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Strelitzia card by Michelle

by Michelle Lupton on Feb 19 2021

Hello! When I'm not making cards, I'm a bona fide science nerd, so this Bird of Paradise (otherwise known as Strelitzia) stamp brings out the botany nerd in me. This flower is not a flower - it is an inflorescence, which is a bunch of flowers. In this case, the individual flowers bloom one after the other in a series. They are pollinated by birds, who stand on the blue part of the flower, exposing the sticky pollen that coats their feet and that then gets carried to the next inflorescence. If you're not bored yet, I made this card by stamping the main image and colouring it with Copic markers. I used a dark blue card base, inked with the Flowers Stencil and white pigment ink. Thanks for visiting :)

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Big Hugs with Picket Fence Studios and Gel Press

by Angela Bode on Feb 05 2021

Hello! Today I am featuring cards made with Picket Fence Studios and Gel Press Products!First, a Big Hug to you for stopping by! To create this I used one of the small Gel Presses from the Faith Impressions set. This is such a cool set with 4 small shapes and 2 long border shapes. I ordered this set with the purpose of beginning to Bible journal but I have misplaced the journaling Bible! I moved the Bible to a safe place and yep, it's so safe, I can't find it! However, the Faith Impressions Set is so versatile it can be used to create any type of project, including cards! I added Big Hugs for the sentiment and sprinkled Day and Night gems with the fancy Gem Pick-Up Tool. You will feel like an elegant crafter with this Gem Pick-up Tool! Next, I created a celebration card using the 7" Impressables Repeat Circles Gel Press. This is a fun press because the circles are built into the press! I placed the press on my MISTI (now carried in the PFS store!) and used it as a stamp. Don't be surprised to see the Impressables Repeat Circles pop up again because I couldn't stop experimenting with it! I added the fun Happy Birthday and sprinkled Spring Fling Sequins for a fun celebration feel! Lastly, I returned to the Faith Impressions set and selected the heart shape press and the Flowers stencil. I trimmed around the heart and edged it with black marker. The background was created by stamping the heart randomly with paints and reinkers. I wasn't delighted with the result, so I added white paint to the heart with cheesecloth and continued to stamp. For the sentiment, I used the Seeing Double Alpha Die. This set is terrific because it includes the Alphabet and numbers at one great price point! To finish off the card I sprinkled Purple Side of a Rainbow Gems using the ever so elegant Gem Pick-Up Tool. Thanks so much for stopping by today and taking a look at the fun that can be made with Picket Fence Studios and Gel Press! I hope your weekend is awesome! Angie

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NEW Slim Lines with Larisa

by Larisa Hohman on Jan 27 2021

Hello! Larisa here! Today, I'm sharing a couple of slim line cards using some of the new goodies from the January Release! Slim line cards are all the rage right now and Picket Fence Studios has you covered! So many stencils, dies, and even envelopes! It's your on-stop-shop for all your slim line needs!!! For my first card, I used the NEW Slim Line Ocean Waves Cover plate. However, instead of creating waves with it, I die cut it from glitter white card stock and made snow! I love that it's so versatile! I layered my glitter panel on top of some white card stock cut with the Slim Line Die Cutting System and added some die cut snowflakes throughout the scene. For my gnomes, I stamped them out, trimmed them apart, colored them with my Copics, and tucked them into the hills of my snow banks. Then I added some of the NEW Spring Fling Sequins and Purple Side of a Rainbow Gems to give it some sparkle. I stamped my sentiment from the More Fancy Sentiments Stamp Set and die cut it out with the coordinating dies (this is one of my favorite sets, by the way! Love it!). Then I popped it on top of my card with some foam tape for added dimension. For my next card, I created a vertical slim line card. To begin, I die cut a piece of white card stock using the Slim Line Die Cutting System. I die cut a smaller rectangle from white card stock as well and used the NEW The Sleeping Tree Stamp Set to stamp my tree in the center. Then I used some distress inks and the NEW 52 Layers of Clouds Stencil to create my background, careful not to cover the center of my tree image. I colored that in with Copics. Then I die cut some Tall Grass and adhered that to the bottom of the image. I added some of the NEW Fire Gem Mix to my image, matching the colors with the distress inks in the clouds. Then I stamped my sentiment from the Fancy Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set. I used the coordinating dies to cut it out and added it to the bottom of my scene. Products Used: Fancy Christmas Sentiments Die Set Fancy Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set Gem Mixes- Fire Gem Mixes- Purple Side of a Rainbow Spring Fling Sequin Mix Gem Pick Up Tool 52 Layers of Clouds Stencil Slimline Tall Grass Die Slim Line Ocean Waves Cover Plate Die The Sleeping Tree Stamp Winter Snowflakes Baby, It's Cold Outside More Fancy Sentiments Clear Stamp More Fancy Sentiments Die Slimline Rainbow Envelopes Black Hybrid Ink Life Changing Blender Brushes Slim Line Die Cutting System Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

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Stencil Art with Karen Reategui

by Karen Reategui on Jan 20 2021

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing this slimline card featuring the new Oh, So Many Cards Stamp, Slimline Basket Petals Stencil and the new Gem Mixes. Let's begin! I die cut a layering base out of a piece of Sea Glass cardstock using the Slim Line Die Cutting System. I placed on top the Slimline Basket Petals Stencil and using the Life Changing Blender Brushes I applied the following Distress Oxide inks: Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch. Next, I stamped the Oh, So Many Cards Stamp using WOW! Embossing Pad and heat embossed it with WOW! Metallica Silver Embossing Powder. Then, I adhered a folded card note using glue and as the final touch I put some gems around, I used whites and blues from Purple Side of the Rainbow and Day and Night Gem Mixes. The list of supplies that I used on this card are below for your convenience. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day! Your friend, Karen

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A Rose

by Ceal Pritchett on Jan 13 2021

Hello Everybody! It's Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a card using one of my favorite floral stamps that we have in our shop, A Rose. I have always loved this image since it was released but now I love it even more because now it has a coordinating die. Ti create this card I started with a top folding card base, The A Rose stamp set, and some Peacock Feathers Distress ink. I created a background for the rose by using the Geo Squares stencil along with the Life Changing Blender Brushes. I colored the rose with Graph-It markers then cut it out with the coordinating die and added it to the card front. I used a sentiment from the More Fancy Sentiments set which now has coordinating dies also. Below you will find links to the products used. Click the picture to start shopping. Compensated Affiliate links are used at no additional cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and I appreciate that so much! Thank you!

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Love Ya, Paper Glazes And Stencils!

by Erica Andersson-Burke on Jan 12 2021

Hi Picket Fence Fans! It’s Paper Glazes no1 fan, Erica, here with my first blog post for 2021! I’ve been using crafting as a means to cope with some heartbreak and grief. For me, that’s such a welcome way to ‘take a break’ from feeling awful and just lose myself in the process for a little while. It’s probably no secret that I love the Paper Glazes, and recently I have been trying out a new technique where I have been making shimmery card stock with them! It’s super fun and oh my gosh, the possibilities are practically endless! I have also been mixing some of the Paper Glazes to make new custom blends! It’s messy and fun. For this card, I mixed together Daffodil Yellow, Succulent Green, Ocean Poppy and a brand new colour coming on Thursday!! I didn’t mix them totally together, I wanted the colours to show through a little bit, almost like marbling if that makes sense? This mix I used directly onto a card base over the Geo Squares Stencil. When that was dry, I used the Love Ya diecut on black card stock and added that to the card. I kept it very simple to let the Paper Glaze shine. The second card is done with the same layout, only with different colours and different techniques. I started by ink blending some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink over the Geo Squares stencil. Again, direcly onto a white card base. Over this, I also added a light touch of Petunia Pink, Marigold Orange and Bee Sting Yellow Atelier Ink. The reason I used these colours was to match a piece of shimmer card stock I made with some left over Paper Glaze. This piece was created by scraping off the excess Paper Glaze I had used to create a bigger piece. Strangely, I love this bit more than the original piece!! Funny, huh? The colours used in this are Daffodil Yellow, Marigold Orange, Peony Pink, Boysenberry Violet and a touch of that new colour coming on Thursday! I used the Love Ya die again, only this time both of the pieces. The shadow part on the shimmer piece and the words were cut out of grey card stock. I also cut out another three shadow pieces out of white card stock and layered these up. This was then adhered to the ink blended card base and with that, this card was also done! Isn’t it amazing what you can use the Paper Glaze’s for? Even the smallest blob of it can be used for something, so next time you bring yours out, make sure to have spare paper around to scrape off any excess glaze and use for word die cuts or the A Tree die, like I have done here. I hope I have inspired you to look at your Paper Glazes in a new way and to help you get the most out of them, and if you haven’t tried them yet, what are you waiting for?? Come join in the fun and use the hashtag #pfpaperglaze on social media so we can see your projects! Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica

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I'm obsessed, y'all

by Michelle Lupton on Jan 08 2021

I have a bright and happy card to share today, using alcohol inks, pink foil and an awesome word die from Picket Fence Studios. I made a panel of yupo with pink alcohol ink and pink foil, and cut it with the Slimline diecutting system. I cut the y'all die from pink, black and white cardstock, and layered them offset to create a drop shadow. I then stamped and white embossed the rest of the sentiment onto another piece of pink cardstock and layered it over the top. Relatively simple, but the large word die packs a punch! Thanks for visiting :)

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Drink Up: Coffee with Larisa

by Larisa Hohman on Jan 06 2021

Hello! Larisa here and I'm so excited to be starting the new year with one of my favorite images! This beauty is Beautiful Girl Jill. Isn't she fabulous??? To create my card, I stamped my image in light tan ink and colored it up with Copic Markers using the "no line" technique. Then, I die cut it out using the Coordinating Die Set. For the background, I used the Life Changing Blender Brushes and the Evergreens Stencil. Then, I layered my panel on top of some tan card stock and stitched around it. Using foam tape, I added my image to the left side of the card panel. Then I die cut the coffee word die from white and dark brown card stock, layered it up and added it to my card using foam tape as well. Then I tucked in some die cut snowflakes, sequins, and the rest of my sentiment, stamped from the Drink Your Greens Clear Stamp Set. I have to say, I absolutely love how this card turned out! The products so beautifully together and I had a lot of fun creating it! Thank you so much for stopping by! Happy New Year!!! Products Used: Evergreens Stencil Beautiful Girl- Jill Girl Stamp Beautiful Girl- Jill Girl Coordinating Die Coffee Word Die Drink Your Greens Stamp Winter Snowflakes Die Black Hybrid Ink Life Changing Blender Brushes Gin and Tonic Sequin Mix

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Pretty in Pink Thank you Card

by Michelle Lupton on Dec 18 2020

I have a pretty-in-pink card to share today! I used the Slimline Diecutting system to create the card base and the pink panel, then I added some pink stenciling to the pink panel. I stamped and cut out a heap of flowers and leaves, coloured them with pink, purple and pale green Copic markers, and arranged them onto the card front. I then picked them all up with some Press And Seal to make adhering them in the right places easier. I finished with some sequins and a white embossed sentiment on a scrap of purple cardstock. Thanks for visiting :)

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Bright and Colorful Scene Cards with Larisa

by Larisa Hohman on Dec 16 2020

Hello! Larisa here and today, I have two very bright and very colorful scene cards to share with you! For my first card, I paired A Walk in the Park with Bugville. I stamped out my park scene and masked it off. Then I stamped Bugville in the background. I colored up the scene with copics and trimmed it to fit my A2 size card. Then I stenciled in my sun with distress inks. A very vibrant way to say, "hello!" For my second card, I used the Slimline Die cutting system and cut 2 birch tree panel from the center. Then I stenciled in some clouds and stamped my grass on a separate piece of paper. I trimmed that to fit behind my card panel and adhered the two pieces together. Then I mounted that on a piece of teal card stock. I stamped out my flower and leaf images on Copic-friendly card stock and colored them up. Then I die cut them out using the coordinating dies and popped them on top of my card front. The "happy birthday" sentiment across the top finishes it off. Products Used: A Walk in the Park Clear Stamp A Walk in the Park Coordinating Die Corner Sun Stencil Slimline Cloud Coverage Stencil Black Hybrid Ink Life Changing Blender Brushes Slim Line Die Cutting System Bugville Clear Stamp Set A2 Tall Grass and Waves with Tiles and Wood Floors Leaves for Flowers Clear Stamp Set Leaves for Flowers Coordinating Dies Beautiful Girl Flowers Beautiful Girl Flowers Coordinating Die Gin and Tonic Sequin Mix Do Good Recklessly Clear Stamp Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

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Slimlines and Gel Press with Ceal

by Ceal Pritchett on Dec 02 2020

Hey Y'all! It's Ceal and today I am sharing some slimline cards that uses the Slim Line Die Cutting System along with the Gel Press. Can you believe that it is December already? I have to get moving on my Christmas cards so I made 4 using this technique that I learned from Lydia. To create these cards, I cut out some of the snowflakes from the Winter Snowflakes die set, the Lydia snowflake die and the LaWanda snowflake dies out of copy paper. I places some acrylic paint on the Gel Press and brayered over it. Next I placed the snowflakes down on top of the paint and placed the sheet of copy paper over it and gently rubbed over the entire Gel Press. I lifted the copy paper for the print and then removed the snowflakes so I could reuse them. The paint colors I used on the blue were Peacock, Sky and Turquoise all by Dina Wakley. The paint colors I used on the green card were Peacock and Lemon and when I ran the brayer over them it became green. The last two cards I used the holy trinity as lydia refers to it, Magenta, Lemon and Turquoise. On every card I used the large and smaller rectangle die from the Slim Line Die Cutting System. I love how using your dies as stencils and masks as I have on my cards, stretches your dies. I hope you have enjoyed this post and if you don't have a Gel Press, that you would invest in one. they are so fun! Below you will find links to the products used. Click the picture to start shopping. Compensated Affiliate links are used at no additional cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and I appreciate that so much! Thank you!

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Slimline baby card

by Michelle Lupton on Nov 27 2020

I have a baby card to share today using products from the November release at Picket Fence Studios. I started by creating a background with the slimline flowers stencil and my Life Changing Blender Brushes and Distress Oxide inks. I coloured the cute little baby image with a mixture of copic markers and Derwent pencils to give the pale, no-line colouring look. I cut the squares out of a panel of white cardstock to fit over the slimline card base (I made them wonky, mainly because I need practice lining them up nice and straight!) and finished with a little sentiment that I tucked into the bottom edge of one of the square windows. Thanks for visiting :)

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NEW Slim Line Cards with Larisa

by Larisa Hohman on Nov 25 2020

Hello, hello! Larisa here and today, I'm sharing two fun and easy cards using the new Slim Line Die Cutting System as well as some of the new products from the November Release! All products used are linked below. Be sure to check out the Picket Fence Shop to see all the new goodies! For my first, card, I started with some teal card stock and die cut it using the largest rectangle from the Slim Line Die Cutting System. Then I use the smaller rectangle from a lighter blue card stock. I used the stitched circle die in the set to create random circles on my lighter blue panel. Then I adhered it to the teal piece. I used some of the new snowflake dies to cut snowflakes in various sizes from white card stock, holographic card stock, and glassine paper. Then I layered them on top of my card and adhered with Glossy Accents. I added some scattered sequins throughout the card and finished it off with a sentiment heat embossed in white on black card stock. Such a quick and easy card that really packs a punch! For my next card, I used the new Slim Line Die cutting System and paired it with the new Pet all the Dogs Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies. To begin, I chose a bright blue piece of card stock and die cut it using the largest rectangle in the set. Then, I die cut a piece of white card stock using the smaller rectangle die. I used the picket fence die to cut three openings in my white panel. Then I used the grass die to cut three grass pieces from green card stock. I layered each one behind the picket fence openings and adhered them together. Then I colored up my dogs, cut them out using the coordinating dies, and tucked one of them in between my grass and fence. Then I adhered it all together and popped my dogs on top using foam tape. I stamped my sentiment across the top and added some die cut clouds from the A Spooky Day Stamp and Coordinating Die set. Again, another quick and easy card that's sure to brighten anyone's day! Products Used: Snowflake LaWanda Die Snowflake Alice Die Pet all the Dogs Stamp Pet all the Dogs Coordinating Die A Spooky Day Stamp A Spooky Day Coordinating Die Inside Quotes: Christmas Stamp Moonshine Sequin Mix Winter Snowflakes Die Black Hybrid Ink Slim Line Die Cutting System Hope you have a great week! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Happy Ho Ho Ho to you with Karen Reategui

by Karen Reategui on Nov 18 2020

Hello crafty friends! Today I’m over Picket Fence Studios blog sharing these two Christmas cards. I’m featuring Baker’s Twine and HO HO HO Stamp set. Also Gin & Tonic and Moonshine Sequin Mixes. Let’s begin! For the first card I started by applying distress oxide inks with the Life Changing Blender Brushes to a panel. I used Aged Mahogany, Festive Berries and Abandoned Coral. Once my panel was dry, I trimmed down the edges and adhered a white folded note card at the back. Then, I stamped this large sentiment from Ho Ho Ho Stamp and I heat embossed it with WOW! Red Glitz Embossing Glitter. I repeated this step three times to get a bit more of dimension on my sentiment. Finally, I stamped the images from the Baker’s Twine Stamp and heat embossed them with WOW! Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder. With a red gel pen I filled in the empty spaces of the twine and lastly, I added a few sequins from Gin & Tonic Sequin Mix. For the second card I also applied distress oxide inks with the Life Changing Blender Brushes to another panel. I used Black Soot, Lucky Clover and Cracked Pistachio. When my panel was dry, I trimmed down the edges and adhered a white folded note card at the back using glue. Next, I stamped the sentiment from Ho Ho Ho Stamp and I heat embossed it with WOW! Red Glitz Embossing Glitter. I repeated this step three times to get a bit more of dimension on my sentiment. Last, I stamped the images from the Baker’s Twine Stamp and heat embossed them with WOW! Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder. I filled in the empty spaces of the twine with a red gel pen and finally, I added a few sequins from Gin & Tonic Sequin Mix and this card was finished. Thank you so much crafty friends for stopping by and I hope you like these cards and get some inspiration. Please have a wonderful rest of the week. Blessings, Karen

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Slim Line Diecutting System cards with Erica!

by Erica Andersson-Burke on Nov 10 2020

Hi guys! It’s Erica back on the blog today with some cards made with previously made backgrounds and the Slim Line Diecutting System! I have a habit of making more backgrounds than I need when I’m on a roll, just to be on the safe side... and because I really like it. What can I say? Ink blending, stencilling and ink smooshing is so much fun! It does lead to a big pile of backgrounds, which do come in handy when you then want to play with the Slim Line Diecutting System. I started out by using the smaller rectangle on a panel made with the Slim Line Dashes. After ink blending with the stencil, I spritz water on top of the left over ink, then place water colour paper on top and press down to “print”. This gives a bit of a water coloured look, and it’s a great way to get at least one more extra background out of your ink blending! On this rectangle I then used the forest silhouette square, three times. The negatives I kept for a second card. These I added to a white rectangle with foam tape, stamped up a sentiment from Inside Quotes: Christmas in Black Hybrid Ink and added a generous sprinkling of Gin & Tonic sequins with the help of Glossy Accents. The first panel I adhered to a background made with the Stars Stencil and Artemisa Silver Paper Glaze on white pearlescent card stock. This one was also finished off with a simple sentiment from the Inside Quotes: Christmas stamp set and Black Hybrid Ink. Using another pre coloured panel, this one with a now VERY discounted Peony Bouquet stamp set, I used the stitched circle to cut out the flowers from it. Here is a fun tip: You don’t have to use the cutouts lined up straight on your background. On this card I didn’t even cut them out as full circles, just to change things up further! The card base was made with one white rectangle, and layered up with one smaller cut out of green card stock. This one had a little texture added to it by inks blending some green ink through the Slim Line Dashes stencil with a Life Changing Blender Brush. The sentient is from Seriously Literally, and is stamped with Black Hybrid ink on white card stock, then trimmed down and adhered to the card across the circles. I also had a background made with the Slim Line Floral stencil and Golden Rose Paper Glaze on white card stock. I love this combo, it’s so elegant. I decided to turn this into a wedding card, but had to fix a little problem. I managed to smudge the paper glaze when I put it on, I might have overworked it a little or not covered the stencil with enough Pixie Spray. To cover it up, I used the stitched circle over it and simply cut out the bad bit. This one was finished off with a gold heat embossed sentiment from Fancy Sentiment stamp set, and some Candy Corn Shot sequins along the edge of the sentiment banner. The last card is made with another slim line stencil, this time the Radial one and one of my fave colour combos for it: Yellow, orange and red. I love this look so much and made so many with this combo. Too many maybe... Anyway! I used the stitched circle again, and cut out the middle of the panel. On the back of this I adhered acetate to create a see-through window, and all around the edges and the circle I added foam tape. This whole shebang was adhered to a dark grey card base, cut to size with the larger rectangle, after a good amount of sequins from the Candy Corn Shot sequin mix was added to the window. As it’s a shaker card I thought this sentiment ‘this card contains a lot of nuts and bolts’, from the So Franken Cute stamp set, was a fun way to finish it off. Well, with that last one, that is it from me but I really hope you like these cards and found a good dose of inspiration here. The Slim Line Diecutting System really does give you so many different ways to make cards, and it really is so much fun to try them out! There will be a YouTube video coming to the Picket Fence Studios channel for these cards too, so make sure you subscribe to the channel and click that bell to get a notification when a new video is uploaded! Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica

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Alcohol ink kaleidoscope with Michelle Lupton

by Michelle Lupton on Nov 06 2020

Hello! It's Michelle here today, and I'm sharing my very first attempt at a new technique (well, new to me!) I added the kaleidoscope stencil over my gel press, and then added two colours of alcohol ink and one colour of alcohol pearls. I brayered them over the stencil, then removed the stencil and allowed them to dry. I then brayered a thin layer of white acrylic gouache over the top and took a print from the gel press. I finished the card with the Thankyou for being you sentiment stamp and some Gin and Tonic sequins. Thanks for visiting :)

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Hello Lovely Slim Line with Larisa

by Larisa Hohman on Nov 04 2020

Hello! Or should I say, "Hello, Lovely!" I hope you are having a fabulous week! Today, I am sharing a pretty slim line card featuring the NEW Slim Line Die Cutting System! As you've probably already heard, this Die Cutting System is so easy to use and offers endless possibilities! For my card, I paired it with some patterned paper and Beautiful Girl Karen! First, I die cut the smaller rectangle from some plaid patterned paper. Then I layered that on top of some white card stock die cut with the larger rectangle. This created the base panel for my card. Then I used the tree square from the set and die cut that from some white card stock. I trimmed around the edges to create a white border and then layered that onto some black card stock and trimmed again. Then I adhered it to the top of my card panel. I stamped, colored, and die cut my image and popped her in the center of the frame using foam tape. Then I die cut and layered up my "lovely" sentiment. I adhered that just below my image. The "hello" sentiment is from the Dragon Fruit stamp set. I heat embossed that in white and trimmed it into a rectangle. Then I added it just over the bottom of my "lovely" sentiment. A few Gin and Tonic Sequins finish this card off! I just love how it turned out and it was so easy to create! Products Used: Black Hybrid Ink Gin and Tonic Sequin Mix Beautiful Girl Karen Karen Girl Coordinating Die Lovely Word Die Dragon Fruit Clear Stamp Set Slim Line Die Cutting System

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A Spooky Day

by Becky Roberts on Oct 30 2020

Hello Stamping Friends, Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho. Since tomorrow is Halloween, I thought I would share one more spooky project with you using the haunted house from A Spooky Day. The house is colored with Copic markers and die cut. The background is ink blended with Distress Oxide inks and the Life Changing Blender Brushes. Once that was complete, I stamped the tree, clouds and the kids. A Spooky Day A Spooky Day has a coordinating die too! Life Changing Blender Brushes For more creative ideas, I invite you to follow me on Instagram. Happy Halloween! Becky

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Someone Said Glitter?

by Karen Reategui on Oct 28 2020

Hello friends! Today I’m so happy to be sharing this card full of glitter and it’s literally full of glitter! This technique combines stencil and glitter and it is super fun and it doesn’t take too much time. For this card I’m using the Floral Stencil and Thank You for a being You Stamp Set. Let’s begin! I started by creating the background and I added double sided taped to panel that is 3 1/4 x 4 1/2. Then I removed and saved the release paper. Next, I applied Pixie Spray to my Floral Stencil and placed it on top of my panel. To make sure the stencil is pretty well stuck to my panel and the glitter doesn’t get behind it, I laid down the release paper on top and rubbed the stencil on with a bone folder. Then, I poured some purple glitter on top and I let it go like waterfall over the stencil so all the adhesive showing through the stencil will hold the glitter. You need to tap a little bit the panel the get off the excess and then you placed the release paper on top again and press the glitter into the adhesive using a bone folder. My next step is to carefully remove the stencil and applied the second color of glitter. This time is a bright yellow to make all the flowers pop up from the background. I just poured the glitter on top, shake off the excess and placed the release paper on top again to make sure the adhesive holds the glitter. Finally, I adhered a white folded card note at the back using foam tape for more dimension. I also heat embossed with silver embossing powder the sentiment and placed it at the bottom of my panel and this card is done! I really hope you try this technique is very easy and the results are so amazing! You can’t image how gorgeous this card shines in person. Have a phenomenal rest of the week! Your friend Karen TIP: use super fine glitter for better results.

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Clean And Simple Cards with Erica and A Tree

by Erica Andersson-Burke on Oct 20 2020

Hey guys! It's Erica on the Picket Fence Blog today, with a couple of CAS cards made with the A Tree diecut. Both of these are done in a quite simple manner: I cut the A Tree out of two different panels. One had a pattern done by pressing a piece of paper on top of the Slim Line Broken Fence stencil, after I had used Paper Glaze in Fern Green, Leaf Green, Jade Vine and Cornflower Blue. It created a fun and colourful pattern and the texture is amazing! This tree I adhered to a white card base, because I wanted to keep the focus on the Paper Glaze texture and colours. To finish it off I stamped a sentiment from Favorite Notification, in Black Hybrid Ink on white card stock. This I trimmed down and then glued to the card. I nearly added some sequins from Gin & Tonic, but decided to keep it super simple. The second card was done in a very similar manner, but the piece of card stock I used for the A Tree was sprayed with Nuvo Sparkle Spray in Morning Fog. It's dark and shimmery and just fantastic. I glued it to another card base to again, keep it very clean. I think this design would work really well for a sympathy card, and I would have loved to have one in the same font as the other Fancy stamp sets. Like Fancy Sentiments, More Fancy Sentiments and Fancy Christmas Sentiments. Because there isn't one, I decided to use another sentiment from Favorite Notification. This time I stamped it onto the card directly, right above the tree, in Black Hybrid Ink. So, there we have it! Super simple, but fun, and of course these could be personalised with colours of choice and occasion. Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica