You Are So Loved!

 Hello crafty friends!   It's Bev Gerard, back to share a fun valentine featuring the Li'l Hedgie stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs.

I wanted to tweak the basic card sketch without distracting much from the many polka dots and the darling little hedgie.  So I trimmed the lower edge of the top two paper layers with a simple curved stitched border die.  Tip: To keep the layers completely aligned, use a removable adhesive tape such as Post-It tape or washi tape to run both layers through machine at one time.  If needed, you can re-run the lower piece if needed for a clean cut on that layer.  And yes, there are a few random dots that are adorned with pink glitter ... just because.  

The sentiment was stamped with VersaFine Clair Morning Mist, as I chose not to have a black ink overwhelm the softer look of the hedgie.  Once the sentiment was stamped, I used a circle die to partially cut both ends of the 3/4" strip.  Finally, I cut 3 more strips and stacked them all with glue to add a little dimension.  Edges were brushed with DOX Worn Lipstick as were the other paper edges.

Finally, the darling Li'l Hedgie is popped up on an action wobble for a sweet & fun giggle!

Thanks so much for visiting!  

Bev Gerard

Beverly on Instagram:  texasgrammy

Beverly's SCS Gallery:  TexasGrammy at Splitcoaststampers

Blog:  Texas Rubber & Ink!

'Valentine Penguins' Acetate Card

 

Hello to everyone!  Bev Gerard here to share a fun way to use the adorable Valentine Penguins stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs!  Seriously, it's so easy to color these sweeties you can quickly create lots of valentines in little time.

 

The penguin pair was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black then colored with Copics C7, C5, C3, C1 & C0, YR14, YR23, R30 & R32 with touches of a white gen pen.  Penguins are lifted up on foam tape and placed atop layered red & white heart shapes.  

Taking advantage of the acetate layer, the inside sentiment is atop smaller heart layers that are placed directly behind the front hearts.   This is fun to create and fun to receive!

Basic A2 Card style recipe:

Base card stock = 4.25" x 8".  Score at 5.5" on the long side.  Use any border die to create interest on the remaining 3" flap.   I layered a matching-cut piece of scrapbook paper atop the flap.

Acetate layer = 4.25" x 5.5".   Adhere this beneath the border cut flap.  Strips of dbl.-sided adhesive work well here.

  

  

Thanks for visiting today!

Bev Gerard

Beverly on Instagram:  texasgrammy

Beverly's SCS Gallery:  TexasGrammy at Splitcoaststampers

Blog:  Texas Rubber & Ink!

So Glad You're My Friend!

 Happy New Year, everyone!  

I'm Beverly Gerard, so happy to be back as a guest designer for Gerda Steiner Designs!

Today I'm sharing a card made with the adorable Valentine Penguins set.

Although we don't often have snow here in North Texas, I do love the glisten of snow.  I thought of a beautiful rainbow when the snowy moisture & sunlight are in perfect alignment to create a wintery rainbow.  Thus, this rainbow was created in soft pastel shades.  

I started with a light blue cardstock for the sky, then softly applied white pigment ink in touch & go style smudges, just to soften up the color as on a snowy day.  Next I used a cloud stencil and applied Distress Oxide Spun Sugar to add a fanciful interest to the sky.

The snowy hills are cut from shimmery white paper which was not adhered completely across the upper snow lines.  That created a bit of added dimension.  The adorable penguin is popped up on foam tape along with its balloon.  

I love the option of this friendship sentiment included in the stamp set, along with the following valentine greetings:  Happy Valentine's Day!   -   You are so loved!    -   and  

Waddle I Do Without You

Welcome to a brand new year!   

Bev Gerard

Beverly on Instagram:  texasgrammy

Beverly's SCS Gallery:  TexasGrammy at Splitcoaststampers

Blog:  Texas Rubber & Ink!

You are so Loved

Hi there,

it's Tanja here again and today I would like to show you this tag that I created using the Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Penguins stamp set:

• cut out a Clearly Besotted Stamps Rounded Tag from smooth white cardstock
• stamp one of the penguins from the Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Penguins set with Lawn Fawn Jet Black
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• ink up the edges of the tag with Distress Ink peacock feathers
• thread two strands of twine through the hole of the tag

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Valentine Penguins - Ink Blending Sky

Hi everyone! It’s Jeannie (InsideoutJeans) on the blog today with Gerda Steiner Design’s stamp set named, Valentine Penguins. Yes, it's January but I didn't intend to make a valentine's card at all. I actually don't like the commercial aspect behind the holiday and firmly believe that you should always show people you care about them year round.

For this card, I'm using some atelier inks to do ink blending. They blend so smoothly and I wanted a non-traditional colored sky (mainly because one of my goals for the year is to go outside my comfort zone). I used Bee Sting Yellow, Sweet Petunia Pink and Peacock Blue with a splatter of water and Perfect Pearls all over. Also, I wanted to add an element of the sky, so I used the clouds border die, cutting pieces of white cardstock and vellum to give it a bit of interest.

I colored up the two penguins with copic markers and fussy cut them out. I tend to really like the no white outline look but you definitely can use the dies or cut with an outline too. They are pretty simple images to cut (one of the reasons why I love to mask and fussy cut with Gerda Steiner sets).

The card came together really nicely and I am so happy with how it turned out since, it's not specifically a valentine's day card but a card to tell someone they are loved.

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

Valentine penguins - 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. For this week I have made a valentines card with the clear stampset Valentine penguins from Gerda Steiner designs. I have stamped 2 penguins with Versafine clair nocturne ink on Florence watercolour paper smooth from Vaessen creative. I have embossed the image with clear embossingpowder and then I coloured them with my Distress inks. The balloon and the envelope are also coloured with the Clear Spectrum noir sparkle glitter pen. All the images are fussy cut.

I have made a slimline card with the new die-set Slimline frames craftables (CR1537) from Marianne design. I have cut the scalloped layer twice from pink cardstock and made a card. The layer with the stitching is cut from white cardstock and I made my background on it with the Mini cloud edges stencil from My favorite things and Card deco essential dye ink Light blue. With the Grassy hills die-namics from My favorite things I have die-cut a grass border from white cardstock and I have coloured it with  Card deco essential dye ink Olive green. After I glued the grass on the background I have wrapped white embroidery thread around the grass and tied it into a bow. I have glued the background on the pink scalloped card. In the right upper corner I have stamped sentiment from the clearset Valentine penguins from Gerda Steiner designs and then I glued the penguins with foamtape on the card. I have decorated the card with crystal hotfix gems.

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STAMP: Valentine penguins from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils

PAPER: White and pink cs

INK: Versafine clair nocturne

DIES: Craftables CR1537 from Marianne design, Grassy hills die-namics from My favorite things

ACCESSORIES: Clear embossingpowder, Clear Spectrum noir glitter sparkle pen, Mini cloud edges stencil from My favorite things, white embroidery thread, crystal htotfix gems

I am a participant in the Gerda Steiner designs Affiliate Programme. This means that if you click on one of my links and subsequently make a purchase, I will receive a small commission of store credit, at no extra cost to you. 

Valentine penguins - xoxo - 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 valentines/love card with a sweet penguin from the clearstamp set Valentine penguins from Gerda Steiner designs. I have stamped the image with Versafine clair nocturne ink on Florence watercolour paper smooth from Vaessen creative and then I embossed it with clear embossingpowder. I have coloured the image with Distress inks and then I have fussy cut the image. 

I have die-cut a square with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 34 from Crealies from black and white striped paper from the Do what you love pretty paper bloc (PK9149 - retired) from Marianne design. I used the Crea-nest-lies XXL 54 from Crealies to cut a scalloped square from black cardstock and I glued the patterned paper on top of it and then I glued them on a red card. from a scrap of the red cardstock I have die-cut 3 hearts with a die from the set Snijmallen grote teksten "Knuffel" from Carlijn design and I used a hole punch to add 2 holes in each heart. I threaded them with black card and then I glued them on the card. I made 2 tiny bows from the black card cord and glued those on the ends of the banner. This looks almost like the little banner the penguin is holding. I glued the penguin with foamtape on the card. The sentiment is die-cut from the red cardstock with the Mini alpha & number dies (retired) from CC. Designs. 

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STAMP: Valentine penguins from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Distress inks

PAPER: Red and white cs, Do what you love pretty paper bloc (PK9149 - retired) from Marianne design

INK: Versafine clair nocturne

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 34 and 54 from Crealies, Snijmallen grote teksten "Knuffel" from Carlijn design, Mini alpha & number dies (retired) from CC. Designs

ACCESSORIES: Clear embossing powder, Black jute thread, hole punch

I am a participant in the Gerda Steiner designs Affiliate Programme. This means that if you click on one of my links and subsequently make a purchase, I will receive a small commission of store credit, at no extra cost to you.

Love Notes x5

Hi everyone! It’s Jeannie (InsideoutJeans) on the blog today with featuring five different little cards using Gerda Steiner Design’s stamp sets. I colored a bunch of images awhile ago but never created cards with them. I thought these would be perfect for a little note card. 

I stamped these images using Fadeout Ink and colored them up using Copic markers to achieve a no-line coloring look. My five images came from three different sets: Valentine Penguins, Peas Be Mine, and Fall in Love. I love that the images are of a couple of critters. 

Using a die set to create these mini cards, I created them all the same and was able to use up some scraps I had lying around in my stash. I used patterned paper for the heart and pieces of grey cardstock. Aren't they just adorable? It's be such a cute thing to pack with someone's lunch or just leave around for someone to find to brighten their day. 

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

Valentine penguins - A little present - Larissa

Hi everyone, I am Larissa from Car-d-elicious and today it is my turn again to post something on the blog from Gerda Steiner designs. This time I am showing a little present that I have made. I made a little package for a chocolate bar. I have decorated the package with one of the cute penguins from the clear stamp set Valentine penguins from Gerda Steiner designs. I have stamped the penguin on Florence watercolour paper smooth from Vaessen creative with Versafine clair nocturne ink and then I embossed it with clear embossingpowder. I have coloured the image with Distress inks and then I have fussy cut the image. With the Crea-nest-lies XXL 21 from Crealies I have die-cut a circle from white cardstock and stamped on it with the Background diagonals (retired) from Clearly besotted stamps and Versafine clair nocturne ink. I have cut a larger circle from pink cardstock with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 33 from Crealies and cut a scalloped circle from black cardstock with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 53 from Crealies. I have glued all circles on top of each other and added the image with foamtape.

The package is my own design and I made it from pink cardstock. With a black fineliner I have drawn dots on the package. I also tied a black ribbon around the box and glued the circles on the box.

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STAMP: Valentine penguins from Gerda Steiner designs, Background diagonals (retired) from Clearly besotted stamps

COLORING MEDIUM: Distress inks

PAPER: Pink, white and black cs, Florence watercolour paper smooth from Vaessen creative

INK: Versafine clair nocturne

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 21.33 and 53 from Crealies 

ACCESSORIES: Clear embossingpowder, Black fineliner, Black ribbon

I am a participant in the Gerda Steiner designs Affiliate Programme. This means that if you click on one of my links and subsequently make a purchase, I will receive a small commission of store credit, at no extra cost to you.

Heart Penguin

Hi there, 

it's Tanja here and today I would like to show you a tag that I created using the Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Penguins and and Valentine Cats stamp sets:

• stamp one of the adorable little penguins from the Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Penguins set with Lawn Fawn River Rock 
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils 
• stamp the hearts from the Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Cats set with the same grey ink and color it with the same markers and pencils 
• add sparkle with the Stickles Glitter Glue Crystal 
• add Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the beak for extra dimension
• dye a piece of seam binding with Distress Ink Picked Raspberry and thread it through the hole of the tag

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Scene Card | Tangled Penguin

Hi everyone! It’s Jeannie (InsideoutJeans) on the blog today with a couple stamp sets from Gerda Steiner Designs’ stamp set. I am using the new Tangled Penguin stamp set along with one of the penguins from Valentine Penguins to create a fun, holiday, scene card.

For the penguin from the Valentine Penguins and worked to mask off the balloon string so I could replace it with the star from the Tangled Penguin stamp set.  I added the remaining elements from the Tangled Penguin stamp set, and create the baseline of the scene. I added a few extra elements to create the setting.

For the sentiment, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock to finish off the card. I also trimmed down the card so I could mat it on a black card base so there was a black border. 

I created a video tutorial so you can see how I created the scene and put everything together. 

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

Balloons Galore!

Hi everyone! It’s Jeannie (InsideoutJeans) on the blog today to share a card I created using Gerda Steiner Designs' stamp set, Lovely Pandas. 

This set was super popular when it first released around Valentine's Day. I definitely wanted to use it regardless and not for a Valentine's day card.

The panda holding the balloon is incredibly adorable. He looks at that balloon with such fascination. It also reminded me of those lantern festivals where lanterns fill the sky. I wanted to take that idea and transfer it to this card. Since this set only contains one balloon, I reached to another set from the shop, Valentine Penguins, which features a heart shaped balloon.

I do a bit of masking to cover up balloons so they don't overlap and I only stamp up the balloon portion of both stamps. I'm not too concerned with the string since you can just easily draw that in later.

Once I finished all the masking and stamping is done, I sat myself in front of the tv and colored it up. It was super relaxing and it got me to practice coloring in balloons to look dimensional! I just used a variety of color and colored as I pleased. After the fact, I realized that I should have inked up the background. I didn't want to color it in with markers so I just masked off the balloons and used distress inks for a dusky sky. I love this combo (Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet, Dusty Concord, and Chipped Sapphire) and with the balloons, it is super duper pretty! What do you think?!

Because there was so much going on, I opted to leave off a sentiment. When I decide who to send this to, I can stamp a sentiment on the inside.

I hope you enjoyed the card and got some inspiration to use this set for something other than Valentine's Day! Thanks for stopping by! Come back soon!

Penguin with Heart

Hello crafty friends...Jayne here!

Today I would like to share with you a card featuring a Gerda Steiner Digital image

called 'Penguin with Heart'

This cute little adorable Penguin was coloures using Copic markers, I then fussy cut him out and popped him up on foam tape. I punched out a few tiny hearts to decorate the card and heat embossed the sentiment (which was from the MFT Penguins in Paradise stamp set. The Card is an A2 size (4.25"x 5.5") and has the middle of the card front removed and replace with clear acetate. The inside of the card says 'You make my heart melt' (also from Penguins in Paradise stamp set)

Isn't he just the cutest? and so perfect for all your Valentine projects!!

Happy crafting and see you soon xxx

Jayne x

Penguin Love

Happy Friday! It's Cathy here sharing a card today using one of my favorite Gerda Steiner stamp sets. These Valentine Penguins are so cute and they're perfect for sending someone a little love any time of the year!

I started by die-cutting a piece of XPress It cardstock and a piece of Neenah Solar white cardstock with a stitched rectangle die and then cutting the XPIt cardstock down to 3 1/4" wide. It looks like the card front is one solid piece, but they're layered together.  I found it much easier to do it this way rather than taping off straight lines and I prefer to color with Copics on XPIt.

I set the Neenah piece aside and began working on my little scene by stamping the penguins in MFT Cement Gray ink and masking them. I then taped off a horizon line and masked the rest of the piece below it.

I airbrushed the sky on this with Copics in YR12, YR61, YR65, R21, and a little B00.

I wanted the clouds to look like hearts, so I die-cut a bunch of  small hearts from eclipse tape and randomly adhered them before airbrushing around them with the YR61.

I colored up the penguins and the rest of the scene with Copics and before I adhered it to the Neenah cardstock, I heat embossed a sentiment from this set on the Neenah.

Hope you enjoyed and have a great weekend!

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

Penguin Valentine Card with Karla

Hello friends! It's Karla back today with a sweet Valentine card for a friend using the Penguin With Heart digital stamp. One of the great things about digi stamps is the ability to easily and quickly resize, creating a cute little friend for this guy! Another bonus is instant gratification - click and print! I decided to create an easy z-fold card that looks like it's super fancy 😉 I added patterned valentine papers from my stash and a diecut heart before layering on this sweet little pair coloured with Prismacolor and Copic Markers.

Here are the instructions to make the base: Cut a rectangle 4"x12" long and score it at 4" and 8" and fold it back and forth. Cut a diagonal line from the 4" fold at the back to a mark 2" down on the front of the card. 

Along the bottom of the card and inside I used sentiments from the Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Penguins Clear Stamp Set. I love combining stamp sets!! I used a stamp set from my stash to add a little love message inside the penguins' hearts. 

The stamped hearts are from the GSD clear stamp set as well, and I added a few more sequins and some washi to complete my card. This is going to be a great card to pass along to a special friend!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs Shop to see what fun stamps make your heart beat faster!! Have an awesome week friends 💕

Hugs, Karla