Fall Scarecrow ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Summer Garden Veggie Cuties ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Pansy Hugs ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

 

Happy Spring ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Spring Bouquet ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

 

Hello everyone!  Spring is on its way and I am so glad.  Winter

seemed especially gray and dark this year.  To make my

center cut-away card I'll be using products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

Hoppy Easter stamp set

 This is a very versatile set with lots of images.  Let me show you how I 

made this fun fold card! 

I started by composing my images.  I copied and pasted the grass

stamp several times.  I printed this out onto white card stock.

 

 

Next I took a 6 ½” x 5” white notecard and cut away 1 ¼” on

each side of the front.  This leaves a nice 4” center panel on the

base to put the focal on.

 

 

At this point I die cut my image with a 3 ½” x 4 ½” fancy

rectangle die.  Then I chose my papers.  I needed 2 that went

well together.  I chose the blue for the center panel because

I didn’t want to color the background of my image.  And having

a blue panel underneath gives the idea of sky on a spring day!

I deliberately chose the plaid paper with a “Spring” color palette.

 

 

I started my coloring by identifying the main colors and placement.

I color matched to the plaid paper.

 

 

The coloring was really quite quick.  I did 2, 3 and 4 color blends

for the elements.

 

 

This image colored up nicely and it looked really good with the

plaid paper.  At this point, I covered the center panel on the card 

base with the blue and the side panels plaid.  My side panels

were only about 1/8” underneath the center flap.

 

The side pieces of plaid paper could be edged with a cute

edge die.

For embellishments I adhered tiny yellow flowers amongst

the grass with Stickles in the centers along with some green twine. 

 And I  placed 3 tiny butterfly sequins around the flowers in the can.  I

 did not add a sentiment, but this could be used as a get well card

and so many other occasions.  I foam taped the focal to the center

blue panel of the card.

 

 

This card project worked up quite quickly.  With only a smaller

focal, the card base and papers did the rest of the work!  I hope

I’ve inspired you to try making one of these side cut-away cards.

If you do, tag us on social media…we would love to see it!

 

Supplies used:

 

Hoppy Easter stamp set

5” x 6 ½” white card base

2 coordinating papers

White card stock

Fancy rectangle die

Tiny butterfly sequins

Tiny yellow flower sequins

Orange Stickles

Green twine

Foam tape

Copic colors used:

BG11, C1, C2, Y11, YR21,

YR00, YR02, R81, R83, R85,

YG11, YG03, YG63

 

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

 

 

Fall Pumpkins ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

Stay Monsterific! ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

Serenity Stardust ft Polkadoodles

 

In Full Bloom ft. Pajama Crafter Stamps

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing this sweet floral card using

products from

Pajama Crafter Stamps

In Full Bloom Stamp Set

In Full Bloom Die Set

This stamp set makes such a sweet card.  Most of the sentiments are

spring related, but with another sentiment it works for every occasion!

Let me show you how I made my card.

I first stamped and die cut my images onto white card stock.  I die cut

the images first so I wouldn't have to start over if I messed up - LOL!

I also picked out my papers for my card base.  I used a white speckled card

stock for my A2 size card base, then a panel of pink card stock, then a panel of

flowered card stock that was die cut using a need scalloped rectangle 

die and then finally an aqua panel die cut with another of the same set

of scalloped rectangle dies.

I also stamped and die cut a banner.  Next it was time

to color up the images.  I decided I wasn't going to use the

watering can so I saved it for another project.

I put a layer of the lightest color onto the parts of the image.  This

serves as sort of a map to make sure I didn't color something in error.

I was quite pleased with how the coloring turned out.  I wanted it to

stand out from the background, but not totally overtake it.  It didn't

take long to color and I kept the bend fairly easy.  I used the colors

in the floral paper as my guide to color choices.

Copic colors used:  E30, E34, YR31, B41, B32, B34, BG11, BG13,

G12, YG03, R20, R24, R14, C2, C7, C5, C3

I adhered my aqua panel with thin foam tape.  I added the sentiment in the

lower left corner trimming off the straight end to fit.  I added the butterfly

with foam tape.  I used a shimmer pen on the flower center and the butterfly.

I did a bit of black pen work on the butterfly and then wherever I had used

the shimmer pen I used Glossy Accents.  Then I sprinkled some tiny

gems around the image for a bit of sparkle.  And that finished my card!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  Such a sweet card with images

that could be used for so may things!  You can find the products that

I used on my card and so much more at

Pajama Crafter Stamps

Til next time...

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Pajama Crafter Stamps, 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.

Animal Pals - Owls ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

 Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing a cute baby card using unexpected

digital stamps!  I'll be using products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

Animal Pals - Owls

I love owls and live in an area where in the summer and fall I can hear 

the owls hooting to each other when they wake up in the afternoon!   It’s always a treat to hear them!  Let me show you how I made my card.

I first composed my images in the computer and printed them out onto white card stock.

 

 

I think it was at this point that I decided I could use this for a new baby card!...plus I have a friend who calls her baby girl an owlet!   I knew this was not going to be complicated to color so 

I started in with the sky background.

 

 

I went over these areas of sky more than once so the color would be saturated and very dark.

 

 

Once I finished the sky, moved onto the rest of the coloring using browns and warm grays.

 

 

Once the coloring was done, I used a rectangle die from my stash to die cut the panel.  I had to

Do some extending…as my coloring did not extend to the height of the die cut panel.  Once I had done that, I die cut a circle for the moon, computer journaled the sentiment and colored the card stock it was printed on and foam taped it to the panel.  I added tiny metal stars and 

Star Dust Stickles to the moon which I adhered with foam tape.  I adhered the whole panel  to an A2 size card base in a soft gray and my card was done!

 

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  I think it's perfect for a new

baby welcome!

 

Supplies used:

Animal Pals - Owls

Copic Markers: B99, W0, W1, W3, W5, W76, W7, G94, G99, E33, E35, E37, E43, 

E47, E55, E49, E71, E 77, E79, Y000, Y11, Y21

Rectangle Die

Small Circle Die

Sentiment – scrap of white card stock

Tiny Star embellishments

Star Dust Stickles

Foam Tape

Warm Gray card base

You can find the products I've used in my project today at

Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Til next time…

 

Betsy

                           

 

 

Animal Pals - Wolves ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

Tag or Bookmark? ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

                                                                                       

 Tag or bookmark...or both!  Hello everyone.  Hope everyone is well and looking forward to springtime!  Today I’m bringing you a cute project... a 2 for!  I’ve used products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

Animal Pals-Wolves Digital Stamp Set  

Let me show you how I this fun project!

 

                                                                                    

I printed out my images onto white card stock.  I also created a sentiment.

 

 

I colored the moon very simply using a 2 color blend.  Also I knew that I was going to fussy

cutting the wolf and moon right along the outline, so it didn’t matter that I went outside the

lines with my coloring.

 

 

I worked at coloring the wolf and kept adding layers until I was happy with the blends

Copic markers used:  Y11, Y21, W0, W1, W2, W3, W5, C3, C5, 100

 

 

I then fussy cut the 2 images out and edged them with a black marker.

 

   This was one of those projects where I did not pick out my background paper until last.  But

I found a piece of 12” x 12” paper with a night sky on it.  I used a tag die to cut it out.  You could

cut another tag out of white paper to back it with.  My paper was double-sided so I didn’t bother. I applied an eyelet and threaded some jute twine through it.  I inked the edges with a dark blue Copic marker.  Along the bottom I used a Q-tip to add some sticky glue.  I didn’t do this to cover it.  I swiped it back and forth so nothing is really solid.  When it was almost dry, I laid some back foil over it.  This worked out quite well and I liked the effect.

 

 

As I was laying out my project I realized I could cut one end of the tag off.  I did this after I colored the tag with a Copic marker.  I adhered the tag first, then the wolf, then the moon.  For embellishments I used some twinkle sequins and then I added some diamond Stickles to the sky for stars.  And that finished my tag/bookmark.

 How fun would it be to gift a book and use this tag/bookmark…first as the tag, then it could be kept as a book mark!  I hope I’ve inspired you today to create a project with a double use!  You can find this digital stamp set and many more at

Kate Hadfield Designs

 

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.

 

Coffee Gremlin ft. Pajama Crafter Stamps

Ice Skating Snowman & Bear ft. Polkadoodles

 

Chuggin' On ft. Pajama Crafter Stamps

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm bringing you this very fun card 

using products from

Pajama Crafter Stamps

Chuggin' On Stamp Set

This was a really fun project and it's all about the coloring!  Let

me show you how I made my card.  I started by stamping

my images and sentiment in alcohol marker friendly ink onto

white card stock.

The only colors I was really sure of was the jeans.  So I started

my coloring with those markers.  

I took my time coloring and thought about what colors to use that would

be harmonious without over-doing it!

I moved on to the skin and hair.  I like doing this in the beginning of my 

coloring and it allows me to adjust colors as I move along.

I knew I wanted to color the travels mugs green so everything else

had to support that color.

Once I was done with the coloring I fussy cut them out leaving

a narrow white border.

Copic colors used:

B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, E47, YR31, E43, E55, E74, B97, B26,

BG01, RV95, R00, RV10, E30, E34, E35, E31, E15, E19, YR24,

YG11, YG23, YG67, E08, Y02, R20, R22, R24, 100, YG95, Y15,

Y35, Y38, C1, C3, YG99, YG91, W3

I prepared an A2 size side folding card base from cream card stock.  I found

some background paper from my stash that was neutral and quite simple.  I

used the same cream card stock and used a 3D embossing folder on it to

provide some texture.  I die cut the panel for the patterned paper.  I popped up

,u images on foam tape, including the sentiment which I had stamped out

onto white card stock and then colored with my markers.  I placed a tiny gem

in the ear of the girl for an earring and one on her jeans for the snap.  I

also adhered a few gems here and there.  And that finished my card!

I hope I've inspired you to create something fun with this stamp set.  You

can find this one and many others at

Pajama Crafter Stamps

Til next time...

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Pajama Crafter Stamps, 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.

 

We Go Together 3...ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Hello everyone!  I thought I would create something different

today.  And to do that I am using products from

Kate Hatfield Designs

We Go Together 3

How cute is this digital stamp set!  Let me show you how I made my card! 

 To begin I sized my images so they would fit on an A2 size card base.

 

Time to color up these cuties!

 

 

I worked at the coloring and shading.  I googled Copic marker color palettes 

for the colors I used.

 

 

I really wasn’t concerned about coloring outside the edges except where it impacted

some other color.  I had planned to fussy cut them.

 

 

Coloring is all done.  I fussy cut the elements and then edged them with

a black marker.

 

 I chose my background paper from my stash.  I popped my elements up on

foam tape.  When I printed out my images I also printed out a sentiment using 

a font that I have in my computer.  Then I die cut it.  I sprinkled some tiny heart

sequins and that finished my card project!

 

 This We Go Together series of digital stamps is so cute.  And there are endless

possibilities for finding your perfect couple!  This stamp set is available at

Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Supplies

 

We Go Together 3 stamp set

Copic markers:

R14, R27, R46, R59, G07, G17,

Y28, Y26, Y13, Y04, Y15, Y35, Y38

YG0000

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.