Hi there, crafty friends. I have several cards to share today that are all inspired from THIS class from Online Card Classes…. Have you ever taken a class over at Online Card Classes? If not, I highly recommend them. Once you purchase any OCC class, you have lifetime access to the class content. This means you can take your time and take the lessons at your convenience. There is no rush and you can...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s cards features THIS new Card Kit… To create these cards, I used the kit’s embossing folder on three pieces of the Color Blend cardstock (included in the kit). I stamped a sentiment and image from the kit’s stamp set on one of THESE arches. For all the embellishments, I applied clear VersaMark ink on a piece of white cardstock and added the kit’s embossing powder on top and heat set....
Hello, crafty friends. I have several cards to share today featuring some fun dies from Spellbinders. I just couldn’t make one because all of the dies were too adorable. To create these cards, I die cut the dies from patterned paper and colored cardstock. I adhered the slipper dies on an embossed background and a wood floor created with THIS cardstock and a strip of white cardstock resembling a baseboard. For the first card… I...
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THESE new colors of Distress Spritz. I used them to enhance Distress Oxide ink blended backgrounds and highlight embossed backgrounds. For all of the cards, I started by ink blending a panel of white cardstock with Distress Oxide inks. I started with a light shade of the card and applied a darker color of the same shade around it for some variation. Next, I spritzed it with...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s trio of cards feature THIS STAMPtember collaboration stamp set from Concord & 9th… To create these cards, I started with the backgrounds. I stamped the two layer oval floral image on white cardstock. I die cut it with THIS stitched rectangle die and adhered it to a background cut from coordinating colored cardstock. I white heat embossed the sentiment on the same colored cardstock and die cut it with one...
Hi, crafty friends. I have a one layer thank you card set to share today… To create these cards, I started by die cutting THIS frame and THIS thank you die from THIS masking paper. I stuck the pieces down on a piece of colored cardstock and ink blended on top. I applied a darker ink towards the bottom and a lighter ink towards the top. Next, (after the ink blending was completely dry),...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by Day One of THIS new Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes… Mindy Eggen shared some examples of partial embossing and I thought I would experiment with THIS glossy Color Blend Cardstock. I LOVE the results. I used THIS stamp set and THIS coordinating die set for all of the sentiments. For the first card… I used THIS embossing folder to emboss the bottom of the...
Hey there, crafty friends. Today’s card set is part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release… To create this card set, I stared by stamping the three layers of THIS stamp set on a white A2 panel using three colors in the same ink family. I did this to create a monochromatic look for each card. Using that same stamp set, I stamped a different sentiment along the bottom of each card. I...
Hello again, crafty friends. I have two cards to share today featuring new products from Hero Arts as part of THIS Blog Hop. Before we get to the projects, let’s take a look at the kits available… CLASSIC KIT: CLASSIC KIT CONTENTS • XL Alphabet Clear Stamp Set, 8″ x 10″ • Alphabet Cover Plate Die • 10 Pack of Watercolor Pencils • 6 Sheets of Luxe White Watercolor Paper, 8.5″ x 11″ •...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card set is part of THIS fun blog hop celebrating THIS new release. My card set features hot foiling using regular dies… Did you know you do not need Hot Foil Plates to hot foil? You can do the same process with regular dies! To create these cards, I started by hot foiling THIS background die on three colors of cardstock. I also hot foiled THIS cozy wishes die on...
