You make my life magical, Dad!

 Welcome back to my blog!  Today I am featuring a card I made using the Magical Dragons stamp set by MFT and Tiny Textures by Gina K Designs.  I was inspired to make this card as it was Fathers Day yesterday and my young teenager who has ASD asked me to make a card for his Dad. His Dad loves mythical dragons and as his favourite colour is red I decided to colour them red with my Copic Markers.  

I began by stamping out the images from the stamp set using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink onto Copic friendly card stock and coloured them with copic markers and die cut with their co-ordinating dies.

For the background I used the tiny textures stamp and using Red Velvet Ink stamped recreating a splattered type background, to break up the red I used Soft Stone Ink smooshed onto my craft mat and added some splatters with a paintbrush. I popped this aside to dry. Whilst this was drying I die cut the word "DAD" using some alphabet dies from patterned paper and to add dimension die cut extra out onto some white card stock these were adhered together using connect glue.

To finish off the card using an A2 card base in Cherry Red I adhered the background panel, stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clair Nocturn Black ink, and added some sequins.  Hope you like the card, please feel free to comment, comments are always appreciated.  Hoping you have a great day!

Supplies Used:

• MFT - Magical Dragons Stamp Set & Dies
• MFT - Poppin Polka Dots Paper Pad
• Gina K Designs - Red Velvet & Soft Stone Ink 
• Gina K Designs - Tiny Textures Stamp Set
• Gina K Designs - Connect Glue
• Gina K Designs - Cherry Red Card Stock
• Lawn Fawn - Oliver's Alphabet Dies
• Lawn Fawn - Jet Black Ink
• Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Sequins
• Trinity Stamps - Modern Embossed Rectangle Dies
• Copic Markers - R29, R27, R24, R22, C5, C4, C3, C1, Colourless Blender

Forever Love

Welcome back to my blog!  Today I am featuring a card that I have created using a technique that was shown on a You Tube Video by Cathy Zielske of CZ Designs.  I have quite a few stencils by Gina K Designs and using this week's challenge colours created this card.  I also wanted to have a go at this technique and I feel it turned out pretty well.

For the background I started with a piece of white card stock and placed a piece of masking tape measuring approximately 1 inch vertically across the centre of the card.  Using a stencil from Gina K Designs I blended on various coloured inks from Gina K using the colours from the challenge as a guide.

I die cut this panel using some dies and also die cut a panel in black onyx card stock adhered these together with glue and mounted them onto Coral Reef A2 Card base. To finish I added some dew drops to add some detail to the card.

I will be entering this card into the gkdfbchallenge8 over at Gina K Designs and StampTV Friends Facebook Group.  Thanks for taking a look, hope you have a great weekend.

Supplies used:

Gina K - Thick Brush Stencil

Gina K Inks - Coral Reef, Wild Dandelion, Peach Bellini, Sea Glass, Jelly Bean Green, Innocent Pink

Gina K - Master Layouts Set 2 Die Set

Gina K Cardstock - Black Onyx, Coral Reef

Gina K - Connect Glue

Gina K - Dew Drops

Gina K - Forever Flowers Stamp Set (Sentiments)

 

Gnome one like you

 

Hi and welcome back to my blog!  I am back today with a card that I have created using stamps and the co-ordinating dies from Hello Bluebird!  I have had these stamp sets for quite a while now and I fancied practising my Copic colouring on this 6 x 6 background stamp, I was slightly intimidated by the size but I was inspired to take the plunge after watching one of Christy's videos, she is an awesome lady and I have learnt so much from her on how to colour with Copic markers.  I am still very much a beginner but as they say practice makes perfect and this Mushroom House by Hello Bluebird definitely helps you to achieve this.

For the background, I stamped the Mushroom House image onto Copic friendly card stock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink. I also combined images from several other Hello Bluebird stamp and coloured with Copic markers and trimmed with their co-ordinating dies.

The background was trimmed out using the Modern Embossed Rectangle Stack by Trinity Stamps and adhered to Gina K - Onyx Black A2 Card Base.  I then added my images using some foam squares and Gina K - Connect Glue. 

I finished the card off with a Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiments banner and added a bit of glitter to some of the images with a glitter pen.  Thank you for stopping by today and hope you like the card!

Supplies used:

• Hello Bluebird - Mushroom House
• Hello Bluebird - Next Door Gnomes
• Hello Bluebird - Picked for You
• Gina K - Black Onyx Card Stock
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Trinity Stamps - Modern Embossed Rectangle Stack
• Lawn Fawn  - Jet Black Ink
• Lawn Fawn - Everyday Sentiments Banner
• Copic Markers - B97, B95, B93, B91, BG10, B0000, C7, C5, C3, E11, E00, E000, E57, E53, E51, R20, R11, R39, R29, R24, R22, G99, YG67, YG63, YG61, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11, Y00, YR09 YR27, YR23, YR20
• Spectrum Noir - Clear Glitter Pen
• 3M Foam Squares
• White Gelly Pen

Owl Always Be There For You!

 Hi and welcome back! It is finally the weekend yay! Today I am featuring a card I have created using an older stamp set by Gina K and which I will also be entering into the Gina K Designs & StampTV's Friends facebook colour challenge #gkdfbchallenge6.

The colours chosen have been inspired by this week's colour template which is:

To begin, I stamped out the images from the stamp set using my Misti using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink, the images were coloured with Copic Markers on Copic friendly cardstock, and then die cut with the co-ordinating dies.

For the background, using a circle die I cut some coloured pieces of card stock and adhered these onto a white card stock panel which was then matted onto a piece of black card stock.

Using an A2 Card Base I adhered the background panel using a tape runner and to finish off the cute owls were popped up with foam squares to add some dimension to the card and added some sequins to fill in the white space.  Hope you like my card, have a great day and stay safe.

Supplies Used:

• Gina K - Wise Old Owl Stamp Set & Co-ordinating Dies
• Gina K - Master Layouts Set 2
• Gina K Card Stock - Turquoise Sea, Sea Glass, Innocent Pink
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Lawn Fawn Gauva Card Stock
• Little Things From Lucy's Card - Sequins
• Copic Markers -RV14, RV13, RV11, R22, R21, R20, BG02, BG01, BG0000, BG13, BG11, BG23

Folk Birds

Hi and welcome back to my blog! What a glorious Bank Holiday Monday we are having here in the UK, the sun is shining and a couple birds nest we have in our garden are full of activity as the eggs have now hatched and we have lots of joyful tweeting which inspired me to make a card featuring the Folk Art Birds set by Pink Fresh Studio I was excited to try out some hot foiling techniques which is very popular at the moment.

To begin, I cut an A2 panel using a piece of Red Velvet card stock by Gina K and using my Gemini Foil Press hot foiled the panel with the Folk Art Birds Hot Foil Plate using Gold Foil by Crafters Companion.  I then die cut this with a stitched rectangle die and using some Black Onyx card stock foiled the birds with some rose gold foil press and then die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I adhered the panel to an A2 card base using tape runner, popped up the birds with foam squares to add some dimension to the card and foiled the sentiment from the Perfect Sentiments by Pink Fresh Studio, to finish I added a few clear dew drops.  Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a great day!

Supplies Used:

• Pink Fresh Studio - Folk Art Birds Hot Foil Plate
• Pink Fresh Studio - Folk Art Birds Die
• Pink Fresh Studio - Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate
• Pink Fresh Studio - Perfect Sentiments Die
• Gina K Cardstock - Black Onyx, Red Velvet
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Gina K - Clear Dew Drops
• Gemini Foil Press Machine
• Gemini Junior Die Cutting Machine
• Gemini Foil Press Papercraft Foil - Rose Gold Foil

Sending Love

Welcome back to my blog, hoping you have had a great week so far, not too long for the weekend now! Here is a card which I started last night and finished this afternoon, it is another card using products from Gina K Designs, I just love her products and there is an array of cardstock and matching inks to choose from.

Today's card is inspired by this week's colour challenge over at #gkdfbchallenge5 using the colour scheme from the photo below:

To begin, using my die cutting machine I die cut card stock in various colours using a strip die which made the process so much easier than just trying to cut card stock to equal lengths using a paper cutter.  These strips were then adhered to a piece of white card stock which I had die cut to size using liquid glue. 

I then die cut a couple of heart dies from the Master Layouts 4 Die Set by Gina K Designs and using the water droplets stencil using some blending brushes inked up the panel with Sweetcorn and Coral Reef Ink.  The sentiments was stamped in black ink and are from the "A Little Love" Stencil Bundle. I sprayed some glitter spray onto the heart to add a little bit of shimmer - who doesn't like a little bit of glitter in their lives!

Finally I adhered the panel to an A2 card base using tape runner and added a few dew drops here and there to finish off.  Hoping you like this card.

Supplies used:

• Gina K Designs Card stock - Coral Reef, Sweet Mango, Honey Mustard, Whisper, Sea Glass, Tranquil Teal, In the Navy, Black Onyx
• Gina K Designs Ink - Sweet Corn, Coral Reef
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 2 & 4 Die Sets
• Gina K Designs - A Little Love Stencil Bundle (Sentiments)
• Gina K Designs - Water Droplet Stencil
• Gina K Designs - Connect Glue
• Gina K Designs - Clear Dew Drop Embellishments
• Crafters Companion - Spray and Sparkle
• Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock

 

A Little Love

Hello crafty friends, today I am featuring a card that I have made using just products from Gina K Designs and also entering into the #gkdfbchallenge5.

For the background to begin I cut a panel of white card stock and using the water droplets stencil began by ink blending with a blender brush by Gina K.  I cut this panel out using a couple of different sized dies and matted the panel onto some black cardstock.  

Using the die and shadow die from "A little Love" stencil bundle I die cut these out using black onyx card stock and some yellow glitter card stock from my stash these were adhered together to give some dimension using connect glue.  The sentiment is also from the same stencil bundle this was stamped in black ink.

To finish I adhered the background to an A2 Card base, lastly adding some clear dew drops.  Hoping you like the finished product.  Thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment would be greatly appreciated!

Supplies used:

• Gina K - Water Droplet Stencil
• Gina K - A Little Love Stencil Bundle
• Gina K Inks - Faded Brick, Sweet Mango, Sweetcorn, Sea Glass & Sandy Beach
• Gina K Card Stock - Black Onyx, Coral Reef
• Gina K Master Layouts 2 Die Set
• Gina K - Clear Dew Drops
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Gina K - Blending Brushes