Howdy, crafty friends. Have you seen the Roundimals stamps and dies from Brutus Monroe? They have stolen my heart and I wanted to share the projects I made with them… For the first card… I stamped and colored THIS adorable owl and used the included coordinating die to cut it out. I started by applying white texture paste through THIS stencil to add subtle interest to the background. I die-cut the pieces from THIS...
Hi there, crafty friends. I’m back today with a mini note card set that would be perfect for Valentine’s Day… I started by making all the kraft mini note cards. They measure 2.75 x 3.75. I dry embossed THIS frame die on the front of each note card using an embossing mat with my die-cut machine. I stamped and colored THIS adorable images and used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I attached...
Hello there, crafty friends. I have a scene changing card to share today… I started by inking up the front and inside of the note card with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. After it was dry, I applied glitter glitz gel through THIS stencil and die-cut three clouds. I stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set on the top layer and adhered the remaining clouds underneath for dimension. I added a strip of gray...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS card kit from Simon Says Stamp… I created the background by stamping the xoxo border from the kit’s stamp set repeatedly, covering the entire panel. I die-cut the kit’s patterned papers using THESE nested heart dies and adhered them to the background. I stamped, colored, and cut out the bear image from the stamp set and white heat embossed a coordinating sentiment inside the heart. I finished...
Hi there, crafty friends. I’m thrilled to be part of THIS blog hop celebrating THESE new DIEcember products. I have two cards to share today… To create the first card… I die-cut thin strips using THIS die from THIS colored card stock. I covered a piece of white card stock with adhesive and laid the strips on top horizontally, covering the entire panel. I die-cut THIS die on top for a stitched border and...
Hello, crafty friends. I’m sharing a bunch of cards today that I created for the Wild Hearts Card Drive. Ricky Bromero is organizing this card drive in support of Wild Hearts, a non-profit organization in Chicago that assists dogs with mobility issues and their human families. You can find out all the details of the card drive HERE. I was able to make two batches of cards starting with Distress Oxide ink blended panels....
Hi, crafty friends. I’m thrilled to be a part of THIS blog hop celebrating THIS new release. I have two cards today that feature masking… For the first card… I white heat embossed THIS background and die-cut it using THIS square stitched die. I used THIS tape to mask off stripes and blended on shades of green Distress Oxide inks. I sprayed THIS heavily on top for some shine. Once it was dry, I...
Hi there, crafty friends. THIS stamp set is the next STAMPtember collaboration stamp set and it’s from Pinkfresh Studios. Usually, I’m not a big fan of layering sets. I find them difficult, but these backgrounds came together in very little time and the layering portion is super simple. I chose to stamp the layers from THIS stamp set with Distress Oxide inks. The reason I chose these inks is because of their pigment properties....
Hi, crafty friends. I’m sharing several cards today featuring products from THIS new release from the Ink Blot Shop… For the first card… I stamped THIS background and die-cut it with THIS stitched rectangle die. I stamped, colored, and fussy cut out THIS teacher image and adhered it to the top of the stamped sentiment from THIS stamp set. I added the panel to a black note card and finished off the design with...
Hello, crafty friends. Welcome to the STAMPtember 2020 Party where we are celebrating THIS new release. I’m sharing three cards using my favorite stamp set from the release… I stamped the images from THIS new stamp set using THIS Copic friendly ink. After I colored the images with my Copic markers, I die-cut the panel using THESE scallop square dies. I also used the larger die from the set to die-cut the background using...
