Never Know What is Going to Pop Up From Karen Burniston!

I have been a fan of Karen Burniston and her pop up dies for years and in my newest video here I share many cards made with the newest release. My favorite of the new dies are the Tea and Coffee Pop-Up and Borders die sets, and here is one of the cards I made with them:

The teapots and cups are from the new Tea and Coffee Borders set and the Hugs border die is from Penny Black. Look at what pops up when the card is opened:

The steam and tea bag move on an arm as the card is opened! Here is the coffee cup version I made in the video to show you step by step how easy these are to make:

The coffee cup sentiment die is from Tutti Designs and the large Thinking of You die is from Papertrey Ink. Of course the best way to see the details and movement on these cards is to watch the full video, but here is a mini video showing these two cards:

(If you are a subscriber and reading this in your email, the mini videos do not show up with my subscription service, so just click on the title and go to the actual blogpost itself.)

I am entering the first card in the Add a Sentiment challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Blue Knight Rubber Stamps Silhouette Dancing Girls

I have the great honor of being a guest designer this month for Blue Knight Rubber Stamps and this week we are all featuring the new Silhouette Dancing Girls stamp set. The girls are so sweet  in different sizes and I created a stenciled color block background to stamp them on for my first card. 

I started this card with the Dictionary Page background stamp from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps and then stamped the dancing girls with embossing ink before adding translucent Distress Embossing Glaze Powders in three colors. The sentiment strips are from a beautiful stamp set called Did You Know. 

Be sure to check back each Thursday this month as I continue to share cards made with the gorgeous new stamps from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps.

I am entering the first card in the Add a Sentiment challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

More Toner Foiled Beauty Without Expensive Hot Foil Dies or Machines

Here is another version of the fun fold with new Deco Foil colors that I demo how to make in my newest video here. As I show, Deco Foil has many new colors of foil in their Color Harmony collections and Gina  K Designs has new White Poly-Glaze Sheets to capture all that gorgeous foil without any waste. Here is another card I shared with Deco Foil's Toner Card Fronts, new foil and White poly-Glaze for the 2nd run through my MINC:

But what if you don't want black or white for the 2nd color? There is now another choice - multi-colored toner sheets from Pink & Main. Look at the flowers in this card- the second foiling with the left over foil are pink and blue, not white or black because I used a Color Art Toner Sheet from Pink & Main.

Pink & Main has many other toner foil products too, and on these masculine cards I used their Big Happy Foilable panels and new colored foils from Deco Foil:

After watching, I hope I have reminded you how fun toner foil can be as an alternative to hot foiling!

Toner Foil Beauty- No Specialty Dies Needed!

Did you put away any toner foil you had when the hot foil craze hit? I think you will be amazed as I was at all the new inexpensive and innovative toner foil products available now that I share in my newest video here. I start out  by showing the TEN new foil collections from Deco Foil called Color Harmony. Each package has 4 different colors and patterns of transfer foil with 5 sheets of each color! So each package could make 40 card fronts and I show how easy that is by demoing the techniques and steps taken to make this tri-fold card:

I also feature many new Toner Card Fronts from Therm O Web like this one from Unity, and how not to waste any of the gorgeous foil by running it through the laminator or MINC a second time. Here is an example of that using the black toner sheets that have been available for years:

Both of these cards feature the beautiful new Coral Watercolor Deco Foil and a lovely Wild Garden Toner Card Front from Unity and Deco Foil, and took only seconds to make. But what if we didn't want the flowers to be black? As I show in the new video, Gina K Designs has come out with White Poly-Glaze Sheets that can be used instead of the black toner sheets to grab the rest of the foil and here is another look at the card I demoed that with in the video:

I also share the template and how to make this pretty tri-fold card with the new Ocean Hearts Deco Foil.  Here is another pair of cards with that same gorgeous foil and another Deco Foil Toner Card Front called Lavish Lace:

Aren't those just beautiful? And soooo easy to make! In the new video here, I share many more cards and toner foil products and how easy and inexpensive these cards are to make without any specialty dies or hot foiling machines. I hope you will watch and then give some of the techniques and products a try!

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

Many More Cards From the Pinkfresh Studio Create and Connect Weekend

One of my favorite designers in the whole world is Yana Smakula from Ukraine and she taught us how to make several cards with the new Lantern Botanicals stamps, dies and stencils available now at Pinkfresh Studios here in their new release. The rest of the products we received are going to be released soon we were told, but this set is available now. I decided to use a One Light from Pear Blossom Press to light up my lantern in the second card and here is a picture of that;

It was such a bright sunny day here that the light does not show up as well as it does IRL but I am not complaining:) Here are a couple more cards I made with this set and all the other amazing supplies we received: 

One of the sets we received were citrus slices stencils, stamps and dies and I decided to add a glitter gel to my last stenciled layer to get candy fruit slices. This partial die cut edge design was one of the extra make and takes for this set.

Here are three cards I made with the Berries and Blossoms dies, stamps and stencils we received:

Pretty Pink Posh was a guest company this weekend in this event hosted by Pinkfresh Studios, and here are two card I made with their Hummingbird Floral Stamp set and dies along with a fun Stacked Scallops stencil set:

Wow- right? I highly recommend you check out the upcoming events at Pinkfresh Studios and get in on the fun of receiving all the fantastic product and inspiration! 

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

Pinkfresh Studio Create and Connect Class Cards

I just finished a weekend full of classes as part of the Pinkfresh Studio Create and Connect. We received a whole box of stamps, dies, stencils and other goodies and then 6 amazing instructors taught us how to make a bunch of lovely cards. My favorite of all the supplies we received were the Fluttering Butterflies wide washi tape with matching stamps, stencils (to color easily!) and dies. The picture above shows the two cards we learned how to make with the amazing Anett Gelencser. I loved all the dimension of the card designs! Then she shared an extra idea on how to use the leftover butterflies we inked for the first card:

I loved this whole card - the right side is vellum so we can see the pink shading in the inside of the card. We also received in our box the set of unique Notched Corner Frames and the textured Stitched Octagon Coverplate die and I used them in almost all my cards. We also received a whole set of gorgeous mixed fonts stamps with matching dies that you see on most of my cards.  We were told most of the amazing products we received will be available on their website in the near future. The Lantern Botanicals set of dies, stamps and stencils (which I will share on Friday here) is available now in the new release here. 

My favorite part of any of these weekends of classes is when the GOAT Jennifer McGuire takes all the supplies we received and shows us unique and fun ways to mix them up. She showed us several cards in her video and then two more extras. Here is the card I made with similar supplies to hers:

The gatefold opens with a stacked frame cover- love everything about this card! We also were given written instructions for two more make and takes with each set designed by some of the other talented teachers, and here are two I made with those as inspiration along with a shaker card I designed with leftover pieces on my desk and the gorgeous jewels we received: 

Can you tell I LOVED this butterfly set of stamps, stencils, dies and especially the wide washi tape?? This is just the cards I made with this set as well as the extra products we received. Come back Friday to see what I created with the rest of this package and the lessons in the rest of the classes. 

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

Crealies New Fun Fold Design for Cards and Table Decorations

I didn’t think I could find a totally new shaped fun fold card, but Crealies did it! The newest release at Crealies includes 4 versions of their On the Move Design S die sets that create free standing fun fold cards that you can mail in slimline or legal size envelopes. I share several samples and in the new video I create a sparkly table decoration for a special birthday.

The card above was created with the On the Move #29 die set and the new Rainbow Partzz die set for a friend who is feeling under the weather.

This card was created with the On The Move #27 die set and the new Charms Xtra die set. These cards have a set of slots that hold the card for display and can be undone so the card lays flat to mail. Here is another picture of this card:

I thought this design would be fun to create a sparkly table decoration for a special birthday party coming up, and show how easy it is to make one in the new video:

The layered decorative elements on the front and back are included in this On The Move #27 die set, and I decorated this with stars cut with silver holographic Crealies Stars with Rough Edges. Here is another view of this fun table decoration:

 

Remember you can purchase the Crealies dies you see here at the Crealies website and in the USA at the Frantic Stamper website.