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Portrait Pals Birthday with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone, Anja here with you today. I needed a card for a birthday boy so I pulled out the adorable Portrait Pals stamp set and went with a masculine color palette. First, I cut and scored a standard A2 card base from white cardstock. I trimmed down the green grid patterned paper to be slightly smaller and adhered it to the card base. Next, I stamped the critters and leaves in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copics. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out. To create seperate little scenes, I die cut two...

Valentine Tags with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Jan 17, 2023 | Uncategorized

Hi everyone, Anja here sharing a sweet duet of Valentine tags featuring the Stitched Tag Builder Die and the Word Buddies Woodland stamps. I started off by die cutting two tags from patterned paper and colored cardstock. I cut out a circle window for the left tag and backed it with a full tag in aqua cardstock. I stamped a Typed Everyday sentiment in black inside the circle. For the tag on the right, I decided to add the Love You Words as an eye-catching sentiment. Next, I stamped the bear, bunny and accessories in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink...

Quiet Christmas with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hi everyone, Anja here sharing one last Christmas card for this year. The Quiet Christmas stamp set is one of the first holiday sets that has been released. And I still love it so much! I created a Clean & Simple card with it – this design works well for a last-minute card or even mass production. First, I created an A2 sized card base from white heavyweight cardstock. For the background, I used the Distress Mica Stain Spray in the gorgeous color ‘Merry Mint’. It’s so easy to use and adds a subtle shimmer to your project. I...

Make it Merry with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Nov 24, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hi everyone, Anja here with you today sharing another holiday card made with a mix of new and older products. I love when images from different stamp sets can be easily combined. On my card, I used the bear and fox from the Merry Makers set and one of the Penguins on Ice. I started off with a white A2 landscape card base which I covered with two pieces of patterned paper. I then stamped the critters in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copics. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the images and adhered...

Warm Hugs with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone, Anja here today with a lovely winter themed card made with the Snowman Hugs stamps and the Warm Hugs Words Die. I started off with a white card base (slightly taller than A2) and trimmed down a piece of bokeh patterned paper. You probably could achieve a similar look with ink blending, a stencil that has multiple sizes of circles and white pigment ink. The image was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and I colored these cuties with Copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut out the image which I adhered with foam squares....