Sweet November Stamps ~ Fishing You a Great Birthday!

Happy Sunday everyone!  Today I'm sharing another digital card creation featuring stamps from Sweet November Stamps.

Today's card features the adorable "A Great Catch" digi stamp.  This cute fishing cutie-pies image is FREE if you are a subscriber to the Sweet November Stamps newsletter!  How cool is that?!?!

I paired this boat image with the tree from the "Don't Feed the Trolls: Background Builder" digi stamp collection to create this card.

Everything is colored with Copic Markers.  I decided to leave the sky uncolored so the sentiment was easier to read.

Make sure you check out more Sweet November Stamps creations over on our Facebook group page, HERE.

Have a wonderful rest of the holiday weekend!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ Dragon Cavern

Happy weekend all!  Today I'm sharing a little scaly cutie from Sweet November Stamps.

This card is a mix of digital stamps and clear stamps. I began by printing out the "Vampire Cavern" digital image.  I also created a mask for the cave and applied it to the front panel.

Then I stamped the dragon from the "Extraordinarily Happy" hanging outside the cave opening.  I also stamped one of the little dragonflies from the "Full of Wonder" stamp set.

I colored in the cavern and the outside of the cavern and the hanging dragon.

Next I stamped, colored and fussy cut out the dragon from the "Full of Wonder" stamp set. I attached him to the card front.  I also added the sentiment from the same stamp set on the card front.

To get the scales on his hips, I used my Copic Marker Blender pen to push the ink into the paper and lighten it.

Such a fun card using these super cute dragons.

Have a great day!

~ Ally ~

Catherine Pooler ~ Rainbow Bicycle

The Catherine Pooler Designs newest collection, "Birthday on the Go" is now in the shop!  

Over at StampNation every two weeks we provide a challenge for our members. This week's challenge is to create a card featuring a least 4 inks.

Today's card features both the "Pedaling By" stamp and die set.... so cute!

So I began the card today's card by cutting one circle die cut from the "Circles Dies" and then colored it with 6 Copic Markers in rainbow order.

Then I cut the largest rectangle die from the "Dots & Scallops Dies" in white cardstock and I cut it approximately 2/3rds of the way down.

Next I die cut all the elements needed from the "Pedaling By Dies" to create my scene: the bike frame, the basket, flowers, large rectangular gift and the ribbon shapes.

I used the following inks to stamp out my bicycle and scene elements: Catching Rays, Lime Rickey, Samba and Flirty Fuchsia.  I also used Slate ink to stamp the seat, handle bars and the sentiment.

I also used my White Gel Pen to add some shine accents to the bike frame.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ Tropical Joy Ride

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I'm sharing another new digital image from this past weekend's little release called "My Unbelievable Friend" from Sweet November Stamps.

This digital release celebrates the friendship of our beloved mermaid friends and humans.

The card I'm sharing today features the "My Unbelievable Friends: Joy Ride" digital image. These two sea bound pals are floating around on a tube in the tropical beach.

I began today's card by printing out the digital stamp, "My Unbelievable Friend: Joy Ride" and the FREE sentiment "Sentiment: You're the friend everyone wishes they had."

Then I took the two palm trees from the "Aloha Wees" clear stamp set and stamped them in Memento Black Tuxedo ink in the background to create a tropical beachy scene.

I took my Copic Markers and colored in the whole scene.  At the very end, I added some White Gel Pen to the water.

It turned out to be such a fun card!

Have a great rest of your week!

~ Ally ~

Catherine Pooler Designs ~ Lots of Kitties

The Catherine Pooler Designs newest collection, "Birthday on the Go" is now in the shop! 

Today's card features both the "Pedaling By" stamp and die set plus the very cool "Serena Cover Plate Die".

I thought all those rainbow kitties from the "Pedaling By" stamp set would fit purr-fectly in the openings of the "Serena Cover Plate Die".

I decided to add the whimsical greeting from the "Look Who's Talking Sentiments" stamp set and it's coordinating dies.

I think it turned out pretty cute!

Hope you have a great week!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ Hey Ocean Friends

 

 Happy Sunday everyone!  Today I'm sharing another new digital image from this weekend's little release called "Unbelievable Friend" from Sweet November Stamps.

This digital release celebrates the friendship of our beloved mermaid friends and humans.

The card I'm sharing today features the "Unbelievable Friends: Hello There" digital image. These two sea bound pals are hand in hand.

I printed off the image and then immediately printed out the exact same image on my masking paper from Eclipse.  I fussy cut out the image and applied to my card front panel.

Next I took some Distress Oxide inks and blended them for a smooth blue fade.  I flicked some fine water droplets on to the panel and dabbed them up to make some faux bubbles in the water.  I had also masked off a sea floor and used some brown Distress Oxides inks to blend in that element too.

Next I peeled off the mask and colored in my ocean pals with Copic Markers.  I stamped a few fish from the "Something's Fishy" clear stamp set and fussy cut them out.

I took 2 grassy edges die cuts and used my Copic Air Brush system and inked them up in a variety of greens and applied them over the base of the scene.  I also added a vellum layer of the grassy lines too.  I took the 3 little fish I had fussy cut and glued them in to the grassy layers.

For the final element, I used some vellum and black cardstock and die cut the sentiment "Hey" from the Catherine Pooler Designs "Hey Word Dies" and added it to the card front.

Simple but cute!

Have a great rest of the weekend!  I hope you're able to get crafty!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ Unbelievable Friends Release

 Happy Saturday all!  Today I'm sharing a new digital image from this weekend's little release of the "Unbelievable Friends" from Sweet November Stamps.

This digital release celebrates the friendship of our beloved mermaid friends and humans.

The card I'm sharing today features the "Unbelievable Friends: Helping Hands" digital image.

I decided today's mermaid needed some colorful hair so I used blues, teals and purples to adore her hair plus her tail too!

I also used the shoreline background from the "Horizon Lines: Seaside Cliffs" stamp set to set the scene for my friends.

I had fun playing with color on this one and I think it turned out quite fun!

Make sure to check out more of my mermaid and human friendship coming this week!

Have a great weekend!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ Fairwee Happy Birthday

Happy Friday all!  Today we're sharing some more of the Sweet November Stamps latest release.

This card features the adorable little fairies from the "Fairwee Happy Birthday" clear stamp set.

I began by actually creating my shaker card background.  I used the banner image and created a draped banner background.  I proceeded to color the banners in rainbow Copic Markers.

I used some vellum and some Island Splender Mix Sequins and added them to my shaker.

I used some black cardstock to create the large shaker border.

Next I stamped 2 of the celebrating Wees and there gorgeous birthday cake on the adorable table in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them up with Copic Markers as well. I stamped a greeting from the set and fussy cut out all of the images.

I used my White Gel Pen to also add some sparkle details to the images including their rosy cheeks!

Check out more deets on my Instagram, @i_card_so_hard .

Have a great weekend!

~ Ally ~

Catherine Pooler ~ Pedaling by...

The Catherine Pooler Designs newest collection, "Birthday on the Go" is almost in the shop!  The collection goes live at 9am EST today but I wanted to share another sweet birthday card before it hits the shop.

Today's card features both the "Pedaling By" stamp and die set plus the very cool "Serena Cover Plate Die".

In this case, I only used a sliver of the "Serena Cover Plate Die" just for added tone-on-tone texture.

I used all kinds of Spa colored inks for my card elements today.  I used a two color blend for each item with the exception of the balloons and the kitty.

I used the following ink colors: Lemongrass & Green Tea, Clay Mask & Polished, Lilac & Verbena, Shea Butter & Goldenrod plus Hot Tub and Pebble & Slate. 

Today's the day to SHOP!  Everything will be loaded into the shop at 9am EST.

Happy shopping all!

~ Ally ~

Catherine Pooler Designs ~ Cycle Around the Sun

 

Happy Tuesday!  The Catherine Pooler Designs newest release, "Birthday on the Go" is almost here!

If you are a StampNation member, then you get to shop TODAY at 12 noon EST.  The entire release will be in the shop for you.  All you have to do as a member is login to your CP shop account with the same email you use for your StampNation membership and the products should be listed under the drop menu as "NEW".  Happy shopping SN members!

Today's card card features the adorable "Pedaling By" stamp set and die. This cute stamp set has a cute little bicycle and all kinds of festive add-on images like a bouquet of flowers and some fluttering banners.

I began my card by cutting out the brand new "Serena Cover Plate Die" and adding it to the lower aspect of the card - about 2/3rds down.

Then I die cut two "Around the Loop Nested Dies" shapes from white cardstock and I direct-to-paper inked it up with our new Verbena ink on the larger of the two ovals.

Then I stamped my sentiment in Polished ink.  It's from the "Pedaling By" stamp set.

I stamped and die cut the following elements; present (Lemongrass, Green Tea inks), Bow & Flowers (Polished, Lemongrass, Green Tea inks), Bicycle (Shea Butter, Goldenrod inks), Banner (Clay Mask, Polished inks), and finally the Bike Wheels, Basket, Handles, Bike Seat (Lilac, Verbena inks).

Once stamping out all the bike and the corresponding decoration elements, I die them out using the "Pedaling By Dies".

Don't forget to add the FREEBIE WITH PURCHASE, the adorable 2x3 stamp set "Serving Love" stamp set to your cart.  You can earn this little stamp set for FREE when you have $50 (before shipping & taxes) into your cart, you add the stamp set in your cart and add the code "ONTHEGO" to your coupon code on checkout.

Wednesday everything from the release will be live in the Catherine Pooler shop at 9am EST.

Happy shopping!

~ Ally ~

Catherine Pooler Designs ~ Birthday on the Go!

Happy Monday all!  Today I'm sharing a few new products from the Catherine Pooler Designs new release set to hit the store on Wednesday!  This release is call "Birthday on the Go" and it's jam packed full of cute birthday items PLUS two new Spa ink colors.

Let's start off by introducing you to the brand new Spa inks... meet Verbena and Goldenrod.

The new Goldenrod color fits on top of Shea Butter in the Yellow Spa inks and Verbena fits between the Royal Treatment and Lilac inks. A new CP Color Wheel can be downloaded for FREE over in the CP shop!

So today's card features the brand new "Pedaling By" stamp set and it's coordinating die, "Pedaling By Die".

I began by die cutting all of my required elements; the bike frame, two of the full tire images, a couple sets of balloons, a set of banners, the bike's basket and of course, a kitty!

I used Shea Butter, Goldenrod, Lilac, Verbena inks to ink up of my bike and balloon parts.  For the balloon strings, sentiment and the sweet kitty's facial details I used Slate ink. To color in between the spokes of the wheels, I just used some pieces of low-tack tape and inked up the triangles with my CP Blending Brushes.

This is an INTERACTIVE card so I made the bike's wheel rotate! To do this, I cut two small circles on the card front panel directly under the tire centres were located on the bike frame.  Then I added some circular foam pieces through the cut holes, attaching them to the back of the tires and then placing a paper stopper on the back side of the panel so they would stay in place.

Then I used 3D foam to attach the bike frame over top of the tires but not actually attaching it to the tires themselves. This allows the tires to move independently from the frame.

To finish off the card, I attached the basket with the kitty inside, the banner piece and the 4 pairs of balloons to the card front.  I stamped a sweet sentiment from the same stamp set, "Pedaling By" using Slate ink to complete the card.

Make sure to head on over to my Instagram account to check out a short video on my card in action!

Everything you see goes on sale on WEDNESDAY at 9am EST.  If you are a StampNation member, you can shop TOMORROW at 12 noon EST.

Happy shopping!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ More Summertime Fun

Happy weekend all!  Today we're sharing some more of the Sweet November Stamps latest release.

This is the little dragon from the stamp set called "Extraordinarily Happy".

I began by coloring up this little guy and I fussy cut him out.

I decided he needed a little waterfall oasis to chill in!  So I created a fun and mossy background.

A very colorful card for sure!

Hope you have a great weekend!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ Flight of the Fairies

Happy Thursday all!  Today I'm sharing the card I created for my Sweet November Stamps PenPal for June.

This month's penpal theme was FAIRIES, so I pulled out adorable "Coffwees" stamp set.

I stamped my little wees at the mushroom table first, then I masked them off.  Then I stamped the two trees from the "Horizon Lines: Spring in Bloom" stamp set in the background and the sentiment.  I masked off the trees, the ground and Wees at the table and then used my Copic Marker air brush system to color in the sky.

I peeled off all the masks and colored up the whole image using my Copic Markers.

I also stamped the little Wee with the mug in her hands on a separate piece of paper, colored her up and cut her out.  I decided to attach her on a wobbler to the card front to make it look like she's flying.

The card arrived this past week so I know my PenPal has received it.

I hope you have a great rest of the week.

~ Ally ~

Chibitronics ~ Light Up Birthday Frog Card

Happy Wednesday!   Today I'm sharing my latest Chibitronics creation that I made this week.

This card features cool paper circuit products including the Animating Rainbow Fade LED Light Stickers!  This particular light sticker rotates through the rainbow of colors!

I began today's card by printing off a front card panel using the adorable "Froggy Birthday Party" digital stamp from "Teaco's Custom Stamps".  I also printed off a lighter version for the inside of my circuit building surface.  I colored up my froggy image using Copic Markers and add the "push me" sentiment from the Lawn Fawn "Push Here" stamp set in the yellow balloon.

Next I began to plan out my light locations.

I used the lighter version of my front panel image to locate the spots for all of my lights; the frog's eyes, the large blue balloon, the frog's tongue, the 4 stars and finally the froggy's belly.  The belly will be the location of the Animating Rainbow Fade LED Light Sticker!  

The blue lines indicate the NEGATIVE side of the circuit and he red lines indicate the POSITIVE side of the circuit. 

I used my Craft Stencil to trace out the location of all my stickers. I also added my Battery Holder to my circuit.  They have a peel and stick backing so they're easy to add to your projects.

Next I began to lay down the Conductive Fabric Tape to connect up my circuit.

I started with adding Conductive Fabric Tape to the negative side of the circuit.  I started in the bottom of the Battery Holder and extended it out to cross over all of the blue pen lines.  Where I had branches of the circuit that I couldn't get with one continuous piece of tape, I just cut a piece of tape to fit and made sure to cross over the 2 pieces of tape for good circuit contact.

Once the negative side of the circuit was complete, I started on the positive side.  I began laying down my Conductive Fabric Tape on the inside lid of the Battery Holder.  I started on the inside, wrapped the tape around to the top of the Battery Holder and then laid the tape over all of the red lines.

I had TWO places where my tape was going to cross over the blue lines/negative lines of the circuit so create 2 paper BRIDGES over top of the tape.  This little paper barrier would allow me to pop these lines right over top as to not short circuit my circuit. 

The above dots are indicating the placement of my LED Light Stickers; yellow = yellow lights, orange = orange lights, blue = blue lights, red = red lights, black circles with the white centres = white lights and the circle with R in the middle = animating rainbow fade LED light sticker.

Next I added all of my light stickers.  I used the Animating Rainbow Fade LED Light Sticker for the frog's belly, two White LED Light Stickers for his eyes, 2 Blue LED Light Stickers for the large blue balloon, one Red LED Light Sticker for his tongue and 2 Orange and 2 Yellow LED Light Stickers for the stars surrounding the frog. Each sticker is as easy as a peel & stick motion.

To finish off the card, I placed a C-shaped 3D foam sticker inside the Battery Holder by peeling off the sticker backers.  I laid 2 3V batteries, one on top of the other into the foam void and closed the lid of the Battery Holder.

I also used 3D foam to wrap around the 4 sides of the circuit on the edges of the circuit building surface.  This allows for the depth of the foam around the battery to dealt with.

For the card to light up, just press the yellow balloon indicted with the "press here" sentiment and this closest the circuit and the card lights up.

Holding the button/switch allows for the  Animating Rainbow Fade LED Light Sticker to cycle through it's 6 different colors of light.  I just let my recipient know to press and hold the button to activate their card with a little note inside. 

Here's a little bit darker image of the card front in action... the Chibitronic light stickers are BRIGHT!!

Now, if you'd like to see build this card and it's circuit, please check out my YouTube video over on the Chibitronics YouTube channel.  Click HERE or click the image below to view the video.

Thanks for joining me today!  I hope this tutorial inspires your to make your very own light up card too!

Have a great week!

~ Ally ~