Rainbow raindrops

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share for the August Simon Says Stamp IG challenge where the theme is to use a stencil.

I used the Raindrop stencil and ink blended a bunch of Distress inks in rainbow order onto white card stock.

The sentiment and word die are from Altenew. I die cut the word from white vellum and stamped over top with a mix of blue and purple Distress inks to follow the order of the raindrop colours on the card. I also heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

The sentiment was stamped on black card stock and embossed with white embossing powder.

I used a rainbow paper from Lawn Fawn to cover my card base and adhered the blended panel with foam tape and added the word sentiment with foam tape also.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Raindrops stencil

Altenew Halftone Smile stamp set and die

Distress inks 

Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow 6x6” paper pack

White and clear embossing powders

Happy Mother’s Day

 Hi everyone,

I would like to wish a very Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful moms my daughter included who is a super mom to my sweet 2 year old granddaughter.  This past year has been especially trying for a lot of moms but we seem to have survived and are probably stronger than we even know. We will all be together again soon with family and friends ❤️

With that I have a card to celebrate the day.

I used a new Altenew 3D embossing folder with a piece of pale purple card stock for my card. This folder gives a nice deep embossed image which makes it easy to add some ink details.

I used Distress inks in Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron and Mustard Seed and added lightly over the flowers.

I then used Tim Holtz sanding block to add a little detail to the edges of the flowers.

The sentiment was stamped in black ink and the die cut was cut from a piece of purple e card stock. Both were added with foam tape.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Enjoy your day ❤️

Supplies:

Altenew Beautiful Bergenia 3D embossing folder 

Sunny Studio Stamps Wishes word die

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Spring Sentiments stamp set

Distress ink

Tim Holtz sanding block 

International Women’s Day card

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share celebrating International Women’s Day. Happy Day!

I used the Crocus Flower stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh to stamp the flowers. I then coloured them with Copics and seeing as I didn’t have the matching die set I fussy cut them out.

I used a new Altenew embossing folder on my card base. I blended blue ink to the bottom of a white panel to which I adhered my flowers. The sentiment is also from Altenew and stamped with black ink.

The whole panel was added to my card base with foam tape and Stickles was added to the middle of the flowers.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Pretty Pink Posh Crocus Flower stamp set

Altenew Angled Mosaic embossing folder

Altenew Beautiful Day stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Bluejay ink cube

Copics - B28, B24, B21, YG09, YG07, YR15,Y35

Stickles - Yellow

Hello Lily

 Hi everyone, 

Today I have a card to share with some pretty Spring colours to help rid the winter blahs.

I created the panel for my card using a new Slimline stencil and SSS Jellybean ink blending the colour darkest in the middle and then lightest towards the edges.

Each layer of the flower was by stamped with a different colour of ink. The leaves were stamped with 3 different colours of green.

I stamped the Hello directly to the background piece and the flower was popped up with foam squares.

The whole thing was layered onto a piece of light mauve card stock and then added to my card base.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Pinkfresh Studio Diamond Motif slimline stencil

Altenew Peruvian Lily stamp and die set

Altenew mini ink cubes

SSS Jellybean ink cube

Sending you hugs

Good Saturday morning,

Today I have a card to share using a bunch of different products from various companies.

I taped down my stencil and blended 5 different colours of Distress inks over top. I then ran the panel through my die cutting machine using a large stitched rectangle die.

The Hugs die was cut once from black card stock and once from a gold glimmer card stock. I added foam tape to the back of the black piece and glued the gold piece over top offsetting it a little as to give it a slight shadow effect.

I stamped the other words with black ink directly to the panel and then added my die cut word piece.

I die cut some little tiny hearts from the gold card stock and glued them to the panel. I then added the whole panel to a Kraft coloured card.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Honey Bee Fluttering Hearts stencil set

Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die set

Birch Press Design Big Hugs Sugar Script die set

Altenew Halftone Smile stamp set

Tiny heart from the Lawn Fawn Gingerbread House add-on die set 

Distress inks - Twisted Citron, Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry,

 Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac

I think you’re wonderful

 Hi everyone,

Well Christmas is behind us and we find ourselves back into a 3 week lockdown again with only stores deemed essential to be open. More time for crafting for me not that I spend anytime in stores. All the Christmas gifts were purchased online this year and so are my groceries.

I do have a fun and easy card to share using a Concord & 9th Turnabout stamp set.

I started by stamping the berries using 4 different colours of pink/red Altenew mini ink cubes from lightest ink to the darkest rotating the card at each turn. Then I went on to stamping the holly leaves starting with the lightest green colour first and ending by the darkest green ink last.

When all the stamping was done I stamped the sentiment from the set and stamped in the middle of my card with black ink.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Concord & 9th Holly Berries Turnabout stamp set

Altenew ink cubes - Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Grapevine

Simon Says Stamp Jellybean ink

Distress inks - Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn

Retro Christmas ornaments

 Hi everyone,

Although I am not much in the Christmas spirit I do find myself still making Christmas cards. The new Retro Ornament stamp and die set from Sunny Studio Stamps is awesome.

First I started by stamping my background with a bough branch and Distress ink. I went on to stamping the ornaments with gold ink and red ink.

My stamped panel was die cut using a slimline stitched rectangle die. I didn’t want to add a layer of red card stock to the card base so I inked up the edges of the card with the same red ink as the ornaments. I added some Nuvo glitter on top of the ink to add a little sparkle.

I added some gold thread to each of the ornaments and adhered the threads to the back of the panel. I added a little foam square to each ornament and adhered them to my card.

I die cut little red bows from glitter card stock and added one to each ornament.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink ad die cut with a Zig Zag rectangle die.

I inked the edges of the sentiment piece with the same gold ink in the ornaments and added to my card with foam tape.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Stamps Retro Ornaments stamp and die set

Sunny Studio Stamps Holiday Style stamp set

Lawn Fawn Zig Zag Rectangle Stackables die set

Distress ink - Peeled Paint

Altenew Ruby Red mini ink cube

Colorbox Gold ink

Tsukineko Galaxy Gold ink 

Christmas ornaments

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using mostly Sunny Studio Stamps products.

I started by stamping the 3 ornaments in 2 different shades of blue ink from Altenew. I didn’t have the matching die so I had to fussy cut them out.

The branch was stamped and die cut with the matching die. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. Also I didn’t have the matching die so I fussy cut this too.

I used a large rectangle die to cut a piece of Lawn Fawn patterned paper for my background. The panel was adhered directly to my card with glue. All the other pieces were added with foam tape.

Before I added the ornaments to my card I poked a little hole in the branches and added gold thread to hang them from. I also added some Stickles glitter to the branches.

Well that’s it for this card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Retro Ornament stamp set

Sunny Studio Holiday Style stamp and die sets

Sunny Studio Season’s Greetings stamp set

MFT Die-namics In & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die set

Altenew mini ink cubes - Persian Blue & Sapphire

Lawn Fawn Spiffy Speckles 6 x 6 paper pad

Gold embossing powder

Stickles

Have a fabulous day

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using Hero Arts Layering Hibiscus stamp set.

I started by creating my background using the Puffy Cloud borders dies from Lawn Fawn. I didn't have the stencils so I created my own by using the dies. I used them to ink blend several different colours of Distress inks onto a stitched die cut panel.

Once I had my background done I stamped the flowers in different shades of yellow and orange. The leaves were stamped with 2 different colours of green ink.

I attached the panel to my card base and then added the flowers and leaves laying some flat and adhering some with foam tape.

The sentiment is from Paper Roses sentiment pack set. I adhered a few crystals to the background and some Stickles to the centre of each flower. 

Well that completes my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Hero Arts stamp set CL868
Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud Border die set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Paper Roses Black & White sentiment sheets pack

Inks - Altenew, Hero Arts, Tsukineko Dew Drop, Distress inks

Floral hugs

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that using a watercolour technique and some distress inks.

I created my background first and when it was dry I stamped the flower image from Altenew several times over the background. I then die cut the panel with 2 different sizes of Simon Says Stamp rectangle dies. I adhered the large panel to my card base and using the 2 rectangle dies cut a frame from some black cardstock.

I added the frame over the panel and then adhered the smaller panel over top with some foam adhesive. I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Added some pearl accents and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Altenew Beautiful Day stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Distress Oxide inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade

Pearl gemstones

Balloon birthday

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using stamps and die from WPlus9.

I started by cutting my panel using a wonky stitched die. I then moved onto stamping the balloons in purple hue inks from Altenew. I also used a couple of Distress Oxide inks in green and yellow.

Once I had finished stamping alol the balloons I masked them off a bit and added flecks of silver paint.

The large happy die was die cut with some sparkle paper from Lawn Fawn. The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The whole panel was adhered to a card base of purple cardstock.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

WPlus9 Happy stamp set and die

MFT Dienamics Wonky Stitched rectangle die set

Altenew ink cubes

Distress Oxide inks 

Distress Paint silver

Lawn Fawn glitter cardstock

From our home to yours

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using Altenew's Leaves & Berries stencil.

I applied the stencil to my card and started to blend the berries and leaves with Distress Oxide inks masking off the berries and then the leaves. I laid the stencil back down and added some drops of white paint. I also added some little gold dots on the white background part to add a little extra interest.

I die cut a red scalloped frame and added to the card with some foam tape. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with white powder.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Altenew Leaves & Berries stencil

MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scalloped Frame die set

Distress Oxide inks

MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes stamp set

Poinsettia Christmas

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using the new Sunny Studio Stamps Layered Poinsettia die set and new large sentiment.

I started by creating my background using a stencil from Altenew and 3 of their mini ink cubes.

I adhered the stencil to my cardstock panel and began applying the colours from the bottom first with my lightest ink and then the next darker ink, then the darkest and then repeating the inks again from dark to light to the top of my card. Used my new Taylored Expressions ink blending brushes. Love, love, love these.

Once I was happy with the stripes I applied a Simon Says Stamp stencil over top of the panel and added Glitter Snow embossing paste.

I stamped the large sentiment also new from Sunny Studio Stamps with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with white powder over top.

The poinsettia was created using 4 different shades of pinks and also a dark green. The leaves were stamped with Versamark and clear embossed. Stamped the berries and heat embossed them in white.

I added my panel to my top folding card base and then added the poinsettia with foam pieces.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Stamps Layered Poinsettia die set
Sunny Studio Stamps Season's Greetings stamp set
Altenew Ombre Stripes stencil
Altenew mini cube inks - Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris
Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder
Aleene's Glitter Snow embossing paste
Nuvo Limoncello Jewel Drops
Taylored Expressions blending brushes

Sweet Anniversary

Hi everyone,

Sorry it’s been a couple of weeks but I have been thoroughly enjoying our beautiful summer here and have not spent much time in my craft room. Today however is a rainy day so here I am. 

I have a card to share that I had created for my daughter and son-in-law’s 1st Wedding Anniversary. They live in Hawaii and I only wanted to post the card after they had received it.

I started by creating my background panel using a stencil and distress oxide ink. I blended the ink heavily at the top left of the panel and then eased off my pressure for the remainder of the blending.

The panel was die cut using a large stitched rectangle die.

I had the stamped and die cut cherries in my stash from a previous project and thought they would work well with my background.  I die cut the sweet sentiment using gold glitter card stock.

I stamped the remaining sentiments with black ink and added some crystal accents and a little glossy accents on the cherries.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

The Crafter’s Workshop Mini Circle Explosion stencil

Sunny Studio Stamps Berry Bliss stamp and die set

Sunny Studio Stamps Sweet Word die

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Altenew Halftone Happy stamp set

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry 

Studio Katia April Crystals

Altenew Peruvian Lily

Hi everyone,

I just love Altenew's layering stamps and this Peruvian Lily is just beautiful.

I used a bunch of different colours of Altenew inks to create the flower and leaves.

The background was created with distress ink and a scalloped die to cut it out. I added some black paint splatters.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink and the pieces were added to a card base die cut with a dotted rectangle die.

Some crystal accents were added to the card along with glossy accents to the centre of the flower.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Altenew Build a Flower Peruvian Lily stamp and die set

MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scalloped frame die

MFT Split Diagonal Stencil

Lawn Fawn Small Dotted Rectangle die 

Altenew ink cubes

Distress ink

Glossy Accents

HAI rainbow rhinestones

Big Hugs and Prayers

Hi everyone,

Well it is still beautiful weather here. Nice and hot and sunny. Just the way I like it.

I have enjoyed spending a lot of time outside and hence not too creative in the craft room. I guess that will soon change when the weather changes.

Here's a card I did manage to create a while back but never got around to posting.
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I used the relatively new Altenew Step Builder stencil and 2 different colours of Altenew ink cubes. I love these Altenew stencils.

Once the background was created I ran it through my diecutting machine using an MFT Die-namics die.

I die cut the Hugs from Mama Elephant a few time and glued them together. Stamped the sentiment onto a strip of light blue cardstock and mounted everything onto a base of navy blue cardstock.

Well that's if for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Altenew Step Builder stencil

Mama Elephant Tri Window Cover die

MFT Die-namics Inside and Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die

Altenew Arctic & Sapphire ink cubes

Hero Arts Prayers stamp set 

Beautiful day

Hi everyone,

Well it continues to be so amazingly hot and beautiful here and has been such a great summer. I haven't felt much in the swing of things for crafting lately but hope to jump back in soon.

I have a card to share which I am entering in the current Simon Says Stamp 'Anything Goes' Wednesday challenge. Detail on their blog here.

I used a Neat and Tangled stencil and some Distress ink to blend my background. I stamped the Altenew flower with black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then moved onto watercolouring my flower. The stamped leaves were left over from another project so I just added them to the back of my flower. I used a scalloped rectangle die to cut out a border for my card. I added the stamped sentiment and some Nuvo crystal drops for accents and that completes my card.

Well off to the gym for Zumba, Pilates and Yoga - 2 hours total. Love, love my exercise.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:

Altenew Beautiful Day stamp and die set

Neat and Tangled Geometric Circles Stencil

MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scallop die 

Distress Ink

Nuvo Crystal drops

Glitter Weave

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card using Altenew's Weave Builder stencil and some Nuvo glimmer paste for an embossed effect.
Also entering this in the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge where the theme is 'Anything Goes' here and also their Flickr challenge of 'Embossing'.

Here's my card:

I first started by applying Fossilized Amber distress oxide ink to the first part of the stencil layering.

I turned the stencil and applied the second layer which was Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink.

When that was complete I laid the stencil back down so that the Peacock Feathers colour was exposed. Then I proceeded to add Nuvo glimmer paste to the stencil. Unfortunately the lovely sparkle doesn't show through in the phote. I set that aside to dry and once dry I ran the panel through my die cut machine using the Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die set.

I then moved onto creating the sentiment by diecutting it 3 times in white, turquoise and yellow cardstock and stacked the 3 pieces on top of each other and gluing them in place slightly offset from each other.

I added some sequins and a Nuvo crystal drop over the 'i".

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Altenew Weave Builder stencil

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Line Border

Distress Oxide inks Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers

Nuvo Moonstone glimmer paste

Nuvo Crystal drops Caribbean Ocean

Craft pallette knife

Sequins

Coolest birthday wishes

Hi everyone,

A week or so ago I posted on Instagram a bunch of popsicles that I had made using the Sunny Studio stamp and die set called Perfect Popsicles. Well here is a card that I made using some of them. I had so much fun stamping these out.

I stamped the popsicles with various colours of inks and die cut them out. I used a Sizzix die to cut a background for my popsicles and ran it through an embossing folder. I layered the die cut piece to a piece of patterned paper and then foam mounted the 3 popsicles on top. Added sequins in the same colours and stamped the sentiment with white embossing powder onto a piece of red cardstock cut with a smaller Sizzix die and added it to my card.

Well that's it for my card and thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Stamps Perfect Popsicles

Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl embossing folder

Sizzix die set 658363

Doodlebug Sunkissed 6x6 paper pad

Have a sweet day!

Hi everyone,

I haven't posted lately as I have been away for a few days in New Hampshire doing some hiking and shopping and picking up some new stamp products from Mama Elephant and Hero Arts. Yeah!!!

I do have a card to share that I actually made before I left but didn't get time to post it.

I used a new stamp and die set from Sunny Studio Stamps called Berry Bliss. I stamped the cherries using 3 different colours of Altenew ink and the stem was stamped using 2 different Simon Says Stamp inks.

Once the cherries were die cut I used some Distress ink to blend a little background colour for the cherries.

I cut 2 strips using Lawn Fawn patterned paper to go on either side of my panel and die cut each using a Pretty Pink Posh die. I used the same die to cut my main panel with. I added the strips directly to the base and foam mounted the white panel over top. I added some water splats and a few accents of Nuvo Jewel drops around the cherries and a bit on each cherry.

The sentiment is also from Sunny Studio Stamps using the Pretty Popsicles stamp set.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Stamps Berry Bliss stamp and die set

Sunny Studio Stamps Perfect Popsicles stamp set

Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 4

Altenew Rouge, Crimson, Velvet inks

Simon Says Stamp Jelly Bean, Lucky inks

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid 6x6 paper pack

Nuvo Crystal drops Strawberry Coulis, Morning Dew

Tim Holtz Distress ink Festive Berries