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Alice-in-Wonderland Inspired Card

by Andrea Shell on Feb 18 2025

Hi there! It's Andrea back with you. Are you a fan of Alice in Wonderland? Picket Fence Studios has introduced some fun products inspired by the story. That sweet girl is from the new Freckle Friends: Astonishing Alice stamp set. I colored her with my Zig waterbrush markers and cut her out with the coordinating dies. My colors were inspired by the new Alice in Wonderland Fabulously Glossy A2 Card Fronts. The harlequin paper is from the new Patterns of Wonderland A2 Card Fronts pack. After adhering the panel to a white card, I added rectangles cut from two of the Alice in Wonderland Card Fronts (blue gingham and red polka dot). With the Basic Die Cutting Die Set 1, I diecut an arch from a third Alice in Wonderland paper (mushrooms) and a smaller arch from black cardstock. I layered the arches together and adhered them to my card with foam tape. I attached my colored image with thin 3D foam squares. I created my floral embellishments with the Sweet Cherry Blossoms Dies. The small blue flower and the blue flower center were cut with the new Layering Flora: Heart of Vines Dies. For the center of both flowers, I used gems from the new In Wonderland Gem mix. I stamped a sentiment from the Astonishing Alice set and diecut it with an oval die from the Basic Die Cutting Set 1 Dies. I attached my sentiment with foam and finished with a few more gems from the In Wonderland mix. Thanks for stopping by! *Affiliate links used at no cost to you.

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Thanks - You're the Best Eclipse Card

by Brenda Noelke on Jan 07 2025

Hello, crafty friends!! I hope your week is off to a great start!! Brenda here with an eclipse floral thank you card featuring the Southern Magnolias Stamp Set from the latest December 2024 release!! This stamp set (Illustrated by Kelly Taylor) is sooooo much fun to color!! I began by stamping the Southern Magnolias Stamp onto Bristol smooth cardstock and embossed it with white embossing powder. I colored it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, then used the second largest die in the Beyond Basics: A2 Rectangle & Cover Plate Die Set. The Stacked Thanks Word Die was cut from the center of the panel. Be sure to save all the pieces from the center of the word die-cut. A panel of pink cardstock was cut with the largest die in the Beyond Basics: A2 Rectangle & Cover Plate Die and the negative of the floral background was adhered to it. I die-cut the Stacked Thanks Word Die four times from heavyweight white cardstock and once from the same pink cardstock. The layers were adhered together with liquid glue with the pink layer slightly offset, then adhered into the background. The "inner" pieces were adhered back in place. The "you're the best" sentiment, from the Blooming Trumpet Flower Stamp Set, was stamped onto white cardstock with pink dye ink and cut out with the Coordinating Die. I die-cut it two more times from heavyweight white cardstock and adhered it behind the stamped one before adding it to the center of the card with liquid glue. I haven't made an eclipse card in a long time!! I forgot how cool they were!! The dimension is amazing and so much easier to see in person!! That does it for me!! I appreciate you taking the time to stop by today!! Brenda

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Know You Are Surrounded By Love

by Brenda Noelke on May 15 2024

Happy Wednesday, fellow crafters!! This week sure is flying by!! Brenda here with an encouragement card featuring goodies from yesterday's release!! I started by white heat embossing the flowers from the Sweet Summer Bellflowers Stamp Set onto Bristol smooth cardstock. I watercolored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, then cut them out with their Coordinating Dies. For the background, I stamped the She Endured Background Stamp onto a panel of Bristol cardstock by coloring on the stamp with the same markers that I used on the flowers, spritzing it with water, then stamping it onto the panel. It was die-cut with the largest arched die in the Basic Die-cutting Die Set 1. I used the two largest arched dies in the same set to cut a frame from plum cardstock, then I cut the second largest arched die from vellum. The largest die in the A2 Rectangle Layering Die Set was cut from blue cardstock and the She Endured Background Stamp was stamped onto it with blue ink. All of the layers were adhered together with liquid glue and the flowers were adhered across the front of the panel. The sentiment, from the Swanky Sentiments: Sympathy Stamp Set, was white heat embossed onto plum cardstock. It was cut out with its Coordinating Die and popped up with foam tape. That does it for me today!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope the rest of your week goes well!! Brenda

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Exploring Unique Dimension with Floral Stamps and Detailed Dies

by Jennifer Kray on Feb 22 2024

Join us today on the Picket Fence Studios Blog for a dive into out-of-the-box creativity! Discover how to use floral stamps and cover plate dies to add unique dimension to your cards.

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Hello There - Square Sunflower Card

by Brenda Noelke on Aug 15 2023

Hello, crafty friends!! I hope this finds you all well!! Brenda here with a square, floral card featuring the Golden Sunflower Flowerhead Stamp!! I began by stamping the Golden Sunflower Flowerheads Stamp onto Bristol smooth cardstock with PFS Black Hybrid Ink. I stamped it again with Versamark Ink, then embossed it with clear detail embossing powder. I colored it with Karin Pro Brushmarkers and added detail to the center with a yellow gel pen. I trimmed the panel to 5.25” square and matted it with white and yellow cardstock before adhering it to a 5.5” square card base. Next, I die-cut the Hello There Word Die once from yellow cardstock and three times from heavyweight white cardstock. I stacked and adhered them together, with the top layer slightly offset. A sprinkling of All About the Yellows Sequins finishes off the card. That’s it for me today!! Sunflowers are such an iconic fall flower and definitely one of my favorite blooms!! This set is so much fun to color!! Thanks for stopping by!! Brenda

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Vibrant Visions: Mastering Bright and Bold Designs with Amanda Wilcox, Guest Designer #2, June 2023

by Jen Kray on Jun 22 2023

This month, we are thrilled to introduce our second Guest Designer for June. With a bright and bold aesthetic and a penchant for adding embellishments, Amanda brings a vibrant energy to her projects that is simply captivating.

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Hello - Mophead Hydrangea

by Brenda Noelke on Feb 15 2023

Hello, crafty friends and happy Wednesday!! Brenda here with a card today that features one of my favorite sets from the February Release that just released yesterday...the stunning Mophead Hydrangea Stamp!! I couldn't wait to color this beautiful bloom!! I began by white heat embossing the Mophead Hydrangea onto Bristol smooth cardstock. I watercolored it with Karin Brushmarker Pro markers and a damp paintbrush. Once it was dry, I trimmed the panel slightly and adhered it to an A2 white card base. For the sentiment, I die-cut "hello" from dark blue glitter cardstock once and heavyweight white cardstock three times using a die from the Double Stitched Layering Rectangle Die Set. I stacked and adhered the layers together with liquid adhesive with the top layer slightly offset, then adhered it to the front of the card. The All About the Blues Sequin Mix had the most beautiful blue hues to match perfectly!! Thank you so much for dropping by today!! Be sure to check out the rest of the fabulous February Release!! Brenda

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Scene Building with Picket Fence Studios

by Bonnie Crane on Oct 11 2022

Do you find scene building a challenge? Picket Fence Studios' makes a large range of products that are specifically designed for this purpose. Scene building just got a whole lot easier!

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Hello There-Current of Fish

by Heejung Hunsberger on May 13 2022

Hello Friends, Today I have a card to share with you using the Current of Fish Stencil and Gold Rose Glaze. I colored three different blue colors of water coloring on the watercolor paper first, and dry it completely. This current of fish stencil is 6 x 6 size, taped the stencil from behind of water-colored paper. Using a mixed media spatula, I applied a paper Glaze Gold Rose. I removed the stencil, cleaned it and the spatula and set the panel aside to dry. I guess it might be not easy to color with water color for the beginner. but it is very easy to do stencil. I want to have some dimension to the word die-cut,I would have die cut the hello there die a third on white card stock and added it on top. I think having a bit of dimension really helps to make it stand out. I hope enjoyed this project, Thank you for stopping by! I will be a card with new release next month! Happy Crafting! Supplies

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Season's Greetings

by Sara Sherlock on Dec 20 2021

Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love, Sara. Welcome to the final day of our 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration! I have one last holiday card to share with you today. I loved the mental break I got making this card, as the watercoloring process was very calming. I began by stamping, and white heat embossing, the beautiful Christmas Poinsettia Star Stamp (this large Poinsettia image is one of my all-time favorite Christmas stamps), onto watercolor paper.

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Oh Happy Day!

by Rachelle Oltean on Nov 03 2021

Hello! It's Rachelle with you today and I've got a rich floral card to share featuring the NEW "Watercolor Roses" Stamp Set! This set has already become a favorite and can be used for so many different occasions! I began by heat embossing the rose bouquet image with gold powder onto heavy (130#) white card stock and I watercolored/die cut the floral with the matching die. I LOVE Art Nouveau design and was so excited to see the NEW Slim Line Changes Stencil! The curved line work on this design is absolutely beautiful and is a special addition to my Picket Fence Studios' stencil collection! I placed the slim line stencil down the middle of an A2 card base and applied "Peacock Feathers" Distress Ink onto the teal card stock with my "Life Changing Blender Brush." I really like the framing effect this slim line pattern gives to this A2-sized panel! I left the stencil in place and flecked gold watercolor paint on top so that the speckle would only be visible within the stenciled pattern. Once the panel was dry, I glued it to a top-folding A2 card base and heat embossed one of the wonderful sentiments from this stamp set with the same gold powder onto the finished teal background. I added a couple of drops of my "Peacock Feathers" Reinker to a plastic palette and carefully painted around the edge of the white die cut margin so that the floral would blend into the teal background. This keeps the color on the roses bright and clean (with white highlights) but removes the harsh contrast of the white edge against the dark card stock. I popped the roses up with foam tape for a bit of dimension and added a mixture of embellishments in coordinating colors: "Iridescent Moonshine" Sequins, "Sands Of Time" Gem Mix, and the matte gold circle sequins from the "Pumpkin Cookies Sequin Mix Plus." Thanks so much for stopping by - Happy Crafting! Hugs - Rachelle

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Winter Floral with Rachelle

by Rachelle Oltean on Sep 01 2021

Happy Wednesday! It's Rachelle with you today and can you believe it's September 1st already??? I had to look at the calendar twice just to be sure it was correct and that means it's time to get rolling on Christmas and holiday cards right now! The recent Picket Fence Studios' releases have been full of wonderful new products to get our Christmas crafting off on the right foot! I send out quite a few cards to folks who don't celebrate Christmas and the card today is the perfect way to share a bit of general winter and/or holiday cheer! I used the NEW "A Christmas Flower" Stamp Set to create this winter floral card design. I began with an A2 panel of 110# Neenah Solar White card stock and using my MISTI, I aligned the poinsettia image in the top left corner of the panel bleeding off the edge. I stamped this image using Picket Fence Studios "Black Hybrid Ink" and then turned the panel 180 degrees and stamped it again so that the image appeared in opposite corners. I watercolored the poinsettias, spattered the panels with diluted paints and then added a graduated blue wash around the flowers for a bit of depth. I went back into the images with a tiny paint brush (a 000) and using my gold paint, added touches of fine detail throughout; this panel was trimmed to 3.75" x 5". I heat embossed the sentiment from the "A Happy Winter To You" Stamp Set with fine gold powder onto heavy-weight vellum, trimmed it to size and wrapped it around the floral panel, securing it behind. This was attached to an A2 top-folding black card base and I added a few matte gold sequins from the NEW "Pumpkin Cookies" Sequin Mix Plus to finish up the card! I just love the sprinkling of gold on this design and those gorgeous poinsettias are the star of the show! There are so many different ways to color this beautiful image and be sure to check out Picket Fence Studios' Instagram Page where you'll find great design inspiration! Thanks so much for joining me today and happy crafting! Rachelle

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Then You Came Into My Life

by Lisa Tilson on May 26 2021

Hello there! Lisa here today to share a card with you using the new Dream With Me Cover Plate die. As soon as I saw this die, I knew I would want to use it as a silhouette. But don't let that limit you, you can die cut and watercolour it or ink blend over it, or colour it with markers, like you can with many dies. But I wanted a dreamy night time sky, behind the silhouette. To start, I took some Arches Cold Pressed cardstock and watercoloured the background using Gansai Tambi paints - numbers 63, 62, 60 and 20. Number 20 is actually black and that ended up getting hidden just behind the die in the end. As always with watercolour I work in layers, letting each layer dry in between. I worked my colours down the card panel to just over half way. I wanted to keep the bottom area white and free to highlight the girl on the swing. Once dry, I adhered this to a top folding notecard. I took some black cardstock and ran it through the die cutting machine with the cover plate die and then I adhered gold cardstock behind, so that the stars and moon would stand out against the black. This was then glued down over the top of the watercolored panel. Before gluing it down, I went around the edges with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker so that you couldn't see any gold peeking out anywhere. To finish I popped the card in the MISTI and stamped a sentiment from Que Sera Sera using Black Hybrid Ink. I thought that the sentiment was just perfect for the mood of the card and the vibe of someone travelling through the sky and arriving into someone's world. If I told you how long it takes me to find sentiments to go on my cards, you probably wouldn't believe it! I'm very fussy about having the right font, composition and meaning on a card. Rooting around all my sets is all part of the fun of cardmaking! Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you again soon. Happy crafting!

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Just Because

by Ceal Pritchett on May 19 2021

Happy Wednesday! It's Ceal here. Today I am sharing a card using the Tropical Hibiscus Bouquet stamp set. To create this card I started with a white top folding card base, a black panel and a white heavystock panel for the image. I stamped the image with our black hybrid ink and then watercolored it using Karin markers. I love how these watercolor markers have so much pigment and are so bright. For the greeting I used a sentiment from the More Fancy Sentiments stamp set stamped in versamark ink on black and then embossed with white powder. I used the More Fancy Sentiments die to cut it out. Supply List with affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

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Mixing Custom Blends with Paper Glaze - Stencilling Fun!

by Lisa Tilson on May 05 2021

Hello everyone, Lisa here today to share two cards using A Rose, some Paper Glaze, Paper Glaze Enhancer and a stencil that I love! Both cards are similar in design, but changed up a little with the sentiments. I had spare Paper Glaze that I had mixed so I couldn't let that go to waste so two background panels were created. I think both these cards would make great Wedding/Engagement cards. One would also be a great all occasion card for your stash. I started off by taking a panel of Neenah 80lb cardstock and securing the Watercolor Brush Strokes stencil down over the top. I really love this stencil - as I think it adds a very unobtrusive background to your card. Sometimes you don't want the stencil to be the star of the show, but still have it's place on the card and that is what I think this stencil does brilliantly, especially when you use soft colours. I used three colours of Paper Glaze, but my bottom colour is a custom blend of Pink Carnation and Golden Rose. I was attempting to make a coral colour and tried mixing the two together. I wasn't sure it would be what I wanted and I was right, but what it did produce was this GORGEOUS ballet slipper blush colour (bottom 6 or so lines below). I then added some Paper Glaze Enhancer to it, to remove some of the shine and that results in a more textured matt finish. I used the Paper Glaze Enhancer with each of the glazes. So, I applied the mixed blend through the bottom of the stencil with a spatula, cleaned the spatula off and then added Pink Carnation with enhancer above it, and then Snowdrop White with enhancer above that, fading out towards the top and making sure not to have the lines stretching all the way across the card, a more unfinished finish at the top! And as I had some of the custom blend left, I cleaned off the stencil and secured it to another panel and went through the same process. These were set aside to dry whilst I worked on my main image. I really love A Rose, and thought it would look pretty over the background. So I grabbed some Arches Hot Pressed card and stamped the image twice using Versamark Ink. I applied gold embossing powder and heat set. Both images were watercoloured with Mijello Mission Gold paints and left to dry. For my first card, I popped the rose up with foam tape and I used the Always Word Die with it's shadow die. The shadow was cut from vellum, and the word part was die cut twice from Neenah 80lb cardstock. As I wanted my gold to match the gold of the embossing powder on the rose, I smooshed my Versamark ink pad onto some scrap white cardstock, applied the gold embossing powder and heat set before die cutting the final layer from that. All my layers were then stacked together and adhered over the top. For the second card, I adhered the rose flat onto the panel and then took a strip of vellum which I prepped with an anti static bag. I stamped a greeting from More Fancy Sentiments using Versamark Ink, applied gold embossing powder and heat set. This was then placed over the rose and secured at the back of the panel with tape. Both panels were then adhered flat to a top folding notecard. And that finishes my two cards. I hope that you will try mixing your Paper Glazes - I love the sometimes unexpected blends you can create when you do this. And If you don't have time to use up your spare glaze, you can always pop it into a pot and save it for another day. Picket Fence sells spare containers for this exact reason. Thanks for joining me today. I'll be back soon with another project for you!

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Create Your Own Peace

by Ceal Pritchett on Apr 27 2021

Hello Everyone! It's Ceal. Today I am sharing a zen card with you using two of the new slimline inserts. To create this card I started with a white slimline card base and a panel of white heavystock cut down with the SLDCS Nested Rectangles. I cut out the Tree Insert in the center of the panel and then cut out the Mushroom Insert on both sides. I watercolored all three using Daniel Smith watercolors and added the panel to the base. To finish the card I added a sentiment from the Early Tulips set.

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Lilies & Love

by Sara Sherlock on Mar 23 2021

Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love, Sara. Growing up, my grandmother had a double row of Orange Asiatic Lilies growing in her front flower bed every summer - along with numerous other flowers throughout her yard. I did not inherit her green thumb AT ALL, but I have managed to keep a single Asiatic Lily coming back for a few years now. I can see it from my kitchen window and it always reminds me of her flowers. When I saw the Lilies for Spring Stamp Set, I knew I had to color them as the lilies I remembered.

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Never Too Early for Good Tidings

by Angela Bode on Sep 11 2020

I am always late when it comes to mailing things out so I try to help myself by creating Christmas cards all year. Truthfully, even if I never sent out a Christmas card I would create them all year long. I love the colors of Christmas, the happy sentiments and images. I just love Christmas! For my first card I, used Life Changing Blender Brushes and added Distress Ink through the Candlelight Stencil. Next, I spritzed with water leaving the stencil in place. Then I sprinkled watercolor powder and spritzed with a bit more water. I love how the Distress Ink adds another dimension of color to the watercolor powders! Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Inside Quotes: Christmas directly on the card front. Lastly I added Margarita Sequins Mix! For the next Card, I wanted to feature the large Ho Ho Ho Sentiment but also use a similar background technique as the candlelight card. So once again I used Life Changing Blender Brushes and randomly added red and green Distress ink on a card front. Then, I sprinkled on watercolor powders in same color families as the Distress Ink. Lastly, I added Holiday Hopper Sequins Mix. I am all about the fabulous Picket Fence Studios Sequins! Whether you are looking for holiday themes or any occasion themes you will find what you are looking for at Picket Fence Studios Shop! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Angie

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You Did It!

by Angela Bode on May 08 2020

About four years ago, we sat in a conference room with a large group of families listening to University faculty orientate us on college life. I sat there with my stomach in knots, excited and terrified. One of the mantras of the weekend was "Do it in Four!" Even as I write this I am getting a little choked up thinking about my emotions that day. Yesterday our son's name would have been called. He would have walked across the stage and I would have had tears streaming down my eyes and a heart bursting with pride! Instead, we will have a home celebration and my heart will still overflow with pride! So today, I am thinking of all the High School and College graduates and those who have been rooting for them! You Did It! It was a strange ending but you did it! I can't wait to hear the stories of how the graduating classes of 2020 change the world! For my graduation card, I was inspired by the Free 4 All Challenge at SCS to "Walk on the Wild Side". I decided to take it literally and use the fabulous Walk, Crawl Run sneakers. Aren't they fabulous? Since the challenge is "Walk on the Wild Side" I created a wildly bright background and used a sentiment from I Freaking Love You. It's a different kind of graduation card but if any graduating class deserves something unusual it's this one! This is a great time to shop at Picket Fence Studios because they are offering FREE Shipping on all US orders! Thanks so much for stopping by!