Winter Hellebores ft/ Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Hello everyone!  I hope it’s not too cold where

 you are!  But, just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you can’t 

send  a beautiful winter floral card!  

Kate Hadfield Designs

Winter Flora Digital Stamp Set

I love this floral set so much.  It's great for any season but

today I've used the Hellebores from the set.  These flowers

seem to love the cold and bloom in the winter outside!  Let

me show you how I created my card project.

 

This is a cut-away card.  I started with a 5” x 6 ½”

white card base.  I cut away 2 ½” on the front right side.

I chose my background paper.  I liked that it had

detail down the sides.  I printed out my focal panel after

composing it in the computer onto white card stock.  Then

I cut it with a cutting die that looked really nice with

the overall card.

 

 

I cut my patterned paper into 2 sections.  The first was for

the left side.  

 

                                             The second bigger panel was for the inside.  These

panels were ¼” less than the card base.

 

 I spent quite a bit of time composing the flowers and greenery.

I like the elements I chose and by twisting and turning I

really liked how it came out.

 

 I Google Imaged Hellebore and found a photo of them.  They

were blue violet, red violet and violet.  I colored the smallest

flower with the blue violet palette.  The biggest flower I used

the red violet.  And the top one I used straight violet.

 

 These are the 3 colored.  I was pleased with how they looked!

Sometimes violets can be a bit challenging in the alcohol

marker world.  I did use a different brand for some of the

violets.

 

My focal panel is all colored.  I used shades of green for

most of the leaves and berries, changing up the blends. I

also intended to back this focal panel with the purple card

stock in the photo.

 

I used Frosted Lace Stickles on the berries and the tips of

the leaves and the tips of the petals.  This gives a hint of frostiness

to the plants.  I cut the purple cardstock to about ¼”

bigger than the focal panel and rounded the corners.  I adhered 

the focal panel to the purple panel with foam tape.  Then I 

adhered it to the left hand side of the card only.  For a finishing 

touch I used very narrow purple peel-offs down on each side of the

background paper.  And that finished my project!

 

 

I’m loving how this card turned out.  It was a bigger card than I

normally make, but I love the result.  I have been trying to make

bigger cards…not the same size I always use.  I hope you give this

card a try.  I didn’t use a greeting on my card, but it could be used

for many different occasions.

 

Supplies used:

Winter Flora Stamp Set

White card stock

Fancy label die (any shape would work)

Cooordinating piece of card stock

Background paper

Peel-offs

Frosted Lace Stickles

Foam tape

Corner rounder

Copics used:  YG00, YG11, YG63, YG67

BV0000, BV000, BV02, BV11, BV13, BV17,

B63, RV00, RV63, RV55, RV66, V12, V17,

V04, V05, V20, V22, V25, G21, G17, G29

Altenew markers: R02, R823, R705

 

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.

Warm Winter Wishes w/Kate Hadfield Designs

 

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing with you a really cute card

that would be great to send to friends or relatives that you and

your kids don’t see very often!  I’ve used products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

 Wrap Up Warm Stamp Set

To start, I chose my background papers.  I wanted a neutral 

background – I’m kind of obsessed with neutral backgrounds lately!  

 

 

For this project I used 3 layers of coordinating neutral patterned paper.  

I sized my images in the computer making the 2 kids overlap

each other.  Then I die cut it with a fancy oval die.  Next it

was time to color up the kids.

 

 

I started with their faces.  I had just picked up a pack of Ohuhu

markers in the Portrait colors.  I wanted to give them a try, so

I used 3 of the 6 colors in the box.  I really like the base layer

skintone…the shading tone was not very dark, but the blush

color was really nice.

 

 

Next I colored their hair both the same…I was making them

brother and sister!  I was not fussy about blending my coloring

and kept it quite simple by not really blending.  When the

coloring was done, I stamped a greeting with a stamp from

my stash in a light brown ink.

 

 

At this point I assembled everything together, popping up the

focal panel on foam tape.  I used a white 5” x 7” card base.  I

used a white acrylic marker for the designs on the kids’

clothing.  I also used Twinkle Stickles for all the white parts

on their clothing.  I used a tiny snowflake die and made 6

snowflakes out of one of the background papers.  I decorated

the frame edging and the middle of the snowflakes using a

contour liner in iridescent.  And that finished this cute

card!

 

 

This card came out really sweet and I liked the bigger size of

both the card and the kids.  If you give this a try, please tag 

us on social media.  We would love to see what you create!

 

Supplies used:

Wrap Up Warm Digital Stamp Set

5” x 7” White card base

White card stock

3 Different coordinating patterned papers

Stickles

Contour Liner – Iridescent

Foam tape

White acrylic marker or white gel pen

Fancy oval die

Copic markers used: Y26, YR24, E43, E25,

G24, YG67, V15, V17, B93, B97, V0000,

Spectrum Noir marker: Bright Pink Blend

Ohuhu markers: YR02, YR04, YR54

 

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.

  

Let It Snow Twice! ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

 

Hello everyone!  With winter firmly in place it's nice to

keep in touch with friends and family.  Today I'm sharing

a super simple winter card project using products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

Let It Snow Set - Colored Version

Chilly Overlays Set

If you have a need to batch your cards because you have so many to

 send out, the colored versions of the stamp sets are a great way to go!  Let 

me show you how I made the cards!

 

 

Since this was a project where I’d be using the colored images, I

chose my background paper first.  I use WORD for a program and

it allows me to change the colors of my images to whatever color

 I need.  I cut a piece of the background paper and a piece of coordinating 

glitter card stock.  Then I printed my images out onto white card stock.

 then I used a smaller die that matched the one that I used for the glitter 

paper to cut out the focal.

 

 

My project was essentially ready to put together…so quick and easy!  But

it was at this point I discovered that when I cut the violet paper, I also cut

the paper beneath it – the cool green paper!  No problem!!!  I changed

the color of the elements again and printed off another page and made

the card the exact same way.  I used coordinating tiny gems on the top of

 the hat, the tip of the cream in the cocoa and to dot the “i” in the sentiment.  I 

used coordinating glitter gel pens to fill in the dots on the elements and to

 color in the centers of the background snowflakes. I popped up that final 

panel with foam tape. Then I dotted the snowflakes around the outsides 

of them.  And that finished my 2 for 1 card project!  It was such a

happy accident!  😃

 

 

If you need cards that come together quickly, try the colored versions

of all of the other stamp sets found at

Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Supplies used:

 

Let it Snow Set – colored version

Chilly Overlays

Background paper

Coordinating Glitter Card Stock

Nesting Label Dies

Coordinating Glitter Gel Pen

Coordinating Tiny Gems

Foam Tape

White card base

 

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.

Stay Cozy! ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

 

Let's Watch the Leaves ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

 

Hello everyone!  Fall is barely hanging on as temperatures start to

drop.  Still time to make fall cards, though!  Today I'll be showing you

how to make this cute card project using products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

 Fantabulous Fall stamp set 

 Animal Pals –Foxes stamp set

 This is what I call an  “off the edge” card.  I don’t think I’ve ever made one of 

these types of cards, although the technique has been around for a while.

Let me show you how I made it!

 

 

Since I needed to fold the card on the left side, I had to be careful as

to where my elements were placed on the card.  I placed them horizontally

at the bottom.  This insured that I would have enough room to

to actually cut off part of my card and it would be positioned correctly

on the front.

 

 

I did choose my background paper before starting to color.  I decided

to use my Prisma Color Pencils so that no color could bleed through

like Copics would cause and because I hadn’t made a card using

them in a while!  I used light layers to gradually build up my color.

 

 

You can see my pencil line as to where I would cut the card.  I just used

scissors to trim this out and around the fox and squirrel I used a

black marker after the cutting was done.  

 

 

I cut a strip of the plaid

paper that was 1 ¾” wide and used a scalloped edge die on 

the left side for the inside of my card.  I stamped a sentiment that 

I had in my stash and then adhered tiny leaf sequins around 

my image.  I also used a white gel pen for a few highlights.  And

that finished my card project!

 

 

I hope you’ll give this card a try.  You could use so many

different images for all kinds of occasions!  You can find the stamp

sets that I used and so many more at

Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Supplies used:

Fantabulous Fall Stamp Set

Animal Pals – Foxes stamp set

Fancy Edge die

Patterned paper

Leaf Sequins

White gel pen

Prisma color pencils:

917, 1002, 918, 118, 1084, 1033, 921,

1032, 943, 1072, 1074, 944, 913, 911,

1076, 935, 912, 941, 912

 

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.

  

 

 

 

 

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