Hey, crafty friends. I have a mini slimline card to share today featuring stamps from the Ink Blot Shop… To create this card, I stamped the front of a mini slimline card base with sentiments from THIS stamp set. I added a black glossy cardstock strip along the bottom of the card. I stamped the coffee cup images from THIS stamp set, colored with Copic markers, and cut them out. I stamped them with...
Hi there, crafty friends. I’m always looking for a special way to present a gift card and today’s card is a great example of how to incorporate a gift card into your card design… To create this card, I started with the background. This is a 4 Bar Sized card so it measures 4 7/8 inches x 3 1/2 inches. I repeatedly stamped the two small star stamps on a kraft background using clear...
Hello there, crafty friends. I have more inspiration to share using the new release from the Ink Blot Shop… To create these cards, I started by stamping the drink images from THIS stamp set, coloring them with Copics, and cutting them out. I like to use a black sharpie marker along the edges to give a cleaner look to my fussy cutting. For the first card… I cut three strips of colored cardstock and...
Hey, crafty friends. There is a new release HERE from the Ink Blot Shop and it is super cute. I used a couple of the new background stamps to create these cards… I love creating one background and getting two cards from it! For the first cards… I white heat embossed THIS new background stamp on white cardstock. I added a few shades of pink and red Distress Oxide inks to a piece of...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have two cards to share today that featuring foiling with a stencil… For the first card… First, I masked off a strip of the panel and applied THIS gel through THIS stencil on THIS specialty cardstock. After it was dry, I ran it through my MINC machine with THIS foil on top. I white heat embossed two sentiments from THIS stamp set in the masked off strip. I also...
Howdy, crafty friends. I have a mini slimline scene card to share with you today… I started by ink blending the background using a few shades of Blue Distress Oxide ink. I stamped THIS background on top using white pigment ink. I stamped the images from THIS stamp set, Copic colored them, and cut them out. I stamped the light/glow image from THIS stamp set in one of the jar’s and colored it in....
Hello, crafty friends. I can’t believe it but school is close to wrapping up for the year and I wanted to get a head start on teacher thank you cards… I started by stamping THIS background on a white A2 panel. I stamped images from THIS stamp set in the bubbles as well as THIS thanks sentiment. I white heat embossed the teacher sentiment on a black strip from THIS stamp set and adhered...
Hi there, crafty friends. I’m excited to be taking part of THIS Instagram Hop celebrating THIS stamp set. This stamp set is extra special because it was designed by my son, Aiden. Tifany, from the Ink Blot Shop is donating $5 for every stamp set sold to the Autism Society for the first three months of sales. Aiden and I did a whole video HERE about all the details on THIS blog post. I...
Hello again, crafty friends. I’m back today with two cards featuring THIS new release by The Ink Blot Shop. For the first card… I stamped the jar image on the bottom right corner of a white note card and then filled in the remaining open area by stamping sentiments from THIS new stamp set. I colored in the image with Copics and added crystal glaze for some shine on some of the images. I finished off...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s post is extra special. I am sharing my favorite stamp set of all time and it’s part of THIS new release from the Ink Blot Shop…. VIDEO I also have a very special guest that helped me create a video and today’s card. You can click HERE to watch or click on the video below… So first, let me explain how Aiden and I created the first batch of cards...
