February 9, 2015 By Vishu Reberholt Leave a Comment

Background Basics Stamped Card

Hello Friends! Vishu here today. How is everybody enjoying the New Year so far, which does not feel so new anymore? This year I have been pushing myself and so far it seems overwhelming but I am hoping it will get better. Today’s card is a quick card for the those time when you want to something quick.

Products Used:

ColorBox® Ann Butler Background Basics quilt-themed stamps
ColorBox® Ann Butler Crafters’ Ink, Aquamarine, Sunshine
Cardstock, stickles, pearls, liquid pearls

First I stamped the stamp image on a cream cardstock using ColorBox® Ann Butler Crafters’ Ink, Aquamarine,

Then as you can see I started coloring the image with ColorBox® Ann Butler Crafters’ Ink, Sunshine
. I did do a couple of coats with the sunshine ink to get it a bit darker. The rest of the card came together pretty quickly, I layered the cardstocks, and glued the stamped image.

The image was then enhanced with some stickles and liquid pearl.

Thanks for stopping by……………

February 4, 2015 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

I Love You Card

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with roses for you.

I began by painting a white cardstock panel with Aquamarine Iridescents using my finger for a random effect. I then stamped the Dots stamp from Unity Stamp Co.’s 1″ Stripes, Dots and Hearts stamp set randomly on the panel with Lilac Crafter’s Ink.

After matting the panel with black cardstock and adding it to card, I inked the tips of little white roses with Berry Crafter’s Ink. I found some coordinating ribbon which I tied around the stems before adding the roses to the card.

The sentiment was stamped and then added to the card with foam adhesives for dimension. I then added some bling to finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.

February 2, 2015 By Design Team 1 Comment

Mixed Media Embossed Card

Spring is pretty much around (at least here in Israel). So I begin to smell it and to think it and to craft it.

This stamped and heat embossed Spring card is a first one , but sure not the last. I made it with Ann Butler’s products and a lot of heat embossing.

I used a glossy cardstock (recycle, recycle, recycle those packages… ). Then I made kind of s grid, but pretty much random one and stamped with 2” and 1” Ann’s Unity Faux Quilting stamps using Clearsnap Night Crafter’s ink and Clearsnap Clear embossing powder over them. After all squares were stamped I added some double sided glue strips over the seams and added three colors of glitter with heat embossing.

The corners of those strips didn’t look nice after heat embossing, so I just added some lovely pastel buttons to cover those corners. Then the whole piece was inked with Ann Butler’s Sunshine Crafter’s ink and one single sticker sentiment was glued on the card.

I hope to make a bigger piece using Ann’s new Clearsnap big background stamps and to make a part of a big journal page with the same technique.

January 31, 2015 By Steph Ackerman Leave a Comment

Hello Stenciled Card

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today saying hello.

I’ve used ColorBox Crafter’s Ink for Ann Butler in Sunshine, Limelight and Tangelo with several stencils from The Crafter’s Workshop.

With the stencil in place, I used art daubers to add color to the design.Once I inked the design, I inked around the panel with Sunshine Ink and matted it with brown cardstock. I also inked around the card with Sunshine Ink. Using a second stencil with Tangelo Ink, I fussy cut hello, matted it with brown cardstock and added it to the card with foam adhesives for dimension.

Once I inked the design, I inked around the panel with Sunshine Ink and matted it with brown cardstock. I also inked around the card with Sunshine Ink. Using a second stencil with Tangelo Ink, I fussy cut hello, matted it with brown cardstock and added it to the card with foam adhesives for dimension.

Due to the longer drying time for these inks, you have time to blend the colors together if you desire.

Thanks for stopping by today.

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January 9, 2015 By Larissa Pittman 2 Comments

Let It Snow Stenciled Card

Good morning friends. Larissa here with a wintery canvas for you this morning. The weather seems to be very cold all over the world today especially here where I am. We aren’t normally this cold. I think if it is going to be this cold we should have a little snow to go with it.

Today I made a canvas using a couple of Ann Butler Designs new stencils and inks.
I first took the new Waves stencil and laid it on a blank canvas. I took modeling paste and spread it evenly over the stencil. I repeated this 3 more times to cover the entire canvas.

I then added a little of the new ink color Blueberry to the modeling paste and mixed it together. Once it was mixed evenly I spread it over the new Lattice stencil 5 different times on the canvas.

Before it dried I sprinkled some glitter over the top.

I then took some chip board letters and painted them white.

Once they dried I took the Dot stamp from the 1″ Stipes. Dots. Hearts set and the new Ocean Breeze ink and stamped it over all the letters.
I then glued the letters onto the canvas and added a few little jewels on the snowflakes.

I hope you enjoyed today’s post. Check back next week for more fabulous creations from our Design Stars. Have a wonderful weekend friends.

SUPPLIES USED:
1″ Stripes. Dots. Hearts
ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler “Ocean Breeze”
ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler “Blueberry”
ColorBox® Art Screens – By Ann Butler “Waves”
ColorBox® Art Screens – By Ann Butler “Lattice”

January 3, 2015 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Christmas Cards- for the next year…

Holidays are over, but I still have a small tutorial made for Ann Butler’s blog with her new , just released products and there is always a new Christmas next year…

So here we go.

Make a basic card and then trim a matting a bit smaller than the basic card.

Use Ann Butler’s new Clearsnap Wave Art Screen vertically with light texture paste and make some lines over the card.

Add gold glitter over the wet paste and heat emboss with your heat gun.

Ink the wooden tree with Ann Butler’s Evergreen new Clearsnap Crafter’s ink; add Clearsnap Clear embossing powder and heat emboss the tree.

Cover the star and the bulbs with red glitter glue and let it dry.

Ink all card pieces with clear embossing ink and heat emboss with the same embossing gold glitter.

Arrange the card and be proud of your fast made Mixed Media card.

My second card was made with the same techniques, but with another new Ann Butler’s Art Screen from Clearsnap- Stars one.

On this card I used another non glitter gold embossing powder and made the same golden edges over each paper piece.

The wooden swirl was ink with Ann Butler’s new Canyon Clearsnap Crafter’s Ink and then all pieces were added together to this lovely golden Holidays card.

December 31, 2014 By Larissa Pittman 1 Comment

Simple Stenciled Card

Good morning friends. Larissa here with our last post of 2014. Wow was this an exciting year for Ann Butler Designs. Even though we had to say goodbye to a couple of our talented DT’s we gained 3 more talented ladies.
We have had fun teaming up with different companies and combining our creations using both products.
We just introduced 6 new gorgeous ink pad colors to go with our current 6 colors.
ColorBox Crafter’s® by Ann Butler

We now have stencils as well.

ColorBox® Art Screens – By Ann Butler

2015 is going to be a GREAT year with LOTS of new products coming. You will want to subscribe to Ann Butler Designs Blog as well as Like our FACEBOOK page because you do not want to miss what is coming.

As we say goodbye to 2014 we celebrate 2015.
I made this card for the wonderful celebration.

I started with a piece of 110 lb white cardstock and taped the NEW “Stars” Art Screen onto the top.

I sponged one of the new colors “Desert Sand” over the stars.

I peeled the art screen off and dried the top with my heating tool just to make sure it was dry and would not smudge. I then used a stamp I had from Unity Stamp Co that says Let’s Celebrate and stamped it off to the side of the card using another new ink color Blueberry.
To finish the card off I wrapped some twine around the card front and tied it in a bow.

So “LET’S CELEBRATE”!!!!! 2015 here we come.
I wish each and everyone of you YEAR full of good health and happiness and a lot of creativity.

Until next year……..

Larissa

December 29, 2014 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Layered Stamped and Stenciled Card

Hi everyone! Paula here with today’s post. The holiday season is quickly coming to a close, and if you’re like me, you will need to send a few Thank You cards. Today’s project is just that – a somewhat simple card.

This card was created using the following supplies:
-2 pieces of 8.5″x11″ cardstock – 1 black and 1 white
–Ann Butler Faux Quilting Stamps 2″ Stripes. Dots. Hearts.
–Colorbox SurfaceZ ink in Black
–ColorBox® Art Screens – By Ann Butler in Lattice
–AdTech Crafter’s Tape
–ColorBox® Art Daubers

I started with a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base in white. This card is really just black stamped white cardstock, mounted on black cardstock, in layers. The first step was to use Ann Butler’s Art Screen in Lattice design to create a background. For me, it’s a bit easier to tape down the screen, as to not allow it to move around. Depending on the size of your piece that you’re stenciling, you can also put a small piece of tape under the cardstock, so that will not move either.
Using the ColorBox Art Daubers and a sponge, I inked Colorbox SurfaceZ black ink all over the art screen, onto the cardstock.

Next, I took various sizes of white cardstock and randomly stamped dots and stripes, again using black ink. After each piece was stamped, I used the ink pad and rubbed it around each edge. This will make the edges a bit more distinguished. Then I rub the ink pad across the cardstock, to give it a more distressed look.

The last steps are to mount the white stamped images onto black cardstock, then adhere each piece to the base.

The final step is to choose your sentiment, stamp onto white, then mat with black.
As I said, that’s it – pretty simple, but a classy card to show your appreciation and thanks for all those gifts!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

November 21, 2014 By Design Team Leave a Comment

Mixed Media Happy Holidays Card

Hi Everyone! Paula here with today’s project. It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is upon us, but I have to say that I am really excited! It’s time to start thinking about cards! Ann Butler’s new stencils and new colors of Crafter’s Inks were just the right combination for me.

Here’s how I made this card:

1. I started by stamping the chevron pattern from Ann Butler’s 2″ Leaves All Over Faux Quilting Stamps in Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Ann Butler in Canyon. This is one of the new colors and I LOVE it! I stamped this on watercolor paper and loved the effect!
2. Although I love the look, I wanted a bit more muted colors, so I started by sponging Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Ann Butler in Sand, then again with Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Ann Butler in Bark (also two new colors!!)

3. Next, I stamped a winter cottage scene onto ivory cardstock using the Bark ink. I chose a holiday sentiment and again, stamped in Bark. While the ink was still wet, I embossed with Colorbox Embossing Powder in Clear. Excuse the image, as I could not get a crisp photo of this. After embossing the image, I cut it out around the image itself. I wasn’t trying to be perfect, just not too close to the image.

4. Love this next step. Using Colorbox Art Screens by Ann Butler (NEW!!), I was able to make a “snow” theme on my card. This particular stencil worked perfectly. To get this effect, I used a watermark stamp pad, Colorbox Clear Embossing Powder, and Clearsnap Glitter in Winter Frost. I started by stamping the watermark stamp pad over the stencil in various locations (where I wanted my snow banks), then sprinkled with a mixture of the embossing powder and glitter. Then heated. I did this a couple more times to get the desired effect. To get the ‘snow glitter’ on the house rooftop, I used a blending pen, dipping on the watermark ink pad and then coloring over the area I wanted, then added the embossing powder/glitter , and heat again.

5. To make the snow “pop” a bit more, I sponged more Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Ann Butler in Sand all over the card. The white snow will now really show up. I then added another stamped image in the corner of a couple redbirds on a pine branch. To do this, I used a blender pen, dipping on the ink pad, coloring the specific area of the stamp with one color, then the second color (colors used were the new Crafter’s Ink in Canyon and Crafter’s Ink in Deep Woods). Did I say I love these new colors??

6. Now back to the base of the card – the chevron design in Canyon. I added a piece of vintage lace, and sponged it in a bit of Bark ink.

7. I wanted a bit more of a distressed look, so I took my scissors and ran it along the edge of every individual piece. Some I ripped a bit more, some not so much. After distressing the edges, I did ink just a bit more around them.
Last step – just put it all together. I can’t wait to use these new inks and stencils again!!

I hope you enjoyed this card. Thanks for stopping by!

November 5, 2014 By Vishu Reberholt Leave a Comment

Clean and Simple Card with Ann Butler Stamps

Hello everybody! Vishu here today. Hope everybody is enjoying this wonderful time of the year cozing up to the warmness of a blanket, hot apple cider and a good book or some good TV, I got a chance to play with my crafty toys while my kids were enjoying the blanket and TV :). Here is what I was able to create…….

Products I used:

Ann Butler Designs EZ-De’s Stamps

Ann Butler Designs Colorbox Crafter’s Ink by Clearsnap: Tangelo, Sunshine, berry and limelight

Colorbox Crafter’s Ink Bark

White cardstock, paper roses, twine.

First I stamped my image on a white cardstock using the crafter’s bark ink and then using Ann Butler Designs colorful inks filled in the stamped image.

I layered my stamped cardstock with a layer of white cardstock colored with Ann Butler Designs Berry inkpad as I wanted to have an exact match to the layered cardstock. I completed the card with 2 paper roses, twine and a sentiment.

Hope you enjoyed this clean and simple look. Thanks for stopping by………..

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