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Card making is...

Drawing, Crafts, Cards, Christmas, Paper crafting, Tutorial, Stamps, Color, Wedding, Diy, ColoringGabriela SimsComment

My favorite thing to do right now! I have been making cards like crazy and using markers and stamps. These are the cards I've made in the past week. 

 

Tons of thanks! 

Tons of thanks! 

This was done with Copic markers, distress ink, and then matted. 

Robot birthday! 

Robot birthday! 

This used a stencil I created with my Cricut,  Copic markers, distress ink,  some miniature gears, and then it was layered. 

A bonus birthday card. 

A bonus birthday card. 

This used Copic markers, a die, an embossing folder, and a white gel pen. 

A wedding shaker card. 

A wedding shaker card. 

This used distress ink, Copic markers, the fuse tool, and a Wink of Stella Pen.

I'll be posting a few videos for how to make these cards soon. Until then, Happy Crafting! 

Coloring with Markers

Coloring, How to, Stamps, Diy, Graphic, Crafts, Paper crafting, Cards, Color, Graphic design, DrawingGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone, I have started coloring more and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. The video below is for a masked stamping shaker card that I colored. 

 

I was so happy with this that I asked for new stamps for Christmas! I am also going to be doing some examples like this with my own drawings soon, until then, here are a few other stamps I finished. 

Original stamp

Original stamp

Masking

Masking

More masking

More masking

The finished jar!

The finished jar!

Some super cute elephants. 

Some super cute elephants. 

Some hearts on strings. 

Some hearts on strings. 

The original is on the left and the right is after I added eyes, color, and glitter. 

The original is on the left and the right is after I added eyes, color, and glitter. 

I think I'm going to really enjoy doing these, happy crafting! 

Holiday Craft Drop

Diy, Christmas, Cards, Knitting, Crafts, Paper craftingGabriela SimsComment

I am starting this in the hopes that other people will do it too and we can all spread some joy. I handmake things all the time, from yarn to paper, I'm always creating. I decided this year I would make 1 dozen hand made cards and bag them up with other handmade items and "drop" them as gifts.  My hope is that people will find them and be prompted to do the same thing. I did my first one today, so I'll keep everyone posted on how it goes, here's the first drop.

A knit hat and greeting card! 

A knit hat and greeting card! 

Happy Crafting! 

My own hinged stamping tool.

Stamps, Diy, Cards, Paper crafting, ThriftGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone!  So I have been churning out cards like crazy and one of the things that has helped me is the tool I made.  I found it pretty easy to make and wanted to share how well it works.

Here's a picture:

I added some embellishments and I'm going to decorate it with vinyl soon too!

I added some embellishments and I'm going to decorate it with vinyl soon too!

 

and you can check out the video of it in action here:

I also colored in one of those flowers when I was done, and here' s that too:

Colored with Spectrum Noir Markers, a gel pen, and a Wink of Stella brush.

Colored with Spectrum Noir Markers, a gel pen, and a Wink of Stella brush.


You could really use one of these and make a set of notecards to give someone without worrying if all of them will be stamped the same, and it can save you a ton of time, even on things like Christmas cards.  I also think this would be good for the big background stamps, so you can get a nice even stamp, I think there are a bunch of uses for this and hopefully you're inspired to make one too.