We wish you a Merry Christmas

Hi everyone. I'm back with a final project using the soon-to-be-released Season's Tweetings stamp set over at Gerda Steiner Designs. This is done using the box die from Lawn Fawn.  

All of the birds, presents and trees are colored with Copic markers, fussy cut out, and then glued onto the slats within the collapsable box. I thought the present designer paper worked well with this set to decorate the outside of the box. 

This set is so cute and has so many options! 

Thanks and have a creative day! 

Merry Christmas

Hi everyone! I'm back with another card for the Season's Tweetings stamp set that is soon to be released over at Gerda Steiner Designs. 

The bird is colored with Copic's.  I added some Tulip puffy dimensional fabric paint to his hat. If you heat it with your heat gun it really puffs up! So much fun to use.

The holiday tag was made with paper I've had in my stash for a while now. I only used a portion of the Merry Christmas stamp on this and creatively cut out part of the sentiment with a die. Since this bird was by himself, the "we wish you a" just didn't work. 

I have one more project I made with this stamp set coming up next Friday. See you then. 

Season's Tweetings

Hi everyone! It's Laurie and I'm back with a new soon-to-be-released stamp set called Sweaon's Tweetings. 

This is such a cute bird set for the Holidays or winter cards. I stamped each of the birds and the tree in the sections created by the postage stamp die. Each of them is colored using Copic Markers. 

I added a bit of texture to the owl using rubbing alcohol and a paper towel to remove some of the color. I also added some glossy accents to the yellow bird's glasses. In real life, it shines! 

Stay tuned as I will have another card using this set next Friday. 

Hey!

Hello! I'm back on the Gerda Steiner blog with a creative take on a new stamp set that will be released soon. It's called Skyline. I used the road as wood in the background to create this birthday card.

The moose stamp and the sentiments are from the Moose Love set.  I colored him with Copic markers and cut him out so that he could peek out of the background. The "hey" die cuts are stuck on a little wonky to create some fun interest on this card. 

This would be a fun card to give to anyone who loves the outdoors or as a masculine birthday card.

Have a great day!

Have a fun and spooky Halloween

Hello everyone, 

Here is the last card that I designed using the new stamp set called Halloween Ghosts. This is such a cute set with so many possibilities for a lot of cute cards and Halloween projects. 

I kept this card very clean and simple. I stamped the ghost in versafine ink then heat embossed it so that I could color it with Copic markers. I then highlighted the glasses with glossy accents. 

I found a piece of cardstock that matched the color I used on the glasses to stamp the sentiment. A square die was used to cut out the image and then I layered everything in black. As you can see by the shadow, I did use foam tape behind the ghost to give it some dimension. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Trick-or-Treat

 Hello again! It's Laurie sharing another cute ghost from the NEW Halloween ghost stamp set.

I did a fun little corner fold on a piece of  Kelly Panacci Halloween mat pad from K&Company. I found a piece of cardstock in my stash that closely match the skeleton paper and colored the ghost using Copic markers. 

I had this string of bat ribbon in my stash, so I cut one off and stuck it to the trick-or-treat sentiment tag. The spider is a brad that I picked up at my local stamp store ages ago. 

I have one last card to share next week - stay tuned!

EEK!

Hi everyone.  It's Laurie back with another Halloween ghost card.

I stamped the ghost in Versafine ink and heat embossed it so that I could color it with Copic's. I have had the designer paper in my Halloween stash of paper forever, so it was fun to put it to use on this card. It came from a Tim Coffey Halloween pack of paper put out by K&Company. 

I used a few stitched dies to cut the ghost out and the fishtail banner. Layered it onto a black background and adhered everything onto a purple card base. 

Stayed tuned for next Thursday as I have another creation made with this stamp set.

Group photo

Hello, it's Laurie again and welcome back to another card for the new Halloween Ghost stamp set that will be released soon. I call this one, Group Photo.

I did a lot of masking for this one. I used intense black ink from Honey Bee stamps to stamp them all out, which is a Copic friendly ink. Then spent some time coloring them all out. I did add some goofy/scary bloodshot marks to the ghost holding the sign with a red gel pen. All of the eyes are highlighted with glossy accents. So in real life they a super shiny, but it never shows well in photos. 

I will be back next soon with another card to showcase this fun new set.

Thanks!

Boo

Hello - I am thrilled to be asked to design a few cards for Gerda Steiner Designs. I'm delighted to introduce you to a new die that will be available over at Gerda Steiner Designs soon.  I did something a little bit different with it and inlaid it after embossing the card front with several of the die cuts.  The designer paper is from Die Cuts With a View.

Here it is up close - I cut out a few and used them to emboss the card front. 

The set does come with a shadow die, but I did not use it since I inlaid the die cut after embossing it. 

I hope you are inspired to get this super cute stamp set and design a few cards for your friends and family. They also can be used on treat bags or Halloween decor. 

Stayed tuned for more Halloween goodness later this month with a new stamp set to be released soon.

Miss you

Hello. Playing in the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players today.

The galaxy background was created on black watercolor paper using pigment ink re-inkers from Fresh ink. I layered it onto some silver cardstock from TH Idea-ology.  

The super cute space boy is from Gerda Steiner Designs and he is colored with Copic markers. I did pop him up using foam tape for dimension. I almost used a few action wobblers on him, but they really made him stick out and I didn't have a smaller version for the flag. But overall, I think it came out pretty cute.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hello Friend

Hi all - hope this finds you doing well.

Here is a card I made for the challenge over at Gerda Steiner Designs.

I just love this little hippo! Colored with Copic's. The sentiment is from The Paper Studio stamps that you can pick up at Hobby Lobby.

Added a few heart sequins to match the one on his it's shirt.  Thanks for stopping by and stay safe!

Just because

Hello all! Playing in the sketch challenge over at CASe this sketch today.

Flower die is from Cheery Lynn Designs and is called small gardenia. Added a pearl in the centers. The leaf is a punch from Martha Stewart. Sentiment is from Gerda Steiner Designs. The wonderful black and white striped designer paper is from My Favorite Things.

Love this sketch - so many possibilities!

Christmas cards sent, but not posted

Hi all. I sent out a lot of Christmas cards that I made but never posted. So here are a few of them for your viewing pleasure.

Which one is your favorite? Thanks for stopping in!

It's a jungle in here!

Hello. Playing in a few challenged today. Started off with the Freshly Made Sketch #400 (#1).

Stamps are from Gerda Steiner Designs and they are colored with Copic's. The sentiment is from the former Angel Company.  Palm die is from My Favorite Things. I tucked the thin burlap ribbon under that cute elephant to resemble the ground he is standing on. But my favorite is that giraffe peaking out of the corner.

I 'm also linking this up with the Double D challenge: it's a jungle out there and Simon Says Stamp; add a die cut.

Thanks for stopping by.


   

Send a card

Hello. Mailing out the following cards (most of them have already been shown here) to friends today based upon the SSS challenge, send a card to a friend day. I'm late sending them out by a couple of days, but they're still going out in today's mail.

I have so many cards that I need to start sending out or giving away, its pathetic. Starting on it now. Thanks for the challenge SSS. Link in the photo below.

It's your birthday

Hello.  Playing with the sketch over at CAS(e) this sketch. 

Stamps are from Gerda Steiner Designs. I stamped them using versafine ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder and then colored with Copic's. I also bought the coordinating die set that goes with and used it to cut a few out.

I popped the middle three Giraffe's up using tiny foam squares and mounted them at different heights.

For the sentiment, I used a piece of post it note tape to cover up the "go wild" so that I could just stamp the top of words. Then reversed that to stamp the inside.

Colored a tiny piece of white satin ribbon the same color as the Giraffes using the Copic marker. This enabled me to hide the seam between them and the sentiment. Card base is a dark brown.

Thanks for stopping by!