Under the Sea Window Shaker | Studio Katia

Hello my friends today I am up on the Studio Katia Blog with this fun card.

It's is finally looking like the snow is melting and Spring weather is on its way! I just can't wait for it to warm up as you maybe can tell by this Under the Sea Shaker card.  Interactive cards are definitely one of my favorite kinds of cards to make and to give away.

CARD DETAILS

To begin this card I stamped out images from the Mermaid For Each Other and the Under the Sea sets and then die cut them with their coordinating dies. They were colored in using Copic markers.

Next, I blended out some Distress Oxide Inks (tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon and wilted violet) onto a piece of Bristol paper.  Then I used the Brush Stroke Waves stencil to add a layer of Glimmer Paste onto the background.

For the top panel, I used the Fancy Circle Dies to die cut the circle window and then used the frame from the Dotted Patterns Set 3 to cut out the panel. Next, I adhered a piece of acetate to the window opening and glued the water plants along the edge of the window. To the background, I glued the coral piece and the merman I popped up with a piece of foam tape. Not sure if you can tell from the photos but the mermaid was the only image I glued on the top of the acetate.

To create the shaker portion of the card I used foam tape and added it to the outside edge under the card front panel. Before attaching it to the background I added my sequin bits that consisted of Shimmering Ice Fusion Sequins and Sparkling Crystals to the center of where the window would be. I then removed the protective adhesive from the foam and lined it up with the background. I then attached that to a card base that I had glued a piece of light blue cardstock to. The sentiment I used on the card front comes from the Blooming Bunch Stamp set.

For a bit of sparkle on the images, I used Liquid Pixie Dust on the mermaid tails and the coral.

I hope you got some inspiration from this fun Under the Sea Shaker card. Oh, how I would love to be swimming in that magical ocean right now!

SUPPLIES

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MERMAID FOR EACH OTHER Shop at: SSS | SK	UNDER THE SEA Shop at: SSS | SK	BLOOMING BUNCH STAMP SET Shop at: SSS | SK	MERMAID FOR EACH OTHER DIES Shop at: SSS | SK	UNDER THE SEA DIES Shop at: SSS | SK
FANCY CIRCLE DIES Shop at: SSS | SK	DOTTED PATTERNS SET 3 DIES Shop at: SSS | SK	BRUSH STROKE WAVES STENCIL Shop at: SSS | SK	SHIMMERING ICE FUSION Shop at: SSS | SK	SPARKLING CRYSTALS MIX Shop at: SSS | SK
IRIDESCENT BUBBLES Shop at: SSS | SK	TRIANGLE TRAY Shop at: SSS | SK	STUDIO KATIA GLUE Shop at: SSS | SK	Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	Magnetic Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ
STANDARD CUTTING PADS Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Strathmore Bristol Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Grafix Acetate 9x12-Inch, 25 Sheets, 003 Clear Shop at: AMZ	Mini Misti Tool Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | SK	Blackout Ink Shop at: SSS | IO3
Tumbled Glass Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad MERMAID LAGOON Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Oxide Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Shop at: SSS	Liquid Pixie Dust Shop at: SSS | IO3	Glimmer Paste | Moonstone Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
SSS Card Stock 24 Colors Shop at: SSS	Sakura 6 WHITE Gelly Roll Classic Medium Point Pens Set Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Double-Sided Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | AMZ

Thank you for stopping by 😊

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

Aeonium African Succulent Cards | Picket Fence Studios

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Some of my favorite plants are succulents so I was super excited to play with this gorgeous Aeonium African Succulent stamp from Picket Fence Studios.

During Kathy Racoosin's  Daily Marker Challenge I had stamped and colored this beauty up but it wasn't until recently that I turned that coloring into a card.

To color this succlent in I had used Jane Davenport watercolor markers once I had heat embossed the image onto some watercolor paper. I then die cut the panel using and Square Stitched Frame and mounted it onto a 5.5 inch square cardbase. The sentiment I used also comes from Picket Fences Forever and Ever Stamp Set. I also spritzed the card with some shimmer water that I had mixed up using Liquid Pixie Dust and then added some sequins as a finishing touch.

I also love all things rainbow so I could help myself and colored this next succlent in rainbow colors. I stamped out the image using  Copic friendly ink and then colored the image with Copic markers begining in the center and working my way out in rainbow order.

The sentiment I used here comes from I Am A Hugger set that I stamped and heat set with a black embossing powder and then finished the card by adding some waterlike drops. 

Thank YOU Picket Fence Studios for reaching out to me and sending me some amazing products to create with. If you have a chance please stop by their shop and check out their products. Their stamps are all gorgeous...  I had a hard time picking out what I wanted to play with because I wanted them ALL😍😆

Hope you have enjoyed my inspiration today using this gorgeous succelent stamp from Picket Fence Studios.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

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Fresh Bloom Release | Easter Cards | Simon Says Stamp

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I have a couple of Spring/Easter inspired cards to share with you featuring the Filigree Egg Die that Simon Says Stamp sent me to create with for the Fresh Bloom Release. 

Just look at all the details on this die... It is so beautiful that I just had to create an entire background using it😍

CARD DETAILS

To create this card I began by die-cutting the egg in the center and then used it to die to cut along the edge of the panel. Next, I die cut a template of the egg and used it to color the openings onto another piece of white cardstock.  To ensure that I was properly lined up I would use the top die-cut layer to line up the template underneath it with the openings then I would remove the top layer and color through the openings of the template onto the bottom piece of paper using Copic markers. Once all the openings were colored in I added a layer of glimmer paste to the colored panel. Once the paste was dry I glued the top die-cut layer on to it and trimmed off the edges.

The sentiment I used here comes from the Sketch Ranunculus set that I stamped and heat embossed in Gold onto a strip of vellum that I wrapped around the card front.  I then finished off this card by embellishing the centers of the flowers with some sparkling crystals.

This next card was much simpler to make. Again I started off by die cutting the center egg and then used the largest frame of the Stitched Rectangle Die set to cut the panel. I then did some ink blending with distress oxide inks onto the card base just below where the egg would peak through. I used Broken China, Picked Raspberry and Squeezed Lemon. And once again I added a thin layer of glimmer paste to the colored area and set it aside to dry.

Once the paste was dry I glued the top panel onto the card base. The Easter sentiment I used comes from here that I heat embossed in silver and die cut using one of the angular Nested Banners.

To finish off this simple card by added a pink bow to the top of the egg and used a variety of clear colored crystals to embellish the egg front →Yellow, Pink, Blue. 

Hope you have enjoyed my Spring inspired Easter Cards featuring this beautiful Filigree Egg. Don't forget to check out the rest of the Fresh Bloom Release. Let me know in the comments below which card you liked most and what is your must-have from the release.

Thank you for stopping by 😊

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

Best Birthday Ever Selfie Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends!

If you are a fan of the Honey Bee Animal Stamps I think you are going to love this week's posts as the Honey Bee Stamps Design Team will be spotlighting all their critters.

CARD IDEA

The idea behind my card was to create a birthday party scene where things may have gotten a bit carried away and Mae the Mouse captured a "Selfie" of the best birthday party EVER! 

To make it possible to use all these animals I had to make it a slimline card. I planned this card out by gathering all my animal stamps and playing around with their arrangement on the paper until I was happy with their placement. I then figured out which ones I was going to stamp out first because those were the ones I would also have to create masks for. Can you figure out which ones I stamped first? 

CARD DETAILS

I started off with a piece of watercolor paper that measured 4.5x 8.5 inches. I then stamped out Pinky the Pig and Penny the Platypus. I then masked them off and stamped out the rest of the animals on the back of the card beginning with Lily the Lamb in the center and then the No Probllama Llama followed by the Feelin Fox on the end. The other Feelin Foxy Fox was stamped onto another piece of watercolored paper as well as the Blah Bunny and Mae the Mouse. On a few other pieces of paper, I also stamped out the party hats and accessories for the party animals.

Once all the images were stamped out I then colored everything in. I used Zig Clean Color brushes and a paintbrush to blend the color out. Once the first layers were done and dry I did go back to add all the detail brush strokes with the Zig markers. Here's a closer look at the first half of the card.

All the images that weren't stamped onto the background were all fussy cut and inked around the edges using a black marker. I could have used the coordinating dies for each animal but I think it would have taken away a little from the scene as these images are fairly large.

 I used foam tape to pop up the animals in the foreground, giving the scene some depth and dimension. 

As you can see here I only used Mae the Mouse's head as I wanted her to appear to be the one taking the "selfie" photo. Also, proportion wise a mouse is generally smaller than all these other animals and by placing her upfront you are tricked into thinking she much closer than the rest. Speaking of Mae, I gave her some black twine whiskers as I ended up cutting them off during the fussy cutting process.

All Party Animals have party hats so of course, the Llama had the sombrero and everyone else had a colorful party hat. Since I had cut these images out by hand I just cut off the pompom to make cutting easier and added a crystal jewel instead as a way to embellish them. I also used a white gel pen to add highlights to their cheeks and glossy accents to their noses and eyes. 

To create the sentiment banner I used 3 stamps sets. Best from Cheerful Sentiments, the Birthday comes from the Ham It Up set and the Ever is actually from the everything stamp that comes from the Friends Like You set that I just masked to stamp only Ever.  And for the inside of the card, I used the Happy Birthday from the Foxy Sentiments Stamp set and the Friend from the Friendship set.

And that pretty much sums up how this card was made, linked below are the supplies I used.

SUPPLIES

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MAE THE MOUSE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	LILY THE LAMB Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	No Probllama Shop at: SSS | HBS	Honey Bee BLAH BUNNY Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS	Feelin' Foxy Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS
Friends Like You Shop at: SSS | HBS	FRIENDSHIP Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Foxy Sentiments Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS	Cheerful Sentiments Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS	Pinky The Pig Shop at: SSS | HBS
Ham It Up Shop at: SSS | HBS	Penny The Platypus Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | HBS	Unicorn Rhinestones Shop at: HBS	Strathmore 400 Series Watercolor Pad Shop at: AMZ	Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	Zig CLEAN COLOR 60+ 80 SET Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Faber-Castell BLACK SOFT BRUSH PITT SB Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Black Heavyweight Cardstock 110bs Shop at: AMZ	UNICORN White Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Arctic White Ultra Powder Shop at: SSS | IO3	STUDIO KATIA GLUE Shop at: SSS | SK	Glossy Accents Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	Sakura 6 WHITE Gelly Roll  Set Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Double-Sided Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | AMZ

Take advantage and stop by the HBS SHOP to stock up on any of the Animal Themed Honey Bee Stamps as they are on SALE for 15% OFF this week. Plus leave a comment over on the Honey Bee Stamps Blog for a chance at winning a paper piecing animal die.

Hope this Best Birthday Ever Selfie Card inspired you today. Thank you for stopping by 😊

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋