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by Karen Reategui on Jan 09 2020
Hello friends! Today I’m up at Picket Fence Studios Blog sharing this birthday card using 4 different colors of foils to use with the Picket Fence Studios Happy Day Foiled Impression and Cutting Die. Additionally, for the background I used Points of Interest Stencil and One Year Older Stamp for the sentiment.
Let’s start! I placed the Picket Fence Studios Points of Interest Stencil on top of a white panel and applied Distress Oxide inks using Life Changing Blender Brushes. I removed the stencil and let the panel dry. In the next picture you will see the inks used on this card.
Once the panel was dry, I trimmed down a little bit the edges and adhered a white card base at the back.
Next, using the Gemini Foilpress machine I foiled the Happy Day Foiled Impression Die 4 times with different colors of foil. Then, I die cut all the pieces using the coordinating dies.
I stamped on my panel the Happy Birthday sentiment from Picket Fence Studios One Year Older Stamp Set using Hybrid Black ink and heat embossed it using WOW! Embossing Powder.
Finally, I added all die cuts on top of the background using foam double sided tape and a few sequins and this card was done.
Thank you so much for stopping by and have a marvelous day!!!
Karen
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Birthday Fishes and a Touch of Glitter
by Lisa Henke on Jan 08 2020
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Hello PFS friends! It's Lisa Henke here and in honor of my oldest son turning 18 today (yes I said 18! How in the heck did that happen??) I wanted to share a birthday card. I layered up some stamps and added a bit of glitter. Let's look.
I joke that it is birthday season in our house, but it's no joke. We legit, celebrate 8 birthdays over the next month. So I love to have my birthday card stash going strong. Oh, and all the birthdays are for the males, too. Soooo, I don't know about you but I find it a bit more challenging to make masculine birthday cards. I used the One Year Older stamp set today, as I think fish work great for guys.
I started this card with the school of fish image from the One Year Older set. I did a little rock and roll technique with three ink colors to create some color variance. I then layered on the Polka Dots stencil and blended on some light blue ink using a Life Changing Blender brush. I picked one of the larger sizes to make the task go quicker.
Next I stamped out a single fish from the set with Intense Black ink and used my copics to color him up. I used the One Year Older dies to cut him out and added him to the card front with some foam dimensionals. I then layered on some bubbles in black.
I love adding just a touch of sparkle, even to cards for guys, and using a strip of glitter paper in gold, is a simple way to do this without going over the top. With all the ink layering and dimension of the fish, I kept the sentiment simple and just used the Happy Birthday greeting from One Year Older. Plus I love the linear look of the stamp. I layered the finished panel onto Midnight card stock and added it to a Mist card base.
Thanks for stopping by today. See you soon and have a great day. Hugs, Lisa
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by Angela Bode on Jan 03 2020
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you enjoyed ringing in the new year! Did you make any New Year's resolutions? I didn't because I have always felt like the new year starts when my kids head back to school. Even though my kids are older now, I still make changes and life adjustments in the Fall. Therefore, when January comes along hopefully I am rolling right along! One change I made this past Fall was to start eating better. My goal was to look better but I ended up with a far greater benefit. I feel better! Now I feel like I am living in real color!
Charles the Chameleon is all about living in real color! I stamped a painted background with Color Heals the Soul and then stamped and die-cut Charles. Next, I placed Charles in the MISTI and stamped Color Heals the Soul over the top of him in the same colors as the background. Next, I couldn't leave Charles hanging in the air so I gave him Just a Branch to balance on. Lastly, I added the sentiment.
One other tool I want to mention before I go is the new Stamp Scrubber! I used it to clean the stamps I used today. It did a beautiful job cleaning all the crevices in the paint drips on Color Heals the Soul!
That's it for me today! Hugs and remember to Live in Real Color!
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I Love You The Mostest, Ink Blending
by Erica Andersson-Burke on Dec 31 2019
Hi guys!
Do you have a favourite technique that you come back to again and again, or reach for when you feel low on mojo? I absolutely LOVE ink blending myself. I have always loved the look of it but man, did I have to work hard for it before the Life Changing Blender Brushes came into my life...!
Now I get the most incredible blend and smooth results, it's almost hard to think back to a time I found it so difficult. These brushes have spoilt me!
Today I am going to blog a card I have already shown, while I was having some commitment issues with the switch over from the old blog to the new. I was locked out and couldn't get back in, no matter what I tried. But all sorted now, thankfully!
I used a new to me stencil, the 3 1/2" Blending Stencil, for this card but it's not available at the moment. There is a slightly smaller one called 2 1/2" Blending Stencil that can be used in the same way.
First of all I heat embossed 'I Love You The Mostest' in gold embossing powder, directly onto a card base. Then I placed the stencil right over it, so the sentiment was right in the middle of the circle. Using my Life Changing Blender Brushes, I blended Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry in a gradient way.
For those of you good at CAS/Clean And Simple cards, you probably would have stopped at one circle. I on the other hand, am not so good at those kinds of cards so I kept moving the stencil and adding a pattern.
You'd think I would stop there, right? Well.... no, not me. I went ahead and added a generous splattering of gold all over it as well. Since that forced me to stop doing stuff to it while it was drying, I made myself stop there but I was thinking a few sequins or other kind of embellishments might have looked nice. I know, I am a menace... Once I'm on a roll, it's get out of the way or get glitter bombed, basically, lol!
I have had so many lovely comments on this card, and people have pointed out it's easy enough to change up the colours and sentiments to fit all sorts of occasions. Which is all very true. I'd love to see what you would come up with using this as a basic inspiration.
Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you found some inspiration here with me.
Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica
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by Becky Roberts on Dec 20 2019
Hi friends, it is Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho here today.
I have gorgeous cakes to share with you, well not really, but that would be fun! I really love this set because it is classy and pretty and not just the standard birthday cake we see so often.
The images are all colored with Copic markers. The stripe background is Rough Around The Edges background stamp. The brown is a bit of Distress Oxide Ink blending with the Life Changing Blender Brushes and I have a 3/8" white organdy ribbon tied around the card.
Let's Decorate Stamp Set Let's Decorate Dies
I just love how dianty and beautiful these images are and the set has fun sentiments too! I've got a few more cakes on my blog if you are interested in seeing more.
Happy Friday!
Becky