Hello, crafty friends. I have even more inspiration to share using THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I started with the background. I cut a strip of masking paper to create the ground. I applied it to the top and ink blended below the mask with Brown Distress Oxide Ink. Next, I applied ink to the edges of THIS stencil to create a cloud sky with light blue ink....
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I started by stamping the tree images from the kit’s stamp set on a piece of patterned paper. I trimmed it down and added a foil mat to it using one of the specialty cardstocks in the kit. I adhered it to a teal panel that I added a strip of glitter paper along the bottom....
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS adorable new card Kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I started by covering a side fold white note card with one of the kit’s patterned papers. I die cut another one of the kit’s patterned papers with THIS die and then embossed it with the kit’s embossing folder. I added a black cardstock mat behind it and adhered it to the card base....
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card is part of THIS new release from Hero Arts and Ralph Tyndall… To create this card, I cut THESE Retro Game dies from colored cardstock. I love that it makes a shaped card. NOTE: Before cutting the dies apart, I left them in the place and ran it through for a template. This will help when adhering all the pieces together. I stamped on the green square piece the...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have two Birthday cards to share today as part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release… Both of these cards are similar in design but wanted to share the different looks you can get with the different products. For the first card… I applied ink through THESE layering stencils to create a birthday cake image. On the sprinkle layer, I applied THIS white paste to add some dimension....
Hi, crafty friends. The STAMPtember fun continues and I’m thrilled to share a Birthday card as part of Simon Says Stamp’s STAMPtember Blog Party. You can find all the details about the party HERE. Let’s get this party started with a party scene card… I started by foiling one of THESE foiling cards with rainbow deco foil. Next I stamped the images from THIS stamp set and colored them with Copic Markers. I used...
Hello again, crafty friends. I have a birthday card to share today… To create this card, I started with the background. I applied white pigment ink through THIS confetti stencil on a piece of neenah desert storm cardstock. I wanted the colors of the confetti to be vibrant so I like to put a layer of white down before putting dye ink on top. Next, I die cut the panel using THIS stitched rectangle...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by day four of THIS Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes where Cathy Zielske shared using two embossing folders on one card… To create this card, I started by ink blending a white panel with Distress Oxide inks. Next, I ran it through my die cut machine with THIS embossing folder. Then I ran it back though with THIS embossing folder. It’s hard to see in...
Hello, crafty friend. Today’s card features THIS new card kit… To create this card, I started by dry embossing a piece of patterned paper from the kit using the kit’s embossing folder. I adhered that to a white top folding note card and then adhered two arched frames created from THIS die on top. I stamped, Copic colored, and cut out the images from the kit’s stamp set and heat embossed the tops of...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a mini slimline shaker card to share today… To create this card, I started ink blending the front of a white mini slimline card. I used post it tape to make off the top portion and blended green ink along the bottom to create “grass”. Next, I masked off the green and ink blended blue ink above to create the “sky”. I used a light hand for the ink...
