Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Die Cut Scene Featuring Paper Smooches
Hi there crafty friends! It’s Nina-Marie here with you today, sharing a brand new Studio Monday video featuring Paper Smooches dies!
Paper Smooches is well known for their adorable, whimsical style and these dies that I am using in today’s card (Wreath Builder, Merry Christmas and Bird Houses), are a perfect example of that! I love how easy it is to pair Paper Smooches products together, because they carry that fun style throughout their entire collection of stamps and dies.
In this video, I’ll be sharing not only how I built this cute, little scene but also how I did an ink smooshing watercolor technique using Zig Clean Color markers! I’ll be walking you through how I did the ink smooshing and also share a few tips on what I find works best for me when doing this technique.
Be sure to check out the video below to see this card come together! And also be sure to subscribe to our channel (and blog!) if you don’t already, because we post weekly inspiration all year long… which you won’t want to miss!
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Very pretty card, the distress smooshing is fantastic.
Gorgeous card Nina, I love the colour and texture you created by smooshing the different pieces into the ink and water, really looks fantastic. Thank you for an awesome tutorial as well, you always inspire me to get into my craft room and try something out.
Sweet card! Love the dies you used and your awesome coloring! Looking forward to checking out the video!
Oh my gosh, it’s adorable! Thank you for sharing. The colors are so vibrant. Take care, Kim :)
Great card! Love the look.
Very pretty cheerful card!! Haven’t actually tried the smooshing yet, but thanks for sharing tips..will have to try it soon!
This is very cute. Ink smooshing is a technique I need to practice! Love the cute little bird house dies.
What an adorable holiday card! I’d love to be sending these out to friends and family this year!
This is beautiful! I love ink smooshing! :)
Beautiful card!
I love this pretty watercolor! Beautiful!
Wonderful card! I will have to give that smooshing a try.
Love the watercolor!
What a darling card!!
This is Awesome!!
Love this technique & I don’t mind inky fingers either!!
Fab card Nina-Marie, I love how you used your dies :)
Beautiful Christmas card.
Love the Paper Smooches “Merry Christmas” die with the gold glitter!
Great card! Love the way you colored the die cuts!
Beautiful cards. Would have never thought of using birdhouses for a Christmas card.
Love the whimsical scene
Lovely card idea! Thank for sharing Nina!
The colors are beautiful! What a lovely card. I just love Paper Smooches products!
So pretty! I love the attention to detail, awesome card.
Such a beautiful diecut scene. Great card. Great inspiration!
Such a beautiful bright scene!
Love the card!! And I love how you added the “snow” very cool!! I always look forward to the Studio Monday series!
Wow! Love your technique! Can you do this with any other marker? Distress markers for example? Can’t wait to try this one!
Thanks so much Katie! I have not used other watercolor markers before but this technique can be done with water based inks, such as distress ink pads. Because distress markers have the same properties as distress ink pads, I would assume they could be used for this technique.
I’ll let you know! :) Thanks again!
Always look forward to your blog every day.
Such fun and festive ideas!
Love all of the pretty layers. TFS
Fan of Paper Smooches – loving this colorful Christmas card – great job! TFS
So sweet and
cute! Love the
coloring.
Carla from Utah
Love this out of the box design
Oh, I love this card and the great techniques. Thanks so much for the beautiful design ideas.
I enjoyed the video and the card! Thank you so much for sharing your techniques and inspiration!
What an adorable card…..love, love, love the dies and the gorgeous ink smooshing. I must give this a try. Thanks for sharing this technique and your adorable card. Have a lovely day. Cheers Donna Z :)
What a fun technique. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card.
How clever, who would have thought to use bird houses for christmas. So pretty
The scene is beautiful.
Great colors.
thanks for sharing.
Wow! This is stunning!
Wow! This is fantastic with so much dimension. You’ve inspired me to play with more texture.
This is SO PRETTY & COLORFUL! I LOOOOOVE the use of the birdhouse dies for Christmas Cards! Normally, I would think of them for Spring. NICE STRETCH! LOL ;)
Pretty and colorful card
Yay… another way to use my Zig pens… thanks for the tutorial
Very cute. I love the fun bright colors.
Paper Smooches has the cutest things. Thanks for sharing Nina. Really sweet.
I like the coloring with markers. I love the stitched dies. I want to get all the shapes!
Such a beautiful Christmas Card! Love the watercoloring. I just love the birdhouses. So sweet.
Love this card, Nina.