Cute.......

Hi there it's Anja again on this Monday.
I hope you are doing well all together and are ready to get inspired.

 

 

Maybe you have noticed we have a new challenge for the month January and it's all about CUTE.
Well I don't know about you but i think most of the stamps from create a smile are cute, aren't they?
There are already some great cards made with this new theme and maybe you have already tried one so for today I wanted to make a cute card too.




I first sponged the background using the stencil and some distress ink.
Then I stamped the images onto copic friendly paper using the masking technique and building up my image.
Colored the whole image and fuzzy cut it.
Diecut two circles one out of some vellum and one out of white paper. I randomly stamped the zzzzzz at the white circle.
I adhered the whole onto the cardbase and diecut some glasses out of white cardstock.
To finish of the card I placed some waterdroplets rounde the corners and used letterstickers for the sentiment.






Stamps;

Comfy, served up, doctor's helpers, big time.



Alphabeth stickers;



Cool cuts (dies)

Magical frame;











We love to see what you come up with for this challenge so join in the fun, please!!!!!!

Have a great week,
Anja

Some more beach party fun......

Hello it's Anja again to bring you some inspiration at least I hope I will.

 

 

I really loved the different patterned papers from the beach party kit. This was no exception. I cut the strip of paper and then I had a hard time deciding what to do. I finally decided to make it a focal point on the card by placing it at an angle and building my scene around it.



I used a topfolded orange cardbase and a sligthly smaller white panel. On another white piece of cardstock I adhered the stripe of patterned paper and glued it down at the white panel after stamping and coloring my scenery.
I did some masking, stamping and coloring and adhered the whole onto my ornage cardbase.




Beach party kit;



Stamps; Comfy





I like to use coordinating colors for my images when I use patterned papers.
When I stamped the images I got a smear onto my cardstock so I tried to hide it by drwaing some birds so nobody will ever notice there was a little spot.








We have some great challenges going on so please join in the fun.

Have a great week;

Anja

More summer fun........

Hi there, you probably expected to see another card with that great new kit but for today I would like to share this card with you. It's another summer fun card which you could easily make with the new kit.

 

I would love to incorporate several stampsets in my card for today. Something old and something new and create a nice background for my scenery.

 

 

I started with a topfolded kraft cardbase and stamped the cute palmtrees tone on tone to create a soft background.

I cut a banner out of white cardstock and stamped the bird once and mirrorstamped it. Colored the birds with copics and stamped the flowers and colored them. Fuzzy cut the flowers and arranged them onto the card.

Adhered the banner onto the cardbase and stamped the sentiments.

Rounded two opposite corners to finish of the card.

 

 

Stamps;

Aloha spirit, Comfy, Jungle Fever and Perfect Tune.

 

 

 

Cool cuts (dies);

Stacked Pierced Banners;

 

 

 

Some stampsets are limited so if you like what you see make sure to get them before they are gone. The new beach Party Kit is also limited so don't wait to long. Once it's gone it's gone.

Dream of Summer

Hello Crafters!

It's Kelly here and I hope you all had wonderful holidays. It was 60 degrees  here which was weird for December in Ohio. However this past week has made up for it since we've had snow twice and it's now a balmy 14 degrees outside.

I'm getting ready for CHA this coming weekend so I've been thinking about all that warm weather while I'm stuck here in the snow. I wanted to create something that combined the two.

I started by ripping a piece of copy paper in two and using both sides as masks. I also added masks to the trees and hammock. I masked the "sand" first. I rubbed on Distress ink in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint sketch for my water. As I got closer to the "sky" I added in Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord, and Chipped Sapphire. I reversed the mask to create the sand using Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso. After I removed the sky mask but left the trees/hammock masks in place.

The white waves were created by pouncing on white acrylic paint with a stiff brush. Once that was dry I removed all the masks. I heat set the whole piece before heat embossing the snowflakes falling from the sky and the sentiment. The trees and hammock were colored with copic markers.

For those of you who would rather watch I was able to get a video together too! 

When you create a background with distress inks make sure it is completely dry before attempting any heat embossing. Distress ink stays wet a long time.

Thanks so much for visiting us!



Comfy

Winter Fun

Bright Birthday

Hello Crafters! 

It's Kelly here and I'm sharing a fun bright birthday card using lots of tiny images!

I love using tiny images to add details to cards and Create A Smile has a ton of fun ones. I couldn't resist using some to decorate these cute little packages. 

I started by stamping the packages in Memento Tuxedo Black ink because it's copic friendly. Next I used post its to mask off each  package as I worked on it. It was so nice not to have to cut masks! Sine these are simple shapes a straight edge is all you need to mask :)  I stamped several different images on various packages or used the straight line included in the set to create stripes. I colored the images with copic markers and then outlined them using a copic multiliner. A little bit of shading around the boxes helps give it some dimension. I stamped the sentiment directly over my image and then used a white gel pen to trace around the edge helping it pop. I also added some details with it. It's a pretty simple one layer card but the bright colors really help it make a big impression :) 

Just because an image isn't large doesn't mean it isn't useful. Look at what's in your stash and see if you can find a way to enhance it. Pairing tiny images with a large open stamp is an easy way to give it a completely different look!

There's only two days to link up your creations in the sidebar for a chance to win some goodies. Want another chance? Create A Smile is a sponsor in the Fall Coffee Lover's Blog hop too :) 

Thanks for visiting!

Comfy

Make A Wish 

Wrap It up

Banner Love!

Hi stampers! Anni here! Today I have not one, not two... but three cards for you!

I get excited about strange things - I am honest. For exammple in the new set "Friends & Couples" are the cutest critters! But do you know what I love most about this set? The banner! And especially that you can place the sentiment in it!
So I was thinking about with which other set I could use the banner with! And there were A LOT of ideas coming. Today I want to show you these three.
The first one is the "traditional" one you see above: Two creatures are holding the banner! You can use what ever creatures you like for this.
The second one is to place the banner between two palms.

The last one is to use the banner as decoration.

When I make more than one card at once I try to use the same products and techniques on each card. For these three cards at first I stamped, colored and fuzzy cut all the images I wanted to use. After that I used some masking fluid on them. The masking fluid on the first one was dry when I finished the third one. Perfect!
As soon as the masking fluid was dry I did some ink blending. Maybe you recognized that I used the same mask for the snow hill on the card with the penguin and the one with the island. And also used the same ink colors.
After that I only had some die cutting and adhering to do.
An easy and fast way to make a few cards at once.





I would love to see what you do with this banner. Do you have additional ideas? Please leave your link in the sidebar.