Hello again, crafty friends. I have a fun, cheeky card to share with you today that features a background created from stamped images… I stamped several of the images from THIS stamp set and colored them in with Copic Markers. I used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I stamped sentiments from THIS stamp set and used THESE coordinating dies to cut one of them out. I cut the other sentiment into as...
Best Year Yet Card Kit
Hi, crafty friends. I have a Birthday card to share today featuring THIS new card kit… To create this card, I started with a 6×6 piece of white cardstock and stamped an image from THIS stamp set (included in the kit) towards the top center. I rotated the cardstock 180 degrees in my MISTI and stamped again. I did the same process for the image on the right and left. I continued in the corners...
Creating with Specialty Cardstocks
Howdy, crafty friends. Today’s card features creating with specialty cardstocks… I started by dry embossing THIS stencil on a piece of THIS specialty cardstock using THIS mat with my die cut machine. Next, I used the same specialty cardstock pack to die cut THIS leaf die, THIS circle die, and THESE flowers. I die cut THIS butterfly die from gold cardstock. I added some of THESE embellishments to the center of the flowers. I...
Some Bunny Easter Tags
Hello crafty friends. I have some Easter tags to share today… To create these cards, I started by applying two colors of Distress Oxide ink to teach tag. I wanted an Ombre look so I did a darker shade on the bottom of the tag and a lighter shade on top. I spritzed water on top for som added texture. I die-cut THIS die several times from white cardstock. I adhered three together for...
Stencil Stamping + Beautiful Days Blog Hop
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s cards are part of THIS fun Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. These cards were made from THESE cards that I shared yesterday doing stencil stamping… After inking up yesterday’s cards, there was a lot of ink left on the stencil. I spritzed that ink with water and “stamped” the stencil on to a piece of white cardstock. This gives a whole new look to the stencil pattern. You get...
Stenciled Backgrounds Part One
Hi there, crafty friends. I have two cards to share today featuring products from THIS new release. These cards are part one. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post where I’ll share two more cards that came from these backgrounds. For both cards, I created stenciled backgrounds. For the first card… I applied three colors of ink through THIS stencil and then outlined the pattern with THIS gold pen. I die-cut THIS word die from black...
Beautiful Days Release
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card features products from THIS new release… To create this card, I started by ink blending the background. I used a rainbow of Distress Oxide Inks. I die cut THIS die and adhered the hands to each side of the rainbow background. I adhered the entire piece to a black panel. I created a smaller white card and used THIS stencil to dry emboss the pattern on the front...
Thank You Card Set
Hello, crafty friends. I have a thank you card set to share today… I die cut THIS stitched square twice for each card. One for the front panel and one for the back panel. I scored the back panel piece and adhered glue above the line only, creating a hinge for the card to open and close. I masked off the edges of the front panel and stamped THIS text background in a coordinating...
Easter Card
Howdy, crafty friends. I have an Easter themed card to share today… To create this card, I stamped one of the leaf clusters from THIS background twice to fill the card panel. I dry embossed one of THESE rectangles on top using THIS embossing mat in my die cut machine. I die cut the center of the panel using one of THESE arched dies and cut a larger arch from a piece of darker...
OCC Stenciled 2 Class
Howdy, crafty friends. I’m taking THIS Stenciled 2 class over at Online Card Classes and was inspired by the first day of class. Jennifer McGuire taught a lesson about rotating your stencils for a new look… For the first card… I applied pink ink through THIS Mermaid Scales stencil on a white A2 carstock panel. I flipped the stencil upside down and applied blue ink through the same stencil, creating a whole new look…...