Handmade Paper Hugs

  Hey everyone! I don't celebrate Valentine's but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate a tiny heart and paper hug. Swipe to see the finished cards. I found the adorable Animal Valentine's collection in the @ramstamps shop and I couldn't decide on which to use, so I colored them all up and added them onto bookmarks cut from some of the wonderful digital papers in the shop. I then figured they'd make a wonderful set of donation cards for the Danish operation write home and so i prepared 4 card panels with some ink and a couple of stencils and the wrapped a piece of vellum around the panel to hold the bookmarks. Sentiment means "You are the best chapter of my life". I used: RAM Stamps Animal Valentine's Bear, Cat, Giraffe and Koala RAM Stamps paper packs: Easter fun, Love bugs and Aussie Christmas  Averyelle bookmark die Stencils from #mftstamps #simonsaysstamp #newtonsnook Distress ink Copic markers **ad for @ramstamps  Thanks so much for stoppin...

Hey everyone! I fell in love with this cutie the moment I saw him, so I made a card and a tag to go along with it. For the card background I masked off the bottom to make a snowy hill and blended the background with Salvaged Patina Distress ink and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide.  Unfortunately I made myself believe I had a Salvaged Patina Oxide and I colored the mice to match. So the inks looked a bit different and to hide that I added some texture paste through a snow stencil. Should I have added glitter? 🤔 Anyway, the sentiments come with the mouse and I just love Nathalie's snarky sentiments as much as her cute critters.  Tag die from Nellie's.  Copics used W5, W3, W1, W0, W00 + RV11 + RV34 BG15, BG13, BG23, BG11 RV04, RV02, RV00 C2, C1, C00 *Ad / reklame* Since I'm on the design team. Thanks so much for stopping by, and happy crafting.  Tina X 

  I made another couple of sets of summer cards for the Danish operation write home, this time using Newton's Nook Woodland picnic critters along with sentiments from Gitte's eget design (sending you sunshine) and Three Scoops (wishing you a wonderful summer).  Background stamps are from Simon says stamp and the plaid paper was made with Newton's Gingham stencil. 

  Hey everyone! Today I'm guest designing for the Alex Syberia Designs February release - **ADD For the blog hop today I've made a slimline card using techniques from 2 cardmakers that I admire. It's a one-layer card which obviously means I had to do some masking and I swear with every fuzzy cut mask I was thinking of all the reels and cards that Sylvie has made with masking, she is a QUEEN!! The torn edge rainbow is inspiration from Kati who does everything in rainbows and I love it all!  I used Abandaned coral, Squeezed lemonade, Tumbled glass and Shaded lilac Distress Oxide inks for the rainbow and then added some specks through the Speckled background stencil. The adorable bunnies are from the Spring Bunnies set. I used almost all of the bunnies because they're just so cute! The set doesn't include a banner, though. So I placed the stamp in my Misti and bend the edges upward, then cut a small mask to make the banner and colored in the lines with a fine line pe...

Hello everyone! And welcome to our 2nd blog hop for the Alex Syberia Designs kickstarter campaign. As I've mentioned before, this is a huge release including beautiful floral designs and adorable critters - and YOU could win the entire release! Please read to the end for directions. But did you know that Kickstarter is all or nothing ? That means that ALex Syberia Designs need to reach their funding goal to be able to go ahead and manufacture the beautiful collection. So please, help them! You can back them through their Kickstarter campaign and you can help them by spreading the word! Keep in mind that you can get some fantastic discounts, which are only available through the Kickstarter campaign! Check out these discounts of 15-35%!! For my card today I've used Life is good stamp set and I chose some no-line Copic coloring. Copics used: V09, RV66, V04 + Y21, E99 RV14, RV13, RV11, RV10 + RV69, RV66 G99, G94, G43, G40 G17, G14, YG11 G28, YG67, YG17, YG13 YR24, Y38, Y08, Y02 B9...

The moment has arrived!!  Alex  Syberia Designs  Kickstarter Campaign is live! Today, we are celebrating the launch of  Alex  Syberia Designs' very first collection of physical products through their  Kickstarter Campaign ! With clear stamps, dies and stencils, there's something for everyone to love! The kickstarter campaign is a HUGE! 1 month long celebration with lots of amazing prices to be won. Scroll through for my inspiration using some of these gorgeous products and find the kickstarter info below. First off I'm using the "Smile and wave" cute penguin stamps and coordinating dies - look, for the sentiment too! I've also used the "Modern stripes" cover die and the "Smile" stand alone die. For everything I cut out I also cut it out from silver cardstock and layered them for a subtle glittery look. The adorable penguin is Copic colored and the cover die is ink smooshed with Distress oxide inks. I really love that these penguins are birt...

  Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing a custom made 70th birthday card for a friend of the family. He loves golf, beer and flowers and he's worked for a local news paper for ages. I knew I had to use Mo's digital pencil "Big guy golfing". The beer bottle and glass are from Three Scoops (bottle says cheers), tillykke (congrats) die from Gitte's eget design and the numbers from The Cat's Pajamas. I added a WOW! embossing powder mix to the numbers. I couldn't fit in flowers as well, so I stenciled the beautiful peonies from a Simon Says Stamp stencil. I wantes to add a braided patch of newspaper, so I cut a few strips and ripped the ends. I added newspaper to the word cut as well. In the end this card totally describes the birthday boy and I'm really happy with the results. Thanks so much for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina

  Hi everyone! It's been a while. Life happened. Let's just leave it at that. Things are not great, but I'm trying to get back to posting regularly. If you're not following me on Instagram, this might the time to do so, since I won't be posting all my projects here. You can find my IG here . Anyway, while I was temporarily doing inner maintenance, you may have unsuccesfully tried to purchase digital stamps at the Alex Syberia shop on Etsy. That is because she moved her shop to a new website - you can check that out here . For the first card I used Be Girly digital stamp . I just lov this one! As always I colored with my Copic markers, and I was going for a really glossy look. Markers used: RV69, RV66, RV55, RV52 E35, E34, E33, E31, E30 I printed the image twice and cut the 2 bows out of one of them. I colored them with the lightest pink marker and then added a mix of a pink translucent embossing powder (from Michael's) and a WOW embossing sparkles. I only glued ...