Have a Ball!

Hello everyone, it's Kerstin again!

Today I have a cute Birthday Card for you.

This year I'm trying to use more of my "older" stamps. That's why I chose this cute armadillo for todays card.

• stamp, color and fuzzy cut the stamped image
• I used my Zig Clean Color Brush Pens, because I haven't used them for quite a long time
• Create a Background by using a large background stamp like Ballons in the Sky
• add a layer of vellum over the Background - that creates a softer look and makes the stamped image pop even more
• decorate your card with some enamel stickers or Nuvo Drops (like I did )

Using clear embossing powder over the versafine ink helps to keep the color in place while watercoloring.

    






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Let's Celebrate!

Hi there!
Samantha here today, and guess what? It's my birthday! So you know I had to make a celebration card!! Ha! 

     

Well...birthdays!!! And that cute cute cute little monster! I couldn't let another day go past when he wasn't used on a card! Ha!

There's nothing fancy with this card, but it sure does make me happy!
Let's make it!
- stamp and color that little guy (I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and watercolored onto some Bristol Smooth Vellum Mixed Media paper)
- I also stamped a simple balloon from the cling stamp set and colored that as well.
- once dry, fussy cut and add foam tape

- on the background of your card front, stamp the background image in black ink
- heat emboss the sentiment in white, onto black cardstock
- finish with sequins

That monster is SO cute, and totally steals the show on this card! That's why I didn't go crazy with color in the background!

I really let that adorable little monster from Monster Party shine on this card! The background was stamped in black ink with the Cling Balloons In the Sky stamp set! Love it! And that sentiment is from the Mini Birthday stamp set! 

    

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~Samantha

    

Wish Big!

Hi there!
Samantha here and today I have a cute, and BRIGHT birthday card!

     

I really just wanted to use that FUN background stamp, so that's where I started with my card! Simple as that!

This is an easy card to make!
- stamp your image onto a white card front
- add watercolor! (I scribbled my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers onto a piece of old plastic packaging, spritzed with water, and then smooshed it onto my stamped panel! so easy, and so fun!)
- let the watercolor dry, then add more color on top! It's all about the layers!

- once dry, cut out some of the balloons!! there really was no rhyme or reason for which balloons were chopped, but i just wanted an unfinished edge around most of the card!
- lastly, I heat embossed my sentiment, and then added a thin shadow line in black to help it stand out!
- a few sequins finished it off!

You could also just stamp this image onto your card front, and only add color to parts of the image instead of cutting around some of the balloons!! 

Oh, I just LOVE that Balloons in the Sky cling stamp for the background! And the sentiment was from the Make a Wish stamp set! So perfect together! I also used some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh!

    

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~Samantha

   

Balloons in the Air!

Hey, Anni here!
Today I have two cards for you!

I haven't used the background stamp Balloons in the Air before and I wanted to play with my ZIGs. So I made one with pink, orange and yellow, and one with blue, turquoise and green.

These cards are fun and easy to make! Just emboss the background, colour with water colors and die cut a rectangle from that piece of paper.
For the sentiment I used a die cut Birthday word and stamped an additional text. Then I adhered both to a stripe of vellum and assembled the card.

      

Stamped Gift Boxes with Terhi Koskinen

Hello everyone!

Terhi here today continuing my experiments as a papercrafter, more than a scrapbooker. Today I decided to make giving and sharing even more beautiful, by altering these little gift boxes with gorgeous stamps. Take a look!

Pinterest, as all internet, is a great place to get inspired. There are millions of tutorials of how to fold a gift box, and as folding isn't my personal passion, we'll skip that part and I'm using ready made ones. But, to alter them, I chose the happiest and pretties stamps and sentiments!

The idea is partly inspired by Christmas, but the idea goes to any gift wrapping, just choose stamps to coordinate with your occasion.

As long as you are in stamping mood, take some coordinating paper and cut some gift tags in the same time. It makes your gift even more perfect and pretty. 

I went even one step further by decorating some of my gift with a flair buttons that can be purchased from Create A Smile store. The receiver will get a nice and pretty gift, and a memory too. The flair button can be used later as a fridge magnet or any other little decoration.

Tutorial is available here (link):

Stamps: Balloon in the sky Happy Days

Cool Cuts: Stacked Pierced Banners

Other: Chalkboards Moments Flair buttons

   

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Have a happy week!

Terhi xx