message in a bottle

Hi there...

One thing I love about cardmaking is, no matter what the weather looks like where you live, you can craft yourself to a beautiful place...

I just wanted to use this pretty bottle again. It's one of my favorite sets by Create A Smile and I was in the mood for a beach themed card.

• stamp the bottle and the ferns on some watercolor paper with a black pigment ink, cover it with clear embossing powder and heat set it
• color your images with watercolor markers (I used Zigs) and a water brush
• fussy cut your colored stamps
• paint water on a watercolor paper by using a light blue or light turquoise color
• paint one stroke over the bottle. Be sure you know where your bottle will be in the water later, so you match the water on the bottle with your background
• die cut your watercolor panel and adhere it to a light brown or sand card base
• adhere the fern and the bottle on your card using foam tape
• finish up your project by stamping  your sentiment and gluing on some clear drops

Flaschenpost / Message in a Bottle - Fine Ferns - Double Stitched Rectangles

Go through your stash and pick a stamp set that makes you think of a happy place. ;-)

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Thanks for stopping by!

Have a happy day, 

Nicole

Cheers!

Hello crafty friends, it's Kerstin here!

Today I have a male birthday card for you (attention: no cute critters involved).

Lately I needed a last minute male birthday card for a colleague. So no chance to use any cute critters on this card. Luckily some of the Create a Smile stamp sets are perfect for this occasion.

• stamp, heat emboss, color and fuzzy cut the vinyl record
• stamp and color the bottle from the message in a bottle (in this case I tried to color it like a beer bottle)
• create a background using one of the super cool stencils and distress oxide inks
• for a little more interest sprinkle some water and black ink on the finished background
• glue everything together with foam tape to add some dimension

If you want to be super quick look for precolored images from past coloring challenges.  I for example store these images in the bag of the stamp set.

               







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We dare you to create a smile : Masculine cards edition

Hello everyone!

It's time for us to have another challenge here on Create a smile blog and the theme is : Masculine cards.
Most of us always struggle with creating masculine cards and what a better way to challenge yourself to think creative and use your cutesy stamps to create masculine cards .

Let's see what our guest designers have created inspired by our current challenge

Kaja made this amazing card using Stencil : Winter Day Sharp one stamp set and Cool cuts Magical frame

Anja created this fabulous galaxy shaker card using Bis zum Mond stamp set 

Thank you so much ladies for being our guest designers and for inspiring us with such amazing cards.

Now let's see what our challenge team created

Alexandra made this beautiful card using To the moon stamp set 

Ashlee created this amazing card using Gull Gang stamp set and Stencil : Concentric circles

Christine made this awesome card using Vinyl Greetings stamp set

Ellenor created this adorable card using Stencil : Hexagon web and Gull gang stamp set

Giada made this beautiful cards using Message in a bottle stamp set and Stacked pierced ovals cool dies

Ksenjia created this fun card using Gull gang stamp set

Laura  created this stunning card using Bear Mail stamp set

Sindhu created this super cute card using Dress me up stamp set and Stencil : Triangle

Victoriya created adorable  card using All hands on deck stamp set

Now is your turn to get creative! Hope you found our projects inspiring !
Before you enter our challenge please take a few minutes to read the rules which are below.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day

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Poof! What Do You Wish For?

Hi there!
Samantha here, and my birthday is tomorrow, so I thought I would share a cute, rainbow-y birthday themed card!

 

     

I just LOVE that cute little genie!! I wanted to color a whole rainbow of them, but decided to keep the rainbow in the background this time!

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 a strip of black cardstock, heat emboss your sentiment

- on your card front, use a circle shape as a mask, and ink blend the rainbow! I used Distress Inks in various colors and an ink blending tool!
- then I placed the stencil on top and used some white embossing paste to add texture!

I thought about adding the bottle image from the stamp set, for the genie to be coming out of! But I decided it was too much for this clean and simple card! What do you think?

I used the Focal Point Stencil over my distressed rainbow, and the cute cute little genie is from Message In a Bottle!

    

Have you joined our Facebook Group Community? The Create a Smile Friends and Family group is such a fun group complete with challenges and daily inspiration! 
~Samantha

   

Caught a Bug?

Hi there!
Samantha here with you again, and this time I'm sharing a get well card!

 

     

Unfortunately, my husband was 'Mann Sick' this past week, which is different than regular sick...because he's a man (and our last name is Mann), and a total baby! lol! 

Let's make this card together!
- stamp and color your images (I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers)
- once the image was dry, I added some sparkles with Stickles to add a little more fun to the rainbow germs! 
- fussy cut out and set aside

- on a piece of white cardstock, use white embossing paste and a stencil to create the background
- on the cardbase, stamp the smaller images from the sets in black ink! love those little tissues and pills and band aids! they really add to the get well feel of the card, I think!

I am a huge super fan of white embossing paste over a white cardstock background! But it's sometimes hard to photograph well! One thing I do sometimes, it to take a thin grey marker and trace one edge of the stencil! It's adds a subtle shadow and instantly the background pops!

Most of this card was created using the Message in a Bottle stamp set! But some of the small images on the side of the card are from When You're Not Around set! I also used the Focal Point Stencil! 

    

Have you had your eye on the amazing Mandala Cling stamp? Good news!! It's back in stock!! Grab it while you can! :)

~Samantha