Sealed With A Penguin Kiss

Hi crafty friends!

I'm here today  with a new card to share with you, featuring the new Press Plates Release!

I'm absolutely in love with BetterPress plates... You can use them to impress, to stamp, to hot foil and to emboss , and they work great !

This is card I made with them:

To make this card I  used the Abstract Background Press plate; in this case I used it as a stam. I placed it on theBetterPress, I inked it with Versamark ink , then I run it through my Spellbinders Platinum 6 machine to press the image into the cardstock. Next up  I embossed it in white using a white fine embossing powder.

Next up I placed the embossed paper on a sticky mat and  using the Abstract Background stencil set, and  Distress Oxide ink, I blended the image creating  colourful waves. At this point I die cut the Abstract Background , using a rectangle die from the Nested Scalloped Frames die set and I glued it on white card base.

I continued by using the Endless Hearts die to die cut a multi layer white heart to glue in the top center of the card.   Over the heart I place two cute penguin  and the white embossed roses I stamped and die cut using the Penguin Love Stamp set and his coordinate dies. To color the penguins I used Copic markers and   Distress Oxide inks for the roses.

To complete my card I added the sentiments; the big one made using the Love & XOXO die set, and the string one using a sentiment form the

Penguin Love Stamp set.

And that's it!

Hope I gave you some idea about the use of this beautiful press plates!

Thank you for stopping by,

Ciao , Ciao

Starry Night - Crafty Meraki IG hop

Hi crafty friends!

New week, new card! It's time for the third IG hop to celebrate the new Crafty Meraki release, and this is the card I made for the occasion. Hope you like it!

To make my card this time I started by the background...I used  alcohol inks , my Copic Various Ink, and blending solution to create it. I added some lines of glue and as it is semi-dried I added  gold foil flakes by Heidi Swapp.

It's really simple to make and so fun!

At this point I glued the colored background over a white base card.

Next up I die cut the top card using the A-2 Starry Night para-dies; I die cut two layers I glued together and then I glued I over the alcohol ink background.

I continued by die cut the big Hello sentiment using the Hello Moments para-dies. I die cut the base in three white layers and the top one in a gold metallic cardstock. 

Once the sentiment is assembled I glued it on the card's center and as a last thing I added some white flowers to doubled the Starry Night cover.

I hope you like it!

I'm pretty happy about it !

Thank you so much for stopping by

Ciao , ciao

Charming Pink - Alex Syberia Designs IG Hop

Hello crafty friends!!!

Today, we are celebrating the launch of  Alex Syberia Designs March release whit a fun IG hop.

As I said on the previous post, it's a very special release because is all about Betterpress Plates and coordinate stencils! I really can't say how much I love these products! they are absolutely amazing! an addition you could make  great cards in a very short time! 

You will love for sure!

You could find all products on Alex Syberia Designs shop. I want to remember to our European friends that you could buy all products on the UK store too here.

Joining with us  you will see many inspiration projects and for the chance to win fab prizes.

Check my Instagram account @nicoletta.porcu@design.

But now, let me show you the card I made for the event:

To make my card I start by placing the Abstract Floral Background Press Plate on the Betterpress, then I inked the plate using the Versafine Charming Pink,

Once I fixed the Neenah cardstock on the clear Betterpress plate I impress the image by making the Letterpress  "sandwich" through my Spellbinders Platinum Six Machine and I die cut the background using the largest rectangle die from theGood Day Quilted Rectangles die set .

I glued it on white  card base .

Next up I die cut a vellum circle and I glued it on the top center of the card.

I continued by die cutting in white  some flowers and leaves from the Trendy Botanicals die set  and I colored them using Distress Oxide inks and Versafine clair.

Once I  assembled my bouquet I pick up it using the Press'n Seal I glued it on the vellum circle

Next up I die cut the sentiment from the Good Day Quilted Rectangles die set. I die cut the to element in white in 4 layers and   the base l a cardstock previously colored wit the Verafine Clair Charming Pink.

I assembled the big sentiment and I glued it on the flower bouquet and as a last thing I added some clear rhinestones.

And that's that!

Hope you like my card!

Thank you for stopping by!

Ciao ciao

Alex Syberia Designs BetterPress Release Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hello crafty friends!!!

Today, we are celebrating the launch of  Alex Syberia Designs March release !

It's a very special release because is all about Betterpress Plates and coordinate stencils! I really can't say how much I love these products! they are absolutely amazing! an addition you could make  great cards in a very short time! 

You will love for sure!

You could find all products on Alex Syberia Designs shop. I want to remember to our European friends that you could buy all products on the UK store too here.

Joining with us  you will see many inspiration projects made by the AS design team in the ASD blog post,  so you could appreciate the amazing collection. 

But now, let me show you the card I made for the event:

I'm in love with these plates !! but I think I have already said that!

To make my card I start by placing the Abstract Floral Background Press Plate on the Betterpress, then I inked the plate using the Versafine Clair ink Cheerful,

Once I fixed the Neenah cardstock on the clear Betterpress plate I impress the image by making the Letterpress  "sandwich" through my Spellbinders Platinum Six Machine.

With this simple step you can complete your background card but, obviously, I  don't like the fast things so I decided to trace the flowers' lines using a fine black pen.

Once I finished to trace the flowers' details I blended a little bit of yellow inks in the flowers and I die cut the background using the largest rectangle die from the Nested Scalloped Fames die set.

I glued it on black card base .

 

As a last thing I added a sentiment made using the Classic Sentiment Press Plate and die set and Versafine black ink and then a little black string embossed in white from Create your Own Happy stamp set.

And I hope you would join us I this fun blog hop to see all the beautiful creation of our design team and for the chance to win fab prisez.

Indeed Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a £40 ($50 for the USA) gift certificate to 1 winner and a £15 ($15 for the USA) gift card to 3 lucky winners

The previous stop is : Nina 

 and the next stop is  Nicky 

Blog Hop Order:

Alex Syberia Designs

Sylvie

Sandi

Samantha

Nina

Nicoletta

Nicky

Martin

Michelle

Lien

Hannelie

Therese

Erin

Erica

Emelie

Carly

Brenda

Bobbi

Amanda

This giveaway is open internationally, with prizes awarded in GBP (£) for non-U.S. winners and in USD ($) for U.S. winners. All 4 winners will be drawn from the entrants that have played along with this Blog hop by midnight BST April 6th, 2025. Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog 'Giveaway Winners' page on April 7th, 2025.

Have fun joining us with this blog hop

I'm sure you will love the entire collection and the DT inspirations as much as I do!

Ciao ciao

xx

Trendy Hugs

Hi crafty friends !

here Nicoletta is,  to share with you a new card made using the products of the latest Alex Syberia Designs release.mixing with something"old".

You could check the online shop to take a look :-) I remember you and especially the European friends, that you could find all products on the ASD UK shop too. 

But now let me show you mu card:

To make my card I started by die cutting  the background using the Alhambra Arabesque cover die on a white cardstock, I glued it on a whit card base and next up I die cut a little frame using the Nested Scalloped Frames die set and I glued it on the card's center using foam tape.

At that point I die  cut in white all the elements from the Trendy Botanicals die set  and I colored them using Distress Oxide inks.

Specifically I used the Scattered Straw, the Fossilised Amber, the Candied Apple, the Picked Raspberry, the Kitsch Flamingo and the Vintage Photo.

I assembled my bouquet and using the Press'n Seal I glued it on the little frame.

Next up I die cut the sentiment using the Thanks & Hugs die set; I die cut all in white and I colored the base layer using the Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink ,  and I glued it at the bottom left of the frame.  I added a little "sending" string made using a sentiment from "From Our Hearts" stamp set.

As a last thing I added some dew drops and that's it!!

Hope you like it!

Thank you for stopping by!

Ciao , ciao!

 

Birthday Hugs

Hi crafty friends!

New week, new card! It's time for the second IG hop to celebrate the new Crafty Meraki release, and the is the card I made for the occasion. Hope you like it!

To make this card I started by die cutting the background using the Crafty Plaid Background A2 die on a burgundy paper. Since I didn't loose any negative pieces of my die cut  I put and adhesive sheet on the back; after  I splashed a gold watercolour  I glued it on a burgundy base card.

Next up I used the Whimsical Magnolias Press-Tacular Plate to hot foil the lovely magnolias on a Neenah solar white paper and I colored them with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils.

Here the colors I used:

Copic E42/E42/E44/E49/YG91/YG93/YG95/YG97/YG99/RV0000/RV000/TV91/RV93/RV95/RV99/RV69

Prismacolors pencils

PC995/PC931/PC934/PC925/PC1009/PC1026

I continued by die cutting the magnolias image using the Whimsical Magnolias Coordinating Meraki Para-Dies and gluing it over the card using foam tape to add dimension.

I completed the card by adding the gold hot foiled sentiment which is part of the Whimsical Magnolias Press-Tacular Plate.

And that's it! 

I hope I give you some inpiration and I remember you to check my instagram account @nicolettaporcu.design to join us and for the chance to win fabulous prizes.

Have a good day!

Ciao Ciao

Love You, Friend

Hi crafty friends!

I'm here today with a new card to share with you! this is the time for featuring the lovely Endless Hearts die from the last ASD collection.

This die is very fun to use and you could create infinite designs,,, I decided for a shaker card! 

Let me show it to you!

To make my card I started by die cutting a rectangle from a a marble patterned paper using the biggest rectangle die from the Nested Scalloped Frames die set. I emphasised the gold streaks using liquid glue and the gold foil flakes by Heidi Swapp.. I let it dry and then I glued the marble rectangle over aa white base card .

At this point I started to create my Hear shaker card. Using the Endless Hearts dies I die cute the hearts in seven layers ì. I chose che hearts I needed to creat my card ah I glued the rest 6 layers all together over a white heart base. Once I placed the little  gold hearts on the various spaces between the die cut hearts  I cover the shaker with a clear plastic heart and over the virus white heart shapes.

Next up I die cut the big Love sentiment using the Love & Xoxo die set,  I die cut the top layer from  a gold metallic  cardstock, the base layers from the same marbled paper I used for the background. and others 2 layers from a white cardstock. I glued all together and I placed it diagonally on the shaker heart.

To complete the card I added a little heart and an  embossed sentiment  from Our Hearts stamp set die cut with the coordinate dies.

And that's it!

Hope you like my card and the products I used !

Yu could find them on the Alex Syberia Designs  shop and for the European friends on the ASD shop based in Uk.

Thank you for your time!

Ciao ciao

Hi Tweet Friend - Crafty Meraki IG hop and New Release

Hi crafty friends!!

It's the new release day at Crafty Meraki  and we are celebration on Instagram with an Ig hop to give you the chance to win amazing prizes!

Don't miss up this and go on my Ig account @nicolettaporcu.design.

But now let me share the card I made for the occasion:

To make my card I started by blending a white cardstock with Spon Sugar Distress Oxide ink and by gluing it on white card base. Next up I die cut the new Crafty Meraki  A2 Whole-heartedly Para-dies from a white paper and I glued it on the pink background.

Using the Crafty Meraki  A2 Whole-heartedly Para-dies I die cut some harts from a red cardstock and from a texted patterned paper and I glued them in their space on the card. For the red hearts I used foam pads to add dimension.

I continued by die cutting the big Hi sentiment using the Meraki Moments Hi Para-dies. I die cut the base from a craft cardstock and the top  in white in for layers. After the sentiment was assembled I  glued it on the card center.

At that point I continued by stamping and  coloring with Copic markers the lovely birds from the Sweet Tweet stamp set. I die cut them with the coordinate dies and I glued them at the Hi sides.

To compete I added string sentiment (from the Tweet stamp set)  I stamped  and embossed in white on a red cardstock .

As a last thing I added some blue rhinestone , the Meraky Sparkle Artict Illusion, using the very helpful

Bling BuddyEmbellishment Wand tool and the Twinkle Tray.

And that's it!

Hope you like my inspiration card and hope to see many of you in our IG Hop!

You could find all products I used on  Crafty Meraki   shop.

Ciao Ciao

Thank You From My Heart

Hi crafty friends!

I'm here today, to share with you a new card featuring the new products from the February release!

Today I'm focused on the Heart Collage die and the Thanks & Hugs  die set.

To make my card I start by die cutting the Heart Collage   from a white cardstock in  five layers and after glued all layers together I glued it on a white base card.

Next up I colored some die cut heart using Distress Oxide inks and I glued them  on the their own  spaces  in  the Heart College die cut.

As last thing I added the thanks sentiment ... I used the Thanks & Hugs  die set 

and I die cut the outlined part in three layers: two in black and one in white; I die cut the top part in two layers : one in black and the second one from a cardstock blanded using Savage Patina Distress Oxide inks.

I assembled all the pieces together and I glued the resulting sentiment in the center of the card.

And that's it

Hope you like my inspiration card!

Thanks for stopping by.

Ciao, ciao

 

XOXO - Alex Syberia Designs Instagram Hop

Hi crafty friends ! here I am to share with you a new card made using the products of the new Alex Syberia Designs release.

It' s really a gorgeous release and I'm sure you will love it as much as I do!

You could check the online shop to take a look :-) I remember you and especially the European friends, that you could find all products on the ASD UK shop too. 

But now let me show you my card,  I can't deny I'm in love with these big dies and the cute penguins!  What do you thing about?

To make my card I started by die cutting the  light pink background using the Heart Garland Cover die.

I glued it over a red cardstock to make the garland hearts red and then I glued it over a white base card.

I continued by stamping the images I needed from the Penguin Love stamp set and once I colored everything with Copic markers I die cut all of them using the coordinate  Penguin Love die set.

Next up I add the four penguins on the card  using foam pad to add dimension. then I die cut in red the XOXO word and I placed a letter next to each penguin, using, always the mousse tape to add dimension,

As a last thing I added the sentiment  on the card center and some little roses!

I added some touch of white gel pens on the red letters and on the roses and that's it!

Hope you like my card! If you'd like to win som gift card to use in the shop I let we know we are having a fun Instagram Hop, so please visit my IG account @nicolettaporcu.design

Thank you for stopping by!

Ciao Ciao