Hey friends, how are you? Sorry I’ve not posted in a while – I’ve been really busy with a new project that has taken up a lot of my time! I’ll post about that shortly, but for now – I’m sharing some inspiration using the new release from RAM Stamps! This year is the Chinese Year of the Dragon, and Rachelle has brought out an awesome range of dragon images to celebrate.
I was having a hard time deciding which of the adorable dragons to use, so I thought… why not showcase all of them? Each dragon represents a different element – earth, water, fire, metal, and wood. I copied and pasted each of the images into a Word document and resized them to be small enough to fit on my card, then I printed them out on alcohol-marker friendly paper.
Next, I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out each of the images, and I coloured them with Copic markers (colours listed below), before adding some white gel pen highlights:
Purple (bottom row): BV17, BV13, BV11
Purple (top row): V99, V95, V93
Blue-greens (middle row): BG75, BG72, BG70
Blue-greens (top row): BG49, BG15, BG10
Greys: C7, C5, C3
Tree: E55, E33
Rock: E44, E42, E40
Yellows: Y38, Y17, Y15
Greens: G24, G21, G00*
*I find the best prices for Copics generally to be at Scrapbookpal.com in the US, or Cult Pens in the UK.
Next up, I die cut the Postage Collage frame from Waffle flower, and used the co-ordinating stencil to ink blend a night sky into each of the “stamp” sections. I used distress oxides in Black Soot, Unchartered Mariner and Broken China. I use blender brushes because I find they give a nice smooth transition between colours, and good even coverage. I then flicked some white Copic paint over the background to create stars.
After removing the stencil, I added some foam tape to the back of the die cut panel and popped it on to a navy blue panel of cardstock (cut down to A2 size). I then arranged my dragons in each of the apertures, and adhered them with liquid glue. I fussy cut the “Year of the Dragon” sentiment and added that to the final aperture.
Thanks for stopping by again, and I’ll be back soon with more inspiration!
]]>Hi, crafty friends. Today’s release day over at Rachelle Anne Miller. This month’s theme is Year of the Dragon. I’m a big fan of dragons, and I couldn’t resist this cutie with his little chick friend. This is the Earth stamp, there’s also wood, metal, water and fire, as well as a new pack of digital patterned paper, which I also incorporated into my design.
I colored the image with my Copics, then used the second largest die in the A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX 2 set from My Favorite Things to turn it into a nice panel with a faux stitch edge. I put a few additional layers of cardstock behind my colored piece for dimension and adhered it to a card base that I had covered in the patterned paper in this release. I used the blossoms, I thought the pattern went well with the blooms in the image and colored my dragon to be a good color match.
Using the Waterbrush Hello Die from Altenew, I die cut three layers from white cardstock and one from the patterned paper, adhered them together for a stacked look and placed the die cut so it nestles in with the image, before finishing off with a few pearls. These Panduro pearls are very pale pink and they’re at least ten years old, but they worked really well for this card. I also used a black Glaze pen from Sakura to add shine to the eyes, and on the dragon, I added a white dot to each eye once the black was dry.
Simple color palette this time, one that really makes me think of (and long for) spring. Even though spring technically starts today in the Northern Hemisphere, it doesn’t feel like it yet. I’m getting impatient, I’m 100 % over the cold weather.
How about another love themed card? It's still February, right? For this card, I used the Fluffy Friend digital stamp from Rachelle Anne Miller.
This card is very easy to make! You print your image, you take a die from you stash to cut out a rectangle, you colour your image and you stamp a sentiment under it. I cut my rectangle shape twice and glued them on top of eact other to create some dimesion.
You glue everything on a base card, and you're done! Easy, right?
These are the Copic combinations I used:
I hope you like the result!
Big hugs!
Tinne
]]>Hi, crafty friends. I have a simple birthday card to share today, featuring Animal Number: 5 Monkeys from Rachelle Anne Miller. I love her number stamps, they’re so fun and playful.
I did a lot of coloring the day I colored these monkeys. As you can probably tell by their fur, my markers needed to be reinked at this point. I could have chosen a different brown combo. I could have taken the time to refill my markers, but I had colored so much the day I colored this that I just wanted to keep coloring. I probably should have stopped and taken the time to refill or chosen a different combo that didn’t need reinking. This is a good reminder to reink your markers. You can be an amazing colorist, but if you don’t take care of your markers, your coloring will look uneven. I went with it anyway. The 5 year old getting this card is not going to notice that my coloring’s not perfect, and it doesn’t always have to be. I’m trying to let go of my perfectionist tendencies, and this was a good exercise. I will refill these markers before I use them again, though, don’t you worry.
The card itself is very simple. I stamped a sentiment from the A06 stamp set from Norsk Stempelblad AS below the image, using Cornflower ink from My Favorite Things. I then used the second largest die in the Watercolor Rectangle STAX die set from My Favorite Things to turn it into a panel with a fun edge, before I added dimension behind it and adhered it to a top fold card base I created from Cornflower cardstock from My Favorite Things. I finished off the card with some enamel dots from Papirdesign.
Simple color palette. And I really do need to refill those browns. Even E23 was giving me trouble.
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Hi everyone! It is so much fun playing with background designs featuring the new Easter Fun pattern paper. Having everything digital really opens up a lot of opportunities. I love how the background playfully hugs the Stacked Chicks.
First I created a design with theEaster Fun pattern paper and Stacked Chicks digital stamp. In the center I chose to go for an organic design which is very playful and goes well with the chicks. The design I printed out on Perfect Colouring paper. If you would like to know how I resize digital stamps and create scenes, you can watch this video on my YouTube channel. After printing, I colored the image with my Copic markers:
After coloring I added a few highlights with a white gel pen. As a cardbase I used Sage Leaf cardstock which matches nicely with the colors on the card.
I hope you like this card, and it gave you inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and see you next time!
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Hi crafty friends, thanks for stopping by at my card corner once again. I really appreciate you visiting. Today I am back with another card featuring the new February release from RAM Stamps and what a sweet release it is. If you haven’t seen the new release yet, I encourage you to head over to the RAM Stamps website to check it out. There are four new digital images for Easter along with new digital patterned papers, all are gorgeous. So let’s get started on today’s card….
To begin the card I downloaded and printed the Stacked Chicks digital image. I printed it once at the original size and then once again slightly bigger. I coloured the original size image with Copic marker and then fussy cut. With the slightly larger print, I coloured the bottom chick along with the Easter eggs, these were also fussy cut.
I die cut the Mama Elephant Frilly Window Frame die using white 80lb cardstock. I then masked off the side and bottom and ink blended some Cracked Pistachio Distress ink and splattered with green watercolour paint. Once dry I stamped the sentiment using Shaded Lilac Distress ink. I added the stacked chicks and flowers with foam tape. I added some of the Easter eggs from the larger print around the chicks feet.
I added this white panel to a yellow card base. Inside the card base I added a white panel that measures slightly smaller. In the bottom right corner, inside the card base, I added the larger chick and some more Easter eggs.
That completes the card for today. I hope you have enjoyed seeing how this card was created and I hope you will have some crafty time make some Easter cards soon.
Thanks again for visiting…. xx
]]>Hi everyone! The new release is all about Easter and once again super cute! For my first card I chose to work with the new Bunny’s Easter Egg digital stamp and Easter Fun pattern paper. I think it is so funny how all the critters are covered in paint!
First I created a design with theEaster Fun pattern paper and Bunny’s Easter Egg digital stamp. As it is an Easter card, I thought it would be fun to do an oval shape in the center. The design I printed out on Perfect Colouring paper. If you would like to know how I resize digital stamps and create scenes, you can watch this video on my YouTube channel. After printing, I colored the image with my Copic markers:
After coloring I added a few highlights with a white gel pen.
I hope you like this card, and it gave you inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and see you next time!
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my card corner. I am finally getting back into a normal routine after the long summer holidays here in Australia, so you will start seeing more posts here from now on. Yay!! I am so pleased to be back with a card featuring one of the gorgeous digital stamps from the new RAM Stamps February release. There are four new stamps which are all adorable along with some stunning new digital patterned papers. So let’s get started on the card…..
For today’s card I will be using the super sweet Bunny’s Bike digital stamp. I started off by downloading the image onto 80lb white cardstock. I then coloured the image with Copic markers and fussy cut.
I then moved onto the background. I stamped a background stamp called Woodland Background from Purple Onion Designs and coloured it with Copic markers. I stamped a Happy Easter sentiment using black dye ink and die cut using the Stitched Rectangle Die-Namics from My Favorite Things.
For the Copic colouring I have used the following colours – YG63, YG61, E44, E43, E42, E41, W4, W2, W0, W00, Y18, Y15, Y13, Y11, R85, R83, BV00, BG23, BG10, R30, C6, C4, C2, Go2, G00, G000, G0000, E55, E53, E51, E50, B00.
I cut and scored a card base to measure 4.25 x 5.5 inches and die cut a panel of white card stock using a slightly larger Stitched Rectangle die. I glued these two together and then added to the coloured panel with foam tape. Lastly I added the bunny with foam tape.
That completes the card for today, I hope you love it as much as I do. Head over to the RAM Stamps website to check out the complete release, it’s fantastic!
Thanks again for visiting…. xx
]]>Hello, crafty friends and happy Friday!! I have a sweet card to share with you today featuring the sweet “Bunny’s Easter Egg” digital stamp from the RAM Stamps February release!!
I printed the Bunny’s Easter Egg digital image onto white cardstock with the black outline option and colored it with Copic markers. I die-cut the panel with a rectangle die. I also die-cut a piece of aqua cardstock with a scalloped rectangle die and adhered it behind the colored panel.
The plaid pattern paper, from the Easter Fun Digital Pattern Paper Pack, was printed onto white cardstock. It was trimmed slightly smaller than A2 and adhered it to an A2 panel of pink cardstock. The scalloped rectangle and colored panel were adhered with liquid glue.
The “Happy” sentiment was die-cut from aqua cardstock one time and heavyweight cardstock three times. I stacked and adhered them together with liquid glue, then adhered it to the front of the card. “Easter” was stamped onto a white cardstock strip with aqua ink and adhered under the die-cut sentiment.
Be sure to check out the entire February release over in the RAM Stamps shop!!
Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great weekend!!
]]>Oh, how I wish spring really was here. These Stacked Chicks from the brand new release from Rachelle Anne Miller, make me hopeful that spring will eventually arrive.
I created a mini slimline card this time. I figured it would go well with the tall, skinny image. This particular mini slimline measures 3 1/8 x 6 1/8″. I colored the image with Copics and used a die from the Stitched Mini Slimline STAX die set from My Favorite Things before I went over it with the Bokeh Elements Stencil Duo set from Waffle Flower and Rose Quartz ink from Altenew to create a soft background behind the chicks. I didn’t even bother masking them off, the pink ink was so light. I then trimmed down a piece of Lemon Tart cardstock from Papertrey Ink and used the Diagonal Stripe stencil from Simon Says Stamp with Scattered Straw Distress Ink to create some interest to the base as well. I stamped a sentiment from an Easter stamp set from Papirdesign (PD18390 Påske) using Obsidian ink from Altenew, and the card was complete.
Bright, cheerful color palette for this one.
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card is another one of those happy ones. We’ve been buried in snow in Oslo so far this winter, there’s more coming, and there’s nothing like the dead of winter to make me want to make happy, cheerful cards using spring and summer colors. Rachelle Anne Miller to the rescue. This month’s release was definitely geared toward Valentine’s day, and I fell for Butterfly Kisses, which is a stamp of two butterflies with flower wings.
I colored the butterflies (and the three hearts that are part of the image) with Copics and fussy cut them, leaving a thin white trim around the edge. Onto a top fold card base I created from Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink, I ink blended the center of the card, using the Watercolor Rectangle stencil from My Favorite Things and various inks (Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Distress Ink Worn Lipstick, Altenew Pink Pearl, Distress Ink Scattered Straw). I went with pink on the edge and yellow in the center to mimic the colors in the hearts.
I die cut the word klem (hug) four times from white cardstock and once from Gold Shine cardstock from My Favorite Things, and stacked them for a layered look. I added foam tape to the back of my butterflies, adhered them top center on the card and put the stacked klem below them. I also added a sub sentiment from Norsk Stempelblad AS that I white heat embossed on a piece of Berry Sorbet cardstock from Papertrey Ink. I put a few layers of cardstock behind it for dimension and added it to the card, partly on top of the die cut, before embellishing with the colored hearts to finish.
Bright and happy color palette for this one.
Hi, crafty friends. I have a colorful card to share today featuring Animal Balloons from Rachelle Anne Miller. This is an image that works great for baby cards, birthday cards and general celebration cards.
I colored my image with (a lot of) Copics, before using the second largest die in the Watercolor Rectangle STAX die set from My Favorite Things to cut it out. Onto a top fold white card base, I adhered a piece of patterned paper from the Rainbow Love paper pad from My Favorite Things. I added some dimension behind my colored panel and adhered it in the center of the card.
Using a die from Kort & Godt, I die cut three layers of the word HURRA; twice from white cardstock, and once from silver glitter cardstock from Kort & Godt. I stacked the three and adhered my layered die cut near the top of the card. I added a sentiment sticker strip, which I also popped up, before finishing off the card with sequins from the Seaglass mix from Simon Says Stamp.
I used way more colors than normal for this card, and probably a few more than I technically needed. I probably could have skipped a couple of colors on the orange balloon, as well as on the teal balloon.
Hi everyone! The pattern papers from RAM stamps are so pretty! And as I love pink, the latest Love Bugs pattern paper pack was perfect for me. I combined the paper with this cute Hoppy Birthday Bunny digital stamp.
First I printed the Love Bugs pattern paper and Hoppy Birthday Bunny on Perfect Colouring paper. If you would like to know how I resize digital stamps and create scenes, you can watch this video on my YouTube channel. After printing, I colored the image with my Copic markers:
After coloring I added a few details with a white gel pen.
I hope you like this card, and it gave you inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and see you next time!
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Hey friends, thanks for stopping by. Today, I’m sharing a soft, pastel card featuring one of the images from the latest RAM Stamps release. This image is called Butterfly Kisses.
I wanted to use a really soft colour palette for this card, so after printing out my image onto Transotype alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured it with the following Copics:
I die cut the panel using Pink & Main’s Stitched Rectangle dies, then stamped my sentiment from a Clearly Besotted stamp set called Bug’s Life (now retired).
I then cut some patterned paper from MFT (from the Colorful Christmas pad) down to A2 size and adhered it to a card base using tape runner, before adding my card panel on top.
To finish, I simply added a few gems from my stash! I really love how this card turned out – it’s really simple, but so soft and pretty!
I hope you’re doing really well and that I’ll see you back here soon!
]]>Hi everyone! In a month it will already be Valentine’s day! Time really flies. RAM stamps released an adorable Love Bugs set so you can create a super cute card for your loved one(s). For this card, I combined a number of digital stamps and the new pattern paper!
First I created a design with the Love Bugs pattern paper, Butterfly Kisses and bee from Bee Mine. This design I printed out on Perfect Colouring paper. If you would like to know how I resize digital stamps and create scenes, you can watch this video on my YouTube channel. After printing, I colored the image with my Copic markers:
After coloring I added a few highlights with a white gel pen.
I hope you like this card, and it gave you inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and see you next time!
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Hi crafty friends and thank you for stopping by my card corner once again. I am back today with another card featuring some of the products from the new release over at RAM Stamps. Rachelle has created the most adorable release, perfect for so many different occasions. Today I will be using the Butterfly Kisses digital stamp and the Stripes digital paper. So let’s get started……
I started the card by creating a card base in dark pink cardstock to measure 4.25 x 5.5 inches and then added a slightly smaller white cardstock panel. I then printed the Striped digital paper, trimmed it to size and then a border die to give a scalloped edge. I added a piece of vellum over the top and then glued it on to the card base.
I moved on to the butterfly images. I printed the butterflies twice, once in the original size and the other slightly smaller. I coloured the images with copic markers and then fussy cut them. For the colouring I have used the following markers –
R85, 83, 81, 30, 29, 27, 24, 22, Y15, 13, 11, E40, 93, BG23, 10.
I added the images to the card base and added a simple sentiment to complete the card. I hope you love the new release as much as I do!!
Thanks again for visiting…. xx
]]>Hello, crafty friends and happy Friday!! I have a sweet card to share with you today featuring the darling “Bee Mine” digital stamp from the RAM Stamps January release!! This would be perfect for Valentine’s Day!!
I printed the Bee Mine digital image onto white cardstock with the black outline image and colored it with Copic markers. I die-cut the panel with an oval die, then used a cloud stencil, Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink and a blending brush to add clouds to the background. I also die-cut a piece of light yellow cardstock with a scalloped oval die and adhered it behind the oval die-cut.
The plaid pattern paper, from the Love Bugs Digital Pattern Paper Pack, was printed onto white cardstock. It was die-cut with an A2 rectangle die and adhered to an A2 card base. The oval panels were adhered with liquid glue.
I just love these sweet little bees!!
Be sure to check out the entire January release over in the RAM Stamps shop!!
Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great weekend!!
]]>Hi crafty friends, welcome back to my card corner and thank you for visiting. I have been away from the blog for about a month whilst travelling overseas, seeing family for Christmas. I am pleased to be back for another year of crafty fun for 2024. I am excited to share the new RAM Stamps release today – get ready for Valentines Day inspired stamps and patterned papers - although as you will see from many of the cards the design team have made, the images can be used for many different occasions. So let’s get started on today’s card.
I started off by creating a card red card base to measure 4.25 x 5.5 inches and then added a panel of white card stock that was slightly smaller. I then used the My Favorite Things Lots of Heart stencil with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink. This panel was then die cut and added to the card base.
I moved onto the sentiment, I have used the Jeff Alpha Die from Pink Fresh Studio. I die cut this 4 times from white card stock, glue them together and set them aside to dry. Once dry, I ink blended the top with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink. I then glued them to the card base.
I then printed the Lovebugs digital stamps. I coloured the images with copic markers and fussy cut. The images were glued into place and the heart was covered with glossy accents. I set the card aside until completely dry.
That completes the card for today. I look forward to sharing some more of the new RAM Stamps release with you over the next few days. In the meantime, head over to the website to see the release in full.
Thanks again for visiting…. xx
]]>Hi everyone! Today we are celebrating a new release at Rachelle Anne Miller Stamps! And for this release I used the super cute Snail Mail digital stamp. Here's the card I made:
I always start with cutting out and colouring my stamps. Normally I use my Silhouette Cameo to cut out my stamps, but one of the cables broke (due to old age...), so I had to fussy cut my images. And I hate that! My husband ordered a new cable. Hopefully it will fit my Silhouette and I'll be able to use it again soon! Fingers crossed!
These are the Copic combinations I used to colour the images:
I cut a base rectangle with stitched edges out of white cardstock, and I also did that with one of the papers from the new Lovebugs paper pack. I cut a piece of 7 cm from the patterned paper, and glued it on the top of the white base. Next I stamped the sentiment with black hybrid ink. Once drie, I glued the panel on a white base card.
I cut a grass border out of white cardstock, and put some foam tape behind it. I glued this on the bottom of the pattern paper piece.
The coloured images were also glued in place using foam tape.
Last but not least, I cut out some clouds and glued them on my card. This really completes the scene.
Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures from the creative process. But I did make a reel, so you can check that out very soon on my Instagram page.
I hope the end result inspires you!
Big hug,
Tinne
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