Hello again, crafty friends. I have a 5×5 square card to share today… To create this card, I applied ink through THESE layering stencils to create a sunflower background. I used a darker cardstock so to make the inks stay bright, I used Distress Oxide inks. Because of the ink’s pigment properties, it will stay bright on dark colored cardstocks. Instead of using the last layer of the stencils, I just added some white...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a slimline Halloween card to share today… To create this card, I started with a piece of black cardstock cut to a slimline size. I cut a green piece of cardstock to around 3 inches and cut the top using THIS grass border die. I adhered that green piece to the black piece and added a sidewalk using gray cardstock. I cut a shape freehand and scored some lines...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a Halloween card to share today… To create this card, I started by cutting THIS die from purple cardstock. I ink blended the bottom of the panel with dark purple ink and then spritzed it with THIS shimmer spray for added interest. Next, I stamped the cupcakes from THIS stamp set with black pigment ink and clear heat embossed them. I colored them in with Copic Markers, cut them...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have a Halloween card to share today featuring the new Tim Holtz/Sizzix Halloween dies… To create this card, I started with the background. I applied THESE alcohol inks on a piece of THIS 5×7 Yupo paper that I added Rubbing Alcohol to first to get the inks moving. I used THIS blower to move the ink around until I achieved the moody look I was going for. I applied...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card features new alcohol ink colors from Tim Holtz. Let’s start with the background I created… I used Byou, Juniper, Yonder, and Cosmopolitan Alcohol inks on THIS Yupo paper to create this background. I used THIS blower to move the ink around and sprayed it with rubbing alcohol to add more texture. Here’s a closer look… I trimmed a small piece and used THIS die to create a white frame...
Hello there, crafty friends. I have a couple of teacher thank you cards to share today since back to school is just around the corner. These cards are part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release… To create these cards, I started by placing THIS gold foil on top of THESE foil cards and running them through my MINC machine. I die cut THIS apple for each card using light red, dark red,...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card features products from THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp… To create today’s card, I started by stamping the large image from THIS stamp set on an A2 panel of white cardstock. I colored it with Copic Markers. I stamped THIS sentiment in black pigment ink and clear heat embossed it for some shine. I used THIS coordinating die to cut it out. I added sentiments from THIS and...
Hi, crafty friends. I have a one layer thank you card set to share today… To create these cards, I started by die cutting THIS frame and THIS thank you die from THIS masking paper. I stuck the pieces down on a piece of colored cardstock and ink blended on top. I applied a darker ink towards the bottom and a lighter ink towards the top. Next, (after the ink blending was completely dry),...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card share is a card I made for a friend’s baby shower… To create this card, I swiped THIS trio of yellow ink across a white A2 panel to create an ombre look. These three yellow inks are new additions to the Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks and they are fantastic! Once dry, I used the same colors and applied the ink through THIS stencil for a tone on...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have a 5×7 card to share today featuring THIS new card kit from Simon Says Stamp. To create this card, I started by spritzing a 5×7 piece of blue cardstock (included in the kit) with the kit’s Peacock Feather’s Distress Spritz. I die cut the beautiful buttercup die from the kit using the patterned paper included and green cardstock. I adhered the flowers along the bottom of the card....
