Treats...Only for You

Hi there!  I'm Amy (@card.chick on Instagram) and I'm thrilled to be guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs.  Talk about fangirling over here from all the cuteness on this blog 😍

One thing I love more than giving out sweet treats is to make the packaging for them.  When I first saw this Only for You stamp set, I immediately saw the possibilities of stretching the usage of one particular image, the one with the kitty peering out from the heart shaped window.

Here's my process in creating this treat box: 

1. I used Papertrey Ink's gable box die to cut two pieces of red card stock to form the box.
2. Then I used MFT's Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangle to cut a pretty little scallop panel from floral paper (this piece will eventually become the window border).
3. To create the window, I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangle to cut out a small window from the treat box as well as from the floral panel. 
4. I glued the floral window border around the rectangular opening to give it a finished look.
5. I upcycled a piece of clear plastic packaging to create a "glass window pane" which I secured on the inside of the box with scor tape.
6. Then I stamped and colored two kitties from the stamp set with copic markers.  I fussy cut the two images.
7. Once I fully assembled the box, I popped up the two kitties with 3M double sided foam tape on the plastic window pane as well as the sign on top that says, "Only For You."
8. I filled up the treat box with Hershey's kisses.

Thank you for joining me today!  Hopefully, this post inspired you to do at least one of two things... 1) create a treat box 2) eat some chocolate 😃

See you soon!

Do you see????? - Larissa

Goodmorning, 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 made a card with the new stampset On the bookshelf from Gerda Steiner designs. When I saw this set, I knew I had to make this little scene. 

For this card I started with stamping the image from the cat and the piles of books on masking paper. Then I started with stampin the cat and then with the help of masking paper I stamped all the piles of books below the cat. I have coloured all images with my Polychromos pencils and the black glaze pen and then I have fussy cut all the images. The sentiment is made with the computer. After I had printed it, I used a black pen to draw frames around the words and then I fussy cut them all. With the Crea-nest-lies XXL 36 from Crealies I have die-cut a rectangle from white cardstock. I used Scattered straw, Wild honey, Ground espresso and Walnut stain distress ink to make a background for the images and the sentiment on it. I adhered the rectangle on white cardstock and then I adhered them both on a black card. I have adhered all images and words with foamtape on the card.

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STAMP: On the bookshelf from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils, Distress inks

PAPER: White and black cs, Kraft card

INK: Versafine onyx black, Scattered straw, Wild honey, Ground espresso and Walnut stain distress ink

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 36 from Crealies 

ACCESSORIES: Black glaze pen, black fineliner

Where is the Candy | Distress Background | Scrapbena Creations

Hello, it is Jenn from Scrapbena Creations on YouTube. I am back with another card as a Guest Designer. This time I am using the adorable too cute to spook stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs called Where is the Candy. I chose the cat and dog in costumes images for this scene card. The fence and bats were from a My Favourite Things stamp set called Frightful Friends, but you can use whatever you have in your stash!

My watercolour paper of choice is Canson XL watercolour paper because it is high quality and affordable. I stamped out the images with Versafine Black Onyx ink and created masks to make an outdoor Halloween scene. The moon was created using a circle punch with full adhesive post-it note paper, which I used for all of the masks. Once everything was masked, I used Distress Inks to create the background. I love purples for Halloween night scenes. From lightest to darkest, I used shaded lilac, wilted violet, seedless preserves and black soot. For the ground, I used bundled sage with a tiny bit of black soot. I spritzed some water over the entire scene with the masks still on the images and blotted it with a paper towel for an amazing textured background.

I watercoloured the images with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I list the colours used in my process video, which you can watch by clicking the play button on the image below.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you enjoyed this card and it inspires you to make some cute Halloween cards. Happy crafting.

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