So happy we're friends - Larissa

Hi everyone, I am Larissa from Car-d-elicious and today I am posting a card on the blog from Gerda Steiner designs.

This week I have made a card with the clear stamp set Lovely panda's from Gerda Steiner designs. I stamped one of the panda's but today I didn't want to colour it like a panda, but instead I made a normal bear. I coloured the image with my Polychromos pencils and the black glaze pen. I have coloured the eyes of the bear with the Clear Spectrum noir sparkle glitter pen. Then I have fussy cut the image. With the Crea-nest-lies XXL 36 from Crealies I have die-cut a rectangle from white cardstock. I used the same dies to also cut a window. Behind the window I have glued blue design paper from the Classic gingham paper pack from Sunny studio and then I glued everything together on a white card. I used foamtape to place the image inside the window. Inside the window I have stamped two sentiments from the set Lovely panda's from Gerda Steiner designs. I have die-cut a couple of hearts with the Lots of hearts - Creative cuts from Mama elephant from the blue design paper and glued those on the card.

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STAMP: Lovely panda's from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils 

PAPER: White cs, Classic gingham paper pack from Sunny studio

INK: Versafine onyx black

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 36 from Crealies, Lots of hearts - Creative cuts from Mama elephant

ACCESSORIES: Black glaze pen, Clear Spectrum noir sparkle glitter pen

I like you beary much

Hi there,

it's Tanja here and I created this beary sweet card using the adorable Gerda Steiner Designs Lovely Pandas stamp set:

• cut out a stitched rectangle from smooth white cardstock
• stamp one of the adorable pandas, the hearts and the sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs Lovely Pandas set with Memento Tuxedo Black - use the masking technique
• color the image with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers - add extra shading with Prismacolor Colored Pencils
• add Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the heart on the envelope and the nose of the panda
• run a cardbase through your Big Shot in a Plaid embossing folder before adhering the panel to this cardbase

Have a lovely day.

Hugs,

Get Your Greens Ready!!!

Hi there! Its Rebekah with you today bring you a super cute and easy scene card using the Frogs Stamp Set from Gerda Steiner! I love making scene card and these little frogs just lend themselves to this type of card design. 

For this card, I started by stamping the frog and the sentiment with Copic safe ink onto Xpress-It Blending Card - its my favorite for Copic coloring! I brushed on several shades of Distress inks to give me a good start to my Copic coloring. I also used a cloud stencil and Distress Ink to create the sky. I was sure to avoid the frog when creating the sky. 

I colored the adorable frog with Copic markers and was sure to add a lot of contrast. 

I then worked on the grass. I started with a light green - G21. I held the marker slightly on its side and 'flicked- up' with the marker. This flicking motion is perfect for making grass. I then did the same thing with G43, YG64, G94 and G99. I made the flicking motion shorter and shorter with each marker. Remember when creating scenes - darker is CLOSER, lighter is FARTHER AWAY.

I added a few dots to add more texture to the grass and a bit more dimension. I outlined the frog with B00 and B0000 to make him pop a little more. I also added a few motion lines to make it look like he is in mid-hop!

This set is so adorable and FUN! Did you know it also comes in an English AND German version! Be sure to check it out and tag Gerda Steiner when you share your creations! We all love to see what you make!