Christmas Cards Galore

November 25, 2015Cards, Crafts, Stamps, Graphic design, Christmas, Paper crafting, GraphicGabriela SimsComment

I recently became a designer for Darby Smart and my first launch was a boxed set of Christmas cards with my original designs on them. There are 3 designs right now, and soon I will have a total of 6.

They are in boxes of 8 and they come with envelopes, you just add postage!

I am so happy to be able to debut my own artwork on greeting cards. I have a few more designs in my head that could come in handy. Hope you're inspired, happy crafting!

My own hinged stamping tool.

November 21, 2015Stamps, 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!

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.

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.

Moving Owl Cards

November 8, 2015Diy, Drawing, Crafts, Paper crafting, Cards, StampsGabriela SimsComment

I made some cards today using these cute owls. One card is a moving card.

I also made a watercolor and embossed card.

Done with embossing powder, watercolor pencils, and distress ink.

Finally, the last card I made was a sliding pop-up also featuring some owls.

These were a ton of fun to make and not too difficult, let me know if you have questions, happy crafting!

Treat yo' self!

October 15, 2015Stamps, Reviews, Digis, Drawing, Graphic, Cards, Diy, Paper crafting, CraftsGabriela SimsComment

So I have been playing with the idea of making a card for one of my favorite phrases and here it is...

This is a birthday card for one of my girlfriends! I drew Sonia a while back and just cut her out with Print & Cut on my Explore so I could attach her to this card. I used glitter vellum in a Cuttlebug embossing folder, some pink glitter card stock, and a Recollections edge punch. The card size is 5" X 7".

I also received my Dazzles in the mail today from Hot off the Press and used them to make this...