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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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Seamless Designs Stamps

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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Eiko Girl

by Larisa Hohman on Aug 04 2021

Hello! Larisa here and today, I'm bringing you a bright and colorful card featuring the Beautiful Girl Eiko Girl Clear Stamp Set! To create my card, I started with some colorful patterned paper in my stash and trimmed it to fit the front of my A2 sized card panel. Then I stamped out the BUZZ 4x4 Seamless Stamp, colored it with Copics, and die cut it using a large circle die in my stash. I layered that on top of a bright blue doily and adhered them both to the center of my card. Next, I stamped out the Eiko Girl image, colored her with Copics, and cut her out using the coordinating die. Using foam tape, I added her to the center of the card and layered up some patterned paper strips behind her. A big bold sentiment across the center finished it off. Products Used: Eiko Girl Stamp Set Eiko Girl Coordinating Die Buzz 4x4 Seamless Stamp Favorite Notification Stamp Black Hybrid Ink Pad Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Crafting!