Hello readers!  My mom has recently shown an interest in wanting to improve her coloring skills.  Her medium of choice is Prismacolor pencils, so unfortunately, I am really unable to help her, as I have only a basic knowledge and understanding of Copic markers.  First, I had her subscribe to some of the amazing coloring classes at Kit and Clowder.  Alyce's classes are so detailed, and while you WILL spend hours coloring a single image, she will teach you the tips and tricks for beautiful, detailed pieces and I guarantee that you will see results!   Second, I had to find some beautiful images that I knew my mother would WANT to color.  So, I purchased a few beautiful digital stamps from Powerpoppy.  Marcella's images are exactly what my mom would draw (if she could draw), but she gets giddy at the prospect of just being able to color them. 

For my card today, I have used one of the beautiful images I originally purchased for my mother from Powerpoppy called "Bring Home Some Sunflowers" combined with the multi-layering word "fall" from Honey Bee Stamps.     

A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post.

The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of woodgrain paper and adhered it directly to the card base.  Using the Watercolor Stripes Cover die by Altenew, I created the frame from white cardstock.  I placed a small scalloped piece of vellum behind the bouquet of flowers.  I printed the digital image out onto 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock and colored it using Copic markers.  Using the "fall" dies from Honey Bee Stamps, I die cut the bottom layer from gold glitter paper, the middle layer from white cardstock and the top (thinnest) layer from cherry cardstock.  I adhered all there layers together using a Lawn Fawn glue tube and adhered the entire sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  I added a few bronze rhinestones randomly to the card.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the bouquet for added sparkle.  

​Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

Hello readers and happy Saturday, I hope you are enjoying a nice weekend so far.  It's supposed to be a rainy day here today and since we haven't had many of those this summer - especially on a weekend, I'm looking forward to a lazy day!!  Today I am sharing a fall themed card made using the "Fall Vibes" digital stamp set from Richard Garay Designs.  I have been using a lot of digital stamps over the past year and I have really come to enjoy using them.  If you are unsure about what digital stamps are, or what to do with them, please read this blog post I wrote that might answer a lot of your questions.   

*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post. 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Island Indigo cardstock and matted it directly to the card base.  On a sheet of kraft cardstock, I stamped the Leafy Wall stamp set in kraft ink and ripped down the edges of both sides before adhering it to the indigo cardstock.  I die cut a circle from vellum cardstock and adhered it to the center of the card.  I printed out all the images from the digital Fall Vibes stamp set and colored them with Copic markers.  I ran the images through my Scan and Cut 2 e-cutting machine to cut them out, in lieu of fussy cutting.  I adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive focusing on the wheel barrow as the central image. I added the sentiment in the lower left corner also using 3M foam adhesive.  Lastly, I added a coat of Dazzling Pat to the leaves and pumkins for added sparkle.  

I hope you have enjoyed today's card.  
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I purchased the beautiful Kokeshi Doll Bundle from AlexSyberia Design on Etsy.  I printed the images onto Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock and colored the images using Copic Markers.  I fussy cut each doll and adhered it to a 7 3/4 x 2" piece of white cardstock using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  I had lightly stamped the white background mat with a grey floral image.  I mounted the white cardstock to a red cardstock and finally a black cardstock base to create a bookmark.  I found an old Kanji print stamp set and placed the sentiment in red or blue ink at the top of each bookmark.  I punch a hole through the top of each bookmark and fed a variety of ribbons and threads through to create colorful tassels.  Lastly, I put a coat of clear Wink of Stella over each doll for added sparkle. 

Here is the Kokeshi Doll Bundle digital stamp from AlexSyberia Design that I used to create these bookmarks:

For more information on digital stamping, please read this blog post answering many popular questions. 
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Hello readers!  Today I am sharing a shaker card created with the beautiful "Summer Flowers" digital stamp set from Alex Syberia Design.  I mentioned in this post just a couple weeks ago, that I had recently discovered her work on Instagram and purchased a few of her designs on Etsy.  I thought that these flowers were beautiful, but fairly simple, so I placed them over a shaker frame and it added more visual interest to the card.  

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  Using a scrap piece of green striped paper, I cut the base mat to 5 1/4" x 4".  I created a frame out of white cardstock and lined the back of the frame with acetate film.  I filled the shaker with approximately 1 tablespoon of iridescent sequins.  I printed out the digital flowers onto Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and colored them with Copic markers.  I fussy cut the flowers using a small pair of craft scissors and adhered the flowers over the shaker frame using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and used a small oval punch to punch out the sentiment.  I adhered the oval sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive as well.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.  

Here is the digital "Summer Flowers" stamp set from Alex Syberia Design that I used to create this card:

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Hello and TGIF, friends!  In keeping up with yesterday's coffee themed card, today's slimline card is all about bubble tea!  Also called boba tea or pearl milk tea, bubble tea is a Taiwanese tea-based drink invented in the 1980s, which is shaken with ice to create the "bubbles", a foamy layer on top of the drink and chewy tapioca balls are added that typically fall to the bottom.  I've got to admit, while I've only had one, I think bubble tea looks better than it tastes!  It's a weird texture thing for me.  Have YOU ever tried bubble tea?

A full list of supplies (with clickable links) is located at the end of this post.

This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".  A slimline card is designed to fit inside a regular #10 business sized mailing envelope with no extra postage needed.  The base of this slimline card is made from Coastal Cabana cardstock.  Using the Whimsy Stamps Slimline Scallop die, I cut the frame from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I lined the back of each oval window with pieces of rainbow paper from the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow paper pack.  I printed out the "Bubbly Feels" digital stamp set onto Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and colored in the images with Copic markers.  I added a few highlights using a white gel pen.  I fussy cut the tea cups out and adhered them to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  I printed the sentiment strip also onto Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I notched the left end before adhering it to the card.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the bubble teas for added sparkle.  

Here is the "Bubbly Feels" stamp set by Graciellie Design that I used to create today's card:

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Hello readers!  If this is your first time visiting my website, welcome!  I'm Crystal Komara, you can learn more about me here, visit my craft room  or take a look at my photo gallery!  I hope you find creativity and inspiration as you look around.  If you are a regular follower of mine, thank you for your continued support, I appreciate your comments and am always happy to help with any crafty questions you might have. 

​Today I am sharing two cards that were designed using the beautiful "Cuddle In A Cup" digital stamp set by Graciellie Design.  To learn more about Graciellie, the designer and artist behind these beautiful stamps, please click here for her website.  For more information about working with digital stamps, please read this blogpost that details the why's and how-to's.  

*Both of these cards were made the same way, simply using a different color combination.  
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The base of each A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  For the first matted layer of each card I used a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of pink plaid or brown argyle paper.  I die cut a large white scalloped oval and adhere it to the center of each card.  I printed out the "Cuddle In A Cup" digital stamp set on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I colored both images with Copic markers and added highlights to each using a white Uniball gel pen.  Using a small pair of craft scissors, I fussy cut the coffee image out and adhered them to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  Lastly, I stamped the sentiment "Thanks a Latte" in corresponding blue or pink ink on a strip of white cardstock.  I notched the right side of the sentiment strip and adhere it to the top of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.   

Here is the "Cuddle In A Cup" digital stamp set by Graciellie Design that I used to create these cards:

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Hello friends and happy Tuesday!  Last week I shared a few different ways to use this butterfly digital stamp from Graciellie Design, but I must say, that today's rainbow colored butterfly is my favorite!

The base of this A2 sized card was made from Neenah Solar white smooth cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/4 x 4" piece of black cardstock and heat embossed a woodgrain pattern onto using black embossing powder for a tone-on-tone look.  I printed out the butterfly onto Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock and colored it using Copic markers.  After I colored the image, I fussy cut the butterfly using a small pair of craft scissors.  I adhered the butterfly at an angle on the card using 3M foam adhesive.  I die cut the word "beautiful" from both black and white cardstocks, layering the two together, before adhering them onto the right side of the butterfly.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the entire butterfly for added sparkle.

Here is the "Change is Coming" digital stamp set that I used to create today's card:

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 This weekend I will be participating in the Whimsy Stamps Virtual Weekend.  Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this fun annual get-together had to be reorganized from a live audience event in Punta Gorda, Florida, to an online Facebook gathering.  If you are available anytime over the next two days, please join us Saturday and Sunday, June 6th and 7th, from 9 AM to 6 PM for lots of inspiration and ideas from project tutorials and YouTube videos to card challenges, free digital stamp releases, prizes, giveaways and interactive games!   

For this special event, I created a gift boxed set of cards using two of the FREE digital stamps that will be released during this weekend's event.  

Here is a step-by-step video tutorial showing how I created this set:
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​Thanks for visiting and I hope to "see" you at this weekend's virtual Facebook event!

As promised yesterday, today I am back sharing another way to use the beautiful, big butterfly digital stamp from Graciellie Design called "Change is Coming."  Since I have been sharing a lot of cards featuring digital stamps recently, I wanted to remind you of this blog post I wrote that goes into more detail about working with digital (or digistamps) should you have any questions. 

Here is the "Change is Coming" stamp set that I used to create this card:

*A full list of supplies (with clickable links) is located at the end of this post.

The base of this A2 sized card is made from kraft cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Calypso Coral cardstock for the first mat.  I cut a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of Neenah Solar white smooth cardstock for the second mat.  I ran this sheet of white cardstock through my Big Shot using a retired Stampin' UP! polka dot embossing folder to give the paper some texture.  I printed out the digital butterfly onto Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and colored it using Copic markers.  After coloring the image, I fussy cut the butterfly using a small pair of craft scissors.  I adhered the butterfly to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  I die cut the word "beautiful" from both Calypso Coral and Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock.  I layered the two words together using a liquid glue and then adhered both to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the butterfly for added sparkle.

There are just so many ways to color and use this beautiful butterfly, that I do hope you like at least one of my various ideas.  Tomorrow I will share the fourth and final (and my personal favorite!) butterfly design.  

Today I am sharing three vibrant floral cards featuring a digital lily stamp from a new-to-me designer called Alex Syberia Designs.  I recently discovered her creations on Instagram and I purchased a few images through her Etsy store.   I created all three of these cards using the same lily stamp, but it's amazing how different they look simply by alternating the color combinations for each card!

Hello, I am Alexandra but on the Internet I am also known as Alex Syberia. The name Alex Syberia (not Siberia) is actually a nickname. My nickname‘s story began many years ago when I decided to create a special project for my friend and I had to attach my logo tag. In the past, one of my hobbies was playing computer games and one of my favorite games was ‘Syberia’. It’s a story about a young New York lawyer, is dispatched to deal with the sale of a former automaton factory hidden in Western Europe. She never thought that this task, as simple as it seemed, would change her life forever… an extraordinary journey that takes her all the way from Western Europe to the far reaches of Eastern Russia… and Syberia is a mythical island somewhere in Russia… I was very inspired by this game and decided to take “Alex Syberia” as my nickname.
That story is something that’s very close to me because card making is changed my life!
I love art, design, traveling, and I like to read detective stories,too. The art of creating has always amazed me that’s the reason why I absolutely love to create things. I believe that a handmade gift is far more appreciated than something bought at a store. Whenever you create something, you want it to be totally unique and one of a kind.  I always loved handmade and crafty things and tried all kinds of hobbies from jewelry making to bookbinding until I’ve discovered and felt in love with the beautiful world of card making.
In card making I try different styles and my own style continues to develop. I love using bright and bold colors because they enhance your happy emotions for the day! I adore floral designs, watercolors and Copic markers. My passion for this hobby has been growing so much. That’s why in July 2018 I started this blog as a place to share my creations.
I hope that my projects can bring joy and inspire others in their creativity. I am very active on Instagram so be sure to follow me there for the latest updates.
Be creative and don’t forget to dream! Happy crafting and have fun!

​Here is the beautiful lily digital stamp that I purchased: 

*A full list of supplies for all cards is located at the end of this post.

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Melon Mambo cardtsock.  Using the Altenew Watercolor Stripes die, I cut the frame from white cardstock.  I colored the lily using Copic markers.  I adhered the lily to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink on a piece of vellum.  I heat embossed the sentiment in white embossing powder.  I die cut the vellum sentiment using the Scalloped Circle Nesting Dies from Gina Marie Designs.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the lily for added sparkle.  

The base of this A2 sized card is made from white cardstock.  Using the Scalloped Stitched Nesting Rectangle dies from Gina Marie Designs, I cut the frame from Grapefruit Grove cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo black ink.  I colored the lily with Copic markers and adhered the lily to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the lily for added sparkle.  

The base of this A2 sized card is made from white cardstock.  I used a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of purple Lawn Fawn Gingham paper for the background.  I die the Leafy Frame from Gorgeous Grape cardstock.  I colored the lily with Copic markers and adhered the lily to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  I stamped the sentiment in Old Olive ink.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the lily for added sparkle.  

I hope you have enjoyed seeing different ways to use this beautiful lily digital stamp.  
​Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!