Sneak Peeks

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m thrilled to be back on the blog with this set of Valentine card and shaker tag using products from the brand new Valentine release: Build A Heart, Love Word Shaker, Valentine Greetings and Upright Greetings: Valentine.

New release will be available January 6th

I started off by cutting a large Eyelet Rectangle out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, I masked the four scalloped edges with washi tape, colored the panel with spun sugar oxide ink first, and then added a fun pattern using the Medium Polka Dots stencil along with kitsch flamingo oxide ink. I splattered water and dried the panel with a paper towel, mixed some picked raspberry oxide ink with water and used a slim brush to add more splatters, I did the same with seedless preserves oxide ink, with copic opaque white ink and with liquid stardust, and once my panel was dry, I attached a piece of ribbon at the very bottom.

I cut all the hearts and decorative pieces out of colored cardstock, directly inspired by the Hugs & Kisses confetti mix. I assembled everything using liquid glue, and splattered white ink on all the hearts to give them more character. 

Here is a detailed list of the die sets I used: • Build A Heart – three largest hearts and decorative pieces • Stitched Hearts – stitched hearts • Xoxo Border – small hearts • Baby Mug Additions – tiny hearts.

I cut three additional large hearts out of holographic cardstock and attached them at the back of the large colorful hearts using liquid glue, I stuck all the hearts on the panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, tied a bow using the same ribbon as before, and attached it on the left hand corner.

I stamped and embossed “Hugs & kisses” from Valentine Greetings in silver on white cardstock, cut it using the matching die, and attached it on the upper right hand corner using foam squares. Finally I attached my Eyelet Rectangle panel to a purple striped 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel using 1mm foam squares, and then to a white card base using liquid glue.

Next I created the shaker tag using the Love Word Shaker, and here is how I built it:1. Cut a Love Word Shaker frame out of lilac cardstock using the main die and heart die from the set2. Cut a whole Love Word Shaker panel out of acetate, trimmed the heart and attached it at the back of the purple frame right behind the heart using liquid glue3. Added foam strips at the back of the frame all around the heart, and behind each letter as well4. Poured some Hugs & Kisses confetti inside the heart frame5. Cut another Love Word Shaker acetate panel, trimmed the heart, and attached it to the foam strips on the heart purple frame to totally close the shaker element5. Cut another Love Word Shaker purple frame, and attached it to the foam strips to finish the back of the tag6. Cut a light blue handle using a Build A Stocking die, and stuck it on top of the “L”

I cut the “L”, “V” and “E” out of colored cardstock, added a pattern to each letter using the Mini Polka Dots stencil and matching distress inks, added white ink to each element, and once everything was dry, I attached the letters to my Love Word Shaker panel using 1mm foam squares. I also cut a small heart from Xoxo Border out of holographic cardstock, and attached it right in the center of the shaker heart.

I had one more Build A Heart heart that couldn’t fit on the card, so I added a handle to that heart, and tied it to my Love Word Shaker tag using purple twine and heart beads from my stash. Next I stamped and embossed “I love you” and “Hugs & kisses” from Upright Greetings: Valentine in silver on white cardstock, and trimmed them into slim banners using Sentiments Strips dies. I cut two additional strips out of purple cardstock, attached them behind the white banners, and then attached both banners using liquid glue. And finally, to totally match with the card, I tied a bow using the same ribbon as before, and stuck it at the top of the banner strips using liquid glue.

And that’s it! It was super fun to cut and assemble all those pieces to create this set of card and shaker tag, and I hope that these have inspired you to create your own set! Thanks so much for stopping, and see you next time.

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am excited to be sharing a sneak peek of two of the new stencils that are part of the new Valentine’s Day release. The new release will be available on January 6th and it’s packed full of amazing new products for Valentine’s Day and more!

New release will be available January 6th

For my first card I used the Scattered Hearts Frame stencil to create my card panel. I used dye ink and finger daubers for my blending. This stencil has scattered hearts around a large heart in the center. The large heart is the perfect place for a sentiment or an image. 

For my card, I decided to cover up the large heart with a heart I created with the Fringe Heart dies. I ink blended the layers in coordinating colors and then attached the heart to the center of my panel. Lastly, I used the Love Script die for my sentiment.

My next card uses the Circle Grid stencil. This stencil coordinates with the Icon stamp and die sets. The little images in the Icon sets fit perfectly into the ink blended openings. There is also a Square Grid stencil and a Diamond Grid stencil being released. I love how these stencils will coordinate with the icon sets.

I started my card by using the Circle Grid stencil to create my card panel. I again used dye ink and finger daubers for my blending. I stamped my images with the Valentine Icon set with VersaMark ink. I then heat set the images with gold embossing powder. I colored the images with Copic markers and used the Valentine Icon die set to cut them out.

Next, I used the Valentine Greetings set for my sentiment. Lastly, I attached the images and sentiment onto my panel with foam adhesive to finish my card. 

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card. I know you will love these new products and I can’t wait to see what you create with them!!

Enjoy your day, Dana

Hello everyone! This is Melissa and I’m here to share a couple of cards made with the adorable Heart Balloons stamps and Upright Greetings: Valentine stamps. These new products are irresistibly sweet and heartwarming. Let’s get started!

New release will be available January 6th

My first card uses a trio of Heart Balloons, each stamped with different patterns you can find in this playful set.  You’ll find hearts, polka dots, stripes, and so much more to choose from.  You’ll even find a balloon outline, streamers, and sentiments in this set.   

I layered my balloons over a die cut white Wonky Stitched Square that was stamped with a sentiment from the Upright Greetings: Valentine stamp set.  This was then layered over a larger die cut vellum Wonky Stitched Square.  

My aqua card base was cut using the darling XOXO Pierced Plate…I love this die!  I then added a strip of striped patterned paper across the bottom of my card and a pink glittered border across the top of the patterned paper, die cut using the Doily Borders dies. If you love scallops and eyelets, you’ll absolutely love these dies!

I layered a tiny Heart Balloons die cut and stamped image over the new Double Heart Shaker on my next card.  I created triple sentiments using one sentiment from the Heart Balloons stamp set, one from the Upright Greetings: Valentine stamp set, and the larger sentiment from the new Valentine Greetings stamp and coordinating dies set. 

My background was created using the cute Circle Grid Stencil, sprayed with Distress Spray to give it a loose, watercolor look. Once again I used the Doily Borders dies to add a red glittered border across my card front.

I love the new Valentine Holder Additions dies and used the tiny flower and leaves and hearts to add extra details to my card.

These new products are so refreshing and fun to create with.  I hope you enjoy creating with them too!

Melissa

Hi friends, it’s Jeanne here and I’m so excited to share sneak peeks of the new Valentine Icons and Valentine Greetings stamp sets. These two sets work together perfectly and are so versatile!

New release will be available January 6th

The Valentine Icons stamp set includes 12 image stamps of traditional Valentine images including hearts, sweets, love letters and more!  The coordinating die set has cuts for all of the images as well as a sweet little doily and two circle dies.  This makes them easy to color, cut and then stack and arrange as you like. 

I framed the stacked images with an Eyelet Rectangle that I cut the center from with a smaller rectangle die.   The pink background layer is debossed with the new XOXO Pierced Plate.

The Valentine Icons set does not include any sentiments so they’re perfect to pair with the Valentine Greetings to complete your designs. The Valentine Greetings coordinating die set fussy cuts the sentiments giving them a unique look that takes up less space than cutting with a banner or strip die so more of your design is visible. 

I used a Stitched Heart placed over an Eyelet Circle to create a focal point for this card.  It was easy to arrange the Valentine Icons along the edge of the circle to maintain the shape.

It doesn’t get sweeter than this!  I know you’re going to love the new release!

Hello, crafty friends! Arsenia here, and I’m excited to share a sneak peek with you today! The Valentine Ghost Friends stamp set and coordinating dies are absolutely adorable — I couldn’t stop using them. For my color palette, I was inspired by vintage ghost valentines, which often feature a mix of red, blue, and black. Of course, I had to add a touch of pink to complete the look! Let’s dive in!

New release will be available January 6th

For my first card, I stamped the images from the Valentine Ghost Friends set in black and then colored them using alcohol markers in a mix of red, blue, and pink tones. After coloring, I used the Valentine Ghost Friends coordinating dies to cut out the images.

Next, I created the background using the new Circle Grid stencil — and let me tell you, I’m totally obsessed with all the stencils in this release! To add a little extra detail, I used another new stencil, the Layered Heart Sprinkles, to stencil partial red hearts onto the grid.

For the frame, I used the large die from the Eyelet Rectangles Dies, cutting out a rectangle from the center. I also die-cut a heart from the Eyelet Heart Dies. For embellishment, I added images from the new Valentine Holder Additions Dies. This die set is phenomenal, and I know you’ll love it too!

Finally, I worked on the sentiment. I used the Large Boo Shadow Dies and two sentiments from the Valentine Ghost Friends set. Ta-da — the card was done, and I think that ghost is just too cute!

For my second card, I began by stenciling the background using the new Layered Heart Sprinkles stencil. Then, I created a frame using the Stitched Torn Rectangles Dies to give the card some structure. The ghosts from Valentine Ghost Friends stamp set needed a resting place, so I die-cut the smallest heart from the Eyelet Heart Dies and placed the ghosts on top.

I added some finishing touches with dies from the Valentine Holder Additions Dies — you’re going to want to add these to your collection, trust me!

The final step was adding the sentiment. I used a love sentiment from the new Valentine Greetings set (another must-have — the font is just perfect!). I also included two additional sentiments from the Valentine Ghost Friends set, heat-embossed on white cardstock and die-cut with the Sentiment Strip Dies. To wrap it all up, I added some white gel pen highlights for a touch of whimsy. I love how it turned out!

For my third card, I used the remaining colored images from the Valentine Ghost Friends stamp set with coordinating dies. I once again used the Layered Heart Sprinkles stencil for the background. To give the ghosts a place to rest, I die-cut the smallest square from the Eyelet Squares Dies. I arranged the squares and ghosts and added a few embellishments from the new Strawberry Valentine Mix.

For the sentiment, I chose a phrase from the Valentine Ghost Friends set, heat-embossing it in white on pink cardstock. I then die-cut it using the Sentiment Strip Dies. For an extra touch, I used the Boo Die from the Ghost Shaker Dies. And with that, the card was complete!

Friends, I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek! I absolutely love this release, and the Valentine Ghost Friends stamp set is definitely one of my favorites. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Hello crafty friends, Marine here! I’m so happy to be back on the blog with this duo of matching cards showcasing several die sets from the brand new release: Winter Hat Shaker, Snowflake Shaker and Stitched Snowflakes which is featured on both cards.

New release will be available October 16th

For the Winter Hat Shaker card, I started off by cutting a large Eyelet Rectangle panel out of kraft cardstock to create my background using the Layered Winter Hats stencils. I’ve mentioned it already in previous posts, but when I stencil on kraft cardstock, I like to create a white base first in order to make the colors I add after pop even more, so I created this white base using the Layered Winter Hats stencil A and stencil B along with white pigment ink. Next I used those two stencils again, one after the other, but shifted them a little bit to the right, and applied broken china, uncharted mariner and pumice stone oxide inks to create my blue winter hats background. I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and used a small brush to add splatters all over my panel, and I did the same with uncharted mariner distress spritz and then with brushed pewter distress mica spray.

I set my panel aside to dry, and worked on the Stitched Snowflakes. I cut all the bits and pieces out of two different shades of blue cardstock, vellum and white cardstock. The smallest snowflakes and the tiny center pieces are from Big Christmas Cupcake, I layered and assembled my snowflakes using liquid glue, and added decorations to each of them: a polymer clay snowflake from Candy Cane Lane on the center of each Stitched Snowflake, as well as Blue Sky pearls and Pacific Blue pearls on the branches. I set my snowflakes aside, and started to work on the Winter Hat Shaker.

I cut a Winter Hat Shaker panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using the main die, and cut the inside of the pompom using another die from the set. I colored the middle part of the hat using tumbled glass, broken china and uncharted mariner oxide inks, and used the Deco Leaves stencil along with uncharted mariner oxide ink again to add a knitted pattern to my hat. I cut the pompom part out of acetate, and attached it at the back of my hat using liquid glue. I added foam strips directly on the acetate, all along the curved edges of the pompom, and on the rest of the hat as well, I poured some Snow Days Beads inside the pompom, and cut a whole white Winter Hat Shaker panel that I stuck to the foam strips to totally close my shaker.

Next I flipped my Winter Hat Shaker over to add more details to the front. I cut another whole panel out of bristol cardstock, fussy cut the pompom, die cut the inside off, and colored it using pumice stone oxide ink. I also trimmed the bottom part of the hat, colored it using uncharted mariner, broken china, tumbled glass and pumice stone oxide inks in a fun stripe design, and attached those two elements to my hat using 1mm foam squares.

I stuck my Layered Winter Hats panel to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches light gray gingham panel, and then to a card base, using liquid glue, and I finally attached all the pieces, Winter Hat Shaker and Stitched Snowflakes, to my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

For my greeting, I started off by cutting a Winter Script out of silver glitter cardstock. I also white heat embossed “warmest” and “wishes” from Sentiment Strips: Christmas on dark gray cardstock, trimmed both words into slim banners using a Sentiment Strips die, and then attached those three elements on the lower part of my card.

For the Snowflake Shaker, I repeated the same process as before, and started off by cutting a large kraft Eyelet Rectangle that I inked up using the Cascading Snowflakes stencil. I first created a white base using white pigment ink, next I shifted the stencil a little bit to the right, applied broken china oxide ink all over the stencil, and then added some touches of uncharted mariner here and there to darken the snowflakes. I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and used my small brush to add splatters to my panel, and then I did the same with uncharted mariner distress spritz and with brushed pewter distress mica spray.

Next I cut multiple Stitched Snowflakes out of the same blue cardstock, white cardstock and vellum as before, and assembled them using liquid glue. The smallest snowflake and the center pieces are from Big Christmas Cupcake. I decorated them all using Candy Cane Lane snowflakes, Blue Sky pearls and Pacific Blue pearls, and moved on to the Snowflake Shaker.

I started off by cutting the front panel out of blue cardstock, and cut the center off to create a window inside my snowflake. Next I cut a whole snowflake out of acetate, trimmed the branches to keep the starry center piece only, and stuck that acetate center piece at the back of my front panel using liquid glue. I added foam strips on the acetate, all along the starry shape edges and on the branches as well, poured some Snow Days beads on the acetate, and cut another whole snowflake out of white cardstock that I attached to the foam strips to close my Snowflake Shaker.

I attached my Cascading Snowflakes panel on a light gray gingham panel, and then to a card base. I stuck the Snowflake Shaker to my card using liquid glue, and attached all the Stitched Snowflakes around it using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. I cut a Merry Script out of silver glitter cardstock, attached it in the center of the Snowflake Shaker using liquid glue, white heat embossed “Christmas” from Sentiment Strips: Christmas, trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and stuck it below “Merry” using 1mm foam squares.

And that’s it! These were so fun to make, and I hope you like them. Thanks so much for stopping by, see you next time!

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am so excited to be sharing a sneak peek at two of the new stencils that will be released! The first stencil I am sharing today is called Layered Winter Hats Stencils and I was inspired by the Berry Bright Shaker Beads colors. I started with a pink cardstock and used Distress Oxides in Festive Berries for the (A) stencil and a mix of Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn for the (B) stencil.

New release will be available October 16th

I also splattered white ink all over the background to give it a snow-like look and to bring in the white from the bead colors. Then I trimmed the background down to 4-⅛ x 5-⅜” (just slightly smaller than A2) and attached it to  a  cards base. I cut the Winter Hat Shaker Dies and Large Joy Shadow Dies from dark pink, green and white cardstock to decorate the card. I added the Berry Bright Shaker Beads with acetate to make the Winter Hat a shaker! For some final touches, I added a few Strawberry Shimmer Mix confetti to the card.

Moving on to a less bright and party looking card to a classic and elegant snowflake card, I used the Cascading Snowflakes Stencil with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide on kraft cardstock. After splattering it with some opaque white watercolor, I trimmed the panel to 4×5-¼” and used it as the back of my shaker panel. I diagonally cut some white cardstock of the same size and added acetate for the front of the shaker and filled it with Snow Days Shaker Beads.

To decorate the front, I cut Stitched Snowflakes Dies out of silver cardstock as well as stamping snowflakes and my sentiment from the Snowflakes Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to match with my stenciling. I also added a few Pacific Blue Pearls for some extra shine.

I hope you enjoyed these cards with two of the new Stencils – you’re going to love all of them along with everything else from this release!

Hi folks, Kavya from @handmadebykavya here with another fun sneak peek of this month’s holiday release. This release is filled with a bunch of holiday essentials that are perfect for creating quick holiday cards. I have two such cards for you today.

New release will be available October 16th

My first card uses the new Snowflakes stamp and coordinating die set. I stamped a bunch of snowflakes using blue dye ink and colored them with pastel shades of blue and purple.

I ink blended blue cardstock with shades of blue and purple as well. Die cut a large shadow Joy and adhered all the snowflakes around the sentiment. I then finished the card with a bunch of paint splatters and a smaller heat embossed sentiments from the snowflakes stamp set.

My next card is inspired by vintage baubles and uses the new Winter Greetings and Holiday Ornaments stamp sets. I started off by ink blending the edge of the pattern paper with maroon dye ink.

Then, I colored a bunch of baubles using black, green and yellow ochre shades. I adhered the baubles on the red pattern paper with foam tape and used tiny strips of paper for the strings.  Heat embossed a sentiment from Winter Greetings and I was done!

Happy Crafting,
Kavya

Hello, Gemma here today to share a look at two new stamp sets from the upcoming October release – Holiday Icons & Upright Greetings: Christmas.

New release will be available October 16th

For my first card, I stamped out images from the Holiday Icons stamp set and coloured them with copic markers. I die cut the images with the coordinating dies, then added a couple of die cut layers behind for dimension.

There are two different size circle dies in the set, which I used to create backgrounds for the icon images.

On my mini slimline card base, I adhered some patterned paper strips, cut with the Stitched Strips die set. I then added a sentiment from the Upright Greetings: Christmas stamp set, before adhering the four Holiday Icons to finish.

On my second card, I used the Holiday Icons stamp set to emboss a gold background on navy card. I spritz the panel with some sparkle spray and, once dry, adhered it to the side of an A2 notecard.

For my Upright Greetings: Christmas sentiment, I heat embossed in white on pink card, then die cut with the Stitched Strips die set.

I adhered the pink sentiment strip to the card, with two thinner gold glitter strips either side to finish.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek.  Join us tomorrow for another day of sneak peeks!

Hello friends, Arsenia here!   I’m thrilled to be sharing this sneak peek with you using the Holiday Ornaments stamp set with coordinating dies.  The ornaments are whimsical, beautiful, and have amazing details. I’m excited to share a quick but beautiful technique with you to create mass production with these beauties. Let’s get started.

New release will be available October 16th

The first step to my mass production with these gorgeous ornaments is choosing five colors of cardstock and choosing coordinating alcohol markers.  I did lots of heat embossing on the cardstock with white embossing powder with the Holiday Ornaments stamps. I took the coordinating alcohol markers and did some shading, this process goes quickly. Once I was done with the alcohol marker coloring I did some die cutting with the Holiday Ornaments dies and I was left with oodles of beautiful ornaments. 

For my first card I used Stacked Edges 1 dies with coordination cardstock for my background, next I made a frame with the two largest Wonky Stitched Rectangles Dies. I adhered the frame onto the cardbase with foam tape.  I went to my stash of ornaments and chose three of them, I decided I wanted to add some bling!  Are you ready for another sneak peek, I used some of the dies from the new Build An Ornament Die Set to add some bling to the ornaments, this die set is amazing!  To adorn the ornaments I stamped some bows from the Holiday Ornament stamp set and did some quick alcohol coloring.  The bows are so cute!   

Next I needed a sentiment, I used a sentiment from the new Winter Greetings Stamps with coordinating dies.  Friends this is an absolute must have, the sentiments are so cute and whimsical.  I stamped the sentiment onto coordination cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I added some of the adorable Holly and berries from the Holiday Ornaments with coordinating dies.  To finish the card I added lots of Sparkling Clear Sequins. Ta-Da card done and I adore it!

For my next card I decided to make a mini slimline.  The card base is 6 x 3 1/2 and the panel is 5 1/4 x 2 3/4.  For the card base I used Stitched Strips Dies and Simple Strips Dies with coordinating cardstock.  Now to work on the card panel, I decided to add some faux splatter behind each of the ornaments in coordinating ink.  I adhered the ornaments and it was time to embellish!

For the ornament toppers I used the new Build an Ornament Die Set and for some greenery I used the new Holiday Wreath Builder Die Set, oh friends you’re going to love this die set!  I added texture paste and rock candy glitter mix to the greenery.  I added some Images from the Holiday Ornament stamp set with coordinating dies.  For my sentiment I used the Sentiment Strips: Christmas stamp set and Sentiment Strip Dies!  I took a 1/8 inch of red cardstock and embellished the sentiment, card done!  It’s super cute and beautiful, I love it!

I still had some ornaments left and decided to make some gift tags, I used the Eyelet Rectangles Dies and the Simple Strips Dies.  The cute sentiments are from Winter Greetings Stamps with coordinating dies!  The tags were quick and easy,  having a stash of ornaments makes the creating process a breeze.  

For my final card I stamped the images from the Holiday Ornaments Stamp set and my Olo markers to color the images.  For my card base I used Layered Christmas Lights Stencils. I only used the greenery stencil, to add some more interest to the background I used Stacked Edges 1 Dies. I kept the card panel simple, I added a Scallop Square Die.  I backed the ornaments and merry sentiment with some glitter cardstock.  I added lots of 38 gauge silver wire to the card panel before I added all my images. To finish the card I used a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Christmas set!  

The release is absolutely gorgeous and has lots to keep you busy for the holiday crafting.  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek.  Have a fabulous day, friends!