Masking Magic With Shaving Foam and Dies

What happens when you combine some Masking Magic, shaving foam, re-inkers and your die cuts? Magic is a good word for it! I was inspired by the brilliant Gina K recently to try playing again with shaving foam and re-inkers. She used strips of her Masking Magic with shaving cream to create a plaid background and it made me wonder - can I create masked backgrounds with my dies and shaving cream? The answer is a resounding yes, and I share many cards and tips with this technique in my new video here.

This is one of the cards I made in the new video. I created a mask with Gina K Designs Masking Magic and coffee cup die from Picket Fence Studios and showed how to mix teal and purple re-inker into shaving foam to create this fun background. The sentiment die is from a set by Concord & 9th. 

Here are two more cards I shared with this beautiful die set- one with pink and blue re-inkers and one that is a traditional die cut card:

I had great fun playing with shaving cream, die re-inkers, Masking Magic and die cuts for my new video and you will see many more cards and how easy it is to make them watching here. 

More Embossed Die-cut Cards From My Newest Video

I am very excited to share that we can double the use of our dies by embossing them in addition to die cutting with them and then mix and match those on our cards! I am now able to do that technique so much easier because I gave myself a new Spellbinders Platinum 6 die cutting machine with the Universal Plate System for Christmas. I show in my new video here how easy it is now to emboss with dies. I am also finding this machine makes it so much more easy to emboss with any 3D or regular embossing folder without any extra shims, etc. I made this mixed media look card with Picket Fence's Falling Brick Wall die both embossed and die cut and added some white and black spatters.

I have used this Taylored Expressions frame die in the traditional die cut way on many cards but for this one I embossed a light green background with it, then added die cut cream pieces in the center and sides as well as a foliage piece, gems and die cut sentiment. 

In addition to embossing with our dies, we can create stencils with them and I added color to the embossed rays created with a favorite die from Gina Marie Designs before adding the perfect sentiment. 

I had great fun embossing with my dies and hope my cards and video encourage you to try this technique and then send some handmade joy out into this world!

Love Cards and Gifts with New Karen Burniston Dies

Valentine's Day is perfect for sending or giving handmade love treats and surprise pop up cards, but so is any day, right? In my new video I share cute easy to make bags and boxes made with new dies from Karen Burniston. Here are the little bags I made for treats or gift cards with the new Mini Gift Bag die set:

In the new video, I show that making these boxes with the new Candy Hearts Box die set from Karen Burniston is quick and easy, and you can fill with candy or a gift card or cash. I think both of these would be perfect for a wedding favor or at a bridal shower.

My favorite dies from Karen Burniston are her interactive pop up dies, and in this release we got the new Raising Platform die set. Here is a picture of the inside of the card I made for my grandson in the video:

The heart in the middle pops up and the best way to see that is to watch the new video here. But here is a mini video showing that action:

I made two similar cards as I have two grandsons I adore and here is the front of both of them:

I embossed the white card front with the 3D Beveled Diamonds Embossing Folder from Spellbinders and then pounced on the red color with a Picket Fence pouncer through A Colorful Life Design's Flaming Love stencil.  The sentiment die with a new shadow die is also from Karen Burniston. Here is a picture of the inside of the 2nd pop up Valentine I made:

I cut hearts with a die set from Crealies called Hearts with Little Stripes, and pounced on red color with the same stencil and pouncer, then tucked in a gift for my grandson. What ever is raised on the Raising Platform has to be folded in half and I chose "love you" and conversation hearts on the hearts on the two cards I made. 

In the video I show how easy it is to create this interactive raising platform, and I know I will use this die again and again to add fun interactive motion to my cards. Happy New Year and Happy Valentine's Day to you!

More Layered Stencil Cards With A Colorful Life Designs

I am the guest dt member at A Colorful Life Designs in December, and I had a great time creating many layered and pounced cards for my video here. I am posting a couple each week all month and here is some great news for you:

YOU CAN SHOP AT A COLORFUL LIFE DESIGNS ALL MONTH WITH MY DISCOUNT CODE "KARENH" AND SAVE 10%! 

On the card above I applied blue ink through the gorgeous Lined Leaves stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. I also applied peach ink through the Radiant Star stencil from ACLD and put the two together on a square card base.

I was excited to try pouncing on embossing ink with a Pouncer from Picket Fence Studios and found them to be much easier to use for this purpose than regular blending brushes as I show in the video. This stencil set is called Layered Fall Foliage, but I decided to go with purple leaves and the somewhat transparent Distress Wilted Violet Embossing Glaze from Tim Holtz for the layers on this card. The sentiment and the bling are all from A Colorful Life Designs.

Pounce and Layer For Beautiful Stenciled Cards with A Colorful Life Designs

I was thrilled to say YES when asked to be the guest dt member at A Colorful Life Designs for the month of December because I love their stencils! I had so much fun playing with all the gorgeous stencils and pouncing on color and embossing ink for the many cards I share in my newest video here. I am going to share a couple of the cards each week this month while I am GDT and here is some good news for you: 

YOU CAN SHOP AT A COLORFUL LIFE DESIGNS ALL MONTH WITH MY DISCOUNT CODE "KARENH" AND SAVE 10%! 

I recently won a whole set of Pouncers from Picket Fence Studios and show in the video how to easily pounce on bright colors and also embossing ink so we can use embossing powder and even attach foil with Brutus Monroe's Foil Reactive Embossing Powder! Here is the card I make step by step in the video: 

I show in the new video how to easily pounce on red ink and then pounce on embossing ink with Brutus Monroe's Foil Reactive Embossing Powder that will grab the foil (also from Brutus Monroe) to make this cool layered flame card. The fun stamped sentiment is also from A Colorful Life Designs and I layered that too with red and black ink. Here is another card I made with many of the same products: 

This slimline card was made with the same stencil, foil and Foil Reactive Embossing Powder but I think I might have forgotten to use my powder tool first so I have speckles of foil. I love the grunge foil look so am happy with this card too. As you probably know, after foiling there is lots of beautiful color left on the foil and with a toner sheet that can be saved, but then the flames would be black. I used a colored toner sheet from Pink & Main instead of a black one and this is the result:

I cut the double foiled piece into strips, glued on a black slimline card base and added a sentiment on both from Simon Says Stamp.

I love how all these cards turned out and hope you will watch the new video here to see how to make these and many, many more layered pounced cards. I will post them all this month on the blog and on my social media sites, so watch for those. 

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Many More Holiday Cards Made In Just Minutes

I could not resist the gorgeous Nordic Ornaments die set from Spellbinders as I am Norwegian, and made this quick and easy Peace card with that set and a Clear Views transparency. I needed some more quick holiday cards for my stash and my new video, and this is one of my favorites. I am posting the rest of the cards I made in just a day in this blogpost, so there are a bunch of photos.

Jennifer McGuire recently posted some cards with strips and embossed backgrounds and here are two cards I made with that idea: 

The Nordic Dove on the first one is from poppy stamps and the second one was made with new products from Stampin up. 

These two cards were made with a beautiful set of stencils from Picket Fence Studios. And the following cards were made with recycled cards I received in the mail from a promotional company that were too beautiful to throw out as well as some Easy 3D Toppers:

I share these and many more cards with foiled beauty in my newest video here. I hope my cards inspire you to give some of these ideas and products a try and then send some your own handmade joy out into this world. 

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Easy To Make Holiday Cards with Picket Fence Studios Toner Foil Products

Yesterday I had 3 problems - not enough Christmas cards made, not enough time to make them and many new holiday products I bought this year but have not played with. Today I over ten beautiful cards made and I share all of them in my newest video here.

I recently learned about a new foiling product from Picket Fence Studios called Fabulous Foiling Toner Cardstock which is colored rather than just plain black.  So after foiling a toner patterned card front, the second step can have different colors other than just black. The card above is the card I made in just minutes step by step in the new video and the Mega Joy die is from Frantic Stamper. The second generation foiling is just too pretty to waste any of it, so I punched some snowflakes and added them to the center of this card with another foiled sentiment:

I also made a gold version with the same technique and products:

Here are a couple more cards I shared in the new video featuring Picket Fence Studios toner card fronts and colored toner sheets:

These cards are so easy to make and sparkle with foil beauty. To see these and many other cards I made in minutes, watch the new video here. 

I am entering the 2nd card in Make It Sparkle challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Tonic Studios Designer's Choice Safety Deposit Box Pop Up Treat Boxes

Oh my- I just received my new Tonic Studios Designer's Choice Safety Deposit Box pop up treat box and look at what these boxes do:

Isn't that fun?! (If you get this blogpost by email subscription, for some reason those don't show my videos like this one showing the action when opened, so go to the actual blogpost to see it. And THANKS for subscribing!) 

I made this one to fill with candy for my grandson, and here is a look at what pops up inside:

This Dancin' Ghost above and the Dancin' Gnome below are both new dies from Spellbinders, and the legs swing back and forth to dance- too cute! Here are some more views of the Christmas version:

The gnomie sentiment stamp on the front of the Christmas version is from Picket Fence and the little gnome is from Karen Burniston. The spooky Happy Halloween die is an older one from Tonic Studios.

Tonic Studios USA is coming out with more and more dies like these Designer's Choices, so keep an eye out for more designs and videos too! 

I am entering the Christmas box in the Christmas challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Faux Rice Paper Framed Cards From My Newest Video

See the napkin under the card in the picture above? In my newest video I show how to take a napkin,  some white glue and some coffee to change the napkin below into the translucent piece of rice paper shown in all the cards in the video. It is so easy and the results are gorgeous! The frame was created with a die from Sue Wilson and Creative Expressions. I also die cut a butterfly out of the rice paper and yellow cardstock, attached it with the wings raised and added some gems. 

Here is another card I created with a frame cut with Crealies dotted square dies and another pretty napkin. I show in the video how you can add dye ink reinkers for an alternative color and the top flower is a bright blue created that way. Here is a card I made with faux rice paper where I added yellow reinker:

The frame is a die from Gemini and the flowers are part of that set and were cut with the yellow tinged faux tissue paper and cream colored under them. 

Here is a slimline card I made with a pretty napkin framed by crosshatch slimline dies from Karen Burniston. HB2U is a die from Picket Fence. 

I had great fun making all these cards with the Faux Tissue Paper technique for my new video and hope you will watch and give it a try!

Fabulous Folded Cake Box Cards and Video

Who doesn't love birthday cakes? We all do and in my newest video here I show how to make this floral stand up birthday card and many others with the newest Fabulous Folded die set from Paper Wishes. I am a subscriber so at the end of each month I receive a fun surprise in the mail and this month's die set is the Cake Box Card die set. But the best part is you do not need to be a subscriber to purchase this or any of their Fabulous Folded die sets and even without the subscription savings, the prices are so reasonable! 

As I show in the video, these cake box cards can stand up as shown and then lay flat to mail. But I show step by step how the cake box can also be attached inside and card and pop up when the card is opened and here is the card I made:

The Cake Box Die Set includes many flower dies, the candle and the tag as shown in the inside of this card and the first card above. On the front of this card I used stitched flower dies from My Favorite Things and a birthday sentiment die from Karen Burniston. Here is another card I made with the cake popping up inside the card:

HB2U is a die from Picket Fence and "Enjoy" is from Karen Burniston. 

I made this cake box card for my grandson who loves dinosaurs with dino stickers from Pipstickers and a fun die from Whimsy Stamps. 

I had so much fun playing with the new Cake Box Card Die Set from Paper Wishes and hope my cards inspire you to watch the new video and have a play yourself.