Want to Hang Out?

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this Halloween Peek-a-Boo Pop-up Card using the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats and the Gerda Steiner Designs Pumpkin Bear stamp sets:

• stamp the bats and the spider from the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats set and the pumpkins from the Gerda Steiner Designs Pumpkin Bear set with Lawn Fawn Jet Black
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• cut out the parts needed from the Lawn Fawn Pee-a-Boo Pop-up die set
• add a moon mask and color the background with Distress Inks (Black Soot, Villainous Purple) and the moon with Finetec Mica Watercolor in Moon Gold
• stamp the spider web from the same set with white pigment ink and heat-emboss it with WOW! Clear Sparkle embossing powder
• stamp the sentiment with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• the other sentiment is from the Lawn Fawn Fangtastic Friends set and also stamped with Versamark and heat-embossed with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Ghostly Greetings

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this Halloween Card using the Gerda Steiner Designs  Where is the Candy? and Bats stamp sets:

• stamp the cat from the Gerda Steiner Designs Where is the Candy? set with Lawn Fawn Jet Black
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• create a background on a piece of smooth white cardstock using Distress Ink (Frayed Burlap, Chipped Sapphire), a hill, a moon and a cloud stencil
• ink up the edges of the panel with Distress Ink Black Soot
• color in the moon with Finetec Mica Watercolors (Moon Gold, Meteor)
• stamp some bats from the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats set with Versafine Clair Nocturne 
• stamp the sentiment from the My Favorite Things Fab-BOO-lous Friends set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• add a strip of patterned paper to the left and right side of the panel before adhering it to a cardbase

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

BOO!

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this spooky card for you:

• stamp the bat and the spider from the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats set and one of the ghosts from the Gerda Steiner Designs Ghosts set with Lawn Fawn Jet Black
• color the images with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• create a background on a stitched panel cut from smooth white cardstock with the help of Distress Oxide Inks (Wilted Violet, Black Soot) and a Blending Brush
• add some splatters for more texture
• stamp the spider webs from the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats set with Versamark and heat-emboss them with WOW! Singing in the Rain embossing powder
• stamp the sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs Ghosts set onto a piece of torn vellum with Versamark and heat-emboss it with black glitter embossing powder
• add a strip of purple glitter paper to the top and the bottom of the panel before adhering it to a cardbase

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Guest Design - Making A Framed Card with Partial Die Cutting | Card Video |

Hello Everybody!

Today I am sharing an episode about creative use of Partial Die cutting technique for Clean and Simple cards.

Today I am featuring the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats 4x6 Clear Stamp Set and coordinating dies set. This set includes five main stamps - three bats, a spider, a web, as well as a couple of accessory stamps for creating a background and several phrase builders. This set is very good for friendship and love cards.

The focal image is stamped in alcohol friendly inks and coloured with alcohol markers. The background is created with inks blending.

Here is the video to show you how I create this card.

Are you feeling inspired to use partial die cutting technique for your next card?

Thank you for stopping by! I wish you a beautiful day.

I Bat You Don't Know.....

Hello And Happy Monday Crafty Friends!  Tina here from Cards & Coffee Time. I have a fun project to share with you using the Bats! Stamp set along with the Coordinating Dies.  I am just bats about the smile faces on these cute critters!!!  You ever see a stamp set and every time you look at it...it makes you smile?  That is what this set does every time:) I created a background with shimmer powders and finished the sentiment on the inside the card along with a few of the bat silhouette images.  I stamped on black card stock but no worries, a white gel pen works perfect for your message.

You can watch how I created this card below.  I hope you had a fantastic weekend and your week is off to a crafty start!  Thanks for stopping by! 

Fang-tastic Friend

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I would like to show you another fun Halloween project:

• color one of the bats from the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats stamp set with Copic, Delta and Touch Twin Brush Markers
• cut out a stitched rectangle from grey cardstock and apply Distress Oxide Ink (Black Soot) through the Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Shatter
• add some texture by misting the panel with Pearlized Water
• stamp the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Spooktacular set with Versafine (Onyx Black) and adhere the panel to a purple cardbase

Have a wonderful day.

Yours,

I love you this much

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this Wedding Anniversary Card for my husband using the new cute Gerda Steiner Designs More than Pie stamp set:

• stamp the little bear from the new Gerda Steiner Designs More than Pie set with Versafine (Onyx Black) and color the image with Faber-Castell Albrecht-Dürer Pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• apply some Distress Oxide Inks (Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet) to a piece of watercolor paper and add Pearlized Water for more texture
• cut out a heart from this background using one of the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hearts Stackables dies
• run a stitched panel of cream cardstock through the Big Shot together with a woodgrain embossing folder
• stamp the custom-made sentiment with the help of the Gerda Steiner Designs Holiday Friends, the Gerda Steiner Designs Cheerful Hedgehogs, the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats and Memento (Tuxedo Black)
• color the sentiment strip and the edge of a panel with Alcohol Markers to match the rest of the card
• add a strip of silver glitter paper underneath the sentiment strip and layer all the pieces together

I hope you got inspired.

Yours,

So glad we met on the Web

Hi there,

it's Tanja here with another Halloween project:

• cover a stitched panel of watercolor paper with Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke)
• apply more Distress Ink (Black Soot, Dusty Concord) through the Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Shattered
• spritz the panel with Pearlized Water for extra sparkle
• color the cute spider from the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats stamp set with Delta, Touch Twin Brush Markers and a white gel pen
• add googly eyes as an interactive element
• adhere the sentiment from the same stamp set with foam tape
• mat the panel onto a piece of green patterned paper from the Graphic 45 An Eerie Tale Patterns and Solids 6x6 paper pad
• add some sequins from the Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Trick or Treat Mix as final embellishments

I hope you got inspired.

Yours,

Want to Hang Out Bat

Hi there,

it's Tanja here for you with a fun Halloween card:

• color one of the cute bats from the Gerda Steiner Designs Bats stamp set with Delta, Touch Twin Brush Markers and a white gel pen
• create a background using Distress Inks (Dusty Concord, Black Soot), water from your Mini Mister and the bat silhouettes from the same stamp set
• cut out the Memory Box Woodland Branch from black cardstock and adhere it to the stitched background panel
• add the sentiment from the same stamp set with foam tape
• mat the panel onto a piece of black cardstock and color the edges with Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay for extra sparkle

Hope to see you again soon.

Yours,

VIDEO Shaker Spider featuring Bats Halloween

Hi guys!  It's Tara and I am so incredibly excited to be sharing the first installment of my Handmade Halloween 2016 video series with you today!  And it's featuring the amazing Bats Halloween stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs!  I have been looking forward to doing this series again since it ended last year so I really hope you enjoy it!

For this card I wanted to create a fun shaker card using the super spooky sweet spider from the stamp set.  I have a fabulous spider web stencil that I just knew would go great with him!  I also just picked up the new Doodlebug release and was itching to use the uber cool enamel dot eyeballs that matched the Boos and Brews paper pad! And as luck would have it, the eyeballs fit perfectly on this little spider guy!
 

 

I had such a blast combining lots of spooky Halloween themed elements to complete this project!  I'll be honest, this is a little busier than I usually like my cards but man did it turn out fun!  And all of the iridescent sequiny goodness filling the shaker window  just completed the whole design!

Thanks so much for stopping by! See you all next time!  Bye!

Video: Clean & Simple Halloween Card

Hi guys! This is Emily Cupely and for today's video I made a Halloween 4bar card which turned out very pretty, but, at the same time, very easy and quick to make. I hope you enjoy the video below! :)

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Video: Halloween Card

Hello guys!! This is Emily Cupely and for today's video I made a Halloween card where I used my Distress Ink pads to watercolor some adorable images. I hope you enjoy it! :)

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VIDEO: Creating a Moonscape featuring Bats Halloween

Hi there, all!  It's Tara and today I am so excited to be sharing a project using the brand new Gerda Steiner Designs Bats Halloween stamp set!  I am super stoked for fall and Halloween - it is my absolute favorite time of year and the best time to make cards!!  When I saw this new set I did a happy dance!  These bats are so adorable and I love that there are sentiments for occasions other than Halloween! 

For this project I wanted to try my hand at a nighttime moonscape.  I have never attempted to create the light glow around the moon and though it looked like fun!  Turns out, it wasn't as tricky as I anticipated!  I like when that happens!

Once my night scene was created a I used Distress Inks to watercolor the moon to add some texture.  Using the same technique I colored in the adorable little bat!  I added a sentiment with some Liquid Platinum embossing powder (this color is divine!) and this card was done!!

Thank you all so much for stopping by! I'll see you again soon!  Bye!