I began by blending distress oxide inks in Dried Marigold, Saltwater Taffy, and Salvaged Patina over one layer of the Layered Seashells Stencils. On the second layer, I used some Nuvo Winter White glacier paste to give pearl shimmer details. I put this stenciled panel aside to dry whilst I worked on the rest of the card.
Hi friends! Sophie here and today I am sharing a few fun cards featuring a mix of new and old products for Summer Theme Week.
My favorite thing to do is pull from new and old from my stash so that I feel like I am getting the most out of my products! Hope you enjoy the cards I’ve made to share, let’s dive in!
I started by stenciling my background with a pink ink on light pink card stock for some subtle interest. Then, I stamped and colored my images using Copic markers. I kept the coloring of the wreath to one marker per image to keep it simpler and I did more detailed shading on the cute little tiger.
For my second card I wanted to make a simple interactive card and the Shadow Box Dies are PERFECT for making something quick and easy but that also packs a punch. This card was actually probably the quickest to make out of all the ones I am sharing today. I used theSeashell Background Stencil for the background panel of the box to give it some fun summer flair. For the waves in the box I used the Shoreline Borders and cut those out of the top of the hillside borders that come with the Shadow Box die set. I thought I would keep the focus mainly on the lion and so I opted to use the thin “Summer” word die at the top of the box for my sentiment to pair with the lion’s sign.
For my last 2 cards I had some leftover colored images that I did not want to go to waste so I decided to create some simple bonus cards.
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda here with you today!! I hope you’re having an amazing summer!! I’m super excited to be kicking off Summer Theme Week here on the blog! We’re celebrating summer all week long with tons of fantastic projects to inspire you!
I started by stamping the images in the Beach Fun Stamp Set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink. I colored them with Copic markers, added details and highlights with a white gel pen, then used the Coordinating Dies to cut them out. The Beach Day Shaker Beads inspired my color palette.
To create the background, I blended Stormy Sky Distress Oxide Ink onto the top of an A2 panel of smooth white cardstock. I tore another panel of white cardstock to create the “sand” layers and blended them with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inks. They were splattered with diluted inks in the same colors, as well as diluted white bleed-proof ink. One of the dies from the Shoreline Borders Die Set was also cut from white cardstock to create the “water” at the bottom of the background. It was blended with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink, splattered with the same diluted ink and white bleed-proof ink. All the layers were adhered to the background panel with liquid glue.
The rectangle die was cut from orange cardstock. I adhered acetate and added foam tape to the back of the rectangle, then added the Beach Day Shaker Beads to the opening. The background was then adhered to the back of the rectangle to create the shaker.
The sentiment, also from the Beach Fun Stamp Set, was stamped onto white cardstock with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink. It was cut out with the Coordinating Die, then adhered to the front of the acetate with liquid glue to finish off the card.
That does it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by! Stay tuned for more summer inspiration coming your way this week!
Hey crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and summertime is shimmer time in cardmaking! But we’ve all got places to be during the summer so shimmer techniques need to be quick and easy so we can spend more time in the pool!
Start with your background. I love plate dies like the Chevron Pierced Plate Die to create a background in one pass of the die cut machine. To add shimmer I start with something like Solar Spray because it doesn’t really change the color of the cardstock I chose.
To create shimmery die cuts I like to add shine and color all in one quick spritz, so Distress Spritz sprayed on white cardstock makes a nice soft shimmery color. Then use the Stitched Seashells Dies and Stitched Coral Dies to cut out some shimmery shapes. The added bonus of spritzing first is that running them through the die cut machine helps to flatten out the paper.
One final way to add some extra shine is to use a shimmer watercolor pan. Simply wet the watercolor paint and brush a paint brush through it and then tap on the handle over the project.
I hope you grab some Pretty Pink Posh summer dies and shimmer them up with these easy techniques so you can create a pretty card in a snap and get back to your sun and fun!
I began by heat embossing the Seashell Wreath stamp with a pearl white embossing powder. This gives a subtle look on white card, with beautiful shimmer where the light hits. It’s perfect for the seashells in this wreath.
I die cut the wreath with the coordinating die, and added a couple of layers behind for dimension.
As I used embossing powder, it’s advised not to colour with alcohol markers. Instead I reached for my zig clean colour brush markers, which I haven’t used in ages. Although I didn’t use watercolour card, they blended quite well.
There are some sentiments in the Seashell Wreath stamp set, which fit perfectly inside the wreath. I die cut another white card layer, keeping the centre part this time. I marked an arrow on the wreath, so I knew which was the top, then stamped a sentiment in the centre. I adhered this to the back of my coloured seashell wreath.
For my background, I die cut a Scallops Pierced Plate, adhering it to an A2 card base. I then added the wreath with sentiment on top to finish.
For the rainbow seashell, I die cut the shell from both white and silver glitter cardstock using the shaker frame die and backer (white cardstock only). I colored the inner shell pieces in rainbow order using dye inks and blending brushes. I adhered the silver glitter frame to the white shell backer and used liquid adhesive to adhere the rainbow inlays.
For the sentiment, I die cut the script in glitter cardstock and the shadow in vellum. I love using vellum as a shadow sentiment backer so you still see the image while giving depth and dimension to the sentiment. To finish the design, I added the rainbow shells to a white Chevron pierced background panel.
So there we are friends, a fun what to create a non shaker card using the Seashell Shaker Die. Thanks for stopping by and Big Paper Hugs!
Hi friends, Debbie here and I’m so excited to share with you the Sand Bucket Shaker Die! I have to say this is one of my favorite cards I made! I had so much fun making it! The colors of course are inspired by the beautiful Underwater Clay Mix.
When we go to the beach, we know the sand sparkles so I had to use some glitter paste using the Summer Words Stencil!
While the panel dried, I stamped out the Seashells Stamp Set onto Copic friendly paper using Memento London Fog Ink. I used the gray ink because I didn’t want the harsh black lines. A perfect alternative!
Once the coloring was done I cut them out with the Coordinating Dies. Adding some simmer and white highlights to the shells.
Now that the panel is dry, I took the outside die from the Sand Bucket Shaker and cut it out of the center of the panel. Also die cutting it out of the Lilac card stock with both the dies to create a frame. The handle was cut from a darker blue violet card stock. Rather than die cutting out the top of the bucket I decided to leave it and add a polkadots pattern paper from my stash.
I flipped over the panel and added the acetate with double sided adhesive. Normally at this point I would add my foam strips to make the shaker well. But I wanted to add the sentiment from the Seashell Stamp Setonto the acetate using StāzOn Opaque Cotton White Ink. Let it dry for a little bit before you flip it back over to add the foam.
Once I filled the well up with the Underwater Clay MixI added the same color card stock as the handle to close the well so none of the beads fall out.
Next, back to the front side of the panel I added the Lilac frame, only gluing on the edges. Because I wanted to be able to tuck the shells into the bucket. The handle was trimmed down a bit and not placed all the way to the bucket. No one will ever know, it still gives the illusion that it is hooked onto the bucket.
Added three of the shells to the bottom right of the bucket with the middle one popped up with foam squares. With some teal twine from my stash, I made a bow and attached it on the polka dot piece of the bucket.
I think I need a beach trip somewhere tropical now! Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!
Hello crafty friends, June here! Today I’m showcasing a new card I made using lots and lots of flowers.
I went into this without too much planning. I knew I wanted a card full of flowers, but I had no idea about my color palette or layout when starting. I started out by cutting 4 different flowers from the Floral Wreath Builder die set out of various colors of cardstock. I ended up with a lot of extra pieces I didn’t end up using on my card, so I might be able to make an extra project with them! Die cutting these took a while, but I loved having enough pieces on hand to play around with.
To give the flowers some dimension, I used a tiny blending brush to add a darker shade of ink to the center. I also added some gel pen dots along the stitch lines. The flowers from the die set come with their own centers to cut out, but to speed up the process I actually went for the eyes from the Build A Monster die setinstead. These cut out 2 at a time in different sizes which speeded up the process a lot.
I chose a sentiment from the Friend Greetings stamp set to place my flowers around and stamped it using a dark turquoise shade to match the flowers. For the background, I used a lighter shade of blue and added splatters in the same darker shade. They’re barely visible, but you know I have to add some splatters whenever I can!
I played around with the layout of the flowers until I was satisfied with the look. I didn’t think about it too much, so is it perfectly balanced? Definitely not. But I had a lot of fun playing around without being too hard on myself. I know I can get a bit nitpicky, so I did my best to not overthink.
To add more interest to the card, I slightly curled up the edges of the petals. I did this by taking each petal in between my thumb and index finger and adding some pressure while ‘pulling’ on the petal. I popped up all of the flowers on a foam square for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the extra dimension looks really good, and secondly, foam dots can still be removed compared to glue, so it would make adjusting my flowers way easier if the placement was slightly off.
I also added foam tape to the sentiment so it didn’t get lost in between all those flowers. It’s a pretty small sentiment, so the flowers did feel a bit overpowering. That’s why in the end, I added an extra sentiment strip underneath it, but on top of the flowers. I used the ‘thinking of you’ from the Hummingbird Floral stamp setand embossed it in white onto some dark turquoise cardstock.
And that’s it for today! This card definitely felt a bit out of my comfort zone, but I’m so in love with the way it turned out! I think these floral dies are stunning so they definitely deserved their own card.
Because the Seashell Background stencilhas thin lines, I added Pixie Spray to the back of stencil to prevent it from lifting during ink blending. With ink blending brushes, I added a layer of rainbow die inks letting the colors blend together in pink, red, yellow, teal and purple.
I staggered four white Seashell Border die-cutsacross the rainbow seashell stencil background. Then I trimmed the edges of the borders so the seashells extend across the entire card panel. The trick to straight edge trimming is to turn the card over and using sharp scissors snip the border edges.
To finish the card, I added a black and white embossed “You’re Spe-shell” sentiment.
I love how bright and cheerful such a simple design can be! Enjoy the summer cardmaking season! Thanks for stopping by and Big Paper Hugs!
I stamped images from theBeach Fun stamp set, using a grey copic friendly ink. I coloured with a limited palette of copic markers, then die cut the images with thecoordinating dies. I added two die cut layers behind each image for dimension.
Copic marker colours
N0-3
B000-00 B91 B97-99
R00-01 R20-24
Next, I die cut an Eyelet Square from white card. With another piece of white card, I used the Chevron Pierced Plate. I cut this down to fit on top of the eyelet square, popping it up slightly by adding a piece of card behind. I then adhered this in the centre of a 6” square card base.
For a sentiment, I stamped one of the greetings from the Beach Fun stamp setunderneath the eyelet square. I also die cut the Summer Script word from gold sparkle card, adding some dimension with additional die cut layers.
I adhered the Summer Script die cut word and Beach Fun images on to the card, then decided I wanted to add some gold perfect pearl splatter. I temporarily covered my images with card, so the splatter only hit the card base. Finally, I added some white gel pen details to the images to finish.
I hope you were inspired by this summer card. Thanks for stopping by!
