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Add Some Sparkle to Your Dark Skies with Justin Adkins

by Justin Adkins on Dec 09 2024

Justin is on the blog today sharing some rainy day inspiration that still packs a shimmery punch! Stomp in some puddles on your way over to check out all the details!

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Just a brief note to say Thinking of You!

by Justin Adkins on Oct 18 2024

Join Justin on the blog today for a tutorial on how to use a masking technique with our brand new A Peony of Contrast Stamp Set!

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Trick or Treat, Boo!

by Justin Adkins on Aug 27 2024

Justin is on the blog today sharing a fun way to be inspired by our Fabulously Glossy Card Fronts to create a full project from start to finish!

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Masked Background Christmas Cards

by Justin Adkins on Aug 19 2024

Your stamped images can do so much more when you mask them! Join Justin on the blog today where he shows you how to build a background using the new Peaceful Christmas Flowers stamp set, which begs to be used with a bold sentiment!

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Spooky Flights & Frights with Justin

by Justin Adkins on Aug 01 2024

Join Justin for some bewitching fun today, as he adds multiple July Release "Ingredients" to his crafty cauldron! If you've been looking for a way to use stamps to create a spooky background for your projects, this blog post is for you!

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Autumn: My Favorite Color

by Justin Adkins on Jul 24 2024

Justin is on the blog today showing how it's easy to create beautiful background for fall using our new Layering Flora: Fall Foliage Die Set and Floating Dandelions Stamp Set. Come learn how easily these supplies "fall" into place!

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Saying Hello with Baby Critters

by Justin Adkins on Jun 03 2024

Justin is on the blog today sharing a fun way to use a bunch of the Baby Critters to make a woodsy greeting card! Come check out the details!

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Nighttime Shimmers with the May Release

by Justin Adkins on May 22 2024

Justin is sharing something shimmery and adorable on the blog today using some brand new products from our May Release! Come check out how he put this scene together!

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Dance to the rhythm of the sea card

by Silvana Chambon on May 08 2024

Hello and welcome to the Picket Fence Studios blog! I´m Silvana and today I´d like to share an inspiration card for you made with some of the last release´s products. This card features the new Dear Summer Loving stamp. It´s super cute and fits perfectly in an A2 card. I colored with some Copic markers and cut it with the coordinating die. The last thing I did was putting little white gel pen details to highlight some parts. For the background I made some ink smooshing with Distress Oxide inks over a watercolour paper. I let it dry and then I used the Inner Glow A2 Stencil with the new Sea Glass Blue Paper Glaze Glass. The colour is subtle and translucient but adds some shine and helps to emphasize how much fun she is having in the sea, don't you think? When I first saw the stamp set, I inmediately thought that she was dancing in the sea with her inflatable flamingo. So, I decided to use one of the sentiments from the new Signature Quotes: the Sea that fitted perfectly. I stamped it onto a black cardstock with Versamrk ink and some white embossing powder and heated it. I cut it with the coordinating die anf put some black foam tape under to give some dimension. And that´s it! I think this card turned out very well and it´s perfect for any sea lover who enjoys a good day in the beach. Thank you so much for being here and read the blog post. I leave you at the end the supply list for easy reaching. I hope you have an amazing day! See you on my next post. Silvana.

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Sea-Themed Father's Day Card

by Andrea Shell on Apr 24 2024

Hello there! It's Andrea back with you to share a Father's Day card featuring products from the latest release. I love the new A Sea Turtle's Journey and thought it would make a perfect Father's Day card as it has both large and small sea-turtle images. I started by stamping two of the turtles with Black Hybrid ink. I colored them with Copics, added details with a white gel pen, and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I decided to create a 5" x 7" card to ensure the elements had plenty of room. I created my background by sponging a few blue-green inks onto a white panel with the new Ocean Greens Paper Pouncers. Using the Fan Brush, I then added splatters of water and White Paper Splatter. To drive home the ocean theme, I applied Sea Glass Blue Paper Glaze through the Ocean Waves 6x8 Stencil. I love the texture and shine the glaze creates! Once my panel was dry, I trimmed it down slightly and adhered it to a white card. For my diecut sentiment, I cut "dad" from the Dad/Mom the Best Word Dies from white cardstock a few times. With the Ocean Greens Paper Pouncers, I applied the same inks used on my background to the diecuts, holding them in place with the 4"x4" Paper Inking Palette. Next, I layered the diecuts together, offsetting the colored ones slightly, and glued them to my card. The scripty sentiment is from the new Signature Quotes: The Sea stamp set. I stamped it in black, diecut it with the coordinating dies, and adhered it with foam tape. I popped up the turtles with foam, as well, and finished with some iridescent drops from the Island Blues Sequin Mix. Thanks for stopping by! *Affiliate links used at no cost to you.

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Swimming By to Say Hi

by Justin Adkins on Apr 18 2024

Justin is on the blog today sharing how to create a fun offset background by combining both an inking and Paper Glaze Glass technique using products from our April release! Swim on over and have some fun!

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Say It with Pastel Cakes!

by Justin Adkins on Jan 26 2024

Join Creative Team Member Justin Adkins for a card inspired by spring and and a pastel color palette using our new Sugar & Calorie Free Stamp Set! He has all the delicious details waiting for you over on this post!

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For You, My Sweet

by Brenda Noelke on Jan 24 2024

Join Brenda for a papercraafting tutorial using some new baking themed stamps, dies, and stencils!

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Using Paper Pouncers with Stencils & Die cuts

by Jen Kray on May 05 2023

Today we're sharing a few photos from Creativation and the Make & Take from Jen!

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It's Time For Fun - Easter Shaker Card

by Brenda Noelke on Mar 08 2023

Hello, fellow crafters!! Brenda here with a fun Easter shaker card to share with you today!! I'm sooo ready for Spring and this card just screams "Spring!!" with its soft pastel colors!! I began by stamping the Peter Bunny & Friends Stamp Set onto white cardstock with PFS Black Hybrid Ink. I colored the image with Copic markers and fussy cut it out. (There is a Coordinating Die Set available, but it is out of stock right now.) Next, I white heat embossed the Easter Egg Time Stamp Set onto a panel of white cardstock and blended pastel colors of Distress Oxide Inks onto the panel with Life Changing Blender Brushes. I die-cut a circle into the panel with the 3.0 Connected Circles Shaker Creator Dies. I also die-cut a larger circle from a shaker sheet using the same die set and adhered it to the back of the ink-blended panel. I applied foam adhesive to the back of the panel, added Hop and Bunny Honey embellishments, then lined up the circle die-cut and adhered it so the eggs matched seamlessly with the background. The panel was then adhered to a white A2 card base. The Peter Bunny & Friends image was adhered to the front of the card with liquid adhesive. The sentiment, also from the Peter Bunny & Friends Stamp Set, was white heat embossed onto black cardstock, trimmed into a narrow strip and popped up with foam adhesive. I just love this bunny in the mug and those Hop and Bunny Honey embellishments are absolutly perfect for Easter cards!! Thanks so much for spending a bit of time with me today!! Have a good one!! Brenda

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I Whaley Love You

by Brenda Noelke on Jan 26 2023

Hello, Picket Fence friends!! How’s your week going? I hope it’s going well!! I’m sharing a sweet card today that would be perfect for Valentine’s Day!! I began by stamping the adorable whale from the Even More of a Fishy Lot Stamp Set onto white cardstock with PFS Black Hybrid Ink. I colored the whale with Copic markers, added highlights with a white gel pen, then used the Coordinating Die to cut it out. For the background, I masked off the sky and blended Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink onto the bottom of panel of Bristol smooth cardstock with Life Changing Blending Brushes for the sea. I splattered it with water and picked up the excess with a paper towel. I removed the mask and blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide onto the sky, also with a blending brush. The Scene Building: Sand Stamp was stamped onto Kraft cardstock with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink. I repositioned the stamp and stamped it again with white pigment ink, then added some shading with the brown ink and a blending brush. Once the ink was dry, I trimmed it by hand and adhered it to the bottom of the ink-blended panel. I trimmed the panel and adhered it to an A2 panel of red cardstock, then to a white top-folding card base. The sentiment, also from the Even More of a Fishy Lot Stamp Set, was stamped onto white cardstock with red ink and cut out with its Coordinating Die. I also stamped a couple of hearts from the Somebunny Loves You Stamp Set with red ink and cut those out with their Coordinating Dies. The whale, sentiment and hearts were all popped up with foam adhesive and this card was finished. Such a simple and sweet card to show your love!! Thank you so much for dropping by and spending a bit of your day with me!! Have a great one!! Brenda

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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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Gemini Girl Shaker Card

by Michelle Bala on Apr 11 2022

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing a shaker card focusing on Gemini Girl Stamp and Coordinating Die. I colored her up with Copic Markers in shades C0 C1 C4/ Y11 Y13 Y15 Y19/ YG03 YG13 YG09. Check out all the Horoscope Girls HERE. I inked up the background using Slim Line Cloud Coverage Stencil and some distress oxide inks in shades mustard seed and twisted citron. Of course I used the Life Changing Blender Brushes...they blend so effortlessly!I used the Slim Line Full Front Shaker Die to create the card. Before sealing the card I added some sequin mixes, Pot of Gold and Petals- minus the colored petals. Check out all the sequin mixes HERE and sequin mixes plus HERE. Thanks so much for taking a peek!! Michelle

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Hugs from Afar Scenic Card

by Sara Sherlock on Apr 01 2022

Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love, Sara. I have a fun slim line card to share with you today. This card features two ink blended backgrounds, with some of the adorable critters from The Best Hugs Ever Stamp Set. I started by stamping the critters in Black Hybrid Ink, and quickly colored them in with my Polychromos pencils. Then I die cut them out with the coordinating dies. While my die cutting machine was out, I also die cut the Slim Line Hugs from Afar Word Topper Die from black card stock. To change the layout of the die, I laid it on a strip of 8.5" card stock, with the words in the center, then left the left edge hanging off of the bottom plate, so the edge would not cut. Then I could use my trimmer to cut the rest of the strip out. I did not add a subtitle to this strip, however, wanted a small detail, so I stamped and white heat embossed the small hearts from the stamp set. To create the backgrounds for my critters, I used the Water Coloring Scene Building Stencil, turned so the stencil was horizontal. I used a small bit of painters tape to create the "hill". Then I ink blended some Distress Oxide Inks, using my Life Changing Blender Brushes. For the icy scene, I used Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot. Before removing the stencil, I splattered water on the background. To create the warmer savannah background, I used Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade, and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Inks. I sprayed water onto a wadded up paper towel, and dabbed that over the sky area to create soft clouds. Once the ink blended panel was dry, I assembled the card, and adhered it to a white card base. I hope you enjoyed today's project. Find more cards using products from the recent February Release over on my blog. Have a fantastic Tuesday! Much Love, Sara

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Color Your Stress Away

by Lisa Tilson on Nov 10 2021

Hello there, Lisa here to share a card with you today. It's no secret that I love to colour the Beautiful Girl stamps and so today's card features Beautiful Girl Sydnee and the Glass Window Rainbow Die. Both of these are slightly older products, but it's always nice to see them used in a different way. To start my card, I stamped Sydnee Girl onto some 80lb white cardstock using Black Hybrid Ink and I coloured her with Copics. The numbers are listed below if you would like to see them. She was then cut out with the coordinating die and set to one side. I created my background by blending Distress Oxide inks onto some white cardstock using an oval masking stencil. Taking my Life Changing Blender Brushes, I applied Cracked Pistachio, Salvaged Patina and Kitsch Flamingo across the panel from top left to bottom right. I then took another panel of 80lb white cardstock and ran it through my die cutting machine with the Glass Window Rainbow Die. So, all my pieces were pretty much ready to assemble. All I needed to do was to create my front window panel. Taking another panel of white card, I die cut an oval into the front and then I adhered the stained glass window die cut behind it. I then took two oval dies which were close in size and die cut a frame which I glued to the front just to add a bit more interest. It reminds me a little bit of a cameo brooch/picture! The ink blended panel was added to a top folding A2 note card and then the window panel and Sydnee were popped up with foam tape over the top. The sentiment is from Crafty Lifestyle and it was stamped onto black cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied white detail embossing powder and heat set. It was trimmed out and added with foam tape and a little glue. For a bit of sparkle I added a few gems from Oceans Of Green Gem Mix. Copics used: Skin (E53, E21, E00, E000, R20), Lips (R22), Pink Flowers (R22, R21, R20), Eyeshadow (G12, G40), Green Flowers (G12), Hair (E55, E53, E51)