Hello, Gemma here today with a summer card to share. I was inspired by the recent Wimbledon tennis coverage in the UK, which goes hand in hand with strawberries.

I began with the Layered Strawberries stencil, blending over each of the 4 layers with distress oxide inks on a piece of 6″ square panel, to build up the lovely strawberries. I then adhered this stencilled panel to a 6″ square card base.

Next, I made some die cut strawberries, using the Fruit Mug Additions set. These are really quick and easy to put together.

For the strawberry pot, I die cut the cake wrapper from the Big Birthday Cupcake set. I also used the ‘celebrate’ banner from the same set. The stick for adding the banner is from the Big Valentine Cupcake set.

To give the strawberries somewhere to sit on the card, I die cut a pearl white Eyelet Circle, adhering in the centre of the card, before adding the pot of strawberries and celebrate banner. I finished by adding a single strawberry sitting at the side of the pot. 

I hope this card inspired you to use some of the smaller elements from the cupcake and mug die sets. There are so many great ones packed into those sets!

Hey there! It’s Leica, and I’m here to share a berry cute Thank You card with you today featuring the Fresh Berries stamp set. I’m telling you, this card turned out super cute!

To start, I took a 4-inch square white cardstock and blended it with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink. Then, using the Starburst Stencil and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Ink, I stenciled some fun patterns over it. And to make it even more interesting, I splattered some white ink around.

Next, I stamped and colored the adorable images from the Fresh Berries stamp set. After coloring, I cut them out using their coordinating dies. I used different Copic Sketch Markers: YG67/17/03 for the greens, R29/27/24/22 for the reds, BG15/13/11 for the teals, and Y18 for the yellows. 

I used foam tape to attach the stamped images onto the card panel, giving them a nice dimension. Then, for the sentiment, I stamped “Berry Much” on white cardstock using red ink and cut it out using the coordinating die. I also created a few extra pieces and stacked them together for added dimension. To complete the sentiment, I white heat embossed “Thank You” on a strip of black cardstock and foam mounted it on the berry basket. I love the dimension and depth it adds to the card.

Lastly, I glued the card panel onto a 4.25-inch white card base and added some Strawberry Shimmer Mix here and there for a touch of shine and texture.

That’s all for my card! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope I’ve inspired you to create a card with the Fresh Berries stamp set. Happy crafting!

Hi friends, Debbie here with a Christmas in July card. This is my first Christmas card for the year and it’s a cute one!

I started off with my panel doing a ombré red ink blending from the bottom up. Then with the Winter Words Stencil I added Distress Grit Paste Opaque. While waiting for the panel to dry, I stamped and Copic colored the images from Christmas Cupcakes with X-Press It smooth white cardstock with Copic friendly ink in the Misti. Once finished I die cut them out with the Christmas Cupcakes coordinating dies.

Next with the second smallest Eyelet Circle Die, die cut out 3 circles from white card stock. Happy Holidays sentiment is from the Sentiment Strips: Christmas and the Sentiment Strips Dies. 

My final touch was die cutting out a little Holly from Winter Mug Dies with red and green card stock. Popping it up with 3D foam squares and the images and sentiment, attach the circles with liquid glue to the panel.

Stay Crafty my friends, Debbie

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today, I’m glad to be back on the blog to offer you a duo of refreshing fruity summer cards showcasing several products that were released last summer. I love those images very much, and thought it was the perfect timing to use them on cards.

I started off with the Citrus background, and cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel out of kraft cardstock. To make the colors pop on the kraft paper, I first applied a coat of white pigment ink using the three Layered Citrus stencils. Next I layered the stencil #A, and applied squeezed lemonade, twisted citron and dried marigold oxide inks to create the middle of each citrus image. I layered the stencil #B, and applied mustard seed, mowed lawn and carved pumpkin oxide inks to make the peel, and with those same oxide inks and the stencil #C, I created the juicy droplets. To finish my Citrus background, I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, and used a small brush to make splatters on my panel.

Next I created the Watermelon background, and cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches kraft panel that I first colored using the three Layered Watermelon stencils along with white pigment to make a base. Next I layered the stencil #A, and applied candied apple oxide ink to make the inside of the fruit. I layered the stencil #B, and applied mowed lawn oxide ink to make the peel, and then layered the stencil #C and applied hickory smoke oxide ink to make the seeds. And to finish my Watermelon background, I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, and used my small brush again to make splatters all over the panel.

I stamped all my images on the same kraft cardstock as the one I used to make the backgrounds using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them using the matching dies and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and my Graph’it brush markers. I used all the stamps from Citrus, all the stamps from Watermelon, and two Fruit Borders.

I stuck my images on the panels using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, added highlights and details using a white gel pen, and then created my greetings. I made them identical, but used different colored cardstock to coordinate with each card: “Hi sweet friend” is from Watermelon, “Summer” is from Summer Drinks, and “Happy” is from Sentiment Strips: Birthday, I just cut one of my stamps to only stamp “Happy”. I used the matching dies and Sentiment Strips die to cut those different pieces, and attached them all on my panels using foam squares. And finally I stuck each panel to a matching A2 kraft card base.

And that’s it! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Hello, Gemma here today with a birthday card featuring the Football Shaker die set. This set can be used both as a shaker or as a simple die cut image, which I’ve done on my card.

I began by die cutting the larger of the two football shaped dies from the set, using two different shades of orange card. I also cut the stitching pieces from white card.

Taking the darker orange football die cut, I trimmed it down to create a smaller shape, which I then adhered to the lighter orange piece. This gives some dimension to the football. I then adhered the white details on top.

Next, I die cut a piece of green card using the Wonky Stitched Squares die set. To add some texture, I flicked the panel with white acrylic paint and left it to dry.

On a 6” square card base, I stamped a greeting from the Sentiment Strips: Birthday stamp set, rotating the card in my stamp positioner and repeat stamping until I had 4 greetings. I then adhered the green wonky stitched square in the center.

Finally, I adhered the football die cut with foam tape to finish my card.

I hope you enjoyed this birthday card idea for a football fan. Thanks for stopping by!