Hi, crafty friends. I have a birthday card to share today using products from THIS new card kit… I started by stamping the presents. I knew I was going to do some masking so I started stamping the images I wanted in front. That was the first row of presents along the bottom of the pile. After that row was stamped, I created masks from THIS to cover the images and began stamping the...
Hello, crafty friends. If you’re like me, you never have enough birthday cards on hand. I decided to make a bunch using THIS new release and share them all week long. Let’s kick off this party with two cards that feature a sentiment background… I like using multiple sentiments to create a text background. I laid out lots of birthday sentiments from THIS and THIS stamp set on a panel inside my MISTI. I...
Hello there, crafty friends. I’m head over heals for THIS stamp set that recently was released in THIS card kit. I’ve made a previous card HERE using it but wanted to create another with a different color combo for fall… I stated by lightly tracing THIS die in the center of a piece of white card stock. I used that as my guide to place the leaves. I started stamping the leaves from THIS...
Hi there, crafty friends. Have you heard of THIS class from Online Card Classes? It’s called Introduction to Color Theory and it is fabulous! I struggle sometimes with choosing colors for my projects and this class explains the theory behind color. I was playing along with the first lesson and watercoloring on a small circle of scrap watercolor card stock and thought it would be cute turned into a card… Once the watercolor was...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m honored to be joining a talented group of artists to showcase new products from Hero Arts. I created three cards today featuring mini ink cube backgrounds… I love Hero Arts mini ink cubes. They come in fun colors, perfect for travel, and cost effective. I used them on all three cards in different ways to make some simple backgrounds. I also used THIS new adorable stamp set on all the...
We announced a new challenge over on the Little Tangles Blog today and it is all about mint and gold. Such a fun color combo! Here’s the card I created for the challenge using the Origami Map and matching Die set… A closer look… Want to win a Neat and Tangled stamp set of your choice? Make sure to go enter your card HERE for a chance to win. I can’t wait to see what...
Hi there. Recently, I created an ink swatch book and I can’t say enough good things about it. (You can find it HERE on Jennifer McGuire’s blog) It has inspired me to try out new color combos and experiment. COLOR COMBO #1– (SSS) TWIRLING TUTU, (HA) NAVY, (AE) SEA GLASS, and GOLD I stamped a sentiment from THIS set in VersaMark ink and heat embossed using THIS gold embossing powder. I stamped different sized...
