed to dry for an hour before Rainbow Foil was used with a Die Cutting Machine to apply the foil to the gel. This gel can be used with either a laminator OR a die cutting machine.
Each background was secured to a white top fold card base to finish the designs.
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Today I'm featuring three brand new products from the Hero Arts 2020 Catalog on a brand new card plus if you keep on scrolling I'm sharing my 2020 Catalog cards! That's 5 cards today, y'all! The new catalog release products are so, so good! Keep on reading to see my coloring die cuts with Copics card and video.
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Watch the creation of this Hero Arts new product card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The background was created by stamping the new Greenhouse Peek-a-Boo Cling on smooth white cardstock with the Hero Arts Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Hero Hues Green Apple and Key Lime Fizz Reactive Inks were applied to the center of the panel but not all the way to the edge. Excess ink was removed from the embossed areas with a dry rag.
Sentiments from the Florals Lavender Bunch Stamp Set were stamped on Pitch Black Cardstock with Hero Arts Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The sentiments were trimmed into strips and adhered to the card background with foam adhesive. The watering can and tulips were glued in place and Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew were applied to the finished panel for dew drops.
This card features lots of Hero Hues cardstock die cut with and then stamped with the new No Trespassing Stamp & Cut Set. The new Square Infinity Dies were also used to fill in some of the spaces! Love having squares in all the sizes!!!
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Waffle Flower introduces a new illustrator Cassie Loizeaux this month with Flower Girl (stamp, die, combo) made from the popular flower dress girl; Bear Hugs (stamp, die, combo) features the most popular print from Big Bear and Bird; your favorite mice from Liz Mytinger are back as Little Artists (stamp, die, combo); the beautiful florals by Karla Jodoin in Poppy Hawthorn (stamp, die, combo); and the perfect sentiment set for retirement, Happy Retirement (stamp, die, combo). Fish & Chips stamp set is a fun 2x3 set from illustrator Kamo.
Top them off with our Nesting Circles Die, Nesting Squares Die or Nesting Ovals Die. Like our popular A2 Layers Die, there are 17 dies in each of these nesting die sets including, as our customers put it, “all-the-sizes-I-need”.
Also by popular request, we have our favorite stamp cleaner bottled with a dauber top and named it Tender Loving Cleaner for precise and messy-free applications.
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Watch the creation of this card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Today I'm super excited to share this new card featuring this incredible new Big Bear and Bird Bear Hugs image. I'm such a fan of all the Big Bear and Bird images and couldn't wait to color up this sweet scene.
The Bear Hugs image was stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Inkon3 Fadeout No Line Coloring Ink and colored in with the following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers:
Detail was added to the eyes with a fine tip black pen and the image was die cut with the coordinating Bear Hugs Die.
Stormy Sky and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks were applied to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of smooth white cardstock and then I spritzed the background with water from a Distress Sprayer.
Once dry I used the Bear Hugs image and a Ticket Frames Die to position a greeting from the stamp set to curve around the bottom edge of the image. I inked the sentiment up with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The background was die cut with the largest Ticket Frames Die. I kept all the pieces from the panel. I wanted to create a subtle dimensional frame to frame up the image.
I die cut the Ticket Frames Die a couple more times and then adhered the outer frame to a white top fold card base. I next added a white frame and finally the inside of the die cut frame. I stacked the remaining white die cut frame and finished with the inked frame.
The Bear Hugs image was adhered to the center of the frame above the stamped and embossed sentiment with foam adhesive and I added some heart embellishments to finish the card.
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Happy Thursday friends! The latest release from Simon Says Stamp, Believe In You, is now available! I created some clean and simple watercolor stripe backgrounds and layered the new Carnation Frame Die Cut and Sunflower Frame Die Cut over top before adding some inlay colored cardstock pieces, finishing with Glossy Accents for a faux stained glass look and adding stamped and embossed sentiments from the new Clean Line Everyday Stamp Set.
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Watch the creation of these copic colored die cut flowers cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
For both backgrounds I masked off the edges of a piece of watercolor cardstock using post it tape and painted stripes of color on the background using the Altenew Watercolor Pan Set. Once the background was dry I splatted watered down Picket Fence Distress Paint over the background.
The masking tape was removed to reveal a border all the way around the design. The Carnation Frame Die Cut and Sunflower Frame Die Cut were each die cut three times and glued one on top of another to create dimensional frames.
Sentiments from the Clean Line Everyday Stamp Set were stamped on the backgrounds using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The frames were adhered to the center of each background as shown.
The panels were adhered to white top fold card bases and finished with either Bright Gold or Silver Lining Nuvo Crystal Drops for embellishment.
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The flowers were painted with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors in White Gold, Champagne Gold, and Red Gold. The leaves were painted with Olive Green and the branches with Dark Brown. The background was set aside to air dry completely.
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To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 7th 11:59 pm EDT. The winners will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.
Today we're revisiting one of my favorite techniques, metallic watercolor on dark (black) cardstock. A couple of years ago I created THIS wedding card and to this day it continues to be a favorite. I love the technique so much that I've used it many times. Be sure to check out more videos with this technique by clicking the links below:
Watch the creation of these metallic watercolored cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The frames, borders, and sentiments from the Leafy Frames Stamp Set were stamped on black cardstock using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The flowers and leaves were watercolored with the Starry Colors paints and a medium water brush pen.
Once the metallic watercoloring was completely dry, a white watercolor paint was splattered over the backgrounds for a distressed look using a small paintbrush.
While the paint was drying a custom diagonal striped background was created by placing 1/4" wide double sided tape to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock panel. Silver, Gold, and Copper Gilding Flakes were applied to the taped stripes to create the beautiful gilded background. This one piece is going to be used for all 3 cards by trimming it into thinner strips.
Tonic Majestic Gold Cardstock was die cut with a small Scallop Stitches Die and matted behind the black cardstock panels as shown. The gilded strips and watercolored backgrounds were adhered to white top and side fold card bases.
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Hi there! Today I have four sympathy/thinking of you style cards featuring the new Cut & Emboss Folders.The embossed backgrounds create amazing elegant designs for so many different occasions. Two of the new folders are perfect for A2 sized cards (4 ¼” x 5 ½”) and two are perfect for 5” x 7” cards. A bit of inking to the embossed areas helps showcase the detail and a contrasting color of cardstock layered behind each panel clearly shows the die cut areas! Florals from the February 2019 Large Die of the Month Kit were used to adorn the designs, however you could use florals from any of your favorite Spellbinders die collections! Let’s get started with the designs.
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Watch the creation of these cut and emboss cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Floral Spash Cut & Emboss Folder was die cut from plum cardstock and white pigment ink was used to add detail to the embossing. FSJ Fresh Sage Cardstock was applied behind the panel for contrast. Flowers and leaves from the February 2019 Large Die of the Month Club, Bonjour were die cut from FSJ Fresh Sage and Banana Cream Cardstock, gold matte cardstock, and smooth white cardstock. A sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Stamp Set was stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder on Fresh Sage Cardstock. The sentiment was adhered with foam adhesive and the card finished with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Bright Gold over the dot embossed detail.
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