Gerda Steiner Designs

 Gerda has created this fun Beary Merry Christmas stamp set.  I just love that this bear is feeling his "inner reindeer?!?"  And this is just one of two cute bears in this set.

I decided to give Mr. Reinbear a slimline card so he could share a big Merry Christmas with everyone.  I fussy cut the characters, colored with copics and paired them with a Merry Christmas die cut from foil cardstock.

Bear & reindeer:  E39, E37, E35. E34. E33. E31. E30, W8, W6

Sweater:  G07, YG09, YG13

But wait, there's one more sweet bear in this Beary Merry Christmas stamp set.  I couldn't resist making him the center of JoY!!

I stamped the images directly on cardstock and colored the wreathed bear with copics.  

Bear:  E27, E25, E15, E55, E31, W9, W7

Wreath:  G07, YG09, YG13

Stars:  Y19, Y26

I added the random dot border with a black gel pen around the edge of the card to go along with the dots around the wreath.

Merry Christmas by Noga Shefer

Hi crafty friends, Noga  here and I am so happy to share with you another project for Gerda Steiner Designs today.

 

 

My card featuring the new adorable "Bearry merry christmas" stamp set that is going to be release TOMORROW!

This set is perfect for your Christmas cards.

 

To make this card I took an A2 panel of plaid cardstock. 

 

For the background, I die cut a rectangle panel die out of white cardstock. 

Next I colored the sweet image using copic markers. I glued it to my panel with foam tape for dimension.

 

Next I stamped a greeting from this set using black ink.

For a final touch, I added a brown twine.

 

I hope you enjoy the card I created and feel inspired to create!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Noga

BOO! Shake it up with new Ghost Digital Stamps!

 Greetings everyone! It's me again, Jessie Scott (@chevy.scott on IG) here to share another too cute to spook card with the new Ghost Digital Stamps from Gerda Steiner Designs! See the Collection of Digital Ghosts!

 

I used three stamps to make this card. Boo - Cute Ghost, Coffee Lover Ghost, and Pumpkin Ghost. 

Aren't they adorable??? This time I colored my ghosts a spooky green instead of the blues and greys option from last time. 

For this one, I didn't think it needed a sentiment other than the "Boo" sign in the center image.

The only challenge with a digital stamp is sizing it right so you don't need to print it again haha. I usually sketch out my card idea on scrap paper, decide where the image is going, then measure it. 

 

I use the "insert - shape" option in MS Word to draw a box to the shape I need to fit to. Before I print, I delete the boxes.

Ok so now for the fun assembly! Shaker cards are my favorite this time of year and I had a lot of shaker bits to use up. Here's a video of the rest of the process!

 

 Get your shake on!

 

How do you like your ghosts?  Spooky blues or ghostly greys or how about this creepy green? 

See you again soon!

Hello and welcome back to Gerda Steiner Designs!  This is Rhea and today I am bringing you a little something special from gsd-stamps.com.

I mean seriously how sweet are these <a href="https://gsd-stamps.com/collections/all-available-clear-stamps/products/carol-puppies-4x6-clear-stamp-set">Caroling Puppies

They even have matching dies so you don't have to fussy cut! Caroling Puppies Dies

Now I may have gone overboard with the Christmas Trees and snow flakes.  But I couldn't help myself!  It's been a while since I've created and this is such an adorable set. I just went nuts!!!!!

Plus I used my kinda new OLO Markers...Yummy.

I had so much fun creating this step out card with Caroling Puppies, I will see you again next month for two more surprise designs just for Gerda!  There may be even a few surprises on her FaceBook Group!  So keep an Eye posted!

Thanks for visiting today!

Big Hugs,

Rhea

Hi crafty friends,  Noga  here and I am so happy to share with you another project for Gerda Steiner Designs today.

To make this card I took an A2 panel of Bristol smooth cardstock. 

Hello Crafty Friends! I am thrilled to be Guest Designing again for Gerda Steiner Designs! Today I have a couple of birthday cards to share with you featuring the absolutely adorable Strawberry Mouse Clear
Stamp set. I kept both designs fairly clean and simple to give all of the attention to the sweet and innocent
face on this super cute mouse!

Have a Berry Sweet Day!

My first card is a simple one with just a little splash of color in the background to
highlight the strawberry theme. 
First, I stamped the images onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with gel pens. 

Next, I fussy cut the
images out with a sharp pair of scissors.

COPIC COLORS:
Mouse: E50/51/53/33, R000/00/30, E25
Strawberries: R20/21/22/24/27/29, YG01/03/17

I took another piece of white cardstock (4.25&quot; x 5.5&quot;) to create the card front. I used masked off the
bottom half of the panel and ink blended the top portion of the panel with some Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks. I trimmed off 0.25&quot; from the left and right sides of the panel to remove the harsh edges of my ink blending as well as to add a bit of interest to my final carddesign.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the set directly onto the inked panel with the same Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added a piece of craft foam to the back of the panel before adhering it to a white card
base (4.25&quot; x 5.5&quot;). Finally, I adhered the strawberries liquid adhesive and the mouse foam tape for a bit
of dimension and interest.

Happy Birthday! For my second card, I created a fun but very simple design that allowed this adorable mouse to be enjoyed on the card front as well as the inside. Why should the fun stop at the front of the
card, right?
I stamped, colored and fussy cut out the mouse and one strawberry image in the same manner as the first card.

I took a piece of white cardstock (4.25&quot; x 11&quot;). I used a score board to score and fold at the 5.5&quot; mark to create a top-folding cardbase. 
In order to create a cutout, I used the colored mouse as a guide to position a 3&quot; circle die on the lower right corner of the front flap of the card. I used the fifth smallest die from the MFT A2 Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics but any 3&quot; circle die can be used to create the same effect. Low-tack tape was used to secure the die to the cardbase. Before running it through my diecut machine, I made sure to remove the colored mouse and unfold the cardbase so as to only diecut the front panel.

For the sentiment, I stamped of the word Birthday from the set with Versamark Watermark ink onto a piece of anti-static treated black cardstock. I added white embossing powder before heat setting the
embossing. I used a sharp pair of scissors to fussy cut around the word. I used Birthday word to position and stamp the Happy word directly onto the front panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I also stamped
the &quot;Have a berry sweet day&quot; sentiment on the inside of the card -- making sure to position the sentiment high enough so that it cannot be visible through the circle cutout on the front flap when the card is closed.

Using the circle cutout as a guide, I adhered the mouse to the lower right corner of the inside of the card with liquid adhesive. Then I adhered the strawberry and Birthday word to the front of the card with some foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest.

As always, I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my cards.  I had so much fun playing with this adorable Strawberry Mouse Clear Stamp set and truly appreciated this
amazing opportunity to Guest Design for GSD. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.
 
Have a berry sweet day!
Hanh

Hello friends! I hope you are well. I recently needed a get-well card and realized that I
really hadn’t made very many, so I definitely needed to change that. I figured a good
start would be to use this cute little friend from Gerda Steiner Designs. Gerda always
captures a moment. This stamp set is called Under The Weather.
To create the background, I blended Uncharted Mariner, Peacock Feathers and
Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink. Once I liked how it looked, I spritzed it with a little
water and then spattered a little silver metallic watercolor.
Although I have both a raindrop background die and a stencil, I thought that the Stitched
Windy Backdrop die from Lawn Fawn would give me a more subtle pattern.
I used the On Solid Ground stamp from My Favorite Things for the cobblestone
sidewalk. Once I cut that out, I quickly realized that I was going to have to lift that
sidewalk up a little bit to be able to get my little friend higher up towards the top of the
card. I decided that I could cut a strip of grass using the Grassy Border die from Lawn
Fawn, which was also a perfect place to add my sentiment.
Once I had the grassy piece cut out, I added a little Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide to
add a little dimension. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.
After I attached the grass and sidewalk to the card, I was still looking for a little more
height, so I added a little fence using the Little Farm Fence from Lawn Fawn. I used a
really light gray cardstock for the fence and added a little Pumice Stone Distress Oxide
Ink to tone it down a little.
Coloring in my little mouse was the fun part of the card. I used Copic Markers in the
following colors:
 Y15, Y19, Y38 - yellows
 W00, W1, W3 - mouse
 R05, R14, R29 - reds
 BG23, BG13, BG18 - blue greens
 R20, R21 - pink accent
 YR23, YR24, YR27 - bricks
Once I had my mouse attached, I added some little hearts as my raindrops and a few
little clouds. The clouds were cut from Lawn Fawn’s Simple Puffy Cloud Frames. That
is one of my favorite dies because it gives you the cloud shape but it still allows the
background to show.
I just love the way this card turned out. He is just so cute with his little umbrella!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you aren’t feeling “Under The Weather”.

Sandy @sandycogdill

Hi there friends.

This is Sandy and I have a super colorful card today using the Thanks A Melon Printable Greeting Card.
I used my Brother Scan and Cut to cut out the cute little watermelon. The coloring was
done with Copic Markers in the following colors:

• RV11, RV13, RV14
•  YG06, G07
For the background, I wanted to kind of simulate the green strips on a watermelon. I
tried to ink white cardstock freehand, but I wasn’t getting the look that I was after. I dug
through my stencils and decided to use the Sunray Background Stencil from Lawn
Fawn. I used Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink to cover the entire piece of cardstock,
then I used the stencil with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink. I watered down some
Mowed Lawn Ink and spattered the entire background. I used a 4” x 5 ¼” die with
stitched edge detail to cut out my background.
I loved the sentiment that was on the printable but I thought I would mix it up just a little
bit. I used the Giant Outlined Thanks from Lawn Fawn and then I heat embossed “A
Melon” using white embossing powder on black card stock.
This was a really fun and quick to make.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Sandy

@sandycogdill

Hello, it’s Sandy again.

Today I have a card that I created with the Dog and Butterfly
digital stamp.
I didn’t change the size of the .jpg but I thought that since I was going to be printing it, I
would add a sentiment. I like punny saying so this one is perfect for this card.
As I have done in the past, after I print the illustration, I covered the dog and butterfly
with a sticky note that has adhesive over the back of most of it, and then ran the paper
through the printer again to create a mask.
Once my mask was cut out and applied, I used the On Solid Ground stamp from My
Favorite Things to place the ground. I then masked that off so I could start my ink
blending.
For the grass, I used Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink along with the
Grassy Stencil from Lawn Fawn. After the ink was set, I added a little of the Twisted
Citron behind the grass blade to create a little more ground area. With Stormy Sky
Distress Oxide Ink, I laid in the clouds using the Cloudy Stencil from Lawn Fawn. I then
speckled the sky with some watered-down ink. In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t done that
because it does take away from the sentiment. Oh well, next time, right?
All the coloring is done with Copic markers in the following colors:
 Y11, Y21, YR23, YR24 – dog
 E31, E37, E47 – rocks and ground
 R14, R29, R39 – dog collar
 G07 – grass blades
 RV52, RV55 – butterfly
Once it was colored, I used a 4” x 5 ¼” stitched edge die to cut it out. I like to use this die because I like
to have a border around my cards. I chose a pink colored card stock to bring out the little butterfly.
I really enjoy using digital stamps because they are so quick to make and take very minimal supplies.
I hope you have been inspired to create a card of your own.
Thanks for stopping by and remember to “Paws And Enjoy The Little Things”!
Sandy

@sandycogdill

It would be hard not to have a sweet day in the company of this sweet little hedgehog.
For this card, I wanted to keep it exactly as the 2 on 1 .pdf prints out. Once I had used
a 4” x 5 ¼” die to trim it down, I was able to start the process of coloring the background
behind her. In order to achieve the inking, I printed out 2 of the .pdf’s. On one of them,
I placed a 3” x 3” Post-it Super Sticky Full Stick Note on top the hedgehog and ran the
paper through again so it would print on the Sticky. All I had to do then, was cut the
hedgehog along the print lines to create a mask. For the grassy area, I printed another
.pdf on regular copy paper. I then cut along the lines and applied temporary tape runner
on the grass blades to use as a mask.
Now that I had my hedgehog and grassy area covered, I was able to start Inking. I
applied a very light layer of Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink with a blending brush. I then
went back with the Bunting Backdrop Stencil to ink in the bunting. I used Shaded Lilac,
Squeezed Lemonade and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink.
For the hedgehog and grassy area, I used Copic markers in the following colors:
 E50, E51, E53,E43, E47 - hedgehog
 R01 - cheeks
 YG63, YG67 - grass
 RV21, RV23 - pink ice cream
 YR21, YR23 - cone
 E21, E33 - chocolate ice cream
 YR61, YR63 - orange ice cream
I used a white gel pen to add some highlights to the bunting and the hedgehog.
She is just the sweetest little thing, and I had such a good time making this card. I can’t
wait to send it off to just the right person.

Thank you for stopping by. 

Sandra

Hello,

Maria here and I am back with a card featuring the adorable bear in the “Hello Sunshine” Stamp Set.

To create this card, I started with a 3.875” x 5.125” panel cut from 80 LB Neenah Smooth Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock.  I stamped the sun in the upper left side and the bear in lower right side.

I stamped the sun and the bear on masking paper and cut them out.

I created a simple background by drawing a hill across another piece of masking paper that covered the width of my card panel and cut it out.  My hill is about 1.5” tall.

I used the masks to cover the sun and the bear and used the hill mask to cover the bottom third of the white panel.  To create the sky, I used Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky.

I removed the mask from the bottom of the card and used the other half of the masking paper to cover the sky.  I used Mowed Lawn Distress Ink to add color to the grassy area.

I removed the mask from the sun and used the negative portion to cover the sky, leaving only the circle exposed.  I used Scattered Straw Distress Ink to add color to the sun and stamped the smiley face on it.

I colored the bear and sign with Copic Markers:

Bear: E34, E53, E30, E51, E50

Nose: N4, N3, N1

Inner Ears: E93

Sign: E42, E41, E40

Beneath the bears feet:  YG25, YG23

I stamped the bear a second time and colored the sign and paws.  I stamped the “Hello Sunshine” sentiment on the sign with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and fussy cut this section of the stamped image only.  I used a Momento Black marker around the edges and glued the fussy cut sign over the sign on the card panel. 

To finish off the card I die cut two clouds from white cardstock and added some shading with Lost Shadow Distress Ink.

Finally, I adhered the colored panel to a Navy Blue A2 cardstock base.

Thanks for stopping by!

Maria

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

Michelle Ruelle here and I’m so excited to share with you my 2nd guest designer project for Gerda Steiner Designs today.

My card features the sweet Strawberry Mouse stamp set. This 3x4 stamps set is perfect for a sweet note to a friend or birthday card. The possibilities are endless. My first thought was this stamp would be perfect for a shaker card with the strawberry confetti mix I had.

I added the mouse to a mini shaker card (4 ¼” x 4 ¼”). Then, I colored my images with Copic Markers (R20, R22, R24, R27, G20, G21, G24, W1, W3, W5, W7 and BG10).

I glued the strawberry and mouse to the shaker square, and supported the mouses ear with foam tape to prevent sagging. Lastly, sentiments were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and Catherine Pooler Samba ink.

I hope you enjoyed my card, and it has inspired you to get crafty!
Thanks for stopping by,
Michelle

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

Michelle Ruelle here and I’m so excited to share with you
my guest designer project for Gerda Steiner Designs today. Thank you Gerda
for this opportunity ☺

My card features the ADORABLE Melon Friends stamp set. I saw this stamp set
and I was IMMEDIATELY obsessed and needed to add it to my collection. It’s
absolutely perfect for your hello and thank you cards, and the Dinosaur and Bear
are BEYOND adorable.

I added this adorable dinosaur to a mini slimline card (3 ¼” x 6”). Then, I ink
blended the background and grass, and colored my images with my Copic
Markers (YG17, YG23, YG25, G07, G09, G28, R20, R22, R24 and BG10).

I glued my watermelons directly to the card and added the dinosaur with foam
tape for dimension. Lastly, Stamped my sentiment directly on my card with
Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I hope you enjoyed my card, and it has inspired you to get crafty!

Thanks for stopping by,
Michelle

Hello, it’s Tammy Massey, and I’m excited to be back as a guest designer on the Gerda Steiner blog! Today, I’m sharing a fun-fold slimline card I created with the Little Things stamp set. 

I have been in love with this little guy since I first saw him on @gerdasteinerdesigns Instagram back in January, so to finally create with him is like taking the cutest boy in school to the prom. Definitely worth the wait!

To understand this card, it helps to see it standing up on display. Here, you can see the three-panel accordion fold design. 

The card began with a whole sheet of cardstock that I scored in thirds and then folded like an accordion. Starting at the bottom, I stamped the first image, and then I used a hill-shaped die – and a partial die cutting technique – to cut just the first panel. After that cut, I trimmed away the excess paper above the hill. 

From there, I continued up the panel, stamping the middle image, and then using another hill-shaped die and cutting away the space above that mole’s head. On that panel, I also stamped the sentiment, bending it a little to follow the curve of the hill. 

The final image is stamped on the third (back) panel. Along with this mole, I also stamped the sun image from the Hello Sunshine set. Since this 3rd panel is full size, there is room beneath the mole for a personal message to the recipient. 

It looks a little weird, but here’s what the card looks like opened up. 

I colored all the images with Copic markers. Finally, I added a few highlights with a white Gelly Roll pen, and I traced the dandelion fluff with a Stardust Gelly Roll pen.

And Holey Moley, there you have it! The absolute cutest little guy…times three! 

You can check out a video of this card on my Instagram today! https://www.instagram.com/tammy_massey70/

Best wishes from Germany,

your Nicole aka Kimba-Slydog

https://www.instagram.com/kimbaslydog/

Hi, everyone.

Jen here and I’m excited to be back with another post for Gerda Steiner Designs. Today I am sharing a bright and cheerful card created with images from the Hello Sunshine stamp set.

I started this card by ink blending a background panel with sunny colors – I used Hero Hues reactive inks in lemon drop and creamsicle. I ran that panel through an embossing folder for lots of texture. I created the next layer by stamping the sun image from the stamp set in the same 2 ink colors. I also added some ink splatters with the lemon drop ink. I stamped the bear on a piece of white cardstock and added the “happy birthday sunshine” sentiment on his sign.

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir Tri-blend alcohol markers. I colored the bear withearth brown blend, added some bright pink on his cheeks and ears, and the tiniest amount of orange to color the sun. I added some white gel pen highlights and black glaze pen on his nose and eyes. I cut the bear out with a circle die and also added an orange cardstock mat so the image would really “pop” against the background. I finished the card off with some coordinating sequins.

Please check out my other cards online at https://www.instagram.com/JLMakesCards.

Hello.

Maria Petkash here (IG@mkpetkash) and I am thrilled to be sharing my first card as a Guest Designer for Gerda Steiner Designs.

My card features one of the adorable stamps in the “Cupcake Mice” stamp set.
To create this card, I started with an A2 size card panel cut from 80 LB Neenah Smooth Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock.
I stamped the birthday mouse with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink in the lower right side of the card panel and colored it with Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils:
Mouse Body:

-W2

-W1

-W0 markers

Warm Grey 30% (PC1052) and

Warm Grey 20%
(PC1051) pencils

Nose, tail and inner ears: E93, YR82, shaded with Deco Peach (PC1013)
Remaining portions of the images were colored with markers only:
Party Hat: R17, R14, R12, Y19, Y18, Y15
Cupcake Wrapper: R17, R14, R12, R29
Frosting and Cake: BG15, BG13, BG11, YR31, YR30, YR21
Ground: E51, E41, E31

The sentiment was stamped to the left of the hat with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I used the A2 Lacy Layers Die set from Waffle Flower to cut out the cardstock layers.
I adhered the blue and white pieces to a piece of copy paper cut down smaller than the blue
frame and used foam tape to adhere the entire piece to the black cardstock background.

Finally, I added three red clay hearts around the mouse to finish off my card.
Thanks for stopping by!

Maria

Hello, crafty friends!

I am Tammy Massey, and I am honored and excited to be a guest designer on the Gerda Steiner blog today. I’m new here; it’s nice to meet you.

For sure, Gerda Steiner images are the cutest things on the planet, but I also love that they seem to coordinate well with each other, both in style and in scale. So, when I got my hands on the In Your Corner set, I immediately started wondering what else this little guy could hold on to. 

And so, this happened.

For these cards, I chose a unique card size that’s roughly 2.5 x 3.5”, partly because I wanted the image to fill the entire card, but mostly because I wanted to use the tiny, long-ago abandoned envelopes I found in my desk drawer. 

For my first card, I stamped the image just as it was intended, with no alteration. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored with Prismacolor colored pencils, blending with Gamsol for a smooth finish. I finished the image with a few white gel pen highlights, and a layer of Glossy Accents to fancy up the heart. The sentiments are stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink, which always gives crisp results.

Then the alterations began.

To create the gift-giving mouse, I stamped the original mouse onto masking paper and then stamped the small present from the Season’s Tweetings set right on top of the heart. This helped me see exactly where to fussy cut the present but leave the mouse’s tiny hands intact. On the card, I first stamped the present image, then masked over it and stamped the original corner mouse on top. After coloring this card, I added a slightly altered sentiment from the Cupcake Mice set. 

The third card uses the tiny cupcake and another sentiment from the Cupcake Mice set, but the masking and coloring process is the same. Admittedly, this cupcake might be more than the little guy can handle, but hey, I get it: more is more, especially when we’re talking about cake. No shame.

And there you have it: three cards, each a bit unique, but all created with the same stamp set. I hope this encourages you to look at your products a little differently. Versatility might be hiding in the corner; you just need to find it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tammy

Visit me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tammy_massey70/

Hi, everyone.

Jen here and I’m excited to be back on Gerda Steiner Designs blog. Today I ams haring a card made with two stamp sets – Little Things and Cupcake Mice. When I saw the mole blowing the dandelions in the Little Things stamp set, I knew I had to have him blowing out a birthday candle!

The stamps in the two sets paired together perfectly and came together just as I imagined. I stamped the birthday scene on white cardstock and colored the images with Ohuhu alcohol markers. I used YGs on the mole, BRs for the earth, yellows on the cupcake and candle, and blues for the cupcake wrapper and the glasses worn by the birthday mole. I stamped a cupcake pattern on the background panel with a stamp from Cupcake Mice in a color that coordinated with my images. I popped up the panel with the image and added some twine to tie everything together.

I hope this card brings a smile to your face as it did for me while creating it. Please feel free to check out my other cards online at instagram.com/JLMakesCards.

 Hello lovelies,

Today it's my turn once again to present you a card of mine.

Since I long for sun, sea and beach so much, I took the “Catch a Wave” set and created a scene from it.  The text comes from the “Melon Muncher” set.

It would really be too nice to go for a walk on the beach now. But unfortunately I live far away from the sea and the beach and it's anything but summer weather here at the moment. Yesterday there was even a real storm with hail. Typical Germany. 

I colored the images with Copics, the backgrounds are wiped with Distress Oxides.

The background is one-layering, but the duck, the sun and the sentiment I put on the card with spacer tape.

I hope you have a wonderful day and I'm delighted that you stopped by.  And if you feel like it, feel free to follow me on Instagram.

Yours, Nicole F./kimba-slydog

https://www.instagram.com/kimbaslydog/

Hi Crafty Friends,

I am soooo excited to be Guest Designing for Gerda Steiner Designs! They have a new release featuring these DARLING moles! This set is called Little Things. I just love the sentiment and their cute little glasses.

Have a great day!

 Hello dear creative friends,

after a long break, I'm pleased to show you something of mine again.

Even though I like the collage cards, I wanted to stamp a scene again. I used 4 sets from Gerda Steiner Designs for this. The cute cat and the cute dog are from the “On the table” set. Aren't they just so cute how they long for the cake? 

The little bear with the cake is from the “More than pie” set.

I stamped the fence 3 times next to each other. It comes from the “Hoppiness” set and the “Happy Birthday” comes from the “Happy Hoppy” set. 

I think it's great that you can combine so many sets with each other.

As always, I colored with Copics.

The cat with W7, W5, W3, W1, RV21, R20 and G40.

The dog with E49, E47, E44, E43, E42, E40, B00 and R20.

The fence with E30, E35, E47 and E49.

The bear with E35, E55, E31, BG93, E70, E74, E77, E79 and R20.

Accents are set with the Sakura Gelly Roll 10.

The sky was wiped with Distress Oxides in broken china and tumbled glass.

I hope I was able to put a little smile on your face with this card and send my best wishes from a finally sunny Germany.

Yours, Nicole

If you like, feel free to visit me on Instagram. I would be very happy about your visit.

https://www.instagram.com/kimbaslydog/

These California Poppies are in full bloom and we're buzzing with happiness about their beauty!
Seeing those vibrant colors right outside your door is so inspiring and I just created a new Instagram Reel for this one in case you'd like to see it. And yes, there is a little blooper in there...

I hope you too get the chance to catch the sight of some beautiful flowers soon. 

Thank you for stopping by. Gerda

Hello crafty friends,

Angela here and today I have the honor to show you my card with the cute Gerda Steiner Designs digital stamp Happy  Birthday birds.

I start my card as always with creating the background. I cut out a piece of Bristol cardstock with a rectangle stitched die and use Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber for inking. After that I lay a Sunray stencil over the rectangle and inked it with Distress Oxide Dried Marigold. I printed out the digital stamp on a Copic Marker friendly paper and color the digital stamp with my Copic Marker.

E35/34/33

E42/43

BG10/11

R 20/21

YG 07

YR 04

After I’m happy with the result I fussy cut it out the image with my scissors and glue it on my background. Then I cut out a grass border and inked it with Distress Oxide Twisted Citron and Peeled Paint. I glue the grass border at the bottom of the background and then all on my white card base. I also glue some tiny flowers on the grass and some butterflies over the birds and decorate them with some rhinestones. For the last step I glue three golden glitter notes over the birds.

I hope you like this card and wish you an amazing day.

Angela

Hello Crafty Friends!

It’s Hanh here and I am so happy and excited to be Guest
Designing again for Gerda Steiner Designs! Today I have a fairly clean and simple card showcasing the absolutely adorable In Your Corner set. Confession: I would be deathly afraid if I saw a mouse in our house. But there’s something about Gerda’s amazing illustrations that just makes her mice so lovable! How can you resist that sweet face? 

First, I stamped the image onto the lower right corner of a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I masked off most of the image and stamped two mice onto another piece of cardstock. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with gel pens. Next, I fussy cut the additional mice images out with a sharp pair of scissors. 

COPIC COLORS:
Mouse: E50/51/53/33, R000/20
Heart: RV10/13/14
Baseboard: C00/0/1
Mouse hole: C5
Floor: W00/0/1/3

I took another piece of white cardstock to create the card front. I used three circle dies (1”, 1.5” and 3” diameter) to diecut windows into the panel. I used this panel as a guide to ink blend the top portion of the Copic colored panel with some Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink.

This stamp set includes three sentiments. I adore these two sweet sentiments together … “I am in your corner. Always.” I stamped them directly onto the front panel with the same Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I thought it would be fun to position and adhere the additional mice images onto the back side of the front panel so that the mice can peek out of the circle windows. I added foam tape to the back side of the front panel and adhered the two panels together.

Finally, I adhered the panels to a white cardbase (4.25&quot; x 5.5&quot;).

As always, I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card.  I had so much fun playing with this adorable In Your Corner set and truly appreciated this amazing opportunity to Guest Design for GSD. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Hey Crafty Friends,

Jana here with my second card!

I am a huge fan of digital image (I love my stamps too!!!) because of the versatility of being able to resize as needed, or add a different sentiment.  I had so much fun designing this one. 

My granddaughter lives in another state so I don’t get to see her often. But
when she visits, we have so much fun in my craft room stamping, coloring,
cutting and laughing. So, when she has to leave, it always leaves me a bit
blue.
After stamping this adorable image from the In The Corner set, I colored it
with COPICs using B0000, B000, B01 and RV0000 for the mouse. The
flooring is C3 and C5; the baseboard C1 and the walls RV00 and RV02.
This sweet mouse has a back door directly to the outside. I die cut an arched
frame and then used a brick embossing folder. Since she wanted to festoon
her entrance with a bouquet of flowers, I immediately covered up the arch.
So you have to trust me; there is an arch there. The blooms and leaves
were all cut from scraps of pastel cardstock.

I’m hoping another granddaughter visit is in the works this summer and then
she and I can play with this fun set together.

Hello Everyone.

Mimi Alegria here as a Guest Designer for Gerda Steiner Designs.

I used the Birthday Birds to create this Let It Snow card. The birds holding the signs really spoke to me as ifthey were judging some sort of sporting activity. That’s where the inspiration came for this fun winter card.

Printed out the digital stamp onto cardstock. Sorted through my stamps to find a stamp worthy of turning upside so you could only see the bottom part of the character since they were going to fall in the snow. Added ink only to the bottom half of the stamp then positioned it upside down. Colored the tree, birds, and the skater. Used a black paint pen to add numbers to the signs.

Use a popsicle stick to add Aleene’s Glitter Snow as the textured snow on the ground and on the tree.

Stamped the “Let it Snow” sentiment onto the card.
Glued the Birds to a blue card base.
Items used for this card:
Blue card
Recollections 65# Shimmer cardstock
Alcohol Markers used are Ohuhu brand
Tree colors: BR1, BR2, E310
Leaves: GY42, GY43
Bird Beaks: YR170
Pink bird: RV160
Yellow bird: Y3
Owl: random sparkly blue pen for his glasses, BR1
Bluebird: B030
Skater: R13 for the trousers, R7 on top of R13 for the shoes, CGII04 for the skates
Memento Black ink and light Blue ink
Generic character stamp
Black Paint Marker
Adhesives: Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue
Popsicle stick and Aleene’s Glitter Snow

Feel free to contact me: MyStudio@MyYahoo.com

Hello Crafties, it's Maaike here with my Guest Design.  Printed the digi, colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut it out.. I sized the digi to be as wide as my card (10.5cm or 4 something inches)).

I then  diecut a window into a panel so I could inkblend on the cardbase and frame the digi.

I traced the opening on to the cardbase, and applied Distress inks (Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo and Squeezed Lemonade) as a kind of Sunset sky. Splattered with gold metalling paint for shimmer.

I then stamped the sentiment from the Moody Unicorns set with Versafine black ink. I know the notes the birds are holding also have a sentiment, just wanted to break up some of the empty space.

Tucked most of the tree stem under the opning and the end of the branch I pulled to the top and adhered it with taperunner, added some white gel pen details on the birds

Hope you like it!

Maaike

This guy has a mighty love and a huge dose of cute. What he lacks in size
he makes up for in heart. I love making Valentine and Anniversary cards
with cute critters and this is ready for the next time I need a card to say I
LOVE YOU!

I stamped the sweet image from the new In Your Corner set on white
cardstock and colored with COPICs: C00, C1, C3, RV0000 for the mouse;
R24, R27, R29 for his heart. I die cut the heart shape and then filled it in
with R24, R27, R29, and R56.

I knew I wanted to intersperse red and white hearts, so I firmly taped my
layering heart dies together before I die cut the red and white cardstock.
That ensured that I could intermingle the cuts and they would fit together
well. And, it’s a two-fer, because I now have a second set of hearts for
another card.

Embossed hearts onto white cardstock, assembled, and voila, it’s done.
Originally, I planned to fussy cut the mouse for the center heart, but my
Artistic Director (aka very patient and supportive husband) said nope, go
with the heart shape. And, I think he made the right call. I hope you do
too.

Hello Everyone.

Mimi Alegria here as a Guest Designer for Gerda Steiner Designs.
Today, I enjoyed using the Birthday Birds Digital Stamp for this Halloween card. I was scrolling through my digital stamps to see if I had something that I could use as a skier for my “Let it Snow” card when I saw a digital
stamp for the bats. Immediately, I switched gears to make a Halloween card first.

I added the bats to the Birthday Birds. I added the letters of “HAPPY” to the signs the birds were holding. I then played around to get the word “Halloween” positioned just right in the corner of the tree. Printed it and added my web stamp to the paper. I tested out a few colors from silver to grey to black for the web.

Finally, decided on a dark gray as I didn’t want it to camouflage my “Halloween” word. This totally gives me “Charlotte’s Web” vibes. 🕸️

I did blend a purple background onto the card with orange and yellow at the top, but it didn’t photograph well. Oh well, maybe it’ll show up next time.

Colored the birds and the tree, added a withes hat to one of the birds. Then double-taped to my black card base. After adhering the image to my black card, I used some Halloween confetti to give the card some dimension: the spider and the webs in the corners.

Items used for this card:
Black card
Recollections 65# Shimmer cardstock (used the backside – no shimmer)
Alcohol Markers used are Ohuhu brand
Tree colors: BR1, BR2, E310
Leaves: GY42, GY43
Bird Beaks: YR170
Pink bird: RV160, R8 (for the tip of his hair)
Yellow bird: Y3
Owl: random sparkly blue pen for his glasses, YR240, and 120 for the witches’ hatBluebird: B030
Halloween confetti
Studio G grey ink
Generic cobweb stamp
Adhesives: Tombow Extreme Tape Runner and Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

Feel free to contact me: MyStudio@MyYahoo.com