Crafty with Caly: Real Leaves
Hi friends! Welcome to the latest edition of Crafy with Caly! Caly Person has made a GORGEOUS slimline card featuring our new Real Leaves stamp set and has a cool feature with a sponge dauber on how to recreate this effect! Be sure to watch the video for all the details and enjoy!
Hey, Friends! Thanks for joining me today for some multicolored stamping using the Real Leaves stamp set from the Handmade Holiday release! I love me some stamping and the ability to add colors and depth using a combination of ink colors.
I created a slimline card today to share a few color variations and to show off the realism and details of these gorgeous Real Leaves! I started with a slimline panel and centered the oak leaf first and then worked my way out from the center to ensure proper spacing.
Be sure to check out the video for this card!
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I used sponge daubers to apply the ink in sections, overlapping them just a tad to get a nice blend between the colors. When I was done stamping all the variations (2-3 colors per leaf), I quickly splattered the panels with some red ink and white paint for texture.
Simon Says Stamp Dye Ink colors used: Merlot, Schoolhouse Red, Clementine, Goldenlocks, Fern, Evergreen
For more interest, I wrapped some twine around the bottom of my card to help ground the left images. I used the Thankful For You die and layered it over the twine in the center of the card. I die cut the bottom layer using Matte Gold Cardstock and the thankful word using a simple black cardstock.
To finish today’s card, I embellished the leaves with a few sequins from the new Glimmering Pines Sequin Mix. I hope you like it! Thanks so much for visiting and spending some time with me today! ~Caly
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Card Kit Reveal and Inspiration: Santa’s Helpers
Our whimsical December 2021 Card Kit Santa’s Helpers will inspire you to create magical holiday surprises for those you love!
This jolly kit features the brand-new Simon exclusive Santa’s Helpers 6×8 stamp set, a variety of Craft Consortium Made By Elves patterned paper, and 3D decoupage images, as well as a package of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Bubbles!
Try fun techniques with the Tim Holtz Distress Icicle Crackle Paste; put some of the Icicle Crackle Paste into the needle-tip applicator bottle from Darice, or apply it with the Ranger palette knife. Don’t forget to add a little shimmer with the Sparkle Pen from Crafters Companion! In addition, we’ve included foam adhesive from Darice, plus 2 Simon brand envelopes, 3 coordinating sheets of Simon cardstock, and 1 sheet of Neenah Solar White.
Santa’s Helpers is the perfect kit to create cute holiday designs in your Christmas card workshop!
The NEW 6×8 stamp set Santa’s Helpers is available for individual purchases in our store!
Don’t forget! We have LOTS of gorgeous card kit inspiration to access and add to in our Card Kit Galleries!
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Thanksgiving Artist Trading Cards
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Cheiron Brandon! She made some seriously GORGEOUS ATCs (artist trading cards) perfect for sharing as you gather with friends and family over the autumn season! Read on and if you missed our special gift promotion today, don’t forget to scroll to the bottom! ;) Enjoy!
Hi there crafty friends, it’s Cheiron Brandon here and I am thrilled to be sharing a project with you today. As I was putting my Halloween Ephemera away and getting ready for Christmas crafts, I found some Idea-ology items that are perfect for a few Thanksgiving projects. I created a set of Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) using these ephemera and the Sizzix Leaf Fragment dies which are perfect for these ATCs.
I cut four ATC panels (2 ½ x 3 ½) from Kraft Mixed Media Heavystock and stamped the Linen stamp onto them and inked the edges of the panels using Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. I took a printed paper from the Halloween Backdrops back and cut it into 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ panels and inked the edges of the paper using Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. I took my bottle of Walnut Stain Distress Oxide and spattered some onto the panels by opening the bottle and using the nozzle. I colored the leaves with my favorite fall Distress Inks and then sprayed them with Antique Bronze Distress Mica Spray and dried them with a heat tool.
Once the leaves were dry, I assembled the ATCs layer by layer using Distress Collage Medium. I adhered the printed paper to the card, then a Salvaged tag, then a Halloween Snippets Ephemera, then one of the leaves and finally a big chat sticker.
If you haven’t made ATCs before, I hope you will try it. What can you do with these besides trade them? I like to add them to the front of a card, tie them to a bottle of wine when I bring one to somebody’s house, or even put them on the Thanksgiving table with a handwritten note of thanks on the back for the person who is sitting there!
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