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Video: Thin Shaker Card

Hi! This is Emily Cupely with my first video tutorial as part of the Gerda Steiner Designs design team!! :-D In the tutorial below I'll show you how I made this shaker card with only one layer of foam tape. Hope you enjoy it! :)










http://gsd-stamps.com/collections/shop-clearstamps/products/happy-fall-squirrel-clearstamp-set

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Video: Thin Shaker Card

Hi! This is Emily Cupely with my first video tutorial as part of the Gerda Steiner Designs design team!! :-D In the tutorial below I'll show you how I made this shaker card with only one layer of foam tape. Hope you enjoy it! :)










http://gsd-stamps.com/collections/shop-clearstamps/products/happy-fall-squirrel-clearstamp-set

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Video: DIY Snow Globe │ Shaker card

Hello everybody!! This is Emily Cupely and today I'm here as a guest designer with a video where I made my own snow globe with my circular dies and created a shaker card with it. For the images, I used the adorable stamps in the Snowman Friends stamp set. Hope you enjoy the video tutorial below!! ^_^

***Don't forget to participate in the GIVEAWAY on my Instagram: @EmiCup! :)










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Video: DIY Snow Globe │ Shaker card

Hello everybody!! This is Emily Cupely and today I'm here as a guest designer with a video where I made my own snow globe with my circular dies and created a shaker card with it. For the images, I used the adorable stamps in the Snowman Friends stamp set. Hope you enjoy the video tutorial below!! ^_^

***Don't forget to participate in the GIVEAWAY on my Instagram: @EmiCup! :)










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Cute and Clean Monster

Well, hello there, crafters! Today is my last day as a member of the Gerda Steiner Design Team. It's been a fantastic year and I had a blast to be part of Gerda's journey from digi stamps, to rubber stamps, to clear stamps. As you have seen, I am totally in love with her monster stamp set and this will be my parting card. But hey, don't be sad! I have some christmas cards with the "Peeking...

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Cute and Clean Monster

Well, hello there, crafters! Today is my last day as a member of the Gerda Steiner Design Team. It's been a fantastic year and I had a blast to be part of Gerda's journey from digi stamps, to rubber stamps, to clear stamps. As you have seen, I am totally in love with her monster stamp set and this will be my parting card. But hey, don't be sad! I have some christmas cards with the "Peeking...

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Brightly Colored Monsters on Kraft Cardstock

Aloha, crafters! Today I have another monster card featuring the clear stamp set called "Monster Party". As you might have gathered already, I really really love this set. And monsters :)

Today, I'm giving my colored pencils a workout again, using them on kraft card stock. It always amazes me that I can get such vibrant colors on kraft.


I tried to stamp the image with white pigment ink first, but...

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Brightly Colored Monsters on Kraft Cardstock

Aloha, crafters! Today I have another monster card featuring the clear stamp set called "Monster Party". As you might have gathered already, I really really love this set. And monsters :)

Today, I'm giving my colored pencils a workout again, using them on kraft card stock. It always amazes me that I can get such vibrant colors on kraft.


I tried to stamp the image with white pigment ink first, but...

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Masking to Create a Background for a Coffee Loving Squirrel


Coffee Loving Squirrel with Reverse Stamping by Jess Crafts using Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Fall

Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card made with the Happy Fall and Snowman Friends stamp sets. This card is for the Fall Coffee Lovers blog hopthat is being sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs. I love making my own backgrounds but for this card I didn't want to fill the whole background so I used some masking to fill just a small space. For more on how I...

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Make Your Monsters Shine

I've had a brief love affair with foil, and today's card reflects those few passionate (and frustrating moments). It was a brief affair mainly because I bought a cheap laminator and the foil didn't stick down properly on my printed patterns, so it wasn't joy to use. Despite all of that, I think this card featuring the monster clear stamps turned out pretty neat.



If you don't have foil or a foiling...

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Make Your Monsters Shine

I've had a brief love affair with foil, and today's card reflects those few passionate (and frustrating moments). It was a brief affair mainly because I bought a cheap laminator and the foil didn't stick down properly on my printed patterns, so it wasn't joy to use. Despite all of that, I think this card featuring the monster clear stamps turned out pretty neat.



If you don't have foil or a foiling...

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Make Your Monsters Shine

I've had a brief love affair with foil, and today's card reflects those few passionate (and frustrating moments). It was a brief affair mainly because I bought a cheap laminator and the foil didn't stick down properly on my printed patterns, so it wasn't joy to use. Despite all of that, I think this card featuring the monster clear stamps turned out pretty neat.



If you don't have foil or a foiling...

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Video: Grumpy Coffee Monster

Hi everyone, I'm back with another fun card featuring the monsters. As I threatened you with, you will be seeing some more cards with this stamp set in the future. I love monsters, and these are just the cutest :-)



I had originally intended for this card to be a clean and simple one layer design, but I accidentally smooshed some ink from my finger onto the original card base so I couldn't keep it...

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Video: Grumpy Coffee Monster

Hi everyone, I'm back with another fun card featuring the monsters. As I threatened you with, you will be seeing some more cards with this stamp set in the future. I love monsters, and these are just the cutest :-)



I had originally intended for this card to be a clean and simple one layer design, but I accidentally smooshed some ink from my finger onto the original card base so I couldn't keep it...

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A Tippsy Monster

Hi guys! Today I'm introducing you to the newest clear stamp set by Gerda Steiner Designs which features monsters. I think when it comes to coloring images and working with them, monsters are my all-time favorite. It's especially interesting since I discovered Gerda Steiner Designs about a year ago because of the beautiful digital monster images that she offered. Now we have 3 new monsters that...

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A Tippsy Monster

Hi guys! Today I'm introducing you to the newest clear stamp set by Gerda Steiner Designs which features monsters. I think when it comes to coloring images and working with them, monsters are my all-time favorite. It's especially interesting since I discovered Gerda Steiner Designs about a year ago because of the beautiful digital monster images that she offered. Now we have 3 new monsters that...

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Copic Coloring Grass and Critters on a Clean and Simple Card

Coloring Grass and Critters with Copics by Jess Gerstner featuring Gerda Steiner Designs Stamps

Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card made with the Happy Fall, Heavy Friends, and Happy Spring stamp sets. I wanted to combine these three critters who had their heads thrown back in joy. To find out more about how I made this card check out the video below.


Creating grass with Copics is relatively simple as long as you get the feel for the flicks that...

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Copic Coloring Grass and Critters on a Clean and Simple Card

Coloring Grass and Critters with Copics by Jess Gerstner featuring Gerda Steiner Designs Stamps

Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card made with the Happy Fall, Heavy Friends, and Happy Spring stamp sets. I wanted to combine these three critters who had their heads thrown back in joy. To find out more about how I made this card check out the video below.


Creating grass with Copics is relatively simple as long as you get the feel for the flicks that...

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Video: Create An Autumnal Background

Hi crafters! Today I'm featuring a new clear stamp set Happy Fall. It has a ton of fun and cute squirrel images that are perfect to create a fall themed card. Of course, I know you are creative enough to use it the entire year around and I can't wait to see what you make with it.


As you can see, I employed the same technique that Jennifer McGuire recently showed on her YouTube channel. And I have...

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Video: Create An Autumnal Background

Hi crafters! Today I'm featuring a new clear stamp set Happy Fall. It has a ton of fun and cute squirrel images that are perfect to create a fall themed card. Of course, I know you are creative enough to use it the entire year around and I can't wait to see what you make with it.


As you can see, I employed the same technique that Jennifer McGuire recently showed on her YouTube channel. And I have...

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Using a Stencil to Draw Attention to an Image


Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card made with the Playful Kittens stamp set. I wanted to create a clean and simple card that allowed a single image to shine. To find out more about how I made this card check out the video below.


This card design will work even if the stencil does not have a clear center because the flat background will take less attention...

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Using a Stencil to Draw Attention to an Image


Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card made with the Playful Kittens stamp set. I wanted to create a clean and simple card that allowed a single image to shine. To find out more about how I made this card check out the video below.


This card design will work even if the stencil does not have a clear center because the flat background will take less attention...

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Video: Have A Splash

Hi crafters! Today I'm back with a bright and cheerful card featuring some clear stamps. My main point of interest here is the colorful background that helps to set off the stamped images.



As you can see, this is easily accomplished by blending some the distress inks. If you don't have distress inks, you can try your regular dye inks; maybe even pigment inks. After all, Laura Bassen makes them work...

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Thank Ewe Card Using the How Are Ewe Stamp Set



Aloha Guys!
This is Joyce from enjoyscrappin2.com and today I'm excited to share this card I made using the How Are Ewe stamp set.  Gerda always comes up with super adorable images that can be used for many different occasions!  I made a simple background for my sheep today and I used copic markers to color in my sheep.  I hope you enjoyed this card and thank you so much for stopping by.


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Thank Ewe Card Using the How Are Ewe Stamp Set



Aloha Guys!
This is Joyce from enjoyscrappin2.com and today I'm excited to share this card I made using the How Are Ewe stamp set.  Gerda always comes up with super adorable images that can be used for many different occasions!  I made a simple background for my sheep today and I used copic markers to color in my sheep.  I hope you enjoyed this card and thank you so much for stopping by.


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Using Felt to Add Texture to the Sheep from How Are Ewe


Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card using the awesome How Are Ewe stamp set. I wanted to give this sheep some texture so I stamped him on some felt. For more on how I made the felt work check out the video below.


I just adore Gerda's critters and love seeing how people add texture and dimension to them. Since I'm always up for a new idea: What is your...

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Using Felt to Add Texture to the Sheep from How Are Ewe


Hello crafty friends! It's Jess from JessCrafts.com. Today I am sharing a card using the awesome How Are Ewe stamp set. I wanted to give this sheep some texture so I stamped him on some felt. For more on how I made the felt work check out the video below.


I just adore Gerda's critters and love seeing how people add texture and dimension to them. Since I'm always up for a new idea: What is your...

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Daydreaming with Inktense Pencils

Hi, my crafty friends! Today I'm featuring the new Gerda Steiner Designs clear stamp set "How Are EWE?".  The following video shows you how I color with Inktense pencils:


As you can see, and I'm saying this as somebody who has not a lot of experience with Inktense pencils but is still experimenting, the trick is to work in layers. And also to only use very little of the pencil. As the name implies,...

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Daydreaming with Inktense Pencils

Hi, my crafty friends! Today I'm featuring the new Gerda Steiner Designs clear stamp set "How Are EWE?".  The following video shows you how I color with Inktense pencils:


As you can see, and I'm saying this as somebody who has not a lot of experience with Inktense pencils but is still experimenting, the trick is to work in layers. And also to only use very little of the pencil. As the name implies,...

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