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!