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Every day greeting cards and how they are created with step-by-step instructions.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Mason Jar Bouquet with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps
Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing my last project for the month
Guest Designing for
Whew! February went by in a flash! So, I'm bringing you some spring
cheer with my card today! I chose everything ahead of time with this
card project. I made an A2 size top folding white card base, adhered a
piece of double sided patterned paper to the front 1/8" smaller than the
base. I embossed an olive color panel for the front that measures
3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and from the patterned paper I cut 2 strips - one is about
an inch or more and the other about 3/4" wide. I tore the ends of these
2 strips diagonally. I heat embossed my image and my
sentiment with gold embossing powder onto watercolor paper.
My plan was to watercolor my floral image to match the colors in
the patterned paper.
I put a wash of color on my elements of the image. I used a watercolor
set that contained a nice rainbow of colors.
My set did not contain orange or purple so I mixed colors where I was
lacking. I bumped up the color with some shading using a darker, more
concentrated version of the colors. After everything was painted and
dried, I fussy cut both the image and the sentiment.
I foam taped my mason jar image and then put the sentiment half over the jar
and one half hanging off. On the part that hangs off I added the same
same foam tape so it would be level with my jar. I added some glittery
enamel dots that really looked nice against the colors and that
finished my card!
I hope I've given you a month of inspiration as we head into
spring! You can find this stamp set and many more as well
as digital stamps at
Til next time...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Hoppy Spring with Kate Hadfield Designs
Hello everyone! A little more spring inspiration coming at you today using
products from
Nothing says spring like flowers, frogs and sunny days! Let me show you
how I made this card. I composed my card panel in the computer and
printed it out onto white card stock. I flipped, angled and layered the
flowers for more variation - one of wonderful things you can do with
digital stamps! I also die cut the panel at this point.
Although I didn't know what direction I would be headed in to complete
my card, I find that die cutting my panel helps me to visualize the
final card and it's just easier to maneuver. The die I used was for a
full 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card panel. I also die cut the sentiment using
a banner die from my stash.
I started my coloring...not getting overly fussy and keeping the colors
bright and happy!
This images are fairly simple so coloring was very easy.
Copic colors used: YG00, YG11, YG23, YG17, Y11, Y15, Y17, Y02,
C1, C3, C5, B000, BV000, G82, G94, G85, E93, E71, E95, E81 and E85.
I was still unsure at this point what I was going to do for the background so
I added glitter glue to the bumble bee wings and yellow body parts, the
sun's rays, the centers of the flowers, the spots on the frog and the shell
of the snail. I decided to do soft ink blending with a cloud stencil for
the sky and just some green around the bottom.
I backed the sentiment banner with a piece of soft yellow glitter paper.
I liked how the yellow looked so much, I cut down the panel so it was
4" x 5 1/4" and placed it on my card base that I had covered with the
yellow glitter card stock. I added some tiny butterfly sequins around the
flowers and that finished my card!
I hope this has inspired you to make a happy card as spring is right
around the corner! Find this stamp set and many others at
Til next time -
Betsy
In my capacity as a design team member for Kate Hadfield Designs, I do receive the products I use from them.
All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Bee Sweet Stamp Set with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps
Hello everyone! I'm back with another project using stamps from
I love anything bee themed and this stamp set is so cute! There are
13 stamps in this set to choose from! There are also coordinating
dies available. Let me show you how I created my card.
I started by stamping my images onto a piece of A2 size Kraft
card stock.
I die cut my panel with a scalloped rectangle die from my stash. I
used the Kraft card stock because I wanted to use my colored pencils. I
used a hybrid black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.
I started with lots of light layers of pencil, in order to build up
my color. I used my Faber-Castel Polychromos colored pencils.
Colors used:
Naples Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Dark Chrome Yellow, Cold Grey IV,
Cold Grey II, Cold Grey V, Cadmiium Yellow, Black, Brown
Ochre, Burnt Umber, Light Yellow Ochre, Light Green, Permanent
Green, Leaf, Chromium Oxide Green, Green
It wasn't until all the coloring was done that I realized my sentiment
was crooked! 😱
Not to worry, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment again and then used
a stitched circle die and foam taped it over the crooked one. Then I chose my
background paper and prepared an A2 size top folding white notecard base.
I used a white acrylic heart on the sentiment, Stickles on the bee wings and
some yellow gem stones around the hive! And that finished my card.
I love how this card looks! And I only used 4 of the stamps...imagine what you
can do with others! You can find this stamp set along with the dies and
many more at
Til next time!
Friday, February 16, 2024
Gold Finch Collage with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps
Hello everyone! A springtime card for you today using products from
I was really drawn to this digital stamp. I love vintage vibes and this one
is so gorgeous! I had a little hiccup along the way and I'll show you how I
fixed it! I started by sizing my image in my computer and printing it out onto
white card stock.
My intent was to color this with my Copic markers. So I colored the
gold finch first and then the background.
This did not work for me on so many levels. So I decided to cut the
gold finch out and proceed from there. I fussy cut it out - minus the
feet - and then went around the edges with a black marker.
Next I printed out the image onto some paper from my stash that
actually looks like old crinkled paper. I used various shades of yellow
to color the bird and a little bit of orange for the beak. To make the eye
stand out, I went around it with a white gel pen, then made the black
pupil bigger so you could barely see the white pen. I added a little
white to the beak as well.
I die cut this image with an A2 size die from my stash. Then I inked around
the edges with brown ink. I did a tiny bit of coloring to make the branch
stand out and I colored the feet. I stamped a sentiment from the Mason Jar
Bouquet Stamp Set and it didn't look good. So, I took a scrap of the
background paper, stamped it again, trimmed it out, went around the edge
with a black marker, glued it flat to the surface and adhered some nail head
sequins to each corner. I adhered this to a Kraft colored A2 size card base
and my card was done!
I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial. It is really a quick way to make
a card in a hurry! You can find this digital set and the sentiment set
and so many more stamp sets - both photopolymer and digital at
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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