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One Layer Stamping featuring ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

by Bonnie Crane on Nov 04 2022

I absolutely adore the sweet mice in Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree! I have created three mini vignettes in a slim line format to showcase these cuties. Dig out the masking paper for these one layer scenes!

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Let It Snow - Frolicking Winter Friends Scene

by Brenda Noelke on Nov 03 2022

Hello, Picket Fence friends!! Brenda here with you today to share a sweet winter scene card featuring the Frolicking Winter Friends Stamp Set!! I began by stamping the adorable mice from the Frolicking Winter Friends Stamp Set onto white cardstock with Black Hybrid Ink. I colored them with Copic markers, added highlights with a white gel pen, then cut them out with the Coordinating Dies. The background was created by stamping the snow and snowbanks, also from the Frolicking Winter Friends Stamp Set onto a panel of white cardstock with Black Hybrid Ink. It was also colored with Copic markers. The trees from the Scene Building: Winter Wonderland Trees Stamp Set were stamped several times onto another piece of white cardstock with Black Hybrid Ink. They were also colored with Copics, fussy cut and adhered to the background with liquid glue. I splattered the panel with diluted white gouache and brushed some Sparkle Paper Glitz onto the trees and snow with a paintbrush. Once it was dry, I trimmed it slightly, then adhered it to an A2 panel of red cardstock, then a white card base. The Let It Snow Word Die was cut once from red cardstock and three times from heavyweight white cardstock. The layers were stacked and adhered together with the red layer on top. I added some Snowfall Paper Velvet to the top edges of the letters with a palette knife. Once dry, it was adhered to the top of the card with liquid glue. The sweet mice were popped up with foam adhesive and I was finished. I appreciate you taking the time to stop by!! Have a great day!!

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Santa Stop Here

by Claudia Cubas on Oct 31 2022

Hello dear friends and have a great week everyone! Today I show you a super colorful and fun card with this sentiment as the main character. For my snowy scene I used this die set I've Been Goodish Word Dies I colored the whole word with markers to highlight the phrase. I chose the Frolicking Winter Friends set with these adorable mice playing with the letters. For the landscape I used Slim Line Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Word Topper Die cut that completes my landscape. I hope you like my inspiration, see you next time. Claudia

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Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Double Door Pop-Cup Card

by Heejung Hunsberger on Oct 28 2022

Hello Crafting Friends, I made this cute interactive card featuring the Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree stamp set. This set is one of the October releases. and I love all details about the stamp set. When you see the card front as in the picture above, It just looks like a house or barn. Lift the roof, then both doors will open. The above picture is the inside of the door. I really love that one of the mice is dancing around the Christmas Tree. You can easily display it. CARD FRONT I used the Slim Line Mermaid Scales Stencil on the roof. Scene Building Dies: Strings of Lights for the Christmas lights I used the wood panel stamp from the Window Seat to the World for the doors. Scene Building: Brick Wall stamp for the wall Sentiments-Goody Goody Gumdrops Stamp Door handles- Rockin' around the Christmas Tree Stamp INSIDE THE CARD Scene Building: Brick Wall stamp for the wall A2 Tall Grass and Waves with Tiles and Wood Floors for the floor Rockin' around the Christmas Tree Stamp for all images. For the Cardmaking Tutorial, please click the below, Double Door Pop-up Card Thank you for stopping by! Hope this post inspires you! Happy crafting! Heejung SUPPLIES LIST

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JOY card with Rockin around the Christmas Tree

by Silvana Chambon Scarenzio on Oct 27 2022

Hello, PFS´s blog readers! It´s Silvana here and today I´m sharing a new card made with a lot of the new products from the October release- If you´re not sure if buying some of these, maybe I´ll help you to decide... :) Let´s start with the background. I used the new Falling Snowflakes stencils with the Paper Glaze Luxe in Artic Fox over a inkblended cardstock. I loved the different colors behind the snowflakes! The word Joy it´s a new die from this month release. It has the perfect size for an A2 card. I cut it four times in a white heavy cardstock and painted the word over with one of the inks from the background. Finally, one of my favorites stamps set from this release: the Rockin around the Christmas Tree mices. They are so adorable! I just relate them with Joy, as they´re dancing with joyful expressions. I didn´t use here the coordinating die, because I wanted a clean image, but there´s one if you´re interested. I hope you like it! See you in my next post. Thanks for stopping by. Silvana.

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Falling Snowflakes Shaker Card by Theary Chea

by Theary Chea on Oct 24 2022

Hello there everyone! It's Theary here, back on the blog again. Today, I wanted to share a fun shaker card that I created using fantastic products from the shop. If you haven't checked out the latest release, you can do so here: October 2022 Release. The background of this shaker card is just beautiful. And the best part is that it was super easy to make. It's so hard to capture the colors and sparkle on camera. But I can assure you that it's a showstopper! I used Falling Snowflakes Stencil on top of white cardstock and my Life Changing Blender Brushes to blend a couple of shades of pink and purple ink. After I removed the stencil, I went in with the ink leftover on my brushes and blended it around the cardstock to create some interest. I wanted the perfect sentiment for this shaker card, so I heat embossed in gold the Merry Christmas from the To All A Goodnight stamp set onto a heat-resistant acetate. Be sure to use a heat-resistant acetate, as a regular acetate will warp and burn. This sentiment is perfect to have in your holiday cardmaking stash. It's so whimsical, and the size is just perfect for any size card front. I used a rectangle stitched frame in my stash to create the frame of my shaker card. You can pretty much use anything that you have on hand. I went ahead and ran that through my die-cutting machine a few times out of white cardstock and layered it with the heat-embossed acetate in between using liquid adhesive. This will create the shaker well for our shaker card. Before I assembled the shaker card, I went ahead and cut the Snowflake Prism out of vellum. I adhered the vellum snowflake onto the center of the ink-blended background. Then, I added Snowflakes Sequins Clay and Embellishments and attached the acetate panel to the ink-blended panel. I then adhered everything to a white top folding card base. And, that's it! I hope you found some inspiration and get crafty in your craft space! Until next time! Have a wonderfully blessed day, Theary Chea (@cloudycoraldesigns)

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Clean and bright card with Tall Nutcracker Die

by Evgeniya Ishbul’dina on Oct 21 2022

Happy Friday! Eugy here and today I'm sharing this clean and bright Christmas card idea using the A2 Tall Nutcracker Die. Since I decided to make a card using only one element, I tried to make this element become bright and noticeable. So I started with making handmade patterned paper. After I blended three different backgrounds with lighter inks, I added a darker shade of ink using my Life Changing Blender Brushes and stencils: the Snowy Tree Scene A2 Blending Stencil, the Falling Snowflakes A2 Stencil and the Christmas Tree Lot Stencil. Then I added an extra detail to my pattern using the Hark, the Angels Sing stamp. As a finishing touch, I chose this cute sentiment from the Swanky Christmas Sentiments and decorated the card with sequins from different Sequin Mixes Plus. I hope you liked this idea and you will try it next time. Happy crafting and have a nice weekend! Eugy

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Winter fun scene card

by Silvana Chambon Scarenzio on Oct 20 2022

Hello! It´s Silvana here from Casa Magnolia and today I´m sharing with you a fun card with a winter scene made with some new and previous products of PFS. Let´s start with the city background. It was made by partial diecutting the Slimline City Skyline cover plate die an A2 size white cardstock. Over this, I stamped the new Scene building: winter Wonderland tress stamp set and colored it with some Copic markers. I put some Paper Glaze Luxe in Artic Fox to simulate the snow. The stamp to make the snow in the ground comes from the new Frolicking Winter friends stamp set. The cute mouse is from the same set, and you can cut it with the coordinated die. To finish the card I chose one of the sentiments from the stamp set and heat embossed it with white embossing powder over a black cardstock. I hope you like this scene and inspires you to make your own. Thank you so much for reading. Silvana.

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Winter card by Laura

by Laura Nistal on Oct 19 2022

Hello everyone!! I'm Laura and I'm very excited to be here again on the Picket Fence Studios blog showing this winter card that I hope will inspire you! To start I used the "Frolicking Winter Friends" Stamps set that I stamped with "Black Hybrid ink pad" which is perfect for this type of stamps! Then I painted all the images with alcohol markers and then with a white marker I glossed it to make it stand out. Then i cut out the images using the "Frolicking Winter Friends" coordinating dies but you can carefully cut them out with scissors if you prefer. Next I prepared the background: for this I used a white cardboard where I stamped with black ink the stamp "Scene Building Winter Scenery". Then I cut it out and glued a black cardboard to it to make a frame. For the sentiment I used the "Happy Day Word Topper Die" which I cut out of red and black cardstock and overlapped. Finally I prepared the composition, glued all the pieces and this is how the result was! I hope you like it and that it inspires you, I remember that you can find all these products and many others in the Picket Fence Studios store. A huge kiss and until next time! Laura

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October Guest Designer | Liz Vefall

by Sara Sherlock on Oct 18 2022

In October, we have been joined by Liz Vefall (@livefall) as our guest designer. Liz is an amazing colorist, and makes gorgeous clean and pretty cards. I've followed her for years, and was so excited to see what she would create with Picket Fence Studios stamps. Here's a little about Liz, in her own words: "Hiya! My name is Lisabeth, I live Norway and have been crafting for ten years. Between my little ones and work my crafting time is mostly limited to when the kids are sleeping, but it has made me a very efficient colourist and crafter. I do love to colour and mostly use my Copics, but I do get the pencils out occasionally. The past year I have also been knitting, as if my days weren't filled up enough already, right? :) " Where to find Liz: Instagram: @livefall Blog: https://lizland.net YouTube: Lizlandcards Products used in the above card: Frolicking Winter Friends, Scene Building: Winter Wonderland Trees, Black Tie Affair Sequin Mix Products used in the above card: Jolly Christmas Gnome, Hark the Angels Sing, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Products used in the above card: Hark the Angels Sing, Joy Word Die, Falling Snowflakes Stencil, Snowy Tree Scene A2 Blending Stencil, Angels Sing to Newborn King Thank you so much for joining us this month Liz! To find these products, and more, please check out our shop!

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Let's Rock Around the Christmas Tree

by Michelle Bala on Oct 17 2022

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing one of the newest stamp and coordinating die sets, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, and die. I also used some extra trees, Scene Building: Winter Wonderland Trees. I stamped and colored the images with Copic Markers. I used shades: G40 G43 G46/ E50 E51 E53 RV11/ R17 R29 R39/ YR23 YR24/ B02/ E25 E27/ C0 C1 C3 C7 For the background I used distress oxide inks in shades worn lipstick, festive berries, and aged mahogany. I added some splashes of water and white paint. For a finishing touch I added some of the newest sequin mix, Vintage Bulbs. Thanks for stopping by for a peek! Michelle

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The October 2022 Release is Here!

by Sara Sherlock on Oct 14 2022

It's the 14th of the month, and that means that our Newest Monthly Release is now available! This month we still have a Christmas theme for those still making Christmas cards, but we're also venturing into wintery territory. Think lots of snowflakes! Watch the video below for a glimpse at everything available. To enter the Release Giveaways, be sure to comment on the video directly on YouTube, and on the Release post on our Instagram. And join us on Instagram beginning at 11AM, Central time, for a Hop to celebrate the new release! Our October Guest Designer: This month, we are so happy to share that we are joined by the very talented Liz Vefall. We will be featuring her projects here on the blog next week, and throughout the month on our Instagram. Live Release Review with Nicole Petersen: Join us on Facebook, or YouTube for a live review of today's release with Owner and Designer Nicole Petersen. These videos are an opportunity to hear the thought process and stories behind new products, see project samples, as well as to ask questions. The live begins at 6 PM, Central. Happy Shopping!

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Santa Scene Card

by Brenda Noelke on Oct 13 2022

Hello, Picket Fence friends!! I hope this finds you all well!! I love sending funny Christmas cards to friends who have a good sense of humor!! When I saw the Name Off the Good List Stamp Set, I knew immediately who I would send it to!! I LOVE when that happens!! Let’s get to my card!! I began by stamping the Santa and sentiment from Name Off the Good List onto white cardstock with black hybrid ink. I colored Santa with Copic markers, then cut it and the sentiment out with the Coordinating Dies. For the background, I die-cut the A2 Evergreens On a Hill Cover Plate Die from heavyweight white cardstock. I mixed Winter Snowfall Paper Glaze with a bit of Sparkle Paper Glitz and spread it onto the bottom of the panel with a palette knife. I added some Leaf Green Paper Glaze to the trees with my finger, to create some texture. Once that was dry, I adhered it to an A2 size panel of dark blue cardstock, then a white card base. I diluted some Winter Snowfall Paper Glaze and splattered it onto the background with a paint brush. That dried pretty quickly, then I adhered Santa and the sentiment with foam tape. The snowflakes are from the Letters to Santa Mix and were the perfect finishing touch for my scene!! I love how this turned out!! How about you…do you like humorous or traditional cards for Christmas? I like to tailor them to the recipient and, like I said, I have the perfect person in mind for this one! Thank you so much for spending a bit of your day with me!! Tomorrow is the 14th and you know what that means…it’s RELEASE DAY!! YAY!! Have a great Thursday!! Brenda

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Christmas Florals

by Nancy Thomas on Oct 12 2022

Nancy here with you today. I love florals for Christmas so today's card was a labor of love for me. I stamped the largest image from the Seasonal Christmas Flowers set onto Copic friendly cardstock and cut out with the matching die. The more traditional look of poinsettias is red but they actually grow in various colors so I colored mine in a pale lettuce green. I purchased that color one year much to my traditionalist husband's chagrin! To prepare the background I used a small spatula to partially apply Winter Snowfall Paper Glaze over the Winter Rings 6x6 Stencil onto the card front piece for tone on tone texture. I added a gold metallic cardstock border strip, then stamped the sentiment from the Swanky Christmas Sentiments set using golden glitz ink. I used the More Ash Leaves dies to cut from gold metallic cardstock, then attached the flower and the leaves to the panel. I added texture to the flower center using the Winter Snowfall Paper Velvet then pounced on Golden Sparkle Paper Glitz once dried. A few sequins from the Classic Christmas Sequins set finished it up. Christmas is closer than we think.

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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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Halloween Candy Boxes- No Specialty die needed

by Heejung Hunsberger on Oct 07 2022

Hello Crafty Friends, I can't believe it is already October it is only a couple of w will be Halloween day. I'm not a huge fan of Halloween decorating houses, but I love to give out some candy to the Children at my church. I want to share some ideas on how to make cute Halloween Candy boxes without expensive specialty box dies. I didn't want to give too much candy to kids because some moms didn't want to too much candy for their kids. so I designed a box that can fit 3-4 candies. You can create bigger or smaller sizes for your needs. Candy Box Recipe On Pins and Needles Stamp @Picket Fence Studios- for the face of the boxes Cat plays on fiddle to the Silver Moon stamp @Picket Fence Studios- for the Halloween greeting on the back of the box A2 Tall Grass and Waves with Tiles and Wood Stamp @Picket Fence Studios- for Frankenstein's hair Nesting Oval Circle for the face shape 1 1/2 inches and 1-inch circle die or punch for the handle of the box Card Stock ( 65 or 90 lb recommend) 2 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches rectangle 2 pieces (score 2 1/2 inches) 3 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches Oval 2 pieces 1 1/2 inches ring- 2 pieces Glue two panels cross. and cut the slits ( 1 1/2 inches x 1/8 ) on the top of the faces. It is easy to make! You can create any theme candy boxes with this format. I made different designs of the box using the Caught in my Web background stamp. Candy Box Recipe Caught in my Web Stamp @Picket Fence Studios Cat plays on fiddle to the Silver Moon stamp @Picket Fence Studios- for the Halloween greeting Sequin Mix- Spidey Friends @Picket Fence Studios Candy Box Recipe Caught in my Web Stamp @Picket Fence Studios Three Ghostly Friends Die @Picket Fence Studios Sequin Mix- Spidey Friends @Picket Fence Studios You can tell the size difference the left black ghost candy bag is bigger than the others. The size of the bigger version of the candy bag- is 3 x 9 inches Tip: Please use thinner card stock for this, it is hard to band when closing the box. To keep the close, please use the ribbon to tie the handles. That is all today! Hope you like my post! Happy Stamping! XOXO Heejung Supplies

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Rainbow Christmas

by Silvana Chambon Scarenzio on Oct 06 2022

Hello! It´s Silvana here from Casa Magnolia. Today I´m sharing this card showing a non traditional coloring for Christmas: rainbow! Because there are more colors than green and red, right? I started by making the background with a light blending of rainbow colors. the best tools to make the perfect soft coloring are the Life changing Blender brushes that you can purchase individually or in 2, 4 or 6 pack in the PFS web. With the Slimline Christmas Tree Lot Stencil I colored over the background with a generous and heavy amount of ink, to make the contrast. The Scene builder Brick wall stamp it´s perfect to use with the Animal Crackers Christmas wishes stamp because the animals are hanging off the wall. I also used the coordinated die for this cute stamp. To finish the card, I added the sentiment from the An animal Crackers Christmas Hello stamp set cut with the coordinated die. I hope you like it and try to put a little color into your Christmas cards! Thank you so much for stopping by. Silvana.

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Seasonal Christmas Flowers

by Theary Chea on Oct 03 2022

Hello friends,I am so excited to be back on the blog again today. For today’s project, I am sharing a Christmas card that was inspired by one of the most well-known Christmas flowers of all time. And that is the flower, Poinsettias. Every year during Christmas, I fill my home with this flower. It’s just so beautiful, and it smells so wonderful. I was excited when the shop released the Seasonal Christmas Flowers stamp set. I knew I needed to create a card with it. I colored the Poinsettias using Copic markers and gave them highlights using a white gel pen. For the background, I love creating a monotone effect using the wonderful Paper Glaze Velvet in the color Winter Snowfall. I applied the paper glaze onto white card stock using Winter Rings Stencil with my Mix Media Spatulas. To add subtle interest to the card design, I added More Ash Leaves that I die-cut out of vellum. I adhered the flowers and leaves onto the card panel using a combination of foam squares and liquid adhesive. The sentiment is from the Swanky Christmas Sentiment stamp set. I stamped the sentiment onto white card stock using black ink and used the coordinating dies to cut a few out of white card stock to layer it up to create dimension. And to finish off the card, I adhered the card panel onto a matted gold rectangle and adhered it to a top folding card base. Added a few embellishments to the card panel, and that’s it!I hope you found some inspiration and got crafty in your craft room. Until next time!Have a wonderfully blessed day,Theary Chea

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A Polar Bear Winter Celebration scene card

by Evgeniya Ishbul’dina on Sep 30 2022

Happy Friday, friends! Eugy here! Today I’m sharing a quick New Year themed card featuring stamp set called A Polar Bear Winter Celebration from the September release! After I prepared a blended background using Life Changing Blender Brushes, I created some light accent using the Winter Rings 6x6 Stencil and some darker inks. Then I made a shaker and filled it with gorgeous A Classic Christmas Sequin Mix. After that I stamped, die-cutted and colored these two cuties from stamp set. I love how this new year celebration scene turned out, soo cute! Happy crafting and have a great weekend! Eugy

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Polar Bear Christmas

by Silvana Chambon Scarenzio on Sep 29 2022

Hello, everyone! it´s Silvana here from Casa Magnolia. Today I´m sharing a colorful and cheerful slimline card made with a lot of products from the last release but also some previously release. I started by cutting a piece of white cardstock with the SlimLine Die cutting System which gives me the perfect measure for the card. Then, I made a blending combination with some Distress Oxide inks with the help of the amazing Life Changing Blender Brushes. After the ink is set I used Paper Glaze Velvet in Winter snowfall color with the Slimline Christmas Tree Lot stencil The polar bears and sentiment stamp come from the new A polar Bear Winter Celebration stamp set with the coordinating die. Finally, the Christmas tree it´s from a previous release stamp set that is called A polar bear Christmas with its coordinating die. I hope you like this slimline card! See you in my next blog post. Silvana.