[VIDEO] Zig Coloring Tutorial

Hi everybody :-)

Today I have a different Video for you. Not only showing you how I make a card, this time I try to give you a little tutorial for coloring with zigs.

Since I have my Zigs, wich I love, I used them very quick&easy. Becaus I like that fast watercolor-look.
But in christmas-time I colored a lot of deers and took some time for doing it not so fast a suusal, so I got a much more better result. And this I want so share with you :-)

Here you can watch my Video in ENGLISH. And, as always, please forgive me my very bad grammar. In this Video I talk sooo much, that there is much more bad english than in the other videos ;-) so: sorry!



 And here is the Video in GERMAN











If you have struggles with Zigs, belive me, maybe you only have the wrong paper. So don't give up. Just try different paper and than you will love the Zigs :-)

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Bear-y Big Birthday Wishes!

Hi there!
Samantha here today, and I'm sharing another fun card! This one is a birthday card with BIG wishes! (Literally! Ha!)

     

I literally was just browsing through my collection of stamps and these two sets were next to each other and I thought, hey, wouldn't it be cute to combine these sets...and yes...yes it would...Ha! :)

Let's make this card together!
- stamp and color your koala bears! (I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers)
- once dry, fussy cut out and set aside
- stamp your big, scripty word and fussy cut. (I heat embossed the 'wishes' phrase to make it extra bold)

- on your card front, ink blend! (I used Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade)
- add foam tape to the entire piece and pop up! 
- stamp the rest of the sentiment

I fussy cut everything here...the big word, the critters...but you could totally mask everything and make this an easy one layer card! 

I looooooved combining these two sets! I used Card full of Treasures for the koalas, and Make a Wish for the sentiment! SO MUCH FUN!! 

    

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~Samantha

   

for you

Happy New Year, crafty friends! 

It's me, Nicole, and I have my first CAS card for 2018 for you.

I got inspired by the last CAS video by Marika. Check out her tutorial here -> Video

1. stamp your background stamp on some colored paper by using a sticky clear ink and some clear embossing powder
2. add some Distress Ink at the edges using a sponge dauber
3. die cut your panel with a rectangle die
4. stamp your greeting on vellum using a sticky clear ink and white embossing powder
5. die cut your sentiment with a circle die
6. die cut leaves and a flower from colored paper, add a little bit of Distress Ink for shading
7. assemble your card and add some interest using glitter glue

Mandala / Decorated Wishes * Dekorierte Grüsse / Pocket Tag die

Get inspired by the Video Teams creations :-)

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Thanks for stopping by!

Have a happy day :-)

Nicole

Happy New Year

Hey stampers, Anni here!

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I want to wish you a Happy New Year.

Happy New Year is the meaning of the German sentiments on my two cards. I wanted to send out some Happy New year cards. As a symbol for luck I chose a pig for both cards.

• Start by stamping, colouring and fussy cutting the pigs.
• Die cut two rectangles from cream cardstock.
• Stamp the sentiment on these rectangles with brwon ink.
• To create a the background stamp 2018 in diagonals all over the cardbase with Versamark ink. Heat emboss with translucent embossing powder.
• Assemble the card.

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Welcome back to our crafty space.
Raluca here with a new card showcasing the absolutely gorgeous "Hocus Focus" & "Season's Greetings" stamp sets.

Since this is my very first card this year I wanted to wish all of you a Happy New Year! May this new year be the best you have ever had!

Now let's talk about the process of making this card:

- I die cut a white panel using the largest stitched rectangle
- On the panel I stamped the focal stamps using 3 different colors, creating the idea of fireworks. I just love how they look together and they really do look like fireworks, right?
- In the center of the panel I stamped a sentiment from my stash.
- In the middle of the fireworks I added some sequins coordinating the colors of them with the colors of the fireworks.
- I mounted the panel onto a white card base using craft foam and my card was done.

Super easy, super quick and with a beautiful result!

How do you use these focal stamps? Have you thought about creating fireworks with them?

You can also use this design for birthday cards, graduation cards, Independence Day cards by just changing the sentiment and the colors of the fireworks. 

And these would be really easy to mass-produce especially if you decide to make them one-layer cards.

Hocus Focus

Season's Greetings

Double Stitched Rectangles

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Have a lovely Tuesday!
Thanks for stopping by,
Raluca