Happy Mail

Hello and welcome back, it's Karen here.  Today I've got a quick and easy happy mail card that is perfect for sending off to family or friends as a little Hello, thinking of you type of card.  

 

I used the Puppy Mail stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs and used Copic markers to colour in the two images that I used. I used a semicircular die to cut out the front cutout.  I don't have the details on the die I used as I didn't keep the packaging (it may have been from Craftin Desert Divas but they are no longer around), but any circular or semicircular die would work.  I then embossed the front with the Dappled Dots (EFPP-015) embossing folder from Creative Expressions.  I coloured the opened background on the card base with some Distress Oxide in Mowed Lawn and the sky with Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.  I mounted the embossed card front on a layer of foam and attached it in place with glue. I then glued the images into the opening.  Finally, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment onto white cardstock and cut it out.  I edged it with a little of the Clear Day ink before gluing it in place.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!

 

It's a good Day for Happy Mail

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this fun Flip Slider Card using the Gerda Steiner Designs Puppy Mail set:

• create a Flip Slider Mechanism
• use patterned paper for the sky and the grass
• stamp almost all the images from the Gerda Steiner Designs Puppy Mail set with Lawn Fawn Crunchy Leaf
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• cut little clouds from white cardstock using the Memory Box Whittle Clouds die set
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versafine Clair Nocturne

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Thank You for Watching the Dog

Hello and welcome back!  It’s Karen here today and I’ve used the new stamp set called “Puppy Mail” to make my card today.

I first stamped and coloured in my images with copic markers.  I also used the image from the “I Just Miss You”  set. This is also available as a digital set, so it’s easy to resize to your card front. I love how all these images so clearly show different moments in a puppy’s day. 

On my card front, I used the larger circle die in the Panel Shapes die set from Your Next Stamp because I liked that it cut the stitched line around it. I cut out four circles, leaving room for my sentiment. I found a dog paw stamp in my stash and stamped it randomly over the card front in black Versafine ink. 

I placed the card front over my card base and lightly pencilled in the circles. I used a larger circle die to cut out my images, and then adhered them with glue over the pencilled areas. I decided not to pop my card front up with foam tape, but I do think that would look very nice. 

I used the sentiment from the Puppy Mail set and stamped it on some white cardstock. I used a fishtail die to cut it out and then mounted it with tape to a piece of blue cardstock. I fussy cut the blue cardstock to leave a small border along the top and bottom, and then adhered this to my card front and trimmed the excess from the right hand side. 

This was a really quick and simple card to make but such a handy one to have in your stash if you’re a dog owner.  I know that I’ll be using it someday! 

Puppy Mail

Hi everyone! It’s Jeannie (InsideoutJeans) on the blog today with Gerda Steiner Design’s stamp set named, Puppy Mail. It's an adorable set that I see as pretty versatile. I have a couple of ideas to go with this stamp set, but I decided to start where I'm comfortable... a scene card! This set has the perfect components to create a fun scene using quite a few of these images and it's pretty easy! 

I stamped out these images on my A2 card panel and I also stamped them out on masking paper so I could mask them off. I wanted to use distress inks to create a quick scene. I started off by adding the road using browns, then added the sky above with some blues, and the filled in the rest with greens for the grassy areas. 

Once the distress inks filled up the background, all I needed to do was color. I added some details to the green grassy areas so they had some texture and it wasn't so flat. To finish off the card, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and matted my card panel on a black card base. 

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

Puppy Mail for You

Hello everyone, it’s Karen here today. I wanted to make a happy mail card using the new “Puppy Mail” stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I love to get happy mail (especially when it’s crafting supplies!), but a fun or loving note from someone is equally as good to receive and this stamp set is perfect for those cards.

Inside the card

I coloured my images with copic markers and added a few extra envelopes. I drew my envelopes but you could easily stamp the mailbox stamp again and use a few from the mail pile already on the stamp.

I then made a stencil from a “Bright Hearts” Memory Box die I had just received - in some happy mail! - and ink blended the hearts in Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick in the center of my card. Then I applied some Moonstone glimmer paste over this and let it all dry. Once it was dry I glued my puppy mail box image over the stencilled area and added a few extra envelopes to fill in the gaps. I stamped the sentiment just below my scene and the card front was done! 

I love it when there’s a little something extra on a card, so on the inside, I added the two puppy images. I stamped the “I woof you” sentiment on some white cardstock, and die cut it with a speech bubble die I had in my stash (I had to do a little partial die cutting to make it fit around the words).  I ran a black marker around the edges to highlight the speech bubble, and then glued it onto the inside of my card. This was a quick and simple card to make, and it’s just so nice to have some stamps in your supplies that can make a great “thinking of you” type of card. I hope you’ll give this card a try! 

It's a good day for happy mail 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 brand new Puppy Mail 4x6 Clear Stamp and Puppy Mail 4x6 Die Set.

This set is perfect for all your happy mails that you are sending!

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

The background was created by blending ice Spun Sugar distress oxide ink with bricks stencil.

_{^{I also splattered some Spun Sugar with water on the background.}}

_{^{The floor was created by blending Iced Spruce distress oxide ink.}}

Next I colored the images using copic markers and glued them to my panel with foam tape for dimension.

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

To finish off, I added some sequins for decoration.

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

Thanks for stopping by,

Noga

Life is Ruff...

Hi Friends!

It's Cathy here sharing a slimline card today using a new stamp set called Puppy Mail 

that is soon to be released!

Aren't they adorable?!

I created a little story on this slimline card by masking off 3 sections on the panel and inking some clouds and ground on each section using Tumbled Glass with a cloud stencil and Antique Linen distress inks.

I added some grass and details using Copics and framed the panel using a postage stamp die.

There's a fourth adorable puppy stamp in this set and lots of cute and versatile sentiments.

Be on the lookout for the new releases coming soon!!