Embossing Using Stencils - Video Tutorial

Hi Jo here with another video tutorial taken from our FB Live Thursday 9th April.

In this video I made two cards using stamps from the Toucan Do This Stamp set. These were really easy cards to make although on the night we had a few things go wrong that made it look difficult! LOL :)

I kept some of the errors in the video as it shows that we all go through them. Even though this is my job I still get things wrong - especially when its LIVE!

Be sure to check out the video below.

In the video and during the Live show I made both of the cards alongside each other. These were the final cards. 

Lets start with Toucan Do This which was our Square card.

I started by embossing my stencil pattern into some super smooth Bright White Card stock. I did this by adding the flexible shim that comes with my Die Cutting plates to create the sandwich that enables the stencil to become an embossing folder of sorts. In the video you'll see that I get my sandwich wrong initially so it did take some tweaking to get right :)

I cut a square using our Quilted Square Nesting Dies from the centre of my embossed panel and also cut a frame using the same set of dies. Cutting my Square Panel also caused me some frustration on the night & had to be done twice as it moved in my Die Cutting Machine!!

All of my Toucans were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink & coloured with my Copic Markers.

I inked my Background panel using the Beautiful Blender Brushes and Distress Oxide Inks. My sentiment was heat embossed onto Licorice Black cardstock.

I used the heart dies from the Toucan Do This Stamp Set to add a heart embellishment between my Toucans, who I adhered with Foam Squares.

For my rectangle card I again embossed my stencil pattern into my white cardstock. I then cut this using one of the dies from the Hello Nesting Dies set.

I took the square I cut from our first card and used my Distress Oxide Inks to colour this panel. This really made those embossed leaves pop!

I added some more of those heart embellishments around my Toucan. I also added Glossy Accents to all my Toucans beaks.

My sentiment was die cut using the sentiment strip from the Hello nesting Dies Set and I cut a fishtail banner on one side. My embossed panel was adhered with foam tape along with my Toucan and the sentiment, to create dimension.

I love how these cards turned out despite some of my issues making them along the way :) These things happen and in the end it all worked out perfectly!

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial today and found some inspiration.

Don't forget we still have our Stay Home Sale on until midnight of the 12th April.

Use code STAYHOMESALE to get 15% off your order.

Join us for more Facebook Live Shows every Thursday evening at 8.15pm.

Next week we will be showing you the Brand New Release so make sure you tune in for that.

We will also be on Create & Craft Friday 17th April 3.45pm with the exclusive launch!! It would be great if you could join us to watch me demonstrate the new release!

Take care everyone & stay safe.

Jo

XOXO

Thank you fairy much

Hello and welcome, DT Annalisa here and today I am sharing a thank you card featuring the Fairy Garden stamp set and the Quilted Square Nesting Die. I love the number of dies included in the square nesting die, it helps you to create great layered cards.

To start, I stamped the scene and coloured it with my copics. I outlined the fairies and butterfly in grey to help them pop. Next, I used the 4 1/4 die from the Quilted Square Nesting Die to cut out the scene.

I cut out some paper from the Rainbow Brights Essentials 6x6 paper pad with the 5 1/2 inch die. I used some foam tape to adhere the fairy scene to the hearts paper. For the final layer, I used the 6 inch die to cut out some white card stock which I coloured using my BG13 copic marker to match the dress colour of the fairy holding the cupcake.

I hope this card makes you smile.

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un-BEE-lievable

Hello people!!

DT Anila on the blog today, sharing this cute Mini notecard.

Last week I made a card using Scalloped Hexagon die. Today, I am using the negative part of the same panel. 
On a card base, I adhered the pattern paper and foam mounted the hexagon shaped panel.
Stamped the images, coloured them and die-cut them.
Foam mounted the images on the card. Added the sentiment.

All products used are listed below. 

You can avail a 10% discount across the store by using my code T4TANILA10

Hope you like the card!

Anila

Products used are

Bee happy Hexagon die-set

Rainbow essentials paper pack

Bee Happy stamp set

Bee Happy co-ordinating die set

You Make Me Smile Video Tutorial

Hello Vic here today with my very first post! I’m so excited to be part of this awesome team! I have my first video tutorial to share with you all today.

I used the gorgeous Time For Tea Designs Butterfly Stamp set and the Coordinating Dies.

I started by first ink blending some plain white card using distress Ink. This will be the background.
I then stamped all my images and coloured them in with copic markers, using the coordinating dies I adhered some washi tape to the dies before running them through my die cutting machine.

I then adhered the ink blended piece of card to my card base using some double sided tape. Once this is complete I started on my sentiment. I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of pink card using some Versamark ink and then sprinkled some white embossing powder over this. I then heat set the sentiment with my heat gun. Trim the sentiment down and adhere to your card using some foam pads.

I then adhered all the die cut images onto my card.

To finish the card off I added some sparkly glitter glue to the hat, flower and butterflies.
Your card is now complete.

Thank you so much for watching and stopping by today,

Vic 

Missing You Fairy Much - Creating a Sparkly Textured Background

Hi everyone I hope you are all keeping well?

Jo here with the edited version of Thursdays' FB Live.

Check out the video below to see how I created this super cute scene and super sparkly background in more detail.

I loved the colour scheme for this card. Its so bright and cheerful. 

I created my fluffy cloud background first with my Sunny Side Up Again Stencil and the Small Rectangle Masking Stencil.

I then used the centre of my Masking Stencil to block out the clouds I'd just created so I could create my colourful and sparkly textured background.

I inked my background & then added the Magical Snowflakes Stencil. I took my palette knife and added a good amount of the Cosmic Shimmer Polar White Texture Paste. I set this aside to allow it to dry.

While my background was drying I stamped and coloured my Fairies. Each had a different hair colour.

If you are interested in Copic Colour Combos, check out the video to discover what combinations I used for these little cuties.

I gave each the same Pink dresses as this coordinated with the blended background. The were all attached with foam tape.

The Missing You sentiment was stamped directly onto my background. The Fairy Much was stamped using the same Distress Oxide Ink I used in my background onto white cardstock.

I attached my panel to a side folding A6 card blank!

The wings were finished with some Unicorn Stickles and the wand with some Glossy Accents. A few Nuvo Crystal Drop added the final bit of sparkle.

I really hope you liked the card and tutorial today.

Please follow us on FB & IG as we post inspiration daily and I'm hoping to add more tutorials to get us through this difficult time.

Also look out for a new FREE digi stamp to create with later this weekend.

Details of all the items used to create my card are below.

Please all take care, Stay Home and Stay Safe.

Hugs

JO

xoxo

You Make Me So Hoppy!

Hi guys I can’t believe it’s Saturday already! For today’s post I thought I’d mix it up from my favourite Pandas and use those adorable Toads from the Toadally Awesome Clear Stamp Set. I got these a while ago and I’ve been itching to ink them up. I love making scene cards so I thought I’d make a pond scene, as always I decided which die I was using to make my base. I wanted some added interest though so used the Hello Stitched Rectangle Frame Dies and paired the two largest dies together to create a frame. I like that they are a slimmer rectangle so very on trend right now.

Taking the inner panel out I used the Sunny Side Up Stencil to create the clouds I wanted a light blue so just used the ink that was already left on my blender brush. To make the waves in the pond I cut out the smaller rectangle die again and used the Best Fishes Banner and Border Die set just lining up the wavy cut point at the right height I needed it to be making sure it was dead centre as not to cut the edges. I repeated this twice. This was then coloured with Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch oxides and spritzed with water to add some texture.

Apart from the Bulrushes which are from the Moovelous set all the stamped images are from  Toadally Awesome. I wasn't hundred percent on my layout at this point so I stamped quite a few bulrushes and leap pads out and coloured them up with darker greens as I wanted the frogs to be a nice bright green to give some contrast. I added a few more pops of colour with the red ladybird, heart and bowtie then to tie in with the frogs coloured up the butterfly in yellows and oranges. 

I was originally going to add my sentiment at the top but it looked to cluttered up there so I stamped it out and cut it out with the co-ordinating dies and added it to the waves at the bottom. I think the layout worked really well its not too cluttered so doesn't distract the eye but there is enough detail to not to make it look like its missing something.

Anyways I hope you liked todays card crafting is definitely helping me stay calm in these uncertain, scary times. Let me know what you guys have been upto in the comments below. 

P.s Theres also a cheeky 10% off code for the Time for Tea shop if you want to buy some goodies just add T4TNATALIE in the voucher code section when checking out!

Toadally Awesome Stamp Set

Hello Stitched Rectangle Nesting Dies

Best Fishes Banner and Border Die Set

Moovelous Stamp Set

Toadally Awesome Die Set

Moovelous Co-ordinating Die Set

HELLO FOXY

Hello people!!

DT Anila on the blog today, sharing this cute Hello Foxy card.

I began by die-cutting a Hexagon using the Scalloped hexagon die. Blended the sky and the grass using distress oxides. 

Stamped the tree and the foxy image. Coloured with Zig markers and die-cut them using the co-ordinating dies. 

On a card base, I adhered the hexagon and stamped the sentiment in black around all the edges of the hexagon. The "Hello" sentiment is from the Bee Happy stamp set.

Adhered the tree and foam mounted the Fox over it. Added the tiny butterfly to the card.

All products used are listed below. 

You can avail a 10% discount across the store by using my code T4TANILA10

Hope you like the card!

Anila

Products used are

Bee happy Hexagon die-set

Sunny side up stencil

Woodland critters stamp set

Woodland critters co-ordinating die set