Tutorials

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I am sharing a video tutorial showing how to create a Clean & Simple interactive Christmas card with the Angel Friends stamp set.

I started working on my project by stamping two angels, two halos and a banner onto white cardstock using alcohol marker friendly ink. Just to be safe I stamped images twice and also used my mini MISTI and double stamped them to have the blackest black outline possible.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.

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Using a few Copics I did some rather quick and basic coloring. I went with reds, yellows and blues for my color combo and used the following markers: R20, R22, R24, R27, R39 and R89 (to color angel’s dresses, banner and to add blush); Y17, Y15 and Y11 (to color angel’s hair), E00 and E000 (to color skin) and finally B000 to color wings and collars on dresses.

I cut images out using coordinating dies and heat embossed “Joy To The World” sentiment in white embossing powder onto my red colored banner. I made sure the ink from my Copics was dry on the banner die cut before I heat embossed anything as I didn’t want to mess up the coloring. I also curver my sentiment slightly to follow the curve of the banner (be sure to watch my video to learn how to do this).

The design of this card is very simple and whenever I make simple cards like this I use a few tricks to make my cards stand out. First, I like to use woodgrain cardstock for the front on my card. When there’s a lot of white space on the card this cardstock looks like a star and adds a lot to the card designs. Second, I added a bit of interactivity to this project by using wobble springs to attach the angels. You can use foam adhesive, but using mini wobblers allowed them to move on my card and added a bit of “wow” to the overall card design.

Finally, I embellished my project using the metallic gold confetti mix the Crystal Katana tool. Happy cardmaking!

 

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a Pop-Up card for you guys, but this time it’s on the inside of the card. So it’s a little fun and unique for a Halloween Card! I’ll also be using the Storybook 1 Die along with a few other die sets and the new Trick or Treat Friends set for my card.

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To begin, I stamped out my images, coloured them in with Copic Markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I then pulled the Storybook 1 Dies out and cut them out of a piece of white Cardstock. I then used the Stitched Notes Dies to die cut around the Storybook dies. While I was die cutting, I also cut the Picket Fence die from Black Cardstock. I then added foam tape onto the back of my Storybook frame and adhered it to the middle of a piece of purple plaid cardstock from Lawn Fawn.

Next up I used Twisted Citron, Wilted Violet and Carved Pumpkin to ink blend each of the three pieces that came from inside the Storybook die. I then splattered them with some water, picked up the excess and dried it with a heat tool. I then stamped ‘Hi!’ from the Everyday Greetings stamp set onto the orange piece and then adhered down all three pieces inside the Storybook die. I then used some of the images I has previously cut and coloured and adhered them onto the front of my card. Then the front panel was complete. Now it was time to work on the pop-up feature on the inside.

For the pop up panel on the inside I first cut a piece of watercolour paper down to 3″ by 5 1/2″. I used the Stitched Borders 1 dies to cut the top at a curved edge. I used Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink to colour the piece and then I scored it. On the long edge, I scored the piece at 2 3/4″ and on the short side I scored it at 2 3/4″ also. Then I folded the piece directly in half and cut a small triangle from the bottom to the centre score line, just so when I adhere and fold it into my card – it sits nice and flat.

I next added pieces of scor tape onto the flaps then pulled off the backers, lined up the score line on the pop up piece with the score line of the side folding card base, adhered down one side first, then folded the other side down with the flap facing up, then pressed the front of the card base down onto the flap. This ensures that everything will lay flat and work perfectly. Then I needed to work on my sentiment. I cut apart the ‘Happy Halloween’ sentiment from the Trick or Treat Friends set so it was in a line. I white heat embossed it on a strip of black cardstock that I cut each end at an angle on. Then I lined it up in my scoring tool and scored at the half way mark, which was 2 1/4″ for me. Then I flipped it over, added two small strips of acetate onto the back and then adhered it down onto my pop up grassy piece. This made the sentiment pop up as well as the hill piece.

To finish up, I adhered the rest of my images onto the inside of the card, then added coordinating colours of sequins to the front of my card.

Sequins used: 4mm Lavender Moon, 4mm Lime Sorbet, 4mm Tangerine, 6mm Amethyst, 6mm Shamrock, 6mm Pumpkin

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you were inspired to make a pop up card on the inside.

Eloise

Hello everyone, Eloise here and today I have two ways to use the Stitched Diamond Dies along with Distress Oxide inks. These new colours are so yummy and I just had to use them today to make a rainbow card. I have a couple other examples to show you also.

First up, I pulled some watercolour paper out and cut it into fours. Making sure that the piece was wide and tall enough to accommodate the smallest diamond die. Once all the strips had been cut, I ink blended different colours of Distress Oxide inks onto each of the pieces. At the end of it I had 14 different colours used, to create a full rainbow, but with lots of different shades of the colours.

Once all had been coloured with the oxide inks, I used the smallest diamond die from the set and cut out three diamonds from each strip of cardstock, since the strip was sometimes a little short, some of the third diamonds were missing a little of their sides, but that wasn’t an issue, they just went on the edge of the panel where it was going to be cut off anyway.

I then added foam tape behind all the diamonds and adhered it onto a panel of white cardstock, just in a random order – making sure not two similar colours were next to each other. Once everything was adhered down I went ahead and trimmed off the excess on each side with my guillotine trimmer.

For my sentiment I pulled the Birdie Friends stamp set out and used the ‘Miss You Friend’ stamp to white heat emboss on a strip of black cardstock. I then heat set the sentiment, cut the black strip at an angle on one side and adhered it onto the right hand side of my card with more foam tape. I then added a hemp cord bow to the right side also to make it more balanced.

So that finished up the first way of using these dies with these inks, I then thought of a quicker way to make the same card and design, but with stamping.

I decided to go ahead and die cut two diamonds out of some fun foam first and then adhered them to an acrylic block with double sided tape. I then took a selection of the colours of Distress Oxide inks in a more masculine colour scheme for which I used green, blue and aqua/teal and also a feminine colour scheme for which I used orange, pink and yellow and then I could stamp out the diamonds.

I inked up the foam like I normally would any stamp and then stamped down onto the card panel. It doesn’t give a perfect impression, but I really love the way it looks. Because of the stitching around the diamond, sometimes it doesn’t stamp all the way, but in the end – I still like how it turns out. When stamping, I just made sure I didn’t stamp the same colour next to each other, for it to appear more random.

Then, to clean off the foam and move onto the next colour, I just used a stamp shammy that was damp, and wiped the surface of the foam and I could easily re-use it. This is such a great way to get more from your dies, especially with simple shapes like this, but also even sentiments, I think that would be super fun to try!

Once I finished stamping down both panels with the diamonds, I finished them off the same way I did for my other cards.

Watch the video above   I  Watch the video in HD on YouTubeI hope you enjoyed my rainbow cards today, they turned out super fun and colourful! I love rainbow cards like this and with these shape dies, the possibilities are endless for card designs.

• Stitched Diamonds die set
• Distress Oxide inks: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Mini Ink Blending Tools: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Birdie Friends stamp set
• Distress Watercolor Cardstock: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll catch you all next time.

Eloise