Tag Archive | Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red – 8.5 x 11″

Penguin Candy Cane !

Dec5

Today I’m sharing another Christmas card that I made using Whimsy Stamps – Penguin Candy Cane.

The image was printed out with my HP Printer onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using High Quality Grayscale and coloured in with Copic markers. Once I finished colouring the image, I fussy cut around it.

The base card was created to the size of 4.25″ x 5.5″ out of Hammermill – Premium 110 lb. cardstock. Creative Expressions – Christmas Wishes paper was cut to be the same size as the base and was applied directly to the card using double-sided tape. A finger dauber was used to apply Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Candied Apple around all of the edges of the card. Using a Cuttlebug, I die cut the larger snowflake with Creative Expressions – Festive Collection – Lace Snowflake Frame and the smaller snowflakes with Poppy – Simple Snowflakes out of Lawn Fawn – Sparkle Cardstock in “Pixie Dust” paper. The holly and leaves were die cut using dies from Spellbinders – Dancin’ Figgy Pudding and some scraps of Recollections – Green cardstock and Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red. I used a Copic marker G99 to make the veins darker in the leaves and a White Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen to add a highlight on the berries and then used liquid glue to assemble them.

The whole card was now ready to assemble. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied to the completed image and it was popped up onto the centre of the large snowflake. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was then applied to the large snowflake and it was popped up onto the centre of the card. Liquid glue was applied to the holly and berries and smaller snowflakes which were adhered directly to the card base. Lastly, I applied U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape to the sentiment from Hunkydory Essential Book of Christmas Sentiments 2023 and popped it up onto the corner of the card to finish it off.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Whimsy Stamps – Penguin Candy Cane

Inks: HP Printer High Quality Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Candied Apple

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Creative Expressions – Christmas Wishes (8″ x 8″), Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red – 8.5 x 11″, Lawn Fawn – Sparkle Cardstock in “Pixie Dust” (8.5″ x 11″), Hunkydory Essential Book of Christmas Sentiments 2023, Recollections – Green cardstock

Die Cuts: Spellbinders – Dancin’ Figgy Pudding – S4-1315, Creative Expressions – Festive Collection – Lace Snowflake Frame (CED3123), Poppy – Simple Snowflakes (Style 1931)

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, White Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Penguin: W9, W7, W5, W3, W00, E15, YR14, Y17, Y11, RV00, E43, E42, E41, E40, Colorless Blender

Hat: R46, R14, R08, C01, C0

Candy Cane: G16, YG25, YG23, R46, R14, R08, C1, C0

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Sleeping Polar Bear!

Dec4

Today I’m sharing a Christmas card that I made using Pink Gem Designs – Sleeping Polar Bear and a mixture of sentiments from Lawn Fawn – Penguin Party and Lawn Fawn – Winter Skies which I thought went great with this super adorable image!

The image was printed out with my HP Printer onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using High Quality Grayscale and then die cut using a Cuttlebug and My Creative Time – Rectangle Frame Layers. The image was coloured in with Copic markers and then a White Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen was applied to create the snow falling from the sky. Stickles – Frosted Lace was applied to the top of the snow, snow drifts, igloo and on the white parts of the hat. I just love the way it glistens!

The base card was created to the size of 4.25″ x 5.5″ out of Hammermill – Premium 110 lb. cardstock. Using some scrap Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., I inked the paper using a finger dauber with Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Festive Berries that I still had on it. Then using a MISTI and VersaMark ink, I used Lawn Fawn – Penguin Party for the “Merry Christmas” sentiment and Lawn Fawn – Winter Skies for the “Hope your dreams come true” sentiment. Ranger Embossing Powder White – Extra Fine Detail was applied to both sentiments and then the embossing powder was heated with a Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. Next, I used a cutter to cut close to the sentiment on the Recollections – Black cardstock and a Cuttlebug with Nellie’s Choice Multi Frame Die – Round Lily – MFD030 to cut the smaller sentiment. Gina Marie Designs – Nested Scalloped Stitched Rectangles were used to die cut the background border out of Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red Matte finish. Lastly, with a cutter, Stampin’ Up – Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper was cut to the same size as the base card and then edges were inked around using a finger dauber and Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Blueprint Sketch.

The card was now read to assemble. U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape was applied all of the die cuts and sentiments. They were then popped up and layered onto the card and image.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Pink Gem Designs – Sleeping Polar Bear

Sentiments: Lawn Fawn – Penguin Party, Lawn Fawn – Winter Skies

Inks: HP Printer High Quality Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Festive Berries, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Blueprint Sketch, VersaMark

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Stampin’ Up – Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper, Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red – 8.5 x 11″, Recollections – Black cardstock

Dies: Gina Marie Designs – Nested Scalloped Stitched Rectangles, Nellie’s Choice Multi Frame Die – Round Lily – MFD030, My Creative Time – Rectangle Frame Layers

Embossing Powder: Ranger Embossing Powder White – Extra Fine Detail

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, White Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen, Stickles – Frosted Lace, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Polar Bear: B91, C1, C0, Colorless Blender, R02, R01, R00

Hat: R59, R37, R35, R24, B91, C01, C0, Colorless Blender, Stickles – Frosted Lace

Presents and Bows: BG09, BG05, BG02, BG01, E15, YR24, Y35, Y08, R59, R37, R35

Lollipops: G16, YG25, YG23, R46, R14, R08, R37, R35, C1, C0

Santa Sign: R59, R46, R14, R08, C1, C0

Sky: B29, B28, B26, B24, Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen

Snow: B91, C1, C0, Colorless Blender, Stickles – Frosted Lace

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Meowy Christmas!

Oct31

Hi Everyone! I’m participating in the 2020 Cat Lovers Blog Hop (#2020CatLoversHop) this year.

This is my third year joining the fun event. For six years, Her Peaceful Garden has been sponsoring The Cat Lover’s Blog Hop and it is a lot of fun.

 

Here is a second Christmas card that I have created for the hop using Deck The Halls – GSD438 (Gerda Steiner Designs) for the main image and sentiment. I have always had black cats, so that is why I mainly colour all cat images in shades of black. LOL!

To make my card, I started with a base of 5.5″ x 4.25″. I cut some Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card the same sized and stamped on the main image. Copic markers were used to colour the image in. Then I used some Clear – Wink of Stella to add a little bit of sparkle to both of the baubles. For the background, I started with Copic colours BG01 and BG000. Then I blended in Tim Holtz Distress Inks with a sponge dauber working from the inside to the outside. Once this was done, I stamped the sentiment using Versa Fine – Onyx Black and applied Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder which I heat set with Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool.

The frame was die cut using my Cuttlebug, Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red cardstock and die cut called Hero Arts – Fancy Dies – Christmas Lights Border Fancy. I added some liquid glue onto the back and placed it on top of my finished image. To complete the card, I attached the main image to the base card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp and Sentiment:  Deck The Halls – GSD438 (Gerda Steiner Designs)

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Versa Fine – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Tumbled Glass, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Broken China, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red – 8.5 x 11″

Die Cuts: Hero Arts – Fancy Dies – Christmas Lights Border Fancy – DI786

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Tools: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, 3M VHB – 2 sided tape, Diamond Stickles, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool

Images coloured with Copic Markers:

Kitten: N8, N6, N4, R30, R22, Sakura Glaze – Black for nose and eyes

Lights: B69, B16, B12, BG01, Y35, Y15, Y11, Y08, R37, R35, R30, R22, YG09, YG05, YG01, G09, 100, Colorless Blender

Bobbles: BG09, BG07, BG05, R59, R39, R37, R35, Pental Sunburst Metalic Med Gel Pen, Clear – Wink of Stella

Background: BG01, BG000, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Tumbled Glass, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Broken China, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Salty Ocean

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

Elf Christmas

Oct28

It’s Wednesday, and this week I’m sharing a Christmas card featuring Munchin Melvin Elf – M023 from (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) who just isn’t able to resist the delicious Gingerbread cookie, paired with the sentiment Have Your Elf – H094 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps).

I remember my mom baking little Gingerbread men every year when we were little and she even let us decorate some on our own. It was always so much fun! Then it was even more fun when we were aloud to eat them. Yum! Yum!

To create the card this week, I stamped the main image and then coloured it in with Copic Markers. I used my Brother Scan and Cut to cut around the image leaving a small white border. For the sentiment, I stamped it out using Versa Fine – Onyx Black ink and then embossed it using Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder. This was heat set using Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. Next, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Cracked Pistachio ink was used to colour the white paper to match the edging around the base of the card.

For the base card I started out with white cardstock folded in half to create a 6″ x 6″ card. The elf background from Doodlebug – Christmas Magic was cut to the same size as the base and adhered to it using double-sided tape. For the inside paper, Doodlebug – Christmas Magic paper was used again. Using my Cuttlebug and Creative Expressions Festive Collection – Gingerbread Man die I cut the centre piece out. I used the same die to cut out the red border as well. Then I die cut one more piece using just the large border for the white glitter background. Hot Buy Craft Smart – Holiday Glitz Glitter Paper was chosen to do this with.

To assemble the remainder of the card. I first taped the centre piece to the main red piece at the back. This was then glued to the white glitter background. The frame, main image and sentiment were added using 3M VHB – 2 sided tape. To complete the card, I used some embellishments from Dress It Up – Holiday Collection and Carta Bella – Santa’s Workshop.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Munchin Melvin Elf – M023 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Have Your Elf – H094 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Cracked Pistachio, Versa Fine – Onyx Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Doodlebug – Christmas Magic – 6″ x 6″, Hot Buy Craft Smart – Holiday Glitz Glitter Paper 12″ x 12″, Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red – 8.5 x 11″

Die Cuts: Creative Expressions Festive Collection – Gingerbread Man

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Embellishments: Dress It Up – Holiday Collection, Carta Bella – Santa’s Workshop

Tools and Miscellaneous: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, Brother Scan and Cut, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R22, R20

Hair: E08, YR18, YR15, YR12

Hat and Dress: RV17, RV14, RV11

Shoes: BG49, BG15, BG11, R39, R37, R35, C5, C3, C1

Socks: RV000, R37, R35

Gingerbread Man: E35, E33, E31, E21, R39, R37, R35, G09, G05, G02

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the High Hopes blog, and the High Hopes Rubber Stamps Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Musical Penguin Parade

Oct10

Hi There! Today I’d like to share a Christmas Card I made using Top Hat Penguin – RLF005 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps), Trumpet Penguin – RLF006 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) and Flute Penguin – RLF002 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps). Musical Wishes – GLL014 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) was chosen for the sentiment. I just love these adorable penguins and couldn’t resist putting them all together to create a musical penguin parade. LOL!

To make my card this week, I used Recollections – White cardstock for the base card which is 7.25″ x 7″. I scored the paper at 3.5″ to create the dimensions of 7.25″ x 3.5″. The red background was cut to the same size using Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red. The musical notes layer was cut from Craftsmart – Classic Village at 7″ x 3.25″. The snowy background was die cut to the same size in length using Recollections – Christmas Inkjet Printable Glitter Paper. I used My Creative Time – Tall Frame Dies, My Creative Time – Tall Frame Layers in order to achieve this. Once the snowy background paper was die cut, I tore along it in order to create the illusion of white snow drifts along the top of the snow. I adhered all of the layers with double-sided tape. Using my large Misti, I stamped the sentiment using Versa Fine – Onyx Black and embossed it with Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder. Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool was used to heat set the embossing powder.

I stamped all of the images onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using my Misti and Memento – Tuxedo Black ink. The images were then all coloured in with Copic markers and die cut using my Brother Scan and Cut machine. Then I ran all of the images through my Xyron Creative Station to make them all stickers. I placed them on the card and then used Stickles – Diamond to create some snow drifts. Clear – Wink of Stella was added to the Candy Cane to make it sparkle and also to all of the leaves and holly on the hats.

To complete the card, I edged all around the scene with Stickles – Sea Glass.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Top Hat Penguin – RLF005 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps), Trumpet Penguin – RLF006 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps), Flute Penguin – RLF002 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment Background: Musical Wishes – GLL014 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Versa Fine – Onyx Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Recollections – Christmas Inkjet Printable Glitter Paper – 8.5 x 11″, Hot Buy Craftsmart – Classic Village – 12″ x 12″ paper, Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red – 8.5 x 11″

Die Cuts: My Creative Time – Tall Frame Dies, My Creative Time – Tall Frame Layers

Embossing Powder: Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder

Tools: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug,  Xyron Creative Station, Stickles – Sea Glass, Stickles – Diamond, Clear – Wink of Stella, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool

Images coloured with Copic Markers:

Penguin Bodies: W9, W7, W5, W3, E15, Y17, YR16, YR15, E43, E42, E41, E40, R11, RV00, Colorless Blender, White Prismacolor Premier Pencil

Top Hats: C9, C8, C6, C3

Scarfs and Hat Bands: BG78, BG75, BG09, BG07, BG02

Vest and Mouse: R59, R39, R37, R24, C3, C1

Horn and Flute: E97, E23, Y17, Y15, Y11

Holly and Leaves: YG97, YG95, YG01, G21, R39, R24

Bird: Y19, Y15, Y11, YR15

Candy Cane: R37, R35, C1, C0, Colorless Blender, Clear – Wink of Stella

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the High Hopes blog, and the High Hopes Rubber Stamps Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

 

Christmas Joy!

Oct9

Welcome High Hopes Rubber Stamps Fans!

It’s Wednesday, and this month at High Hopes Rubber Stamps we are celebrating Christmas. This week, I used Seasonal Wreath M018 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) and Christmas Joy G115  (High Hopes Rubber Stamps).

 

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Seasonal Wreath M018  (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Christmas Joy G115 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Recollections – Christmas Inkjet Printable Glitter Paper – 8.5 x 11″, Crafter’s Companion Luxury Cardstock – Red – 8.5 x 11″

Tools: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug

Die Cut: Craftin Desert Diva’s – Flag Banner Dies (Retired)

Embellishments: Crafts Stickers – 02-3010502, Crafts – Ribbon

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Wreath: G99, YG67, YG17, G21

Bow: E15, Y28, YR24, Y17, Y08

Ribbon: R59, R37, R35, R27, R24

Candy: BG45, BG10, R59, B26, B23, B21, Gelly Roll Sparkle Pen, Wink of Stella – Clear

Berries: Crafts – Self Adhesive Pearls 02-3006207

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the High Hopes blog, and the High Hopes Rubber Stamps Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.