Hi there, crafty friends. I have a Christmas card to share today… To create this card, I ink blended blue Distress Oxide inks to cover an entire A2 panel. Once it was completely dry, I white heat embossed a sentiment from THIS stamp set in the upper right corner. I spritzed the panel with THIS shimmer spray to add some sparkle… I stamped the images from the same stamp set and used THESE coordinating...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card set is part of THIS fun blog hop celebrating THIS new release. My card set features hot foiling using regular dies… Did you know you do not need Hot Foil Plates to hot foil? You can do the same process with regular dies! To create these cards, I started by hot foiling THIS background die on three colors of cardstock. I also hot foiled THIS cozy wishes die on...
Howdy, crafty friends. I’m back with more inspiration from THIS new release… To create this card, I started by die cutting THIS slimline die on a piece of white cardstock. I die cut THIS and THIS bird die from different colors of cardstock and adhered them to the white panel, trimming off any excess hanging off the edge. I added black enamel dots to the bird’s eyes and added a white heat embossed sentiment...
Hello there, crafty friends. Happy DieCember! If you’re unfamiliar with DieCember, it’s a month long party hosted by Simon Says Stamp celebrating dies and die-cutting. Today’s card shares features how to use the negative pieces when die cutting. To create today’s card, I die cut THIS candles die from and A2 piece of black cardstock. I removed the candles image to just leave the negative piece from the die cutting. On a piece of...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card features die cutting with specialty card stocks and an exclusive Tim Holtz die… To create this card, I started by die cutting THIS die from a variety of specialty cardstocks. I used white and black glossy cardstock along with some foil and glitter card stocks (all linked below). I adhered them down to one of THESE color blend panels that I embossed with THIS embossing folder. I added THIS...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a colorful Holiday card to share today that features creating a stencil from a die… To create this card, I die cut THIS die from white cardstock. I laid it on top of another A2 panel of white cardstock and used it as a stencil to apply ink through. I masked off each tree and used a different color of ink on each one. Next, I embossed the inked...
Hi, crafty friends. I have a Holiday card to share… To create this card, I stamped the images from THIS stamp set and used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I adhered them to a background that I embossed with THIS background die and THIS embossing mat in my die cut machine. I love the texture it adds to a plain white background… I added a strip of cardstock under the images that...
Hello, crafty friends. I have two cards to share featuring THIS new card kit… I decided to use the frames in the kit. For the fist card, I used it to frame a picture of my son… I love to include a photo in my Holiday cards and his school photo fit perfectly inside some of the frames. I cut the patterned paper and red cardstock with THESE stitched rectangle dies to mat behind...
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s crafty share is a bit different. It’s an organization video sharing how I organize and store my wax beads. I’m really into creating wax seals lately and I thought I would give you a closer look at my favorite wax beads as well as sharing how to create a wax seal which I do at the end of the video. VIDEO You can watch the video all about wax...
Howdy, crafty friends. I have more inspiration to share today from THIS new release… To create this card, I die cut the pieces from THIS die set from yellow cardstock. I also cut a panel that is 3 inches wide and 4.25 inches tall and applied ink through THIS stencil on it. This is the back panel. Before assembling the other pieces, I masked off the sides and only stamped the front of the...
