Tonic Studios Stamp Club Release, VIDEO and Giveaway: Backgrounds & Borders!

Hi everybody and welcome to the newest Tonic Studios Stamp Club release: Backgrounds & Borders! This month's release is a really fun one and can be used to create so many different backgrounds using both the stamps and dies. It can also be used to make abstract or modern art. The die set has quite a few uses as well but the most obvious is to create sentiments with the large word dies. Before I get deep into this post I want to let you know that there is a GIVEAWAY and the details are at the bottom of my post.

I've also made a VIDEO for you because I think that might be easier to show many of the different ways that you can use this bundle. Click HERE to watch my video. I do want to let you know that once this bundle sells out it is gone for good. So, if you think you might want to add it to your stash I'd recommend picking yours up quickly. Here are links for that:

Backgrounds & Borders: Tonic Studios USA

Backgrounds & Borders: Tonic Studios UK

I made about a bazillion cards so I'm going to keep my descriptions brief today because I also share all of these cards in the video and explain the techniques that I used. 

Here's that video I've been talking about...

 

If you're having trouble viewing this video please click HERE to watch it.

This first card was made by die cutting an ink blended background with one of the the die cutting plates. I layered that on top of textured, silver cardstock.

Next, I added my stamped and die cut sentiments. 

For this next card I stamped the background out using white ink. The amazing thing about this stamp set is that each patterned stamp strip is designed so that you can stamp it, move your cardstock one inch and stamp again. These stamps also line up from end to end so that you can stamp large areas seamlessly.

I stamped part of sentiment onto my card.

Then finished it off by adding the "Smile" sentiment which I created from the letters of the dies in the set.

This next card was stamped with the hexagon chain stamp in gray ink.

Then, I filled in the hexagons in by stamping repeatedly with the solid hexagon stamps.

I finished the card off by using the negative piece of the die cut and backing it with a lighter color of cardstock.

On my next card I ink-blended a cardstock panel and then stamped the whole background with clear embossing ink. I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Then, I cut the "hugs" sentiment out nine times. I glued three sets together, three times so that I had three thick die cuts to use.

I glued the dies to my card with liquid glue.

I started my next card by clear embossing my background onto watercolor paper. 

I watercolored the background using my Nuvo Aquaflow pens. Then, I cut "miss you" out of the panel and saved those letters for my next card.

I die cut the same sentiment in black and inlaid it into my background panel. I added some black rhinestones and that was it.

My next card has more of a mixed media look. I ink blended the background in oranges. Then I splattered with shimmer and color and stamped on it in both gray and gold embossing.

I cut extra die cuts in white and then glued them onto the back of the Miss You dies from my previous card.

I glued those stacked dies onto my card to finish it off.

This next card was made using dies only.

I cut the hexagon strip die in mulitple shades of blues, blue-greens and gray. Then I nested them together to build my background.

I added gold foil hexagons and sentiments.

This card was made using the exact same technique but different colors.

I used glittery silver cardstock for embellishement.

And, added the bold sentiment in white.

These stamps can also be stamped randomly to create fun designs. I started this card by watercoloring the background with Nuvo aquaflow pens.

Then I heat embossed my stamps in black randomly on top of the color.

I added a sentiment from the Happy Mail stamp set on gray cardstock.

I went for more of a modern art look with my next card. I masked off a circle and then stamped some lines randomly inside.

I used those lines as guides for watercoloring.

Last, I added my heat embossed sentiment.

This is a shaker card that I created using the negative piece of one my die cuts.

The background was created using the stripe stamps arranged on a diagonal.

Inside of the shaker I added glitter, stars and some sequins.

This card was made by repeatedly stamping the background in rainbow colors.

Then, I mounted the stamped background on black and popped that up on a white cardbase.

Finally, I added the die cut sentiment.

My last card is a slimline card. I watercolored the background panel.

Then I stamped the stripey circle stamps and heat embossed them in white. 

I used the negative pieces of my die cuts to add the sentiment. The final touch was adding some hearts that I die cut from the Party Animals die set.

That's all for today you guys! Thanks so much for stopping by and remember to comment below to enter into our giveaway! If you're interested in any of the products that I used today you can check them out below.

Have a great day!

Maria

GIVEAWAY:

One lucky winner will win a £50/$50 Giftcard to Tonic Studios and the Backgrounds & Borders Bundle!

To enter comment on every blog in the hop by 11:59pm PST on February 3, 2021/ 7:59am GST on Feb. 4, 2021

Winner will be announced on February 5th, 2021 on IG and FB so make sure you're following all Tonic accounts!

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Hero Arts February 2021 My Monthly Hero: Countdown and a Giveaway!

Hi everybody! It's time to count down the days until the next My Montly Hero release from Hero Arts and boy is it a fun one! My sneak peek card is full of tropical flowers and paradise and is totally reminding me how much I need a tropical vacation. 

I started my card out by ink blending my background panel in Splash and Blue Hawaii Reactive Inks. Then I splattered it with White Metallic Ink. I popped the background up on a black card base using foam tape for extra dimension.

I colored the toucan, birds of paradise, flowers and leaves with copic markers and cut them out using the coordinating dies.

I arranged all the pieces to cover the bottom of the blue panel and glued them on using glue dots and foam adhesive so that I could add different levels of dimension. To finish my card off I stamped the sentiment in pigment ink and heat embossed it using clear embossing powder.

Ok, you guys, that's it for today! Come back on Monday for the full release because it's amazing and I can't wait to share it with you! Before I go I want to remind you that there is a GIVEAWAY! Head over to the Hero Arts Blog to get the details and enter!

Have a great weekend and I'll see you for the full MMH release on Monday!

Maria

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VIDEO: Magical Background with a Gorgeous Iridescent Tree!

Hi everybody! I'm so glad you stopped by today because I've got a fun card to share. I used the Tree With Roots Fancy Die from Hero Arts as my focal point but kept it simple so that my background would pop. I made a video tutorial sharing how to make this style of card and you watch it HERE, or, scroll down to the video below.

Here's that video if you'd like to check it out...

 

If you're having trouble viewing the video you can watch it by clicking HERE.

I ink blended my background in rainbow colors using reactive inks. Then I sprayed it with Iridescent Shimmer Spray and splattered it with white metallic ink.

To finish my card off I stamped a sentiment and added my die cut tree. The tree is three layers of white cardstock topped off by a layer a blue iridescent cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have an amazing day!

Maria.
 

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HA simple bee cards

Hi everybody! I hope you're having a great day!  I'm just dropping by to share these sweet and simple cards that I made earlier in the month and forgot to share. I used a combination of the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit and some of the add-ons from this month's release. 

For my first card I ink blended a card panel using Splash Reactive ink. I wanted to add a little extra texture to the background so I sprayed it with White Iridescent Shimmer Mist then splattered it with some watered down Splash ink. 

I stamped the "hey honey" sentiment from the Bee and Wreath Flowers set in black. Then I added foam adhesive to the back of the ink blended panel and adhered it to a white card base.

To finish my card off I added a chunky, adorable bee from the My Monthly Hero kit. This bee was stamped in black ink, watercolored with Daniel Smith watercolors and even has some iridescent paint on his wings. 

My second card is also simple and sweet and features another buzzy little bee from the MMH kit. This time I started out by splattering my background with both both black ink and gold splatter. Then I stamped my sentiment which is again from the Bee and Flowers Wreath Stamp set. 

Next, I covered the back of a piece of gold foil cardstock with double sided adhesive tape. I used a beautiful flower die from the Bees and Flowers Fancy Dies and cut a flower from the gold cardstock. This gave me flower shaped sticker. Before adding my flower sticker to the card I used the dashed line die to die cut my card front to make it look like my bee was flying. I did this before adding the flower and bee so that I put them over the ends of the dashed line. 

I added my golden flower sticker to the bottom right of my card. Then I added my lazy little bee at the end of his flight line with foam tape to give him some dimension.

That's it for today you guys! I had a ton of fun putting these together and love it when a quick and easy card can also be very pretty. Have you all been mixing up your products to come up with new ideas at lately? If so, let me know in the comments below!

Have an awesome day!

Maria

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