Simple Card Making by Guest Designer Gina Hanson

Nothings easier than picking up a package of Studio g blank cards at your local CWH to make cards for any occasion, here I'm using this "Summer Honeycomb" kit put together by Craft Warehouse.

Supplies used:

  · Studio Calico - Classic Calico: Frequency

· Teresa Collins - Everyday Moments: Ornate Flourishes, Sentiments

· Teresa Collins - Carolina Breeze: McKay

· Teresa Collins - Blingage: Taylor's Clips

· American Crafts - DIYthickers: Poolside

Additional Supplies: (that can be purchased at your local Craft Warehouse)

· (grey) Cardstock

· Studio g - i·craft Blank Cards

· Lawn Fawn clear Stamps - Hello Friend

· Studio Calico - Wood Veneer: Butterflies

· Teresa Collins - Everyday Moments: Buttons

· American Crafts - Ribbon

· Queen & Co. - Pearls

· Vellum

Step #1

Using a blank card from Studio g as you card base . . . trim a piece of patterned paper to 3 3/4" x 5 3/4" to use as the background on your card. Go ahead and cut (3) more this exact size to use on your other (3) cards, set aside. Using a corner rounder, round all four corners.

Step #2

Decide on the sizes of circles you wish to use on your cards, cut and emboss using Spellbinders die templates.

Step #3

Trim a coordinating piece of patterned paper to 2 x 4", round the two bottom corners.

Step #4

Choose and stamp a sentiment using one of the Lawn Fawn sentiment stamps, cut and emboss using a Spellbinders circle die template.

Cut from several different patterned paper some banners varying in lengths.

Step #5

Take on the Teresa Collins - Taylor's Clips and pop off the rhinestone.

 
Step #6

Arrange all the little pieces of cut patterned papers and attach the rhinestone to the center of a wood veneer butterfly using a 3-D pop dot.

For your remaining cards . . .

Trim a piece of coordinating (blue) patterned paper and adhere across the center of your card. Gather your finishing touches and arrange on your card.

Cut a another strip from a coordinating piece of patterned paper, round the corners and adhere to the top of your card background. Now, if you've never used these little microbeads before, you'll need to make sure your pouring them over your sticky letters into some type of dish, otherwise you'll have quite the mess to clean up! ;) Gather all your embellishments to put the finishing touches on your card.

Again, select a sentiment to stamp onto the face of your card. Cut and emboss all Spellbinder die templates you'd like use and gather all other embellishments for the finishing touches on your card.

- Gina Hanson

simple card tutorial - multi color stamping

mix ink color on your stamp before stamping for multicolor effect, and play with over stamping. Here is a super simple first step at these 2 techniques. Supplies: simple line image of your choice. I used this cling stamp from Hero Arts white cardstock to stamp on 3 or more colors of ink pads. I used Distress inks in red barn, lipstick stain, and spiced marmalade. Sentiment stamp of your choice black or dark color ink pad for sentiment cardstock for layering ribbon for embellishment foam or sponge for blending colors cardstock for card Required Tools: corner rounder Nestabilities dies (or layering punches) I used this set from Nestabilities by spellbinders called 'Labels 1' Die cut machine (like Cuttlebug or Big Shot) Step 1 Create card shape, and round all 4 corners Die cut layer color Step 2 apply lightest color of ink to one portion of stamp apply medium color of ink to another portion of same stamp- overlapping the first color a little apply darkest color of ink to remaining portion of same stamp- overlapping the first and second color areas a little 'huff' or breath on to the ink side of the stamp and stamp to white cardstock. try it a few time to see what different effects you can achieve with more or less of one color or another. Step 3 position stamped paper with die so the stamped image will be off center and die cut Step 4 Ink with black ink your sentiment stamp and over stamp on to your die cut stamped piece. Position your sentiment so it partially (or totally) falls on to your image stamped design. Step 5 Use one of your color ink pads from your multi color stamping, and foam or sponge to sponge and blend color around edges of your stamped and die cut piece. Step 6 fold ribbon in half to create a loop and glue in place on your color layer die cut add foam tape or pop dots to back of stamped die cut and position over ribbon and color layer glue to card front