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Stenciled gelli print cards with butterfly fodder – Rubber Dance

Hello, I am up over at Rubber Dance blog with a bold and colorful card set featuring the Butterflies and Moths stamp set and the Wheels as well as the Leaves 2 stencils.

For these cards I first created gelli printed background papers with Wheels and Leaves 2 stencils and acrylic paints. Next I took a more plaint gelli printed paper and stamped the Butterflies and Moths stamp images with black ink onto it and fussy cut the images. I then used these images as centerpiece on the cards. The sentiments on the cards are made with the Mixed Sentiments #1 stamp set.

For this card I used strips of the gelli printed paper with old book page strips.

This card has a full gelli printed Leaves 2 image as background and plenty of butterfly fodder as a centerpiece.

On this card I used a piece of a gelli print with a Wheels stencil image.

For the last card I used another piece of a Wheels gelli print image and added a longer sentiment to accompany the butterfly fodder.

Here is a video how I created the gelli prints and the on the end of the video you can see the piece I used for the butterfly fodder:

I hope you get inspired by this idea. I wanted to use bold colors on these prints, but if that is not your cup of tea, just change the paint colors to something else and have fun printing!!

Happy crafting,
Sanna

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Set of birthday cards

Hello, it´s Sanna here again. Here is a set of birthday cards I created using some of my older stash products. Can you guess what is the oldest product on these cards?

I still have plenty of Canvas Corp Brands products in my stash and while I was cleaning my craft area, I stumbled upon these papers. Here is card number one – everything else, except for the stamp and the paper flower “ribbon” ist by them.

Also the second card has the same materials on it. On the first one I colored the flowers with Edding glitter brush pens and some Nuvo alcohol markes in pink tones.

The stamps are by Klartext and the ribbon is (I believe) by American Crafts and it´s definitely the oldest of all product used here. I bought them at least 15 years ago (if not longer ago) and I still have some left. So I am happy to have found a place for them on these cards.

So, as a crafter, how much product do you have in your studio? I bet lots. We all hoard them, right? Well, I am trying to change that – one paper (or paper ribbon) at a time and use them. I mean, I bought them once, because I like them, so I should use them. If you have project ideas for me to older product, let me know in the comments!!!

Happy crafting,
xxx, Sanna

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Sparkly birthday cards

Hello, I don´t know what it is with January, but I always get the urge to play and craft alot in January. Thus, today I am sharing something I created yesterday evening :). A set of sparkly birthday cards:

I created these using my Elizabeth Craft Designs stash – silk microfine glitter, stamps and die cut dies. Only the rhinestones are from another manufacturer (my very old stash).

I started with a piece of lace and golden and pink glitter, but since I hadn´t done this for a while, I forgot that a stronger contrast in color makes the pattern more visible, and ended up with a shiny, sparkly golden background with hardly any noticeable pattern. Thus, the second one in blue and white :).

As you can see here. Hardly any pattern to be seen. Oh well, I still kept the paper, because of this beautiful sparkle. There is very little going on else on the cards, just a die cut flower and a stamped sentiment.

I had originally planned on using the postcard paper as is, but ended up die cutting a circle in the center and going on from there. So I had leftover pieces which I then used for these two “residue” cards. I used up all the glitter bits and the patterned paper pieces left from die cutting the flowers for the first two cards.

I created a cluster around the leftover glitter circles from die cut leaves and flowers and adhered everything on lightly patterned papers. I then embellished with rhinestones again and stamped a sentiment.

I made a little start-to-finish video, too, while I was at it – hope you like it:

Thanks for stopping by!! It was fun to go back to this technique. I haven´t done it in a while and still have plenty of lovely glitter here, so I should probably do this more often :). Have a great Sunday and happy crafting!
xxx, Sanna

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Xmas cards with Graphic 45 papers

Hello, how about another bulk share of Christmas cards I made for this year. I used the Graphic 45 collection “Let´s get cozy” for these cards. Here they are:

I used the papers and ephemera as they came, then added some half pearls and a stamped sentiment (from Textured Xmas Trees 2 stamp set by Rubber Dance).

In addition I also took a good look at my stash and found some rhinestone embellishments. They got added too. And some parts are adhered on place with 3D foam for additional depth.

This years cards seem to have lots of blue tones in them :).

That´s the first set – there might be another one, too. Which one is your favorite?

Hope I could inspire you with these cards. Happy crafting,
xxx, Sanna

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Ink blended and stamped clean & simple style cards – Rubber Dance

Hello, I am up over at the Rubber Dance blog with a card set tutorial. For these cards I used plenty of Distress Oxide Inks and two various rubber stamp sets (Weed Love & Round in Circles) from the store.

And this is how I created these cards:

First I added some washi tape to create borders for the area I was about to add ink blending onto. I used Distress Oxide Ink tones: saltwater taffy, spiced marmelade and abandoned coral for the first card. After adding the ink onto the card base I used one of the Weed Love stamp set stamps to add some stamping onto the area using black stamp ink.

Next I added another layer of washi tape on top of the ink blended and stamped area to create a border with black ink and one of the Round in Circles stamps. After that I only had to decorate the card with a sentiment (Tim Holtz Quote Chips) and a few enamel stars and the first card was done.

For the second card I used the same steps, but changed the colors to: hickory smoke, salvaged patina and fossilized amber. After that I added a border with the same stamp as on the previous card, except this time I stamped slightly overlappingly to create a different border. Then to decorate the card with Quote Chips and some green enamel dots.

I hope I could inspire you to play with the stamps featured on today´s post and give ink blending and creating clean and simple styled cards a try. Have fun!!!
xxx, Sanna

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Cardmaking tutorial – STAMPlorations

Hello everyone – this tutorial has been sitting and waiting for posting for a very long time, so I figured I´ll just share it now for random inspiration!!! With New Year just around the corner, let´s think of these cards as motivation for 2024 :). Here are three cards with Stamps, Stencils and Stickers. Hope you like them!

Card 1: 

For this card I used following products: Bloomdalascopic #7 stencil, Good Things clear stickers and Shine Bright stamp set. 

To create this card I did the following steps: 

Step 1: I first placed the stencil onto the card base and applied Distress Oxide thru it in three different tones (yellow, pink and blue). Then I removed the stencil and misted it with water to and pressed it onto a second card base (this is the beginning of card two), but since I did it at this point, I will also mention it already here. 

Step 2: Next I added the stamping using the Shine Bright stamp set and black ink. I bend the sentiment into a curve to follow the line of the stencil border. 

Step 3: After that I cut a piece of the same toned cardstock to adhere the Good Things clear sticker sentiment onto it, I fussy cut the piece into a banner/flag and inked the bottom are in the same yellow tone as I had used in the stencil pattern earlier. For more texture I also adhered the sentiment with 3D foam on place. 

Card 2:

For this card I used the following products: Bloomdalascopic #7 stencil, Trendy Butterflies stamp set and Shine Bright clear stickers.

To create the card I used the following steps:

Step 1: Like mentioned in the beginning, I took the already inked Bloomdalascopic #7 stencil and misted the Distress Oxide inked areas and then pressed the stencil onto the card base for a second image. 

Step 2: Create another similar background like on the first card and stamp a Trendy Butterfly onto it with black ink and then fussy cut the image. 

Step 3: Adhere the clear sticker onto a piece of cardstock, fussy cut into a banner and ink the edges pink.

Step 4: Add a few ink splatters onto the background for additional interest.

Step 5: Add a stamped sentiment directly onto the card base and adhere the butterfly on place using 3D foam.

Step 6: Finally use 3D foam and adhere the banner under the previously stamped sentiment and hte card is done. Here is the finished card once more: 

Card 3: 

For the third card I used the following products: Big Blooms Slimline Stencil, Bloom Doodles stamp set and Good Things clear stickers. 

And this is how I created card number three: 

Step 1: I placed the Big Blooms stencil on top a white slimline card base and added the same Distress Oxide colours thru it onto the card, like on the previous two cards.

Step 2: Next I stamped a row of flowers into the middle section of the card with black stamp ink and the Bloom Doodles set.

Step 3: For finishing touches I added the Good Things clear sticker (fussy cut into two parts!) onto cardstock and again cut them into banners/flags. This time I inked the ends of the banners with blue ink and adhered them with 3D foam to the card for more texture. 

So I´ ve basically used the same idea on all cards with same colours, but they still look different because I´ ve either changed proportions of stenciling or stamping or positioning on the card bases. I like to challenge myself this way to see with how many different variations I can come up with using one idea. 

I hope I could inspire you to pull out some stamps, stencils and stickers and play with them yourself!

Take care, Sanna

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Christmas cards 2023 – part six

Hello and happy Wednesday! Here is another set of Christmas cards I made:

For these two cards I used Lindy´s spray ink in green and light brown to draw the circles after that I added random ink splatters with another tone of spray ink, outlined with a black pen and adhered the clear stickers on top.


On the second card I also used Nuvo Drops with loose golden glitter for additional sparkle.


For the pink card I used a snowflake stamped image with a paper badge from my older stash, added a Studio Tekturek paper as background and stamped with Klartext stamps and red ink the sentiment.

Happy crafting, 

xxx, Sanna

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Christmas cards 2023 – part two

Hello and happy Saturday! Here is another set of Christmas cards I made:

For these two cards, I again used the Vicky Boutin Christmas paper collection from last year. The chipboard elements are also from that collection. The stamping is done with a Klartext stamp and the faux stitching is done by hand. I also recycled older “regular” card images and added those as focal point to each of the cards.

I really like this paper alot! Too bad it is all used up now. I am really liking grey at the moment on cards.

Hope your holiday preparations are going well?

xxx, Sanna

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