Gerda Steiner Designs

Happy Friday! How cute is this new Little Snowman stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs?!

I’ve been playing with a lot of embossing powders lately and I’ve used 3 different ones on this card to help create my snowy scene. I stamped the snowflakes in this set multiple times in Versamark and heat embossed them with white puff powder. I also used this powder on some snowflake die-cuts. I love the dimension it gives.

I used a Versamark pen on the snow in random areas and heat embossed with a neutral shimmer powder and heat embossed the “wishing you” sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs Balancing Mouse stamp set in pink.

I colored the snowman with Copics, fussy cut it out and added a nice big die-cut sentiment to finish it off.

Hope you enjoyed and have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Friday! I’ve got a cute and simple card today using the adorable new Gerda Steiner Designs “Pumpkin Bear” stamps!

I thought I’d use a bit of a different autumn color scheme on this and I often turn to Pinterest for inspiration, so I searched for pumpkins and found a fabulous photo of Fairytale and Jarrahdale pumpkins. Since teal is my favorite color, the inspiration photo was perfect!

I started by die-cutting the white background panel and inking a Hero Arts stencil with Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber distress inks. I then heat embossed the sentiment from this set and die-cut a strip of the patterned paper at the bottom. Love it when I find a paper in my stash that perfectly ties everything together!

I wrapped a piece of twine around the panel, tied a bow and matted the panel on a teal cardstock.

I stamped the bear first, masked it, and then stamped the pumpkins. I colored the images with Copics and fussy cut them out. Since it was nearly impossible to fussy cut the fringe on the scarf, I glued pieces of black embroidery floss to the back of the scarf and trimmed it down.

To add a little dimension, I adhered the stamped images with foam adhesive.

I just love this cute little bear!

Hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Friday!! Sharing a card today for Gerda Steiner Designs using the spooktacular new Ghosts stamp set! These are the most adorable little ghosts! I just love their expressions!

You can create the funniest little scenes with them and this set includes some super cute birthday sentiments too for your October birthdays. Love that they can be used for more than just Halloween.

That said, I couldn’t wait to make this funny Halloween card and I can’t get enough of that terrified looking ghost! I guess the witch hats are scaring him pretty good.

I started by cutting a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock 4″ x 8 1/4″ and die-cutting a circle from Eclipse masking tape for the moon. I then began blending Broken China Distress ink around the circle to create that glow. Next, I worked from the outside edges of the cardstock towards the moon with Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress inks making sure not to blend over the Broken China. I spritzed a little Perfect Pearls mixed with water to add a few sparkling stars.

I used a paintbrush and watered down Hickory Smoke Distress ink for the craters on the moon and then used a bat stencil from Simon Says Stamp with black modeling paste for a little dimension.

I die-cut a Tim Holtz Gothic Gate die from black cardstock and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder to give it a shiny metallic look. This stamp set has a “boo!” sentiment included, but I decided to use a big alphabet die and colored the die-cut letters with Copics for lots of impact. (this alphabet is the new Tim Holtz “Handmade” Sizzix die)

I colored all of the images with Copics and fussy cut them out, but there are also coordinating dies to this set available HERE. The pumpkins are from the new “Pumpkin Bear” Gerda Steiner stamps that I’ll be working with very soon. Love how easy it is to mix and match the Gerda Steiner stamps from various sets.

Hope you have a fabulous crafty weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Friday! I’ve got another card today using the new Catch a Wave stamps from Gerda Steiner Designs. I just love this cool little surfer duck!

I wanted this to have a Polynesian feel to it with a hint of retro surfer vibe. I’ve used a Plaid Folk Art “Pineapple” stencil on the background inked with Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress inks. I then die-cut a few palm trees from Lawn Fawn and colored them with Copics.

I’ve colored the little duck and beach sign with Copics and fussy cut them out. Once I adhered them to the card base, I added the ground line under the sign with a Copic multi-liner and added just a bit of shading with Copics.

I’ve also popped up the duck with dimensional foam adhesive to bring him out from the background just a bit.

Hope you enjoyed and have a great weekend!

Hi there! Sharing a card today here and on the Gerda Steiner Designs blog using the new Big Bite stamp set. I just love this pufferfish!

I’ve been having a lot of fun with watercolors lately and they work so well for ocean themed cards. I created a splashy background for this little guy using Dr. Ph Martin’s liquid radiant watercolors in Turquoise Blue, Norway Blue and Calypso Green.  I painted a second piece of watercolor cardstock with Chartreuse and die-cut the piece using the Memory Box “Loopy Rings” die.

I colored the pufferfish and coral from this set with Copics and fussy cut them out, but there are coordinating dies to these stamps in the GSD shop HERE.

To finish, I heat embossed this cute sentiment from the set using detail white embossing powder and die-cut the sentiment with an MFT sentiment strip die-namics.

I’ll be back soon sharing inspiration with some more new stamps from GSD!

Hope you enjoyed!

Happy Friday, everyone! I took a bit of a Summer break for the past few weeks, but I’m back today sharing a new card for Gerda Steiner Designs featuring a new stamp set coming soon to the shop! This one is called “Big Bite” and it’s another fabulous ocean themed set!

I’ve used Distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Peacock Feathers for the water and Antique Linen for the sand. I then added some texture to the sand using Copics.

I’ve colored all of the images with Copics and fussy cut them out. The seaweed is from the Oh, Manatee stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs, but all of the other images are included in this new set. I just love the cute sharks and that pufferfish!

Hope you have a great weekend! It’s going to be a really hot one here, so I plan to get crafty.

Be sure to keep a lookout for this new stamp set coming soon!