Owl in a heart with Kaja

Hi there,

It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I have prepared a cute card for you!

Take a look:

I decided to go with a clean and simple look, so I started out by inkblending a heart towards the left edge of the card. I used distress oxides since they are really reach in color.

Next, I stamped out the cute owl from the Foxes stamp set and color it in using alcohol markers. I used gray for the owl since I wanted to make it a snowy owl.

Then, I die cut a heart in white and cut the top part off. I stamped the sentiment that reads 'you are the best' and put the owl image at the top of white piece.

I popped the owl up using foam tape and then I added some black crystals to finish off the card.

Thank you so much for joining me!
Kaja

I like you 'beary' much with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts with you today. Valentine's day has just passed and this doesn't mean we shouldn't tell our loved ones how we feel about them. That's why I made a cute card full of love!

Take a look:

First, I made the background for which I stamped out the 'XOXO' a bunch of times on a scalloped rectangle. I used three colors of pink Distress oxides since I knew I will color in the hearts on the image with the same color shceme.

Then I stamped out the panda holding an envelope and some hearts from the Lovely pandas stamp set and colored the image in using alcohol markers.

I felt like the background is too bold so I added a piece of vellum behind the panda to soften it out.

Then, I stamped out the sentiment that reads 'I like you beary much' in black ink on white cardstock.

I glued everything together with double sided tape and foam tape.

Thank you so much for joining me!
Kaja

Birthday puppy with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts with another cute birthday card using the On the table stamp set!

Take a look:

I decided to make a symmetrical card this time, so I stamped out a dog and two bouquets. I colored everything in using alcohol markers and for the details I used white gel pen.

Next, I used my paper trimmer and cut a piece of brown paper. I used a kraft color since it's a color of the wood and I wanted this piece to look like table.

Then, I stamped out the sentiment in black ink on top of white paper. I used paper trimmer to cut it down to a strip and since I wanted to have a symmetrical card I put it directlly in the center of the kraft piece.

The last thing I had to do was to glue everything together for which I used double sided tape and foam tape.

That's it for today, thank you so much for joining me.
Kaja

Friendship card with Kaja

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

Take a look:

I decided to go with a simple design that has a valentine's day feel to it. I think it's important to remember letting our loved ones know how do we feel about them and that's the reason I made this friendship card.

First, I stamped out the penguins from the Valentine penguins stamp set and colored them in using alcohol markers. I used pinks for the hearts and the black for their bodies.

Then, I cut down a piece of gray patterned paper that I put on the top half of my card. I placed the three penguins on the edge of it.

The last thing I added was a sentiment that reads 'I'm so glad you're my friend' which I put on a die cut banner.

This finished of the card. Thank you so much for joining me!

Kaja

Cute birthday card with Kaja

Hi there,

It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here and I have prepared a cute birthday card that I made using the brand new On the table stamp set!

Take a look:

I decided to go with a simple look, so I die cut a window with a stitched edge. Behind it, I did some ink blending with blue inks to make it look like sky. Then, I sprinkled some white paint on top to make it look like snow.

Next, I stamped the 'happy birthday' sentiment in black ink under the die cut window.

I stamped out the cat along with a present and a party hat with Memento tuxido black ink. Then, I colored everything with alcohol markers and added some white details with gel pen.

The last thing to do was to up the panel up with some foam tape and the card was finished.

Thank you so much for joining me and hope to see you guys soon!
Kaja

Lovely pandas with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here with you today with a cute card using a brand new set called Lovely pandas. :)

Take a look at the card:

I wanted to make a cheerful card for a friend, so I colored in the pandas using the alcohol markers. I used the traditional black and white colors with a touch of pink on their cheeks.

Then, I took a piece of white card stock in size of my card base from which I die cut a rectangle thta has a stitching on the outside edge. I put some patterned paper in the background and since I wanted to make a fun card, I used a rainbow paper.

I placed the pandas one on each side and I added the sentiment that reads 'so happy we're friends'. I heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of black card stock with white powder.

The last thing I added was some black crystals which actually finished off the card.

Thank you so much for joining me!
Kaja

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

[Video] Sketch inspired card with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I made a cute card using the Deck the halls stamp set. :)

Take a look:

It's not unusual to have a creative block from time to time and today I will share some advise what to do if it happenes to you. I love sketches so my inspiration hunt starts with them. 

Watch the video to find out more about the sketch I used today and how I made this card:

Hope that you feel inspired and that you will join some challenges in the future!

Hugs,
Kaja

Merry Christmas with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and I have another cute Christmas card prepared for you!

Take a look:

I used a brand new set called Balancing mouse and I stamped it using the Memento tuxido black ink. I decided to stamp out the square frame from the Christmas light along with a mouse. I colored everything in using alcohol markers.

I used scissors to cut everything out since I made a custom shape with the lights.

Next, I heat embossed a sentiment that reads 'Merry Christmas' for which I used white embossing powder.

I placed everything on a piece of kraft card stock that I covered in white splatters. I used white paint for it and I put the most of it in the center of the square.

Once the paint was dry I glued eveything together using liquid glue and foam tape.

Thank you so much for joining me!

Kaja

Stitched Christmas card with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I have prepared a cute stitched Christmas card! :)

Take a look:

First thing I did was the background. Even though it's a small area it took me about 3 hours to stitch it all. I went with a scene look, so I made white snowy ground and blue sky with some white snow flakes in between.

After the background was stitched I stamped out the cute cat from the Carol Kitten stamp set. I colored it in using alcohol markers in traditional Christmas colors - green and red.

Then, I used the stamps from the same set to stamp out the sentiment. I heat embossed the 'to the world' part with white embossing powder on a black card stock and stamped out the 'joy' word with red ink.

Once everything was ready I cut down a piece of gray card stock which I put behind my stitched panel. I glued everything together using foam tape and liquid glue.

That's it for today, thank you so much for joining me and hope to see you soon!
Kaja

Smells like Christmas with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I have a sweet Christmas card for you! :)

Take a look:

I used a cute little mouse from Smell like Christmas stamp set and I stamped it out using Memento tuxido black ink. Then, I colored the image in using alcohol markers. I decided to use traditional Christmas colors so I colored his clothes in red and green.

Next, I used my scissors to cut out the image and placed it in the middle of the square card base.

For the sentiment I decided to use 'It's begining to smell a lot like' sentiment which I heat embossed in white and a word 'Christmas' which I stamped out using red ink.

Then, I added a piece of striped black and white patterned paper on the left hand side of the card.

I positioned everything on the card using double sided tape and foam tape which finnished off the card.

Thank you so much for joining me and I hope to see you again soon!
Kaja

[Video] Surprise scene card with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I made a super fun Christmas card that has a surprise scene in the inside! :)

Take a look at the outside of the card:

It looks like a normal clean and simple card, but it's not! Once you open it you can see a cool scene:

How fun is this?! Make sure you watch the video to see how I made this card:

Thank you so much for joining me and I hope you will try to make your own surprise scene card!

Kaja

Baby's 1st Christmas with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I have made a cute Chrismas card! :)

Take a look:

I used a brand new stamp set called Baby boy Christmas and I colored it in using alcohol markers. I decided to use the colors that I quite traditional form winter holidays - green and red.

Since the image is so cute and playful I kept the rest of the card simple. I stamped out the sentiment from the same set, that reads 'Baby's 1st Christmas' on the white card stock using black ink.

I put a stripe of patterned paper on the background and the only thing left to do was to glue everything togerther.

The only thing that I added was some green crystals and this card was all finished.

Thank you so much for joining me and hope to see you again soon!

Kaja

[Video] Space box card with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I made a card inspired by the World Space week that ended yesterday! I used the Blast off stamp set!

Take a look:

I made a video tutorail so you can see how I made it. Check it out:

A little close up of the astronaut:

That's it for today! Hope to see you again next time.

Kaja

Santa and a kitten sneak peek with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here with you today and made a card with a new stamp set that will be released next week called Santa and the kitten!

Take a look:

As said, I used a brand new stamp of santa and I didn't want to draw the attention to anything else, so I ended up making a clean and simple card.

I colored the image in using alcohol markers. For the background I used a gray card stock on which I put white embossing paste over a dotted stencil.

I ended up cutting the gray piece in an oval and for the base I used a stitched rectangle that I die cut from normal white paper.

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

Kaja

[video] Carol kitten with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here with you and today I made a card using a stamp set called Carol kitten that will be released in a few days! :)

Take a look at the card:

I made a cute winter card and if you want a sneak peek of the new stamp set make sure you watch the video tutorail of the card that you can find here:

A little close up of the right kitten:

And a close up of the left kitten:

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

Kaja

Cute birthday owl with Kaja

Hi there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I have prepared a cute birthday card!

Take a look:

I used the brand new Owl reather be with you stamp set and I colored the images in using alcohol markers.

For the background I went with a messy watercoloring in blue. I added some splatters in the same color to make it just a bit more interesting.

Next, I took a piece of white cardstock and die cut it with stitched rectangle die. After die cutting the outside edge I added a scalloped detail using smaller scalloped rectangle die.

I placed the watercolored background behind the window I have created with the die and I glued the owl on top of it.

The last thing I added was the sentiment that reads 'whooo.. is having a birthday?'. I heat embossed it in white over a black cardstock and then I die cut it using an oval. Then, I added two black dots to make the oval look like a speach bubble.

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

SUPPLIES:

Gerda Steiner designs - Owl reather be with you

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!

Easy spinner card [video]

Hello there,

It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I am honoured to be guest designing for Gerda Steiner designs once again! :)

I prepared really easy and quick spinner card for you. I used the set called Go wild! You can see what I have created right here:

Since this is an interesting technique I made a video tutorial for this card so you can watch how it's done. So, if you want to know more about how to do it just join me and I will walk you through it. :)

I decided to make a card that has a 'wild' fill to it. I achived that by using the colors that are really muted down and are also found in the wild. I didn't want to make it too complicated, that's why I colored just the spots on the giraffes and leave the their bodies as they are. I added a bit of depth by hand drawing the stitching detail and leaving giraffes 'in front' of it. 

I have to admit that I fell in love with this set in the moment I saw it for the first time! I meant.. who wouldn't?! Is just another Gerda Steiner designs must have! :)

That's it for today. Hope you enjoyed my card and the video tutorial! See you again soon!

Kaja (Kajcyika crafts)

Guest designer - Galaxy spinner card [video]

Hello there,
It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I am honoured to be guest designing for Gerda Steiner designs for the first time! :)

I prepared a cute galaxy spinner card for you. I used the set called Blast off. You can see what I am talking about here:

I also made a video tutorial for this card. So, if you want to know more about how I made this card, join me and I will walk you through it. :)

I decided to make ink smooshed galaxy and I think it turned out great! The pop of red space ship drives your attention to the spinner and this is what I was going for.

This set is perfect for making boy themed cards and since I have two nephews I know they will love every card I will make for them with these stamps. :)

That's it for today. Hope you enjoyed my card and the video tutorial! See you again soon!

Kaja (Kajcyika crafts)