My card today features a stamp set I love soooo much!! Spring Chicken Set!! I just stamped her up and cut it out using the Circle Double Stitched Die set. Then the card base is made using the Rectangle Double Stitched Dies. I love gingham paper, it just screams "country" to me, so that is what I put behind her.
I added as simple little bow and a couple of pearl drops to finish it off.
Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today! Until next time - stay crafty!!
I needed to make several birthday cards and a few of them were for men. I wanted to keep them fun and colorful without many embellishments. I got out the Old Goat Set and stamped out a bunch of images and have been coloring them while we've been watching movies. Now I have the cards I needed and some extra cards on hand!
The images were stamped onto Copic X Press It paper with Gina K Designs Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Copic markers. The colors used are listed at the end of this post. They were then cut out using an Oval Double stitched die. Another oval was cut from the Rainbow Perfectly Plaid 6" x 6" patterned paper from Lawn Fawn. Another layer of the plaid patterned paper was cut with the Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies and attached to a white A2 card base that has some Lawn Fawn twine wrapped around it.
One of the cards is left plane for a masculine look. The card with the cake has some added embellishments. White Blizzard Nuvo Crystal Drops are added to the image and around the background. Nuvo Crystal drops in Blue Babe and Bubblegum Blush were also added around the background.
Copic Colors Used:
Card 1
Far left Goat - W00, W1, W3, W5, R11
Middle left Goat - E31, E33, E35, E37, R11
Middle right Goat - C00, C1, C3, C5, R11
Far right Goat - E19, E31, E33, E35, E37, R11
I have really been enjoying the critter cubbies line but I wanted to do a little something different with them. That's why I came up with today's card. I used the Woodland Trees Cubbies set to make a scene that isn't just inside the tree as it's shown on the packaging. It was fun to see the tree image in a different way.
The images were stamped onto Copic X Press It paper with Gina K Designs Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Copic markers. The colors used are listed at the end of this post. They were then cut with the matching dies that come in the set. Black Glaze pen was added to the eyes of the animals.
Two sheets of patterned paper from Recollections was die cut with the Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Die and attached to a white A2 note card. I cut a piece of white cardstock with the shaped die cut and placed the outer layer aside so I could keep it white. I stenciled onto the inner pieces with the cloud stencil and the Stormy Sky Distress Oxide ink. I also added some splatter to the pieces with Perfect Pearl colored Perfect Pearls mixed with water and let them dry. I attached the frame to the card front with foam tape and added the colored pieces in with flat adhesive. I arranged the tree, animals and leaves and added them with a variety of foam tape and flat adhesive.
I've been wanting to watercolor some flowers for a while now. The new Succulents stamp set was the perfect excuse to get out my markers and brush. I really enjoyed how fast and easy these images were to color. I did a bunch of cards in a very short time.
The images were stamped onto Bristol paper with Scrapbook.com Black Hybrid Ink and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I used a #1 brush with very little water and my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color the images. I added the marker to the base of the petals and pulled it out with a damp brush. The largest succulent is the most complicated. I used 041 Light Green and let it dry before I came back in with 400 Marine Green at the very darkest parts of the leaves. I then added a tiny bit of 082 Purple to the tips of the petals. The other succulent that I used multiple colors on has tiny red points at the tips. I used 045 Pale Green at first to try to give it a very light color. Then I dotted the 022 Carmine Red onto the tips of the leaves and added my damp brush to a few of the dots. I used 041 light green, 031 Cobalt Blue and 081 Light Violet on the other images. I then die cut the larger images with the dies from the stamp set and cut out the two tiny images.
I then cut out my two main panels of paper from the patterned paper with my Rectangle A2 Double Stitched dies and attached them to my white A2 card base. Using the same patterned paper, I cut out a Circle Double Stitched Die. I also cut out a brown circle and attached the other circle over it. I cut a piece off of the bottom of both of them with my stitched rectangle die and attached it to the card with foam tape. I used the shape of the circle to add the succulents around the greeting. Some were attached with glue while a couple were attached with foam tape. The last thing I did was attached some enamel dots around the card.
All of the Cubbies sets are so cute and versatile! There are four sentiments included with this set to customize your card for several occasions.
The first photo above shows the card with the little doors closed. All of the dies are included to cut out the tree with the windows and doors, plus all of the critters and leaves. This next photo shows the doors open with the critters peaking out! So cute! I actually created this card and cards for all of the Critter Cubbies line during pre-production for Ai to use on their display at Creativation. I say that to offer apologies for not having the marker colors I used here. I've lost my notes for this one and have searched everywhere! It's really not hard to color though. Just grab your favorite browns and greens for the tree and leaves. Then just pick some fun colors for the doors and house! When it's all colored, have fun placing the critters here and there, wherever you'd like!
I live in Florida which is known as the Sunshine State but we really get a whole lot of rain. It's been downright gloomy here. I had to put the bunny from the Easter Blessings set in a happy and bright rainy scene even though it's still gloomy here. I'm sure that I'm not the only one wishing for bright Spring colors right now.
The image was stamped onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth paper with Gina K Designs Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Copic markers. A ground was colored in to match the leaves. I then used a technique I learned from Sandy Allnock in her Rainy Days Copic marker class to fill in the background. I drug my Copic markers across the paper to get striped of color that resembled falling rain. Some of the same markers were used to make darker raindrops around the background. I used a white gel pen to make actual raindrops.
I have been enjoying making lots of Valentine's day cards this year. This week I had fun playing with this adorable squirrel set Nuts About You.
It's a really flat card I used a Oval Double Stitched die and stamped my image onto the oval. I wanted the squirrels to look like they are floating in the sky so I cut a piece of paper with some waves and moved it around the background and inked it in blue in.
To add a little bit of detail I stamped "Hi VALENTINE!" in red ink and "THERE'S NUTTIN' BETTER THAN BEING WITH YOU!" in black ink.
TO finish the card I used two different sizes of the Rectangle Double Stitched dies and die cut some pattern paper and layered it all with some foam tape. Then adhered it to a 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" card base.
Are you getting ready for Christmas? Have you finished making your Christmas cards? If you still need to make more, this beautiful Christmas Drive Window would be just right to make those special, but easy to make, cards. The sentiment around the frame reads "Christmas is the time of year when all roads lead to home."
I made this into tabletop art by using Art Impressions 3D Frame Die with some patterned paper. However, this is so easy to stamp onto a card and add some quick coloring for a quick and beautiful card. I colored this a while back and apologize that I cannot find the list of Spectrum Noir markers I used.
Thank you so much for stopping by! Happy stamping!
Hello, Ai Fans! We are back from our Thanksgiving break and are SUPER excited for today's post!
We are wrapping up our last release of 2018 with NEW Funny Farm and Work & Play clear sets! Go "hog wild" with our Ham It Up Set, and "let the party begin" with our Meerkat Set! Both are fun for birthdays, just because, and more! Our new Work & Play additions are perfect for your masculine cards with our Born to Ride biker and mower, as well as our Ole Buck hunters set! Take a closer look at these stamps in our videos below!
Jil is here with a great tutorial for a fun card! Let's take a look!
Hello Ai fans!
I just can't stress enough how much I enjoy interactive cards! If you've been following me here on the Ai blog for any time this news won't shock you. When I saw the Meerkat Set in this new release I knew I had to make them pop up in some way. I went through my old favorite cards and came up with the surprise pop up card that I had made based on a tutorial from SplitCoastStampers. It's quite easy to make with a few simple folds.
This is a photo of the card front while it is closed.
This is what the card front looks like when you pull the ribbon to reveal the hidden message. You could also add a gift card.
The image was stamped onto Spetrum Noir Ultra Smooth paper with My Favorite Things Extreme Black Ink and colored with Copic markers. It was then gone over with a very light layer of Prismacolor colored pencilsThe colors used are listed at the end of this post. It was fussy cut with EK Success Cutter Bee scissors.
Paper from the Echo Park Party Time by Dani Mogstad 6 x 6 paper collection was added to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of paper. It was then cut with the A2 Rectangle Double Stitched Dies. The top of the die wasn't cut. This is easy to do, just send the die through the die cut machine with the plates together just up to the point that your don't want to cut link in the photo.
The paper was scored on the interior portion of the cuts from the bottom up at 1", 2 7/8" and 4 3/4".
The middle fold is a mountain fold, which just means it will fold up from the back. The other two folds are valley folds, they fold down.
Another greeting and image were stamped with the same ink and Colored the same as before. They were stamped inside the card top to be sure the image could be seen when the card was opened.
This is a back view of the front card panel. Strong tape was adhered to the bottom inner piece. It will be attached to the tag. The tag is 2 7/8" x 4 3/4". It is a piece of card stock with a piece of the pattern paper over it. The We R Memory Keepers Deco/Stub Corner Chomper was used on the top edges.
This is the back view of the front card panel. The tag was flipped over and lined up with the bottom of the front panel and attached to the adhesive strip. This will form the pull tab for this card.
A eyelet and ribbon were added to the center of the top of the tag. A thin layer of foam tape was added around the back and added to a top folding A2 card base.
Copic Colors Used:
Meerkats - E40, E42, E33, E25, E29
Teal - BG10, BG11, BG13
Pink - R81, R83, R85
Prismacolor Colored Pencil Used:
Sandbar Brown 1094, Dark Brown 946
Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!
Thanks, Jil! Such a sweet card! Love how you took one of our clear sets and made an interactive card!
Well, it's challenge time! This is the last challenge of the year, so be sure to join in! The theme is "Anything Goes" so you can create anything, the sky is the limit! Our judges love seeing how you use our stamps and dies with stunning coloring and creative cards! Now is your time to shine, so let's see those entries!
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