You Got This!

Hi everyone, it’s Karen here and I've got an encouragement card for you today.  I've used the Happy Fall stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs for this one and it has a very summery feel to it.

The images are all from the Happy Fall stamp set, and I've coloured them with Copic markers before fussy cutting them out.  

I used the "So Many Squares Panel" die from Your Next Stamp for the overlay.  It actually cuts a grid of twelve squares, but I cut a few of them out with scissors to allow my pictures and sentiment to fit. 

I ink blended the background using my now favourite summer colour combination of Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn and Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.  I masked off the outside area of the card before ink blending.

I stamped and clear heat embossed the sentiment so it would fit in one of the openings of the overlay diecut.  Then I attached the kite with the string to the back of the overlay before gluing it into place on the card front.  Finally, I popped the little squirrels up on double sided foam tape before attaching them in place.  I love how happy those squirrels are!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you’re having a great day! 

You’ve Got Happy Mail!

Hello and welcome back, it’s Karen here today.  I've got a card today that features the Owl My Love and Happy Fall stamp sets from Gerda Steiner Designs, because who doesn't love happy mail?!  Here's a picture of my card.

I used Copic markers to colour in all the images and then fussy cut them out.  I die cut 4 of the wooden frames from a Hero Arts die called Wood Frame.  I used some Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to ink blend on the top frame, and then glued the layers together.

From the inside section of one of the frames, I inked up a grassy green colour, spritzed it with water and blotted up some of the ink with a paper towel.  Once it was dry, I freestyle cut a grassy hill.  

On the card front, I stamped and clear heat embossed the sentiment (which is from the Owl My Love set) below where the frame would sit. Next, I masked off the area outside where the frame would go, and used a cloud stencil (Cloud Edger  from Colorful Life Designs) to create the sky.  I then glued the frame around the inked area.  And finally, I adhered the images with glue and foam tape as needed.  I love that squirrel that is jumping for joy!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you’re having a great day. 

Squirrels and Gourds Birthday Card

Hello, it’s Karen here again today. I have another interactive card today that uses the Lawn Fawn Swish ‘N Pop pull tab die and I’ve paired it with the new “Gourds” and the “Happy Fall” stamp sets from Gerda Steiner Designs.  The gourds just make me smile and the squirrels are so cute, so I hope you don’t mind me doing a similar card again.  Here’s a look at the card before pulling the pull tab and after pulling it.

I really wanted the squirrel on the log to disappear as if he was scared by the talking gourds and then reappear hanging upside down in the tree, but I just couldn’t figure out how to make that happen.  So instead, the second squirrel appears from the tree. 

I coloured all the images in with copic markers and cut them out. The trunk of the tree is from an Elizabeth Craft die set just called “Tree”. The leaf canopy was made by adding some Pixie Sparkles (in Copper Splash and Red Oxide) from Cosmic Shimmer, to a piece of white cardstock, and lightly spritzing with water to activate the powder. After it was dry, I added a little Distress Oxide ink in Mustard Seed to get a deeper yellow colour. I freestyle cut out the leafy shape. 

The grass was made by ink blending with Distress Oxide inks in Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint and then I die cut it with a grassy border that is in the same Tree die set used for the tree. For the sky background, I used the Cloud Edger stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and some Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day from Cosmic Shimmer. 

My card is actually a 5 x 7” card, so to use the Swish ‘N Pop die, I had to extend the pull tab by doing some partial die cutting on the pull tab. I also modified the assembly in order to make the hanging squirrel appear from the left. Here’s how that looks:

Basically, I’ve reversed which hole the pull tab is attached to, in order to make it swing up from the left. I’ve added double layers of foam tape along the bottom, and wherever else I could to anchor the grassy border without interfering with the mechanism. Once I had the mechanism in place and adjusted to allow the second squirrel to hang down, I attached the grassy border and then the tree and remaining images. 

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a speech strip and adhered it above the gourds. I also stamped the inside sentiment which is from the Gourds stamp set. And then of course, I had to play with the card and watch the second squirrel come out! 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you’re having a great day! 

Happy Fall Fox

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this Pop-up Fall Card using the Gerda Steiner Designs Foxes and Happy Fall stamp sets:

• stamp the adorable little fox from the Gerda Steiner Designs Foxes set with Lawn Fawn Crunchy Leaf
• mask the fox and stamp the wreath from the same set with that same brown ink
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers
• use patterned paper to create a band to wrap around the card
• for the inside of the card cut out the letters F, A, L, and  another L from kraft cardstock with the help of the Altenew Caps Bold die set
• cover the letters slightly offset with patterned paper
• create a background using the My favorite Things Whimsical Woodgrain Backdrop, Versamark and WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• create a kraft pop up backdrop and ink up its edges with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs
• stamp the Happy from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set with Versamark onto a strip of kraft cardstock and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder

Have a wonderful day. 

Hugs,

Happy Fall Y'All!

Hi there,

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

• stamp the owl from the Gerda Steiner Designs Where is the Candy? set with Lawn Fawn Crunchy Leaf
• color the image with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• cut out a stitched panel from kraft cardstock and cut out the Poppy Stamps Leafy Breeze
• layer a piece of glitter paper behind the openings
• stamp some small leaves from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set with Versamark and heat-emboss them with WOW! Rose Glintz embossing powder
• stamp the sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs Fall in Love set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• ink up the edges of the panel and the sentiment strip with Distress Oxide Ink Vintage Photo
• assemble the card

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Fun winter card with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here with you today with a cute card!

Take a look:

This time I decided to use the stamp set called Happy fall, but I made a winter card with it. I started out by ink blending. I used two distress oxide inks - Cracked pistaccio and Broken china.

I masked off the top and the bottom of my card base, so I got the ink blended area only in the center.. For the bottom edge I tear the paper and used that as a mask and for the top one I used a normal post it note sticky.

Then, I stamped out the two squirrels and colored them in using alcohol markers. I placed one on the left hand side, towards the top and one in the middle of the ground.

I added a lovely kite to the squirrel that is standing and draw in it's string using black marker. Then I used a gray markers to add some shadow under the squirrel's feet.

The last thing I added was the sentiment that reads 'Yippeeh!!!'. I stamped it out in black on a white card stock.

Thank you so much for joining me!
Kaja

Thank you Fox

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and this week I would like to show you this cute little tag that I created using the new Gerda Steiner Designs Foxes set:

• color one of the foxes from the Gerda Steiner Designs Foxes set with Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• cut out one of the CUTplorations Stitched Tags from kraft cardstock and create a background using some of the small images from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set and Versafine Vintage Sepia
• thread dark brown and orange twine through the hole of the tag

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Happy Fall Card with Karla

Hello! It's Karla here today, and I am so excited to join you here on the Gerda Steiner blog for my first Digital Stamp Designer post!! I have loved Gerda's stamps forever, and I'm so honored to join her fabulous team 💕 For my first post I'm sharing a cute Autumn card using the Happy Fall Greeting Card Printable. This sweet digi is so quick and easy to create with - just print it out, colour and voila you've got a fast and fun card. Thanksgiving in Canada is actually tomorrow, and I am hosting dinner today, so this is going to go to my niece as a Thanksgiving card! I started by colouring the printable with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, which are both alcohol based, and then adding some white gel pen highlights. I just love the little scarf and jacket the sweet mouse is wearing! I used some pretty fall papers and diecuts to cut some of the layers, popping up the main image with foam tape for dimension.

I coloured the FALL bubble letters with an ombre effect, blending yellows and oranges and cut out the image with a stitched diecut, adding to the 'cozy' feeling! I used some Enamel Accents drops to create three faux enamel dots as embellishments.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the Happy Fall Greeting Card Printable in the Shop and take some time for yourself to relax and make something pretty! 

Happy Crafting!

Karla

Happy fall freebie - Larissa

Hi everyone, I am Larissa from Car-d-elicious and today I am posting a new card on the blog from Gerda Steiner designs. This time I have made a card with a freebie image from Gerda. This is the Happy fall printable from Gerda Steiner designs.

I have coloured the image with my Polychromos pencils. I coloured the letters of the word fall with the Clear Spectrum noir sparkle pen. With a white gelpen I added some dots on the mushrooms. I have diecut the image with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 44 from Crealies. I have diecut a larger rectangle from dark brown cardstock with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 52 from Crealies and glued the image on top of it. On a white card I added a layer of brown cardstock and then I added a layer of plaid design paper from the Perfectly plaid fall paper pack from Lawn fawn (retired). I glued the image with foamtape on the card. With a hole punch I made a little hole in the fold of the card and then I threaded yellow bakerstwine through it and tied it into a bow. 

I have decorated the inside of the card with a strip of plaid paper from the Perfectly plaid fall paper pack from Lawn fawn (retired).

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STAMP: Happy fall printable from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils

PAPER: White and brown cs, Perfectly plaid fall paper pack from Lawn fawn (retired)

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 44 and 52 from Crealies

ACCESSORIES: Clear Specrum noir sparkle pen, yellow bakers twine, hole punch

Happy Fall and Let's eat Cupcake

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created two cards using the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall Printable and the Let's Eat Cupcake Printable which are available in the Gerda Steiner Designs Shop:

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall Printable with Derwent Inktense Pencils, watered-down Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint) and a damp watercolor brush
• mount the panel onto a piece of kraft cardstock stamped with leaves and from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set in Altenew Crisp Ink Mocha
• embellish the card with some natural twine before adhering it to the cardbase

And this is my second project:

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Let's Eat Cupcake Printable with Derwent Inktense Pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• apply Distress Ink Pumice Stone through the Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Feather for a subtle background
• add a strip of silver glitter paper and a strip of purple cardstock before adhering the panel to a cardbase

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Wild foxy birthday with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I will show you my first card as a GSD design team member! 

Take a look at the card:

I made a cute fall card that is perfect for these days! I started by ink blending and I used three colors of Distress ink - Forest moss, Peeled paint and Crushed olive. I went from darkest at the bottom towards the lightest at the top.

To make the background more interesting I used clear water and make some splatters. This gives a nice effect of rainy fall weather. 

Next, I die cut the background into a stitched square and I started working on the images.

I used two GSD stamp sets for the images, the main one is called Foxes (the fox image and mashrooms) and the second one is called Happy fall (the leaves). I stamped everything out with memento tuxido black ink and then used alcohol markers to color them in. 

Next, I placed everything on the inkblended panel using liquid glue and foam rectangles.

The last thing I added was the sentiment. I really wanted to make a birthday card so I used the sentiment that reads 'it's your birthday go wild!' from Go wild! stamp set.

To finish the card off, I glued the sentiment and the background down using double sided tape. 

That's it for today! Thank you so much for joining me! See you next time.

SUPPLIES:

Gerda Steiner designs - FOXES

Gerda Steiner designs - HAPPY FALL

Gerda Steiner designs - GO WILD!

Happy Fall Kite

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this little fall scene using the adorable squirrel from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set:

• stamp the squirrel and some leaves from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set with Versafine Vintage Sepia and color the images with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and Zest-it
• cut out a kite from patterned paper from the Maja Design Walking in the Forest 6x6 paper pad and add extra shading with some colored pencils as well
• cut out a stitched panel from Neenah Desert Strom kraft cardstock and create a scene with the help of green and blue cardstock and dies from the My Favorite Things Stitched Snow Drifts, the Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud Borders and the My Favorite Things Trees in the Forest die sets
• cut two little green banners using a die from the My Favorite Things Blueprints 27 set and stamp the sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set with Versafine Vintage Sepia - I used my MISTI to get a good impression on the textured cardstock
• add some natural twine and a little bow to the kite as final embellishment

I hope you got inspired.

Yours,

Thank you Hedgehog

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and this time I created this sweet Fall card:

• cut out a stitched panel from Neenah Desert Storm kraft cadrstock
• stamp the hedgehog from the Gerda Steiner Designs Hedgehog with Sign set, pumpkins, pears and apples from the Gerda Steiner Designs Fall Mice set and leaves from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set with Versafine Vintage Sepia - use the Masking Technique
• color the images with Prismacolor Colored Pencils and Zest-it
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• create a backdrop with the help of patterned paper from the Maja Design Walking in the Forest 6x6 paper pad, the My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched Rectangles and the My Favorite Things Stitched Scallop Basic Edges 2
• adhere the layers to a dark brown cardbase

I hope you got inspired.

Yours,

Happy fall - Larissa

Hi everyone, I am Larissa from Car-d-elicious and today I am posting a fall card on the Gerda Steiner designs blog.

This time I made a card with the stampset Where is the candy from Gerda Steiner designs. This time I used the owl image. I have coloured the owl with my Polychromos pencils and the black glaze pen and then I fussy cut the image. From black cardstock I have cut a circle with the Wonky stitched circle stax from My favorite things and I adhered the image on it with foamtape. On a white card I adhered orange starry design paper from the Beachside petite paper pack from Lawn fawn (retired) after I first tied black ribbon around it. With the Katie alphabet from Quickutz I die-cut a sentiment from black cardstock and I adhered it on the card.

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STAMP: Where is the candy from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils

PAPER: White and black cs, Beachside petite paper pack from Lawn fawn (retired)

INK: Versafine onyx black

DIES: Wonky stitched circle stax from My favorite things

ACCESSORIES: Black glaze pen, black ribbon

Oops! - Christmas Cat

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and this is my first creation with the new December-January Gerda Steiner Designs Digital-Stamp-Bundle. I will show you four more in the next couple of days. So stay tuned.

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Meowy Christmas image which is available as part of the December-January Digital-Stamp-Bundle with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
• add highlights with a white gel pen and texture to the rim and the pompon of the Santa Hat with white Liquid Applique
• cut out one of the My Favorite Things Stitched Mini Scallop Square STAX around the image
• add additional texture to a stitched panel of green cardstock using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders and mount this onto a darker green piece of cardstock - use the Mini Perfect Layers Tool for the perfect border
• stamp the sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set onto a strip cut from the darker green cardstock with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder and cut the ends of the strip into a banner-shape

Have a wonderful day.

Yours,

Happy Fall Mice with Sign

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and on today's card I am using one of the fabulous new Gerda Steiner Designs Digital Stamps:

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Two Mice with Sign with Delta and Touch Twin Brush Markers
• add Wink of Stella Clear Glitter to the sign and add highlights with a white gel pen
• cut the Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card from watercolor paper and create a background by stamping pumpkins from the Gerda Steiner Designs Fall Mice set and leaves from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall set with Versafine (Vintage Sepia)
• color the pumpkins and leaves with Daniel Smith Watercolors
• run a stitched panel of kraft cardstock through your Big Shot inside a leaf embossing folder
• adhere the different layers with foam tape and double-sided adhesive to the cardbase

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Yours,