Author: craftycrowdesigns

Cards · Mama Elephant

A Frosty Happy Birthday

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Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing 2 similar Happy Birthday cards with the cute Snow Angels from Mama Elephant.

For both of the cards, I die cut the Happy Birthday out of Neenah cardstock. For the background of the card with the bears, I used Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon. For the other one I used Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers. To create the effect of snow, I diluted white acrylic paint and made splatters on the background. To create shimmer spots, I also sprayed shimmer spray through the snow day stencil.

While the backgrounds were drying, I stamped all the images on Perfect Colouring paper and colored them with my copic markers:

  • Polar bears: YR20, YR21, YR000, YR01 , E50, E51, E53, B93, B95, B97, B00
  • Cat and fox: YR20, YR21, YR24, YR27, YR000, YR01, YR02, BG72, BG75, BG78

After coloring. I first adhered the Happy Birthday to the background and decided where I wanted my images to go. Then on those spots, I stamped the snow angels with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. To create the magical sparkle look of snow, I put Glossy Accents on the snow angels and Happy Birthday and tipped Prisma Glitter on top. Once that was dry, I adhered my images with foam squares. As a final touch, I added Stickles Frosted Lace to the scarfs and hat.

I hope you like these cards and it gave you inspiration. Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

Supplies Used

The stores are: Amazon US [AMZ US], Scrapbook.com [S US], Craftstash UK [CS UK], Cloud9 Crafts [C9 NL]

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Cards · Mama Elephant

A Merry Meowy Christmas!

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Hi everyone! When I saw the cute stack of snow cats I just had to have these sets! The one on the left is from the limited Stamptember 2019 edition, and the one on the right is from the Snow Friends stamp set from Mama Elephant which is still available!

First I started with the background as that had to dry . First I ink blended Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass over the Geo Snowflake stencil from SugarPea Designs which is an absolute favorite of mine! Then to make it really sparkling, I put Nuvo Glimmer paste moonstone over top. The result was this beautiful icy looking background.

While the background was drying, I stamped all the images from the Mama Elephant Snow Friends on Perfect Colouring paper and colored them with my copic markers:

  • Scarfs: BG13, BG15, BG18, BG72, BG75, BG78
  • Tabby cats: YR20, YR21, YR24
  • Cool grey cats: C0, C1, C3
  • Warm grey cats: W0, W2, W4

To create the snowbank, I die cut white cardstock with the Stiched Hillside die and adhered it to the background with foam tape. To frame the card, I used Mermaid carstock from which I also die cut a little heart to go with the sentiment. The sentiment itself I stamped with Tumbled Glass and Versamark ink since I wanted to heat emboss it with clear embossing powder. This gives a beautiful shine to the sentiment and adds a lot to the frosty scene. For some final touches, I added Stickles Stardust to the scarfs and little heart, and topped it of with Glossy Accents.

I hope you like this card and it gave you inspiration. Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

Supplies Used

The stores are: Amazon US [AMZ US], Scrapbook.com [S US], Craftstash UK [CS UK], Cloud9 Crafts [C9 NL]

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Cards · Create A Smile Stamps

A Monster Birthday with a Freebie from Create A Smile Stamps

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Hi everyone! Did you know Create A Smile stamps has these awesome freebies? In the card of today I wanted to feature the quirky monster freebie.

First I downloaded the freebies and adjusted it to the size I wanted and printed them out. Then I colored the monster with my copic markers:

  • Body: BV00, BV02, BV04, B00, BG02, BG05
  • Hair: V01, V02, V09
  • Feet: C00, C01, C03, C05

After the coloring, I fussy cut the images. For the background I stamped the Abstract Triangles with Distress Oxide Ink Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon. I found these colors matched perfectly with the copic markers I chose. For the blue strip on the right, I ink blended Mermaid Lagoon on white cardstock.

As I wanted to ground the monster, I also die cut a hill with the Stitched Hillside border die out of white cardstock. The hill I adhered to the background with scor tape. For the monster and speach bubble I wanted to have more dimension so I adhered them with foam squares.

As a finishing touch, I added a couple of gems to the background. And that finishes of my card! I hope you like it and it gave you inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and see you next time!

Supplies used:

The stores are: Amazon US [AMZ US], Scrapbook.com [S US], Craftstash UK [CS UK], Cloud9 Crafts [C9 NL]

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Jocelijne Design

Peaking Snowman – Jocelijne Design

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Hoi allemaal! Het was zo ontzettend leuk om dit kaartje te maken! De sneeuwman zou heel graag willen dat hij ook binnen kon zijn bij de gezellige kerstboom met cadeautjes!

Voor dit kaartje ben ik heerlijk creatief aan de slag gegaan met de ‘Jingle Ornamenten’ (6002/1330) set. Met een van de stansen uit de set heb ik een kerstboom gemaakt! Het is even wat werk met het uit stansen, maar dan krijg je een prachtig gelaagde boom. En om de boom aan te kleden heb ik ook een kerster en kerstballen gestanst. Om deze mooi te laten schitteren, heb ik er Stickles en Glossy Accents op gedaan.

Het leek me ontzettend leuk om een sneeuwpop door een raam naar binnen te laten kijken. Dus met behulp van de ‘Tumble Friends’ (6002/1179) heb ik uit glitter papier de sneeuwpop gemaakt. Voor het raam zelf heb ik het rondje uit de ‘Gumball Sweets’ (6002/1366) gebruikt.

Voor de huiskamer plakte ik pattern paper van Lawn Fawn uit het Spiffy Speckles en Fall Fling paper pack op de kaart basis. Voor de plint en het raam heb ik hetzelfde rode papier gebruikt als voor de candy cane en het cadeau. De tekst ‘Merry Christmas’ heb ik op vellum ge-heat-embossed. Deze banner stans die ik hiervoor heb gebruikt is de Fancy Wavy Banner set van Lawn Fawn.

Ik hoop dat je dit kaartje leuk vind en het je in de kerst sfeer heeft gebracht!

Cards · My Favorite Things

MFT Shaker Birthday Card

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Hi everyone! The current MFT Birthday Project challenge inspired me to create this Birthday card. I had this fun and colorful sequins in my stash which was a perfect match for a unicorn theme.

First I stamped the images from the Magical Unicorns set on Perfect Colouring paper and colored them with my copic markers.

  • Blue: B93, B95, B97
  • Pink: RV000, RV52, RV55
  • Purple: BV00, BV02
  • Yellow: Y18, Y13, Y11

After coloring, I ran the images through my die cutting machine with the coordinating dies. I also die cut a cloud border out of white cardstock and stamped the sentiment with Distress Oxide Shaded Lilac. For the background I adhered pattern paper from the Party Pattern paper pack to the card base. To dull it down a bit in the area of the main scene, I adhered vellum on top. For the shaker area, I popped up the frame with the acetate with craft foam. In the shaker area, I put all elements except the unicorn. After assembling the shaker area with the images and sequins, I finally adhered the unicorn. For some final touches, I put Wink of Stella on the wings and hair, and Stickles on the horn.

I hope you like this card and it gave you inspiration. Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

Supplies used:

The stores are: Amazon US [AMZ US], Scrapbook.com [S US], Craftstash UK [CS UK], Cloud9 Crafts [C9 NL]

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Jocelijne Design

Sinterklaas – Wie zoet is…

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Hoi allemaal! Gedurende de periode van 17 november t/m 5 december hebben we een Sinterklaas challenge bij Jocelijne Design! Wie maakt het leukste Sinterklaas labeltje voor aan de surprise en cadeautjes? Als je mee wilt doen, wordt lid van onze Facebook groep en deel je prachtige creaties! Ik ben heel erg benieuwd wat jullie kunnen maken met de producten van Jocelijne Design. Om wat inspiratie te krijgen heb ik vandaag voor jullie een Sinterklaas kaartje gemaakt. Het is dus geen labeltje maar je kan hem alsnog natuurlijk gebruiken ter inspiratie.

Als eerste ging ik aan de slag met het schimmeltje te maken met de ‘Tumble Friends’ (6002/1179) set. Deze set heb ik ook gebruikt om de zak van Sinterklaas te maken. Het strikje op de zak komt uit de ‘Jingle Ornamenten’ (6002/1330) set. De schoorsteen heb ik ook daarmee gemaakt, het is de stans van de cadeautjes. De piet heb ik gemaakt met de ‘Santa Claus’ (6002/1329) set.

Om de achtergrond te maken gebruikte ik Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass en Mermaid Lagoon. Om het nog net iets donkerder te maken aan de randen, ging ik er nog lichtjes over heen met Distress Ink Black Soot. De gouden sterren heb ik gemaakt door gouden acryl verf te verdunnen met water en op de achtergrond te spetteren.

Na alle elementen op elkaar geplakt te hebben, kon ik ‘Wie zoet is …’ heat embossen op het dak. Als laatste heb ik nog highlights aangebracht op het kaartje, dit maakt echt een wereld van verschil!

Ik hoop dat je dit een leuk kaartje vind en het je inspiratie heeft gegeven voor het gebruiken van Jocelijne Design Producten. Tot de volgende keer!

Cards · Lawn Fawn

The Best Is Yeti To Come – Scalloped Box Card

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Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing my second Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up from Lawn Fawn. This time I’m featuring the Yeti Or Not stamp set. What I love about this card is the non-traditional look of it. My previous card was with traditional red colors. If interested, here you can find all the cards I made with the Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up die.

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If interested, I have made a video on my YouTube channel where I’m showing how to create this Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up. Additionally I have a good tip on how to align a straight sentiment on a wavy banner!

First I stamped all the images on Perfect Colouring paper with Mememto Tuxedo Black Ink. Then I colored them with my copic markers:

  • Trees: YG01, YG13, YG17, YG67, E55, E57
  • Scarf, hat, icecream snowboard: BG10, BG11, BG72, BG75, BG78
  • Yeti’s: C0, C1, C3, BG10

After all the images were colored, I die cut them with the coordinating dies. I also stamped a bunch of snowflakes from the Yeti or Not stamp set on vellum and heat embossed them with white embossing powder. The base of the Scalloped Box I die cut out of Speckled Eggshell cardstock. For all the flaps, I die cut Mermaid cardstock, and pattern paper from the Snow Day Remix paper pack.

For the inserts I wanted to have the look of snow banks. Therefore, I choose to use Sugar Crystal cardstock as this is a beautiful glitter cardstock which really adds to the effect of snow. . Now all my elements were ready and it was assembly time. For that process, it is easiest to watch the video on my channel.

I hope you like this card and it gave you inspiration. Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

Supplies used:

The stores are: Amazon US [AMZ US], Scrapbook.com [S US], Craftstash UK [CS UK], Cloud9 Crafts [C9 NL]

AMZ US | S US |
| C9 NL

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