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18 quick card making ideas!

Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing 18 quick card making ideas using the new Background Stamps, Collage Stamps and Frame Stamps! These cards are easy to make in a few minutes!

Supplies: Triangles Background Stamp, Bright Blossoms Montage

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Supplies: Postage Stamp Background Stamp, Prague Vol 1 Filmstrip, Venetian Wordstrip

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Supplies: Crackle Background Stamp, Art De Fleur Montage & Wordstrip

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Supplies: Gazette Background Stamp, Just My Style Rubber Stamps, 1920's Chic Rubber Stamps

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Supplies: Sunshine Rubber Stamp, Simply Circles Rubber Stamps

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Supplies: Brick Wall Background Stamp, New York Montage and Wordstrip

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Stamp: Henry & Harriet Collage Stamp

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Stamp: Butterfly Post Collage Stamp (coloured with Distress Markers)

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Stamp: Mr Penny Farthing Collage Stamp

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Stamp: Edwardian Ladies Collage Stamp

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Stamp: Pressed Flowers Collage Stamp

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Stamp: Jolly Santa Collage Stamp

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Supplies: Musical Cherubs Frame Stamp, Ornate Elements Rubber Stamps, Prague Vol 2 Rubber Stamps

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Supplies: Film Frame Stamp, Bright Blossoms Photochip and Wordstrip

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Supplies: Wooden Frame Stamp, Kimono Photochip and Wordstrip

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Supplies: Shadow 3up Frame Stamp, 1920's Chic Rubber Stamps

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Supplies: Shadow 6up Frame Stamp, Seaside Montage and Wordstrip

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Supplies: Shadow 12up Frame Stamp, Butterflies Rubber Stamps, Orchids Rubber Stamps

Hope these inspire you!

Thanks for stopping by,

Rachel

Mother's Day Cards by Connie Mercer

 

Hi everyone, Connie here with a couple of pretty cards that would be perfect for that special mum in your family!! I used the Full Blooms Photochips and the Bright Blossoms Filmstrip.  They look so good together. 

 

The butterflies are from the Darkroom Door Butterflies set. This is one of my favorite stamp sets.  Who doesn't love butterflies?  They look great on everything!!! 

 

The other products I used were the Viva La Flora Wordstrip and the Kimono Wordstrip.  

Be sure and check out the stockists  list to see where you can find these products!! Thanks for stopping by today :):)

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Mother's Day Easel Card

Hi all!!

 

Today I have two Mothers Day projects to share with you. I have made an easel card and a gift tag using the oh so pretty Art De Fleur Collection. It is the perfect collection to create something really feminine.

 

Here is my easel card...

 

 

I have added many layers under the focal photochip image and created interest by stamping with different stamps. To soften the distressed and slightly grungy stamped kraft cardstock, I added a pretty die-cut piece in between them.

Here's a closer look at the top and bottom...

 

 

 

I have also gone for a layered look on my gift tag...

 

 

I love the combination of the rich Plum Archival Ink and Victorian Velvet Distress Ink on the kraft cardstock.

Here's a closer look...

 

 

I used a blank Filmstrip on this tag and cut out the centres before adding Art De Fleur Filmstrips images behind it. I also used the butterflies from the Butterfly Garden Collage Stamp on both my tag and card.

 

Thankyou so much for stopping by the blog today!

 

Cheers

Belinda xo

 

Darkroom Door products used:

 

ART DE FLEUR COLLECTION:

- DDMN010 Montage

- DDPC010 Photochips

- DDFS019 Filmstrips Vol. 1

- DDWS014 Wordstrips

 

- DDFS001 Filmstrips Blank

 

BACKGROUND STAMPS:

- DDBS020 Chevron

- DDBS005 French Script

 

RUBBER STAMP SETS:

- DDRS082 Essentials 8 Collection Tags

 

COLLAGE STAMPS:

- DDCS002 Butterfly Garden

 

RANGER ARCHIVAL INK:

- AIP06633 Jet Black

- AIP31499 Plum

 

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Victorian Velvet

 

Mother's Day project using Photochips!

Hello! Teresa here with a little project I made for Mother's Day.

 

It's a wall hanging, and I'll be giving this to my mum so it can brighten up her room in the nursing home.

 

Here's a close up so you can see the detail:

Totally in love with black, white and yellow at the moment. It's such a cheery colour combo!

I started with a 6x6 square of corrugated cardboard. I stripped a layer off to expose the corrugations, and gave it a lick of white paint.

Then I cut a piece of Basic Grey Half Penny patterned paper down to size and stamped Godelieve's Carved Flowers along the bottom with Wild Honey Distress Ink. After distressing the edges of this piece, I applied a dollop of gesso to the top corners, and stamped Flower Garden Background stamp into the wet gesso. Once it was dry, I attached this piece to the corrugated cardboard and stuck a doily to the centre.

I took a Photochip from the Viva La Flora pack, and distressed the edges. Then I took my Tim Holtz Craft Scratcher and added a border to it before stamping the corners with Scratches Background. I then adhered this to the centre of the doily.

I finished the piece off by embellishing with flowers, cotton gauze and some butterflies from the Wings Stamp Set. I coloured these in with my Wild Honey Distress Marker, then added some Stickles here and there to help it sparkle.

I'm hoping my mum will like it enough to hang on her wall (or I'll just have to hang it up high where she can't reach to take it down LOL).

Thanks for visiting today.

Teresa

Bright Blossoms Cards by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Hello everyone! The Bright Blossoms paper products are so pretty, bursting with happy colours, and the wordstrip has words that are useful for many different themes.

I made two cards using Bright Blossoms Montage and Photochips. 

I was looking at the Window Frame stamp, which I love, and thought it would be fun if you could see lots of different flowers through the window. The frame was stamped with Archival Coffee on white smooth cardstock and I cut out all the windows. It was inked a bit with Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs. I trimmed the flowers slightly so that they would fit behind the windows. For the background, I embossed cream cardstock in a brick folder and added a piece of twine and lace. The card base is Core'dinations Tim Holtz kraft-core cardstock and I used the same cardstock to die cut the little bird that is sitting on the window frame.

There were 12 little windows, but only 9 small flower photos on the Montage sheet. The three left-over windows were backed with pieces of mica and I cut apart one of the Bright Blossoms Wordstrip sentiments and place each word behind a window. The window was attached with foam dots for dimension. The second card:

For the second card, I used the same Window Frame stamp, but cut away all the small grid windows to make one large window, the perfect size for the Bright Blossom Photochips.

A piece of mica was separated into thin sheets and layered to create a vintage window.

Here you can see the shine from the mica window better. Tim Holtz new Sizzix Pediments die fit perfectly above the window. It was die cut from cream cardstock and inked. I stamped one of the sentiments from Bright Blossoms Vol 1 on it. For the background, I embossed the Stone background with Cement powder and inked with Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs. I used foam dots to attach the window, to give it more dimension. The cardbase is purple kraft-core cardstock.

Thank you for looking!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies for both cards:
Darkroom Door products: Stamps: Bright Blossoms Vol 1, Stone Background, Window Frame Paper products: Bright Blossoms Photochips, Bright Blossoms Montage, Bright Blossoms Wordstrip Other: Surfaces: Core'dinations Tim Holtz kraft-core cardstock; cream Neenah cardstock Dies: Sizzix: Pediments, Hello Summer Embossing folder: Sizzix: Bricked & Woodgrain Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Coffee; Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs Embossing powder: Ranger Cement Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings ribbons; US ArtQuest mica flakes; lace trim; twine

6 simple cardmaking ideas by Sephi Kemp

Occasionally I get an overwhelming urge to KISS, or - keep it simple stupid! When I laid eyes on the new Bright Blossoms paper collection I knew I'd have to fight the urge to go crazy with embellishments and keep the design clean and simple. So......... I decided to make a set of six gift cards, perfect to give as a gift for Mothers Day!

I mounted all of the images onto black card - to show off the beautiful flowers and decorate them very simply with the matching Bright Blossoms wordstips. They make a lovely Mother's Day gift, stacked and tied with a pretty ribbon bow!

Method to make the cards:
1. Cut images from the photochips, filmstrips and montage sheets.
2. Cut your cards to size (10" x 10"). Experiment with placement and composition before attaching them to the cards.
3. Affix a wordstrip to each card.
4. Use a sewing needle or specialty piercer to embellish the cardstock.

Darkroom Door products used - Bright Blossoms Montage, Photochips, Filmstrips, Wordstrips
Card - Bazzill
Other - paper piercer

Thanks for stopping by!

Sephi

Hello Baby Mini Album by Belinda Spencer

Hi all!!

 

Today I am sharing a mini album I created using the gorgeous images from the Hello Baby Collection.

 

 

 

To cover my album, I used the 'Meadow' paper from the Full Bloom Collection and heat embossed with white embossing powder using several different Background Stamps. The green and white is a lovely fresh combination and the embossing gives the album a really nice feel.

 

 

 

 

Here are some close-ups of the individual pages in the accordion fold album.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a peek at some of the tags that are inside the tag envelopes.

 

 

 

Darkroom Door products used:

 

PAPER PRODUCTS:

- DDPP007 Full Bloom Collection Meadow

- DDPC009 Hello Baby Collection Photochips

- DDMN009 Hello Baby Collection Montage

- DDFS017 Hello Baby Collection Filmstrips Vol. 1

- DDWS011 Hello Baby Collection Wordstrips

- DDWS002 Full Bloom Collection Wordstrips

 

BACKGROUND STAMPS:

- DDBS002 Plaid

- DDBS006 Harlequin

- DDBS019 Flower Garden

- DDBS020 Chevron

- DDBS022 Polka Dots

 

RUBBER STAMPS SETS:

- DDRS082 Essentials 8 Collection Tags

- DDRS111 Essentials 11 Collection Carved Flowers

 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today!!

 

Cheers

Belinda :-)

Vintage Sydney Card by Teresa Abajo

Many people call Sydney home, but for me it means some exciting travel. I thought a postcard would make the perfect base for this card:

 

The postcard was made with an embossing folder, with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink sponged on to both give it an aged look and bring out the detail. I then tore a page from an old dictionary to add a base for the images.

 

The Photochip and Filmstrip images were sponged with ink before being attached to the card. I even added a barcode just for fun underneath the tea-stained gauze.

 

The word comes from the Wordstrip, and that was also sponged with brown ink. The finishing touches are a little tag with a word from the Sydney Vol 2 stamp set tied onto the filmstrip with twine, and an Ideaology paper clip on the side. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Teresa

Sydney card & slide mailer by Liesbeth Fidder

Hi everyone! I've played with the wonderful new Darkroom Door paper products again! This is a very quick & easy card: I just coloured one of the Sydney Photochips by using my Distress Markers and added the word Harbour Bridge (cut from the Sydney Wordstrips), and it's ready!

 

And...another slide mailer ! I covered it with a layer of gesso, coloured it with Distress Stains (Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean) I stamped the Darkroom Door  Discover stamps on it with blue and green StazOn inks and I sponged the edges with it as well. To finish, I glued the images and glass onto the mailer. For this I used Sydney Montage , Sydney Photochips and Sydney Wordstrips

 

Thanks for looking!

Liesbeth

Nomad Stamp Set Projects by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Hello everyone! I am so happy to share my first projects on the Darkroom Door blog. For this post, I used the wonderful Nomad rubber stamp set. I love the old stacked suitcases and fabulous sentiments.

These stamps are perfect for a travel layout:

I decided to use an old photo of my dad and his best friend in a boat, taken during a holiday trip. The background is kraft-core cardstock which was sanded and stamped with some of the sentiments and images using black ink. It is hard to see on this photo. The Journey Word Block stamp works very well together with the Nomad set. I die cut three tags from manila cardstock for a photo mat, inked the stamp with Vintage Photo and Broken China, misted with water and stamped repeatedly, reinking between each impression.

I used an old map paper in the background and whitewashed it with Distress Paint (Picket Fence and Antique Linen) to tone down the colours. The passport stamps and post card were stamped here and there on the background. I also stamped the post card on an inked piece of manila cardstock, cut it out and tucked under the tags.

I used one of the sentiment stamps as my title. Since I wanted to stamp it on a banner, I masked first 'journey' when I inked it up, stamped and then did the same again, only masking 'enjoy the' this time.

The stack of suitcases was stamped on cream cardstock and the three solid suitcases were embossed with different colours Distress embossing powders (Fired Brick, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint). I stamped it one more time and embossed with black embossing powder and inked the two remaining suitcases. The suitcases were cut out and stacked on top of each other. I cut out words from the Prague Vol. 1 Wordstrip to use on the layout. I also die cut three different Filmstrip images, from New York Vol. 2 and London Vol. 2, with a postage die.

Love this old worn suitcase. I embossed it with Vintage Photo Distress embossing powder and stamped it again on top of the melted embossing powder with Stazon Jet Black, to make it darker around the edges. The sentiment was stamped on a piece of transparency and layered on top.

Supplies:
Darkroom Door products: Stamps: Nomad Set, Journey Word Block Paper products: Prague Vol. 1 Wordstrip, New York Vol. 2 Filmstrip, London Vol. 2 Filmstrip Other: Surfaces: Core'dinations Tim Holtz kraft-core cardstock; Tim Holtz Idea-ology grungeboard; Claudine Hellmuth sticky-back canvas; Ranger manila cardstock; old map paper; acetate Dies: Sizzix: Tag & Bookplates, Mini Film Strip & Mini Tickets, Mini Old Jalopy & Arrow, Charming This & That, All About a Boy, Note to Self, Mini Bottle Cap & Stamp, Tattered Banners Embossing folder: Sizzix: Travel Signs Set Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black; Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Broken China, Antique Linen; Stazon Jet Black; Versamark Paint: Ranger Distress Paint: Picket Fence, Antique Linen Embossing powder: Ranger Distress embossing powder: Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint; Ranger Black embossing powder Embellishments: twine

I also made an accordion mini-book:

This would be a perfect gift for someone who loves to travel. I used all the stamps in the Nomad set, they of course work perfectly together. To make the mini-book, I used Karen Burniston's Sizzix Accordion Flip 3-D Album die, but to fit with the stamps, I made it double high (7 in tall) instead of its ordinary height (see how to do this here). I used Sydney Montage photos and Prague Vol. 2 Wordstrip to embellish the mini-book, both fit so well together with the stamps.

Here you can see the album flat, before I adhered the pages together.

When you close the album, the first page flips over to become the front. I love this great sentiment. The passport stamp from Nomad was stamped repeatedly around the edges and I also stamped it on the car and on the arrow. Both the car and arrow were die cut from grungeboard, inked with Distress Inks (Gathered Twigs and Broken China) and coated with Glossy Accents. There is a piece of mica behind the windows of the car. I also used two word stamps from Venetian Vol. 1 ('journey' and 'explore').

It is easier to take photos of the inside pages before assembly, so here you can see the flaps used to attach the pages together. The stack of suitcases was stamped with Archival Jet Black ink on text patterned paper. One suitcase was inked with Broken China and one with Gathered Twigs. The page was finished with a beautiful Sydney photo and some wordstrips.

I thought the Sydney photo with the pointing statue worked really well on a travel mini-book. Here I used more word cut outs and a vintage globe.

The Vintage Globe was die cut twice from grungeboard, first covering one of the pieces with a text paper scrap. The latter was used for the continents. The globe was inked with Broken China and the stand with Gathered Twigs. I stamped the water repeatedly with the passport stamp from Nomad. After gluing the continents to the globe, the whole thing was coated with Glossy Accents.

The last page in the mini-book. The suitcase was stamped with black ink on a piece of manila cardstock which had been coloured with Distress Stains (Antique Linen, Broken China, Brushed Pewter). The post card was stamped on another piece of the same paper. I was happy to discover that the World Traveller and the Enjoy the Journey stamps fit perfectly on a mini ticket die cut. Here you can also see the stamping around the edges better.

Supplies:
Darkroom Door products: Stamps: Nomad Set, Venetian Vol. 1 Paper products: Sydney Montage, Prague Vol. 2 Wordstrip Other: Surfaces: Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Destinations, Crowed Attic, Vintage Shabby, Grungeboard; Ranger Manila cardstock Dies: Sizzix: Accordion Flip 3-D Album, Bracket Frame & Label, Mini Tickets, Vintage Fan & Globe, Mini Old Jalopy & Arrow, Mini Bird & Cage Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black; Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Broken China, Black Soot Stain: Distress Stain: Antique Linen, Broken China, Brushed Pewter Embellishment: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Terminology Tissue Tape Adhesive: Ranger Glossy Accents, Wonder Tape

Thank you for looking at this long post!

Happy Stamping!!

Anna-Karin