Hippo with butterfly - Larissa

Goodmorning, I am Larissa from Car_d_elicous and today I am guestdesigning for Gerda Steiner designs again. This time I have received the stamp set Hippo with butterfly from Gerda Steiner designs to make a card with.

I stamped the image with Versafine onyx black ink on watercolur paper and then I embossed it with clear embossingpowder. Then I have coloured the image with my Zig clean colour real brush markers and then I have fussy cut the image. On a white card I adhered a strip of blue check paper from the Tiny check brights paperpack from My favorite things. On a piece of white cardstock I stamped the first part of the sentiment with black ink. Then I adhered a strip of pink cardstock under the white cardstock and then I adhered it with foamtape on the white card. I have die-cut a banner from pink cardstock with the Die-namics tag builder blueprints 5 from My favorite things and stamped the second part of the sentiment on it. After I adhered the image with foamtape on the card I adhered the banner under the image. I have die-cut a couple of hearts from pink cardstock and decorated my card with them.

*********************************************************************************

STAMP: Hippo with butterfly from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Zig clean colour real brush markers

PAPER: White and pink cs, Tiny check brights paperpack from My favorite things

INK: Versafine onyx black

DIES: Die-namics tag builder blueprints 5 from My favorite things

ACCESSORIES: Clear embossingpowder

Hey , cutie pie

Hello everyone!

Alexandra here from made by Alexandra  sharing a card that I made using this adorable stamp set from Gerda called More than pie with cute bear and pie

For this card I started by stamping the cute bear which apparently can't decide which pie should he eat :) using Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers.

Next I die cut the front panel and ink it using Distress ink , as well as with the little hill.

Finally I adhered everything down using foam tape and for the sequins I used glossy accents!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a lovely day! 

Supplies 

More than pie with cute bear and pie

Hi Cutie!

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I would like to show you this colorful project using the Gerda Steiner Designs signature Hippo:

• stamp the Gerda Steiner Designs Hippo with Butterfly with Versafine Onyx Black onto some Stonehenge paper
• color the image with Prismacolor Pencils and Zest-it
• add highlights to the eyes and the little heart on his shirt with a white gel pen
• stamp the Carta Bella Petite Dots with Versamark onto a piece of turquoise cardstock for a tone-on-tone look
• mount all the layers onto a white cardbase
• stamp the sentiment from the Mama Elephant Labeled Messages set with Versafine Onyx Black and use foam tape to adhere the sentiment strip in the top right corner

Thanks for stopping by.

Yours,

Where is the Candy???

 Hello Everyone,

Its Hazel from Didos Designs here today to share with you a creation I have made using the super new stamp set Where is the Candy?

How sweet are these images. They are just adorable. Im sure you wouldnt be too spooked to have them trick or treating you. 

 I decided to make matching background papers with the stamps too and coloured the candy in so the card and papers matched. 

I randomly stamped the sentiment and the candy on the orange card to make a wee pattern. 

I have coloured my main image with promarkers and the sweets on the papers are coloured with Sakura Souffle Pens. 

Thanks for dropping by today.  I will be back next week with another couple of makes using this set. 

Its never too early for Halloween!!!

Love Hazel x

Guest designer - Pool piggies by Larissa Walgemoed (Part 4)

Hello everyone, it is Larissa with a another post on the Gerda Steiner designs blog. Today is my last post with a card made with the Pool piggies. I really had fun making these 4 cards with the Pool piggies. Thanks so much Gerda and Macy for asking me as a guestdesigner!

My last card is a shakercard. A pool piggie has to be in a swimming pool on a pool ring. For this card I stamped a piggie and the poolring from the stampset Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs. I have coloured the images with my Polychromos pencils and then I fussy cut the images. I adhered them on top of each other with foamtape.

From white cardstock I cut a rectangle panel with a square hole in it with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 44 & 50 from Crealies. I adhered a piece of plastic sheet behind the window. On a piece of cardstock I made a background with the following colours of distress ink: Tumbled glass, Broken china, Salty ocean and Mermaid lagoon distress ink. Then I went over the background again with Mermaid lagoon distress ink and the Curved lines stencil from Create a smile. This way I got a pretty water background. I adhered foamtape on the white panel and filled my shaker with Sparkling clear sequins 3mm from Pretty pink posh and Blue sequins from Witte boekhandel (a Dutch store). I adhered the white panel on a red card. The sentiment is from the set Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs and I stamped it below the shakerpart. Then I adhered the piggy onto the swimming pool and my card is done. 

*********************************************************************************

STAMP: Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils, distress inks

PAPER: White and red cs

INK: Versafine onyx black, Tumbled glass, Broken china, Salty ocean and Mermaid lagoon distress ink. 

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 44 & 50 from Crealies. 

ACCESSORIES: Curved lines stencil from Create a smile, Blue sequins from Witte boekhandel, Sparkling clear sequins 3mm from Pretty pink posh

Hello Kitten

Hi there,

it's Tanja here again and today, I would like to show you this sweet little Cat Card:

• color the kitten from the Gerda Steiner Designs Kitten in Flowerpot image which is available as part of the Gerda Steiner Designs Spring Digital Stamp Bundle with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens, Distress Markers and a damp watercolor brush
• use one of the My Favorite Things Polaroids dies to create two little frames from patterned paper from the Pebbles Front Porch 6x6 paper pad
• add the sentiment cut with the help of a die from the Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider set from kraft cardstock
• in order to add more interest to the white cardbase, adhere two strips of patterned paper cut into a wave shape using the My Favorite Things Stitched Snow Drifts die set onto the left side of the cardbase

Hope to see you again soon.

Yours,

Guest designer - Pool piggies by Larissa Walgemoed (Part 3)

Hello everyone, it is Larissa with a another post on the Gerda Steiner designs blog. So happy to be back again today! Today I am showing you my thirth card that I made with the cute Pool piggies!

Today's card is my favorite from the set of cards that I made with the Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs. It was a lot of work, but I love the end result. I made a nice summer scene with the help of the pool piggies and a cut file from the Silhouette store. I really had fun making this card!
I started with stamping the female piggies and the beachball from the stamp set Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs and then I coloured all images with my Polychromos pencils, the black glaze pen and the Clear Spectrum noir sparkle pen and then I fussy cut the images. With a white gelpen I have drawn little dots on the bikini and the swimming suit. I have cut a large square from white cardstock with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 50 from Crealies. I made a background on it with distress inks. On the bottom of the sqaure I used Peeled paint and for the sky I used Tumbled glass and Broken china.

Then I used the silhouette and the cutting file Miss Kate bear in pool from Miss Kate cuttables to cut a swimming pool, a sun, 2 palm trees, a couple of clouds and water droplets for my scene. I have coloured all these parts with distress ink. For the swimming pool I used the colours Picked raspberry and festive berries. The sun is coloured with Mustard seed, Wild honey and Spiced marmelade. The water parts are coloured with Salty ocean ink. I have coloured the palm trees with Vintage photo, Ground espresso and Peeled paint. On the clouds I used a little bit of Tumbled glass ink. I adhered all these parts together with the piggies on the sqaure. Some pieces are adhered directly on the sqaure and for other parts I used foamtape and that way I have gotte a nice little summer scene. I adhered the sqaure with foamtape on a white card. I applied glossy accents on the sun and the sunglasses. Once I know who is going to get this card, I will stamp my sentiment on the inside of the card. Next week I will be posting card 4 from this collection.

*********************************************************************************

STAMP: Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs
SILHOUETTE CUTTING FILE: Miss Kate bear in pool from Miss Kate cuttables

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils, Distress inks

PAPER: White cs

INK: Mustard seed, Wild honey, Spiced marmelade, Peeled paint, Salty ocean, Mermaid lagoon, Vintage photo, Ground espresso, Picked raspeberry, Festive berries, Tumbled glass, Broken china distress inks. 

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 50 from Crealies

ACCESSORIES:Black glaze pen, Clear Spectrum noir sparkle pen, Glossy accents, white gelpen. 

Hippo & Friends - Jeannie Lieu (InsideoutJeans)

Hello all! I'm back with a compilation of some of my favorite stamp sets (Moody Unicorn, Hippo with Butterly, Hoppiness). The best thing about GSD stamps is that they work well together and you can easily mix and match.

Since the main card is focused on the different animals, I wanted to use a background that was colorful and fun. I've been really enjoying playing with distress oxide inks lately. Even though I don't have many of them, I love how I was able to use three of them (Worn Lipstick, Broken China, Fossilized Amber) to create six different colors, essentially the rainbow! I sprinkled a bit of water and picked it up with a paper towel. And if that wasn't enough, I wanted to add a little pizzazz so I used the gold color from the Finetec watercolor palette and sprinkled it over the background. It's a bit hard to pick up in the pictures but you can see how subtly pretty it makes the background. I'm in love! 

I really loved how this card turned out and I hope you all enjoyed it too. Have a great day!!! 

Strawberry Mouse

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I would like to show you how to create this quick and easy greeting card:

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Strawberry Mouse with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens, Distress Markers and a damp watercolor Brush
• use one of the Avery Elle Wonky Stitches dies to cut put a stitched panel from watercolor paper
• create a quick watercolor background using Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors
• stamp the sentiment from the Paper Smooches Sugar Rush set with Versafine (Onyx Black)
• use kraft cardstock as a base

Thanks for stopping by.

Yours,

Shaking Hippo - Jeannie Lieu (InsideoutJeans)

Hello everyone! I'm back again with another card featuring the new Hippo with Butterfly stamp. This time the Hippo isn't hiding behind a fence. I wanted to mimic Gerda's logo that you see on your stamp sets.

The butterfly that comes along with the set is super cute and perfect for being part of a shaker card. It was a little tough to fussy cut but it was totally worth it. I used a heart die to cut the opening of the shaker and filled it with sequins and the butterflies. It is a simple card, but I think it turned our really cute. The hippo is SO lovable! I just can't wait to see what everyone does with this set.

Until next time!

- Jeannie

Guest designer - Pool piggies by Larissa Walgemoed (Part 2)

Hi everyone, it is Larissa with a another post on the Gerda Steiner designs blog. So happy to be back again today! Today I am showing you another card that I made with the cute Pool piggies!

My card from today is a pretty easy one, but because of all the colouring I had to do, it took a while to finish. On a piece of white cardstock I stamped a couple of sunbathing piggies from tehe stamp set Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs and then I masked the piggies and stamped the bath towels. I have coloured all images with my Polychromos pencils. I have used many bright happy colours to give the card a nice siummer feeling. I have die-cut the cardstock with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 52 from Crealies and then I adhered the rectangle with foamtape on a kraft card. On a piece of black cardstock I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and then I embossed it with white embossingpowder. I have cut the sentiment into a banner shape and then I added faux stitching with a white gelpen.

A little close-up detail....

*********************************************************************************

STAMP: Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils

PAPER: White and black cs, Kraft card

INK: Versamark ink, Versafine onyx black

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 52 from Crealies

ACCESSORIES: White embossingpowder, white gelpen.Guest designer - Pool piggies by Larissa Walgemoed (Part 1)

Hello!!! Hippo - Jeannie Lieu (InsideoutJeans)

Hi everyone! I'm soooo excited to be back on the blog to share my card. I'm even more excited because I'm featuring the new Hippo stamp! It's the hippo on all the GSD packaging.... super cute!

For this card, I created a pull up card with the Hippo peeking over from the fence (from GSD's Hoppiness set) to say hello. 

The card starts out with just a set of eyes peeking over the fence and it's a surprise for the recipient, who won't know who to expect. It also reminds me of Wilson from the show Home Improvement, who is the neighbor who gives out advice, but you never get to see his face. 

It's a cute surprise for anyone so I hope you all enjoyed my card. Can't wait to see what everyone makes with this new stamp! 

Have a wonderful day. 

Holiday Turtle

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this Holiday Tag using the super cute Gerda Steiner Designs Hello Friend Turtle image:

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Hello Friend Turtle with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens, Distress Markers and a damp watercolor brush
• use the My Favorite Things Tag Builder Blueprints 6 die set to cut out a shaker tag - you need a base, a foam layer, a frame and an acetate piece ... the patterned paper is from the Doodlebug Design Fun in the Sun 6x6 paper pad
• add some Doodlebug Design Sequins before closing the shaker element with double-sided adhesive
• stamp the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Many Mini Messages with Versafine (Onyx Black) onto a sentiment strip cut with a die from the My Favorite Things Tag Builder Blueprints 5 set and add a little heart from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Hoppy stamp set
• as a last step thread three strings of twine through the hole of the tag

I hope you got inspired.

Yours,

Guest designer - Pool piggies by Larissa Walgemoed (Part 1)

Hi everyone, it is Larissa with a new post on the Gerda Steiner designs blog. So happy to be here today! Today I am showing you a card that I made with the cute Pool piggies! Aren't these piggies very cute?

My card is a spinnercard. I stamped the air matress and the reading piggy from the set
Pool piggies from Gerda Steiner designs twice and then I coloured all 4 images with my Polychromos pencils. The air matress had almost the same shape on both sides, so I could stick the images together on both back sides of the image. I adhered some fishing thread between the both images. I have adhered a piggy on each side of the matress images. On a aheet of white cardstock I stamped a stripey background with the Pinstripe from My favorite things with real red ink from Stampin up. I die-cut a hole and a square from the striped paper with the Crea-nestlies XXL 33 & 34 from Crealies. I used the circle dies again to cut a circle frame from red cardstock and to cut a aperture in the front panel of a red card. I adhered the fishing thread above and below the aperture and then I adhered the striped paper and the circle frame then on the front of the card. Now you can spin the image and if you let the image go, it will spin really hard.

Now you can turn the image a couple of times and when you let the image ago, it will spin really hard.

Inside the card I adhered a square shape of watercolor paper. I made a wavy background on it with Derwent inktense blocks. I stamped a couple of fish from the stampset Lucky duck from Gerda Steiner designs and coloured those with my Polychromos pencils. I adhered them on the background, so it just looks like the piggy is floating in a sea. ;)

*********************************************************************************

STAMP: Pool piggies and Lucky duck from Gerda Steiner designs, Pinstripe from My favorite things

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils, Derwent inktense blocks

PAPER: White and red cs, watercolour paper

INK: Versafine onyx black, Real red ink from Stampin up

DIES: Crea-nestlies XXL 33 & 34 from Crealies

ACCESSORIES: Black glaze pen, Fishing thread

Go Wild! Shaker Card by Erika Scrappika

Hi everyone, 

it's Erika [from http://www.scrappika.com/] here! I'm so happy to be guest designer for Gerda Steiner today.

For this blog post I created a shaker card using the super fun “Go Wild!” stamp set and the coordinated dies.

I’m totally addicted to shaker cards so, I decided to stamp two giraffes and put them in my shaker element!

First of all I colored using Tombow dual brush and then I cut the giraffes using the “Go Wild” die.

To see how I created the card, watch process in the video below and you will find all the details!

hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by!

Erika “Scrappika”

Happy Birthday Kitten

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and this week I would like to show you this sweet little Cat Project using an image from Gerda Steiner Designs:

• color the adorable Gerda Steiner Designs Cat with Balloons image which is available as part of the Gerda Steiner Designs January/February 2017 Digital Stamp Bundle with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors and a watercolor brush
• apply Distress Oxide Ink (Picked Raspberry) through the ARTplorations Mini Old Rose Prints stencil and add some splatters with watered-down Distress Oxide Ink (Peacock Feathers)
• stamp the sentiment from the Mama Elephant Labeled Messages with Altenew Crisp Ink (Caribbean Sky)
• adhere the stitched watercolor panel to a kraft cardbase

Leave a little sparkle wherever you go.

Yours,