Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am back with a fun cupcake card!! I just love how all of the cupcake and mug sets can be mixed and matched, so I decided to combine a few sets to make a sweet summer themed birthday card. Let’s get started…

I started my card by using the Big Birthday Cupcake dies to create my cupcake. I then used the Big Valentine Cupcake dies  to die cut my cupcake flag and flower. Once I assembled my cupcake I attached it to a card panel that I created with the Pierced Leafy Vines Plate. I love the subtle detail that this die creates. 

Next, I used the Sentiment Strips: Birthday stamp set and Sentiment Strips dies to create my sentiment banner. I then used the Fruit Mug Additions die set to die cut a variety of fruit. Lastly, I used the Big Celebration Cupcake dies to die cut a couple of ants to add to my cupcake… the perfect touch for a summertime cupcake card!

Thanks for joining me today and I hope I inspired you to create a summertime cupcake card of your own!!

Enjoy your day, Dana

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m so glad to be back with this super cute slimline card featuring Construction Additions from the June 2024 Release. The trucks were so fun to stamp and color, and I had a blast adding all the small details to create those four little vignettes.

I started off by cutting a Strathmore bristol smooth slimline panel using the largest Slimline: Peekaboo Windows die, and created roads interspersed with sand sections using the Layered Roads stencils. For the roads, I applied hickory smoke and black soot oxide inks, and for the sand sections, I used antique linen and vintage photo oxide inks. To emphasize the sand texture, I mixed some vintage photo oxide ink with water and used a small brush to add splatters on the paper, and I did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I set my panel aside to dry, and stamped all my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all, and colored everything using my alcohol markers. And in addition to the background, I knew that there would be a lot of neutral colors on this card, with the rocks, dirt, and tires, so I picked very bright colors to color the trucks, and make them pop on the background. I colored all the Construction Additions images, as well as the traffic cones, hearts, dirt piles and rounded shovel from Construction Trucks.

Next I white heat embossed “You are tons of fun” from Construction Additions on the right hand side of my panel, and attached all the images using 1mm foam squares. I also stamped in black three additional sentiments from the same set, and added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

I cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches kraft panel that I attached to a matching card base, cut a slightly smaller white panel that I stuck on top, and attached my Construction Additions panel using double sided tape. And that’s it! I really enjoyed making this card, it turned out so amazing with those colorful trucks, and I hope that you like it.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you soon!

Hi friends! Christina here to share a super fun shaker card that any bestie would love to receive. I used the Stitched Stars Dies and the Beach Day Shaker Beads from the latest release to create a starry design on a patterned paper background that I stamped myself. Let’s get started!

First, I die cut the stars from colored cardstock in colors that match the Beach Day Shaker Beads: rust, orange, teals, and royal blue. I used the Stitched Stars Dies and the two stars included in the Big Celebration Cupcake Dies set to get a variety of sizes. The largest rust-colored star will be the shaker, so I die cut that one again with the star slightly smaller to create the frame and background piece for the shaker.

For the front panel, I die cut the Pierced Stars Plate from white cardstock and stamped the little stars from the Outer Space Stamp Set in coordinating colors all across the panel. Then I die cut the second-largest star from this panel where the shaker will be. Before attaching acetate over this space on the reverse side, I used it as a template for the placement of the shaker background piece. I attached the background piece to an A2 white cardstock panel. Then I used foam strips around the background piece to create the well for the shaker beads and attached foam tape to the rest of the panel. I added the shaker beads and placed the front panel on the foam tape.

Next, I added the shaker frame that I die cut earlier from the large star to the front of the shaker. I scattered the die cut stars across the front of the panel, attaching some with foam squares.

For the greeting, I added just the script portion of the Friend Shadow Dies die cut from coordinating cardstock. The final step was to heat emboss a sentiment from the Sports Stamp Set in white on the pennant from the Big Celebration Cupcake and pop it up with foam squares.

That finishes this super fun shaker card showcasing the popular Stitched Stars Dies. See you again soon!

Hi crafty friends! It’s Dana here today and I am sharing a clean and simple card that uses the fun new Rocketship Shaker die.

I started my card by making my card panel with the Medium Polka Dot stencil and a soft gray ink. I then used the Simple Strips dies to create my four cardstock strips for the bottom of my card. 

Next, I used the Rocketship Shaker die set to create my fun rocket. I love how these dies can be used to create a shaker or also used to create a more simpler design as I did here. Once my rocket was assembled I attached it to my card panel with foam adhesive. Lastly, I used the Outer Space stamp set to stamp my sentiment directly onto my panel. I then trimmed my panel down and attached it to a kraft card base to finish my card.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card.

Enjoy your day, Dana

Hello crafty friends! It’s Barbara here and I am happy to share a fun project using a couple of the products from the new June release.

I created this A2 size card base from orange colored cardstock. I then took a piece of white cardstock using the new Layered Street Signs stencils to create a fun background. I trimmed it down to leave a bit of a border. I then die cut all the pieces from the new Big Dump Truck die set from more colored cardstock.

I adhered them together and added it to the stenciled panel with a sentiment stamped with white embossing ink and heat set with white embossing powder. Such a fun die to play with!

I really enjoyed playing with this stencil and die set from this release and I hope you liked this card!

Hi everybody, it’s June here! Today I’ll be showcasing some of the cute baby products recently released.

I used the new Onesie Shaker Dies to create a central focal point for my card. I blended a gradient on the border piece using Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide. I used those same colors with a lighter hand on the backing piece to not distract too much. I did want to add a bit more detailing though, so I splattered some Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxides and thinned out white acrylic paint on my back piece.

I love how customizable the onesie is! I personally went for the lace collar and rubber duckie to go on top of my shaker. I knew I wanted to try out a certain new stencil for the background, so the duckie just HAD to be there. Also, I was excited to see that the color palette I chose matched perfectly with one of the new shaker bead packs, the Spring Breeze Shaker Beads. This is one of my favorite shakers I’ve made so far because everything just matches so perfectly!

For the background, I went a bit out of my comfort zone again. I already talked about being intimidated by layering stencils before, but each time I see these beautiful stenciled cards my fellow Design Team members create, I really want to give it another go. So that’s what I did!

I used a variety of Distress Oxides and small blending brushes to carefully color in each image from the Layered Baby Wreath Stencil. I used a light hand so I could create a slight gradient look to the images. I tried to bring back my main colors and also used a bit of brown for the teddy bears. Going into this, I thought it would be a very stressful process for a perfectionist like myself, but I genuinely had an amazing time and lifting up my stencil made me smile each time! After I finished the stenciling work, I added some white gel pen detail like I would do with stamped images. I cut out my background using the largest of the Stitched Torn Rectangle Dies. 

Because I used brown for the teddy bears, I thought it would be a good idea to bring back that color in my sentiment. I embossed the ‘Baby’ from the Baby Animals stamp set onto a brown piece of cardstock with white embossing powder. I did the same for the ‘welcome’ sentiment from that set and I cut it out using the banner from the Big Celebration Cupcakes Dies. I adhered both of them using foam tape to match the height of the shaker piece.

I’ll see you again soon, bye!