Hi everyone, it’s Jessica here. Have you seen the latest addition of colors for the VersaFine Clair ink line? I am a big fan of the VCF inks and am swooning over the new pastel colors. There are some really gorgeous shades of purples and blues, which are perfect for today’s wintery themed card. Let’s get started!
Step 1: Emboss a piece of purple cardstock with Stampin’ Up!’s Whimsical Woodland embossing folder. This is one of my favorite embossing folders to use to create any christmas or winter themed cards. It looks great on both white and colored cardstock.
Step 2: Ink blend the edges of the embossed panel with Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair ink. I like to dab off excess ink on my craft mat before blending onto the cardstock so that there would be no harsh lines. I also tried to ink blend in a circular motion to create a spotlight effect.
Step 3: Then ink blend Very Peri VersaFine Clair ink to create a color gradient. This beautiful dusty blue complements Lilac Bloom nicely. I just love the blended look of these two colors.
Step 4: I ink blended a small amount of Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to add a dramatic feel to this forest scene.
Step 5: Using the same VersaFine Clair inks (Lilac Bloom and Very Peri), ink blend the center of a square piece of cardstock. Then die cut a large snowflake with Hero Art’s Snowflake die. If your snowflake die does not have thin, intricate lines, you could die cut the shape before ink blending.
Step 6: Spritz a generous layer of Sheer Shimmer Spray in Sparkle to add a shimmery look to the snowflake die cut. Make sure you shake well before spritzing! I spritzed several layers, letting one layer dry briefly before applying the next, to get a thick coat of shimmer. The photos don’t do it justice! I wish you could see the amount of sparkle in person.
Step 7: I also splattered on some white acrylic paint droplets to the embossed background by flicking the paint brush. After that is dry, I adhered the snowflake onto a strip of white cardstock and mounted the center piece onto the background with foam tape. For some finishing touches, I adhered a couple of rhinestones as well using On Point Glue.
Step 8: To complete the card, I stamped the sentiment using the Silvery Shimmer Delicata ink pad. This sentiment stamp is from My Favorite Things’ Hand Lettered Holiday set.
Hi everyone! It’s Jessica here and I’m excited to share a quick and easy fun fold card idea with you. The concept is simple, but I love how a simple alteration to the card base can make such a great difference!
Step 1: Cut a piece of A2 cardstock and score at 4 ¼’’ so that it opens in the left-right direction (instead of opening up). Then trim off 2 ⅛’’ from the front panel and emboss it with Brick & Mortar embossing folder. Optional: Cut a piece of patterned paper to 4’’ x 5 ¼’’ and adhere it to the inside of the card. I chose a wood grain patterned paper that matches the yellow cardstock.
Step 2: Die cut a piece of cardstock and stamp the piggy image onto the scalloped square piece. I used the Memento Tuxedo Black ink. It is a great ink for stamping if you want to color your images with alcohol markers.
Step 3: I colored the adorable piggy with Stampin’ Blends markers. For his body, I used light and dark Pale Papaya and dark Petal Pink. I then colored the birthday cake with dark Daffodil Delight, dark Pumpkin Pie, and dark Calypso Coral. The green balloon was colored with dark Old Olive and dark Soft Sea Foam. And I added some color to the ground with Bronze. The Color Lifter is also a staple of mine. I find that by using the Color Lifter, the highlights of the images are emphasized more strongly, and it’s a great tool to achieve a blended look between shades of color.
Step 4: I added a simple light circuit so that the candle lights up when you press on the balloon image. A detailed video tutorial can be found on my channel (or search for “Quick & Easy Fun Fold Card that Lights Up”).
Step 5: Die cut flowers and leaves using the Playful Piggy die set. They are cute alone but even cuter in clusters! I adhered them together with On Point glue.
Step 6: Stamp the sentiment on another die cut square. VersaFine Clair Nocturne is my go-to ink for sentiment stamping. Adhere the sentiment square to the inside of the card first so you could easily cover it with the piggy panel. If you stick the piggy panel down first, it will be harder to align the sentiment square on the inside.
And here is the final card! I don’t make fun fold cards very often but I thought this simple design was so easy to make, and I highly recommend it! I really enjoyed making this card, and I hope you enjoyed it, too.
Imagine Supplies:
Memento - Tuxedo Black
VersaFine Clair - Nocturne
On Point Glue
StazOn Cleaner
Craft Mat
Other Supplies:
Stampin’ Up! - Stamps - This Birthday Piggy
Stampin’ Up! - Dies - Playful Piggy
Stampin’ Up! - Embossing Folder - Brick & Mortar
We R - Tool - Precision Press
Stampin’ Up! - Alcohol Markers - light and dark Pale Papaya, dark Petal Pink, dark Daffodil Delight, dark Pumpkin Pie, dark Calypso Coral, dark Old Olive, dark Soft Sea Foam, Bronze, Color Lifter
Hi everyone! It's Jessica here. Today's project is for all the crafty beginners who would like to try making interactive light up cards. Interactive cards might seem intimidating at first, but they are so fun and easy to make once you give it a try!
Check out this step-by-step tutorial on how to create your very first light up card. You don't need a lot of supplies to follow along. Just choose a stamp set and some patterned paper. I'm using Stampin' Up's Flight of Fancy stamps today. The images are adorable and pairs with LED lights perfectly.
It's a really short and simple circuit. The only trick is to connect the positive side of the battery to the positive side of the Chibitronics LED light sticker, and vice versa.
You can also purchase my handmade card kit (stamps plus supplies for 6 cards) and follow the step-by-step video. The kit includes the Flight of Fancy stamp set, 6 pre-scored card bases with matching envelopes and white card inserts, patterned paper for 6 cards, copper tape and 3 LED light stickers (red, blue, yellow), gold thread and rhinestone embellishments.
You can make 3 light-up cards and 3 regular cards with this kit.
Here's a different card idea without the Chibitronics lights as well. Just a simple stamp and paper card.
If you have never tried making light up cards before, I hope you'll feel inspired to give it a try!
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Good Morning Magnolia stamps and dies bundle ($78)
Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've updated my blog. I've been focusing on my YouTube channel and boy, does it take a lot of time to edit videos! Today, however, I thought I would write a post dedicated to this card since it was so special and I really enjoyed creating it.
I've had this idea before to use my floral clothing as card inspirations. I actually wear a lot of floral dresses, shirts and pants and I love the unique combinations on them. Their color palettes are usually very different from the ones that I typically choose for my creations. This time Altenew had this fun challenge where you pair up a photo of something in real life (flowers in your garden, floral clothing, or just any designs with flowers) with your projects. It's the perfect opportunity to try out my idea!
Out of my closet full of florals and greenery, I choose this dress from Zara. I love the bold, vibrant colors; red and pink peonies accompanied by purple flowers, not to mention the interesting pairings of grey and olive green leaves!
Since there were so many colors involved, plus I was using this layering stamp set called Beautiful Day, I had to try out many different color combinations before I got the ones that would match well.
Here is a list of all of the colors I used (most were mixed matched with different ink lines):
Top Red Flower: Delicata Rose Gold / VersaFine Clair Glamorous / Delicata Ruby Red Middle Pink Flower: Delicata Champagne / VersaMagic Pixie Dust / Delicata Rose Gold Bottom Red Flower: Delicata Pink Shimmer / VersaFine Clair Glamorous / Delicata Ruby Red Green Leaf: VersaMagic Sage / VersaMagic Spanish Olive Grey Leaf: Brilliance Starlite Silver / VersaFine Clair Morning Mist / VersaFine Clair Nocturne Small Purple Flowers: VersaFine Clair Nocturne / VersaMagic Purple Hydrangea / Encore Purple / Delicata Ruby Red Sentiment: StazOn Pigment Snowflake Background Splatter: Delicata Black Shimmer
The two red flowers were actually stamped with the same inks except for the bottom layer, but you can see that they actually have a big difference just from that one change. Since the red peonies on my dress have some variance in shade (one has a warmer tone than the other one), I thought I would incorporate that into my card, too.
I think the most surprising element is that this stamp set also has this little cluster of flowers, and it matched my dress so well I didn't even have to find other floral stamps from other sets. It's such a perfect coincidence!
I had to stamp the inside of the card, too. It's quite simple: just a couple of stamped images with some shimmery ink splatters, but I think it really makes a big difference. Personally I think the details on the inside is what makes a handmade card so special; store-bought cards always have blank insides or one of those tacky sentiments right in the middle.
And that's my project for today! Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you like this unique creation and would feel inspired to try some new color schemes.
Hi everyone! Today I have a very special memory keeping project to share with you. I went to Disneyland earlier this year, and had such a wonderful time (well, duh!) that I decided to create a card to document it. I haven't made interactive cards in a while, so I thought I'd try something new and make a twist and pop card.
This post focuses more on the ink blending, stamping, and coloring. I will also create a blog post and video soon to share how you can create the twist and pop mechanism.
Video Tutorial:
I used 18 VersaFine Clair inks today. I know, *lots* of ink blending. I've found that they blend super well and for smaller areas the sponge daubers work perfect. But if you'd like to ink blend an entire card panel, you might love the jumbo dauber for faster and smoother results. The ink sweepers are good helpers, too!
NOTE: Colors that I didn't use today are Summertime, Chianti, Pine Cone, Fallen Leaves, Morning Mist, Nocturne
Mickey Mouse Rainbow Card Front
After I ink blended the card panel shown in the video, I die cut a gold glitter frame using Mama Elephant's Madison Avenue Creative Cuts. The number stamps are from the Number It set. I originally wanted to include the month and date as well, and colored them in red, orange and yellow. But then I realized that it looks too crowded so I settled for just including the "2019."
The Little Mermaid
I love all mermaid things so it's no surprise that I have to get the Mermaid Kisses set from Mama Elephant. I colored all of the images with Copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. The wavy layers are dies cuts using the Ocean Waves Trio Creative Cuts.
The Lion King
For the second design, I wanted to create a Lion King panel because we saw an interactive 3D film performance that included The Lion King. And you'll see how I improvised with my current stash of supplies.
The main images are from Carnival Cupcakes, which is the very first Mama Elephant stamp set I bought. I added extra details to the little lion's face so that he looks more like a lion cub. What do you think? Do you think that the altered small bear could pass as baby Simba? I thought the grassy lands looked a bit plain so I wanted to add a tree. And as you can probably tell, I struggled to find a suitable stamp! I ended up using the coral image from Mermaid Kisses set. I mean... that kinda works, right? :P And finally, I added some leaves from Pix's Favorite set.
VersaFine Clair: Rain Forest / Shady Lane / Green Oasis / Verdant / Golden Meadow / Acorn
LION MANE: YR21 / YR24 / E97 / E08
LION (Other Parts): Y11 / Y13 / Y15 / Y19
TREE BRANCH: E35 / E37 / E29
Up
If you've seen some of my previous cards before, you know that I love to do stamp images mash-ups! It's one of my favorite ways to stretch my stamp supplies and my creativity. This time I combined the balloons from Up and Away set with the little house from Christmas Scene to recreate the iconic rainbow balloon-house from Up. I've also added some clouds from Unicorns and Rainbows. The Grizzly River Run at California Adventure is now Up themed. They even have a pressed quarter machine but unfortunately both the the machine and the ride were out of order when we visited.
VersaFine Clair: Paradise
RED BALLOONS: R32 / R35 / R37 / R39
BLUE BALLOONS: B21 / B24 / B26 / B29
GREEN BALLOONS: YG25 / G07 / G17 / G28
YELLOW BALLOONS: Y11 / Y13 / Y15 / Y19
BROWN ROOF: E71 / E74 / E77 / E79
Cinderella
Cinderella is probably my favorite Disney princess movies growing up, so I wanted to dedicate a corner to my childhood dreams. Since there aren't any princess stamps from Mama Elephant, I thought I would focus on some of the other elements from the movie: pumpkins and mice definitely scream "Cinderella" to me. These little cuties are actually from a Halloween set called Meowlloween Extras. I colored them following Jaq and Gus' outfits in the films. The fairy godmother, castle, moon and stars on the other hand, are from the same Unicorns and Rainbows set mentioned above. I thought it was a pretty clever idea to turn the clouds under the castle into shrubs and bushes so they blend well into the scene. I've also added a ton of sparkle to the sky using Imagine's Sheer Shimmer Stix in Sparkle. Lastly, I stamped the grass image from Pix's Favorites to add some interest to the lawn, and that completes the 4 pop-up panels.
NOTE: The horse and carriage stamp from Mama Elephant's Central Park set would also work nicely for a Cinderella themed card. I didn't even know that ME had such a set until very recently!
I love to keep tickets from concerts, amusement parks and special places that I've visited, and I thought it'd add a nice, personal touch to this memory keeping card. And guess what, the sentiment from Carnival Toppers also pairs perfectly well! After all, you are buying the tickets to the "Happiest place on Earth." ☺
I hope you enjoyed this magical, memory-filled twist and pop card project. I had so much fun creating it and my boyfriend was so amazed by this interactive card. I love how the recipients' appreciation makes card making such a wonderful and rewarding experience. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope to see you soon.
Hey everyone! It's the last day of STAMPloration's Spring Fling hop and I hope you have enjoyed the inspirations so far. Today I'd like to share this simple vellum card using Brave One and the newest StazOn Pigment inks.
If you have tried stamping on vellum before, you'd probably know that it takes AGES for the ink to dry. (Am I right?!) Well, the new StazOn Pigment inks have the best of both worlds: they stamp crisp, opaque and have awesome coverage, just like how you would expect from pigment inks, but they also dry instantly!
So it's really quick and easy to stamp and create this vellum card. I love the floral images from the Brave One set, and I actually bent the photopolymer stamps to form slightly wavy shapes. (Gotta love that perk of photopolymer stamps!)
And that's it from me. I hope you like this spring themed card and this special STAMPlorations hop. Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a beautiful day. :)
Hi everyone! Welcome back to another CUTplorations challenge! For this month's card I decided to create a red velvet birthday cake. Let's take a look!
First I stamped SKETCHED: Birthday Cake with Memento ink in Tuxedo Black. This way I can color the image with Copic markers. For the red part I used R89 / R39 / R35 / R32, and E40 / E41 / E53 for the buttery yellow cream. I'm actually not that fond of the yellow hue. I think I'll use W0 / W1 for some warm gray shading next time. Finally, I colored in the candles with Y19.
Then I die cut the sentiment with Smile Word Die and completed it with the sentiment stamp. Lastly, I layered a piece of foiled vellum on top of this patterned paper, and my card is finished!
Thank you so much for stopping by, I'm excited to see your creation. And have a wonderful day!
