Thanks A Melon

Hello again and welcome back!  Today I've got a summery thank you card which features the Melon Friends from Gerda Steiner Designs.

I started by stamping these two images from the set and and colouring them with Copic markers.  After fussy cutting them out, I mounted them on foam tape.  

I used a patterned paper for the card front that I've had in my stash for a loooong time. The square frame is from Poppy Stamps Double Stitch Square Frames die set, and I die cut it three times and glued these together.  

I did a little ink blending on the center of one of the die cut frames, using Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.  That ink is perfect if you have trouble with getting smooth ink blends.  It may not look like it when you put it on, but as it dries, it smooths out so you don't see any splotchy areas.  

To assemble the card, I glued the white square frame into position, and then glued in the ink blended center. Then I popped the images into place.

For the sentiment, I stamped and clear heat embossed onto white cardstock, the "Thanks a" portion of the sentiment, while masking off the "melon". Then I masked off the "Thanks a" portion and used Distress Oxide inks in Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness to stamp the 'melon' portion before clear heat embossing it also.  Finally, I mounted the sentiment on foam tape and adhered it just below the square frame.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!

Spring Bloom Thank You Card

 

Products Used:

From Paper Rose Studio - Spring Bloom Clear Stamp 25282, Little Swirls 6 x 6” Stencil 19724, Hand Lettered Thanks Metal Die 25606. Copic markers, Cosmic Shimmer Luna Paste in Moonlight Rose, Poppy Stamps Double Stitch Square Frames, Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Crystal embossing powder, Prills flower centers

Hello and thanks for stopping by!  I’ve got a thank you card to share today.  I started this one by using Copic markers to colour the Spring Bloom stamped image, and then fussy cut it out.  I mounted it on the white square frame from Poppy Stamps that I had die cut three times and glued together.  I placed foam tape inside the frame, behind the flowers and added double sided tape around the frame itself.  Then I added a little glue to some of the flower centers and added the Prills.

For the background, I taped the Little Swirls stencil to an A2 piece of white cardstock and applied the Luna Paste over it, smoothing to get an even layer.  I removed and cleaned the stencil right away, and left the stencilled piece to dry.  The shine from the Luna Paste is amazing once its dry!

I die cut the sentiment twice and glued them together before heat embossing the top layer with the Aurora Crystal embossing powder.  It doesn’t show up in the photo, but there’s a lovely sparkle to the sentiment.  

Finally, once everything was dry, I attached the stencilled card front to the card base, and then mounted the floral image and square die over the centre.  Then I glued the sentiment over the lower portion of the flowers.  I wish you could really see the shine on this card!
 

Pansy Celebration Card

 

Paper Rose Studio Products:
Etched Pansy Die 25666, Leaf Burst Rectangle Die 20547, Celebrate Layered Die 17454

Other Supplies:
Distress Oxide inks in Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch, Seedless Preserves and Shaded Lilac.

Hello everyone, I’ve got a fairly simple card for you today.  I started this one by die cutting the pansies and leaves from white cardstock. I used a finger dauber and a small stencil brush to apply the Distress Oxide inks to the flowers and leaves.  For the centers of the flowers, I used a yellow Copic marker. I shaped the main flower piece by crimping and folding the petals along the fold lines, before using a round ball stylus to push down the centers to get the raised effect. I glued the centers in place and added the extra petals also with glue.  

For the background, I die cut the centre piece of the Leaf Burst Rectangle die set four times and mounted these on two extra pieces of white cardstock to get some dimension.  I cut two of them to fit on my A2 sized card.  Using Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink, I covered my card front with ink.  I then attached the Leaf Burst rectangles, alternating where the ends were placed.  I then used glue dots to attach the flowers and some glue for the leaves.  

The sentiment was cut three times and glued together.  I inked the top layer with the Shaded Lilac ink before embossing it with VersaMark ink and clear embossing powder.  I repeated the heat embossing three times to get a really glossy sentiment.  I used glue to adhere the sentiment to the card front, and finally added a few white pearls.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!

Lovely Blossoms Hello Card

 

 

Paper Rose Studio Products:
Lovely Florals - Blossoms 18183, Hello Layered Die 18252

Other Supplies:
Copic Markers, Watercolours, vellum, clear embossing powder, Simon Says Stamp Fog ink, Neenah Solar Crest 80# cardstock

Hello everyone, welcome back!  I started this card by stamping the floral images onto Neenah Solar Crest 80# cardstock using the Fog ink.  I used Copic markers to colour in the images and then fussy cut them out.

For the background, I used some watercolour paints to create a corner of pinks and tried to let it fade out to white.  I wasn’t happy with how this turned out as the watercolour was darker than I wanted it to be.  To soften it, I attached a layer of vellum over the watercolour layer and wrapped it around to the back before attaching it with double sided tape at the back. This gave a much softer card front for the blossoms. I attached the blossoms as if it was a continuous branch across the page and popped a few of them up on foam tape for dimension.  

The Hello sentiment was cut three times from white cardstock and glued together.  I inked the top layer with Distress Oxide in Kitsch Flamingo before embossing it three times with VersaMark ink and clear embossing powders.  I love the glossy finish this gives it. The secondary sentiment is from the same stamp set, and I also stamped this onto white cardstock with the Kitsch Flamingo ink and heat set it with clear embossing powder before trimming it out.  Finally, I glued both sentiments in place at the bottom of the card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you’re having a happy, creative day.

Paper Rose Studio Etched Flowers Thank You Card

 

Paper Rose Studio Products:
Etched Flowers Die 25663, Little Swirls 6x6” Stencil 19724, Little Foliage 1 Die 21099, All Occasions Sentiment Sheets 22339, Hand Lettered Thanks Die 25606

Other Supplies - Acetate, Cosmic Shimmer Jamie Rodgers Glossy Glaze in Inspired Lilac, Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Sparkles in Flirty Sky, Gilded Plum and Fuchsia Rose, Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture Paste in Chic Aubergine, Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Decorative Squares die CED4399, pearls, DecoFoil in Rainbow Shattered Glass

Hello and welcome!  For this card, I had a few elements that I knew would need to dry overnight, so I started with those first.  

For the acetate layer, I taped the Little Swirls stencil in place over my 6x6” piece of acetate.  I spread the Cosmic Shimmer Glossy Glaze over the entire stencil and used a palette knife to smooth out the application.  With the stencil still in place, I sprinkled on the Flirty Sky Pixie Sparkle powder quite liberally, and then spritzed it all with a few pumps of a water mister bottle.  I let that sit for a couple of minutes to be sure the water was activating the powder.  Then I removed the stencil and cleaned it up with water.  I left the acetate to dry overnight and once it’s dry, flip it over to see how beautiful and sparkly the bottom or “wrong” side is!

I also prepared the paper for the flowers the night before.  I used copy or computer paper for these, and placed about 4” wide strips onto an old metal cookie sheet.  I spritzed both sides of the paper with water, and then liberally sprinkled on the Pixie Sparkle powders in Gilded Plum and Fuchsia Rose.  I misted these quite liberally with a water mister to really get the powders activated, and then left them to dry overnight.  

For the leaves, on a scrap piece of white cardstock, I spread a thin layer of the Sparkle Texture paste and allowed that to dry overnight as well.  

The following day, I created a 6 x 6” card base.  I sprayed the front with a spray glue and attached the acetate, putting the stencilled side down against the front of the card.  I placed this under a heavy weight to allow it to dry.  I die cut the frame from white cardstock and glued this in place over the acetate.

Next, I die cut the flowers from the prepared computer paper, and the leaves from white cardstock, vellum and the cardstock covered with the Sparkle Texture paste.  I shaped the flowers slightly by pinching the tips and I used a round ball stylus on an old computer mouse pad to help shape the centres.  I glued the layers of the flowers together before attaching them to the front of the card with glue dots.  I used glue to add a small pearl to the centers of each flower.  Once the flowers were in place, I added in the leaves.  

The sentiment was die cut three times and glued together.  I foiled the secondary sentiment with my laminator, trimmed it down and added 2 or 3 strips of scrap cardstock to the back for dimension.  The sentiments were then glued to the front of the card,  There is really a lot of shine on this card with all the acetate, Pixie Sparkle powders and foiling, but it was hard to capture in a photo.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you’re having a happy, creative day!

Happy Mail

Hello and welcome back!  Today I've got a quick and easy happy mail card that is perfect for sending off to family or friends as a little Hello, thinking of you type of card.  

 

I used the Puppy Mail stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs and used Copic markers to colour in the two images that I used. I used a semicircular die to cut out the front cutout.  I don't have the details on the die I used as I didn't keep the packaging (it may have been from Craftin Desert Divas but they are no longer around), but any circular or semicircular die would work.  I then embossed the front with the Dappled Dots (EFPP-015) embossing folder from Creative Expressions.  I coloured the opened background on the card base with some Distress Oxide in Mowed Lawn and the sky with Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.  I mounted the embossed card front on a layer of foam and attached it in place with glue. I then glued the images into the opening.  Finally, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment onto white cardstock and cut it out.  I edged it with a little of the Clear Day ink before gluing it in place.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!