I wanted to make a fun beach "scene" that didn't take a lot of effort. I am all about simple and easy cards with a bit of flair! I sprayed the back of the Ocean Waves Stencil from LDRS Creative with Pixie Spray and adhered it towards the bottom of an A2 card panel. I used a bit of Purple Tape to mask off the top portion of my cardstock because I tend to get a bit messy! I used a Stencil Pal to spread some Deco Foil Transfer Gel Blanco over the stencil and set the panel aside to dry.
I stamped a few images from the Puddle Pals Stamp Set and colored them with Copic Markers and trimmed them out with scissors and added them to my card with foam tape.
I hope you enjoyed this card tutorial! See you soon!
It's summer! And that calls for bright, neon, summer cards with yummy ThermOWeb products! I used all four colors of Rina K Neon Flock Transfer Sheets as well as the Neon Glitz Glitter Gel on this quick and easy set of cards - and mixed in some summer stamps from Pink & Main with a stencil duo from Trinity Stamps!
I hope you're ready for a big dose of neon! Grab your sunglasses! It's about to get bright! I love how easy it is to use the Rina K Designs Neon Flock Transfer Sheets and the Neon Glitz Glitter Gel! They work so well together! I wanted to show off how easy it is to use them side by side, so I reached for the Trinity Stamps Catching Some Rays Stencils. This is a two pack of stencils that can be used separately or together. Of course I chose together! I made all four cards in the set the same way - making it quick and easy to pull together a whole set of neon goodness!
Let's go step by step through the creation of these cards! I sprayed the back of one of the Catching Some Rays Stencils from Trinity Stamps with Pixie Spray and adhered it to a piece of white cardstock. I used the "chunkier" single ray stencil because I wanted to have a bolder ray of Neon Flock and accent with the Neon Glitz Glitter Gel. In my video you'll see me use a Stencil Pal to spread some Deco Foil Transfer Gel Blanco over the stencil - however, my finished projects use the Deco Foil Transfer Gel DUO.
Both products work WONDERFULLY! I frequently reach for the Transfer Gel Blanco because it seems to dry a bit quicker in my climate. Both Transfer Gels will work to transfer the Flock Transfer Sheets onto the cardstock, but the Transfer Gel Blanco must be used with a laminator while the Transfer Gel DUO can be used with either a laminator or the pressure from a die cutting machine. I used the Transfer Gel Blanco originally, but when I went to use my laminator I discovered that my laminator wasn't reaching a high enough temperature (so now I get to go crafty shopping for a laminator!). I quickly switched gears and used a Stencil Pal to apply Transfer Gel DUO onto all four cardstock panels.
Even though my video shows me applying Transfer Gel Blanco the process is the same - I used my Stencil Pal to scoop out some of the Transfer Gel DUO and gently spread it over my stencil. Then I set all four panels aside to dry for a few hours.
Now let's step up those backgrounds with another dose of neon goodness! I sprayed the back of the second Catching Some Rays Stencil with Pixie Spray and lined it up over the background. Part of the stencil adhered directly over the Neon Flock that I had already transferred onto the card, but it didn't interfere with the Pixie Spray at all. Just be sure to add only a light covering of Pixie Spray to the stencil - you really don't need a lot! I used a Stencil Pal to spread all four colors of Neon Glitz Glitter Gel onto the card backgrounds. I considered using matching colors of Neon Glitz Glitter Gel with the Neon Flock Transfer Sheets, but I decided to switch it up. I applied a thick layer of the Neon Glitz Glitter Gel so that I would have a lot of dimension, but you could do a thin layer if you wanted.
It's getting warmer outside! And that makes me think of sunshine ... and that makes me think of lemons! Is that just me? Maybe it's because they're yellow. Maybe because they remind me of lemonade. Or maybe the sweet scent of the leaves! I made a set of four cards with Gina K Designs and Rina K Designs Glitz Glitter Gel and some fun lemons as the center piece!
I have lots of photos because I just can't get enough of this set of cards! The glitter from the Glitz Glitter Gel on the colored cardstock makes my heart so happy!
I used two different stencils for this set of cards - the Sunburst Stencil from Miss Ink Stamps and the Radiant Stencil from Honey Bee Stamps. I started with using each stencil on a piece of yellow cardstock, but I ended up using some dark pink cardstock as well. I wasn't sure how the Hello Yellow Glitz Glitter Gel would turn out on the yellow cardstock, but I ended up LOVING the tone on tone look! I wasn't going to waste the pink cardstock, so I made a set of two cards into a set of four!
I sprayed the back of the Miss Ink Stamps Sunburst Stencil with a coating of Pixie Spray and temporarily adhered the stencil onto a piece of cardstock. I started with the yellow cardstock and used a Stencil Pal to spread some Hello Yellow Rina K Designs Glitz Glitter Gel over the top.
I am just OBSESSED with the Hello Yellow Glitz Glitter Gel on top of the yellow cardstock! It is such a perfect background. It's slightly subtle but packs a punch with the glitter! Don't get me wrong - I like the Hello Yellow Glitz Glitter Gel on the pink cardstock as well, but the yellow just grabs me!
All of the images for my cards are from the My Favorite Things Main Squeeze stamp set. I simply love lemons. Lemon planners, pens, leggings, real lemons haha! I've been hinting to my husband for so long that I want a lemon tree, but since I live in the northeast that probably wouldn't work too well.
I colored all of my images with the same Copic Markers. I did very simple blending so that I could quickly color all of the images I needed for my cards. I used Y15 and Y17 for the lighter portions of the lemons, Y35 and Y38 for the darker yellow, and YG17 and YG25 for the greenery.
Once I had all of my images cut and colored I arranged them at the center of each card. I didn't want to mess up the arrangements, so I used a piece of Purple Tape to pick up the arrangement all at once so that I could easily work with 5 or 6 die cut images as one piece. I used iCraft Ultra Bond Liquid Adhesive to adhere the leaves and Gina K Designs White Foam Squares to give the lemons a bit of dimension.
I hope these simple Glitz Glitter Gel cards remind you of sunshine and have you thinking warm thoughts! See you soon!
How absolutely EXCITED are you for the new line of Rina K Designs Electro - POP neon products?! I'm freaking out!! I super love the four colors of Neon Glitz Glitter Gels!
These four cards were very simple to make, but I have lots of photos, so buckle up! You're about to get a big dose of glittery neon goodness!
I started out by stamping a BUNCH of the sweet images from the Sweet Stuff stamp set with six of the Electro - POP ink colors. I used the four colors that match the new Neon Glitz Glitter Gels - Poppin Pink, Orange Glow, Hello Yellow, and Screamin Green - as well as Blaring Blue and Potent Purple. I stamped the donut, popsicle, and scoop of ice cream with each of the six neon colors and each of the cones six times with some tan colored ink. That gave me 24 sweet treats to work with!
Every single one of these treats needed an extra punch of neon and some glitter! I used the four colors of Rina K Designs Neon Glitz Glitter Gel - Poppin Pink, Orange Glow, Hello Yellow, and Screamin Green - with the Sweet Stuff Stencil to add details to each of the treats. This is so easy to do! I sprayed the back of the Sweet Stuff Stencil with Pixie Spray and lined up the stencil detail with the stamped treat and used a Stencil Pal to spread some Neon Glitz Glitter Gel over the top. I simply used a baby wipe to clean the stencil and then moved on to the next treat and the next color of Neon Glitz Glitter Gel until all of my images had glittery goodness!
I set the pieces aside to dry and worked on my backgrounds. I used the Sweet Stuff Stencil again, but this time I used the waffle cone pattern with the Electro - POP inks. I used the same six colors I used for stamping so that everything would coordinate - Poppin Pink, Orange Glow, Hello Yellow, Screamin Green, Blaring Blue, and Potent Purple. I used finger tip sponge daubers and added little blobs of color here and there on the background - keeping blendable colors next to each other. I used some Purple Tape to mask off the stencil and once I had one strip of stenciling done I shifted the stencil to the right and continued blending so that I could have a full background. I did this for three backgrounds. So much neon inky goodness!
Hi, all! It has been SO important lately to show thanks to the people around us, whether we know them or not! My dad is an emergency room RN and I have been sending cards to the hospital where he works just to show my thanks for what they do. I made a glitzy card today with ThermOWeb goodies that's easy to recreate so that I can make a bunch of them and send them off!
I have been creating thank you cards like crazy lately! I don't own a sewing machine, so I can't help by making masks for those who need them, so I've just been thanking people who deserve it most. The mailman, grocery delivery personnel, etc. Everyone who have had to suddenly step up and carry the weight of the world on their shoulders. Medical professionals hold a special place in my heart because my dad is an emergency room nurse. He has always been the most dependable person in my life. I love when we're out and about and a person I've never met before comes up to him and thanks them for saving them or their family. It makes me feel so proud! And he always remembers them, too!
So now it's my turn to say thank you not only to him, but to the rest of the staff at the hospital. They have always given me and my family fabulous care! I've been sending a card a couple times a month to the hospitals in my area and this time I decided to add some texture with Glitz Glitter Gel and Neon Flock Transfer Sheets!
The best thing about this card is that it's easy to recreate! You can make a bunch and send them out! I started by spraying the back of the Candy Cane stencil from Kindred Stamps with Pixie Spray. Just a quick once over spray is good! And then I pressed the stencil onto a piece of white cardstock. Before I started stenciling I flipped my panel over and pressed the card into the stencil from the back so that I could be sure the stencil was adhered. This is a trick I like to use especially when I'm using detailed stencils or stencils with patterns that I really don't want to shift like this perfectly striped stencil. I blended some pink ink over the stencil and then shifted the stencil up slightly to offset the pattern. I used a Stencil Pal and Gold Glitz Glitter Gel to add a second layer of stripes overlapping the pink ink blending.
Isn't the Gold Glitz Glitter Gel overlapping the pink ink so pretty?! Take a look and see what you have in your stencil stash. Many stencils can be shifted slightly to give an offset look like this!
My image is from the Superhero Scrubs stamp set from Erin Lee Creative. I've been using it CONSTANTLY! And I love that it has both a male and female character! I've been using the male frequently, so I decided to switch things up and use the girl for this glam card. I stamped her and colored with Copics. I think I left almost all of the coloring in the video so you could see how I quickly colored her, but if you'd rather a photo of the markers I used is above. I don't do much fancy blending. Just two markers for each color is usually my go to!
I love all the texture from the Gold Glitz Glitter Gel and Poppin' Pink Flock! And if you're a medical professional and you're reading this I hope you know how thankful I am for everything you do!
