Masking Tip

Hello there, it's Ellen here and this time I have a quick tip for you. In this post I want to show you how easy and fun it is to give a face to any shape you can think of. I used the  “Katy Im Smitten Kitten” stamp set. Below you see how this is made:

1. First you need to stamp the image on some masking tape. For people that don’t know; masking tape is paper with a sticky side. The glue is not permanent, so you can remove the paper easily. That’s also why crafters use it a lot for fun techniques.

2. Everything you want to be visible on your actual project you have to cut out the masking paper. On my wooden tag I wanted a face, so I cut out the face on the masking paper. After that I simply placed the masking paper on top of my wooden pine tree and stamped my stamp on top of it. I used a stamping tool for it so I was sure my face would be exactly stamped in the open ‘window’ I created on the masking paper.


If you stamp on wood like I did, it’s good to first do a check up to be sure the ink doesn’t bleed into the nerves of the wood.

I cannot wait to do this same thing on a heart or a star. What are your ideas with the masking technique?

Sending Polaroid Pictures

Hello crafters I'm here again with a new cute project for Stamp Anniething. This time it's a card with a little gift.

On this card I used Brooke Camera. The camera immediately gave me a new idea of making a card with some pictures to give to a friend. I colored the girl blond with a red t-shirt; this also became my base colors of the card.
 

If you open up the envelope it shows some tiny Polaroid pictures. Isn't that so cute next to this photographer?

Theme Week Challenge #23 Make Your Own Plaid Pattern

Hello everyone, it's Ellen here with another theme week inspiration. This time (as you know already) it's all about the plaid pattern. On this post I will only focus on the coloring. In four easy steps I will show you how you can make your own plaid pattern on certain spaces on your image.

1. The image that you see is "Rae Wanderlust". First I color Rae's suitcase with my Copic Markers C5, C3, C2 and C0 to add some shading.

2. With T7 I color some strokes that is the start of my plaid pattern. As you can see I use the wide nip of my marker and try to space the lines evenly (you can make measurements if you like that)

3. Now you repeat step two, but with vertical lines.

4. At the end I fill the plaid pattern with some red strokes with the R27 Copic Marker. As you can see I also used a ruler to make the lines straight.

I hope you liked my explanation and you try it yourself.

How to Play Along

- Create a new project and use a plaid print

-Share your creation at Our Facebook Group HERE by December 8, 2017

-Only one entry

-A stamp of your choice will be awarded to the winner, if we have five or more entries.

Cut Your Stamps

Hello creative friends, It's Ellen here and this time with a Christmas card.

With this card I would like to encourage you to cut your text stamps into pieces. If you cut them into different pieces, you can create new sentences and that makes even more use of your stamps. On this card I used the "Audrina (Skating By)" and "Abigail Enjoy the Show" stamps sets for my sentence used with a Christmas die. Do not be afraid to cut; you can really puzzle the stamps easily afterwards.

Do you dare to cut your stamps in pieces? Be sure to show it on our facebook group!

Orange and Black

Hi there, it's Ellen here today I'm so happy to show you again a Halloween project made for the challenge on theme week 22.

  On this card I use out brand new "Sofia Viva La Vida" stamp set. I really wanted to make another color combination on the dress than the examples we saw on the release week and use colors that scream for Halloween. That's why orange and black are the mean colors on this card. For this post I also like to share the colors I used for coloring my image with Copic Markers:

Black and grey colors: C9, C7, C5 and W5, W4, W3, W2
Orange and green colors: YR18, YR16, YR14, YR12 and YG06, YG05, YG01
The brown hair: W9, E47, E37, E18, E35, E97

Skin tone: YR02, YR00, E00

How to Play Along:

1. Create a new project with a Halloween theme.
2. Share your creation at SAT's Facebook Group HERE by November 3, 2017
3. Only one entry
4. A Stamp of your choice will be awarded to the winner, if we have five or more entre.

I hope to see your pretty works there!

Purr It's Almost Halloween

Hello everyone, it’s Ellen here with a blog post for you. With seeing so much scary projects on social media I had to make something for Halloween. On this post I would like to show you how you can turn a stamp set in a different theme.

For this card I used the cute "Brittney - Purr" stamp set. She is snuggling with a cat and at first sight it doesn’t looks like something for Halloween. Yet the cat fits perfect for that holliday. I colored the stamp with copic markers and tried to stick within the theme when I did choose my colors.  Adding dark blue and black as colors with distress ink for my background, immediately change the theme of the card too. The pumpkins (unfortunately not a SAT stamp) made it even more obvious.

Halloween is really something I love creating for, for sure if it’s a cute spooky. Did you found already a SAT stamp you can use for Halloween? Pleas let us know!

Especially For You

Hallo and welcome to our blog. It's Ellen here and are you ready to craft? Because I’m with the new Stamp Anniething blog challenge. As you know it’s all about Autumn and leaves.              

Of course you can choose if you go for leaves OR for a fall color combination; I choose to be inspired by both. The leave theme immediately let me think of  Molly with her beautiful sunflower. Than with the autumn flower I only had the need to make the colors to fit perfect for fall. The sentiment from our new "Holly Especially for You" stamp set fit’s perfect since it can be used for thanksgiving.

I hope you liked my card and you got inspired do make something with Autumn in your mind. I cannot wait to see your projects!

How to Play Along:

- Create a new project using leaves or autumn colors.

- Share your creation at Our Facebook Group HERE by October 3rd, 2017.

- Only one entry.

- A Stamp of your choice will be awarded to the winner, if we have five or more entries.

Splashy Hello

Hi there, it's Ellen here! Although summer is almost over, still it's good weather and so perfect to share a happy summer card with the "Audrina - Make a Splash". 

I thought brown an purple where the perfect colors for this cutie. Copic Markers helped me coloring this mermaid. For the pearls in her hair I used Nuvo glitter drops and glossy accents where used on her eyes. The extra shine really adds somehting special.

To mimic a bit of the water I used distress ink to make the background and an embossing plate with weird triangles. Of course a bow and the cute sentiment couldn't be missing too.

That was it already... Have a mermazing day!

Sheers With A Coconut Drink

Hi crafters, it's Ellen here. I am really excited to be sharing this new Stamp AnnieThing card. I was in love with this "Vanessa Coconut Drink" from the first time I saw her and really wanted to make a cute summer card with her.

With distress inks I created this beach scene and colored the Vanessa with copic markers. I would like to emphasize that it is very fun to decorate that hair band. I used some sequins and glued enamel dots in the middle of them. It gives the girl something extra cute, don't you think?

That was is already for today. See you soon with another card!

Stamping On A Box

Hello everyone, it's Ellen here. This is my first personal SAT blog post (woop woop), so here we go. Today I want to show you how to get a stamp from one side to the other side of a box. For this project you need a misti tool or something like that and of course a StampAnniething Stamp. I'm useing Violet Sweet As Can Be.

1. First stamp your stamp and remember to cover all fold lines with post it notes.

2. Then put your transparency on the exact spot of your stamp (I'm talking about the transparency from the stamp packaging with the print on) and use the magnet to put it down.

3. After step two we put the post it notes on the transparency, again where the image stops/fold lines are. After that you can also put everything aside.

4. Turn your box on the side you want the image go further. Put the transparency with the post it notes on it. Match the post it notes perfectly with the sides of your box.

5. Match your stamp with the transparency and place it on the "top flap" of your Misti tool.

6. Take the transparency away and stamp on.

This is how it looks when you put the box together.

Of course the box also needs a perfect sentiment.

I really like the final result. Hopefully you thought it was interesting to read. See you at the next release!