Hello, crafty friends. I’ve been sharing teacher appreciation cards all week on my blog. Today is day four… To create this card, I stamped the layers of THIS stamp set with different shades of purple on a panel cut with THIS scalloped die. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and adhered it to a purple cardstock mat and then to a side folding card base. I also stamped the flap of...
Hello, crafty friends. I recently watched THIS video by Jennifer McGuire and was so inspired to try the technique. I ended up creating several cards because it was so fun… To create these cards, I followed the video and embossed white glossy paper using a variety of embossing folders and then applied Pawsitvely Saturated ink on top and buffed it in with a dry cloth. I added THESE vellum butterflies along with THESE sentiments....
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards are part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp… To create these cards, I started by die cutting THIS cover plate die from four pieces of cardstock. I used Eucalyptus, Honeycomb, Briar Rose, and Peacock from Concord & 9th. I popped out the pieces and adhered them inside each of the negative pieces, creating four different backgrounds. To make this process easier, I used...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card set features THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp… To create these cards, I applied ink through THESE layering stencils on an A2 piece of white cardstock to create a background. I started with a heavy hand towards the center of the flower and got lighter towards the tips of the petals. For the flower centers, I used THIS gold gel pen. Next, I dry embossed THIS frame die...
Hello, crafty friends. I have some gatefold cards to share today… To create these cards, I started with the card base. I started with a half of sheet of cardstock (5.5 x 8.5). I scored each side at 2 1/8 inches to create two hinges. I cut THIS die from a light colored of cardstock and then I embossed it with THIS mat in my die cut machine to make an impression of the...
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card set features THIS new Card Kit… To create these cards, I started by stamping THESE images on pieces of watercolor cardstock. I inked them with the kit’s stamp mini cube colors and then spritzed them with water before stamping to enhance the watercolor look. I flicked on the silver splatter from the kit. I trimmed down the sides of the panels and adhered them to white top folding...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have a trio of cards to share today as part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release… To create these cards, I started by ink blending three different 4 bar sized panels of white cardstock with three colors of Distress Oxide inks. One color for each panel. I sprayed them with THIS shimmer spray for some sparkle and shine. Once it was dry, I trimmed down the pieces...
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s cards hold a gift card. I had so much fun creating these cards with some new Concord & 9th products. These will be going to my son’s teachers this year for the Holidays… To create these cards. I started by applying ink through THIS stripe stencil. After applying the ink through one side of the stencil, I flipped it over and applied ink through the other side to create...
Hi, crafty friends. I have three cards to share today that I created to give to my crafty friends… For the first card… I die cut THESE dies from colored cardstock to create the die cutting cart. I adhered it to background embossed with THIS embossing folder. I added THIS arched frame cut from black cardstock and THIS sentiment. For the envelope, I stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set on the flap. I...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a Card Set to share today as part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release… I love the look of stenciling on top of embossing. It adds so much interest and texture. To create these cards, I started by embossing five A2 panels of white cardstock with five different embossing folders. I applied Distress Oxide ink through THESE layering stencils on top of the embossing. I used a...
