Picket Fence Studios August Release

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It's the 14th of the month, and time for another release from Picket Fence Studios.  I'm going to give you a peek at the entire release, and then I have two card using new products to share with you.  

August 2022 Release

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The new Animal Crackers Christmas stamps are so adorable!  I absolutely loved this Christmas Hello version.  I colored the stamped image with Copic markers, including the sky background.  I added snow with a white gel pen.  I added a shaker frame filled with White Shaker Garnish as "snow" and a white heat embossed sentiment from the Inside Quotes: Christmas set.  

This card is so simple and pretty.  I stamped and colored the images from the Build Me a Gingerbread House Stamp Set.  Then I die cut them using the coordinating dies.  I mixed a couple of Paper Glazes, and thinned it down a bit.  Then I used the tip of a spatula to spread it on in the areas that should be iced.  Once dry I layered the pieces with die cuts from the 5x7 Double Stitched Rectangles.  

Be sure to check out the full release from Picket Fence Studios. 

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Supplies Used:

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Two times the Thx | Create two easy cards at once

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Today, I have a two-for-one card design to share with you.  These easy cards came together really quickly and easily, and are a fun, colorful, way to say thanks.  

I began this card the night before, by spreading a thin layer of Black Rainbow Paper Glitz over a panel of black card stock.    I laid the panel on a flat surface for the night, and came back to it the following morning (the Glitz did not need the entire night to dry, however, as I knew I'd be die cutting this panel, I wanted to be sure it was completely dry so my die cut edges stayed clean).  I die cut the Thx Word Die from the panel, and made sure to save the interior pieces of the die cut.  

On two panels of Bristol card, I used my Life Changing Blender Brushes to blend a rainbow with Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Inks.  For variation, I blended one panel from the left corner down, and the other from the right corner down.  I wanted to add just a little more interest to the panel that would have the die cut on it, so I topped it with the Tile Montage Stencil, and added Crackling Campfire, Fossilized Amber, Mowed Lawn, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Inks on top of the previous blending.  

I trimmed the ink blended panels down to 4"x 5.25", and adhered them to the card bases.  Then I adhered the die cut to the stenciled panel, and the negative - including the interior pieces - to the plain ink blended panel.  I heat embossed a sentiment from the Swanky Friendship Sentiments Set, in white onto another piece of black card stock, and die cut them with the coordinating dies.  I then adhered them onto the card fronts. 

As a final touch, I added Green Fairy Sequin Mix to the card with the die cut negative, and Iridescent Moonshine Sequins to the stenciled card.   

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July 2022 Release for Picket Fence Studios

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Flying Pigs

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I have two cards to share with you today.  Both use the the stamp set, When Birthday Pigs Fly.  

This first card is oh so simple!  I stamped the adorable piggies from the stamp set in Black Hybrid Ink, then colored them in with my Prismacolor pencils.  I cut them out, then colored the edges to match the ink I was using on the background. 

For the simple background, I ink blended Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Inks through one of the openings of the Water Coloring Scene Building Stencil, using a Life Change Blender Brush.  I sprinkled just a bit of water on that, and let it dry, before heat embossing the sentiment from the stamp set.  Then I adhered the little piggies, and added the card front to a white card base.  

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The second card again started with an adorable pig from the stamp set, stamped in Black Hybrid Ink, then colored them in with my Prismacolor pencils.  I die cut the image with the coordinating die, then set it aside.  Then, on a white panel, I inked in some clouds, using the Slim Line Cloud Coverage Stencil, and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink.  I then set this background aside.  

I die cut the new Slim Line You Deserve to be Spoiled Word Die from blue card stock, and the Hey You Word Die from yellow card stock.  I added the "you" from the second die in place of the "you" on the first die, and adhered the sentiment to my background, wrapping the tail of the "y" around some of the letters, by cutting it apart, and gluing the ends underneath.  

I then laid the Corner Sun Stencil so the sun was over the "you", and ink blended through that onto the background and die cut words, using Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Ink.    I stamped and white heat embossed a sentiment from the stamp set onto vellum, and laid that over the die cut words, then adhered the pig with a bit of foam tape.  

I then adhered the card front to a white card base, using more of the foam.  

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