Have a Bee-autiful Day

Hello again and welcome, it’s Karen here today. I’ve got a card today that’s fun for summer. I’ve used the “Happy Bee-Day” stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs for this one and kept it quite simple. 

I stamped the images with copic friendly ink onto some Neenah Solar Crest cardstock and then coloured them in with copic markers. I wanted the bee to hold the poppy, so I used a baby wipe to carefully remove the ink from the sign he was holding, before stamping the image. After colouring, I fussy cut the images out and also cut the lower part of the bees’ hand so he could hold the poppy  

Next, I used a honeycomb stencil and some Distress Oxide ink in Wild Honey to create the background as well as the sentiment strip.  My stencil is an older one, I think from Faber Castell, and had two sizes of honeycomb.  I went over some of the stencilling with Moda Scrap gelly paste, as well as over the bees’ wings. This just added some shine to the card, but any clear paste would likely work. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I just stamped and clear embossed it onto the strip I had created. 

To assemble the card, I mounted the sentiment and bee on foam tape. I also put foam tape behind some of the flowers to add dimension. I glued the poppy onto the bee and then arranged everything onto the card front. So it really was a quick and simple card, but I do love how happy that bee is!  

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

Sneaky Raccoons

Hi everyone! It’s Jeannie (InsideoutJeans) on the blog today with Gerda Steiner Design’s stamp set named, Sneaky Raccoons. I've been digging into my stash for new sets to play with and this was the one that spoke to me.

I wanted to create a fun scene card so I stamped three images from the Sneaky Raccoons stamp set using Memento Tuxedo black ink. I did a bit of masking because I wanted the raccoon with a sign to stand on top of the tree stump. Because I wanted to ink blend a background, I created masks for all the images. Using distress oxide inks, I used four colors to create the grassy area, then a sunset sky. I figured it was perfect since raccoons usually come out at night and I wanted to have a pretty sunset in the background. I also used water and perfect pearls for some splatter to add texture in the background.

I colored all the images using copic markers, using warm grays. To finish off the card, I used the sentiments to add a sentiment on the sign and then a supporting sentiment to go with it. I'm so happy with how this card turned out. It's so fun!

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

Frogs - Hi! - Larissa

 

Hi everyone, I am Larissa from Car-d-elicious and today it is my turn again to post a card on the blog from Gerda Steiner designs. I have stamped on Aquarel papier smooth Wit 200 gram from Vaessen creative one of the frogs from the set Frogs from Gerda Steiner designs with Versafine clair nocturne ink and then I embossed the image with clear embossingpowder. I have coloured the image with Derwent inktense pencils and fussy cut it. 

With the Crea-nest-lies XXL 54 from Crealies I have cut a scalloped square from black cardstock and I glued it on a white card. From rainbow patterned paper from the Really rainbow petite paper pack from Lawn fawn I have cut a square with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 34 from Crealies and I used the same dies to cut a smaller square out of it. I glued the frog behind the square and tied a black ribbon around it and then I glued everything on the card. I have cut the sentiment from black cardstock with the Journaling alpha dies (retired) from Neat and tangled and glued it next to the image. The card is decorated with black hotfix gems.

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STAMP: Frogs from Gerda Steiner designs

COLORING MEDIUM: Polychromos pencils

PAPER: Aquarel papier smooth Wit 200 gram from Vaessen creative, White and black cs, Really rainbow petite paper pack from Lawn fawn

INK: Versafine clair nocturne

DIES: Crea-nest-lies XXL 34 & 54 from Crealies, Journaling alpha dies (retired) from Neat and tangled

ACCESSORIES: Clear embossingpowder, Black ribbon, Black hotfix gems

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