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Happy Easter - Peach & Piper: Easter Adventures

by Brenda Noelke on Jan 31 2025

Happy Friday, fellow card makers!! I hope you have some fun plans for the weekend!! Brenda here with a sweet Easter card featuring the adorable Peach & Piper: Easter Adventures Stamps & Coordinating Dies, along with a few other goodies from the January release!! I began by stamping the images from the Peach & Piper: Easter Adventures Stamp Set onto white cardstock with PFS Black Hybrid Ink. I colored them with Copic markers, added highlights with a white gel pen, then used the Coordinating Dies to cut them out. (Save 10% when you purchase the stamps & dies together here.) I used a black gel pen to darken the eyes and noses of the critters. Next, I blended Tumbled Glass Distress Ink onto a panel of white cardstock using Life Changing Blender Brushes. I blended Mowed Lawn Distress Ink onto the bottom of the panel using the grass stencil in the Scene Building A2 Stencil Set: Layers of Adventure. The clouds, from the same stencil set, were added to the sky using Incandescent Paper Glaze. The panel was die-cut with the third largest die in the Beyond Basics: A2 Rectangles and Cover Plate Die Set. It was adhered with liquid glue to a pink panel of cardstock that was die-cut with the largest die in the same die set. The darling Peach & Piper die-cuts were adhered with liquid glue. For the sentiment, I spread a thin layer of the lightest shade of pink glaze in the Pink Ombre Haze Paper Glaze Sampler onto a panel of white cardstock. Once it was dry, I die-cut it, along with two more layers from heavyweight white cardstock, using the Happy Easter Word Die. The layers were stacked and adhered together using liquid glue, then added to the bottom of the panel. Bunny shaped embellishments from the Bunny Bop Sequin Mix Plus Mix and small iridescent sequins from the Blissful Beauties Sequin Mix Plus Mix were the perfect finishing touch. These bunnies and chicks are having so much fun at the Easter egg hunt!! That does it for me today!! Thank you so much for stopping by!! Have a terrific weekend!! Brenda

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Sending You Lots of Love

by Brenda Noelke on Nov 25 2024

Hello, Picket Fence friends and happy Monday!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! Brenda here with a card featuring the adorable Freckle Friends: Climbing Calliope Stamp Set and the A2 Cloud Peek A Boo Cover Plate Die!! I started by stamping the darling girl in the hot air balloon, clouds, banners and birds in the Freckle Friends: Climbing Calliope Stamp Set onto white cardstock with PFS Black Hybrid Ink. I colored it with Copic markers, added highlights with a white gel pen, then used the Coordinating Dies to cut them out. For the background, I die-cut the A2 Cloud Peek A Boo Cover Plate Die from white cardstock and blended a bit of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink onto it using a blender brush. I blended the same ink onto another panel of white cardstock and adhered the A2 Cloud Peek A Boo Cover Plate die-cut over it using liquid glue. The Copic-colored die-cut images were adhered, also using liquid adhesive. The sentiment, also from the Freckle Friends: Climbing Calliope Stamp Set, was white heat embossed onto black cardstock. It was cut out with the Coordinating Die and popped up with foam tape. A combination of Carnival Day and Taking Off sequin mixes finish off the card. Thank you so much for spending a bit of your Monday with me!! Have a terrific week and a very Happy Thanksgiving!! Brenda

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Hot Air Ballon Shaker

by Andrea Shell on Nov 19 2024

Hi there! It’s Andrea with you to share a colorful card featuring new goodies from Picket Fence Studios! Isn’t that hot air balloon fun?! I created it with the new Hot Air Balloon Dies, which coordinate perfectly with the new A2 Cloud Peek A Boo Dies that I used for my shaker frame. I started by diecutting white cardstock with the Hot Air Balloon Dies. I placed each piece onto the 4x4 Paper Inking Palette and colored them with dye inks that I applied with the Life Changing Blender Brushes. I assembled the balloon with liquid adhesive and added highlights with a white gel pen. That awesome background is from the Adventures in Hot Air Ballooning Fabulously Glossy A2 Card Fronts. To frame the panel, I diecut white cardstock with the A2 Cloud Peek A Boo Dies. I blended the diecut with pink ink and added splatters of water. I backed the cloud diecut with clear acetate and a layer of foam tape and used the new Carnival Day sequin mix for my shaker. For my sentiment I combined the Swanky Sentiments: Salutations stamp with the Hot Air Balloons Sighting set. I heat-embossed “hello” from the Swanky Sentiments set in gold onto white cardstock and diecut it with the coordinating dies. I white heat-embossed the supporting sentiment from the Hot Air Balloons Sighting set onto pink cardstock and trimmed it down. I popped up the hot air balloon and sentiments with foam adhesive and finished with a few pearls from the Carnival Day mix. Thanks for stopping by! *Affiliate links used at no cost to you.

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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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Deckled Edge Masking Technique

by Colleen Balija on Jul 08 2024

Join Colleen on the Picket Fence Studios Blog today with a Deckled Edge Masking Technique!

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Easy Masking Technique!

by Colleen Balija on Jun 26 2024

HI friends! I'm back today with another masking technique that's basic yet very effective for your stamps! I'll be using From Our Entire Herd stamp, Paper Pouncers, and Grass Tufts die! I tend to use this masking technique quite a bit when I'm not felling inspired or am not sure how to use my stamps, and it works like a charm! I started with a piece of 5.5x4.25 white cardstock. Then I created a rectangle mask by placing painters' tape onto the card panel to frame the rectangle. The painter's tape will protect the areas where you don't want ink. You could also use a piece of 5.5x4.25 masking paper and die cut through the middle of it with a rectangle die! When my panel was masked, I inked blended through the middle with yellow ink. Then I used my Mini Paper Pouncer to create bokeh dots by inking the pouncer with shades of orange ink and stamping the pouncer over the yellow ink! You can see in the photo below the details in that background! Another way to use your pouncers! Then I removed the masking and stamped the giraffes from the From Our Entire Herd stamp in black ink, stamping it several times to get a crisp black image. I stamped the sentiment beneath it. Then I added some of the tufted grass in front of the giraffes, trimmed the card panel with my deckled paper trimmer along with a piece of black cardstock slightly larger, and adhered the 2 layers over a 5.5x4.25 white card base! I love this technique for silhouette stamps such as the giraffe one! Another option would be to create an ombre effect with your inks! Thanks for stopping by today!

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Creating Fun Backgrounds for Your Stamps!

by Colleen Balija on Jun 19 2024

Learn how to create fun backgrounds and masking techniques with Colleen on the Picket Fence Studios Blog!

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The Best Mom with Justin Adkins

by Justin Adkins on Apr 26 2024

Justin is on the blog today sharing a fun way to use our new Dad/Mom The Best Word Die Set to make a card to celebrate your Mom on Mother's Day, or really any day of the year!

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Creating a Cozy Window Scene

by Colleen Balija on Apr 08 2024

Hi friends! I admire cordmakers that can create an amazing scene on their card, but I have never been able to acquire that knack. So today I want to share my way of creating a scene card that doesn't make me want to pull my hair out! Let's get started! The products that I'll be using for my card are the Floating Dreams stamp, The Right Pair of Boots stamp, Simple Plaid stencil, Basic Die Cutting Set 1, and Swanky Friendship sentiment stamp. First, I wanted to create a wallpaper scene that you'd find in a home, so I stamped Floating Dreams stamp in black ink onto a white 5.5x4.25 card panel. Then I inked the panel in shades of yellow, moving from light in the center to darker at the edge of the card panel. I felt like the yellow resembled soft lighting reflecting from a window at dusk. Next, I focused on the window frame using Basic Die Cutting Set 1. I die cut the set onto a white and black card panel. I used the white card panel for the windowpanes and the black panel for the frame around the panes. The black represents the outside of the house, so to make it look a bit more realistic, I stenciled white ink onto the black panel using Simple Plaid stencil. I adhered both pieces over the wallpaper panel created earlier. I had intended to add clear acetate behind the paned windows to represent glass, but I forgot. Oh well! The final step was to create a cozy flower box beneath the window! I stamped a sentiment from Swanky Friendships onto the white window box die and then adhered it onto the card panel with foam tape. Then I stamped, colored, and die cut several flowers from The Right Pair of Boots stamp (they were the perfect size) and tucked them in behind the flower box! I finished with glossy accents over the flower stamins! It was so easy to create this cozy scene, and it works to bring us to a place of warmth and fondness! Grab your Picket Fence goodies and see what you can come up with for a good scene!!! Thanks for stopping by today! To shop the products I've used, click on the product description.

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Christmas fun and a snowman

by Liz Vefall on Oct 24 2023

There are two cards in today's blog post. The first one showcases one of the Kelly Taylor illustrated stamps (I'm a fan!) with a fun background, and the second is a more plain card with a fully coloured panel featuring the new snowman stamp in the no-line colouring technique.

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Enter, if you dare

by Liz Vefall on Aug 29 2023

There are three projects in today's blog post. They are all Halloween themed and they are all fun. A lot of ink blending, stencil work and not to mention lots of die cutting was done to make them all. Check the post for more details.

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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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Stretching Your Stencils with Ink Lifting featuring Picket Fence Studio's Shadow of Leaves

by Bonnie Crane on Jul 22 2022

I have a set of cards featuring Picket Fence Studio’s GORGEOUS 6 by 6 and Slim Line SHADOW OF LEAVES STENCILS using an easy ink lifting technique.

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My Pet Unicorn Dear featuring a fun Rainbow Ink Blended Background

by Sara Sherlock on Jun 22 2022

Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love, Sara. Today's card is one that I recreated for last week's 7 in 7. While I'll give you all the details here, if you prefer video, you can join the Picket Fence Studios Community Group on Facebook and catch the replay to see exactly how the whole card came together (along with a few tips and tricks!).

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Stay Strong

by Lisa Tilson on May 25 2022

Hello there, Lisa here with you today. I hope that you are all well! Today I have a card to share with you using the new Speedy Recovery stamp set, along with the A2 Blooming Iris stencil which was released last month. I didn't get a chance to use the stencil last month and as soon as I saw the Speedy Recovery set, I knew that I would pair them up. I love the way, in real life, iris's stand tall and strong and that's why I thought they would go well together. I began by spraying Pixie Spray onto the back of the stencil and letting it sit for a minute or so. I then secured it to a panel of 80lb white cardstock. Using Life Changing Blender Brushes I blended Altenew Inks through the stencil. For the stems I used Moss and Olive; the flowers were inked with Lavender Fields and Deep Iris and the centres with Warm Sunshine. I did mask off areas as I went so that I got a crisp image without too much contamination of colour in other areas. I then did a little bit of pencil colouring over the inks to deepen some of the areas and I used Faber Castell Polychromos Olive Green Yellowish (173) and Mauve (249) for that. Next, I smooshed some Black Soot Distress Ink onto my glass mat, spritzed it with a little bit of water and then flicked some splatter over the panel. I left it to dry and then I popped it into the MISTI. Using Black Hybrid Ink, I double stamped the Stay Strong sentiment from Speedy Recovery. To finish the card I adhered a few Iridescent Moonshine Sequins using wet adhesive and then added the panel onto a top folding A2 heavyweight note card. That brings me to the end of the card. I always enjoy using stencils whatever the medium. I hope that you get some time to craft today and maybe ink up a stencil or two yourselves. Until next time, have a great day!

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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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Video Post - Creating an Ink Blended Birthday Card with a Die Cut Focal Point

by Daniel West on Jan 04 2022

Hello there! Daniel West, here, with a fun ink-blended birthday card featuring the HB2U Word Die as a focal point. Today, I shared a video on how to make this card on the Picket Fence YouTube channel. You can check it out here. To create this card, I first laid down a rainbow of inks through the Flowers Stencil.

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Believe in the Magic

by Sara Sherlock on Nov 09 2021

Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love, Sara. Have you started your Christmas cards yet? I somehow have managed to have mine ready to mail - which NEVER seems to happen this early! If you're still planning your cards out, Picket Fence has a bunch of great Christmas stamps and dies to choose from. Today I'm sharing a fun card I made using some of those Christmas items. The Santa on today's card, comes from the Picket Fence Studios Believe in the Magic Stamp Set.

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Real, Not Perfect

by Sara Sherlock on Oct 19 2021

Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love, Sara. The Iconic Beauty Sara Stamp, screamed "Watercolor Me!" when I first saw it, but I wanted to try something a little different that had a similar dreamy effect.

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Mermaids & Bubbles

by Sara Sherlock on Jun 15 2021

Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love, Sara. The new release is here, and did you see all of the adorable mermaid sets? I had so much fun playing with the new sets this month! The adorable mermaids on this first card, are from the A Fishy Lot Stamp Set. I stamped the images in Black Hybrid Ink, onto white card stock, and colored them in using Prismacolor pencils. Then I die cut the images using the Coordinating Dies.