Happy STAMPtember, crafty friends! The STAMPtember fun continues with a blog party! I’m thrilled to be part of it and I’m sharing a couple of cards celebrating THIS new STAMPtember release from Simon Says Stamp… For the first card… I applied drops of Distress Paint along the side of an A2 white panel. Using THIS tool, I drug the paint across the paper creating a fun background. I stamped THIS sentiment and used THESE...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card share features a fun and sparkly background… To create this card, I die cut THIS background die using black glossy cardstock and glitter cardstock. I used the pattern to add THESE die cuts on top cut from white cardstock. I inlaid the glitter cardstock in the openings to create lemons, oranges, and limes. I finished it off with a sentiment from THIS stamp set. It’s hard to see in...
Hello, crafty friends. Lately, I’m all about adding dry embossing over an inked background to add lots of texture and interest . Today’s card features that technique… To create this card, I started by inking up stripes diagonally across a white A2 panel. I used THIS tape to tape off random strips and create a rainbow pattern. Next, I temporarily adhered the panel to a top folding card base and used THIS coordinating die...
Hello, crafty friends. Tim Holtz and Ranger just released THESE new Embossing Glazes. These glazes are translucent and great for layering. I applied them on top of an ink blended surface to intensify the matching color behind… I started by ink blending a panel with Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Inks. Once dry, I stamped THIS stamp with Versamark ink. I applied Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers Embossing Glazes to each section...
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card features a double stamped background… To create this card, I first stamped THIS background using THIS ink. Next, I shifted the background stamp down and to the left just a bit and stamped again using THIS ink. I love that where the colors overlap, it creates a new color and gives a whole new look to the pattern. I cut three lemons using THIS and THIS die and...
Hi there, crafty friends. I love Summer and I love making Summer themed cards… To create this card, I started by creating the background. I stamped THIS background stamp with multiple blue Distress Oxide inks to create a water look. This background stamp is intended to create rainbows but I love stretching the use of my supplies to get more looks. I posted more cards using this background stamp HERE. I spritzed it with...
Hello again, crafty friends. I have a fireworks themed card to share today just in time for Fourth of July… To create this card, I started with a 4.75 x 4.75 black glossy cardstock panel. I applied THIS medium through THIS stencil to create a large firework background. I stamped the smaller fireworks from THIS stamp set and used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I first stamped them in neon ink and then...
Howdy, crafty friends. Today’s card share features an embossed resist background… To create this card, I white heat embossed THIS text background on a piece of white cardstock. I applied pink oxide ink through the open area of THIS stencil and spritzed it with THIS for some sparkle and shine. I stamped the adorable bunny image from THIS stamp set from THIS die cut and colored it with Copic Markers. I used THIS coordinating...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a vellum card to share today… To create this card, I started by creating a top folding, A2 sized card base from heavyweight vellum. I white heat embossed THIS background stamp on the front panel. I stamped THIS sentiment on a strip of cardstock and adhered it to the bottom of the panel. I die cut one of THESE hearts from white glitter paper and added it next to...
Hello again, crafty friends. I’m so excited to be joining THIS blog hop celebrating THIS new release…. To create these cards, I stamped THIS background on each card. The background stamp is a pull apart background stamp. The stamp has perforations where you can pull it apart and isolate each ray of the rainbow. For the first card…. I stamped the rays with traditional rainbow colors… I added a stamped sentiment from THIS stamp...
