Peekin' pumpkin kitty - Happy halloween - Larissa

 

Hi everyone, I am Larissa from Car-d-elicious and today it is my turn again to post a card, that also will be posted on the blog from Gerda Steiner designs. This time I have made a halloween card with the clear stampset Peekin' pumkin kitty from Gerda Steiner designs. This time I didn't stamp the image on watercolour paper, but instead of that I stamped it on pearlescent paper. Although it is not meant for watercolouring, I really had good results. Unfortunately it is really difficult to take good pictures. On the top picture you can't see it shine at all and on the second picture you see really well how the images shines, but you can't see really well how I coloured the image. That is a shame, because in real it looks really great. I have stamped the cat with Versafine clair nocturne ink on the pearlescent paper and then I embossed the image with clear embossingpowder. I have coloured the image with my Distress inks and then I have fussy cut the image. 

With the Crea-nest-lies XXL 33 from Crealies I have die-cut a circle from black and white patterned paper from the Black & white collection paperpad from Action. I used the Crea-nest-lies XXL 92 from Crealies to cut a larger circle from orange cardstock and then I glued the smaller circle on top of it. On a card from orange cardstock I glued black and white patterned paper from the Black & white collection paperpad from Action. Then I glued a strip orange cardstock on the card after I tied black seam binding around it. Then I glued the circles and the image with foamtape on the card. With the Star confetti die from Alexandra Renke I have die-cut a couple of stars from orange cardstock and I glued those on the card. The sentiment is also from the stamp set Peekin' pumkin kitty from Gerda Steiner designs. I stamped the sentiment on orange cardstock and glued it on the card. 

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STAMP: Peekin' pumkin kitty from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Distress inks

PAPER: Pearlescent paper, Orange cs, Black & white collection paperpad from Action

INK: Versafine clair nocturne

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 33 & 92 from Crealies, Star confetti die from Alexandra Renke

ACCESSORIES: Clear embossingpowder, Black seam binding

I am a participant in the Gerda Steiner designs Affiliate Programme. This means that if you click on one of my links and subsequently make a purchase, I will receive a small commission of store credit, at no extra cost to you.

Have a howly-jowly Christmas

 Hello, Margreet here and I created this card with the adorable Carol Puppies clear stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs:

To create this card I started off with a white base card that I die cut with a slimline die from CarlijnDesign.

I coloured the scalloped die cut with distress inks in the colours Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans and Stormy Sky. The moon was made with Fossilized Amber.

Some snowflakes were spattered while tapping on a Molotow marker.

The text was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The lamp post is a die cut from Joy!crafts. I draw some candles in it.

I stamped, coloured them with copics and fussy cut 2 dogs and placed them on my card. For the cat I used some foam tape.

To finish off I added some snow using foam ball clay. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you got inspired.

xxx Margreet

I love you meow and furever

 Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this card for our Wedding Anniversary using the adorable Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Cats stamp set:

• stamp one of the lovely cats from the Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Cats set with Lawn Fawn River Rock
• add some texture to the card panel using two of the Lawn Fawn Stitched Trails
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils 
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Distress Oxide Ink (Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry) for an ombre look
• add some glitter to the hearts
• adhere the panel to a pink cardbase

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Fall Pumpkin Bear

Hi everyone! It’s Jeannie (InsideoutJeans) on the blog today with Gerda Steiner Design’s stamp set named, Pumpkin Bear. This is a 3x4 stamp set that I love for Fall. It has the little bear holding a pumpkin along with a cluster of pumpkins. 

I started off with this card by stamping the cluster of pumpkins using watermark ink and heat embossing with gold powder to create a background card panel on kraft cardstock. To add a bit of dimension to the background, I used a brown colored pencil to add a bit of shading. 

I stamped both images and colored them in. I trimmed down my background panel down and matted it on orange cardstock. Using a matching strip of the same orange cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from this set on it. 

To finish off the card, I pulled out these leafy embellishments and sequins to match the gold embossing powder. It also helped to fill the empty space on the card panel. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you get inspired to create. Come back again soon for more inspiration and ideas! Happy Crafting! 

 

Go Santa, GO....!!

 Hey my friends....

Ashlee here with you from "Ashlee's Creations" and I have a fun santa slimline card to share with you all today using the awesome "Sportsy santa" stamp set....

I just love these super fun santa's having a blast in the snow....

To create this card I started off with a white base that I die cut from a Sunny Studio stamps die set called slimline scalloped frames and then inked up the top half using Distress Oxide in the colours Broken China and Blueprint Sketch....

I then used the slimline nature borders die (also from Sunny Studio) to die cut the snow slopes out of some white cardstock which I then layered onto the bottom half of the card base!!

I added the scalloped backing die cut from some bright green cardstock to my card base and then finished the whole card off by adding on all my Santa's, some sequins and a Merry Christmas sentiment from the GSD set "Holiday friends"....

I hope you enjoy this holiday themed slimline card...

Thanks so much for stopping by, crafty hugs Ashlee

Theater Fold Meerkat Birthday Card with Video

 Hello and welcome! It’s Karen here and today I’ve made a theater fold style card featuring Meerkats on the Lookout from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I don’t usually make Halloween cards but wanted to do a fall colours card so this is what I came up with.  

I’ve made a video of how to construct this card and it’s probably the easiest way to figure it out.  If you would like to see the video in HD, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Here’s a list of the pieces of cardstock used and a diagram of where to crease the curtains.

I started by assembling the front first.  I die cut a rectangle from two of the white 4 1/4 x 5 1/2” pieces of cardstock as well as a black piece and then glued these together.  I cut a notch out of the side edges, using a small circle die and partial cutting.  I white heat embossed the sentiment and added the three dots with a white gel pen.  I folded and creased the two sleeve pieces so they fit along the side edges and glued them in place on the back, making sure they weren’t too tight.  I trimmed the sleeves around the notches so it would be easier to grasp the curtains.

For the back and curtains, I ink blended using Distress Oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, and Candied Apple.  I used a die from Find IT Media called Amy Designs Wild Animals Outback, and partially die cut this from black cardstock to fit along the lengths of all 3 pieces of cardstock.  

I trimmed the two curtains just slightly along the 5 1/2” edge so they would slide more easily through the sleeves on the front.  Then I creased and folded the curtains at 2 3/4” and 4 1/8” for the left curtain, and at 1 3/8” and 2 3/4” for the right one.  Finally, I glued the black die-cut silhouette pieces to the curtains and back and creased along the fold lines.  

I used glue to attach the curtains to the back piece, being careful to only apply glue to the first folded area on the curtains and to try to keep the center fold of the curtains together. Really, the glued area of the curtains should line up along the side edges of the back with the ink blended sides together, but I found it more important for the folded curtains to match in the center. 

I cut a second platform piece from black cardstock and glued the two pieces together.  I cut slits in both curtains at the same distance, wide enough for the platform piece to pull through.  I made stoppers by using pieces of narrow scrap cardstock and gluing these to the ends of the platform so it couldn’t pull through.  Next, I stamped the inside sentiment and clear heat embossed it.

To assemble the card, slide the left curtain through the sleeve on the back of the front piece, and the right curtain through the other sleeve.  I added pull tabs to the curtains by folding a small strip of black cardstock and used the same circle die to cut them out.  Now all that’s left is to just add your images.  Oh, and to play repeatedly with opening and closing the curtains!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you’re having a great day!

Coffee chick - Thanks a latte! - Larissa

 

Hi everyone, I am Larissa from Car-d-elicious and today it is my turn ago to post something on the blog from Gerda Steiner designs. This time I have made a little box with 2 coffee cups inside. Just a little present to thank someone!

I have used the digital stamp Coffee chick from Gerda Steiner designs on my creation. I have coloured the image with my Polychromos pencils and the black glaze pen and then I have fussy cut the image. With the Silhouette cameo I have cut the Valentine coffee break tag box (247852) from Suzanne Cannon from kraft cardstock. With the Crea-nest-lies XXL 52 from Crealies I have die-cut a rectangle from yellow patterned paper from the Surprise party paper pack from Sunny studio and then I glued it on the box. With the Crea-nest-lies XXL 49 from Crealies I have glued a circle from white cardstock and then I glued it on a scalloped circle that I have cut from black cardstock with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 53 from Crealies. After I glued the image on the circles I glued them on the box. The sentiment is from a set of rub-ons from an unknown brand. From red cardstock I have cut 2 hearts with the Mini hearts set from Simon says stamp and I glued those around the sentiment. I tied the box together with black jute thread. 

I thought it would be fun to decorate the coffee cups. With the Crea-nest-lies XXL 49 from Crealies I have die-cut a circle from yellow patterned paper from the Surprise party paper pack from Sunny studio and I glued those on the scalloped circles that I have cut from black cardstock with the  Crea-nest-lies XXL 53 from Crealies. I have cut 2 large hearts from red cardstock with the Hearts dies (retired) from Paper smooches and I glued those on the circles. Then I glued the circles on the coffee cups. I used a gluedot to attach them on the cups, because that is really to remove the decoration from the cups when you want to use them. 

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STAMP: Coffee chick from Gerda Steiner designs

SILHOUETTE CUTTING FILE: Valentine coffee break tag box (247852) from Suzanne Cannon

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils

PAPER: Kraft, black, white and red cs, Surprise party paper pack from Sunny studio

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 49, 52 and 53 from Crealies, Hearts dies (retired) from Paper smooches, Mini hearts set from Simon says stamp

ACCESSORIES: Black glaze pen, Black jute thread, Sentiment rub-ons

I am a participant in the Gerda Steiner designs Affiliate Programme. This means that if you click on one of my links and subsequently make a purchase, I will receive a small commission of store credit, at no extra cost to you.

Strawberry mouse - Larissa

 

Hi everyone, I am Larissa from Car-d-elicious and today I am posting a new project on the blog from Gerda Steiner designs. This time I have made a little bag with a tag. On the tag I used the digital stamp Strawberry mouse from Gerda Steiner designs. I have coloured the image with my Polychromos pencils and the black glaze pen and then I have fussy cut the image. 

With the Silhouette cameo I have cut the 3d Strawberry favor box (76158) from Lori Whitlock from white cardstock. Then I coloured all the parts of the bag with Candied apple, Black soot, Shabby shutters and Peeled paint Distress ink and then I glued the bag together. With a green fineliner I doodled a bit on the leaves from the flower and then I attached the flower with a black brad onto the bag. 

With the Multiframes MFD 076-Tag 5 from Nellie Snellen I have die-cut the tag from white cardstock. I doodled a line on the tag with a black fineliner. Then I glued the Strawberry mouse from Gerda Steiner designs with foamtape on the label. I have stamped a sentiment (greetings) from the set Bulletjournal - Tekst diversen from Craft emotions on the tag. I attached the tag onto the bag with black jute thread.

I have filled the bag with some nice candy. :)

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STAMP: Strawberry mouse from Gerda Steiner designs,

SILHOUETTE CUTTING FILE: 3d Strawberry favor box (76158) from Lori Whitlock

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils

PAPER: White cardstock

INK: Candied apple, Black soot, Shabby shutters and Peeled paint Distress inkt

DIES: Multiframes MFD 076-Tag 5 from Nellie Snellen

ACCESSORIES: Black glaze pen, white gelpen, Black and green fineliner, Black brad

I am a participant in the Gerda Steiner designs Affiliate Programme. This means that if you click on one of my links and subsequently make a purchase, I will receive a small commission of store credit, at no extra cost to you.

Can you find the Ghosts? + Video

Hi everyone! It’s Jeannie (InsideoutJeans) on the blog today with Gerda Steiner Design’s stamp set named, Ghosts. I've had this idea in my head for almost a year, specifically with this set, but by the time I got around to it, it was past Halloween. I made sure to create it this year.

This is actually a really easy card to make and it's super fun, especially for kids. I stamped a template version of my scene so I knew exactly what I wanted my final card to look like. Once I had the template, I stamped the scene using my Misti with Stazon ink on a piece of 4.25 x 5.5 acetate.

For my frame, I have a piece of black cardstock that measures at 6 x 4.5 inches. It's scored at a quarter of an inch on three sides. I will trim the two squares that are formed at the corner of the black cardstock so I can easily fold down the flaps.

I colored my scene on acetate using copic markers. You can use sharpies if you have them. I had them but they didn't have the colors I wanted. If you are using copic markers, you'll have a bit of sticky residue from the alcohol marks. I used an anti static embossing bag to get rid of the stickiness. If you have baby powder, that works too. Once my scene is colored, I went ahead and inserted my panel into the little pocket of the black cardstock and adhered the three sides to the front of the card panel.

On a separate piece of paper, I had drew a flashlight and colored it in. When you insert the flashlight into the panel between the acetate and the black cardstock, it looks like the flashlight is shining on the scene you created! Isn't that so fun!?

I also have a video showing my process here.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you get inspired to create. Come back again soon for more inspiration and ideas! Happy Crafting! 

 

Hello pumpkin....!!

 Hello my crafty friends...

Ashlee here with you today and I thought I'd make and share with you a slimline card with a fall theme featuring the super cute "Pumpkin bear"....

He is just so adorable and I thought it would be fun to have him standing on a bunch of pumpkins...

I started off with a white slimline cardstock base and masked off the top area so I could do a blend of distress oxide inks in the colours...

- Speckled Egg

- Mustard Seed 

- Carved Pumpkin

- Ground Espresso

I stamped on the "Hello pumpkin" sentiment using some Memento tuxedo black ink and then added all my Copic coloured GSD images to the card base using some foam tape for added dimension...

Finishing it all off with a few sequins from Catherine Poolers "Des Moines" sequins mix...

Attached using some micro glue dots.

I hope you enjoy this slimline card, I just love making them...

Happy crafting, Hugs Ashlee

Happy Fall

 Hello, Margreet here, sharing a new card for GSD today.

I have made this card with the digital stamp Happy Fall Cat.

I have coloured the image with my copic markers.

Then I die cut the image with a cross stitched die.

I made an easel card and the upper part is leaning against the bunch of leaves, which is made with various Sizzix dies.

Wishing you a wonderful day.

xxx Margreet

Happy Thanksgiving by Noga Shefer

 

Hi crafty friends,  Noga here and I am so happy to share with you another project for GSD today

My card features  Fall in Love 4x6 Clear Stamp Set  and  Foxes 4x6 Clear Stamp Set.

To make this card I took an A2 panel of Bristol smooth cardstock.

The background was created by splattering gold watercolor.

Next I colored the adorable images using copic markers. I glued the leaves circle to my panel with foam tape for dimension and the squirrels peek below, how cute is this??

Next I stamped a greeting  and heat embossed them using gold powder.

To finish off, I added some clear wink of stella on the leaves.

 

I hope you enjoy the card I created and feel inspired to create!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Noga