Friday, August 31, 2018

You are Wonderful Flower Card

Hi there!
Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a tropical card full of whimsy!



 
     

I really wanted to create that great background with Distress Oxide Inks! I love the color of the greens to the almost yellows! And I thought, what better way than to pop some tropical flowers on top!


Let's make this card together!

- this stamp set is really cool, because you can stamp the inside and outside lines of the images!
- I stamped the flowers with the 'inside' portion first with two different Distress Oxide inks with the rock and roll technique!
- then I stamped on top with the outline image! What a great way to get flowers stamped and colored!
- then, I fussy cut and set aside
- on your card front, I used a combination of Lucky Clover, Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Inks! 
- then I splattered some color on top of all the images and background!


- I heat embossed the sentiment onto a strip of black cardstock
a few of the flowers (and the sentiment!) was popped up with foam tape


I love this cute card! The 'sea' was created with Distress Ink and watercolors. But you could get a totally different look if you ink blended the 'sea'! 


That sentiment is created with the All About You stamp set! LOVE the versatility of the set!
The flower images are from Aloha Spirit!

    

Good news - get your eyes and brains ready for a FUN new release in September!! Yay!!! I can't wait for you to see these stamps!

~Samantha


   


Thursday, August 30, 2018

Winners from Masculine cards challenge!


Hello everyone!

Thank you everyone who entered the Masculine card challenge! There were so many gorgeous and creative entries and as always is hard to pick only 2 winners.


Ishani is the winner of 25€ gift certificate to Create a smile store


She created this adorable card featuring our Superpowers stamp set ! Congrats Ishani please send an email to challengeteam@createasmilestamps.com to claim your prize!

Our featured artist from the Masculine cards challenge is Pip with this cute card featuring our Dress me up stamp set


Congrats Pip ! You can share the badge on your blog ! Is so well deserved!

Thank you anyone who entered our challenge! Please make sure to check the current challenge and to enter for a chance to win a 25€ gift certificate to Create a smile stamps store  and to be invite to guest design for our next challenge!

Have a great day!

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Loops of Love

Hey stampers, Anni here!
Today I have an easy to make and clean& simple card for you.





Life is crazy right now and so I needed to make a card that takes not so much time. Loops of Love is the perfect set for this occassion.





  • I started by die cutting a Double Stitched Rectangle from watercolour cardstock.
  • Then I stamped an dheat embossed in white three hearts in a row.
  • I filled the hearts with water with a brush and sprinkled the some colour pigments into the water.
  • All that was left to do then was to stamp the sentiment. In English it says something like "How nice that you were born, we would have really missed you otherwise.". It is from a German Birthday song.


Create a Smile will be on the Stempelmekka - Europe's biggest stamp faire. Maybe you can come along, too, we would love to meet you in real life.



   

We dare you to create a smile: For kids edition

Hello everyone!

We are having a new challenge starting today on the blog and the theme is ''For kids''

Let's see how our guest designers were inspired by this theme!

Rosa created this adorable card using Gull gang stamp set

And Trina made this awesome card using Superpowers stamp set


Thank you so much Rosa and Trina for being our guest designers and sharing this amazing cards with us!

Now let's see what our design team made for this challenge!

Alexandra created this shaker card using First day of school stamp set


Ashlee made this adorable card using  Superpowers stamp set


Ellenor created this beautiful card using Dress me up stamp set


Giada made this super cute card using All hands on deck stamp set


Ksenija made this adorable card using Superpowers stamp set



Laura  has created this cute and interactive card using Sweets&Treats




Sindhu created this beautiful card using First day of school stamp set


Victoriya made this adorable card using Superpowers stamp set


Hope you are inspired to play along with our challenge , you can also win a 25€ gift certificate to Create a smile stamps store , and also we are inviting our winners to guest design for our next challenge!

Before you enter your projects to the link up tool please take a few moments to read our rules , which are listed below!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a lovely day!



Tuesday, August 28, 2018

On the waves

Hi everyone and welcome back to our creative space! 
Raluca here with a brand new card showcasing one awesome stamp set from Create a Smile Stamps shop.



The "Gull Gang" is one awesome stamp set that it's loved by so many of you! I also adore this set and I have so much fun everytime I play with it!



* First I die cut one watercolored panel using the largest stitched rectangle and adhered it to a white card base.
* I also die cut a white panel using the same die and cut it in two narrower pieces and mounted them on the card's sides.


* I also die cut some waves from white cardstock and glued them inside the empty space.
* On a white piece of cardstock I stamped the images and colored them using Spectrum Noir markers.
* I fussy cut the images and mounted them on the card.
* I stamped a sentiment, glued a few clear droplets and my card was done.






If you love Instagram like I do, you can follow Create A Smile using the name @createasmilestamps and if you have any questions about card making, techniques or products, if you want to share your creations with Create A Smile fans or if you want to participate in our monthly challenge join us on our Facebook group Create A Smile - Friends & Family :).

Have a lovely Tuesday!
Thanks for stopping by,
Raluca


Friday, August 24, 2018

Part of My Gang Card

Hi there!
Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a cute card, perfect to send to some one in your own 'gang'! Ha ha!



 
     

I just can't get enough of those CUTE seagulls in this stamp set! I wanted to color them all up and make a little intimidating, no nonsense group of gulls! Ha!


Let's make this card together!

- stamp and color your image (I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers) 
- once dry, fussy cut and set aside
- on your card front, I used a combination of Peacock Feathers,Blueprint Sketch, Cracked Pistachio and Wilted Violet Distress Inks! 
- I smooshed the colors (one at a time) onto my kraft mat, then spritzed it with water and pressed my card into the color! I did this several times, allowing the ink to dry in between each layer! 
- once it was dry, I used white embossing paste and a stencil to add to the little fish images! 



- I heat embossed the sentiment onto a strip of black cardstock

- then popped up the sentiment strip and the frog image with foam tape!



I love this cute card! The 'sea' was created with Distress Ink and watercolors. But you could get a totally different look if you ink blended the 'sea'! 


I used the adorable and funny Gull Gang stamp set! And the fish were created with the Under the Sea Stencil!

    
Be sure you check out the awesome sale going on now on the Create a Smile stamps shop!
~Samantha