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...
Hey there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS new card kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I started by stamping the snowflakes image from the kit’s stamp set on purple cardstock with purple ink. I added two layers under each strip to add some dimension and adhered it on top of a piece of the kit’s patterned paper that was stamped with a sentiment from the same stamp set. I finished...
Hello there, crafty friends. I’m back with more inspiration using THIS card kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I applied Distress Oxide ink through the kit’s layering stencils to create a fall frame on a piece of light pink cardstock. For the second layer, I applied THIS texture paste to add some dimension. I gold heat embossed the sentiment from the kit’s stamp set in the center. I adhered down the...
Howdy, crafty friends. I’m a HUGE fan of teachers so I like to create a bunch of cards for them before the school year starts to have them on hand and ready to pass out frequently through the school year. To create this card, I started by stamping THIS background stamp on a white A2 panel and coloring it with Copic Markers. I stamped the a+ image in the top right from THIS stamp...
Hello there, crafty friends. I’m thrilled to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. I have two teacher thank you cards to share today because I’m a big fan of teachers and want to have lots of them on hand for the upcoming school year… To create these cards, I applied ink through THESE layering stencils to create the background on each card. I used Distress Oxide inks on both. I...
Hello, crafty friends. I have two cards to share that spotlights an embossed background… For the first card… I die cut THIS flower die from four different colors of cardstock and adhered all the pieces together. I embossed THIS pattern on a piece of white cardstock and applied ink through THIS stencil in the center of the panel, highlighting a spot for the die cut to be adhered along with THIS die cut sentiment....
Hello again, crafty friends. I’m a huge fan of teachers and as the school year is winding down, I wanted to share a few teacher appreciation cards I created… To create these cards, I started by stamping THIS background with an ink that coordinates with the cardstock color for a tone on tone look. I stamped the image and sub sentiment from THIS stamp set on THIS banner. I cut THIS teacher word from...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards are all about how I choose color combos for my cards… VIDEO You can watch the video on how I created these cards HERE or click on the video below… To create these cards, I stamped and embossed THIS heart image several times. I did a couple with gold heat embossing, silver heat embossing, white heat embossing, and clear heat embossing over black pigment ink. I used THESE layering...
Howdy, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS new card kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I stamped a floral image from the kit’s stamp set using VersaMark ink. I cut it with THIS stitched rectangle die and added a green cardstock mat around it. I adhered that piece to a side folding note card. Next, I cut the kit’s pattern paper into thin strips and weaved the paper for some added...
