Friends!

I love the 'Doodle Flower' clear stamp and I often use it for making a backdrop to my cards.  Here is used it with the Tim Holtz distress embossing powder.

 

Supplies

 

Gel-a-tins 'Doodle Flower'

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron Glue Stick

Petaloo Flowers

docrafts Topper

Beads

Tim Holtz Embossing Powder

K&Co Contemporary paper

8x8 Card Blank

Guaranteed Adorable

Nothing is more adorable than a newborn baby. A baby boy or a baby girl is the perfect reason to make these cards adorable using the "Hello" collection. 

"Guaranteed Adorable" for both cards was stamped on colored cardstock using Archival Ink to get a crisp image  The gender signs on both cards are heat embossed.

For this boy card, I stamped the maled gender sign with VersaMark and heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder.

For the girl card, I again stamped the female gender sign with VersaMark and heat embossed it. This time using white embossign powder.

The next time you need a cute baby card, go ahead and grab the "Hello" collection!

Kate

Gel-A--Tins Supplies:
Hello Collection

Other Supplies:
Core'dinations Cardstock
Ranger Archival Ink
May Arts Ribbon
Stampendous & Clear Snap Embossing Powders
Helmar Premium Craft Glue & ZapDots

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day weekend, gel-a-tins family! What do you have planned for that special man in your life? 

Today, I am sharing a CAS Father's Day card using gel-a-tins HELLO! stamp set:

The first step was to stamp and cut out the Hello Tag. In the blank spot, I created "DAD" using stickers. A bright and fun patterned paper makes up the backing. To highlight the name tag, I cut out a strip of matching yellow paper and attached to the card. The tag is adhered to the card using foam dots to add dimension to the card. At this point, I was planning to be done. However, the card seemed to plain. To fix the issue, I punched out some solid color circles and added along the side of the card.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you are able to spend some quality 'Dad" time with that special man in your life!

Supplies:

gel-a-tins - Hello! stamp set

Dandy Day Greetings!

Here is a terrific technique that you will enjoy creating using your Gel-a-tins stamps and Gelly Acrylic Blocks!  It's super simple so you can create a great card in no time at all.

Start off with a clean Gelly Acrylic Block. Smoosh colored ink directly onto your block.  Here I used colors in striations.  Then, stamp onto a piece of paper.

Next, mask the edges of your color block with post it notes. Then, stamp outline stamps against the color block. Here I used Wild Things from Gel-a-tins.

Add a few extra bling or ribbon if you want.

Presto...You have a finished card!

Gel-a-tins has many great solid stamps to chose from...and many different sizes of Gelly Acrylic Blocks.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope your day is DANDY!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

King's Island 1995. [Gelatins Stamps + Xyron]

Hello everyone! We've teamed up with Xyron this month & I've been so excited about the products they sent me. I hadn't used any Xyron products before but I'd had my eye on the Create-a-Sticker machine. 

On my layout today, I used the Xyron Create-a-Sticker. Have you seen the Press A Penny machines? 

I have a pressed quarter from our King's Island trip (back in 1995!) that I wanted to include on this page. So the Create-a-Sticker machine was perfect for adhering this!

I also attempted to run the wood veneer arrow through the machine but it was too thick.

I used the Happiness stamp set from Gelatins Stamps today. It's the dot border from the set, which I stamped multiple times & made a patterned paper. The ink is Prima chalk ink in English Ivy.

 

Have you tried the Xyron Creat-a-Sticker machine? What kind of items have you used in it?

A Father's Day (or any day) Brostache Card

I can't even tell you how much fun I had making this silly card.  I still love the mustache trend (even though I know it has been around for a while now).  It just makes me smile.  Around here we like to give out mustaches as party favors and my sister-in-law even threw my brother a "brostache" themed birthday party a year or two ago.  We're dorks.  I know.  When I saw the Mustache Mania stamp set I knew that I had to have it.

I used the stamps with a light brown distress ink over the patterned paper to make this look for the card base.  I knew that the card was going to be pretty busy, but I still thought that it could use more mustaches!

The ink, ribbon, twine, pen, buttons and stamps were not in the paper kit by MAMBI, but everything else was, including that hilarious mustache on a stick.  I didn't put a real sentiment on this card, but I think that I can choose whether to give this to my brother for Father's Day or for his birthday and it will work either way now. 

Everything is put together with my awesome Xyron adhesives (mostly the Mega Runner on this one).  And when I finished I had a big smile on my face.  I hope you like it too!  Have a great week!

Crackled Tree Bark

Hi everyone! So nice to see you again! :-)

I'm back today with a fun card featuring the Gel-à-Tins Crackle Paint stamp!

This stamp is great for grungy backgrounds and many other looks, but I saw something a bit different in it with my out-of-the-box thinking:

That's right - tree bark!! To me this looks a lot like birch bark and I just had to try that idea out!!

I started with some rustic white cardstock and stamped the crackle effect with a pale grey ink to create my tree bark effect. Then I had an idea which was very Robin Hood - pinning a note to a tree using an arrow! I trimmed out a piece of white cardstock and used a die to give it a notebook page effect, then stamped my sentiment and a little heart. 

To finish up the design I adhered the note to the base using dimensional glue gel, then stamped an arrow using red ink, trimmed it out and cut it in half before adhering the pieces to my card to look as if it had gone through the paper!


Supplies Used:

Gel-à-Tins:
Crackle Paint

Other:
Oh Happy Day stamp set (Avery Elle), Love & Marriage stamp set (Papertrey Ink)
Pressed Greige Linen ink (Clear And Simple Stamps), Versafine Onyx Black ink (Tsukineko), Pure Poppy ink (Papertrey Ink)
Rustic White cardstock, Stamper's Select White cardstock (Papertrey Ink)
Spiral Notebook die (Papertrey Ink)
Pinflair Glue Gel (Olba)

I'm looking forward to seeing you again when I next post! Have a great day everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Gel-a-Tins and Xyron

This week gel-a-tins teamed up with Xyron to bring you some amazing projects and inspirations.

 

 

I am the luckiest girl in the world because I am fortunate to be on the Design Team for both Xyron and gel-a-tins and long before this team up I have always used Xyron when making my gel-a-tins projects.  I'm sharing two cards here on the gel-a-tins blog and two more over on the Xyron Facebook page.

 

 

Products Used

 

gel-a-tins Zebra Background Clear Stamp

gel-a-tins Gelly Gems Roll-up Silver

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Momenta Paper

 

 

Products Used

 

gel-a-tins 'Little Buddies' clear Stamps

Xyron Mega Runner

Crafters Companion Lace Border die

docrafts 'New Baby' Papers

 

 

 

 

Intergalatic Card

Hello Gel-A-Tins fans!  Kate sharing with you today. 

I got a package with a bunch of stamps from Gel-A-Tins Stamps a couple of weeks ago and was absolutely thrilled with the cool "Take Me To Your Leader" Collection and was inspired to created this intergalatic card right away.  

I used Core'dinations Cardstock for the whole card, even the stamping.  I love the textured look of my stamped planets!

Here are the simple instructions for this card:

1. Create a 4.5" x 6" card base with Core'dinations Neutral Cardstock.
2. Emboss a piece of 4.25" x 5.75" Black Magic Core'dinations Cardstock.
3. Sand the embossed cardstock so the blue shows.
4. Add round spots of color with Distress Paints to the round Core'dinations Core Tag.
5. Stamp Alien image from Gel-A-Tins TMTYL collection onto the painted Core Tag.
6. Stamp planet images from Gel-A-Tins TMTYL collection onto cardstock and fussy cut. 
7. Half-way down the left side of the embossed Black Magic cardstock, cut a circle shape out big enough to place the decorated Core Tag into.  (I left enough room in my circle to let the background grey show through and for the tag to overlap off the Black Magic cardstock)
8. Adhere the embossed Black Magic Cardstock onto the cardbase with Helmar Premium Craft Glue. 
9. Use Helmar ZapDots to give the planets and alien a bit of a boost! 
10. Add random brads to finish off the card. 
11. Share with someone special. 

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

~Kate

Neon Butterfly Fun

Good morning, gel-a-tins friends! It's Jessi  from Kissin' Krafts! Today I am excited to be participating in the gel-a-tins and Xyron cross promotion. (Psst. check out their blogs for details of the amazing prizes they have up for grabs!) 

I had so much fun creating this card using gel-a-tins Butterflies are Free stamp set.  The butterflies were just screaming to bring out the neon!

The first step was to stamp the butterflies and color them in. I normally use markers to color in, but decided to break out the colored pencils for this project. Once the coloring was complete, it was time to cut it out and attach them to the card matte. The simple sentiment is stamped on the bottom right corner. The final touch was to add the sequins,

I don't know about you, but I always seem to struggle attaching sequins to my projects. But Xyron to the rescue! I had never thought about running the itty bitty sequins through the Xyron's Create a Sticker machine to add adhesive to the back of the sequins. It made it so simple! Will be using that more often!

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you are enjoying this week's projects showcasing the gel-a-tins and Xyron cross promotion! 

Supplies:
gel-a-tins- Butterflies are Free
Xyron Create-a-Sticker
Colored pencils
Sequins