Welcome to our annual World Cardmaking Day blog event! Today you’ll find amazing card inspiration and ideas from blog posts and videos from our team and special guests. Take a look at the schedule of events:
10am ET: A Rainbow of Hugs with Mindy Eggen
12pm ET: Metal Die Magic with Dilay Nicar
2pm ET: Bunches of Balloons with Latisha Yoast
3:30pm ET: Facebook Live Beautiful Blending with Gina K on our Facebook page
4pm ET: Tried, Trendy & True: Hot Foil Fun with Mari Clarke
6pm ET: Not a Stamp in Sight with Susan Opel
We cannot wait to kick off the party! Doing that for us is design team member Mindy Eggen, who is bringing a bit of color and happiness to our screens. Let’s take a look at what Mindy created!
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Hello friends! This is Mindy, and welcome to World Cardmaking Day! What a wonderful day to celebrate this amazing hobby we have. Not only does it bring joy to the recipient of our handmade crafty project but we find joy in making it!
I have a special card to share with you today featuring the Rainbow stamp & die set from SCT Delivered. I love a good rainbow but how about we think outside of the box a little and have some fun with colors!
Supplies | Stamps: SCT Delivered – Rainbow Stamp/Die; Dies: Hero Arts, Lawn Fawn; Hot Foil Plates: Pinkfresh Studio; Inks & Cardstock: Concord & 9th; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
I’m using all Concord & 9th inks today including Oceanside, Aqua Sky, Marmalade, and Buttercup.
Tip: Google “color wheels” and/or search Pinterest for some fun color combinations outside of your norm!
While I love using my Misti stamping tool for stamping, this goes a little quicker and keeps the form of the rainbow better by using Comfort Blocks from Gina K. Designs.
Throw in a fun shape to your rainbow! You can use a star, hexagon, or any other shape you have in your stash. I’ll be using the Hero Arts Heart Infinity die. Hearts and rainbows just seem to go hand-in-hand, wouldn’t you agree?
Instead of bright white clouds, I kept the background subtle by die cutting a piece of Concord & 9th Aqua Sky cardstock using the Stitched Cloud Backdrop from Lawn Fawn. This leaves a beautiful stitching detail that doesn’t distract from the focal point of the card.
I like to keep a stash of sentiments handy when I need a card in a hurry. The Perfect Sentiments hot foil plate and coordinating die from Pinkfresh Studio does this for me. Have you tried hot foiling yet? It is absolutely gorgeous! You can catch a quick how-to in the video shared down below and on the SCT YouTube channel.
To really finish off my card, I used Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares for a little dimension.
Find my process video here to see how I used the fun Rainbow stamp and die to create my card:
To see how this fun card came together, I created a video to share!
Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope you find some time to craft on this amazing day!
Find more of Mindy’s work here: Blog | Instagram | YouTube
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How about we start off this day with a prize for one lucky commenter?
One lucky reader will win our SCT Delivered Rainbow stamp and die set, perfect for any colour scheme! To go along with it, you’ll also receive a beautiful Stamptabulous, a tool to help you make the perfect first impression when inking using any stamping platform, that’s almost too pretty to use!
To enter to win these prizes:
Leave us a comment by Thursday, October 7th at 11:59pm ET, telling us your favourite colour combination! A comment will be selected at random and the winner announced on Friday, October 8th, here on the blog! Good luck!
Join us again at 12pm ET here on the blog for more cardmaking fun with special guest Dilay Nacar!
Amazing day of crafting! Love the stamping platform and the rainbow stamp and die set!!!
my favorite color combination is pink (I have three granddaughters) with grays all the way to black. Love Mindy Eggen’s card
Love the Card! Looking forward to an amazing day!
I immediately loved this card from the FB peek and had to come see it! I love a ‘rainbow’ of blues, teal and purples!
Fabulous card and thank you so much for sharing your creative magic in the video! My favourite colour combination – at this moment – is pink and grey. Even my Halloween projects will use this combination; not too spooky! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway opportunity.
~carol
Lovely card. I love the color combo of kraft and teal.
Delightful card and you’re absolutely right about the stamping tool being too pretty to use!! My latest favorite color combination is fushia and yellow. Happy World Card Making Day!!
My favorite color combo is pink, teal, and green!
Love this card! Happy cardmaking day!
Happy World Cardmaking Day! My favourite colour combo is rainbow colours! Love the card!
My favorite color combo at the moment is yellow and blue.
What a gorgeous rainbow card and creation! Thanks for the video and the giveaway! I LOVE the color combo gray and yellow!
“Fall“ is the most beautiful color combination to my eyes!
I love aqua and red together right now!
A great tutorial and super cute card!
Good morning. I hope to join in some of the fun today. This is a beautiful card. My favourite colour combos are shades of pink or blues with greys…….soft combos are my favourites.
Thanks for sharing your foiling. I seem to be drawn to reds, oranges, and yellows as the leaves change colors.
My favourite colour combo is pink and white, colour of love.
Such a cool idea to combine the rainbow and heart! I use teals a lot.
I like pink, turquoise, and yellow (a twist on the primary colors!) Happy WCMD!
Wonderful card. I love rainbows and a favorite color combo is pink, blue and yellow, Happy World Cardmaking Day!!
So much fun and goodness going on for WCM Day! Favorite color combo is grey and yellow and the other spectrum: orange, lime green and baby blue.
I like blues and oranges!
My favorite color combination is purple and gray!
Thank you for a great card making day. I really like an Ombre effect of different blue tones. I also really like the combination of a light pink with chocolate brown and a cream colour combination (Naomi).
Happy Card Making Day everyone!!! Of course, SCT is so amazing that they are doing their Crop & Create as well as doing amazing things here on the blog. Will try to keep up with all the amazing crafty goodness today!!!!!
Thanks for the great video! My favourite colour combination right now is navy and pink.
Enjoyed your card tutorial especially the part about foiling. I have never tried that technique but it does add something unique to your card. Thanks!
What a sweet card! My favorite color scheme includes the jewel tones such as sapphire, burgundy, purple, fuschia, and emerald.
Beautiful card!!! I just love the colors you used!!
Such a lovely, bright card. My favourite colour is blue – any blue but usually a turquoise shade. I like to combine it with anything that suits the mood of my card or layout. I have boys, so usually I combine turquoise with beige, gray or green.
Such a cute card !
I love the hot foiling and the rainbow card is so pretty. My favorite color combination right now is different shades of blue and green with a little pink thrown in.
I like fuschia, purple and teal together. Fuschia and neon orange is another combo I like.
This is a really cute card. I really like the idea of of using different colour combinations for a rainbow. My favourite combo is purple – from light to dark.
Very cute card – my favorite color combo is teal, blue and purple.
Lovely cards! Great stamp set with Fun rainbows Thanks!
What a sunny card. Loved the detailed stitch of the clouds. My favourite colour combo is aqua, pink and purple. Thanks SCT and Happy Card Making Day to all my fellow crafters!
Being a part of the LGBT community, rainbow color combo all the way for me! I have been eye balling that rainbow die set for weeks!
I really like how you can cut the rainbow strips separately. Wonderful event!
This day is amazing! I love the card and that sweet little rainbow stamp set that is a prize! Thank you and everyone have a fabulous day!!
Awesome rainbow cards! Love the rainbow stamp and die set too! The Stamptabulous tool is gorgeous!
Favorite color combo… aqua and green!
Happy WCMD! I love a good rainbow card, great for so many occasions! My fave color combo is aqua and red!
Lovely card! I really love colour so it’s hard to narrow down to just one favourite combination and it depends on the season-right now I’m loving mustard with slate or darker blues
I really like the foiling but I do not have the hot foil machine so have not learned to do it. I would really like to have the machine and learn.
What a cute card and thank you for the video! I love to combine any color with yellow!
What a bright, cheery card! I love blue and purples but the entire spectrum is my favorite. :)
Happy cardmaking day! Like the color aqua combination on rainbow card!
Have a great day!
What an awesome card!! Love the simple design and the rainbow! :) I love anything blue, and blue/black is my fav color combination :)
Pink and more pink!
I love all shades of blue!