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Rainbow Christmas

by Silvana Chambon Scarenzio on Oct 06 2022

Hello! It´s Silvana here from Casa Magnolia. Today I´m sharing this card showing a non traditional coloring for Christmas: rainbow! Because there are more colors than green and red, right? I started by making the background with a light blending of rainbow colors. the best tools to make the perfect soft coloring are the Life changing Blender brushes that you can purchase individually or in 2, 4 or 6 pack in the PFS web. With the Slimline Christmas Tree Lot Stencil I colored over the background with a generous and heavy amount of ink, to make the contrast. The Scene builder Brick wall stamp it´s perfect to use with the Animal Crackers Christmas wishes stamp because the animals are hanging off the wall. I also used the coordinated die for this cute stamp. To finish the card, I added the sentiment from the An animal Crackers Christmas Hello stamp set cut with the coordinated die. I hope you like it and try to put a little color into your Christmas cards! Thank you so much for stopping by. Silvana.

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A Polar Bear Winter Celebration scene card

by Evgeniya Ishbul’dina on Sep 30 2022

Happy Friday, friends! Eugy here! Today I’m sharing a quick New Year themed card featuring stamp set called A Polar Bear Winter Celebration from the September release! After I prepared a blended background using Life Changing Blender Brushes, I created some light accent using the Winter Rings 6x6 Stencil and some darker inks. Then I made a shaker and filled it with gorgeous A Classic Christmas Sequin Mix. After that I stamped, die-cutted and colored these two cuties from stamp set. I love how this new year celebration scene turned out, soo cute! Happy crafting and have a great weekend! Eugy

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Christmas card by Laura

by Laura Nistal on Sep 28 2022

Hello everyone!! I'm Laura and I'm very excited to be here again on the Picket Fence Studios blog showing this Christmas card that I hope will inspire you! To start I used the "Animal Crackers Christmas Wishes" Stamps set that I stamped with "Black Hybrid ink pad" which is perfect for this type of stamps! Then I painted all the images with alcohol markers and then with a white marker I glossed it to make it stand out. Then i cut out the images using the "Animal Crackers Christmas Wishes" coordinating dies but you can carefully cut them out with scissors if you prefer. Next I prepared the background: for this I used a white cardboard that I painted with distress oxide inks and a green cardboard with which I used the "A2 Evergreen on a Hill Cover Plate Die" to which I then added the snow with the "Paper Glaze Luxe - Arctic Fox". For the sentiment I used the word "Greeting" that comes with the "A2 Evergreen on a Hill Cover Plate Die" that I cut out of blue metallic cardstock. Finally I prepared the composition, glued all the pieces and this is how the result was! I hope you like it and that it inspires you, I remember that you can find all these products and many others in the Picket Fence Studios store. A huge kiss and until next time! Laura

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Pastel Gourds

by Michelle Bala on Sep 26 2022

Hello there! It's pumpkin spice season!!! With that in mind, I created a card full of pumpkins. October is my favorite month and I pretty much love all fall related things...even in a non traditional fall palette. For this mini slim line, I used Lots of Gourds Seamless Stamp, Witch Crafts Stamp Set, More Oak leaves Dies, More Maple leaves Dies, and Mini Slim Line Stitched and Scalloped Rectangles Die . I colored the pumpkins with Prisma Colored Pencils and added some paint splatter after the card was assembled. I finished the design with some scattered sequins, A Classic Christmas. Thanks for peeking! Michelle

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Magical Christmas Shaker!

by Sasha Omoniala on Sep 15 2022

Hello Lovely Crafty Friends, I am Sasha and I am so very honoured to be bringing you this blog post. This is my first time on the blog so please bare with me. I am OBSESSED with shaker cards, honestly I can’t get enough of them!I am equally obsessed with the Picket Fence Studios sequin mixes so a card that features both is perfect! Make sure to check out the reel on the PFS Instagram to get a better idea of this I like to call this type of shaker a floating edge shaker because it is fully transparent, let me know in the comments if you think it should be called something else.I started off by taking a DL plastic card/poly bag. The bag measures 10.5’ long x 4.5’ wide. I cut the card bag down to 6’ long, the width remains the same. I then cut a 6’ long x 4.5’ wide piece of acetate which will go inside the poly bag to add stability. TIP: if the acetate piece doesn’t fit inside the bag, just cut a sliver of it off. I splattered the acetate with white acrylic paint then I stuck down a few sequins from the gorgeous plum pudding mix. Whilst that dried, I took a 5’ x 7’ card base and used the A2 Evergreens on a Hill cover plate to cut the card base down to about 4’ long. I then cut out 4 other die cuts of this cover plate. I ink blended 2 of the die cuts with some Prize ribbon and Wilted Violet distress oxides to create some snowy To assemble the card, I put the acetate into the poly bag then added a bit of the plum pudding sequins before sealing it with double sided tape. I then stuck it down to the inside of the back part of the card base. To cover the tape, I stuck down one of the 4 cover plate panels over the taped area. To the front of the card I took a Santa’s Sleigh Ride snow globe die cut and cut it up so that the sleigh was separate from the houses. I stuck the houses down on the bottom part of the card, in front of the white trees then I propped up the ink blended panel on some foam tape and stuck that over I finished the card off with the ink blended greetings die cut on the front the snowy trees and the ink blended sleigh over the acetate. I think this is a fun way to create a shaker card. It’s so super light and not bulky at all but most importantly it is magical with all those beautiful sequins! There will be a reel over on the PFS Instagram showing another example of an edge shaker and a Full Video Tutorial on my YouTube channel LOVE BUIlDS UP CRAFTS on Friday. Hope to see you there! Crafty hugs, Sasha x

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A Polar Bear Christmas by Laura

by Laura Nistal on Sep 07 2022

Hello everyone!! I'm Laura and I'm very excited to be here again on the Picket Fence Studios blog showing this Christmas card that I hope will inspire you! To start I used the "A Polar Bear Christmas" Stamps set that I stamped with "Black Hybrid ink pad" which is perfect for this type of stamps! Then I painted all the images with alcohol markers and then with a white marker I glossed it to make it stand out. Next I prepared the background: I used the "Grunge wall stencil" to which I added red distress ink to simulate some bricks. For the sentiment i use the "Goody Goody Gumdrops" Stamps which I stamped with white ink on a black cardboard. Finally I prepared the composition, glued all the pieces and this is how the result was! I hope you like it and that it inspires you, I remember that you can find all these products and many others in the Picket Fence Studios store. A huge kiss and until next time! Laura

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Get Well

by Michelle Bala on Sep 05 2022

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing a Get Well card. I used a few supplies... all are on sale for a few more hours! Medley of Fall Collage Slim Line Full Front Shaker Die Autumn Splendor 6x6 Fabric Cork Paper Skeleton Crew Sequin Mix Spooky Town Sequin Mix I matted the cork paper onto black cardstock. I colored the Fall Collage Seamless Stamp with Copic Markers. I trimmed the colored panel and adhered it with foam tape. I die cut the sentiment twice using orange glitter cardstock and black cardstock. I mounted them together. For a finishing touch I scattered some sequins. Thanks for stopping by for a peek! Hope you'll take advantage of the awesome Labor Day Sale!!! Michelle

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Christmas card by Laura

by Laura Nistal on Aug 17 2022

Hello everyone!! I'm Laura and I'm very excited to be here again on the Picket Fence Studios blog showing this Christmas card that I hope will inspire you! To start I used the "Build me a Gingerbread House" Stamps set that I stamped with "Black Hybrid ink pad" on a white cardboard using it as a background. Then I painted all the images with alcohol markers and then with a white marker I glossed it to make it stand out. Then I glued the white cardboard on top of a black one to make a frame. For the sentiment i use the "Goody Goody Gumdrops" Stamps which I stamped with white ink on a black cardboard. And this is how the result was! I hope you like it and that it inspires you, I remember that you can find all these products and many others in the Picket Fence Studios store. I remind you that we have the 7 on 7 with a chance every day to win a nice prize!!! Run to see it!! A huge kiss and until next time! Laura

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HOORAY for ice cream!

by Michelle Bala on Aug 15 2022

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing a yummy card using Ice Cream Snacks Seamless Stamp and a few dies, Mini Slim Line Double Stitched Rectangles Die Cutting System, Mini Slim Line Stitched and Scalloped Rectangles Die Cutting System, and these beautiful sequin mix, Rainbow I stamped the seamless stamp twice horizontally using my Misti. I used a whole bunch of Copic Markers to color. The list is: R32 R35 R37 R39 YG05 YG09 G29 E30 E33/ E0000 E000 E02 E30 E33 E55 E57 G24 G29 B34 B37 B39/ R32 R35 R37 E47 E49 G40 G43 G46 G29/ E0000 E000 E02 E47 E79 E49 RV52 RV63 RV55/ Y11 Y13 YR000 YR61 YR65 YG01 YG11 E30 E33/ RV52 RV63 RV66 E55 E57 E59/ RV52 RV63 RV66 G40 G43 G46/ Y11 Y13 YG01 YG11 R35 R29 R39 G29/ YR000 YR61 YR64 YR68 E30 E33/ E0000 E000 E02 G40 G43 G46 R32 R35 R37 E53 E55 E57 R35 R39 R32 R35 R29 R39 G29 I die cut the HOORAY sentiment and copic colored with shades YR65, Y13, RV52, YR04, R32, YG05. I coated the sentiment with stickles clear glitter glue as well as some of the some images on the background. Thanks for stopping by for a peek! Hope you enjoy the week! Michelle

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Gate Fold Wedding Card

by Heejung Hunsberger on Aug 05 2022

Hello! Today, I share a wedding card design featuring the I Do cover Plate die and the Lavish Negative strip die which are release last month. The card size is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (A2 size) COVER CARD RECIPE Gates- Lavish Strip Die Card Band- Opulent Negative Strip Die (die-embossing) Sentiment on the band- the Fancy Life Events Sentiments Stamp (White embossing powder) & the Fancy Life Events Sentiments Coordinating Die INNER RECIPE Navy Blue Card Stock: 4 x 11 inches Tile Montage Stencil 6 x 6 Add a texture to the background using the Huckleberry Blue Paper Glaze. Word Die- Slim Line I Do Cover Plate Die INSIDE POP-UP Couple Silhouette Die- Slim Line I Do Cover Plate Die Word Die- Slim Line I Do Cover Plate Die I added the pop-up feature inside of the card, it makes more special. I hope you have enjoyed this post. SUPPLIES

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Clean and Simple five-minute cards

by Evgeniya Ishbul’dina on Jul 29 2022

Happy Friday! Eugy here, today I’m sharing some Clean and Simple card ideas using the Fancy Life Events Sentiments stamp set (it has coordinating dies!) and other gorgeous products from the July release. All of my cards were super easy to make! But first, just a little reminder that we have a Flash Sale on site (exclude the July release). I made my first card using heart stamp from Ink Swatching stamp set. I was so excited to try this new stamp and I found it’s super fun and easy to use - I already created swatches for all my “inks for stamping”! After I stamped my background, I added a sentiment and some glitter cardstock. Voila, my card is ready! To get beautifully blended two-tone gradient impressions, I used Life Changing Blender Brushes to blend ink before stamping. And the best thing about Fancy Life Events Sentiments stamp set is that it has coordinating dies! For my second card, I prepared the card base by coloring it using ink pad technique. After that, I simply diecutted a white card panel with new gorgeous Opulent Negative Strip Die and mounted it on my pre-colored card base using 3d foam squares. The sentiment stamped in black ink seemed too bright to me, and I muted it with some pearl embossing powder. For my last card, I wanted something not usual, maybe some dry embossing effect. So I embossed white A2 panel with new Opulent Negative Strip Die (I use a standard sandwich for Cuttlebug), added colorful sentiment and some crystals for an extra sparkle. As you can see, all those cards can be done in five minutes! Go check out the entire July release or Flash Sale! Happy crafting and have a great weekend! Eugy

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Here's to Your New Life

by Michelle Bala on Jul 25 2022

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing a wedding card for a fall ceremony. The happy couple-to-be are environmentally conscience and don't like anything fru-fru. They will really appreciate this card! Here is a list of products I used... More Oak Leaves Dies Slim Line Tall Grass Die Slim Line Trees Silhouette Cover Plate Die Mini Slim Line Double Stitched Rectangles Die Cutting System Fancy Life Events Sentiments and Coordinating Dies Sequin Mix Plus- Bears in the Forest Additional supplies used: Extra Wide Foam Tape MISTI I die cut all the images with copic friendly paper and colored them with copic markers. I used shades: tree- E23 E25 E29 E49 grass- YG05 YG07 G07 G09 oak leaves- Y13 Y08 Y19 (yellow)/ Y13 YG05 YG07 G07 (green) Thanks for stopping by for a peek! Hope you have a fun, crafty week!!! Michelle

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Slimline unicorn card by Laura

by Laura Nistal on Jul 06 2022

Hello everyone!! I'm Laura and I'm very excited to be here again on the Picket Fence Studios blog showing this slimline card that I hope will inspire you! To start I used the "Princessland Dear" stamps that I stamped with the "Black Hybrid Ink Pad" and then painted with alcohol markers. Then I used the "Slimline Curvy Rainbow die" which I cut out of various colored card stock. Next I prepared the background: for this I used the "Slimline Die Cutting System Scallop Frames" that I cut in white cardboard and foam to make a shaker card. Inside I put the "Sequins Unicorn Sparkles" that I think combine perfectly with this card. Finally I prepared the composition, glued all the pieces and this is how the result was! I hope you like it and that it inspires you, I remember that you can find all these products and many others in the Picket Fence Studios store. A huge kiss and until next time! Laura

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Birthday girl card by Laura

by Laura Nistal on Jun 30 2022

Hello everyone!! I'm Laura and I'm very excited to be here again on the Picket Fence Studios blog showing this birthday card that I hope will inspire you! To start I used the "Birthday Girl Dear" stamps that I stamped with the "Black Hybrid Ink Pad" and then painted with alcohol markers. Then I cut a red and a black cardstock with the "Happy Day Word Topper Die" and glued one on top of the other to make a shadow. Then I prepared the background: for this I used a white cardboard where I used the "Tile Montage 6x6 stencil" to which I applied green, yellow and red tones in combination with the stamps Finally I prepared the composition, glued all the pieces and added some "Gems Mixes Fire" and "Gems Mixes Oceans of Green" to give it a more glamorous touch. I hope you like it and that it inspires you, I remember that you can find all these products and many others in the Picket Fence Studios store. A huge kiss and until next time! Laura

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Rainbow card by Laura

by Laura Nistal on Jun 09 2022

Hello everyone!! I'm Laura and I'm very excited to make my second post on the Picket Fence Studios blog showing this rainbow card that I hope will inspire you! To start I cut several pieces of the "Rainbow Slimline Die Cutting System Insert" out of white cardboard and then painted them with alcohol markers. I wanted to give prominence to the rainbow in the center so I painted it in stronger colors and the rest in pastel tones. Then I prepared the background: for this I used a light blue cardboard simulating a sky that I pasted on a white cardboard and a black one to make a frame! 😊 Next I cut out the sentiment using the "Happy Day Word Topper Die" in black and white colors to make it stand out... Finally I prepared the composition, glued all the pieces and added some "Gems Mixes Fire" and "Gems Mixes Oceans of Green" to give it a more glamorous touch. I hope you like it and that it inspires you, I remember that you can find all these products and many others in the Picket Fence Studios store. A huge kiss and until next time! Laura

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Kindness Matters Foliage

by Michelle Bala on May 23 2022

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing a mini slim line card using the new Grunge Foliage stamp set. I am sold on the mini slim line design and the Picket Fence Mini Slim Line Double Stitched Rectangles Die Cutting System is my absolute favorite go to!!! I use my Misti to do all my stamping and it comes in very handy for the seamless stamps. After I stamped the background with Goddess Green Ink on 3 ink, I added some paint splatter to the kraft cardstock panel. When dried, I aasembled the panels to the card base. I propped up the layer between the green cardstock and black card base with Foam Tape. I embossed the perfect sentiment, Kindness Matters, from the stamp set Fancy Daily Sentiments and Coordinating Die with silver embossing powder. Some finishing touches include Green Seas Sequin Mix and black twine. Thanks so much for stopping by for a peek!!! Hope you have a great week! Michelle

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Iconic Beauty Scarlett card

by Laura Nistal on May 19 2022

Hello everyone!! I'm Laura and I'm very excited to make my first post on the Picket Fence Studios blog showing this Mix Media card that I hope will inspire you! First I started stamping the "Iconic Beauty Scarlett" stamp with the "Black hybrid ink pad" which has a great definition!! Next I painted the girl with alcohol markers, and then I used a fine black marker and a white marker to highlight the details. Now we will prepare the background: for this I used a beige cardboard to which I added the "Grunge wall 6x6 stencil" with distress oxide Fired Brick ink. I also added the "Iconic Beauty Scarlett" stamp sentiment and "Slimline hexagon Randomness" to the background using the "Black hybrid ink pad" again.Finally, I cut the "Thank You Word Topper Die" out of gold cardboard and prepared the composition by gluing all the pieces together. To finish I added some decorations with the "Gems mix fire" and the "Sequin mix Heart Breaker" to give it a more Chik touch. I hope you like it and that it inspires you, I remember that you can find all these products and many others in the Picket Fence Studios store.A huge kiss and until next time!Laura

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Hello There-Current of Fish

by Heejung Hunsberger on May 13 2022

Hello Friends, Today I have a card to share with you using the Current of Fish Stencil and Gold Rose Glaze. I colored three different blue colors of water coloring on the watercolor paper first, and dry it completely. This current of fish stencil is 6 x 6 size, taped the stencil from behind of water-colored paper. Using a mixed media spatula, I applied a paper Glaze Gold Rose. I removed the stencil, cleaned it and the spatula and set the panel aside to dry. I guess it might be not easy to color with water color for the beginner. but it is very easy to do stencil. I want to have some dimension to the word die-cut,I would have die cut the hello there die a third on white card stock and added it on top. I think having a bit of dimension really helps to make it stand out. I hope enjoyed this project, Thank you for stopping by! I will be a card with new release next month! Happy Crafting! Supplies

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Momma and Baby Giraffes Mother's Day Card

by Charlene Madrid on Apr 26 2022

Mother’s Day is almost here, and the new Momma and Baby Giraffes A2 Stencil is just perfect to use for a Mother’s Day card. Charlene here from Dream Craft Create, and I am so excited to be posting for the first time on the Picket Fence Studios blog! For today’s card I paired the Momma and Baby Giraffes A2 Stencil with the Marvelously You Word Topper Die and the A2 Cherry Blossoms Cover Plate Die. First, I dry embossed a white A2 sized piece of cardstock with the Momma and Baby Giraffes A2 Stencil. Keeping the stencil in place, I ink blended in pink, yellow, and blue ink on the diagonal using my Life Changing Blender Brushes. I overlapped each color to achieve a rainbow effect. I love blending inks to make a rainbow! Next, I ink blended again in pink, yellow, and blue ink on a separate A2 sized piece of cardstock. I made sure to keep my piece of cardstock in the landscape orientation while I was ink blending. Once I had another rainbow of color, I die cut the cardstock using the Marvelously You Word Topper Die. Once I was done with my rainbow pieces, I die cut an A2 sized piece of cardstock using the A2 Cherry Blossoms Cover Plate Die. This cover plate is gorgeous. I want to use it to make a shaker card, but that is a card for another day! Once cut, I used my scissors to trim out the middle portion. I set the middle portion aside to use for another card. All that was left to do was to put everything together. I used liquid adhesive to adhere my pieces to an A2 sized card base in the order of giraffes, blossoms, then word topper. I added a little bling using sequins from the Day of Rainbows Sequin Plus Mix. I hope you find some time to craft today, and that my card inspires you. You can find more cards using products from the recent April release on my blog. All the supplies I used are listed below. Happy crafting!

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Embrace The Day

by Lisa Tilson on Apr 13 2022

Hello there, Lisa here with you today to share a card using the Full Round Tree Die and I paired it with a sentiment from an older set called Face The Sun I started by taking two panels of 110lb white cardstock and adding some Stick It Adhesive onto the back of them. Taking the Full Round Tree Die, I then ran each panel through my Gemini Junior a few times as it is an intricate die. I must have been feeling very brave when I decided to cut two of them and stack them together! But I went ahead with it anyway. I adhered the die cuts together gradually working my way around the tree and poking any excess out with my craft pick! This did take some time as you probably would have guessed. However, it really did make a difference having some dimension to the tree and if I had had a bit more patience, I would have die cut a third and added it on top. I think having a bit of dimension really helps to make it stand out from the cardstock behind. For the background I selected five different coloured cardstocks. I used Concord & 9th Peacock, Oceanside and Sprout, Lawn Fawn Cilantro and Hero Arts Kiwi. I cut these into jaunty triangles with my paper trimmer. This wasn’t as simple as you’d think either. I am sure there must be a quicker (and easier) way to cut them but mine took a while and involved all sorts of pencil lines here there and everywhere. Still, I loved it at the end, so that was also worth the time and I don’t think I have ever created a background like this before! All the triangles were adhered flat onto a panel of white cardstock that I then added to a top folding A2 base card. The tree stack was then added on top with wet adhesive. I stamped a sentiment from Face The Sun onto black cardstock, added some White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I trimmed it out and popped it up with foam tape. A labour of love for sure – not that you would know it. It looks so simple! Thank you for joining me today. I hope that you have a good day, and happy crafting!