Happy STAMPtember, crafty friends! If you are unfamiliar with STAMPtember, it’s a month long celebration of stamping and crafting. There is so much fun in store for this month but let’s start with a set of cards I created with THIS STAMPtember release by Simon Says Stamp… I couldn’t pick just one ornament from THIS stamp set so I made a card using all of them! I was inspired by THIS video by Jennifer...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s post is extra special. I am sharing my favorite stamp set of all time and it’s part of THIS new release from the Ink Blot Shop…. VIDEO I also have a very special guest that helped me create a video and today’s card. You can click HERE to watch or click on the video below… So first, let me explain how Aiden and I created the first batch of cards...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card share was so fun to make and features die cut inlay… I started by stamping THIS background stamp on a variety of colored card stocks using coordinating ink colors for a tone on tone look. I cut them plus a blue panel using THIS background die and in laid each piece into place for a smooth look… I finished off the design with a sentiment from THIS stamp set...
Hi, crafty friends. Simon Says Stamp has a new release HERE and today’s card features one of the new stamp sets… I started by creating the background. I used THIS mask stencil on a panel of white card stock and ink blended several sunset sky colors inside the opening. Once the ink was dry, I stamped the images from THIS stamp set on top using black pigment ink. I created a black frame by...
Hello, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. I have two cards to share featuring THIS new stamp set… I started by creating the background with the Sunburst Die. I die-cut it three times from cardstock and once from vellum. I adhered them all together with the vellum piece on top. I applied yellow and orange ink on top of the vellum and made an impression...
Hello again, crafty friends. Last week, I shared some alcohol inked cards HERE and HERE and I had a lot of good leftover pieces left over… So, I cut them into strips… …and adhered them one on top of the other to create a background… I added an older Summer die-cut on top cut from holographic cardstock… I added a sentiment from an older stamp set (Vacation Time) and finished it off with some...
Hello, crafty friends. I’m a big fan of stencil that have coordinating dies and today’s card features THIS set… I started by stamping the Arches Background stamp using white pigment ink on a kraft panel. I applied ink through the Orange Blossoms stencil and used the coordinating dies to cut out the images. I also applied the ink heavier to one side or in the center to add some dimension… I adhered them to...
Hello again, crafty friends. I’ve been having so much fun taking THIS Spring Card Camp 2022 class from Online Card Classes and I wanted to share a couple of cards I created inspired by Day One of class… To create these cards, I covered an A2 white cardstock panel with a variety of blue Distress Oxide Inks. After the piece was completely dry, I clear heat embossed the Wavy Circles background on top. I...
Hello, crafty friends. Recently, I shared a card set where I did hot foiling on black glossy cardstock. You can see those cards HERE. I love how they turned out so I decided to try it on white glossy cardstock… To create these cards, I hot foiled the Eucalyptus Hot Foil Plate with silver and gold glimmer foil on white glossy cardstock pieces. I cut the panel larger than what I needed and used...
Hello again, crafty friends. I have a teacher card to share today since the end of the school year is quickly approaching… To create this card, I started by inking up each layer of the Layering Alphas Alphabet Stencil. I put the corner of each stencil in the corner of the Stencil mat to line each layer up easily. I trimmed down the piece to a 5×7 background and adhered it to a 5×7...
