Hello there, crafty friends. I have a card set to share that my son and I created as thank you cards for his teachers… I had him watercolor rainbows on watercolor cardstock. Once they were dry, I stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set in the top right hand corner. This stamp set is very special to us because it was designed by my son for the Ink Blot Shop. I talk talk more...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have two cards to share today that featuring foiling with a stencil… For the first card… First, I masked off a strip of the panel and applied THIS gel through THIS stencil on THIS specialty cardstock. After it was dry, I ran it through my MINC machine with THIS foil on top. I white heat embossed two sentiments from THIS stamp set in the masked off strip. I also...
Hello, crafty friends. I was in need of thank you cards for an upcoming event so I mass produced some featuring an acrylic block background technique… VIDEO You can watch the video on this technique HERE or click on the video below… To create this card, I started by creating the background. I applied Distress Ink to an acrylic block , spritzed with water, and laid it down on a slimline panel. I put something...
Howdy, crafty friends. I’m thrilled to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. Today’s card share features an acrylic block background technique… VIDEO You can watch the video on this technique HERE or click on the video below… To create this card, I started by creating the background. I applied Distress Ink to THIS extra large acrylic block (that came with the Bubble Background Stamp), spritzed with water, and laid it...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a slimline scene card to share today featuring a fun stamp set from THIS new release… I started by cutting a light blue slimline panel and applying ink through THIS stencil to create a background. I stamped and colored the images from THIS stamp set and used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I stamped the sentiment form the same stamp set and adhered all the images to...
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s card features hot foiling on acetate… I started by creating the clear acetate front panel. I hot foiled THIS plate using THIS gold foil on a piece of THIS heat resistant acetate. I trimmed down the piece to be 4.25 x 5.5 inches. Next, I trimmed down the front panel of the top folding card base. I cut the front panel so only 1/2 of an inch was left...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s STAMPtember collaboration stamp set is THIS one from Gina K. Designs. I used it to create a mini slimline card… I started by white heat embossing the three ornament image from THIS new stamp set on to a piece of watercolor cardstock. I cut the panel using THIS mini slimline die. I ink blended three colors of Distress Oxide Ink on top. The white heat embossing resists the ink. I...
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s blog post is a bit different than my normal card making posts. Summer is almost here and school is winding down so I have been working on a gift idea for my son’s teachers for the end of the school year. I decided to create Summer Travel Kits and wanted to share the process to hopefully inspire you to create one as a gift too. VIDEO You can watch...
Hello, crafty friends. Recently, I shared a card set where I did hot foiling on black glossy cardstock. You can see those cards HERE. I love how they turned out so I decided to try it on white glossy cardstock… To create these cards, I hot foiled the Eucalyptus Hot Foil Plate with silver and gold glimmer foil on white glossy cardstock pieces. I cut the panel larger than what I needed and used...
Hello, crafty friends. April is Autism Awareness Month and I have a son (Aiden) who is on the spectrum. Today’s card is a card I plan on sending out to everyone who has helped in this year’s Autism Awareness Card Auction. Before I get to the details of the card, I want to share a bit about the auction… This is my second year hosting this auction over on Instagram HERE and this year...
