Hello there, crafty friends. My son recently wrapped up his Fall Soccer Season so I wanted to share the thank you cards I created for his coaches… To create these cards, I cut THIS hexagon shape several times from THIS black glossy cardstock and THIS Yupo white paper to give it some shine. I started with a black hexagon in the center and worked my way out surrounding it with white and then adding...
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card features a background with lots of texture thanks to Embossing Glazes and stencils… To create this card, I started by applying Orange, Yellow, Teal, and Brown ink through an older stencil in my crafty stash (it’s the Autumn Wreath stencil from SSS). Once dry, I applied THIS clear ink on top of the inking I just did. Next I applied the coordinating color of Embossing Glaze on top...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s trio of cards feature THIS STAMPtember collaboration stamp set from Concord & 9th… To create these cards, I started with the backgrounds. I stamped the two layer oval floral image on white cardstock. I die cut it with THIS stitched rectangle die and adhered it to a background cut from coordinating colored cardstock. I white heat embossed the sentiment on the same colored cardstock and die cut it with one...
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS new card kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I created the background with the kit’s embossing folder. I gold heat embossed the images and sentiment from the kit’s stamp set and stamped the color layer from the stamp set on top to color them in. I used the kit’s mini ink blending tool to dab away any harsh lines between the color ink...
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. 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. It’s teacher appreciation week this week so I wanted to share a teacher thank you card…. To create this card, I started by stamping THIS background stamp on a kraft panel with white pigment ink. I stamped the image (from an older SSS You’re Sharp stamp set), colored with Copic Markers, and cut it out with THIS coordinating die. I cut it in half and adhered one portion to the top...
Hi, crafty friends. I have a set of Teacher Appreciation Cards to share today… To create these cards, I laid out the sentiments from THIS stamp on the front of each notecard and stamped them repeatedly to create a text background. I used THIS coordinating die to create an apple window on the front of the card. I stamped, colored, and cut out the apple image from he same set and adhered it in...
Hey there, crafty friends. Today’s card set is part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release… To create the first card… I started by applying blue ink through THIS stencil on the front of a top folding note card. I added a strip of blue cardstock along the bottom and rounded the two bottom corners. Next, I stamped the images (and sentiment) from THIS stamp set, colored them with Copic Markers, and used...
Hey there, crafty friends. I’m not a fan of winter but I am a fan of THIS mitten die. I used it to create a gift card holder… To create this card, I die cut THIS mitten die from shades of peach cardstock. I cut the top of the mitten using white cardstock and added snowflakes cut from THIS die. I stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set on the top part of the...
