Hello everyone! Mimi is back today with a super adorable shadow box inspiration!
She custom made her own shadow box measuring about 5 3/4 long to set the scene. She also made a couple of one inch wide tabs to fit into her box.
She then adhered her beautifully colored critters from the Inseparable stamp set on the different tabs to create the three dimensional look!
She added a bunch of accessory images such as the muffin, coffees from Rabbit Cafe. I also love the scattered flowers and how she used the dance floor image from Fun Night Out as the picnic blanket – so clever!
The sentiment on the front of the box is from Unity and Friendship Quotes. The hanging banner flags on the tree (also from Inseparable) gives her card the perfect finishing touch!
Thank you Mimi for your charming shadow box card! It is super sweet!
Hello friends! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Let’s hop right in to our inspiration for today. We’re super excited to have Ilda Dias guest designing for us!
Her card features the latest Fancy Gift Bow Stencils 360°. She ink blended three different pastel colors on one of the 8” stencil from this set and rotated it at 30deg intervals (jumping from circle to circle) to create this dreamy background! So beautiful!
She then used the 6” stencil and apply iridescent glitter gel over it to create this icy frozen fractal look!
She added a white heat embossed sentiment from So Blessed stamp set that was die cut with its coordinating dies. She also finished her card with some matching iridescent gems!
This card certainly reminds me of the movie Frozen, Christmas and Snowflakes!
Thank you so much for your beautiful inspiration Ilda!
Thanks for stopping by everyone, have a great rest of the week!
I hope you all had a great weekend! Today we’re super excited to have our talented Guest Designer, Ilda Dias sharing a duo of floral cards with us!
Ilda‘s cards features the Stencils 360° tool and the latest Centerpiece Stencils 360°. She started the inking process on a large canvas. She chose to use a different color on each of the flower cut outs on the stencil.
The final design is achieved in 3 rounds of inking (by rotating the stencil to every 4th circle on the scale, twice). This large canvas allows her to easily create two cards, an A2 size and a 5×5 square card, just by slicing it down near the middle!
This one below is the A2 size card. I just love the rainbow hue that she blended.
Below is the 5×5” square card. I love how the beautiful colors contrasting against the crisp black trims and sentiments!
Happy Canada Day! I’m super excited to be joining a group of Crafty Canadian YouTubers on a Video Hop in celebrating this special day! We’re pleased to say that Penguin Palace is one of the many Canadian craft shops and publications who are sponsoring today’s event with over $1000 in prizes!
After you’ve finished watching my video on YouTube, please leave a comment for your chance to win, and then click on the link in the description for the next person in the hop.
The more you comment, the higher your chance of winning. (Please indicate if you are in Canada or elsewhere as a few prizes are restricted to Canadian addresses only.) All of the giveaway details including the full list of participants are on Emily’s blog.
Comments close at 11:59pm EST on Friday, July 15, 2022 and all winners will be announced on Friday, July 22, 2022.
For this video hop I did a tutorial on the new Mandalas Bundle Stencils 360°. If you’re new to the Stencils 360° I strongly encourage you to watch this video (besides our Intro video) as it covers a lot of the basics of the tool. This Mandalas Bundle is super versatile as you can mix and match the stencils in the set to create numerous beautiful designs. Here’s a look at my cards!
For my first card, I layered one of the 8” stencil with the 6” transparent stencil in the set. The large stencil was rotated at 45 deg intervals (simply jumping along the scale of triangles). The word ‘Bravo’ was from the Congratulations stamp set.
For my second card, I used basically the same ink colors from Catherine Pooler but this time on a different 8” stencil. I paired it with another 4” transparent stencil for finishing the design in the center. The sentiment ‘Sending Warm Hugs’ is from Unity and Friendship Quotes. I really love how these couple of cards turned out with the rainbow hue!
For my next card I used the third 8” stencil from the set and rotated it at 45deg intervals. I applied different colors on each of the element on the stencil to easily create this multi-colors look without having to do any masking. I white heat embossed the scripty ‘Thank You’ (from So Blessed) on our Grand Piano Heavyweight Premium cardstock. I used Teal Sapphire for my back panel and added some cardstock strips diagonally to add more interest to my card.
Next I used the 6” stencil from the set and rotated it at 30 deg intervals (jumping from circle to circle). I then stencilled on some some glacier paste on a 4” clear stencil for the extra shine. I die cut a slightly larger circle in Grape Macaron and inlay that into a square panel of Navy Blazer Heavyweight Premium cardstock on which I die cut the same size circle. The sentiment is from the So Blessed stamp set.
Lastly for this circular card, I used the same 6” stencil (as the above example) but rotated it at 22.5deg (jumping from heart to heart). Notice how this pattern looks fuller than the last one? This is what happens when you decrease the turning interval for inking. This gorgeous sentiment is from the Heartfelt Notes stamp set.
I also added a stamped floral image from So Blessed on the inside of my card!
I hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration. Don’t forget to head to my video on YouTube and leave your comments there for a chance to win. Then click on the link in the video description for the next person in the hop.
If you get lost along the way, you can always head back to our host Emily’s blog for the full list of participants and all the details!
Comments close at 11:59pm EST on Friday, July 15, 2022 and all winners will be announced on Friday, July 22, 2022. Looking forward to see all of your comments!
Hello crafty friends! Friday is just around the corner, hope you’re having a great week!
Mimi is sharing a charming slimline card with us today!
Starting with the background, Mimi ink blended these beautiful rainbow stripes and dots using the Hieroglyphs stencil! I adore this idea!
The chain of hearts is created using an image from Inseparable stamp set, while the sentiment is from the Unity and Friendship Quotes stamp set and it ties in with the background seamlessly!
I love how she stacked the adorable bears into a pyramid, which are from the Miniature Teddy Bear stamp set. The color palette on these cuties matches the background perfectly!
I love how she used the small images from all of Penguin Agenda, Inseparable, Sweetest Truck to create these cute little designs on the bears’ tummies – so clever!!
The opened jar of floating hearts are also from Inseparable.
