Best Year Yet Card Kit

Hi, crafty friends. I have a Birthday card to share today featuring THIS new card kit…  To create this card, I started with a 6×6 piece of white cardstock and stamped an image from THIS stamp set (included in the kit) towards the top center. I rotated the cardstock 180 degrees in my MISTI and stamped again. I did the same process for the image on the right and left. I continued in the corners...

Stenciled Backgrounds Part One

Hi there, crafty friends. I have two cards to share today featuring products from THIS new release. These cards are part one. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post where I’ll share two more cards that came from these backgrounds. For both cards, I created stenciled backgrounds. For the first card… I applied three colors of ink through THIS stencil and then outlined the pattern with THIS gold pen. I die-cut THIS word die from black...

Product Spotlight: Picket Fence Studios Paper Pouncers

Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s post is all about the new Paper Pouncers from Picket Fence Studios. I’m really loving them and wanted to give you an introduction to them. I created a video all about these pouncers. You can watch it HERE or click on the video below…  So there is a bright rainbow pack is a pack of 9. There is also a Neutrals pack of paper pounces available in black, brown,...

Distress Watercolor Pencils Stamping

Hi, crafty friends. I’m back with another project featuring THESE Distress Watercolor Pencils. I recently took THIS class by Jenn Shurkus and have been inspired to play with my pencils more. Today’s card features coloring a solid stamp image with the pencils and stamping the image to get a faux watercolor look… I started by creating the background. I inked up THIS slimline stencil with a rainbow of Distress Inks. I spritzed the stencil...

Be Creative Release

Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s cards features products from THIS new release by Simon Says Stamp… To create these cards, I stared with the backgrounds. I hot foiled THIS Mini Slimline Falling Confetti hot plate using THIS rainbow glimmer foil. I did this on THIS smooth white cardstock as well as THIS black specialty cardstock. (If you are new to Hot Foiling, I share a video on the process HERE if you want more...

Repeat Stamping Birthday Card

Hello there, crafty friends. I don’t know about you but I never seem to have enough Birthday cards on hand. However, I have one to share today that features Repeat Stamping… To create this card, I started by stamping THIS background three times to fill up the front of a slimline panel. I masked off the flames before stamping each time to allow them to be a different color than the candles. I used...

Adding Texture to Stamping

Howdy, crafty friends. Today’s card features dry embossing over a stamped sentiment… I started by stamping THIS flower three times and using THIS coordinating stencil to add color to the image by adding ink. Once all three flowers were colored, I fussy cut the images. I used a black sharpie around the white edge to give a finished look. Next, I stamped THIS sentiment in the center of an A2 white panel. I ran...

Let’s Celebrate Card

Hello there, crafty friends. I have a birthday card to share today… I started by creating the background. I applied ink through THIS stencil using a rainbow of inks. Next, I adhered the background to a black card base. I added small strips of holographic paper along the top and bottom of the panel using THIS die. It creates the perfect thin strip. Next, I stamped the balloons from THIS stamp set three times...

Printmaking Birds Card Set

Hi there, crafty friends. I have a card set to share today using products from THIS STAMPtember release… I started by stamping the birds image from THIS stamp set twice on a strip of white cardstock, one above and one below. I stamped the layers using two inks in the same color family for each card. I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set in the middle and trimmed down the panel to...

Let’s Celebrate Card Kit

Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS new card kit from Simon Says Stamp… The kit has some vibrant and fun patterned papers so I chose a few to cut into 1 inch strips and adhered them to a white panel to create a striped pattern. I used the kit’s embossing folder to create a pattern on top of the pattern paper. I used a brayer and applied white pigment ink on top...