Thank you for you joining us this hour to see what our Art Director Cathy Zielske, our Editor-in-Chief Susan R. Opel and design team member Stacy Cohen have created! If you’re just joining us now, be sure to see our 9:00 am kickoff post here!
Happy World Cardmaking Day everyone! I’m so happy to be here on the SCT blog today to celebrate the joy of handmade cards! (It took me long enough, right?) It’s been more than a year and a half since I started making cards and I can’t believe how much fun I’m having! Today I have two cards to share with you and the first one features a few of the brand new SCT Delivered Clear Stamps!
For my first card, I started with a stencil from Simon Says Stamp and lightly blended on some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Mowed Lawn using a Life-Changing Brush. These brushes are new to me and wow do they ever make soft blending easy! I wanted to create a soft faded background to ground my stamped and fussy cut images. I used the teacup and one of the succulents from our new SCT Stamp Set #1. I think these stamps are perfect for coloring and I just fussy cut the images once I colored them in with a few Copic markers.
I used some Versafine Black Onyx ink to stamp the large thanks greeting and finished off the card with a few sequins. The finished card panel is mounted onto some Therm O Web Gina K. Designs black onyx cardstock for a simple, elegant thank you card.
My second card started with an ink blended background of Distress Oxide inks in Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Black Soot. Once the inks were completely dry, I used a quatrefoil embossing folder from Close to My Heart that was part of our September SCT Sampler kit to create some cool background texture.
The card sentiment is a word and shadow die set from my collection at Simon Says Stamp and I used some Therm O Web Gina K. Designs Passionate Pink cardstock for a pop of color in the ‘thanks’ layer. I finished the card off with some simple silver sequins.
Hope you get a chance to create a handmade card today to celebrate!
~ Cathy Zielske
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Happy World Card Making Day! I have mad love for this holiday since it gives me the excuse to create for HOURS!
My main goal in creating this simple hello card was to use felt. I recently die cut some felt and remembered how much I love the result, and with the right felt, it’s sooo easy. And the Spellbinders Platinum 6 manual die cut machine helps to cut felt with ease!
supplies CARDSTOCK: Bazzill Basics; PATTERNED PAPER: American Crafts; STAMP: CZ Design for Simon Says Stamp; INK, FELT: My Favorite Things; DIES: CZ Design for Simon Says Stamp, My Favorite Things; ADHESIVE: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Therm O Web
I often tend to go big, bold, and bright with my cards, but I stretched myself with a softer color palette. World Card Making Day is a great day to stretch your creativity, so I challenge you to do something a little out of your comfort zone today!
Here’s to an amazing, rewarding, and creative day!
~ Susan R. Opel
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Happy World Card Making Day everyone! In honor of the day I made a feminine card with flowers and lace.
To give the card a lot of “reach-out-and-touch-me” texture, I started with a base of corrugated cardboard. Then I created a lace-wrapped centerpiece alternating strips of white lace on a piece of cardstock.
I adhered the lace-wrapped cardstock to the corrugated chipboard using a 3D adhesive. Then I added a vibrant flower, leaves, decorative pins and the sentiment.
Have a fabulous day “celebrating” this fun day with the SCT Team!
-Stacy Cohen
Thank you Cathy, Susan and Stacy for sharing these beautiful cards!
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GIVEAWAY!
This hour we would love to share with one lucky winner a set of our brand new SCT Delivered Stamps created by Becky Fleck which Cathy used above! Leave a comment below and tell us if you could sit down with any of your friends right now and create a card with, who would it be. If you’re comment is randomly selected we’ll send that friend one of our new SCT Delivered Stamps too!
Be sure to leave your comment by Thursday, October 11th. We’ll announce the winners on Friday, October 12th. Good luck!
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Join us again at 12:00 pm EST today for more inspiration from Paige Evans and Anya Lunchenko!
Love the textures one theses cards. And the layers….Wow!!
I’d sit down with my daughter, Kathy. She is the one who got
me started onto this path of card making. We went to a
scrapbooking class but then I saw the card making and knew
I’d found my niche. Been at it for close to 14 years and
love every minute of it.
thanks for sharing some wonderful projects.
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Such beautiful cards! I would sit down with my daughter who lives far away and is busy being a mom to an 18th month old. She would have fun taking a break and playing! Thank you for the inspiration!
I would sit down and make cards with my friend Darilyn. She is my go to friend for card making and scrap booking.
Gorgeous cards! I’d sit with my daughter to create a fun mix of cards to be used as a gift!
Absolutely beautiful cards!! I would sit down with my baby sister, Chris and my friend Alice. We make a great creative team!! Happy World Card Making Day!!! Thanks for a chance to win!
Happy cardmaking day!! I’d get my friend Tamara B and we’d start crating! Hope everyone has a crafty day!
I would sit down with my friend, Bev!
These cards are great, I love them. These stamps would be a fantastic addition to any craft room, so good luck to all. Thank you .
These cards are amazing and very inspiring, I see a couple I would like to try my hand at. I would sit down with my BFF Kathy…..she’s going through a hard time right now and I know that she could use the fun and a bit of a break from hospital visits and worry….**thinking of you buddy**
I would sit down with Bernie and make some cards.
I would make cards with my twin, Jan. We are usually so busy we never have time to sit together and do anything. We would use the stamp set with the butterfly to make cards for our mom. She loves butterflies.
I will sit down with my daughter and make these. They are beautiful!.
I would make cards with my Grandaughter!
Beautiful cards
I would love to sit down with my sister and create this beautiful cards. We do not live in the same town, but when we can, we get together and stamp. Beautiful cards!
I’d be happy to sit down with any of my card making friends today! Unfortunately, I’m by myself and will try to make as many cards as I can on this great day!
Beautiful cards!! I really love all the layers and the colors used, specially on the hello card! I will love to sit down with my mom to make cards with those lovely stamps.
Gorgeous cards! I would get crafty with my two sisters, Holly and Sherry! We love spending lots of time together being creative.
So many fabulous cards! If I could sit down with a friend right now and make a card, it would be my friend Nita! And she really deserves some crafty time right now!
I would sit down with my Mom. We haven’t made cards together for quite awhile since she was in the middle of moving and had to put her scrappy supplies away. But now that she is settled I’ll have to get down there so we can start card making together again.
I’d love to sit down right now with my friend Emanuela and make beautiful cards.
Great cards! My daughter-she is an amazing card maker!
If I could sit down right now and make cards I would do it with my best friend, Bev M. She and I enjoy crafting together but do not often have time.
Your cards are amazing—love the textures and colors. Happy World Card Making Day
If I could si down and create with my neighbor and the best friend in the world, Kathy G, it would soothe both of our souls! So many tragedies have hit her hard in the last few months and I am going through a difficult time also. We are both able to support each other through our hardest moments. When one of us is crying and feeling that we can’t take any more the other will call at that exact moment! Yes, even at 3:00 am!
I know I would not have made it this far without her support! I think she deserves this prize so we can get together and just let our minds clear for a little while! TFS!
Wow–fabulous cards. Love the one with lace. I would sit down with my friend Sharon.
I would love to make cards with Ruth, Molly, Melodee, Katie and Johnna. We try to craft together as much as possible.
I would love to sit down with my friend Sherri and have an afternoon of crafting.
Oh my goodness, love the vibrant colours of the Tim Holtz inks…and how fun to use felt on a card. I never would have thought of that! Would love to sit down with some wonderful card making friends, such as Valeria Kapsha, Brenda Bedard, Laurie LaRose…I could go on, and on!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win such fabulous stamp sets!
Beautiful cards! The one with the lace took my heart 😉
All gorgeous!
I have to many friends I can stamp with, but maybe I will pick Jeanne, she is pretty cool!
Super cute cards and a great giveaway prize! SCT mag has the best inspiration around!
I would sit with my coworker from the library Loly Borda. She makes a card for every person’s birthday at the library! They are Beautiful! We keep them forever!
Oh wow. What beautiful cards. If I had to choose just one person to make cards with it would be Lori Pinky Brown as she is the queen of fussy cutting! If I didn’t have to choose just one, I’d love to spend World Card Making Day with all my Add to Cart girls!!!
I would love to make cards with my granddaughter JoAnn! She’s just learning!
such pretty cards, i couldn’t choose a favorite if I had to
thanks for the giveaway, I’ve been looking at the succulents set
It would be so fun to make a card with my friend LaVon!
Great cards! I cant wait to get home and make some cards today.
Love the inspiration from you guys!! If I could sit down with one friend it would be Donna Rudy! We only get to craft together a few times a year and I treasure those days! We always have a good laugh and inspire each other!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for a chance to win. I would love to be able to sit and create with my friend Larissa, but she lives in Texas. Thanks again! Michelle t
What pretty cards. I would sit down with my sister Julianne!
I don’t. know if I could do the crafting with friends thing, we would end up drinking and talking and get nothing done. But if I had to pick it would be my friend Noel who unfortunately recently moved an hour away.
Love these cards and especially love the felt hello, so fun! If I could sit down and craft with a friend, it would be Karen.
My almost 7 year old granddaughter. She loves to craft with me. Such pure joy and pride in what she is making.
Stacy’s lace card is amazing!! What a great way to use lace and ribbon that I have in my stash, thank you for the inspiration!! I’m in love with the new thanks stamp set – thanks for the chance to win it I craft with my friend Jodie and we always have lots of fun!
Wonderful cards!!
I would like to sit with a friend who expressed an interest in learning to make cards. Always fun to show people the many fun things we card makers make
Love the cards! My SCT Delivered stamps just arrived a couple of weeks ago and I love them. If I win, they won’t be wasted, I’d gift them to my friend Fay! I love crafting with Fay, and my daughter, Sarah.
Wonderful cards! So much inspiration! I would love to make a card with my grandmother. She is the one you introduced cardmaking to me. Being over 1000 miles away for each other, I don’t get to see her often! Thanks for the chance to win some pretty stamps!
I would love to sit down with Bonnie right now and create some cards! So much inspiration, I love the blended inks and the lace wrapped around the cardstock ideas….lovely!!
Great cards! If I could make cards today, I’d sit down with my sister and create. She hasn’t done a lot of crafting lately, but she’s always been my favorite crafty friend!
Love these great cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
If I could sit down with one of my friends and have a card making day, I would choose my online friend Kristie Wilson….she is an awesome stamper and I could learn sooo much from her plus I have never met her IRL. Thanks for the giveaway….I love those stamp sets.
I have 3 stamping/scrapping girlfriends…I think if we could make our schedules line-up, we would craft together every week. Instead we settle for every other month. Next month is our annual beach weekend trip! Cannot wait!
I love the SCT stamps! Such great card making inspiration today! Thanks so much!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration. I would do these with my daughter. I also make cards with my friends. we get together every six weeks and make a whole day out of it, ending with dinner and wine and continuing on with our work!
Love the thank you cards! Thanks for sharing. It would be impossible for me to pick two of my favorite scrap/card making buddies – Kim and Angel!
I am getting together with my daughter and daughter-in-law on the 19th. We would love to share these stamps! I think SCT did a stellar job with their stamp designing!
I would like to sit down and make cards with daughter because she makes the most beautiful and creative cards.
The terrariums are so cool! Reminds me of my early days of marriage! Way back in the 70’s.
Love all the inspiration!! Can’t wait to try some of these suggestions! Awesome giveaway! Happy World card Making Day!!
The terrariums are so reminiscent of the 70’s!
Great cards! I’ve enjoyed the inspiration today has brought! I would sit down with my mom to have a card making session! Thank you for a chance to win.
Thanks for the inspiration! I would card make with my daughter, I love her creativity.
I love the stamp sets and the fussy cutting
I love these cards. I would love to be able spend more time making cards with my SIL. We live in different cities so it’s rare that we get an opportunity to make cards, etc. together.
Like so many I would sit down with my daughter who introduced me to scrapbooking and card making. Thanks for the inspiration and ideas to create such beautiful cards today!
Oh, I would definitely sit down with my crafting BFF, Debbie R., who I miss tremendously. I just moved out of state this year and miss crafting with her. It would be nice for her to get a nice prize knowing that I was thinking of her. Thanks so much for the chance to win. 😀
I actually prefer to craft on my own but if I had to choose someone to craft with it would be with my adult daughter, Alana.
I would love to sit down and create cards with my friend Patty.
I would make cards with Bryn. I know she loves to stamp and make cards.
I would sit down with my friend Marissa, one of my few crafty friends!
I always wish for more time with my crafty bestie Nancy. Both of us have crazy schedules and band kids so we are on the go. We usually only sit down intentionally at an occasional retreat. However, she’s asked me to help with papercrafting images for her daughter-in-law’s first baby so we are going to soon be cutting vinyl and snowmen!
i love crafting with my friend Frances. She has a great eye and always gives me great advice when i get stuck. Thanks for the opportunity to win
I’m blown away by these cards, but what caught my eye was the one with the layers of lace. My firsthought was ‘cute but it’s a card that need to be sewed – and I was happily surprised to learn it was glued down!
I’d sit down with a few friends, but Ulrike makes some gorgeous cards, so I’ll craft with her!
This is more a Wish idea. My grandma passed away several years ago. She was my best friend. She loved crafts and stamping. At that time l wasn’t interested in it. Now l wish l had done it. Now l could show her all the great new products. We’d make coffee and spend a rainy day stamping away! Ironically my new daughter inlaws name is Elizabeth Wall. It’s a blessing sign from my grandma because it is her exact same name.
Fabulous cards! If I could sit down with anyone it would be my blogging buddy Dotty Jo, unfortunately she lives in England and I live in Ireland!
Such lovely cards! I’d sit down with my BFF anytime to stamp and create as she likes to craft like me.
Lynn and I sit down to work on new ideas with stamps and products. We always promise to do it more often as life allows. (she’s the better stamper)
My youngest daughter and I enjoy making cards together. Besides being an awesome daughter, she is my favorite crafting “buddy.” I’m always inspired by her enthusiasm when learning new techniques with me. 🙂
I would love to sit down and create with my girlfriend Janice. She is such a blast when we get together and craft.
Lovely
My friend Heather. Love getting together and crafting with her.
These are STUNNING! I would sit down with my identical twin sister, Lauren. My BEST CRAFTY PAL!
Beautiful cards! Would love to sit and create cards with my 95 year old mom, who I’ve been crafting with for over 20 years.
Beautiful stamp sets. My friend Patti-Anne would send me cards when she was a travelling nurse in the US. I would love to share with her these stamps and enjoy an afternoon catching up and making cards.
I loved every card! So much inspiration!
I would love to be able to sit with my crafty friend Johanne right now and work on some cards for Fall with our PSL from Starbs.
Three different styles on these cards yet all so lovely. I’d love to spend some crafty time with a new online acquaintance name Kwesi. Thanks for the opportunity to win these stamps.
My friend Jackie is a newbie to card making so it’s a lot of fun to spend time working on designing projects. I really like the style of your stamps and look forward to making some cards if I win a set. Thanks!
These stamps are perfect for occasions and the everyday! I have loved mine since you introduced them and receiving them! I also loved seeing Becky, Cathy’s and everyones’ creations online.
If I could, I would love to sit down and make cards with my friend, Priscilla.
She lives in Deustchland and I am in Ohio.
We meet and see each other over Instagram all the time 😀
What an amazing prize! Thank you so much for a chance to win a set of the brand new SCT Delivered Stamps!!!
I am loving all that texture. I would love to create cards with on online scrappy friends.
So sweet!
I would love to spend some crafting time with my friend Ros!
If I could sit down with any of my friends to make a card, it would be Dorothy. We don’t live close and don’t get to see each other often but would love to paper craft with her again soon while catching up.
Oh what fun and beautiful cards. Karla is my favorite crafty buddy 🙂
If I was to sit down and make cards right now I would like it to be with my Mom. She makes amazing cards and we don’t get enough time to craft together.
Beautiful stamps! I would craft with my scrapbooking friend Polina, she inspires me)
If I could sit down with anyone to make a card, it would be with my mom, Ann Campbell
I love to scrap alone in my scraproom but I also enjoy to scrap along with my friend Ulrika, or sometimes at a big crop.
I would love to create a card with my crafty friend Dee. Love the beautiful stamps! Thanks for the chance to win!
If I were to win, I would sit down with my Card Club friends and we would all make cards together.
Beautiful cards, Cathy, Susan and Stacy.
I always love crafting with
my sister, Tammy. Lovely
cards this hour.
Carla from Utah
Beautiful cards! Love all the colours and textures. 💕 Would love to win these stamps to share with my friends and use to make cards in my crafting space at home.
WONDERFUL cards to INSPIRE 🙂
I would sit down with my niece, it is such a joy to have her share my LOVE of creativity with her from afar and it would be even more precious to sit and make cards together with her!
Wow! Gorgeous cards and stamp sets!!!
I would sit down with Laura. She’s one of my dearest friend. She’s very creative and I love crafting with her!
I would love to craft with any of my friends that I go to the Ultimate Retreat in Maple Ridge with every year!
Great ideas for cards ladies. Hard to pick just one crafty friend when our group is six. But for this prize I will name Michelle because she was admiring the stamps when we were at Crop and Create Cornwall….well honestly we all were but you said I had to pick one!
These are all lovely cards! If I could pick just one crafty friend to make cards with all day it would be Amy because I know she wants to get into cardmaking but just doesn’t have all the supplies to get started and doesn’t know all the techniques, which I would love to show her.
I love those cards! I would make cards with my friend Darlene, we always have fun when we get together for crafty time…and it’s been too long! Thanks for the chance to win!
If I could sit down with one friend and make cards right now it would be my daughter Shannon. She and my granddaughters love to make cards..and they only have a few stamp sets so far. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to sit down and make cards with my dear friend, Moira. Now that I live in Queensland, Australia, and she lives in the UK, I miss her lovely friendship and we would put the world to rights in our crafting sessions. Thanks for the chance to win.
If I could sit down and make a card with one person it would be my niece Stacy. She and I have such a great time and treasure our time together since we live half a state away from each other. Thanks for a chance to win.
Oh my…if I could sit down and make a card with anyone…it would have to be my cardmaking bestie ~ Penny H. Penny and I are like two peas in a pod and love inspriing one another when cardmaking. We have great chats, laughter and moments to live by. Spending time with Penny..is one of those FEEL GOOD moments. 🙂
I would sit down with my granddaughters.Any kind of craft is always a hit and those girls are so much fun!
I love to make cards with my stamping pal Laura!
I would make a card with my twin sister – she has a creative flair!
I would sit down with my daughter. She is very good at matching patterns and colors to really make cards pop.
Great cards for World Card Making Day! The stamp sets are amazing, a great addition to anyone’s collection!
Love the cards! If I could sit down right now and start creating it with be with my friend Alida because she also enjoys cardmaking and she inspires me in so many ways.
I would make a card with my twin sister. She has a creative eye and always has good suggestions!
Love these cards and definitely thinking of scraplifting. If I could sit down right now, it would be with my friend Audrey and her son Alex. He is autistic and makes beautiful art murals.
LOVE the cards!! I would sit down with My best scrappy friend/sister Rita. She passed away 2 years ago suddenly, and I have missed her fun in creating every day since.
I would love to sit and create with my dear friend Jessie. We live 400 km apart, and don’t get the chance to see each other very often, let alone have time to craft. When we do get together we always have a great time.
I would love to sit down and create with my daughter as she loves to too – and doesn’t get the chance with two little nes.
I would enjoy crafting and card making with my dear friends Shann, Melinda and Debi. We get together every 6 months for a girl’s weekend of crafting and we have the BEST time!
I would sit down with Dee – she organizes all of our crops and she makes the most amazing cards. And I really really would just love to win this stamp set as well. Thank you for the chance..
I would sit down with my friend Mary, because she is super creative and a super busy mom like me. We haven’t had the chance to be creative together is quite some time and that makes me sad.
My sister & I used to scrap together. She is my favorite person to create with! Now with kids, especially her busy toddler & physical distance, the time we spend together is slim & busy with children. One day I hope we’ll start again & slip back into that wonderful groove we had together.
Love all the cards. If I could sit down and craft with my friend, Lynne Dacey, I would be so happy. We always have so much fun together and come up with some fun projects.
I would sit down and create cards for days with Angel, who is my best friend and my Niece! We love creating together, when we can. These are some wonderful stamp sets. And the cards above are pretty awesome!
I would sit down with my good friend, Sandra, who got me into papercrafting more than ten years ago.
I would sit down with Stephanie and make cards. We always have lots of fun. I share my copy of SCT magazine with her as well.
I would sit with my crafty card besties Lan,Andrea,Dana,Shelliann and Arlene amd make Xmas cards and elegant cards together. We inspire each other because we have different techniques and style to card making.
I would sit down with my Mom and make Christmas cards (her fav)!!
I would craft with my friend Joy. We haven’t had a craft day together in a very long time and we would love it!
I would sit down with my mom and two daughters, because we have the BEST time when we’re making cards!! Thanks for the chance to win.
I would create with my friend Kate, we always love making cards together!