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by Sandi MacIver on Nov 26 2021
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Hey cardmaking friends and welcome back. It's Sandi MacIver here and today I have A Holly Jolly Christmas Card to share with you created with fun products from Picket Fence Studios.
In creating this card, I've added a smooth silky textured background for interest and depth. Paper Glaze and Paper Glitz are used in white which is striking but doesn't take away from the pretty holly art piece.
The gold mirror sentiment adds just the perfect amount of bling to the card.
How to create the A Holly Christmas Card.
Start with a 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 piece of Hammermill White Cardstock.
Place the Triple Weave Stencil over it and add Snowdrop White Paper Glaze through it with a spatula, going up about 3/4 of the way.
Next, cover a another piece of white cardstock 4-1/4 x 5-1/2, with a thin coat of Paper Glitz Sparkle and set that aside to dry.
Using a Misti, stamp the Holly Jolly Christmas Stamp in copic friendly Black ink and color with copic markers. Cut it out with the coordinating die.
COPICS USED:
Green: BG11, BG34, G19, G28
Pinks: RV34, RV17, RV19 RV69
For the Sentiment:
Use the Merry Christmas Word Topper Die over a piece of Mirror Gold card stock.
Next, once the Paper Glaze is dry, glue the word topper across the bottom of the card front. Flip it over and trim the ends before security it to a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of Spellbinders Blue Spruce cardstock.
Finally, trim to fit and then add the piece to a top folding A2 sized white card base.
Die Cutting the Snowflake
On the piece of cardstock with the Paper Glitz Sparkle, add the Snowflake Alice and die cut it out.
Cut two more in white cardstock.
Next, use the fine tip on the Bearly Art Glue to glue the snowflakes together with the shiny one on top and then glue it to the top of the card.
Finally, add the Holly piece with foam squares and you are done.
used for the Picket Fence Studios A Holly Christmas Card:
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by Sandi MacIver on Sep 10 2021
Hey cardmaking friends welcome back. It's Sandi MacIver here and today I'm playing with Picket Fence Studios Seamless Designs Stamps.
Yesterday I pulled out some Seamless stamps and had a good look at them. I'm totally amazed at how versatile they are.
I kind of hate when I spend money on a stamp set that I only use once, don't you?
Not so with these little guys and let me take a few minutes to explain why.
Today I'm going to share a couple of cards I created with these Seamless Designs Stamps. At the same time, tell you why I like them so much.
Size of the Picket Fence Studios Seamless Designs Stamps:
Don't be fooled by the size of these little guys. They may be small at just over 3.5" square - but they are mighty.
As they are small, they also come in at a nice low price point. For a small investment, you get a HUGE return.
Yesterday I created two A2 sized cards with two of these stamps:
First way I like to use the Seamless Designs Collection:
The first is this absolutely stunning Roses for All Seasons stamp and I created a simple A2 sized card with a small art piece on the front.
I used a Misti to stamp the image in black and then heat embossed it in clear onto watercolor paper.
Next, I colored it with my Karin watercolor pens.
Unfortunately, we require a few sympathy cards so I used the Prayers Word Topper Die on this one.
TIP - I could also change out the card front to the bright pink envelope color, change the sentiment die to Happy Birthday and completely change the feel of this card.
Creating the Sentiment:
Normally I would cut these word topper dies 3 or 4 times and stack them before adding them to my cards.
Today, I cut one from a scrap of brown I had in my scrap bin, and gold heat embossed two layers onto it.
The gold embossing really builds up and I have this beautiful sturdy sentiment which I glued across the bottom front of my art piece.
Understated, but adds the perfect amount of bling.
My Second Card in the A2 Size:
My second card is created the same as the first, just with a different stamp.
This one is new out in August called A Medley of Fall Collage.
The image is stamped once and colored with Karin Markers.
The Happy Fall Y'all Sentiment was created in the same manner as above.
So, why are these called Seamless Designs Stamps?
Because you can use your Misti or other stamping tool, and you can repeat stamp these little guys to create a larger stamped surface.
Their edge illustration is created to line up with the illustration on the opposite side for "seamless continuous stamping". (cool or what).
The Second Way I used the Seamless Designs Stamps:
This Slimline Pumpkin card shows how I lined up the All the Gourds Seamless Stamp and stamped horizontally across the card stock three times to create my Slimline Card front.
Here's another example using the More Hot Chicks Seamless Stamp.
Again, stamped three times horizontally, colored and made into a slimline card with the PFS slimline dies. There is a video for this card here.
You can stamp Seamless the other way too:
Not only do these stamps line up horizontally, but the illustration also lines up vertically.
The Third Way I like to use the Seamless Designs Stamps:
In the card sample above, I used my Misti to stamp the image three times vertically to create an understated background for my card.
Lining up the stamp to continue the repeat is very easy, as there are little pieces of the image you use to overlap for the continuous stamped image.
You can get the details for this card here:
Here is another vertical stamped example where I used the creepy Marching Spiders Seamless Designs Stamp to create the background for my Halloween card. Card Details here:
The Fourth Way I like to use the Seamless Designs Stamp:
You can stamp it twice horizontally, then move up and stamp twice vertically to create an entire A2 sized card front.
TIP - you can also stamp vertically twice to create a background for a Mini Slimline Card, and I'll do one of those shortly as well.
Where to get Seamless Designs Stamps.
Picket Fence Studios introduced these these to me and you can see their collection here.
Storing the Seamless Designs Collection Stamps:
As I said in the beginning, these little guys are small. So, they take up a very little bit of space, unlike some of the HUGE slimline stamps I have purchased recently.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my slimline stamps and dies LOL, I just had to adjust my storage to compensate the tall storage.
I subscribe to the Jennifer McGuire storage system of Fridge Bins (I order mine from Amazon), and these little guys fit perfectly in the 6" x 10" bins
Thanks so much for stopping in and I hope you enjoyed today's cards. Give a Seamless Designs Stamp a try and then come on over to the Picket Fence Studios Facebook Group and share it with us.
Here are the products I used today. Compensated affiliate links used where available at no cost to you.
When you click on a thumbnail link and shop you are supporting my website allowing me to continue bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you.
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by Sandi MacIver on Aug 20 2021
Happy Fall Y'all, it's Sandi MacIver here and today I'm sharing two cards created with more new products from Picket Fence Studios August Release.
Fall is sneaking up on us quickly, too quickly it seems, which prompted me to create these two cards.
So let's talk backgrounds.
In creating today's cards, I decided to focus on some fun backgrounds and two different ways to create them.
Sometimes when you want to create a quick and easy card, it can look a little naked with just a couple of die cuts attached to the front right?
By simply adding a tone on tone stamped background, you create depth and interest solving that problem.
Happy Fall Y'all - Slimline Card
To add some "background noise" as I like to call it, I used the A Medley of Fall Collage repeating stamp.
Stamp tone on tone to create this background using either a VersaMark stamp that will create a watermark look.
Or you can use a similar color ink as your background cardstock. i.e. in my image above, Kraft Ink on Kraft cardstock.
Next, use the Misti Stamping Tool to align the repeating stamp to stamp the entire front of your slimline piece.
This is a quick and easy way to add a beautiful coordinating background to your card.
Cut the Prayers Word Topper Die in Mirror Gold paper and attach to card front.
Finally, die cut leaves from watercolor paper, add a quick watercolor wash in fall colors and attach.
To embellish, I added some Pumpkin Cookies Sequin Mix for a little bling and to frame my art pieces.
The gold sequins match my sentiment, and I love the little pumpkin images in these sequins, so fun.
Cardmaking Background Idea #2
The second background idea is also easy, just not quite so quick.
Take the beautiful leaf dies from Picket Fence Studios:
Maple Leaves Dies
Ash Leaves Dies
Oak Leaves Dies
Die cut them out of the same card stock as the base card.
Next, glue them all over the front of the card base.
Die cut the Happy Fall Y'all Word Topper Die from Mirror Gold (love this die so much and it cut's beautifully).
Again, die cut more leaves from watercolor paper, and add a quick watercolor wash in fall colors.
Attach both to the card front.
Finally, I'm over the moon for the Autumn Leaves Gem Mix. These gems have many faucets cut in them and are super sparkly in beautiful colors.
So, I glued them all over the front of this card in between all my background leaves.
Talk about bling, so fun.
There you go, two quick and easy ways to add depth and interest to your die cut cards.
I hope you will give both ideas a try.
used for the Picket Fence Studios Happy Fall Y'all Cards:
Here are the products I used today. Compensated affiliate links used where available at no cost to you. When you click on a thumbnail link and shop you are supporting my website allowing me to continue bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you.