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Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I’ll be using the older Bee Friends stamp set, along with a few newer items; Encouraging Greetings Stamp Set and Stacked Edges 2 Dies to create an encouragement card. I’ll be pulling in a honeycomb stencil and some texture paste to create a glossy stenciled background which fits my theme perfectly.

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To begin, I first started off with a piece of watercolour paper, taped it down onto a craft sheet and laid over my Tim Holtz stencil at an angle. I then ink blended some Squeezed
Lemonade and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Inks over the top. While blending, I was careful to not go over the harsh edges, because this stencil is so skinny, I really wanted there to be full hexagons rather than half hexagons from the edges, so I was just super careful. Then once I was finished blending on that area, I carefully moved the stencil over a little and ink blended a little more so it was wider. Now that I ink blended over the stencil, I wiped it clean and used some Transparent Texture Paste and added it over top using some palette knives. Once it was over the stencil, I removed the stencil and set the panel off to the side to dry.

Next, it was time to colour my images. I used some Copic Markers and the images from Bee Friends. I stamped them down, then coloured them in and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I set them off to side once they were cut, and dried off the rest of my panel with a heat tool just to make sure it’s super dry. Now, I used the hexagon border from Stacked Edges 2 Dies and cut that three times from some white cardstock, I popped them up on foam tape and adhered them to the edge of my coloured panel. Making sure they were staggered so they looked a little more random. Next, I added more foam tape to my bee images and adhered them down around also. Making sure to adhere their trails behind them flat onto the background.

Copic Colours Used: B0000, B000, B01 / Y11, Y35, Y38 / W5, W7, W9 / 0

Now that my card was almost complete. I used the Encouraging Greetings stamp set and white heat embossed the sentiment ‘You Got This’ onto strip of black cardstock. I also popped that up on foam tape and adhered it to the right hand side of my card hanging off the edge a little. Lastly, I added some Lemon Drop Jewels onto my card, scattered around my images. I then popped up the entire panel onto a white card base that had a little strip of blue cardstock on the left.

So that finishes up my card today, I hope you enjoyed the project and feel inspired. Thanks so much for stopping by today and I’ll catch you all next time.

Eloise

Rina here and for today’s cards I wanted to use the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set to create giant balloons with Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss in Simply White.  This was my first time trying this technique and the verdict is in – THIS WAS SO FUN!  The stamp creates dots where a variety of materials can be adhered to create an image.  I used Nuvo drops, but anything can be used such as sequins, confetti, stickles, etc.  I cannot wait to figure out what to do next with these fun stamps!

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In addition to using the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set, I am also using “Birthday Friends” for the girl and boy image.  I created a hill using the Scallop Borders 2 Dies.

I colored the images using copic markers and here are the colors I used:

Skin: E21, E50, R20

Hair: E34, E35, E37, E29

Pink: RV13, RV25

Blue: BG10, BG53

Grey: C1, C3, C5

I used Versamark ink to stamp the balloon 3 times into colored cardstock.  I placed the Nuvo Drops on each circle of the stamped image.  This was really fun and satisfying.  Once you get the hang of it, you will want to do this all day!   I used twine to create a string from the balloon to the stamped image.  If you do not have twine, you can simply draw the balloon strings in.  I stamped the sentiment Birthday Wishes from the Birthday Friends stamp set.  I added the stamped image so the image looks like it is holding the balloon strings.  To finish off the card I added Sparkling Clear Confetti near the sentiment and then adhered my card front to a 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inch card base.

I hope you enjoyed these cards, the Sparkle Dot Patterns stamps sets are super fun and a great new technique to try out. Thanks for stopping by!

Rina

Hi everyone,

Rina here for a tutorial on a get well easel card.  I wanted to create a fun card for someone who is not feeling so well in fun spring colors, with fun, playful images. Easel cards are great because they are great to display and they can stand up by themselves, so the recipient can see and enjoy them! A message can be written on the inside or in back of the easel card.  What is also great is these cards can also lay flat and be put inside an envelope.

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For inspiration I imagined that all my Pretty Pink Posh stamp sets were just one giant stamp set.  I picked and chose the images that I wanted to achieve the look I was going for.  Here is what I decided to use:

• Fly a Kite – Sun
• Everyday Greetings – Sentiments
• Bee Friends – Bees
• Halloween Friends – Bears with wings
• Bold Blooms – Flowers
• Picket Fence Die
• Scallop Borders 2 Dies – Backing for sentiment

The images were colored in Copic Markers, here is what I used:

• Blue Green – BG10, BG11, BG32
• Yellow – Y00, Y13
• Pinks – R11, R21, R22, R24, R32, R14
• Blacks – C1, C3, C5, C7

The background was created using Distress Oxide Inks in Fossilized Amber, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio and Worn Lipstick. A distress sprayer can be used for a soft distressed look.  I used the Picket Fence die to ground the bears.  For small images, I used the Zots Bling Glue Dots to adhere them to the background.

Here is how I constructed the Easel Card:

• Start with an A2 card base, fold the front in, mountain fold style
• On the bottom of the mountain fold adhere a 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inch decorated card front (only the bottom of the fold)
• On the inside of the card base, figure out where you want the card front to rest
• Apply an embellishment or a sentiment on a piece of paper and double foam tape it on the inside card base to allow the card front to rest on

Finishing touches included Wink of Stella Clear and 4mm Clear Droplets, 6mm Clear Droplets adhered with Distress Collage Medium.

Hope you like this fun, easy project and it brings a smile to your face! Thanks for stopping by!

Rina