Alex Syberia Designs Kickstarter Campaign | Blog Hop 2 & Giveaway

Did you know that Kickstarter is all or nothing? That means that Alex Syberia Designs need to reach its funding goal to be able to go ahead and manufacture this beautiful collection, so please, help them! You can back them on their Kickstarter Campaign and help them spread the word about it! 

Remember that you have some fantastic discounts, which are only available through their Kickstarter Campaign.

CARD INSPIRATION

So let me show you a few cards that I made featuring some of these beautiful products!

This first card features the Create Your Own Happy Stamp Set 4x8" & Coordinating Dies. I also used the Fancy Background Stencil 6x6" to dry emboss the background panel. Hard to see it in the first pic but you can see it better in the next two. I also used the Stand-alone Dies | Celebrate Word Die to complete the sentiment. 

The inks for this card are from Simon Stays Stamp and the embellishments come from Studio Katia.

This next card also features the Create Your Own Happy Stamp Set 4x8" & Coordinating Dies. 

This time for the background panel I used the Fancy Cover Die A2 (5.5x4.25") and used kraft cardstock behind it to coordinate with the colors I used. 

The inks again for this card are from Simon Stays Stamp and the embellishments come from Studio Katia.

GIVEAWAY PRIZES | OVER £1000/$1200 IN TOTAL

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away some fantastic prizes; their full September Release and two of their gorgeous Floral Bundle or Critter Bundle to choose from. There are also amazing companies and crafty friends who are celebrating with us. Here's the complete list of awesome prizes:

• Alex Syberia Designs:
  
  • Full September Release Bundle (worth £329/$395)
  • Two bundles to choose from: Floral Bundle (worth £160/$192) or Cuties Bundle (worth £108/$129) *
• Artcreatiu - 25€ Gift Card
• Bearly Art - $50 Gift Card (open to US participants only)
• Catherine Pooler Designs - $30 Gift Card
• Crafty Purple Frog - £25 Gift Card
• Kit & Clowder - 30$ Gift Card
• La papelería de Lola - 25€ Gift Card
• Organizemore - $50 Gift Card
• Picket Fence Studios - $75 Gift Card
• Seize the Stamp - CHF 50
• The Gray Muse - $50 Gift Card
• Tonic Studios - £100/$100 Gift Card
• Wow! Embossing powder - £20/$20 Gift Card

* Check the Kickstarter Campaign for more info

That's a total of 15 prizes for 15 lucky winners! To be in with a chance to win one of these amazing prizes all you have to do is play along with each of the four hops! Alex Syberia Designs will draw winners from those entrants that have played along the hops by 16th October 2022. 

 To enter, leave a comment on this blog post and all other amazing designers. You can see the complete list, with links to each blog, below.  

Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog on the 23rd of October 2022.

BLOG HOP 2 | DESIGNERS LIST

• Alex Syberia Designs 
• Bonnie Crane
• Brenda Noelke
• Carly Tee
• Cheryl Espie
• Colleen Balija
• Elin Venge
• Erica
• Hannelie Bester
• Ilda 👈You are here 👋
• Jessica Frost-Ballas
• Jo Herbert
• Jo Laverty
• Laura Fadora
• LauraJane
• Lien Leysen
• Liz
• Michelle Short
• Mindy
• Natasha Vacca
• Nicoletta
• Raquel Arribas
• Sandhya
• Seeka
• Tasha
• Tina Wilstrup
• Yasmin Diaz

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you were inspired by my cards and can support this amazing Kickstarter Campaign. If you have any questions that I may not have answered feel free to leave them in the comments below. Until next time... Happy Hopping!

Ilda 💗

Fallen Leaves Card Set | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends and hello fallen leaves! 

The trees right now are my favorite. All the colors just make me smile😊🍂🍁 So for today's post, I tried to replicate some of nature's beauty.

CARD RECIPE

• Die cut the leaves from the Lovely Layers Fall Foliage Dies using watercolor paper.
• Mist paper and sprinkle various colors of Shimmer Powder.
• Allow to completely dry.
• Add splatters to the leaves using black ink.

• Glue onto another die-cut layer for strength and to add a little dimension. 

• Use the Fanciful A2 Foil Plate to dry emboss 4 pieces of black cardstock for the background.

• Foil the sentiments onto black cardstock using the Fall Foliage Foil Plate using Copper Glimmer Foil and the Hot Foil System.

• Die cut the words using the coordinating dies from Fall Foliage Frame Dies.

• Assemble cards and glue them onto the pattern paper from this latest release Free Bee with purchase, or a Pattern paper of your choosing. 

• Use foam dots to pop up the sentiments.
• Embellish the cards by adding coordinating pearls.

I hope these colorful leaves inspired you to pull out your inks, powders, sprays, or whatever media you like, and have fun making faux fall leaves. These pictures don't do these leaves justice, they are so beautiful and shiny in real life.

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

Ilda 🍂🍁

SUPPLIES

Lovely Layers Fall Foliage Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Fanciful A2 Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Fall Foliage Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Fall Foliage Frame Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Autumn Pearls Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Spooktacular Paper Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS
Black Foam Dots 1/4" Shop at: HBS	COPPER Glimmer Foil Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB
Distress Sprayer Ranger Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Shimmer Powder - Catherine Wheel Shop at: SSS | SB | TS US | TS UK	Shimmer Powder - Solar Flare Shop at: SSS | TS US | TS UK
Shimmer Powder - Green Parade Shop at: SSS | TS US	Shimmer Powder - Lilac Waterfall Shop at: SSS | TS US | TS UK

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Rainbow Mums Teapot Arrangement Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I was able to get away for a girl's Spa weekend to celebrate my beautiful Sister-in-law's 40th Birthday. I didn't realize how much I need that 😜

Anyways, on to today's card. As you can see I can't stay away from making rainbows whenever I can. This card features all new goodies from the Honey Bee Stamp Spooktacular Release.

CARD RECIPE

• Die cut all the pieces for the Lovely Layers Mum Dies from white card stock. I die cut an extra small Mum for this arrangement.
• Ink Blend each layer of the Mum in a different color of the rainbow. Try to go in rainbow order. I used Atelier Inks from Inkon3 for my rainbow colors. 
• Curl petal ends slightly, assemble and glue flowers together. Use foam in between layers for extra dimension.
• Die cut the Tea Pot base. I used gold foil cardstock as I didn't want it to compete with any other color.

• For the background, I used the Fanciful A2 Foil Plate to create a dry embossed textured panel by running it through my Die Cutter with the impression mat. I then trimmed it and added it to an A2 size card base.
• Next, I glued the Teapot and flower arrangement to the card front.

• For the sentiment, I stamped the Hello from the Fall Foliage Frame Stamp set on vellum using the Bee Creative Clear Embossing Ink with white embossing powder. 
• Die cut the Hello with the coordinating die from the Fall Foliage Frame Die set.
• Stamp out the my friend from the same stamp set only this time use black ink on white paper and die cut.
• Finish the card by adding some water like drops from the Shimmer and Shine Enamel Sticker set.
• For extra sparkle add some glue to the center of the flower and sprinkle on some glitter.

I hope this firenship card of Rainbow Mums in a Teapot brightened your day! Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🌈⁕🍵

SUPPLIES

Fanciful A2 Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers Mum Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Teapot and Cup Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Fall Foliage Frame Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Fall Foliage Frame Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Detail Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS	Background Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS	Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Bee Creative Clear Embossing Ink Shop at: SB | HBS	Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Shimmer and Shine Enamel Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Atelier Inks Shop at: IO3	Bristol Paper Shop at: SSS | AMZ	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Gold Mirror Cardstock Shop at: SSS | TS US | HA
Vellum Value Pack Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Arctic White Emb.Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | HBS
Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ	PRISMA GLITTER Shop at: SSS

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Alex Syberia Designs Kickstarter Campaign | Blog Hop 1 & Giveaway

The moment has arrived!! Alex Syberia Designs Kickstarter Campaign is live!

Today, we are celebrating the launch of Alex Syberia Designs' very first collection of physical products through their Kickstarter Campaign! With clear stamps, dies and stencils, there's something for everyone to love!

To look at all of the designs in detail (including videos!), the exclusive offers they have for you, and see how you can support them, make sure you check their Kickstarter Campaign Page.

I am so happy for Alex and her new venture. And even more excited to be a part of this journey of hers as I have been a fan of hers for the longest time.

Both my cards feature a couple of adorable cuties from the new Smile and Wave Stamp and Die Set. If you have been following me you know I have a thing for shaker cards and love to come up with different ways to make them. For these two cards, I used my clear bag shaker technique to create two Partial See Through Cards. I won't go into all the how-to details here, but if you are interested in creating cards like these, click HERE for the complete tutorial!

With both cards, I stamped out the critters using Copic-friendly black ink and then colored them in using Copic markers. I then die-cut the images using the coordinating dies. For some of them, I also cut out another blank die cut to use on the backside to cover up any visible ink that could be seen through the see-through card panel.

For the background, I actually used leftover ink from ink blending done using the Modern Stripes Stencil that I sprayed down with water and pressed into the stencil, resulting in a watercolor transfer. I then split the panel in half to create two cards.

On the inside of the cards, I stamped out a sentiment from the Smile and Wave set. For shaker filler, I used Pastel Rainbow Sequins.

As you can see below, this second card was done pretty much like the first one. I used the excess of the previous background panel to create the "mountain" for my penguin to climb. 

For the previous card the critter was glued to the inside of the shaker pocket, but for this one below the stamped images are glued to the outside of the panel. For this shaker filler, I used Pastel Rainbow Confetti. The flatter the filler the better for sending these types of cards through the mail.

Here is what they look like when the cards are opened up. To keep your written message from being seen from the front you just have to write it on the bottom half of the card.

And just so you can get another visual of the see-through shaker panel, here are my fingers behind the front panel of the card.

I hope you enjoyed these fun see-through shaker cards, and give them a try. They are actually quite easy to make. Now let's get back to the blog hop details and the amazing giveaways!

Their Kickstarter Campaign, full of incredible discounts for you, will run from the 15th of September to the 16th of October 2022.  

This great milestone called for some big celebrations! Throughout the duration of the Kickstarter Campaign, Alex Syberia Designs will be hosting 4 hops:

• 15 September 2022 - Hop 1: Blog hop
• 23 September 2022 - Hop 2: Instagram hop
• 5 October 2022 - Hop 3: Blog hop
• 13 October 2022 - Hop 4: Instagram hop

GIVEAWAY PRIZES | OVER £1000/$1200 IN TOTAL

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away some fantastic prizes; their full September Release and two of their gorgeous Floral Bundle or Critter Bundle to choose from. There are also amazing companies and crafty friends who are celebrating with us. Here's the complete list of awesome prizes:

• Alex Syberia Designs:
  
  • Full September Release Bundle (worth £329/$395)
  • Two bundles to choose from: Floral Bundle (worth £160/$192) or Cuties Bundle (worth £108/$129) *
• Artcreatiu - 25€ Gift Card
• Bearly Art - $50 Gift Card (open to US participants only)
• Catherine Pooler Designs - $30 Gift Card
• Crafty Purple Frog - £25 Gift Card
• Kit & Clowder - 30$ Gift Card
• La papelería de Lola - 25€ Gift Card
• Organizemore - $50 Gift Card
• Picket Fence Studios - $75 Gift Card
• Seize the Stamp - CHF 50
• The Gray Muse - $50 Gift Card
• Tonic Studios - £100/$100 Gift Card
• Wow! Embossing powder - £20/$20 Gift Card

* Check the Kickstarter Campaign for more info

That's a total of 15 prizes for 15 lucky winners! To be in with a chance to win one of these amazing prizes all you have to do is play along with each of the four hops! Alex Syberia Designs will draw winners from those entrants that have played along the hops by 16th October 2022. 

Our first hop is a blog hop and it couldn't be easier to enter. All you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post as well as those of the other amazing designers in this hop. You can see the full list, with links to each blog, below.

Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog on the 23rd of October 2022.

BLOG HOP 1 | DESIGNERS LIST

Below is the complete list of the super talented designers who are sharing their creations with us today:

• Alex Syberia Designs
• Alberto Gava
• Bibi Cameron
• Bonnie Crane
• Brenda Noelke
• Carly Tee
• Cheryl Espie
• Colleen Balija
• Elin Venge
• Erica
• Hannelie Bester
• Ilda
• Jessica Frost-Ballas
• Jo Herbert
• Jo Laverty
• Kavya
• Laura Fadora
• LauraJane
• Lien Leysen
• Liz
• Michelle Short
• Mindy
• Natasha Vacca
• Nicoletta
• Rachel Alvarado
• Raquel Arribas
• Sandhya
• Seeka
• Tae Eun Yoo
• Tasha
• Tina Wilstrup
• Yasmin Diaz

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Hopping!

Ilda 💗