Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card creates a scene out of a large die cut cover plate word… To create this card, I started by die cutting THIS cover plate from white cardstock three times and adhered them together. I also cut it from THIS masking paper. I applied the mask of the center of the O in Joy on a white A2 panel. I ink blended on top with blue Distress Oxide inks....
Hi there, crafty friends. I have two cards to share today as part of THIS fun celebration of my sweet friend’s 20th year of blogging and sharing crafty inspiration… If you’re unfamiliar with Jenn Shurkus, you have to go check out her website HERE. Not only does she share a ton of amazing crafty inspiration but she also sells crafty gear HERE and offers classes HERE. She is one of the hardest working crafters...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS STAMPtember collaboration stamp set from Art Impressions… To create this card, I started by applying ink through THIS stencil on a piece of A2 purple cardstock. I used an older die (Sliding Window from Sunny Studios) to die cut the window and the pull tab opening. I cut a piece of cardstock to adhere to the bottom of the sliding piece on the back side. I adhered...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card features products from THIS card kit… To create this card, I started by trimming down a piece of the kit’s patterned paper and die cut THIS die from the center to create a pocket to place a gift card in. I adhered it down to a top folding note card (that had a piece of the same patterned paper adhered to it so you would see a continuous pattern...
Hello, crafty friends. I’m a big fan of interactive cards. Today’s card shares two ways to add movement to your card… To create this card, I started by creating the galaxy background. I used all Distress Oxide inks and started applying ink in circles all over a piece of A2 sized watercolor cardstock. I used shades of pinks, oranges, and blues. Once the background was filled with color, I lightly blended black ink on...
Hello there, crafty friends. I’m sharing more inspiration using THIS new release. Today’s card is a spinner card… To create this card, I started by stamping a bunny image from THIS stamp set twice. I colored them with Copic Markers and used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I adhered them together sandwiching a piece of string between them for the spinning mechanism. The die cuts do not line up perfectly because the...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release… To create this art, I started by applying blue Distress Oxide ink on the front of a slimline card panel to create a sky. I die cut THIS grass border and adhered it along the bottom. Next, I stamped the images from THIS stamp set, colored them with Copic Markers, and used THESE coordinating dies to cut them...
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS adorable new card Kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I started by covering a side fold white note card with one of the kit’s patterned papers. I die cut another one of the kit’s patterned papers with THIS die and then embossed it with the kit’s embossing folder. I added a black cardstock mat behind it and adhered it to the card base....
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s interactive slimline card features THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I started by stamping the image and sentiment from THIS stamp set. I stamped the snowball image on pearl cardstock and stamped the sentiment on white cardstock. I used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I covered a slimline card base with a panel of the same specialty cardstock. I cut another piece...
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...
