Take a Break!

Hello everyone!   I'm Beverly Gerard, and I'm totally tickled to have been invited to guest design for Gerda Steiner Designs!  Today I'm sharing a card made with the upcoming Cup of Love stamp set.

My card was inspired by a recent visit to a mom & pop country cafe.  There's the red & white tablecloth setting the place for a polka dotted teacup full of sweet joy.  To create the wall texture, I scored kraft cardstock using 1/8" scoreboard lines before adhering it to the card front.  In order to give the cup a nice contrast of polka dots atop the gingham paper, I masked off the mouse and cup interior with a mask cut from a sticky note while blending Ranger's 'Barn Door' Distress Ink through the dotted stencil.

The adorable little mouse is colored with Copic markers W00, W0, W1, and R000.  Let me warn you though, this little mouse is going to keep calling you back for more play time.  In fact, I colored two!  I fussy cut the second image and layered it with foam tape atop the original mouse in the cup.  Additionally, I couldn't just leave the cup sitting flat atop the tablecloth, so it's lifted with foam tape as well.

Did you notice the bitty tea bag tag?  The Cup of Love stamp set includes 3 little stamps to choose from for stamping on the tag:  smile, take a break, and love you.  Plus, the set also includes 3 larger sentiments for placement on your card:  Thinking of you, Take a Break, and You Deserve It.

Thanks a bunch for visiting!  I'll be back again next week with another fun way to use this sweet stamp set!

Beverly 

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Hello Mermaid Card by Karla!

Hello friends! Karla back today with a fun, summery card using the adorable Mermaid Digital Stamp from the Gerda Steiner Designs Shop! This sweet little gal is just perfect for a bright hello card ready to make someone smile!

I coloured her up with Copic Markers after printing the image out onto 65 lb cardstock and then added some white and stardust gel pen details. I matched her to this underwater Echo Park paper - perfect for an under the sea theme! 

After colouring her hair with a wonderful purple - because I think mermaids need bright coloured hair... I used the darkest marker to add some lines for extra hair-like effect. I diecut the hello out of some sparkly purple paper and added some coordinating sequins and enamel dots to finish it off!

Inside, I added one of the cut apart images from the paper pack and diecut it with a shaped die to add a cute sentiment!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Gerda Steiner Designs Shop for all the awesome digital and clear stamp images, and have some fun colouring up some happiness today! 

Big Hugs,

Karla

Be Mine Monster & Bear Cuties by Karla

Hello! Karla back today with a couple adorable images from the Gerda Steiner Designs Shop - the first one is the sweet Monster Holding Letter digital stamp who can't wait to deliver his special envelope and the second is this super cute Valentine Bear digital stamp, which is a FREEBIE! right now!!

I just got the Simple Stories Vintage Valentine collection pack and I couldn't wait to colour these guys up to match it! I printed them out on 65 lb white cardstock, put through my printer as plain paper, and coloured them up with Copic Markers. I added some glittery and white gel pens for details and fussy cut them out, leaving a small white border.

I used some dies from my stash and added various stitching details and then tucked in a few stickers and glued on some pretty sequins.

Inside, I added one of the 2x2 cards from the cut apart page and glued on some hearts cut from the heart border that I used on the front. Now my special card is ready to send to someone very special!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs Shop to check out all the adorable images and stock up some sweet Valentine cuties to colour. Have an amazing week friends!

Hugs,

Karla

Mermaid

Hi, Margreet here.

I created a card with the sweet digital stamp Mermaid from Gerda Steiner Designs.
I have colored the mermaid, the little fish and the waterplant with Copic Markers and then fussy cut them.
On Yupo paper I have played with Various Ink (refills of the Copic Markers) and made 2 underwater backgrounds. As I couldn't make a choise which one to use, I decided to use them both.

 
I used some black soot distress ink to put around the edges. I glued the mermaid, fish and plant onto the smaller background and added some sequins. I also made some waterdrops with Glossy Accents.
Then I glued it with foam onto the larger background.
 
Here a closeup to see the 'golden' stripes in the background, made with reactive foil on the pieces which were not completely dried yet.
Have a great day!
xxx Margreet

Cute Bear and Pie

Hi! This cute pie bears are so charming that I could not resist to color them again.

This time I used my Copic Markers for coloring the bear and a little bit clear gloss to highlight nose and eyes. For the background I used Ranger Distress Inks and a stencil, cutted with stiched dies. And as final touch I added a fillet and some sequins. Very simple. Very quick. But also very cute.

Hope to see you soon!

Edith / https://ediths-kreativer-output.blogspot.co.at

Guest Designer Pri - i love us

Hello...Pri here guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs today...and I'm sharing yet another creation that I have made using the Pool Piggies stamp set...I guess I was on a roll when I was creating cards with this stamp set...loved every minute..!!

The card base of my card is made from a blue textured cardstock card base... and I have used plain white cardstock cut to size for the top layer...I used the waves WRMK next level embossing folder to emboss this top layer and then sponged in some blue distress inks to give it a watery feel....I have used salty ocean,tumbles glass and blueprint sketch shades here..I have also splattered some water and white acrylic paint on this layer...

Using my alphabet dies and a heart die,I die cut the sentiment from glitter cardstock and layered it with white craft foam and adhered it at the top left of my card..

On a separate piece of white cardstock,I stamped the piggies and two float mats and coloured them in and cut them out...I adhered one piggy on each of the mat and used some craft foam underneath before adhering them to the card...

To embellish my card,I have used clear sequins in various sizes on which I have adhered some tiny dark blue rhinestones as well...

I'm so glad you stopped by the blog today...if you'd like to purchase the Pool Piggies stamp set and/or matching dies please head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs online store...you'll find many more stamps,dies and digi's there..

Cheers,

Pri