Hello again, crafty friends. I have a simple thinking of you card to share today… To create this card, I used THIS die to add some texture to a white piece of cardstock. I added a black mat around it and adhered it to a card base. Next, I used THESE watercolors to create a rainbow background and used THESE dies to cut out square panels form it. I adhered those to the center...
Foiling with Stencils
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...
Layered Fluttering Butterflies Card
Hi there, crafty friends. I’m all about the layering stencils lately and today’s card features THIS one… I started by applying ink through the three layers of stencils using a light, medium, and dark ink in the same color family. I LOVE that they label each stencil with what shade of ink to use. It takes out all of the guess work. I also added the string of dots from the stencils around each...
Ink Blending on Colored Cardstock
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s cards features ink blending on colored cardstock… I always tend to reach for white cardstock when I ink blend so I thought I would switch it up and start with colored cardstock as the background. I find Distress Oxide inks work best for this. I started by applying Distress Oxide inks through THESE layering stencils, drying each layer in between. I chose Distress Oxide inks because they have a...
Repeated Stamped Image Background
Hello again, crafty friends. I have a fun, cheeky card to share with you today that features a background created from stamped images… I stamped several of the images from THIS stamp set and colored them in with Copic Markers. I used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I stamped sentiments from THIS stamp set and used THESE coordinating dies to cut one of them out. I cut the other sentiment into as...
Coloring Stamps with Distress Watercolor Pencils
Hi, crafty friends. I have a card set to share today featuring coloring a stamp with Distress Watercolor Pencils and spritzing with water for a faux watercolor look… To create these cards, I started by spritzing the large butterfly image from THIS stamp set with water inside my MISTI. I used THESE Distress Watercolor Pencils to color the image. I was going for an “artsy” watercolor look so I spritzed the image again with...
Best Year Yet Card Kit
Hi, crafty friends. I have a Birthday card to share today featuring THIS new card kit… To create this card, I started with a 6×6 piece of white cardstock and stamped an image from THIS stamp set (included in the kit) towards the top center. I rotated the cardstock 180 degrees in my MISTI and stamped again. I did the same process for the image on the right and left. I continued in the corners...
Creating with Specialty Cardstocks
Howdy, crafty friends. Today’s card features creating with specialty cardstocks… I started by dry embossing THIS stencil on a piece of THIS specialty cardstock using THIS mat with my die cut machine. Next, I used the same specialty cardstock pack to die cut THIS leaf die, THIS circle die, and THESE flowers. I die cut THIS butterfly die from gold cardstock. I added some of THESE embellishments to the center of the flowers. I...
Winging It Card
Howdy, crafty friends. I have a mini slimline scene card to share with you today… I started by ink blending the background using a few shades of Blue Distress Oxide ink. I stamped THIS background on top using white pigment ink. I stamped the images from THIS stamp set, Copic colored them, and cut them out. I stamped the light/glow image from THIS stamp set in one of the jar’s and colored it in....
Some Bunny Easter Tags
Hello crafty friends. I have some Easter tags to share today… To create these cards, I started by applying two colors of Distress Oxide ink to teach tag. I wanted an Ombre look so I did a darker shade on the bottom of the tag and a lighter shade on top. I spritzed water on top for som added texture. I die-cut THIS die several times from white cardstock. I adhered three together for...