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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hello there, crafty friends. I have a birthday card to share today featuring a faux watercolor embossed background… To create this card, I started with the background. I started by applying a variety of Distress Oxide inks on a piece of acetate. I spritzed it with water and laid a piece of watercolor card stock into the ink. I spritzed more water on the panel itself to get a softer color and get the...
Hello again, crafty friends. I have a “magical” scene card to share today featuring products from THIS new release… To create this card, I started with the background. I applied alcohol ink along with rubbing alcohol on to a slimline piece of Yupo paper to create a sky. I adhered the piece to a white slimline card base. I stamped and Copic colored the adorable unicorns and images from THIS stamp set. I used...
Hello again, crafty friends. I’m back with a fun birthday card to share… I started by stamping the Gift Boxes Background using gray ink on gray cardstock for a tone-on-tone look. I used a gray Copic Marker to add a little shading for added interest. I stamped and Copic colored the images from the Birthday Bears stamp set. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and adhered them to the background. I...
