Studio Katia March 2018 Release Blog Hop - Guest Designer

Hello Everyone and welcome to the

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For those that don't know me, Hi my name is Ilda. 👋

I hope you have been enjoying this hop so far and have been inspired by all the beautiful creations along the way. If you have arrived from Cathy's blog, you are at the right place. Don't worry if you got lost, I have complete the list below to get you back on track or you can start again on the Studio Katia Blog. I was so excited when I saw this new Release that I couldn't stop creating, so I made 3 cards... ok, 4 cards to share with you all today! Yup, it's a long post so make sure your sitting down 😆

So onto my first card. 

When I saw the Confetti Kindness Stamp I new I had to create an interactive card. I wanted my card to look like the card was throwing confetti. So that's exactly what I did!

It's really hard to tell from a photograph how it actually works. But the center circle spins and moves within the cut out circle underneath and the sequins are actually suspended by clear thread. When you spin the center piece the confetti look like they are being thrown. Make sure you are following me along on Instagram because I'll post this card in action on my instastories.

Here is another look at it to show you some of the movement in pictures.

The other cool thing I did when I created this card was to use the semicircle die from the new Square Scallop Creative Die set to create a full circle. By doing a partial die cut of the rounded edge. Great way to stretch you dies, plus I wanted the center to circle to coordinate with the outside dotted frame.
The for the background I used various colors of distress inks and just smooshed them onto the watercolor paper.

  

Here is another card example using pretty much the same process but this card does not spin. This time I used distress oxide inks to stamp and then heat set them with clear embossing powder.

For those of you that want to see exactly how these cards came together you can check out the process video below.

Click→ HERE to watch in HD on YouTube.

Supplies:

Card#1
Confetti Kindness Stamp | Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon Dies | Scallop Square Dies | Crystal Clear Confetti | VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad | Distress Mini Inks | BM EMBOSSING POWDER-ICICLE | Canson Watercolor Paper

Card#2
Confetti Kindness Stamp | Scallop Square Dies | Satin Rainbow Confetti
Distress Oxide Inks Set1, Set2

For my next card, I fell in love with the little furry faces from the Best Friends Stamps set. Rather then using the Best Friends stamp as it was meant to be, I thought it would be fun to have their little faces peeking out of each window from the Dotted Patterns Loops Die. To create this card I colored their little faces with Spectrum Noir markers then fussy cut out each each of them. Since there are 12 windows and only 11 faces I just stamped, colored and cut out another cat. Only this time just colored it completely different. (See top left cat and bottom left cat.)

For the background I used distress oxide inks and blended them into each other and then sprayed a light mist over top of the background and used a paper towel to pick up some of the water leaving behind a splattered effect.

I then carefully placed each little face in the window, tucking in the cut edges and gluing them down to the back panel.

Then I just finished the card with the friends sentiment on the center of the card. Popped it up with foam tape, and added the finishing touches to the card (white gel pen, glossy accents, sparkle pen).

Supplies:

Best Friends Stamp | Dotted Patterns: Loops | Distress Oxide Inks Set1, Set2 |
Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink| Neenah 110 LB SOLAR WHITE Paper | Spectrum Noir Markers


And here is my third and final card.... I hope you haven't fallen asleep yet, lol! Since Mother's Day will be here before you know it I thought I would get an early start. For this Shaker card I used the same semicircle die from the Scallop Square Die set and die cut it from the lower half of the card panel. I then die cut the entire panel using the dotted from from the Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon Die Set.  Before going on any further I used some watered down black watercolor to splatter onto the panel and set it to dry.

To create the look of textured glass for the front of the shaker, I used an embossing folder to impress the design on the acetate before adhering it to the back of the panel. I then created the shaker area and filled it with the gorgeous new iridescent cones and the confetti. I then added the flowers from the Spring Bouquet which I had colored with Tombow markers and cut out with the coordinating die.

I finished the card by adding my sentiment to the tag from the Dotted Patterns Set 2 and gluing it under the flowers. Now that all was glued in place I finished by adding my embellishments (Black cord bow, Iridescent Bubbles, and Sparkle Pen)

How pretty is that!?

Supplies:

Scallop Square Die Set | Spring Bouquet | Dotted Patterns: Darling Ribbon Die Set | 

Dotted Patterns Set 2 | Iridescent Cones Crystal Clear Confetti | Iridescent Bubbles | 

Spring Bouquet Dies 

Now for the details on Studio Katia Blog Hop GIVEAWAY!!!

To celebrate our New Release, Studio Katia is giving away FIVE $25 CAD gift certificates! The winners will be chosen randomly from comments left on ALL blogs of our Blog Hop.

To enter:
Leave a comment on this blog post and on every stop of the Blog Hop
→ Follow us on Instagram 
→ Like us on Facebook 
→ Make sure to leave all the comments by Sunday March 18th, 2018 11:59PM EST.

All winners will be announced on March 20th, 2018 on the Studio Katia Blog.

Here is the complete list of the Blog Hop, just in case you got lost.

Studio Katia Blog (Rowena)

Rubeena

Svitlana

Natalia

Cathy

Ilda ← ME

Dana

Kristina

For the links to all the new goodies, check out the thumbnail images below!

Hope my cards inspired you a little today.
Let me know which one of my cards was your favorite (I'm always curious to know) and which set is your must have from this release?

Your next stop on the HOP is the lovely Dana's Blog!

Thanks for Hopping by!

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product.

Affiliate links may be used depending on the product. Your purchases help keep my blog running, so thanks in advance for the support!

Mandala Stencil Shop at: SSS | SK	Confetti Stencil Shop at: SSS | SK	Dots Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | SK	Dots Die Shop at: SSS | SK	Japanese Peony Stamp Shop at: SSS | SK
Japanese Peony Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Spring Bouquet Stamp Shop at: SSS | SK	Spring Bouquet Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Whimsical Town Stamp Shop at: SSS | SK	Whimsical Town Dies Shop at: SSS | SK
Label Messages Stamp Shop at: SSS | SK	Label Messages Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Spin-Tastic Stamp Shop at: SSS | SK	Spin-Tastic Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Confetti Kindness Stamp Shop at: SSS | SK
Best Friends Shop at: SSS | SK	Floral Cross Shop at: SSS | SK	Citrus Trimmings Stamp Shop at: SSS | SK	Simple Dotted Borders Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Dotted Patterns - Set 2 Dies Shop at: SSS | SK
Scallop Square Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Fancy Circle Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Shimmering Ice Fusion Shop at: SSS | SK	Satin Rainbow Confetti Shop at: SSS | SK	Gold Crystals Shop at: SSS | SK
Glam Crystals Shop at: SSS | SK	Iridescent Stars Shop at: SSS | SK	Iridescent Cones Shop at: SSS | SK	Iridescent Bubbles Shop at: SSS | SK	Clear Round Drops XL. (8M) Shop at: SSS | SK
Sparkling Butterflies | Confetti Glitter Shop at: SSS | SK	Sparkling Stars | Confetti Glitter Shop at: SSS | SK	Sparkling Hearts | Confetti Glitter Shop at: SSS | SK	Mini Stamping Block Shop at: SSS | SK	Ruler Stamping Block Shop at: SSS | SK
Triangle Tray Shop at: SK

Honey Bee Stamps Cheerful Card Set - Using Hexagon Scraps

Hello friends!

Like every other papercrafter out there,  I always have an abundant supply of scrap paper. I like to keep my good scrap pieces, but sometimes it gets to a point where it becomes too much. So for today's project I thought I would pull out some of my scraps and get busy on creating a Cheerful Card Set. 

Well, mission accomplished.... kinda, but not really... still have tons of scraps and could probably make another 50 of these sets! 😆

To create this set was actually quite simple. Here is how i did it:

• Picked out my scrap pieces using rainbow colors and white.
• Used the Hexagon Bunches Die and created my hexagons from each color.
• Glued each hexagon in rainbow order to an A2 sized piece of cardstock. Making sure to glue them as straight and close together as possible.
• Cut the created background piece of cardstock into equal hexagon strips. See iPhone image below.

• Got Creative. I used the strips as focal points on each card. I ran each of the strips through the sizzix to align with the large Double Stitched frame die panel, cutting them in a few different lengths and angles.
• Next, I layed out all my Honey Bee Sentiment and stamp sets in front of me and then planned out which images and stamps I wanted to use on each panel.
• Stamped out and colored the images in. I used Spectrum Noir Markers for quick coloring, but you can use whatever you like.
• Glued down the colorful hexagon strips in place, and attached the sentiment strip and dies in place.
• Adhered the panels to the card bases.
• Finished the cards by adding embellishments. I added some sparkle pen to the images as well as glossy accents.

Here are some close ups of each card.

I hope this Cheerful Card Set using colorful hexagon scraps has inspired you to use up some of your scrap stash 😊 For more inspiration using these stamps check out the Honey Bee Blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product.

Affiliate links may be used depending on the product. Your purchases help keep my blog running, so thanks in advance for the support!

Honey Bee BUSY BEE Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS	Blah Humbunny Shop at: SSS | HBS	Feelin' Foxy Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS	Foxy Sentiments Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS	Honey Bee HEXAGON BUNCHES Die Shop at: SSS | HBS
A2 Double Stitched Frames | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | HBS	Blah Humbunny | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | HBS	Hugs | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | HBS	Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: SSS | AMZ	STANDARD CUTTING PADS Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Sizzix Big Shot Magnetic Platform Shop at: AMZ	Scotch Quick-Drying Tacky Glue 4Oz Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink Shop at: IO3	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ
SSS 3.5 Inch ACRYLIC BLOCK Shop at: SSS	Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Shop at: SSS | AMZ	EMBOSSING POWDER-ICICLE Shop at: SSS	Black & Decker HG1300 Dual Temperature Heat Gun Shop at: AMZ	Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Brush Pen Clear Overlay Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents, 2-Ounce Shop at: SSS | AMZ	3M Scotch 1/2-Inch Double-Sided Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Recollections White Heavyweight Cardstock 110bs Shop at: AMZ	Recollections Black Heavyweight Cardstock 110bs Shop at: AMZ	SSS Card Stock 24 Colors Shop at: SSS