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September 30, 2015 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Enjoy Life Stamped Card

Hello Crafters, Zoey is here, to share a stamped card I made for a friend of mine to Enjoy Life! I used only one color and it is his favorite color! It is a really simple and easy card and I will show you how to use the Ann Butler’s stamps as a paper embellishment!

To create this card I used :

Ann Butler Crafters Ink by Clearsnap – Blueberry
Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps from Unity Stamp Company – 1” Leaves all over
EZ-DE’s Rail Fence Set A

I cut the base of the card to be 4 1/2” x 4 1/2” then I cut another piece of card stock to be slightly smaller than my base. I smudged a bit of the Crafters Ink over my craft sheet and I added a bit of water. With a brush I dipped the color and flickered some drops of ink here and there.

Then I used one stamp from the EZ-DE’s set, the heart strip one and with the same Blueberry Ink I stamped it twice. I set it aside to let the ink dry, meanwhile I took one stamp from the Faux Quilting Stamp set and stamped over another piece of white cardstock.

I like to create my own patterned paper especially with this stamp! I think it is one of my favorite!

I grabbed a small tag I had in my stash and added some color (it was kraft color) with the ink that was left over my craft sheet.

I cut to size the patterned paper that I created and stitched it to the small tag.

I stitched also all around my card base and then I adhered everything together.
The sentiment is stamped with the same ColorBox Crafters Ink by Ann Butler Blueberry.

I really like this simple card, and I love how the patterns all works together!
What about you? Do you like stamping your own patterned paper?

I hope you will like this card, stay happy stay creative, till next time!

Ciao Zoey

September 25, 2015 By Design Team Leave a Comment

DIY Stamped “You are the Diamond” Card

Hello my dear crafty friends, Irit here, and welcome to my Stamped Diamond made with Ann Butler’s delicious products. This time, I used triangle stamps from Ann Butler Design’s Faux Quilting Unity by Unity Stamp Company to make a diamond.

I made a small step by step tutorial for you so you can duplicate the shape. But then, as you can imagine, with the textures and colors- the sky is a limit.

Step 1: Pick the triangle 1” stamps that you like to use and a few of Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Clearsnap inks.

I used Aquamarine, Sunshine, Ocean Breeze, Tangelo, Evergreen, Lilac, Blueberry and Canyon.

Begin to stamp as shown on this photo. I used Ann Butler’s inks and clear embossing powder to make it shiny.

Step 2:

Continue with stamping till you get this shape.

Step 3:

And this is a finished and hand cut shape after all the stamping.

Step 4: Mist the stamped piece with light golden mist.

Cover the entire stamped piece with a thin layer of VersaMark clear embossing ink and add a layer of clear powder over it. Heat emboss it again.

Step 5: Arrange your card in the colors you like. Add rhinestones around the shape and inside it and make a sentiment.

September 14, 2015 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Birthday Cards with Crafter’s Ink

Hey crafty friends Einat Kessler here with a new project! I created a special birthday card for a special little girl as part of a volunteer project I’m in Making birthday cards with sick kids. This card is simple and easy to make so all those sick kids can make it themselves.

I started with a piece of white cardstock as my base. I tool a wet brush and dipped it in Ann Butler’s Crafter’s Ink By Clearsnap. I loaded the ink on the brush and painted a thick strip on the white cardstock. I used different colors to create a rainbow effect. If you use different brush width you can change the size of the strip.

Then I used the same ink to stamp a piece of white cardstock with Ann Butler’s 1″ Quilt stamps by Unity. I used a star shape punch out the shapes and added them to the card with a little piece of foam tape. I used different stamps to create the different a pattern on each star.

Finally I added the white cardstock piece to the front of my card with more pieces of foam tape and wrote happy birthday. You can write whatever you want on a card like this it is so versatile!

Thanks for stopping by and have fun creating!

Einat

September 9, 2015 By Vishu Reberholt 1 Comment

Card using Background Basics

Hello, dear crafty friends! Vishu here today to share a Happy Birthday Card with Background Basics Stamps by Ann Butler Designs.

These stamps are amazing to work with, nice bold designs and very easy to use. For this card I also used Ann Butler Designs Crafter’s Ink, I must say the ink is really rich and juicy.

Products Used:

Ann Butler Crafter’s® Ink by Clearsnap – Night, Sunshine and Berry
Colorbox® Background Basics Stamps by Ann Butler – Diamond
Colorbox® Glitter – Winter Frost
Colorbox® Art Daubers
Cardstock, Lace, rhinestones, glue pen, gold embossing powder, paint brush

Instructions:

1. Cut a white cardstock as per your card measurements.

2. Take the Background Basics stamps, using the daubers dab different inks to the design on stamps and make an impression on the cardstock. In this example I have used two colors berry and night, you can even use three or four different colors. Make sure you go from lightest color to darkest so that your ink pad colors don’t mix up. Also, whenever you are using multiple inks like this make sure to wipe your stamps after each impression. I use baby wipes to wipe my stamps they work really well with any kind of stamp.

3. Once I created the background, I used paint brush and sunshine ink to fill in the lines of my stamped impression. Then I used a glue pen on the yellow colored areas and stuck some glitter.

4. Once the background was ready, I layered the card and embellished it with lace and rhinestones.

5. Lastly I added a sentiment to my card.

I enjoyed this technique and will probably try a few more cards using more colors. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to create a card using background basics stamps by Ann Butler Designs. Below is a close up of the background.

Thanks for stopping by……..

September 7, 2015 By Larissa Pittman Leave a Comment

Stenciled Hello Friend Card with Art Screens

Hello, Friends. Larissa here today with a Stenciled Hello Friend Card with Art Screens.
I love Ann Butler Designs Art Screens. They are very sturdy and durable. I also love the way the texture looks with them.

What I used:

Ann Butler Designs ColorBox Crafter’s Ink® in Aquamarine and Lilac
ColorBox Art Screens in Lattice and Wave
Modeling Paste
Palette Knife
White and Lilac Cardstock
Hello Friends DieCut words
Baby Wipes

What I did:

I mixed a little bit of the Crafter’s Ink with the Modeling paste mixing it together well with my palette knife.
Lay the Art Screen over the top of a piece of white cardstock and smooth an even layer of the paste over the screen.
Repeat step 2 on the word die cuts.
Adhere the card front to the Lilac mat and card base.
Adhere the die cut words to the front of the card.

Pretty simple right. And lots of even texture. You can use any color to make a card like this.

Hope you enjoyed my card today. Don’t forget to check back this week to see what are Design Stars create for you.
Have a wonderful day friend.

Larissa

September 4, 2015 By Larissa Pittman Leave a Comment

Faux Quilted Thank You Card

Hello, friends. Larissa here today with a Faux Quilted Thank You Card.

Since I am not a sewer I absolutely love using Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting stamps to recreate quilting blocks. I created this Thank You Card this morning using only one of these stamps.

I used:
Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps from Unity Stamp Co 1″ Stripes Dots Hearts
Ann Butler Designs Colorbox Crafter’s ink from Clearsnap® in Tangelo
Detail Scissors
White Cardstock
Liquid Adhesive
Small Acrylic Block
Black thin tip marker

What I did:
I stamped 16 Dots triangles onto a piece of white cardstock. I then cut each one out. I adhered each triangle on a piece of cardstock to form a square.
I took my detail scissors and roughed up the edges of the cardstock to resemble a material edge.

I took a thin tip black marker and added stitch lines down and across the middle.
To finish the card off I add a die cut thanks across the front.

Hope you enjoyed my card today. Have a wonderful weekend, friends and don’t forget to check back next week to see what are amazing Design Stars have done for you.

Larissa

September 2, 2015 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

Mixed Media Boxed Card Set

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with a boxed card set using products from Ann Butler Designs. This would make a wonderful gift for someone who still writes notes and letters.

Supplies:
ColorBox Crafter’s for Ann Butler – Limelight
Earth Safe Finishes – Key Lime Chalk It Up Paint
Unity Stamps – 1″ Doily Picnic
Dies – Spellbinders
Flowers – Prima
Ribbon

Randomly paint 4 black cards with Key Lime Chalk It Up Paint.

Full coverage is not necessary and don’t be perfect.

For dimension but no bulk, stamp images randomly on the painted surfaces using 1″ stamps.

Lightly ink over white flowers using Limelight Ink.

Die cut “Thanks” twice from black cardstock.

Place Thanks on white cardstock and tear the edges.

Stamp over the sentiments using 1″ stamps and Limelight Ink.

Using the negative portion of the die cut Thanks, mat with white cardstock for a different effect.

Color sheer ribbon by running it through Limelight Ink.

Decorate the edges of the box using 1″ stamp with Limelight Ink.

Tie the inked ribbon around the box and you have a wonderful gift for a friend.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Please visit my blog.

July 29, 2015 By Steph Ackerman 1 Comment

My Friend Quilted Cards

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today using Ann Butler Designs Background stamps and Crafter’s Inks . I’ve used two different triangular shaped stamps for My Friend Quilted Cards.

I chose to create this card with the Basket 2 Background Basics Stamp and Canyon Crafter’s Ink. It’s hard to see, but in the white sections between the stamped images, I scored diagonal lines. It’s easy to line up the stamps so they fit within a square and just score between them. Once stamped, I inked the edges with Canyon Crafter’s Ink, matted it with red cardstock and then tied a ribbon around the panel before adhering it to the card.

For my next card, I stamped the Picnic 2 Background Basics Stamp with Berry Crafter’s Ink. Then I cut apart the stamped panels and inked them before arranging them on a panel of pink and then sewing them in place. I wrapped ribbon around the panel before adhering it to the card. (The ribbon is pink, NOT purple as it appears in this photo! No matter how many times I photograph it, it still appears purple!)

Both cards have the same stamped flower image which was colored with Sunshine and Limelight Crafter’s Inks using a paint brush and a little water. The images were fussy cut and then inked with Desert Sand Crafter’s Ink before adding them to die cut circles. A simple sentiment was attached to the ribbons with a paper tagger.

These background stamps are lovely and since they come in 3″ squares as well as triangles, the possibilities are endless.

Thanks for stopping by today.

My blog.

July 24, 2015 By Larissa Pittman 3 Comments

Quick and Easy Faux Quilted Card

Hello, friends. Larissa here with you today with a Quick and Easy Faux Quilted Card.

I used:

Ann Butler ColorBox Crafter’s Ink® from Clearsnap™ in Limelight and Ocean Breeze
Ann Butler Faux Quilting Stamps from Unity Stamp Company 1′ Stripes.Dots.Hearts and 1″ Leaves all Over
Two different pieces of blue cardstock
A small piece of white cardstock
An acrylic stamping block
Button and Rhinestones
Hi cut out
adhesive

Here is what I did.

I stamped the stripe triangle in Limelight 4 times on a piece of white cardstock. I then stamped the dots triangle with Ocean Breeze 8 times on a piece of blue cardstock. I cut each one out and then arranged them on the card.
I started out with a pinwheel type pattern.

I then arranged the blue triangles in a pattern around the pinwheel. I did not follow a quilt block pattern like I normally do I just went with what looked good to me. I adhered everything down with liquid glue. I then added some rhinestones and a button to the middle of the pinwheel. I had a “hi” cut out sitting on my table I had cut out earlier in the day but never used. So I rubbed my finger in the same ink colors and colored the cutout.

You can really arrange these triangles anyway you want.

Hope you enjoyed my post today. Don’t forget so me what you have done with Ann Butler Designs Faux Quilting Stamps and you could be featured on our new Fan spotlight post each month.

Have a wonderful weekend, friends.

Larissa

July 22, 2015 By Design Team 1 Comment

Faux Watercolor Card with Iridescents and Re-inkers

Hi all,

Paula here today and I’ve been playing again with reinkers and Iridescents to make fun backgrounds. I’ve called this faux watercolor, only because that’s what it reminds me of.

Let’s get started! These are the supplies I used:

White cardstock
Iridescents by EarthSafe Finishes in Tangelo
Colorbox Crafter’s by Ann Butler Re-Inkers in Sunshine, Berry and Tangelo
Additional colored cardstock for layering/matting
Ribbon, Sentiment Stamp, Large image stamp, White Ink, Embossing Die (and machine to emboss)
Cotton balls, extra water in a cup
Optional: heat gun

Steps to recreate:

1. I started by pouring a little of the Tangelo Iridescent into a cup and adding a bit of water. I did not measure, but you want this thinned out – not super runny. I then brushed it across the entire piece of cardstock for the image (I made a bit bigger than what I knew I wanted, and would cut it down to the size I needed later).

2. Let this dry or use a heat gun to speed up the process. I was working on something else, so I just let it air dry.

3. Using your reinkers, drop random dots around the painted Iridescent. I used a cotton ball dipped in water and blended the colors. Let this dry. I continued dropping them until I had the desired look. IF you choose to add more drops before it’s dry, that’s totally fine and you’ll get a different look.

4. That’s it for your background. It’s really that simple and I love the look!

5. Next I used a poppy stamp image, stamping with white ink on the background. I used white because I wanted it to somewhat fade into the background. I embossed an image to mat behind this image. To do that, I used an embossing folder. Before I ran it through the machine, I covered the entire area with Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Ann Butler in Berry. Place your cardstock (white) inside the embossing folder and run through the embossing/die cut machine. I started layering and matting, then added a sentiment and ribbon.

I love how this simple little card turned out (and I’m being ‘all about simple’ these days)! I hope you enjoy!

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

Paula

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