Hi, crafty friends. I thought I’d share the Valentine’s Day tags I created to attach to gifts for my son’s teachers… To create these tags, I die cut the tags from a few colors of cardstock. I cut two for each color, one for the front and one for the back. On the front tag, I applied a coordinating ink color through THIS stencil. I die cut THIS die from the tag. I adhered...
Mini Slimline Valentine’s Day Card
Howdy, crafty friends. I have a mini slimline Valentine’s Day themed card to share today… To create this card, I applied ink through THIS stencil on the front of THIS mini slimline card base. I also lightly ink blended the same color on top to add color to the background. I stamped and colored the image from THIS stamp set with Copic Markers and used THESE dies to cut it out. I also stamped...
New Tim Holtz-Exclusive Love Notes Bundle
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS new exclusive stamp and die bundle from Tim Holtz and Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I started by wetting the pinks and reds from THESE, THESE, and THESE Distress Watercolor Pencils and scribbling on the heart stamps from THIS stamp set bundle. I spritzed with water and then stamped on THIS watercolor cardstock. I used the coordinating dies from the set to cut out...
Stretching your Supplies: Crafty Cart Card
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card was so fun to make. What crafter wouldn’t love shopping at this crafty cart!? I started by creating the background. I applied a rainbow of inks through THIS stencil on a piece of white cardstock. I die cut THIS cart from black and white glossy cardstock and woodgrain cardstock. I wanted to transform it to a crafty cart. I stamped, Copic colored, and cut out the craft items...
Color Cube Color Combinations
Howdy, crafty friends. I recently shared THIS video talking about how I choose color combinations. Today’s card shares another example of that… To create this card, I cut THESE flower dies and THESE leaves dies from colors of cardstock that matched my Color Cube card. I cut THIS heart die from teal cardstock and ran it through my embossing folder with THIS stencil and THIS embossing mat. This makes an impression of the stencil...
More Sweetheart Release Inspiration
Hello there, crafty friends. I’m back with more inspiration from THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I started by applying ink through THIS stencil on a white panel. I adhered it to an A2 sized black panel. I stamped the sentiment from THIS stamp set on a die cut balloon (an older SSS die). I tied a string to the bottom of the balloon and adhered it to the...
Friendship Bingo Card
Howdy, crafty friends. I have more inspiration to share from THIS new release… To create this card, I started by stamping images from THIS stamp set on a piece of cream cardstock using black pigment ink. I clear heat embossed it to add some shine. I cut THIS coordinating die circle out of vellum and used it to place over each square and apply ink to create colored circles. I added a black mat...
Love Story Card Kit
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS card kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I trimmed down the pink cardstock from the kit and embossed it with the kit’s embossing folder. I ink blended on top using Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink and sprayed it with THIS for some sparkle and shine. I adhered it down to a piece of A2 black cardstock. I stamped the typewriter image and paper from...
New Distress Color: Scorched Timber
Hello there, crafty friends. There is a new color in the Distress Ink family! Let me introduce you to Scorched Timber… I’m a fan of bold bright colors so I have to admit, I don’t typically gravitate toward brown. However, I feel like it is a great color paired up with other colors. It can really ground other colors. On my card, I paired it with colors that really compliment it like reds, pinks,...
Smitten and Sweetheart Release Blog Hop- Day 1
Hey there, crafty friends. Today’s card set is part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release… To create this card set, I stared by stamping the three layers of THIS stamp set on a white A2 panel using three colors in the same ink family. I did this to create a monochromatic look for each card. Using that same stamp set, I stamped a different sentiment along the bottom of each card. I...