Merry Christmas by Noga Shefer

Hi crafty friends, Noga  here and I am so happy to share with you another project for Gerda Steiner Designs today.

My card featuring the new adorable "Bearry merry christmas" stamp set that is going to be release TOMORROW!

This set is perfect for your Christmas cards.

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

For the background, I die cut a rectangle panel die out of white cardstock. 

Next I colored the sweet image using copic markers. I glued it to my panel with foam tape for dimension.

Next I stamped a greeting from this set using black ink.

For a final touch, I added a brown twine.

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

Thanks for stopping by,

Noga

Shake your way into a NEW RELEASE SNEAK PEEK!

 Greetings everyone! It's me again, Jessie Scott (@chevy.scott on IG) here to share a SNEAK PEEK of another fun holiday set coming out next month! 

This card uses adorable critters from the new "Woodland Holiday Friends" (and cutie from the other new "Caroling Woodland Animals" set as well). 

I love shaker cards for Christmas! Its like shaking a present haha!

I cut the bunny from the large tree combined focal image so I had 3 critters from this "Woodland Holiday Friends" set, then grabbed the super cute mouse from the "Caroling Woodland Animals". I colored these cuties with my OLO Markers.

The only thing that's left is to emboss the fun "Holiday Hugs" sentiment and then assemble! I had some cute mini sequins and microbeads I was saving for a fun Christmas shaker. The frame is from Lawn Fawn, great for shakers with a nice focal sentiment, and so is the background paper.

Here's a video of the rest of the process!

 

 

Keep an eye out for the release!

See you again soon!

Merry Christmas from the WHOLE GANG!!

 Santa and his friends are preparing for a very Merry Christmas in Gerda's Woodland Holiday Friends stamp set.  And Santa is getting his list ready, but as you can see, he hasn't started it yet, so there is still time to be good and avoid getting that lump of coal in your stocking!!

For this one I created a shadow box that can be attached to an A2 card or given as is, with messaging on the back.  I didn't have a die for this, so using 80 lb cardstock, I cut the following pieces and assembled them together:

1-5 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 1/4" and 1 1/4 on one side"

2-5 1/2" x 1 1/2" scored at 1/4" on each side of 1 1/2" width

3-4 3/4" x 1" scored at 1/4" on each side (this will be the support bar inside the shadow box to attach the characters to).  Whatever cardstock is used to paper the back of the assembled shadow box, use the same to cover this piece to help it blend in with the background.

After I had assembled the 3 sides of the shadow box, I die cut and attached a Lawn Fawn Snow Flurries backdrop, completing the shadow box.

I fussy cut the image and colored all of the characters with copics.

Tree & bear's scarf:  G07, YG09, YG13, Y19, Y26

Santa, mouse's attire, and reindeer's nose:  R29, R25, R24

Mouse:  W5, W3, W1

Bear:  E47, E44, E43, E42, E93

Bunny:  C2, C0

Reindeer:  E39, E27, E35, E34, E33, E31, E30, W8, W6

Hope you make Santa's nice list!!

Debbie

Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree. . .

 Oh, my goodness, how cute are these little critters in Gerda's Caroling Woodland Animals stamp set!!  I love them all, but I must confess that my favorite is the little mouse, singing his little mousie heart out!!  I wanted to have all the creatures sharing the same card, but didn't want to make a slimline card.  Instead, I used the double slider surprise die from Lawn Fawn, and I think it showcases the critters perfectly.  Just when you think it can't get cute enough. . .SURPRISE. . .there's more!!

I fussy cut out all of the images and colored them with copics.

Fox:  E19, YR18, Y17, E53, E50

Mouse:  W5, W3, W1

Chick:  Y19, Y06

Squirrel:  E09, E08, E07, E17

Skunk:  C9, C7, C1, C0, colorless blender

Sweaters:  G07, YG09, YG13, R29, R35, R24, YR24, YR23, Y26, BV08, BV04, BV13

Tree:  G07, YG09, YG13, Y19, Y26

If these cute critters don't put you in the holiday spirit, then you just might be a Scrooge!! ; )

Enjoy~

Debbie

Caroling Woodland Animals SNEAK PEEK collab with Pear Blossom Press

 Greetings everyone! It's me again, Jessie Scott (@chevy.scott on IG) here to share a fun light up card with Gerda Steiner Designs products!

Today I have another fun collaboration with Pear Blossom Press products to share and its also... drumroll.... a SNEAK PEEK of the new Caroling Woodland Animals coming out next month!!!

Aren't these new critters adorable??? That mouse is just singing his little heart out!

I splattered the background with Dr. PH. Martin's Bleed Proof White, then ink blended the edges with Mermaid Lagoon distress ink. I cut a curvy bottom snow drift out of glitter paper and then cut a star out of the background and backed it with gold paper for some flare.

Images were colored with my OLO Markers.  I'm still in love with them! 

Here's a coloring video if you would like to check out how these images came together:

For the sentiment I put it on a sentiment strip die that fir perfectly. 

For the rest of the card details and how to make this star LIGHT UP on this card, venture over to the companion post on my blog today!

Here's the finished card!  I also have a full process video on my blog.

 

  

See you again soon!

BOO! Shake it up with new Ghost Digital Stamps!

 Greetings everyone! It's me again, Jessie Scott (@chevy.scott on IG) here to share another too cute to spook card with the new Ghost Digital Stamps from Gerda Steiner Designs! See the Collection of Digital Ghosts!

I used three stamps to make this card. Boo - Cute Ghost, Coffee Lover Ghost, and Pumpkin Ghost. 

Aren't they adorable??? This time I colored my ghosts a spooky green instead of the blues and greys option from last time. 

For this one, I didn't think it needed a sentiment other than the "Boo" sign in the center image.

The only challenge with a digital stamp is sizing it right so you don't need to print it again haha. I usually sketch out my card idea on scrap paper, decide where the image is going, then measure it. 

 

I use the "insert - shape" option in MS Word to draw a box to the shape I need to fit to. Before I print, I delete the boxes.

Ok so now for the fun assembly! Shaker cards are my favorite this time of year and I had a lot of shaker bits to use up. Here's a video of the rest of the process!

 

 Get your shake on!

 

How do you like your ghosts?  Spooky blues or ghostly greys or how about this creepy green? 

See you again soon!

First the COFFEE...then the SPOOKY!

 Greetings everyone! It's me again, Jessie Scott (@chevy.scott on IG) here to share a too cute to spook Digital Stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs! Coffee Lover Ghost!

Go ahead and download it here - you know you need it! and make this card with me!

Ya'll know I love to giggle and I LOOOOOOVE digital stamps because you can make it any size and combine with whatever sentiment that SPOOKS to you ;-). 

For this one, I typed "Coffee ghost t-shirt" in my search bar and then told it to show me only images.  T-shirts are great for one-liner ideas for cards (shhhh my best kept card secret!). This fun sentiment "First the Coffee, then the Spooky" came up and I loved it.

The only challenge with a digital stamp is sizing it right so you don't need to print it again haha. I usually sketch out my card idea on scrap paper, decide where the image is going, then measure it. 

 

This is for my BONUS CARD at the end of this post. I sized the image and sentiment to the Mama Elephant frames I wanted to try with some fun alternating orange scallops. 

Ok so now for the fun coffee-themed background!

 

First I took a watercolor paper card front, then inked up Distress Ink randomly in spots with Tea Die, Walnut Stain, Spiced Marmalade, and Vintage Photo. Just random! Then I spritzed the entire paper with water (this easily blends the borders of my random colors). 

After it dried, I then grabbed my reinkers for Tea Dye and the darker Ground Espresso. I put a little but of water on my glass mat, then added a couple drops of one. I took a gel jar from my stash and used it to "stamp" a round coffee stain on my card in a few places. With the leftover ink, I took a paint brush and splattered a bit on the card. I then cleaned my mat and repeated with the other color with a different larger gel pot and then splattered.

I love this grungy, i-took-this-card-to-the-coffee-shop vibe!

The only thing that's left is to color and assemble! Ghosts are gun for Halloween but also because they are simple to color ;-)

Here's a video of the rest of the process!

 

Ok.... BONUS CARD!

I wasn't sure what font I would like so I printed two. Haha! This one I "tossed together" using paper and I love it just as much? Don't want to get dirty? Spice it up with some fun frames and patterned paper!

Here's another assembly video:

 

How do you like your ghosts?  Spooky blues or ghostly greys? 

See you again soon!