Rose Postage Stamp Birthday Card

Here is another postage stamp card using The Ton dies and stencils.  I really like the layering stencils they have created for use with their postage stamp die.

I used the following for the card:

• The Ton - Postage Rose Layering Stencils, Postage Party Die
• Gina K Designs - Light Carnation, Medium Carnation, Dark Carnation, Grass Green, Black Onyx Ink
• Gina k Designs - Master Layouts 1,  So Many Sentiments, Disco Ball Sequins

To make the card, I used the Postage Party Die to create the stamp panel.  The stencils were used creating the images for each stamp of the panel.  The sentiment was stamped and the disco ball sequins added.  The stamp panel was matted and added to the card base to complete the card.

Wildflower Stems

After creating a velum version of the Wildflower Stems, I needed to create a version in color!

For this card I used:

• Gina K Designs - Wildflower Stems Embossing Folder and Stencils
• Gink K Designs - Light Orchid, Medium Orchid, Dark Orchid, Fresh Asparagus, Grass Green, Warm Cocoa, Kraft, Lemon Drop, Wild Dandelion, Black Onyx inks
• Gina K Designs - Radiant Roses Stamps and Dies
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 1

To make the card, I embossed the image on white card stock and colored using the stencils and inks.  It was then cut using Master Layouts 1 (along with the associated black mat).  The mat and image were added to the card base.  The sentiment was stamped, die cut and added to complete the card.

Happy Halloween

When I was the Scrap Stamp Art Tour show in Westminster Maryland,  I made a card front at the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps booth using Pan Pastels and one of their stamps.  When I got home, I made a mini slim line card using that panel.  This is the card I made:

For this card I used:

• Card front made at the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps booth
• Gina K Designs - Handmade Holidays stamp set, Black Onyx Ink, Master Layouts 7

To make the card, I die cut black and orange mats from Master Layouts 7.  I then manually cut the card front to fit in the black mat.  These were all attached to the card base.  The sentiment was then added to complete the card.

Kendra's Card Challenge #18

So I finally completed the cards for Kendra's Card Challenge #18.  Normally there are 15 cards made for the challenge.  In this one there were 18 cards made!

The patterned paper used for this challenge was from Craft Consortium - Beach Hut

Card #1:

• Gina K Designs - Ivory, Cherry Red, Christmas Green, Kraft Inks
• Gina K Designs - Christmas Cheer, Holiday Floral Stamps, Stencils and Dies
• Hero Ares = Infinity Circle Dies

Card #2:

• Gina K Designs - Light Spruce Ink
• Gina K Designs - Layered Leaves Stamps and Dies, All Occasions Flowers Stamps and Dies

Card #3:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Sandy Beach, Turquoise Sea, Blue Sky Inks
• Gina K Designs - By The Sea #2, Oceans Silhouettes
• MFT - Cloud Stencil

Card #4:

• Gina K Designs - Sketched Roses Stamps
• Gina K Designs - Skeleton Leaves Poly-glaze, Skeleton Leaves Dies, 14 Karat Fancy Foil
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Darice Embossing Folder

Card #5:

• Gina K Designs - Small and Large Stitched Circles Dies
• Darice Embossing Folder
• Gina K Designs - 14 Karat Gold Fancy Foil (waste foil), Skeleton Leaves Dies, Poly-glaze sheet
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 3, Birthday Babble Sentiment Sheet

Card #6:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Sketched Roses Stamps
• Hero Arts - June 2023 Layering Seashell Stencil
• Memento - Lulu Lavender Ink
• Altenew - Lavender Fields, Deep Iris Inks

Card #7:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx
• Hero Arts - February 2023 Rub-on Butterflies, Beautiful Butterflies Dies
• Waffle Flower - Happy Anniversary Stamps

Card #8:

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 14, Master Layouts 3, Birthday Babble Sentiment Sheet
• Cuttlebug - Divine Swirl Embossing Folder
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card #9:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, Sketched Roses Stamps and Dies
• We Are Memory Keepers - Next Level Geometric Embossing Folder

Card #10:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, Wreath Builder Stamp Set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card #11:

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 3, Birthday Babble Sentiment Sheet

Card #12:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Blue Sky, Turquoise Sea Inks
• Altenew - Beautiful Inside
• Seaside Stampin' Ink - Beach Stories, Clouds Stamps
• Hero Arts - June 2023 Beach Stamps

Card #13:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim, Wish Stamp Set

Card #14:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, Master Layouts 17, Ocean Silhouettes
• MFT - Black Licorice Ink

Card #15-#18:

• Gina K Designs - Holiday Greetings Sentiment Sheet, Master Layouts 3, Radiant Red Fancy Foil, Winter Foliage Ephemera, Tapestry Embossing Folder

Wildflower Postage

I recently purchased from the Ton the postage dies and several stencils to use with the dies.  Since one of the Grandkids likes using blending brushes and layering stencils we chose to make a card using one of the stencils and dies.  They chose the ink colors, while I chose the mat color and the color of the card base. This is the card we made:

The following was used to make this card:

• Gina K Designs - Bubble Gum, Wild Dandelion, Grass Green, Black Onyx ink
• Memento - Angel Pink Ink
• The Ton - Wildflowers Layering Stencil, Postage Party Die
• Waffle Flower - Postage Collage Stamps

To make the card, the Postage Party Die was used to create the stamp panel.  The stencils and ink were then used to create the flowers for each stamp.  The postage amount was stamped, and the stamp panel added to the mat. The entire piece was added to a card base to complete the card.  

Wildflowers in vellum

I had this thought in my head, why not use a 3D embossing folder with vellum?  Would it work?  Would the vellum crack?  How would it look when made into a card?  Well, it did work, it did crack a bit (but not noticeable), and I made a very elegant looking 5x7 card!

To make this card I used:

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 20, Wildflower Stems Embossing Folder, Light Spruce Ink, Celebrate You Stamps and Dies

To make the card, I embossed the vellum using the 3D embossing folder.  I cut the frame using Master Layouts 20. The sentiment was stamped using light spruce and then die cut.  The embossed vellum was added to the frame. Spruce colored card stock was then added behind the vellum and the frame.  This was then added to the card base.  The sentiment was added using foam tape to complete the card.

Christmas Leaves and Berries

Remember that paper that you could sand after embossing and have a different color show?  Well I remember why I didn't like using it - its messy and takes longer than expected to get the right look.  Even with the mess and the time, I really like how this card came out!

I used the following for this card: 

• Gina K Designs - Serene Branches Embossing Folder, Holiday Floral Stamp Set
• Gina K Designs - Grass Green and Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 1
• Versamark
• Stampendous - Detail Black Embossing Powder

To make the card, dry embossed using the Serene Branches embossing folder.  I then sanded (and sanded) the piece until the underlying color appeared.  With the paper I chose, the green was a bit to pastel, so I ran a green ink pad over the embossed image to make it a more Christmas Green.  The image and gold panel were cut using Master Layouts 1.  These were added to the red card base.  The sentiment was stamped onto the gold paper, but it wasn't dark enough, so I stamped over it with Versamark, added black embossing powder and heat set.  This was then die cut and added to the card using foam tape to complete the card.