More Neon Stenciled Cards From My Newest Video

I am loving the reverse stencil technique shared by Rina K and her Electro Pop Neon Inks work the best for this technique as they are nice and bright. I brushed Poppin' Pink Neon ink on two pieces of white cardstock and on one of the pieces I then brushed black ink through a stencil. I cut both pieces into three strips and matched them up, then die cut "hello". I raised hello on black foam and placed back on the card for the eclipse look. "Friend" is a die from Bright Rosa.

I share all of these neon cards in my newest video here. My shine card features three Rina K. neon inks for the reverse stencil technique.  Then I applied black ink through a stencil which I cut into geometric shapes and attached to a white piece of cardstock. The strip on the left and layered "shine" were created with Screamin' Green Neon Glitz on black and white cardstock. 

The Rina K Neon collection at Therm O Web also includes Electro-Pop Neon Flock and I used Orange Glow for this geometric card. The flock can be attached with Transfer Gel Duo through a stencil as I did here on both white and black cardstock. I liked the shapes the stencil created so I cut some for this geometric design. The perfect sentiment for these days was cut with a die from Dies...to Die For. 

When the neon flock piece is pulled off the stenciled cardstock, you get a positive and negative image and I used both of them on this fun card. The stencil I applied Duo Gel through to get the pattern is from Stencil Girl. I also cut a diamond in the positive and negative colors and attached a black and white "you da best" from Simon Says Stamp. 

I had so much fun playing with neon inks, gels and flock from Rina K and Therm O Web for my newest video and hope my cards inspire you to give neon a try. 
 

Video - Bright Cardmaking With Stencils, Neons and Foil

I think we could all use some brightness in these times and my newest video shows how to add neon inks, gels and bright foil with stencils. This card uses many of the new neon inks from Rina K and an awesome stencil set from The Greetery called Pinwheel Party.

As I show in the video, the Pinwheel Party stencil set has 4 large stencils that work together to create the fun pinwheel background on this card. I used Therm O Web Transfer Gel Duo on the last layer and added the new Peach Princess Deco Foil when it was dry. The individual pinwheels were created with smaller stencil from the same set, two shades of blue ink and Iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel. There are dies available from The Greetery for the individual pinwheels but they were not in my budget so I cut mine out with circle punches and dies. The blue streamers were cut out with The Greetery's Twisted Crepe Die and the celebrate is a die from Tonic Studios. 

This is another of my favorites of the many cards I made with stencils and neon inks from Rina K and Therm O Web and it shows how we can use neon inks to make elegant cards too. I CASED a card I loved by Bibi Cameron with a similar butterfly center featuring two butterfly dies from Simon Says Stamp. The background was made with a stencil and Poppin' Pink Neon Ink and I added a little to the sentiment (die from Sue Wilson.) 

Another of the new neon Rina K Therm O Web products I show in the new video is the Neon Glitz and I love the Screamin' Green on black cardstock. I applied it through a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and also on a scrap piece from which I cut "Soar" with a die from Quietfire Designs. The stars were punched from a piece of white cardstock with the neon green gel too. 

These are just a few of the many stenciled neon cards I share in my newest video, so be sure to check it out here. 

Cute Halloween or Fall Cards OR Anything Goes 4 Kids at Send A Smile 4 Kids

It’s the first Saturday of a new month and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! Again this year, all challenges at SAS4Kids are Anything Goes 4 Kids! We will often have an alternative theme that you can choose to follow, but are not required to. Create and link any card that is appropriate for a child and your card could be chosen as one of our top three cards and you could join us as a guest dt member on a future challenge. We are also continuing as a monthly challenge so new challenges will be posted on the first Saturday of every month and you will have a whole month to make and link your cards.

The theme for this challenge is: Cute Halloween or Fall Cards 4 Kids Or Anything Goes 4 Kids. Remember- no graveyard scenes or anything scary. As always, be sure to check the current needs page before sending any cards in and stay safe and healthy. 

I made my Halloween slimline card with some cute dies from Tonic Studios and Karen Burniston and a googly eyed spider sticker. The best part is when the card is opened:

I used the new Karen Burniston Pop 'n Swap die to make the cute ghost disappear and the jack-o-lantern appear when the card is opened. I also used some more Tonic Studios and KB dies on the inside of the card. 

Be sure to check out the rest of the cards from TEAM SAS here and we would love it if you entered our challenge. 

Acetate and Frosted Binding Cover Cards

Today I am sharing the last of the many see through cards I made acetate and frosted binding cover for my newest video. Each card is very elegant looking and more beautiful than can be seen in a photograph. The hearts background was created with a background die from Altenew, the stitched heart is from Kat Scrappiness and the Love is a die from Impression Obsession.

On the inside of these acetate cards, I repeated the shape from the front and put it on the back as well to cover up the adhesive and allow for signing the card. The "forever" die is from Stamplorations. 

I found that the Frosted Binding Cover I had stored in my craft room for some crafty project years ago and just found, worked even better than the thick acetate for my see through cards. It folds easier and still looks very elegant with the see through look especially with this beautiful Deco Foil through a Gina K Designs stencil. Therm O Web's new Duo Gel is perfect for surfaces like acetate and frosted binding cover which I didn't want to put through my MINC. I can attach foil without any heat with the Duo Gel! The sentiment die is from Dies...To Die For and I finished the sentiment in the inside of the card: 

I am missing so many faces and hugs these days! But I can send cards and will continue keeping busy having fun designing and being creative with my cardmaking. To see these and many more see through cards, watch my new video here. 

CASED Cards From Instagram Collab

On Monday I participated in an Instagram collaboration where we each CASED (Copy and Selectively Edit) a fellow cardmaker on Instagram, and I thought I would share the cards I made here for those of you not on Instagram. 

I was paired up with The Joyful Soul Creates, and when I went to look at her Instagram pictures, there were so many great cards, I had a hard time picking one to CASE.  So I did two:) Here is a link to the card that inspired me to make my first card. I didn't have any floral stamps that would work, but I found a Penny Black poinsettia and script background stamp that worked beautifully. I heat embossed the image with Tonic Studio's silver glitter embossing powder so it sparkles IRL. The sentiment stamp is also from Penny Black and finishes on the inside of the card:

I was drawn to another card by Lady Joyful here on her Instagram because I really liked the triangular sketch and that she used Nuvo Shimmer Powders on hers. I love to design with Nuvo's Shimmer Powders so I pulled mine out and CASED her card. I created the curved lines in mine with a new Twisted Crepe die from The Greetery and added a circular Thank You die from Impression Obsession in the center. And I resisted putting anything in the white space because the beautiful card I CASED showed me it isn't needed. Right? 

I hope you will visit Lady Joyful's Instagram linked above and start following her there or on her blog or YouTube (or all of the above:) 

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

More See Through Cards from My Newest Video

I had so much fun creating see through cards with acetate for my newest video that I made and shared many cards. This see through birthday card started with a piece of thick acetate scored in half to create an A2 card. I die cut Taylored Expression's background streamers die out of red mirror card from Tonic Studios and attached it to the front. I also die cut three stitched ovals with a die from Gina Marie Designs and attached them in the same place on the front and inside and back. "Celebrate" was cut with a die from Karen Burniston out of gold mirror card. 

Another fun technique you can do with acetate is to make a floating easel card. I made some of these a few years ago before I started using foil on my cards, but the use of the foil makes them even more beautiful. I applied Therm O Web's Transfer Gel Duo through a Simon Says Stamp stencil and when it was dry (but tacky) I pressed down some Amber Watercolor Deco Foil to create this floating image. The sentiment was created with a die from Sue Wilson and the easel is held up with a Tim Holtz Sizzix Laurel die. Here is a look at the card laying flat and ready to mail: 

These cards are soooo much prettier IRL and in the video because the acetate is hard to photograph. Hope you can watch the video and see what I mean.

I am entering the second card in the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Video- See Through Cards With Acetate and Frosted Binding Cover

I recently saw a gorgeous see through card by Karen Aiken and I was totally inspired to try some acetate cards. I also found some frosted binding cover and created cards with that and shared them all in my new video here. Because these cards are see through, they are difficult to photograph, but are very lovely IRL as you can see better in the video. 

This is the first acetate card I made after being inspired by Karen's card. I started with a piece of thick acetate scored to create an A2 card. I die cut a Gina Marie Designs background floral die and embossed it with a Stampin' up embossing folder. I cut three crosshatch rectangles with a die from Karen Burniston and attached one to the front with a "With Sympathy" sentiment cut with a beautiful new die from Karen Burniston. The other two rectangles were attached in the same position as the front one for a message and to cover up the adhesive. 

I found that working with frosting binding cover which is still see through, but easier to open to see the inside as I show in the video.
I cut a piece of frosted binding cover 11 x 4 1/4" and scored it in half to form an A2 card. I die cut and attached Altenew's Layered Floral Cover Die A with Sticky Specks. I also die cut 3 crosshatch rectangles with a Karen Burniston die and attached one to the front. As on the first card, I brushed on grey ink to the new KB "with sympathy" die and attached. 

Once again it is hard to photo, but the other two crosshatch rectangles were attached to the inside of the card and the back to cover the adhesive. On the video, you can see how beautiful each of these cards are. 

I also show in the video how I made this card. I found that scored acetate does not open and close as easily as I would like so I created this card with two separate pieces of acetate held together with a center piece of cardstock. I die cut 4 large butterflies with a die from Stampendous and brushed on blue ink through a Brutus Monroe stencil on two of them. The beautiful sentiment is a stamp from Dina Kowal. I also attached an acetate butterfly from Art Acetate by Stamp On It to the front of the see through card. 

Each of the four die cut butterflies are attached in the same place and the adhesive is covered up with another butterfly. 

I am loving how each of these see through cards turned out and show these and many others in the new video. 

I am entering the third card in the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.