Covered in Buttons!

This card is covered in buttons, but it definitely won't break the bank or send you searching for something in just the right size or color.  Plus you don't have to worry about shipping a super thick card through the post office and paying extra fees.  All you need is the Sewing Kit stamp set and inks to match your chosen papers.  I love this card!

I just chose to use one of the stamps because I wanted them to all line up like one the buttons on one of the papers in this Echo Park kit.  They actually looked a lot like this button, but way smaller.  I stamped these right onto my card base with Stampin' Up inks and then layered on a couple of papers and some May Arts ribbon.  That pin is by Maya Road and the sticker and paper accent are from the paper kit.  The sentiment sticker is by American Crafts and I got a few different kinds at Target.  They're pretty handy.

I loved the bright colors in these papers and combining them with my stamps and making a birthday card was a really fun way to use up some of my bitty scraps that I had left over from other projects that I've made with these papers.  Get some cards made this weekend with your gel-a-tins and scraps!

A Rainbow Birthday!

Hello and Happy Saturday!  I'm back for the third time this week (sick me yet?) to share a little something with you :)

I decided that I wanted to use my stamps to make the background on this card and so I chose a birthday sentiment in a simple font from the Make a Wish set and stamped it over and over, staggering the placement of each line, with my different colors of ink pads.  I wanted that to be the main focus so when it came time to embellish I kept things pretty simple and just added a few items. 

That scalloped piece is by October Afternoon, the flags are Basic Grey and the ribbon is May Arts.  The star is old, and I can't remember where it came from (sorry!).  Looks like Fancy Pants to me though.  The background paper that I stamped over is my Simple Stories. 

I like this one a lot and I can see myself doing this technique over and over again with different stamps and sentiments.  It really didn't take long at all because I just had everything set out and ready to go.  My ink pads were all lined up in order and my stamp cleaning pad was used in between each color so it went fast.  This would be a lot of fun on a small card with a plain white background as well.  Try it out the next time you're in your crafty space!

Have a fun Saturday!  See you next week!

Hot Dog! It's a Birthday!

Hello again!  It's Jessica again with another fun card to share with you.  I have loved these sets since I first saw them and I had to use them together on this card.  I love the bright colors and I think it will be the perfect thing to give to a friend for a birthday along with a gift card to the movies.  Check it out...

I stamped the background with the Hot Diggity Dog set using yellow ink on yellow striped paper. I didn't want the patterned paper to just be a strip behind the sentiment, so I decided to punch out some pieces and line them up on the card.  The paper adds a little more color into the card as well.  The ribbon was added after running it through my Xyron 150 and then pleating it as I attached it to the card.  This is a really easy technique and adds a little dimension to the card as well.  The buttons and the background paper were also attached with Xyron machines and my chipboard and stamped sentiment are attached with some foam adhesive that I made with my (you guessed it) Xyron machine.  :)  This was a pretty quick card, and I can't wait to get back in my scrap room and play with these sets some more.  Be Sure to check out the gel-a-tins Facebook page as well as the Xyron Facebook page this week.  You won't want to miss a thing!

Birthday Layout

Hello Gel-A-Tins Fans!  Kate here on this lovely spring Tuesday.  Today I am sharing with you a layout accented with fun, colorful rays that have been stamped with a sentiment from the "It's Your Day" collection.  

I initially posted this layout to Quick Quotes for their challenge this month, but was so thrilled with the stamped rays of color that I knew I just had to share this with all of you! I love it when I can effectively add in a sentiment stamp as an embellishment on one of my layouts.  

Adding a monochromatic "It's Your Day" stamped on my rays of color was the perfect touch. It added interest to the colorful strips of paper. 

Gel-A-Tins Supplies:

"Its Your Day" Collection

Other Supplies:

Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalking Ink

Quick Quotes "Just Because..." Collection

Quick Quotes Chipboard

CandiDots

American Crafts

October Afternoon

Helmar Premium Craft Glue

Helmar ZapDots

Do you use sentiment stamps on your layouts?  We would love to see them if you do!  

~Kate

Flutterby Birthday

Here is a delicate card with pastel tones.  It's got a femine feel that would be perfect for Mum.

 

Products Used

 

gel-a-tins gelly jr 'Flutterby'

gel-a-tins gelly powder 'White On'

Martha Stewart Lavendar embossing powder

Trimcraft 'Spring Drop' 8x8 Stack

Xyron Mega Runner

Spellbinders Shapeabilites 'Moroccan Accents' dies

Paper Doilies

Topper from Stock

8"x8" Card Blank

 

 

Adhere the base layer of striped paper and paper doilies to your base card using the Xyron Mega Runner.

 

 

Stamp and heat emboss the gel-a-tins butterflies on a strip and cut out. Layer on top of a strip of green paper using the Xyron Mega Runner.

 

 

Die cut two border pieces and adhere under the edge of the green base card.  Stick the whole piece in place onto the base card over the doilies.

 

 

Finish by using the topper at an angle tucked under the border.

Happy Birthday

 

 

For this card I combined many of the great stamps from the gel-a-tins range.  I wanted to create a funky and bright birthday card that would suit a teenager.  I had some new Neon markers and thought that this was the ideal way to give them a try.

Products Used

 

gel-a-tins 'Brick Wall' background stamp

gel-a-tins 'Raindrops Are Falling' stamp set

gel-a-tins 'Stars' set

gel-a-tins 'Mini retro Flakes and Sayings' stamp set

gel-a-tins 'SWAK' stamp set

StazOn ink

Xyron 150 X

Letraset Promarkers 'Neon' set

Shoe Laces

5"x7" Card Blank

 

 

I stamped the 'Brick Wall' onto the blank base card using the StazOn ink. 



 

The markers worked great with the stamps, just rub across the surface and stamp away.

 

 

The neon combined with the stamps give a graffiti effect.

 

 

 A strip from the neon shoe lace instead of ribbon gives it a little more 'Street Cred'