Hello friends! I'm so excited to share this hog wild birthday cupcakes card with you today! This card is die cut heavy with a stenciled background, stamped cupcake wrappers, and stamped greetings. What gives this card that special touch is the multiple die cut cupcakes with a cute piggy popping up from the center! Let's get started!
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Watch the creation of this cupcake piggy birthday card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The background for my card was inked with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink on smooth white cardstock in an ombre effect from dark to light, leaving the bottom of the panel white for stamping the sentiment. A Polka Dot Background Stencil was inked with the same color of ink over the background for a decorative touch.
Sentiments from the Ham It Up Stamp Set were stamped along the bottom of the panel with Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink Ink.
The Cupcake wrappers were stamped with tone-on-tone ink using the Bitty Patterns Stamp Set to customize the wrappers. This gives them a patterned paper look and adds instant interest to the design.
The die cut images were adhered to the card base with tape adhesive or foam adhesive to build depth and dimension. The "glaze" on three of the cupcakes was finished with Glossy Accents and then the Coffee Tiny Bubbles were sprinkled over the top for added texture. I love the look of the tiny bubbles in the frosting!
Additional greetings from the Ham It Up Stamp Set were stamped inside the card to finish the sentiment. You could make this card work for Valentines or other occasion by simply switching up the sentiments or leaving off the birthday candles!
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Watch the creation of these bears love-themed cards and envelopes from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Both of my cards today feature a pink color scheme, stenciled Mini Clouds and components from the Heart Art Card Kit and Joyful Heart Bears Stamp Set to create adorable love-themed designs that will for Valentines and beyond! I always love having a good stash of love-themed cards on hand!
Neenah Smooth White Cardstock was stenciled with the MFT Stamps Mini Clouds Stencils and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. I love non-traditional colors for clouds! The pink color compliments the rest of these cards much better than a blue cloud would.
From the landscape stenciled cloud background the landscape Double The Love Die-namics die from the Heart Art Card Kit was die cut from the cloud background. The word "love" was also die cut 3 times from Gina K Passionate Pink Cardstock. The panel and the first layer of cardstock letters were inlaid into the design on a side fold card base. The cardstock letters were adhered one on top of another to give the greeting subtle dimension. The die cut sentiment was finished with the stenciled die cut letters adhered slightly offset.
A sentiment from the Joyful Heart Bears was stamped above the word "love" with Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo Ink.
The bear and butterfly images from the Joyful Heart Bears Stamp Set were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The images were die cut with the coordinating dies and adhered with foam adhesive as shown.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were applied to the wings on the butterflies and the design was finished with a scattering of Honey Bee Stamp Strawberry Ice hearts.
For my second card a greeting from the Joyful Heart Bears was stamped along the bottom edge of the portrait stenciled background with Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo Ink.
The Mini Heart Shaker Window and Frame Die-namics (FREE with $60 purchase from MFT Stamps) was die cut from the upper part of the design. I only used the window, not the frame today.
A Heart Art image was stamped on smooth white cardstock using Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo Ink and die cut with the same die. The heart was adhered directly to the card base and the panel was adhered with foam adhesive for dimension.
The bears and butterfly images from the Joyful Heart Bears Stamp Set were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The images were die cut with the coordinating dies and adhered with foam adhesive.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were applied to the wings on the butterflies, the hearts in the pail, and the heart the bear is hugging. The card was finished with a scattering of Honey Bee Stamp Strawberry Ice hearts.
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Watch the creation of these one layer stamped cards and envelopes from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
I challenged myself to created one layer designs today. One card with an overall stamped background and one with masked images. Want to add even more dimension? Add the coordinating Key To My Heart Die Set, sold separately, at the time of subscription!
Images for both cards were stamped with clear embossing ink, embossed with white embossing powder, and colored in with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors and a water brush pen. These metallic colors are my absolute fav on dark backgrounds!
For the winged heart locket card, I stamped sentiments from the Spellbinders January 2019 Stamp of the Month Club and the locket using clear embossing ink and heat set the images and greetings with white embossing powder. I created a mask for the locket, and stamped the wings over the design and embossed those as well.
The images were colored in with the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors and a water brush pen and set aside to dry completely.
Picket Fence Distress Paint was watered down a little and splattered over the background with a small paintbrush.
The background was trimmed down to 4" x 5 1/4" and adhered to a white top fold card base.
For the gray background, the sentiment, locks, and keys from the January 2019 Stamp of the Month were stamped using clear embossing ink and heat set with white embossing powder.
The images were colored in with the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors and a water brush pen and set aside to dry completely. Picket Fence Distress Paint was watered down a little and splattered over the background with a small paintbrush.
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Today the Mama Elephant Design Team is showcasing the incredible Friendship Sentiments Stamp Set. I love a good sentiment stamp set and this one is phenomenal! You can use these greetings with any images from your stash or pick up some of the new cuties from the January 2019 Release, like these elephants and mice from Flying With Friends for some truly sweet friendship cards!
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Watch the creation of this in and out friendship sentiment card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
I started by stenciling a cloud background on Neenah Smooth White Cardstock with the MFT Stamps Clouds Stencil and Salty Ocean Distress Ink. I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and then die cut the Offset Rainbow design from the stenciling background, discarding the rainbow rays.
A sentiment from the Friendship Sentiments Stamp Set was stamped along the bottom edge of the panel with Simon Says Stamp Island Blue Ink.
The rainbow rays and cloud from the Offset Rainbow Dies were die cut from smooth white cardstock. The cloud was also die cut once from vellum. The rainbow rays were inked with Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet Distress Inks.
The background panel and rays were adhered to a white top fold card base in an inlay design as shown.
The elephants and mice from the Flying With Friends Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Intense Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and ndie cut with the coordinating Flying With Friends Dies.
The images were adhered to the scene with glue dots or foam adhesive squares. The white cloud was also adhered with foam adhesive squares.
Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were applied to the balloons for a sparkly finish. Candy hearts in Kiss Me were scattered throughout the design for a pop up fun.
The card was finished by stamping an additional sentiment from the Friendship Sentiments Stamp Set inside the card using Simon Says Stamp Island Blue Ink.
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Watch the creation of this elephant themed friendship card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The background Cloudy Day Cover Creative Cuts panel was die cut from Bristol Smooth Cardstock and inked with Shaded Lilac and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks. Water from a Distress Sprayer was spritzed over the background and blotted dry with a paper towel.
A phrase from the Friendship Sentiments Stamp Set was stamped along the bottom of the panel with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink.
Images from the Flying With Friends Stamp Set were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and die cut with the coordinating Flying With Friends Dies. The images were adhered to the background with glue dots or foam adhesive squares.
A "hello friend" bubble from the Stackable Cuties Stamp Set was stamped on the background with Shaded Lilac and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks.
The panel scene was layered over a piece of Simon Says Stamp Blue Violet Cardstock and adhered to a white top fold card base.
Honey Bee Stamps Candy Hearts in Be Mine and Jewels in Amethyst and Pansy Purple were scattered throughout the scene to finish the design.
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Watch the creation of these Valentine's cards and gift bag from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The following six projects are just a fraction of what you can make with this awesome Limited Edition kit! Everything from stamped and colored cards, to gift packaging, to fast and easy cards with pre-mades are on the menu today!
Patterned papers from the Pebbles Loves Me Paper pad were used for the backgrounds on my cards. Pebbles die cuts from the kit were adhered with foam adhesive to the cards. Mini Hearts were die cut from the Crimson Glitter Cardstock to finish each card design.
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Watch the creation of these love-themed cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Coloring directly on stamps is one of my favorite techniques. It gives multi-color results that create that wow factor on cards. I especially love this technique with background stamps. The Rose Lattice Background included in the February 2019 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit is perfect for this technique. I colored the roses and leaves on the backgrounds with Tombow Dual Brush Markers and stamped the design on Cotton Candy cardstock for this beautiful, romantic background. When I decided to die cut a heart from the original background, I knew I didn't want it to go to waste so I created a second card centered around that die cut!
Once completely inked, I die cut a Nested Hearts Die from the background panel and layered another piece of Cotton Candy cardstock behind the die cut. I set aside the die cut stamped heart for my second card. A greeting from the Love Always Stamp Set was colored with the Tombow Markers as well and stamped on the background panel. The Rose Lattice Background was popped up over the greeting panel with foam adhesive for a bit of dimension.
The pink Tombow Dual Brush Markers were used to color Ivory Cardstock and then die cut additional hearts for the design using the Nested Hearts Dies. By using the markers, I was able to get heart accents that match perfectly! I stamped a heart from the Love Always Stamp Set on one of the hearts with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. From the colored cardstock I also stamped a small phrase with clear embossing ink, heat set with white embossing powder, trimmed into a thin strip and adhered to the card as shown.
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Watch the creation of this one layer love always card and matching envelope from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
I started the design by stamping greetings from the Love Always Stamp Set in the center of the Ivory Cardstock panel using Simon Says Stamp Twirling Tutu and Merlot inks. A floral design was stamped above and below the greetings using Fossil Ink. The florals were colored in with Polychromos Colored Pencils. I used the following color combinations:
Red Roses: Red Violet, Burnt Carmine, Pink Carmine
Pink Roses: Fuschia, Pink Madder Lake, Light Magenta
Leaves: Deep Cobalt Green, Pine Green, Chromium Green Opaque
The music notes border from the Love Always Stamp Set was stamped over the entire background using second generation stamping with the Twirling Tutu Ink. Hearts from the stamp set were stamped with Merlot Ink. The panel was adhered to one of the black notecards from the kit.
Glossy Accents was applied to parts of the flowers and the Unicorn Dust Glitter from the kit was applied to the design. Glossy Accents was added to hearts and set aside to dry.
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Today I'm combining a new Wild Meadow floral border image with a Frienship Sentiments greeting for this bright and beautiful floral card!
I started the design by stamping a greeting from the Friendship Sentiments Stamp Set across the center of a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Bristol Smooth Cardstock panel with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. The flower border from the Wild Meadow Stamp Set was stamped above and below the greeting, creating a nice strip that frames up the sentiment.
The floral borders were colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and the background was secured to a white side fold card base.
An additional greeting from the Wild Meadow Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, trimmed with scissors, and popped up over the top flower border with foam adhesive as shown.
Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter was applied to a few of the flowers using Glossy Accents. Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew were scattered throughout to complete the design.
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This is just a fantastic set of dies that work for so many occasions and holidays, not just Valentine's Day or love. I did create one love-themed card but the other card is for a best friend. I hope these examples jump start your creativity with this amazing set of dies.
Both of my cards feature the hearts from the January 2019 Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club Kit Dies used with the vines and flowers. Both feature a stamped (or stamped and embossed) tone-on-tone background, and both feature a red and white color combination. That's where the similarity ends, though. I wanted to show the versatility of the Large Die of the Month and also how awesome this set of dies is!
The heart shape die was die cut from the 4" x 5 1/4" background. The heart was adhered directly to the white top fold card base. The rest of the panel was popped up with foam adhesive.
The hearts from the January 2019 Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club Kit Dies were die cut from Lawn Fawn Chili Pepper cardstock to create a frame. Vines from the die set were also die cut from the red cardstock and adhered to the back of the frame to make a beautiful decorated vine heart. The frame was adhered to the top panel as shown.
Flowers from the die set was die cut from smooth white cardstock using both flower sizes and adhered to the heart and finished with Honey Bee Stamps Moonlight rhinestones.
A sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass Love Stamp Set was stamped on smooth white cardstock with Lawn Fawn Lobster Ink, trimmed into a thin strip and adhered to the card to finish the design.
For my second card share today I stamped a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Lawn Fawn Chili Pepper Cardstock with Chili Pepper Ink and the Simon Says Stamp Damask Background. I absolutely love this background and how elegant it is! I want to make this background in all the colors!
The heart shape die was die cut from the 4" x 5 1/4" background. The heart was adhered directly to the white top fold card base. Greetings from the Simon Says Stamp Bestie and Tiny Words stamp sets were stamped on the frame panel with clear embossing powder and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The panel was popped up with foam adhesive.
Paper doll dies from the January 2019 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club Kit Dies were die cut from smooth white cardstock (face and arms) and colored with Copic Markers, patterned papers (clothing), cardstock (hair, cheeks, balloon, and hair). The hair was also shaded with Copic Markers. The doll was assembled and adhered to the card with foam adhesive. The heart balloon die was stamped with a sentiment from the Bestie Stamp Set with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The arms were wrapped around the balloon and the entire thing was adhered to the doll.
Flowers and vines were die cut from patterned papers, vellum, and white glitter cardstock before being adhered to the heart frame. The center of the flowers were finished with Honey Bee Stamps Moonlight Rhinestones and Be Mine Candy Hearts were used to finish the card.
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