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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm a paper craft addict and love sharing my passion for paper crafting . I run online and face to face card making, memory keeping and all sorts of 3D projects. I also sell many of the products I use. If you'd like more information do drop me an email. Thank you for visiting I hope to see you again soon. Zoe x
Showing posts with label cardmaking ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cardmaking ideas. Show all posts

Monday, 14 July 2025

Ink Patterns with Sunshine Vibes

 

hello friend card using stampin up sunshine vibes 2025

Happy Monday are you still enjoying sunshine?  Here we managed a little gardening before getting too hot yesterday and were pleased to hear some rain as we tumbled into bed last night.  It's just what the garden needed.  

My card today sends you a happy hello.  I wanted to show you that you can use those small stamps in your sets. They sometimes seem a little random, but think outside the box a little and you can create a fun design.  I chose to stamp the line image 4 times on each piece of card, rotating the image as I went along.  

Build up the squares to create overall a larger image or background to be home to the leaf images from the same Sunshine Vibes stamp set .  These are fussy cut and easy to cut out. Remember to move your card and not your scissors when you fussy cut to get a more even border.  

The sentiment in part is from Sunshine Vibes, but the friend is from a retired set that just fitted perfectly under the semi circle which also fitted beautifully into the die cut circle from Spotlight on Nature dies.  

Add some embellishments, but position your leaves to cover some spots so you don't run out and give the impression of adding to the whole design.  

By the way the squares are all mounted onto Stampin' Dimensionals to give a little more depth and the colours are Secret Sea and Daffodil Delight with white.

Have a great week.

Hugs Zoe x


Supply List

Sunshine Vibes Stampin Up bundle











card stock example from Stampin' Up! secret sea











water based ink pads various colours - secret sea











ink pads for rubber and photopolymer stamping - Daffodil Delight yellow











muted palette dots - craft embellishments








 

Friday, 29 March 2024

Embossing folders and ink ideas

 

embossing folder techniques with ink


Welcome on this Happy Easter weekend.  We are sharing different ideas on how to use embossing folders with ink on our Totally Techniques Stampin' Up! demonstrator blog hop.  You can 'hop' around the different blogs via the icons at the bottom of my post.  

I've used the soon to retire Starry Sky card stock.  I cut a card base and then a matt layer which originally was a quarter sheet of the card. I embossed this piece of card using the 3D Layering Florals embossing folder.  

Using a brayer, which I inked with white craft pigment ink I rolled it gently over the embossed side of the card to carefully add ink to the embossed raised design.  It can catch the 'flat' part of the card, but don't worry these possibly unwanted inked spots may disappear when you cut your design piece to suit your card size once the ink is dry. 

I cut my design and added it to a white card matt that was just a little larger than my design to accentuate the white flowers. 

To complete the card you can add a ribbon or silver thread looped to look like a bow under a simply stamped sentiment.  

If you like the 2022-2024 in color card then you'll want to get them now before they sell out.  They can be found in my online store via links below and from 9 April you'll find the Last Chance List for our 2023 - 2024 annual catalogue.  There will be lots of reductions and some awesome bargains to be had including the ink pads in these fabulous colours.  Let me know if you'd like to join my mailing list or subscribe via the button above to get details of the sale. 

Finally don't forget to visit the other lovely blogs in our Totally Techniques Hop with lots of inspiration for using ink with embossing folders. 

Hugs and thanks for stopping by.
Zoe x

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Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Kids cards for the New at SU blog hop

pizza party invitation handmade or birthday day card

 
new at su blog hop banner

I'm finally back on track and able to join my first in a while New at SU blog hop.  We are sharing handmade cards for kids.  Mine is created using the fun Supremely Awesome stamp set from the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue on page 80.  If you like my daughter 'LOVE PIZZA!' this is the stamp set for you.  

This is the perfect stamp set to create party invitations with too.  I stamped mini pizza sliced tone on tone onto the red background and then die cut two lots of yellow DSP so that I could mix and match the paper designs.  The Patchwork Pieces dies make this easy to do and to make it easy to secure them a little spaced out I glued the tip of each piece onto a punched circle for ease of adding to my card.  

I used the Alpabest stamp set to create the 'party' part of my sentiment and pizza is part of the Supremely Awesome set and just needs some masking to get the part you want.  

I stamped and coloured the pizza man using alcohol markers aka Stampin' Blends and used Lost Lagoon, Daffodil Delight, Bronze, Cherry Cobbler,  Pebbled Path, Copper Clay and Sweet Sorbet. It's easy to fussy cut this fun image and pop him onto the starburst.  This would be such a fun way to invite kids to a birthday party.  

Enjoy the hop and lots of ideas for kids handmade cards. 

Hugs Zoe x

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Supplies used
supremely awesome stamp set


pattern pieces die set from stampin up






Wednesday, 15 June 2022

New at SU - Hues of Happiness Suite

handmade thank you card using the hues of happiness dsp and Blossoming happiness dies

Well hello and welcome to this month's   New at SU blog hop. We are sharing projects made using the different suites of products in the new annual Stampin' Up! catalogue.  

I've used elements from the Hues of Happiness Suite and added in some extras too in order to create a special thank you card that really shows your appreciation to someone special.  

I started with a layer of Layering Designs vellum which I added subtle colour to using a blending brush.  The next layer was embossed using the Merry Melody 3D folder. 

My design layer features the use of a die from the Blossoming Happiness dies. I used one of the dies to cut a stencil and then used it to add the ink pattern in the background and also some of the other dies to cut flowers from the suite's Designer Series Paper (DSP), which I've layered and positioned in a posy with some new Parakeet Party sparkly green ribbon and various enamel dots. My sentiment is heat embossed white onto black card to make it pop.  I offset the matt layers so that all the detail was peeping out.  

An easy card, if a little time consuming for the different elements, but well worth the effort I hope you agree....

Do visit everyone in the hop to see lots of inspiration using lots of our different suites. 

Happy hump day too and I'm excited for the weekend as my children will be visiting and it will be great to have them home again. 

Keep safe and keep stamping

Zoe x

Blog Hop Index


Shopping List

hues of happiness product suite paper craft supplies

Hues of Happiness Suite

glossy dots self adhesive dots for craft projects

metallic woven ribbon


Merry Melody 3D embossing folder


layering designs printed vellum




 

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Join our April challenge.

nature hand made card with rabbit from Nature's Beauty stampin up with zoe tant

 Over at MAWTT this month we are sharing cards with birds and or animals on them.  I couldn't resist using this sweet rabbit from the Nature's Beauty stamp set along with some pretty flowers from Sweet Strawberry stamp set.  It seemed appropriate with the challenge starting as the Easter weekend is upon us. Happy Easter all let's hope the weather is kind.  

I stamped the rabbit in Grey Granite ink onto a die cut stitched circle and then stamped again on an off cut of card so that I could fussy cut out the body to then decoupage it onto the one stamped on the circle to add some depth.  I've added flowers and leaves stamped with Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sea Foam, Grey Granite and Blushing Bride.  The Sweet Strawberry is a two step stamp set which makes it easy to have a bolder outline of an image and then stamp the fill in colour.  

I added some score lines for detail scoring on the reverse of the design layer and some marker pen spots.  

A simple card for Spring.  We've got lots of seeds planted in trays and are hopeful for a good crop from our garden this year.  It's great to get the whole family involved and we loved it last year. 

Please do join in the challenge over at Moving Along with the Times. You can find it HERE. 

Keep safe and enjoy the long weekend 

Hugs Zoe x


Nature's Beauty Stamp Set

Nature's Beauty






sweet strawberry stamp set stampin up with zoe tant demo uk

Sweet Strawberry 






strawberry builder punch for paper craft

Strawberry Builder Punch






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