JDS - Sing your Heart Out

Good Day my crafty friends!

It's once again time for our mid month post for Jan's Digi Stamps using a stamp set that is on Sale for the month of May. 

Today's card was quite fun to do and I am happy to share how I did it.

Sing your Hear Out

First step in this card was to create the background:

Using Accent Opaque 80lb, I did a technique called Ink Smooching with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo and Fossilized Amber. This technique is quite simple, all you do is put some ink on your work surface and spray a little bit of water. You then take your cardstock and pickup the ink here and there. Let the ink dry and repeat until you are happy with the result. What I like with Distress Oxide Inks is that you can build up different colors without creating mud which is why I used both colors without any issues.

Once I was quite happy with the ink smooching, there was still some white areas left on the cardstock so I went in with my blender brush and added a light touch of Fossilized Amber.

Once I was happy with the result, it was time to add the final touch to the background. In order to do that, I downloaded a sheet of music that I found online and printed it on top of my background. I have to mention that it was a little difficult for my printer to recognize that my cardstock was there as it was still a little warped due to the water but after a few attempts it finally worked and I am quite happy with the result.

Next step was to print and color my Guitar:

I first downloaded my digital stamp called Dad & Son from Jans Digi Stamp Shop and resized it to 5" x 1.87". Please note that since I am using Accent Opaque 80lb, I made sure that the setting on my printer was "Thicker Paper", this helps the toner to cure properly so that I can use Alcohol Markers.

I then used my Ohuhu markers to color the image. Here is what I used:

PB4, PB2, PB1

My next step was to cut all my layers and glue them together. Here are the sizes and Cardstock used:

Cardbase - Accent Opaque 100lb 11 x 4.25" scored at 5.5"

Black Layer - Accent Opaque 80lb 5.25" x  4" (cardstock is a piece of scrap that I inked the sides using my Ohuhu 120 Black)

Background - Accent Opaque 80lb 5" x 3.75"

To add a little dimension, I glued 2 more guitars under my main one. Everything was then glued with Tombow Multi Glue or double sided Scor-Tape.

For the final touch, I drew a few music notes with my Micro Pen and that finished the card, quite easy and simple but really fun to do.

I hope my card will inspire you to create! As always, I encourage you to go check out the Challenge Blog to see the rest of the DT creations. We would love to see you join in on the fun so please show us your creation for a chance to win. Please remember that you can enter up to 5 Times per Challenge. All the details are on the Challenge Blog.

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Stay Healthy, take care and thanks for stopping by!

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JDS - Salty Kisses and Sandy Toes

Hello and Good Day my dear Crafty Friends!

Today's DT Card is once again featuring the wonderful Jan and her brand new Digital Stamp Set called Sand Box. It was so much fun creating this pretty Mini Slimline Card as it reminded me that Summer is almost here!

Salty Kisses and Sandy Toes

To create this pretty beach scene, I first printed my images and sentiment on Accent Opaque 80 lb Cardstock and then proceeded to add my colors.

Here is the list of Copic, Ohuhu and Distress Oxide used:

Sky: Distress Oxide - Broken China - Using a blender brush and a handmade cloud stencil, I lightly applied ink to the top portion of the panel.

Sea: Copic - B21 and White Gelly Roll 08

Sand: Copic - E33, E35, E37

Bucket: Ohuhu - G1, G2, GY8

Whale: Ohuhu - GG3, GG1, Copic - B21

Sea Shell: Copic - R22, R21, R20

I then glued all my panels together using Gina K Connect Glue. Here are the dimensions of each panels: 

Card Base: Accent Opaque 100 lb - 6" x 7" scored at 3 1/2"

Black Panels: 3 x Accent Opaque 80 lb inked with a black marker - 5 3/4" x 3 1/4"

Top Panel: Accent Opaque 80 lb - 5 5/8" x 3 1/8"

And that completes the card, very easy and quick. You can find this pretty stamps set here in Jan's Digital Stamp Shop.

I hope my card will inspire you to create! As always, I encourage you to go check out the Challenge Blog to see the rest of the DT creations. We would love to see you join in on the fun so please show us your creation for a chance to win. Please remember that you can enter up to 5 Times per Challenge. All the details are on the Challenge Blog.

Be sure to follow Jan's Website in order to get notified when Sales and Freebies are announced.

Stay Healthy, take care and thanks for stopping by!

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JDS - I REEL-Y MISS YOU!

Good Morning my Crafty Friends!

Once again, it's time for a card featuring Jan's Digital Stamp Shop using this wonderful set called Gone Fishin. This new set is on sale for the month of April so it's your chance to go grab it.

I REEL-Y MISS YOU!

Today's card was quite simple and easy to do and here is how I did it.

I first sized and printed the Fishing Basket and Rod at approximately 2" x 3.3" on Accent Opaque 80 lb and colored the image with the following Markers:

Basket - Copic: E33, E35, E37

Rod - Ohuhu: G5, G8, G7 and GG1, GG2, CG5

The basket and Fishing Rod were then fussy cut and stacked 3 times to give it a little dimension.

I then proceeded to ink 2 pieces of Hill Shaped cardstock with Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn. The sky was inked using a Cloud Shaped Hand-made stencil and a light touch of Distress Oxide Broken China.

I printed the sentiment and matted it with some black cardstock and then proceeded to assemble the card. Here are my panel sizes:

Cardbase - Accent Opaque 100 lb : 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2"

Black panel - Accent Opaque 80 lb made black with a Black Marker: 5 1/4" x 4"

Sky and Grass Panel - Accent Opaque 80 lb: 5" x 3 3/4"

And that was it, very quick and simple card.

I hope my card will inspire you to create! As always, I encourage you to go check out the Challenge Blog to see the rest of the DT creations. We would love to see you join in on the fun so please show us your creation for a chance to win. Please remember that you can enter up to 5 Times per Challenge. All the details are on the Challenge Blog.

Be sure to follow Jan's Website in order to get notified when Sales and Freebies are announced.

Stay Healthy, take care and thanks for stopping by!

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JDS - Love You!

Good Day my crafty friends! 

I hope you are enjoying the lovely weather as much as I am, let me say that it does feel good not to freeze for a change.

It's time for another beautiful DT Card for the wonderful Jan from Jan's Digital Stamps. This weeks card was made using the My Mom's stamp and below are the products I used to make it come together.

Love You!

First step on this wonderful journey was to go to Jans Digi Stamp Shop and download the My Mom stamp. I highly suggest that you head over the site to grab yours as it's on SALE fort the month of April. Did I say SALE?? Yes I did! There are also a few other wonderful new stamps who are also on sale so go check it out!

For this specific card, I resized the image to approximate 2.07" x 1.97" so that it would fit in the heart shape die. I then printed it on my Accent Opaque 80lb cardstock and colored it with my Ohuhu Markers.

Here is my list of markers:

Brown Hair - Y13, BR1, BR2

Blond Hair - YR2, YR33, Y6, Y1

Pink - P1, RP1, RP6, R15

Blue - PB4, PB2, PB1

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20

Once I was done coloring my image, it was time to cut my different layers of cardstock.

Here is my list of cardstock with their dimensions:

Base Card - Accent Opaque 100 lb 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2"

Navy Panel - Stampin Up Night of Navy 4" x 5 1/4"

Dark Red Strip - Stampin Up Black Berry Bliss 4" x 1 1/2"

Pattern Paper Panel - Simon Says Stamp - Love You Monthly Kit 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

The heart was made with the largest die from Simon Says Stamp Hear Animal and to crate the border, all I did was to cut a heart on the Night of Navy cardstock and then place the die back in place and trace around the outside of the die which created the perfect frame. I then used my scissors to cut it out.

It was then time to use all the other dies from my die set to cut the other smaller hearts and the Sentiment. Everything was then stacked a few times to create dimensions using scrap cardstock and voila, my card was done.

I have to say that it's very difficult for me to use pattern paper but I have been stepping out of my comfort zone lately and it feels good.

I hope my card will inspire you to create! As always, I encourage you to go check out the Challenge Blog to see the rest of the DT creations. We would love to see you join in on the fun so please show us your creation for a chance to win. Please remember that you can enter up to 5 Times per Challenge. All the details are on the Challenge Blog.

Be sure to follow Jan's Website in order to get notified when Sales and Freebies are announced.

Stay Healthy, take care and thanks for stopping by!

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JDS - Hello Spring

Hello my crafty friends!

Today I am sharing how I made this super fun Spring Card:

First you will need to purchase this pretty stamp set call SpringTime from Jan's Digital Shop. You can find it here at https://www.janmahew.com.

Please note that for the Month of March, the set is on Sale so what a perfect time to purchase it.

Once you download the stamp set, you will need to resize the PNG Image and Sentiment so that it fits properly for the card size of your choice. For this specific card, I decided to make mine 5.5" x 5.5" so I changed the height of the Flowers to 2.8" and the Hello Spring Sentiment to 1.4".

Once you position the image and sentiment exactly how you wanted them to appear on the card, it's time to send it to the printer. I find that the best setting for my personal toner printer is "Thicker Paper" so that it cures the toner on the cardstock. If you keep the settings to normal paper, it seems to smudge when I use my Alcohol Markers. I find that it's not such an issue with Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80 lb but if you are like me and prefer a cheaper alternative like Accent Opaque 80 lb, you will notice that it helps to change the settings.

For this card I used my brand new Ohuhu Markers so if you want to achieve the same result, here are the colors you will need:

Leaves - GY43, GY42, GY5, GY4

Flowers and Sentiment - R16, P4, P3, R11, Y6

Bucket - GG5, GG3, GG1

Shadow - CG II 00

It will then be time to cut your panel and the cardbase. Here are the different dimensions I used:

Top folding Cardbase - 100 lb Accent Opaque 5.5" x 11" scored at 5.5"

Panel - 80 lb Accent Opaque 5" x 5"

To add some dimension under the Panel, you can either use some foam tape, fun foam or like I did, stack 3 pieces of 4.75" x 4.75" cardstock. I prefer this technique as I find it sturdier and cheaper since I use pieces that I would have usually thrown out.

To glue everything together, I suggest a strong liquid adhesive or double sided tape. My favorite go to are either Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue or Gina K Connect because it gives you time to move your pieces around to position them just right. For the double sided tape, I like the Sookwang brand, it's very strong and easy to tare, no need of scissors.

And there you go, a very easy, clean and simple card! I want to mention that if you do not feel confident enough to color the image yourself, the beauty of Jan's Digital Images is that she also provides a pre-colored option in the set so that if you have a color printer, you can simply print the image and voila, your card is done.

I hope my card will inspire you to create! As always, I encourage you to go check out the Challenge Blog to see the rest of the DT creations. We would love to see you join in on the fun so please show us your creation for a chance to win. Please remember that you can enter up to 5 Times per Challenge. All the details are on the Challenge Blog.

Be sure to follow Jan's Website in order to get notified when Sales and Freebies are announced.

Stay Healthy, take care and thanks for stopping by!

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JDS - Love

Hello my crafty friends and welcome back to my blog.

Today's card was quite fun to do as I got to crack open my brand new set of Ohuhu Markers! I have to say that I am quite pleased with how they perform! For the price, you cannot go wrong. They blend very well and the brush tip is very similar to Copic. On top of it, the alcohol smell is way less noticeable. If you want to try alcohol markers and can't spend all your dollars on Copics, I highly recommend Ohuhu. I purchased the 120 set and I am quite pleased with the combos you can do with it.

Now to my card. I am using the brand new stamp set from Jan's Digital Stamps called SpringTime.

I first printed the Bird on some Accent Opaque 80lb cardstock and used the following Ohuhu Markers to color the image:

Blue: B64, PB8, PB7

Yellow: Y6, Y3,GY6

Next step was to create my panels. Here are the colors and dimensions of each pieces of cardstocks:

Stampin Up Granny Apple Green: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 and 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 with Distress Oxide Broken China

Stampin Up Pacific Point: 5 1/4 x 4 with Distress Oxide Black Soot and Mowed Lawn

Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot: 5 x 3 3/4 with Distress Oxide Mustard Seed in a blotchy way all over and then Broken China

White Accent Opaque 80lb: 2 1/4 x 3 1/4b with Distress Oxide Broken China

I then stamped and fussy cut the word LOVE and glued each letter 3 times. The same was done with the BIRD. It was then time to assemble each layers and once all that was done, I added some hearts to balance the image on the card.

All letters and the hearts of course also have some sparkle from my SN Clear Sparkle Pen.

And voila, a quick, easy and fun card.

As always, I encourage you to go check out the Challenge Blog to see the rest of the DT creations. We would love to see you join in on the fun so please show us your creation for a chance to win. Please remember that you can enter up to 5 Times per Challenge. All the details are on the Challenge Blog.

Be sure to follow Jan's Website so you get notified when Sales and Freebies are announced.

Stay Healthy, take care and thanks for stopping by!

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