Thankful

 Happy weekend everyone,

Well we are in the midst of a snowstorm here in Montreal which is actually quite pretty with all the trees heavily laden with crisp white snow. I’ll have to get out later to take a few photos.

My card today is cased from a few cards that Chari Moss recently created for Lawn Fawn. Also entering it in the current Simon Says Stamp Layer It Up challenge here

I started by adhering a bunch of coloured strips of card stock to a piece o white card stock covered in tape.

I ran the piece through my die cutting machine using a Simon Says Stamp heart die.

The die cut sentiment was die cut from Holographic card stock. The other sentiment is from a sentiment strip set of pre printed words from Paper Rose.

I used foam tape to pop everything up and added a tiny strip of the same holographic paper under the sentiment strip.

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

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Small Heart Doily die set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles die set

Hello Bluebird Thankful die

Paper Rose Black & White Sentiment sheets

Lawn Fawn Holographic card stock

Let it snow

 Hi everyone,

Although the title to my card is 'Let it Snow' I am not eager at all to have snow. We did have a bunch already but it has melted away. Yeah!!!

My card today was created using a single die set from Hello Bluebird which contains 3 dies and makes for a quick and easy card.

The die cuts 3 different strips so I used white glitter cardstock for the top piece, I embossed the bottom piece with a Sizzix dots embossing folder and the middle piece I blended 2 different colours of Distress inks over it and added some splatters of white paint.

The sentiment was die cut 3 times with white cardstock and glued together. I die cut 2 small snowflakes and adhered them together but offset them a little bit. I adhered all 3 pieces to a white card with some Tombow mono glue.

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

Supplies:

Hello Bluebird Snowy Sky Scene die set

Sizzix Dots embossing folder

Lawn Fawn snowflake die

Glitter cardstock

Warm Wishes

 Hi everyone,

Well it is Thanksgiving Day here in Canada and I want to wish everyone a very Happy Day. As we are in the Red zone here in Montreal and cannot celebrate together we can always be together in our hearts and minds ❤️

Anyways I have a card to share wishing everyone Well Wishes.

I started by creating my background with my stencil and ink blending 3 different colours of Distress Oxide inks.

I die cut the large word die from brown card stock which is the same as my card base and the other sentiment was stamped with Hero Arts brown ink.

I adhered the stencilled panel to my card and the large word die to the centre of my panel. I added some confetti pieces from Simon Says Stamp Hawaiian Sunset blend.

Also entering this in the current Simon Says Stamp IG challenge.

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

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Floating Leaves stencil

Lawn Fawn Stitched Slimline die set
Hello Bluebird Warm Wishes die set
Honey Bee Sending you Sentiments stamp set

Hero Arts Cup O’ Joe shadow ink

Distress oxide inks- Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber

Simon Says Stamp Hawaiian Sunset confetti

Thinking of you

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using a Gina K. Designs stencil, some Distress Oxide inks and a technique that I saw Laura Bassen do. She called it 2 layer ink blending on Kraft.

 

I started by cutting a kraft coloured panel slightly smaller than my card base. I taped the stencil down to the panel and began to apply white pigment ink, starting at the top and working my way to the bottom. 

Once I was happy with the white ink that I had applied I shifted the stencil slightly up and to the right and started to ink blend various colours of Distress oxide inks over the white ink. It gave a sort of ghost or shadow. This is a technique from a Laura Bassen video that I saw on Simon Says Stamp website (May 5, 2020). 

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I taped the stencil to my card and then added the sentiment with some foam tape.

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

Supplies:

Gina K. Designs droplets stencil

Hello Bluebird McGregor's Garden stamp set (sentiment)

Hero Arts Unicorn white pigment ink

Distress Oxide inks

Thankful for you

Hi everyone,

A pretty heart stencil card for today dedicated to all the wonderful hard working people here in Canada and around the world for keeping us safe and fed.  We just can't express in enough words how very thankful we are to them putting themselves at risk every single day.

I used a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die to cut out my background piece and then used my pink blending brush from Taylored Expressions to fill in the stencil with a heavy hand and went with a lighter hand towards the centre of the stencil using Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.

The larger sentiment was die cut from shiny black cardstock and the smaller sentiment was die cut once with white cardstock and then again with the same shiny black cardstock and the letters were inlaid into the sentiment.

I added a little glitter to the two o's and the r in the You sentiment to give in a little sparkle.

Pink pearl embellishments were added and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Honey Bee hearts stencil
Hello Bluebird dies
Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set
Distress Oxide ink - Picked Raspberry
Taylored Expressions blending brushes

Sparkly stencilled birthday card

Hi everyone,

Well it's been a while since I've posted anything here. I have been busy creating cards, making masks and baking a lot. I hope everyone is doing the social distancing thing to try and flatten the curve although here in Quebec the situation is not great, especially in seniors' residences. We have the most cases in Canada. Hopefully we can get the numbers down soon and start to resume our new normal life, whatever that looks like. Anyways stay healthy, stay safe!

With all that being said here are some cards that I have done lately.

And here's another one that I made for Easter for my cute little granddaughter. The easter egg changes to a different colour with every turn of the wheel.

Hope you enjoyed seeing these and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Gina K. Stencil and glitter paste
Sunny Studio Stamps - bunnies
Lawn Fawn stencil, stamps, dies
Hello Bluebird stamps
Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle dies

Warm Winter wishes

Hi everyone,

Well it's the last day of 2019 and I have finished this year off with a Zumba class this morning and managed to squeak in my last card for the year. Woo Hoo! 

I started by creating my background by blending a couple of colours of Distress oxide inks onto a white background which I had cut out using a wonky stitched rectangle die. I then applied some Gina K glitter paste using a stencil from Taylored Expressions.

I set that aside to dry and created my large sentiment by diecutting 3 times and layering together and blending some Distress oxide ink over top.

I coloured my cute little rabbit with Copics.

I adhered my panel to a base of patterned cardstock and foam mounted the large die cut sentiment.

The bunny was foam mounted and the tiny winter was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I added some glossy accents to the tiny flower and added a black gel pen to the nose and eyes.

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

Supplies:

Hello Bluebird Warm Wishes die set

Hello Bluebird McGregor's Garden stamp and die set

Taylored Expressions Confetti Toss stencil

MFT Die-namics Wonkly stitched rectangle die

Lawn Fawn patterned paper

Gina K glitter gel paste

Distress Oxide inks

Holly Jolly Christmas

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using some fun Mama Elephant reindeer stamps.

I started by creating my background by blending 3 different colours of distress inks. I then used a window die to cut out my panel.

I did a bit of watercolouring on the reindeers and tree and the sentiment was stamped on black cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The inside panels were accented using a snowfall stencil and some Nuvo glitter paste.

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

Supplies:

Mama Elephant reindeer stamp set

Simon Says Stamp snowfall stencil

Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame Die #1

MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes

Distress Oxide inks

Nuvo glitter paste

Watercolours

Bunny garden

Hi everyone,

Today's card features the cute bunny from Hello Bluebird. When I saw this set I just couldn't resist. I especially love little McGregor lying down. He makes me smile:)

I Copic coloured all the images and fussy cut them out as I did not purchase the matching die. I set them aside to go on to create my background panel.

The background was created using a stencil for the clouds and some Distress ink. I then blended some light brown ink to the lower part to resemble earth or dirt. Die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die.

I used some patterned paper to create the grassy area using a Lawn Fawn die.

I added a piece of patterned paper to my card front and then went on to adding the layers and images to my card using foam tape.

Some glossy accents were added to the watering can to give it the effect of  shiny metal.

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

Supplies:

Hello Bluebird McGregor's Garden stamp set
MFT Mini Cloud Edges stencil
MFT Die-namics Inside and Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die
Lawn Fawn Grassy Hillside Borders die
Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid 6x6 paper pack
Distress Ink Tumbled Glass
Memories Sand ink pad
Glossy Accents
Copics