VIDEO Stretch the dies for making Tags

Hi everybody :-)

Its the first December, that means we are into the christmas-season.... wohooo...  and maybe you need some tags for all the presents you will give to your loved ones?

The idea is, not only to use the tag-dies. You also can use other dies for tags, and I wanted to show you how I created the backgrounds.

Here you can watch the video in english...






And here in german

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clean and super simple christmas card

Hello crafty friends, Nicole here.

It's christmas card making time... and I have some tips for you to save a little time while making them ;-)

I love to make clean and simple cards. It's just a cardmaking style I feel comfortable with. But when it comes to making christmas cards, clean and simple cards aren't just fun to make, they can save you a lot of time.

• do some inkblending in the upper half of your cardbase, start in the middle and work your way out getting lighter with the color
• stamp your landscape stamp in a crisp black ink (I used Versafine Onyx Black)
• stamp, color and fussy cut your snowman (I used Spectrum Noir Markers)
• stamp your greeting (I used Pigment Ink)
• adhere your snowman using some foam tape 
• draw some snowflakes using a white gel pen
• (you can't see it on the pictures but) I added some Glossy Accents on the nose ;-)

• once you figured out a clean and simple layout you like, you can easily make several similar cards without all the color picking, layout planing and so on... This often takes up a lot of my time.
• landscape stamps are a fun and simple way to save time if you have to make a lot of cards
• I stamp a lot of sentiments in black but I really like colored ones too. Pick a color you already used on your image or background to fit your creation perfectly.
• making cards with snow on them is a great way to save some time on coloring 
• another way to spice up your clean and simple card is using a white gel pen to add details (like I did with the snow and on the scarf)

 

We love to see what you create! Share your cards on Instagram using #createasmilestamps to create some smiles! 😉

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful day,
Nicole

Relax

Hello and happy Wednesday everyone! Chris here with today´s post, with a little fun winter card.  Have you  already seen the  new Release stamps?  - this is one of the new ones.

A good friend of mine is always very stressed during the Christmas season. I know it´s a very busy time but I think this year she needs a special "Relax-card" and this cute snowman is supposed to remind her (and maybe me too) in a funny way to relax more.

• first I stamped the images and colored with Alkoholmakers and cut out
• I don´t have Alkoholinks so for the Background I took my Alcoholmarkers and paint some lines on Photopaper and dropped some splatters high percentage alcohol (from the pharmacy) on the paper  - and wait what happens (the result is always a surprise)
• glued the dried Background on a card base  
• did die cut a rectangle window out of a panel  and embossed with an embossing folder  
• glued a acetate piece behind the window - stamped the sentiments with "Staz on" on the acetate
• filled the window with fake snow 
• glued down the panel with some 3d Foam Tape
• then arranged all images on the card 

If you want to see another shaker card, check out the last post from Raluca - she has created such a delightful card.

The super cute snowmen stamps is from the new Novembre release  and available on friday 16th.


Thank you so much for stopping by and happy crafty time.

Chris