A colorful safari!

Hello! Hope your day is going great! It's Anita from http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com/ and I am happy to be here with a card today! :> Today I decided to play with the Safari Friends stamp set and make a birthday card! While I love the Safari Friends set I don't always have the time or the desire to color. Not a big coloring fan over here. My favorite way to use these animals is to stamp them in fun colors and I made a fun card today like that:



I simply stamped the animals in various inks all over the cardstock! A hint to avoid mistakes is only use one color per animal! :> Mounted the panel to a kraft card. I added a patterned paper strip behind the sentiment to add some interest to the card! And there you go a fun birthday card! All ready for a birthday party since they always seem to pop up! :>

And that's it from me! Thanks for visiting today!

Supplies used:

Safari Friends Gel a Tins Stamps
Inks: Splash, Cup of Joe, Butterball by Hero Arts
Tangelo by Memento
PP: Echo Park this and that collection
Recollections kraft cardstock

Summer Love

Hi everyone!
Summer is my favourite season of the year.And inspiration for today`s card..was exactly summer) So I`ve done very warm yellow card with flower and butterfly.


At first I prepare my to pieces of paper. Stamped on them Love Knots stamp and distressed them. Then I made ​​a small hole in a piece of paper and slipped back waxed cord.Decorated card with flower, brads and butterfly.


PRODUCTS USED
gel-a-tins Love Knots stamp set
Crate Paper
Echo Park Paper
Martha Stewart Punch Butterfly
Glossy Accents Ranger
Brads Echo Park
Prima Marketing ink
Flower

Have a great crafting!
Tanya P.
www.diaryofcards.blogspot.com

Doodle Flowers and ink resist

Wow! This summer has been a hot one for those of us here in Michigan that aren't used to 100 degree temperatures already in the beginning of July. But, all of that heat has meant that I can spend more time inside enjoying my central air and creating!

I'd like to share a layout I made using one of the new gelly jr.'s stamps and ink resist! I have noticed more and more companies offering pattern paper that has ink resist designs already applied to it, but I have yet to buy any. There are two reasons for that, I am thrifty when it comes to spending my scrappy money and I hate when I buy something and then I instantly use it up! That's one of my favorite things about stamps, you can't use them up.

My Girls


Supplies Used:
gelly jr.'s Doodle Flower
versamark ink
Stampin' Up embossing powder
Maya Road mist
Bo Bunny pattern paper and rub-ons
Jillybean alphas and journal spot
American Crafts thickers

To get the white stamped image on the blue paper I used a piece of white cardstock as my base. First I stamped the flower all over with versamark ink. I then added embossing powder and used my heat gun. At first glance the image did not really show up on the paper. After embossing, I sprayed the embossed cardstock with blue mist. I then rubbed the cardstock with a cloth to remove the ink from the embossed flowers, leaving behind white flowers. The ink does not stick to the embossed images, so you are left with the white cardstock showing through the embossed images and the ink on the rest of the cardstock!


I would love to see what you can do with the ink resist technique!

Happy Birthday!

Hello, everyone. I hope you had a good weekend. I would like to start the week off with a birthday card. I used the Flutteryby stamp from the new gelly jr's collection.

To make this card, start with a white card base. Use a craft knife to cut a curved line down the right hand side of the front only. This will symbolize the flight path for your butterflies. Add a piece of light green cardstock to the inside of the card base. Add a dotted line to each edge.

Stamp the butterflies onto colorful cardstock with black ink. Cut them out. Adhere along the curved front panel with foam adhesive dots for some dimension.

Stamp or hand write a sentiment on the front. A pretty simple card that will make anyone smile. Thank you for stopping by and starting the week with us!

Supplies:
gelly jr's Flutterby stamp

Other:
Adirondack Ink in Pitch Black by Ranger
Cardstock by Prism
Black Pen by ZIG
Foam Adhesive Squares.

Miss You

I love how versatile and adorable this little bear stamp is from the gel-a-tins 'Honey Bear' clear stamp set. I made this 'Miss You' card for this weeks project.



Products Used

gel-a-tins 'Honey Bear' clear stamp set
Kanban Paper (Patterned)
American Craft Speciality Paper (Blue)
Brown Whispers Ink Pad
We R Memory Keepers Grossgrain Ribbon
We R Memory Keepers Tassle Ribbon
Xyron 9" Creative Station
Xyron 150 X
Xyron Mega Runner
Blue Chipboard Shapes
Blue Wire
Fiskars Mini Scallop Scissors
Foam Pads
A5 White Card


How It's Done

Cut a piece of the Blue American Crafts Speciality Paper to fit the card and trim along the top using the Fiskars Scallop Scissors. Run through the Xyron 5" Creative Station and place on the front of the card.

Cut a piece of Kanban Patterned Paper slightly smaller, run thought the Xyron 9" creative Station and and layer over the blue paper. Cut the Ribbon to length and run through the Xyron 150 X and place along the top of the card.



Using the 'Miss You' sentiment and the 'Honey Bear', stamp the images on the Kanban paper to match the main background. Cut out and layer onto pieces of the blue American Crafts Speciality Paper. Trim and layer together on too of the card using foam pads.



Arrange the wire, chipboard and ribbon under the sentiment.



And that's it.

To buy this amazing stamp set please go to http://gelatinstamps.com/ .
For more ideas and inspiration you can visit the gel-a-tins blog at http://gelatinstamps.blogspot.ie/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/gelatinstamps .

Sweet as honey!

Hello, everyone! Thank you for stopping by Gel-a-tins today! Can you believe that June is almost over! Eeeekkk were has the month gone!

Today I am going to share with you a CAS (Clean and Simple) card with you. In the Honey Bear Set, there is this cute beehive and tiny bees. (Too cute!) I designed this simple card that would be perfect to send to someone who is feeling under the weather.

Here it is:



And a closer look:



Don't you love the yellow and black color combo! I think it is perfect for the bee stamps! And what better paper to use, right?!

Gel-a-tins stamps are perfect for CAS cards. There are stamps for all occasions! Please stop by the shop to see the wide selection!

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

Jessi

Rainbow Chevron-Tastic!

Hey gelly fans!  It's Jessica here again with a card for you.  I made this one with the Chevron-Tastic stamp set and the Put a Cap on it set.  I think it's a great, happy card that I could use just to say hello, or for a birthday or just about any other occasion.

I combined the stamps with a rainbow of ink colors, some Canvas Corp paper that I cut with a Spellbinder's die, some washi tape, buttons and twine.

Quick and easy and fun too!

Supplies Used:
Adhesive: Xyron
Inks: Stampin Up, Staz-On
Buttons: Autumn Leaves and Buttons Galore and More
Twine: The Twinery
Washi Tape: Gauche Alchemy
Die: Spellbinder's
Paper: Canvas Corp

Follow with Love Knots

Welcome to the first full week of summer! One of my favorite summer activities with my family is going to the Children's Garden. I am sharing a layout I created using the Love Knots set about a recent trip to the gardens.

Follow


Supplies Used:
Love Knots stamp - gel-a-tins
gcd Melody Ross pattern paper
border sticker - Sassafras Lass
stickers - Echo Park
Thickers - American Crafts
stick pins - Maya Road
tags and twine unknown stash

For this layout I wanted to use manilla tags to add a little embellishment, but they were too plain on their own. Adding a background stamps adds a little bit extra emphasis to the tags while still keeping the focus on the photo.

Unbeleafable Dream

Hi dear girls!
This week I have for you sweet card with great sign-Dream!We all shoul dream!And all our derams will come true)))My deram for today is vacation)))Vacation at the our cottage ispired me for new card)))





How I made. Again all is very easy Many layers of Pion Designs Paper and lace.I stamped a grass with Dovecraft ink and beautiful stamp from gel-a-tins set "Unbeleafable". Than I decored tag with brads and twine thread. Last step was to crop two sweet butterflies and make few dots with glossy accents.Thats all:)

Hope you've enjoyed this card!

PRODUCTS USED
gel-a-tins "Unbeleafable" Clear Stamp Set
Pion Designs paper
Lace
Martha Stewart Punch Doily Lace
Glossy Accents Ranger
Brads Echo Park

Have a great crafting!
Tanya P.
www.diaryofcards.blogspot.com

Sweet Cakes and banners!

Hello! It's Anita from http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com/ With summer finally here I had to play with fun bright colors so I decided to play with the Sweet Cakes Stamp set!



I stamped the icing in a bright pink and stamped the cup in brown! I embossed the kraft cardstock in a modern hexagon! The fun papers add a lot and compliment the cupcake! I couldn't resist making a banner! For the banner I tucked the ends underneath the kraft and than tied the twine bows on each edge! Hope you enjoyed my bright and fun card today!

Products used:

Sweet Cakes by Gel a Tins
this and that papers by echo park
Bubble gum pink and cup o java ink by Hero Arts
Bossabilities embossing folder by Spellbinders
Twine by the twinery
cardstock by bazzill