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Pink gerbera for an amazing friend
by Silvana Chambon on Apr 02 2024
Hello, everybody! I´m Silvana and today I´m bringing an inspiration card for you with some of the newest products from Picket Fence Studios.
The main focus is the pink gerbera stamp from the Brighter Days Gerbera Daisy stamp set. This beautifu set was designed by Kelly Taylor and it´s gorgeous. It comes with diferent sentiments to choose from and you can find the coordinating die too.
The background was made with Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink over a watercolor paper and cut with the new Pinking Shear A2 Cover Plate die. The contrast between the magenta and yellow makes this card pop with color and bright. I also made some white details over the gerbera flower to make it pop even more.
To finish the card I added a sentiment from the same stamp set. I stamped it over black cardstock with embossing ink and white embossing powder.
I hope this card brings joy and light up the day for a really good friend.
And if you read all this I hope you like it too!
Thank you so much for stopping by. See you in my next blog post.
Have a fantastic week.
Silvana.
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by Silvana Chambon on Mar 22 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Picket Fence Studios blog! It´s Silvana here and today I´m sharing with you a simple shaped card with one of the newest dies from the March release.
The card features the new Like a Wildflower stamp set. I stamped the cute image with embossing ink and used gold embossing powder. I colored it with watercolor pencils, to give a subtle shade of color. This stamp set doesn´t have a coordinating die, but enjoy fussy cutting.
The card base is made with one of the dies from the Basic Die Cutting set 1. It´s the largest dome die. You can easily do that, just start with a top folded A2 card base, put the die over and slide it a little bit off the folded edge, that way the die will cut all but the fold, and secure it with tape. Run it to your diecutting machine a few times.
You´ll need an extra single dome shaped piece for the background. I didn´t have cardstock that matched with the scheme color, so I colored the background with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
I glued it onto the cardbase, trimming the little excess. I wanted a little detail for this card so I did a little hole in the dome part and put a gold eyelet and a piece of silk ribbon and tied it with a black and white twine bow.
To finish the card I added a heat embossed sentiment from the same stamp set that says "Wildflowers write their own stories" thinking of a good friend.
I hope you liked this card and encourages you to make your own shaped cards. I leave you below the list with the products I used in this card.
Thank you so much for stopping by and reading!
See you on my next post.
Silvana.
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by Silvana Chambon on Mar 07 2024
Hello and welcome to the PFS blog! It´s Silvana here and today I´m sharing with you this easy but lovely card made with some of the new products from the February release.
Let´s start by the background! It´s made with the A2 Fancy Flourish Cover Plate die. I made an impression with it. Just check the instructions of your diecutting machine to do this; you´ll probably need a rubber or silicone mat in your sandwich.
This card features the new Layering Flora: Sweet Cherry Blossoms die set. I cut a bunch of flowers from a pink cardstock and arrange them over the background. There are three types of flowers with different sizes which allows you to make layers and give some dimension. I also cut some leaves with the same die set from a green cardstock.
The Hey word is from the Hi, Hey, Hello, Howdy Word dies. I cut it three times in white cardstock and stack them together, and the layer on top with a silver cardstock.
The heat embossed sentiment is from the Animals Crackers: Sow much stamp set. I cut it with its coordinating die.
To finish it up I added some gems from the Gem Mix: Reflections. Love the iridescent color of them, I chose the pink ones but, depending on the light, they change color!
I hope you enjoyed this post and the card inspires you to make your own creations!
Thank you so much for stopping by and reading.
Have a fantastic week.
See you in my next blog post,
Silvana.
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by Silvana Chambon on Jan 19 2024
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by Silvana Chambon Scarenzio on Nov 28 2023
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Hello, everyone! It´s Silvana here. Welcome to PFS blog.
Today I´m sharing a slimline format card showing some last release´s products like The Happy Fern die, which I loved because it has the perfect size for various types of cards.
Let´s start by the background. You can achieve that woody look easily with the Slimline Against the Grain Cover Plate Die. The texture is amazing. Instead of using sequins, I made some splatters with the Paper Splatter Watercolor in Liquid Gold color to bring some pop of shine to the card. The frame was made with a die from the Scalloped Frames dies and I cut it three times: two in white cardstock and one in a light kraft color.
I played with some alcohol inks on yupo paper and then diecut the paper with the new Layering Flora: Happy Fern Die. I also cut a piece of vellum and put the two pieces in the front. The vellum gives an elegant look with the pattern and the colors of the alcohol inks.
To finish the card I heat embossed one of the stamps in the new Get well, Again over a black cardstock with gold embossing powder.
I hope you enjoyed my card and try your own version to give some comfort to someone ill.
See you in my next blog post.
Have a fantastic week.
Silvana
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You left me unattended Halloween card
by Silvana Chambon Scarenzio on Aug 01 2023
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Hello and welcome to the Picket Fence Studios blog! It´s Silvana here and today I´m sharing a fun Halloween card made with some new products from the July release. You can see all the collection here.
In the background, I used the new Mini Hot Flashes Stencil with different tones of Distress Oxides inks imitating the colors of the fire. Then, I used the Mini Haunted Moon Blending Stencil in the top of the card.
Over the moon, I needed a flying witch so I used the one in the Slim Line Welcome to the Graveyard Blending Stencil. This malefic witch set on fire the woods of the A Nightly Sky stamp set.
To finish the scene, I heat embossed with white embossing powder a sentiment from the new Inappropriate Halloween stamp set.
The final result is a very fun card appropriate for that special witch friend.
I hope you like it and encourages you to use your stencils!
Have a fantastic week.
I´ll leave you the products list below with my affiliates links. Thank you so much for your support!
Silvana.
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by Silvana Chambon Scarenzio on Jan 18 2023
Hello, everyone! Happy New year! It´s Silvana here with another inspiration card featuring some of the new products from the January release.
This card has a background story. I live in the southern hemisphere and here we´re in summer, with very high temperatures, the ideal climate to go to the beach. One day, as I was walking in the shore, the Atlantic Ocean was so clear and blue that inspired me to create the sea for this card.
But, I didn´t have any ocean themed stamps, so I just kept my photo of the ocean in my phone just in case. When I received the DT package and saw all the products of January release, I realize that this card was meant to be made.
The new release not only has these beautiful stamp set called Even more of a fishy Lot with the coordinating die, but has a lot of fishy themed products! It was amazing and incredible.
This release also have a lot of stencils that goes perfectly with the ocean themed. I use the Sun with Rays 6x8 stencil to make the sunset sky. It´s a very special time, the sunset in our beaches. When the sun goes down over the sea, and dissapears completely, we applaude to say thanks for another beautiful summer day. It´s a special time to be in the beach.
Of course, I couldn´t make this beautiful background without the help of my favourite tool for inkblending: the Life Changing Blender Brushes.
Our beaches are special, and we can have the opportunity to see some whales in a few specific months. We´re blessed with their visits. So, as I said, this is a unique and special card for me.
I hope you enjoyed the story and give this products a try.
Thanks for reading.
Silvana.
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Welcome Sasha & Silvana | New Design Team Members
by Sara Sherlock on Jul 05 2022
We are very excited to announce that we have new Design Team members joining our team for our upcoming July Release. Please join us in welcoming Sasha and Silvana!