Alex Syberia Design - New Release Instagram Hop Day!

 

Welcome to my blog!  I hope you have navigated your way here today from my Instagram profile where the Alex Syberia Designs Design Team are enjoying a hop and giveaway event filled with amazing inspiration from all of the designers!

To make this flamboyant card I have used:-

Summer Flower Press Plate (NEW!)

Essential Sentiments Press Plates (NEW!)

To create the card I used my hot foil machine not the BetterPress platform.  I used gold foil for both the flower and the sentiment.  I also die cut the sentiment with the dies included in the Essential Sentiments set.

Once foiled I coloured the flower image using the following Copic markers:-

Petals - E44, YR24, Y15, E50

Flower Centre - E49, E77, E44, E43, E41

I trimmed the panel down just a little, I wrapped a strip of heavyweight vellum around it and I backed the whole panel with white craft foam and adhered to a sturdy A2 white card base.

The simple finishing touch was to apply the sentiment which I added with foam tape to continue the dimension.

I absolutely LOVE this incredible Summer Flower, it really packs a punch! Release is available now, shop until you drop!

Alex Syberia Designs - July Release Blog Hop and Giveaway

 

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I'm happy to be sharing my first card for the brand new release by Alex Syberia Designs which is available now for purchase.  Summer florals and butterflies and great sentiments await you, there is much to tempt.  Here's a handy link to their release blogpost. 

Giveaway Information .....

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a $15 (or £15) gift card to four lucky winners. 

Open internationally. All 4 winners will be drawn from the entrants that have played along with this Blog hop by midnight BST July 10th, 2025. Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog 'Giveaway Winners' page on July 11th, 2025.

Read all the way to the bottom of my blogpost to find the blog hop order links.  Thank you!

My card today has used the following products:-

Peony Blossoms BetterPress Plates (NEW!)

Essential Sentiments Press Plate (NEW!)

Good Day Quilted Rectangles Die Set

I used a die from the Good Day die set to create a smaller than A2 white panel with a decorative edge.  I glued this panel to a white A2 card base.

I hot foiled using the Peony Blossoms press plate instead of using the BetterPress (remember, press plates do both)!  I used gold foil and then used Copic markers in RV04, RV02, RV00, RV000, Y00 and Y000 to colour the blooms, inspired by some peonies in our own garden.  Leaves were coloured with YG67, YG13 and YG11.

I fussy cut the image and backed it with foam tape and applied to the white background.

I hot foiled the Essential Sentiments all in one go so that I had this sentiment and all of the others for future projects.  I used a holographic gold for a little dazzle to do this and the set comes with a coordinating die ... who doesn't like die cutting their sentiments beautifully?  I applied the sentiment with more foam tape and a few flat cup gold sequins were adhered to complete the floral design.

I'll be back on Friday July 4th with a second card using products from the release.  The Design Team will be holding an Instagram Hop that day with lots of inspiration.

Blog Hop Order

Alex Syberia Designs

Bobbi

Brenda

Carly

Emelie

Erin

Kelly

Lea

Lien (before me)

Nicky (you are here)

Nicoletta (after me)

Raquel

Sandi

Sylvie

Simon Says Stamp - Friend Like You

 

I have my third card to share with you today featuring products from the incredible Friend Like You release by Simon Says Stamp.  This card focusses on the Wildflower Cuttings stamp set which I have combined with Simon's Postage Stamp Edge Frames die and their Pawsitively Perfect Craft Glue (shown in photos).

I started with a minty green panel of cardstock and I used a dark green ink to repeatedly stamp one of the larger stem images from the Wildflower Cuttings stamp set.  I adhered this to a white card base using the Pawsitively Perfect Craft Glue.

I used the Postage Stamp Edge Frames die in two sizes to create a vellum panel and then a white panel.

On the white panel I stamped the stem in vase image from Wildflower Cuttings and I coloured it with Copic markers.  I glued the two panels together and backed them with white craft foam and adhered to the background.

To complete the card in a simple way I stamped a sentiment from Wildflower Cuttings on a sentiment strip and I added it with dimensional foam tape.  Lastly, I used the Pawsitively Perfect Craft Glue to adhere some tiny sparkling clear sequins.  This glue does everything and dries clear and should be a staple in your craft room.

I appreciate you coming by my blog today and I wish you a wonderful week ahead.

Purple Onion Designs - Spring Is In The Air Stamp Collection

Hey, thanks for coming to read about my latest card for Purple Onion Designs which celebrates their brand new Spring/Summer release filled with ridiculous cuteness!  I have used Tofu's Flamingo Floatie, which is a stamp that forms part of the Spring Is In The Air Stamp Collection illustrated by Chilliezgraphy by Pei.  Everything is available for purchase now!

I started by creating a background using discontinued dies by Hello Bluebird Designs.  I then stamped the new stamp image in black and coloured with Copic markers.  Flamingo Floatie - RV04, RV02, RV00.  Tofu, E43, E42, E41.  Turquoise combination - BG78, BG57, BG15, BG32, G000.

The image was fussy cut together with the drink floatie image and backed with foam tape and applied.

To complete the card I stamped and applied the sentiment.  The sentiment is part of the new Summer Day Sentiment Set which I love. 

I highlighted with a white gel pen and applied a few sparkling clear sequins to the water.

Shop the new release TODAY!!!  Enjoy!

 

Simon Says Stamp - Friend Like You NEW RELEASE

 

Happy Friday friends, thanks for joining me to read how I made this cheerful shaker card for Simon Says Stamp who have a brand new release out as of yesterday called 'Friend Like You'.  For this card I have used the new Under Water Stencils and the Smile sentiment stamp set together with an A2 Waffle Flower Shaker Cover found here.

I started with a white A2 panel of white cardstock and in turn I used the new stencil set and four shades of pink inks to create a slightly groovy background.  I then came in with a metallic gelly roll pen by Sakura and along the lines of the colour changes so that as the card moves it beautifully catches the light.

I used the shaker cover and enclosed the stencilled panel on three sides and then went through my stash of sequins and embellishments to create a mix that worked with the background tones.  Once happy, I closed the fourth edge, thus sealing the contents inside and I adhered that to a sturdy card base.

To finish the design I grabbed the Smile sentiment stamp set and stamped the combination I was wanting using Versamark Ink and I heat embossed in gold.   I fussy cut the large SMILE and adhered it to the outside of the shaker pocket and the smaller sentiment was done on a little strip which I tucked in place and adhered.

Shake, shake, shake it!  This card was done!

Thank you for stopping by today.

Purple Onion Designs - NEW RELEASE!

 

Welcome to my blog and a quick look at my first card of several that showcases the brand new release from Purple Onion Designs which is available now!  I shall be working with the stamps from Chilliezgraphy by Pei in her 'Tofu & Friends Spring Is In The Air Stamp Collection'.  The sweet image I'm working with today is called 'Picnic Buddies'.

I ink blended a little grass and sky on a panel of cardstock that I had die cut.  I added a frame around it and backed both pieces with white craft foam and applied to a cream panel then this was applied to an A2 white card base.

I stamped the Picnic Buddies stamp set and coloured with Copic markers.  Pig - YR02, E95, E01, E00, W3, W1.  White Goose - E50, E41, E40, YR07, YR04, Y38.  Blue - B24, B32.  I added a design to the tea set and shadowed white areas with C5, C3, C1, C00.

I backed the image with foam tape and applied to the background and I stamped a sentiment strip with a sentiment from Friendly Warm Wishes Sentiment Set.  This too was added with foam tape.

I completed the card with some highlighting on the image with a white gel pen and the addition of some tiny sparkling clearly sequins

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Check out the new release, there is MUCH to love from different illustrators.  I'll be back very soon with something new for this release.

Simon Says Stamp - Friend Like You NEW RELEASE!!!

 

So excited to reveal my first card today for Simon Says Stamp's brand new June release called 'Friend Like You' and which is now available for puchase.  This card features the new Adrift Air Balloons Embossing Folder & Cutting Die, Nuvelli Script Thank You Die and the super useful A2 Frames Die Set which is available for pre-order.

I took a pale blue panel of cardstock and I spritzed it with water before running it through my Big Shot using the Adrift Air Balloon embossing folder.  I came in with a little Salvaged Patina and worked it between the embossed balloons and then spattered on white acrylic paint.

I ran the embossing folder through my Big Shot once more using white cardstock this time and I die cut the three balloons.

I trimmed the blue background panel down a little and adhered it to a white card base.  I used the second to largest die from the A2 Frames die set and created a frame from white cardstock which I glued in place.

Using more white cardstock, I die cut the Nuvelli Script Thank you three times over and I glued the words in stacks, then to the background.

To finish things up, I ink blended the three die cut balloons.  I backed them with foam tape and applied to the background.  I also highlighted with a white gel pen.

A few pearly white sequins in different sizes were added to finish things up.

Thanks for stopping by!