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Spotlight on Creativity: Allison Frazier's Exclusive Projects for PFS + Hop Winner

by Jennifer Kray on Mar 18 2024

Welcome to the Picket Fence Studios Guest Designer Spotlight! We are thrilled to introduce you to the talented Allison Frazier who has joined us this month to share their creative journey and inspire you with their amazing projects.

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Instagram Hop with Twinkle Lights & Pear Blossom Press!

by Jennifer Kray on Mar 17 2024

Twinkle Lights Instagram Hop with Pear Blossom Press!

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Thinking of You - Brighter Days Gerbera Daisy

by Brenda Noelke on Mar 15 2024

Join Brenda on the blog today for some no-line Copic coloring of this "thinking of you" card featuring the beautiful Brighter Days Gerbera Daisy Stamp Set from the March release!!

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March 2024 Release + Instagram Hop Giveaway!

by Jennifer Kray on Mar 14 2024

Welcome to the March 2024 Release & Instagram Hop! We're excited to share our new products and incredible inspiration from our Creative Team.

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Beautiful Foiled Butterflies

by Andrea Shell on Mar 08 2024

Hello there! It's Andrea back to share a colorful and quick card featuring the Flutter Fly Fabulous Foiling Toner Card Fronts. I foiled two different card fronts from the pack. For the panel in the background, I used Rainbow Flake Fabulous Toner Foil, and for the other card front, I applied Gold Flake Fabulous Toner Foil. I colored the gold-foiled butterflies with Copics and fussy-cut them. From the center of the rainbow panel, I diecut "hello" with the Another Hello There Word Dies. I trimmed down the panel, matted it with black cardstock and adhered it to a white card. I applied Black Eyeliner Paper Glaze Luxe to black cardstock. I just love making my own glitter cardstock! Once the glaze was dry, I diecut it with the Another Hello There Word Dies. My original plan was to inlay the black letters, but I decided I wanted a little more dimension. Hence, I diecut "hello" from black cardstock and glued that before adhering the glitter sentiment. Finally, I affixed the Copic-colored butterflies with foam squares. Thanks for stopping by! *Affiliate links used at no cost to you.

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LAYERING FLOWERS CARD

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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Mixed Media Flowers - Sweet Cherry Blossoms

by Colleen Balija on Mar 06 2024

Hi friends! I've got a treat for you today; I got inky making a fun mixed media card! I'll be using the new Sweet Cherry Blossoms die, Polka Dot Scarf stencil, and Paper Splatters watercolor in Kiwi Lime. Also, I'll be using the existing Paper Glaze Luxe in Golden Ring, Swanky Friendship stamp, Falling Brick Wall die, Coffee Understands Again, and Gradient Flatback Pearls in Navy Blue and Charcoal Grey. First, for you mixed media lovers, Picket Fence Studios has a plethora of design elements that can be used on your surfaces! I'm using just a sampling of it! Now, onto my card! First step was to build the background. I applied various shades of blue and teal ink, via ink schmooshing, onto a white piece of watercolor paper. Ink schmooshing is the process of applying ink onto a glass surface, spraying it with water, and then tapping the watercolor panel into the ink. Continue this process until you've achieved the look that you want. You can see what it looks like in the photo below. For this technique, you'll want to use colors that play nice together so that you don't create "mud". Once I was finished with ink schmooshing, I added splatters of the ink over the panel, including the liquid watercolor splatters in Kiwi Lime. Then I stenciled over the surface using the Polka Dot Scarf stencil, and then stamped the scribbly heart from Coffee Understands Me Again. I kept a light touch so that you could see the images, but they also blended into the background color. Once I was finished, I trimmed the panel using my deckled paper trimmer and applied gold paste around the edges for interest. Then I adhered it to a slightly larger piece of black cardstock and adhered both to a 5.5x4.25 white card base. Next, I worked on the Sweet Cherry Blossom dies. These are the perfect size flowers to stand alone or use with other elements! I die cut the layers for several flowers onto watercolor paper, and then applied color using the same technique as I did with the background card panel, only I went much darker in color so that the flowers popped! When the layers dried, I adhered them together and fluffed the top layers a bit to give the flowers depth. I wanted to create a layer between the background and the flowers so that the flowers wouldn't get lost in that busy background, so I die cut Falling Brick Wall die in white cardstock and then applied Golden Ring Paper Glaze Luxe over the die. Once it was dried, I adhered it over the card base and then added the flowers and leaves over it. I added gold paste to the flowers and leaves as well. I finished with a sentiment from Swanky Friendship and several Flatback Pearls in Navy and Charcoal Grey. Mixed media is most successful when you limit the color palette. You can play with all sorts of elements such as the paper glaze, liquid watercolor splatters, reactive inks, and various dies and stencils! It is just SO much fun to play like this, I hope you will grab your stash and give it a try! You can find the products I've used for this card by hovering over the item name and then clicking on it. That iwll bring you to the Picket Fence Studios shop!

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Foiled Beehive Fun with Justin

by Justin Adkins on Mar 05 2024

Justin is on the blog today sharing a colorful way to add some foil to your next bee-themed project, using products from the February 2024 Release! Come check out the details!

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Love You - Big Beautiful Butterfly

by Brenda Noelke on Mar 04 2024

Hello, friends and happy Monday!! I hope you had a great weekend!! Brenda here with a bold and colorful card featuring products from the latest February release!! I fell head-over-heels for this butterfly in the Two Big Beautiful Butterfly Die Set and can't stop using it!! I started by die-cutting the top layer of the butterfly in the Two Big Beautiful Butterfly Die Set from black cardstock and the bottom layer from white cardstock. The Layering Flora: Sweet Cherry Blossoms Dies were also die-cut from white cardstock. I used Rainbow Pint-sized Paper Pouncers and Distress Oxide Inks to add color to the die-cuts. I used Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Peeled Paint. For the background, I die-cut the Garden Lattice A2 Cover Plate Die from white cardstock and adhered it to a white A2 card base. I splattered it with Black Magic Paper Splatter and set it aside to dry. The "love" portion of the sentiment was die-cut three times from black cardstock using the Sara Girl Die Set. They were stacked and adhered together with liquid glue. "You", from the Wreath Building: Greetings From Our Hive Stamp Set, was stamped onto white cardstock with PFS Black Hybrid Ink and fussy cut. All of the die-cuts were arranged and adhered with a combination of liquid glue and foam tape. I adhered a gem from the Day and Night Gem Mix to the center of the flowers and sequins from the All about the Pinks, All About the Yellows and All About the Purples sequin mixes to add a bit of shine. . Thank you so much for stopping by today!! Have a great week!! Brenda

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Crafty Collaboration Blog Hop | Picket Fence Studios & Pear Blossom Press

by Jennifer Kray on Mar 03 2024

Hop into our Crafty Collaboration with Pear Blossom Press & Picket Fence Studios! Comment by March 29th for a chance to win $25 prizes. Winners announced March 31.

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Beautiful Butterfly from Leftovers

by Andrea Shell on Feb 29 2024

Hi, friends! It's Andrea back with you to share a card that features a beautiful, pink butterfly left over from this card. Waste not, want not, as they say! I say, work smarter, not harder (although I don't always adhere to that)! The butterfly was created with the Layering Fauna Butterfly Dies. I describe how I did that in the post linked above. I backed the outline with vellum and inlaid a black body cut with the dies. For my background I blended some of the same pink inks used on the butterfly through the Polka Dot Scarf 6x8 Stencil. I applied the ink with the Life Changing Blender Brushes, allowing it to fade to white on the edges. I trimmed down the panel, matted it with black cardstock, and adhered it to a white card. I stamped a sentiment from the Somebunny Loves You stamp in Black Hybrid Ink. After affixing the butterfly with a thin strip of foam tape down the body, I finished with a few sequins from the Spring Has Sprung Sequin Mix. Thanks for stopping by! *Affiliate links used at no cost to you.

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DIAGONAL GATEFOLD CARD

by Silvana Chambon on Feb 28 2024

Hello, crafters and welcome to the PFS blog! It´s Silvana here and on this new post I´m sharing a creative fold card: a diagonal gatefold card that will allow you to make two cards with this closing form out of one sheet. I´m using some of the new products from the amazing February release. Let´s see how the finished card looks: The card opens to the left and to the top, with the diagonal cut. To make this, you have to start with a piece of heavy cardstock and make two score lines on the half on both edges of the cardstock, that means at 4 1/4" inches on the 8 1/2" side and at 5 1/2" on the 11". After that you will have to cut the cardstock diagonally meeting the left bottom point with the right top angle. I made a scheme for you just in case: After this you will have two diagonal gatefold base cards. Just press the score marks very well with your bone folder in order to get the flaps flat. Now, the fun part! I started by making an impression with the I bee home 6x8 stencil in the left flap, making sure that the stencil covered all the card first, but leaving the upper flat out of the plates. After that, put the upper flap down and, making sure that the pattern aligned correctly in the embossed area, I covered it with a paper and started to apply the new Paper Glaze Bee Sting. I colored and cut some images from the Wreath Building: Greetings from our hive stamp set and arranged them in the embossed area. To finish the card and to make the flaps down, I created a shape in form an hexagon in black heavy cardstock and cut it three times. I heated embossed the sentiment form the same stamp set in one and glue the three forms together making a strong heavy piece to go in the middle of the card, but just glued on the top flap. I added some white details to the stamped images and that´s the end! I really like how this card turned out with the creative fold. And I hope you like it too! Many thanks for stopping by and read my post for today. Have a great day and happy creations! Silvana.

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Buzzing By Card with Paper Glaze

by Justin Adkins on Feb 26 2024

Designer Justin Adkins is on the blog today sharing some fun inspiration on how perfectly the new 'I Bee Home' stencil pairs with 'Bee Sting' Paper Glaze!

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Sparkly Playful Sara Girl - with Paper Glaze Luxe

by Colleen Balija on Feb 26 2024

HI friends! I've got a fun and sparkly card to share with you today using the new Sara Girl stamp and Paper Glaze Luxe in Lime Soda! Also, I'll be using the existing Framed Leaves stencil! I fell in love with Sara Girl just as soon as I saw her, so I've used her a few times this month! First, I stamped her in permanent black ink. Next, I colored her hair and face. The hair is colored with alcohol inks n shades of pink, giving her a funky and modern look! I applied Paper Splatters Watercolor in Kiwi Lime over the pennant on her necklace. Then I die cut her and a piece of black and white cardstock in 3 rectangle sizes and glued them together. I think that makes a nice frame for Sara! Next, I focused on the background. Starting with 5.5x4.25 piece of black cardstock, I placed the cardstock on the PFS Paper Inking Palette sized 5x6 and then placed the stencil over the paper and the palette. These palettes are incredible because they have a sticky surface, making it perfect for stenciling or ink blending! They come in a variety of sizes too! Once I had the stencil and cardstock in place, I applied the Lime Soda Paper Glaze Luxe through the stencil with a palette knife and then immediately removed the stencil. I set the card panel aside to dry. The glaze dries very quickly!!! Once the glaze was dried, you could see the lime shimmer through the black cardstock, and I loved the contrast of black against lime! In person it is much, much more shimmery! I adhered Sara Girl over the background panel. NOTE: Sometimes glue doesn't adhere well to a surface like the glaze, so I used a strong adhesive and that did the trick. Also, I thought about adding a sentiment, but this card panel was so lovely that I didn't want to add to it, so I'll put one on the inside of the card for my recipient! This card was so easy to put together because of the paper glaze and the details in the Sara Girl stamp! I'm so glad you stopped by today! You can find the products I've used for today's card by hovering over the item name and then clicking on it. That will take you to the PFS shop!

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Guest Designer Spotlight: Nicki Baxley

by Jennifer Kray on Feb 25 2024

Welcome to our monthly Guest Designer Spotlight for February 2024 at Picket Fence Studios with Nicki Baxley!

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Let Your Spirit Soar

by Brenda Noelke on Feb 23 2024

Join Brenda on the blog today as she is inspired by one of the latest Paper Glaze Luxe mixes!!

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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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Waterlilies from Layering Fauna Butterfly Dies

by Andrea Shell on Feb 21 2024

Hello there! It's Andrea back with you, and today I'm sharing an unexpected way to use the new Layering Fauna Butterfly Dies. When I first saw these dies, I thought of waterlilies and couldn't get that image out of my mind. I diecut the butterfly dies separately from pale pink cardstock: one solid butterfly and one with the lily shape. I taped the negative and postive pieces together on the back of the second butterfly. I placed the diecuts onto the 5"x6" Paper Inking Palette and, using the Bright Rainbow Pint-sized Paper Pouncers, applied pink dye ink to the diecuts. Once I was happy with the ink-blending, I added White Snowflake Paper Splatter to the diecuts with the Fan Brush. I trimmed the solid butterfly apart to create two solid bases and adhered the negative pieces from the second butterfly to the solid shapes with tiny pieces of foam tape. Because of the size of my "waterlilies", I decided to make a 5"x7" card. I blended a panel of white cardstock with a couple shades of teal ink using the Life Changing Blender Brushes. The 6"x8" Tree Bark Stencil reminded me of water ripples. After placing the stencil over my ink-blended panel, I spread Twilight Lights - Seas Paper Gaze Luxe over the panel. Once the glaze was dry, I trimmed down my panel and affixed it to a cardbase with double-sided adhesive. I adhered my lilies with double-sided adhesive, popping up the foreground lily with thin 3D foam squares. I diecut the letters to spell "friend" twice from white cardstock using the Slim Line Stitched and Scalloped Rectangles and Alpha Diecutting System. I applied the same ink used on the waterlilies to one of the diecuts and then glued the layers together for stability. I stamped a supporting sentiment from the Animal Crackers You Deserve to Be Spoiled stamp set with Black Hybrid Ink and diecut it with the coordinating dies. I glued "friend" to my card and popped up the supporting sentiment with foam tape. To finish the card, I glued some of the tiny sequins from the Iridescent Moonshine Sequin mix to the waterlilies. Thanks for stopping by! *Affiliate links used at no cost to you.

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Pop up Bugs and Kisses

by Silvana Chambon on Feb 20 2024

Step into a vibrant spring scene with Silvana on the Picket Fence Studios Blog, featuring a delightful project where bees and bugs not only buzz but pop right off the page!

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Sending Love with Sara Girl

by Colleen Balija on Feb 19 2024

Ready for some mixed media magic? Join Colleen on the blog for a vibrant card-making adventure featuring some of our latest release products!