Cardmaking with Emojis
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! I’m always happy to welcome back the sweet and talented Kelly Rasmussen to our blog as a guest! She made this adorable pair of emoji cards! Be sure to read on to learn how to recreate them for yourself and enjoy!
Emojis seem to be everywhere these days! I’ve seen them on clothing and home decor and there is even an emoji Bible! I will admit I am a fan of a clever emoji used in text message, so the new Hero Arts Emoji Icons caught my attention. The adorable little images can say so much with just a facial expression.
To create the emojis, I stamped each one with black ink and trimmed out the image. Then I used a black marker to color the edges, so the white core of the paper wouldn’t show. I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color the images — the super fine tip makes it a breeze to color in the tiny spaces!
I created a 4-bar sized (3 1/2″x4 7/8″) card base from white cardstock and used Distress Inks to blend a gradient background. I think I need some blending lessons from Laura Bassen because I really struggled to get that nice fade out to white at the top. She makes it look so effortless!
Both messages are from the Hero Arts Happy Mail stamp that I designed. It’s got a great mix of messages that are perfect for envelopes as well as cards!
And finally I adhered three emojis to each card with foam adhesive and covered them with a coat of Glossy Accents. I love that shine!
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These are so cute!
These are so fun!
Super fun!! Congrats to all the winners!
These are fun and sweet! Your blending is quite fine, no lessons needed!
fun. Kids would love these
The teenagers in my family are gonna love these !
Gorgeous, so creative and fun!!!
Totally sweet & whimsical! Your ink blending is AH-MAZING! Flawless movement of color from light to dark…so in awe of your talent!
This card is so much fun!
What a nice idea – now I know what to do with mine. Thanks x
What a nice idea. Now I know what to do with mine. Thanks x
Really fun cards.
Those are so cute!
Very cute. My grandchildren would love these.
fun cards:)
Love those emojis and how you put them together.
Emojis are popular & you used them wonderfully. Congrats to the winners. Have a Bee-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
These are just too CUTE!
Very cute card! Great job coloring and ink-blending.
Really cute cards!
And congrats to my friend Lisa!! :)
That’s a fun way to get a message across.
I love those Zig markers.
I think your blending is wonderful :-)
These are so fun! Love them! :-)
Such a great idea with these images!
Cute and fun idea! Thanks for sharing!
wow—so cute!
Lovely cute card
Love the gradient inking!
Oh my these cards are sooooooooo cute!!!
Cute!!!
Love these little stamps! There’s just so many possibilities.
Wow! Very fun cards!!!! Congrats to all the lucky winners!!!
Super cute emoji’s cards. Love your blended background.
Cute! The emojis are adorable!
Fun cards.
Love the emojis!! congrats to the winners!!
These are adorable!
How adorable! Love these cards – TFS
Those emojis look awesome covered with Glossy Accents! I always struggle with ink blending as well, Kelly, but you did an amazing job on both cards!
Fun cards. Thanks for sharing with us.
Attack of the emojis! Great silly cards to brighten someone’s day!
I really need to get a planner so can use all of these
fun stamps.
thanks for sharing
Simple and cute! Thanks for the emoji inspiration.
Super cute idea. Fun for the young at heart! :)
Oh boy, these cards are just so cutely, hysterically funny! lol Very fun – thanks for sharing.
Such a fun idea! Awesome cards:-)
The emojis are great!
Very cute emojis!!
Love this stamp set. The design is wonderful and could be applied to all of these little stamps I never know how to use. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!