Author: amandafitterer

This card makes me smile… I always love when I can incorporate rainbow colors into a card!

I cut my rectangle paper first and then I used my Stitched Circles die cut from Simon Says Stamp to make a circle in the middle of the rectangle piece.

Then, I used this Darice cloud embossing folder on that same piece of card stock.

On the cut out stitched circle, I stamped the castle from the Dream Come True stamp set from SSS.

I also stamped some clouds from the same set, using a post-it to keep the cloud out of the castle image.

From the Magical Dragons stamp set from My Favorite Things, I stamped the princess and colored her in with Copics.

I added some sparkle with the Wink of Stella brush.

I also colored in the castle with Copic markers.

I stamped the sentiment from the Magical Dragons stamp set with Versamark and then used white Wow embossing powder on it. I used my heat gun to emboss it.

I cut it out with the sentiments die cut from SSS and then used scissors to cut the edges.

I used the same colors of Copics from the castle to make my own colorful piece of paper to match.

I used the stars from the Falling Backgrounds stamp set from SSS. I stamped with Dandelion from Memento.

I used 3D foam adhesive on some pieces and double sided tape on the rest.

I used Nuvo drops to add a few droplets.

I used white cardstock and the Martha Stewart score board to make my envelope.

Then I stamped the stars again on the front of the envelope.

I stamped the sentiment from the Dream Come True stamp set.

I used Salty Ocean distress oxide to create a blue border around the front of the envelope.

I used all of the markers below to fill in the Dream Come True.

I added sparkle with the Wink of Stella brush.

And that was it!

If you saw my post a little while ago with the Rainy Day girl, this is very similar! I purchased these girls from the Silhouette Store and had my Cameo 3 sketch and cut the girls out. I chose the long haired girl for this particular card.

I used E00, E11, E13 and RV10 for the girl’s face.

I used E57, E21, and E43 for her hair.

I used B39, B41, and B45 for her dress, shoes, and bow.

I stamped her a little puppy friend from the Canine Companions from My Favorite Things. Then cut her out with the coordinating die.

I colored this little girl to match her sweet owner. I used E47, E57, E21, and E43. I used B41 and B39 for her bow.

Next, I used the Leafy Backdrop stamp from Pink Fresh Studio and using different amounts of Faded Jeans distress oxide and pressure, I created dimension in the backdrop.

I used stamps from Clearly Besotted for the sentiment “TO MY sister”.

I put 3D foam on the girl and her pup and adhered her to the card.

Here are some more photos of the finished card!

This is the first time I’ve participated in a My Favorite Things sketch challenge (Sketch 418). I have to say, it was harder than I anticipated it to be! I don’t usually plan a layout before I start putting things together – I prefer to wing it! So I kept finding myself wanting to deviate from the sketch! But in the end, I was able to get something put together that resembles the sketch! 🙂

The pup is from MFT Canine Companions stamp set. I stamped him with the Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then cut him out with the coordinating die.

I colored him using E31, E35, E37, and E39. I used RV34 and RV11 for his ears.

I used the Playful Messages sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I used the sentiment dies from SSS to cut out and the sentiment.

I had purchased this paper from Michaels when it was on sale at the end of summer! I love a good deal!

I rounded the edges with this Fiskars punch.

I used this heart background stamp (SSS) with Picked Raspberry distress oxide.

I used a Stitched circle die and then a starburst stencil to create a background for my puppy.

I added black ink around the edge of the circle and “stitched” look with the R11 marker to the sentiment banner.

I used double sided tape for the patterned paper and 3D adhesive for the sentiment, circle, and puppy.

I added finishing touches with the Nuvo drops and Gelly pen.

That wasn’t so hard! Ha Ha!

This card was super fun to make! I used the Silhouette Cameo 3 to sketch and cut the Umbrella Girl. I purchased her (and 2 other girls) from the Design Store.

I colored the girl in with my Copic markers. I used E00, E11 and E13 for her skin tones and RV10 for her blush.

I used E31 and E51 for her hair.

I used Y08, Y06 and Y02 for her umbrella and boots.

I used B39 and B45 for her jeans and Y00 and Y02 for her shirt.

I used the Faded Jeans distress oxide and the raindrops from the Falling Backgrounds stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the background multiple times with different amounts of ink and pressure to give more dimension.

I used this stitched border die to add a frame to the card.

I grabbed my sentiments from The Stamp Market’s Bear Hugs stamp set. I had to stamp multiple times because I had a fuzzy attached to my stamp that I couldn’t get rid of! 🙂 3rd time was a charm!

I used the Sentiments die from SSS to cut my sentiments out for me.

I put 3D foam tape on the backs of the girl and the sentiments and then adhered them to the page!

Here are some more photos of this finished card:

This simple card was to fun make with these Leafy Backdrop stamps from Pink Fresh! I think I’m going to have to find some other ways to use them! Plus these Elephant of Surprise stamps are so sweet from Heffy Doodle!

Scroll down to see how I made this card!

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Using 3 of the Leafy Backdrop stamps, I began to place them where I wanted them. I used the New Sprout green from Memento.

I had to take the longest vine and bend the end inwards so that it would point focus to the elephant.

From my Elephant of Surprise stamp set from Heffy Doodle, I stamped one of the elephants.

Then, I colored him in using my Copic markers N3, N5, N7, and N9. I used my white Gelly pen to add highlights.

I used N1 to create a shadow under the elephant.

I used a very light hand with my Black Soot distress ink to add a light vignette around the card.

To finish the card off, I used green sequins and green Nuvo drops.

Thanks so much for reading!

I cannot get enough of Hog Heaven from MFT Stamps. They’re just the cutest little piggies!

To make this card, I started with Lawn Fawn’s Stitched Hillside Backdrop die.

I stamped my Hog Heaven stamps with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then I die cut with the coordinating dies.

I used Copic RV21 and RV23 to color in the piggies.

I used YG03 and YG06 for the cupcakes.

I used Y02 and Y00 to color in the cupcake wrappers. I used R29 and R39 for the cherry. I used C4 to make a slight shadow on the wrapper.

I used Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn distress inks/oxides to blend a green background.

I used the Distress Sprayer to create water droplets in the background.

I stamped my sentiments from Avery Elle’s Fruit Stand stamp set.

I attached 3D foam tape to the back of my diecut background.

I attached a thicker 3D adhesive to my piggy so he would stand out farther than the background.

I used flat tape for the smaller piggy head and cupcake.

Finally, I added some Nuvo drops to the background.

And Voila! All done!

Holiday cards are finally done! Now it is time for all the upcoming card needs, like the end of the school year! Crazy! 🙂

You could really do this card one of two ways. I decided to add a little dimension by stamping the 2 of the apples on a separate piece of cardstock and then fussy cutting them out and adding 3d foam adhesive to the backs. But really, you could do this card as one dimension and only use one piece of cardstock. I think both ways are beautiful!

These stamps are all from the Fresh Fruits stamp set from Mama Elephant. I started by placing my “thanks teacher” sentiment first. Then, adding my main 2 apples where I wanted them and stamping it all with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I continued placing the apples and leaves where I wanted them and then stamping them with the same Memento ink pad.

I used Copic Sketch markers R39, R29, and R24 for the red apples.

Then, E57, E51, and E41 for the stems and insides of the apples.

I used G17 and G14 for the leaves.

This is the part that you could skip, if you wanted! I stamped the 2 apples separately and then cut them with scissors. I added the 3D Foam tape to the backs and adhered them.

Such a pretty and simple card for my kids’ teachers!

Thanks for reading!

These stamps are from The Stamp Market’s newest release… and I’m in LOOVE!

To make this card, I started with the “Paper Hug” stamp set and stamped (a few times) using my Abandoned Coral distress oxide. I stamped it enough that it was mostly filled, but that it still looked a little “grungy”.

Then, I die cut it with the coordinating die.

I then stamped and die cut the little bear.

I colored the little guy in with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and used my white Gelly pen to add highlights. I used my clear Wink of Stella pen to add a little glitter to the heart.

Then, I laid my pieces out to see where I could put the Hearts border (also from The Stamp Market).

I removed my sentiment and bear and stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

I chose the “Here for You” sentiment from the Bear Hugs stamp set and stamped it with Versamark.

I used White embossing powder and then used my heat gun on it.

I die cut it with the Sentiments die cut from Simon Says Stamp and then cut it down to size with scissors.

I used the Falling Skies stamp set to do some falling hearts with my Abandoned Coral distress oxide.

Once I had all of my hearts and everything laid out how I liked it, I put 3D foam adhesive on the back of everything and adhered it to the card. I used the long strips from CutCardStock.com and cut them down to the size I needed.

For my finishing touch, I added the cute sentiment on the back.

Here are some close up photos of the front of the card!

Thanks for reading!

Quite in love with this little deer!

First, I drew him in Procreate on my iPad. Then, I brought him into Silhouette Studio – Designer Edition. I converted him to a Sketch (which took lots of little tweaking). The Cameo 3 then sketched him with the Silhouette sketch pen and cut him out. For the rest of the process, see below!

Using the Stitched Borders die from Simon Says Stamp, I created a little hill.

I then stamped my trees and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers.

I stamped little snowflakes all around using Versamark to get them ready for embossing.

I used my Wow embossing pen to create little lines on the branches of the trees to add a “snow” effect.

Then I embossed all my snowflakes and “snow” with a sparkly white embossing powder and heat set.

I colored my deer with my Spectrum Noir markers as well.

I used a sentiment from the Fa La La stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and then cut it with my Sentiment Die strips (also from SSS).

Side note: I must have gotten a messed up stamp set from them because I realized it said “BY” instead of “BE”. So I threw this one away and re-did it with another sentiment.. but the process was the same!

Then I put everything on the card using 3D foam tape!

Thanks for reading this post…. If you’re interested in a step-by-step process of the deer, please let me know and I’ll create another blog post!

I LOVE rainbow cards so much! They just immediately make me smile! Hope you enjoy this one, too!

First, using 2 of the stitched circle dies from Simon Says Stamp, I made my circle frames.

Then, I started stamping out all my images and started creating a layout that I thought was balanced.

I started coloring in my stamped images with my Spectrum Noir markers, keeping a rainbow theme! It took a LOT of time and blending, but I just love the way it gradually blends to the next color.

I used my white gelly roll pen to add highlights to all the colored images.

I wanted to have multiple dimensions, so I doubled up on some 3D foam adhesive behind the bunny and cat. Then I used a thinner 3D adhesive for the circle frames.

For the finishing touch, I added some rainbow sequins along the bottom book border.

I hope this inspires you to do something fun and colorful!! Thanks for stopping by!

Isn’t this little piggy the cutest!?

First I stamped and die cut everything I needed it to make the card.

Then I laid everything out to see what layout I preferred.

I colored in the stamped images with my Spectrum Noir markers next.

I used Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio to make a subtle and pretty background.

To add a little texture, I used my water brush to flick some water on the background. Then I stamped my sentiment and used my heat tool to dry everything.

I put 3D adhesives on the back of each of the stamped images so that I could lay everything out again and get it all lined up perfectly before I adhered them to the card.

After I adhered all the stamped images, I used my Nuvo drops to make a few droplets.

And that’s it – it’s done (after it dries, of course!!) Thanks for looking!!

To start off, I used my corner punch to round the corners and used a regular hole punch for the hole. I don’t have any bookmark dies so I just used what I had available!

Then I stamped my row of books.

I also don’t have any masking paper (if only I had a limitless budget and limitless crafting space!!) so I used a post-it, a pencil, and scissors to create a mask of the books.

I used Salty Ocean distress ink to create a little background.

I used my Spectrum Noir markers to create a book shelf (using my post-it as a guide and then fixing my line after removing the post-it).

I used a fine tip pen and a ruler to make a clean line for my shelf.

Then I started stamping the bottom of the bookmark.

Once I had that done, I colored in my books and my little guy, using my Spectrum Noir markers.

Then I tied my baker’s string to the top and voila! Done!

This stamp set from Mama Elephant is just the cutest!!

First, I cut the piece for the bottom by placing it on the card and using a pencil to draw my lines where I wanted them. Then, I used Tim Holtz distress inks and oxides to blend the background on the piece of card stock.

After that was complete, I placed it where I wanted it on the card. Using my stamp platform, I lined up where I wanted the books to be and then removed my blended piece and stamped the books.

I moved the books over and stamped them again to create one long line of books.

Afterwards, I glued my blended card stock piece onto the card and colored the books in with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Then I stamped my little book worm friends and colored them in as well with my Spectrum Noir markers.

I placed them where I wanted them on the card stock and used 3D foam to adhere them and create dimension.

Finally, I used my Nuvo drops to create a border down the left side of the page.

I just eyeballed it and did each color at a time.

Easy peasy!!

First, I used a stitched border die from My Favorite Things for the background piece.

With the Drifting Stitches border dies from Simon Says, I created 4 separate waves on white cardstock.

Next, I used the Clouds stencil from Simon Says Stamp and the Squeezed Lemon + Scattered Straw distress inks to blend the background. I used a sunburst stencil to make it look like sun rays coming out behind the clouds.

I then lined up my waves how I liked them on the background and glued them down. I then used Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers distress inks to blend the waves.

I added a few birds from the Clouds Skies stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

I stamped a few fish from the Halibut stamp set from Darcie’s Heart and Home and the Father’s Day Finds stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I colored them using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and then adhered them to the background with foam squares.

I stamped my sentiment on white cardstock and then drew a word bubble around it. Using scissors, I fussy cut the bubble out and used a foam square to place it on the background. Finally, I used Nuvo drops to add some water droplets on the background.

Using the Clouds and Grass stencils from Simon Says Stamp, I created a single layer background. I used Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass distress inks to blend the background.

Then, I used a stitched background die from My Favorite Things to add a border around the background.

Then, I stamped the little girl and feathers with the Pink and Main “My Tribe” stamp set. I colored the stamps in using the Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. Then, I used the dies to cut the stamped images out and used foam squares to adhere them to the background.

I stamped the “glad you’re part of my tribe” sentiment directly onto the background. I finished the card off using clear Nuvo drops to add some embellishment.