BOO!

 Hi everyone,

Today I have an alcohol inked card to share with you. 

I used Purple Twilight and Alloy Foundry alcohol inks to create my background panel.

The purple panel was die cut from a half striped cover die. As this die cuts out the tiny strips I used the die again but this time from black card stock and inlaid the black strip pieces into the purple panel.

I added a black die cut scalloped frame over my inked panel.

The Halloween figures and sentiment were die cut from black card stock and I added accents using a glitter Gelly roll pen.

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

Supplies:

Sizzix Vault Series 665563 - Halloween 2021 

Sizzix Bold Text Halloween 665995

Alcohol inks - Purple Twilight, Alloy Foundry

MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame

Studio Katia Half Striped Cover die

Slice of happiness

 Hi everyone,

Well the heat wave has finally left us for now but there is always time for delicious citrus fruit to stay cool and hydrated.

I started by ink blending my background with Distress oxide inks. When done I ran the panel through my die cutting machine using a stitched rectangle die. I then ran it through again but this time with an embossing folder.

The fruits I had in my stash from last year all stamped and ready to use. The sentiment was stamped using the same colours of Distress oxide inks.

I covered my card base with a piece of patterned paper and added my panel and popped all the elements up with foam tape.

I added glossy accents to the watermelon seeds and some confetti embellishments to my card.

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

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Slice of Summer stamp set

Altenew Angled Mosaid 3D embossing folder 

Distress oxide inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citin, Kitsch Flamingo, Saltwater Taffy, 

Tumbled Glass

Honeybee Back to Basics paper pad

Studio Katia Majestic confetti

Hello lovely

 Hi everyone,

Finally the nicer weather has arrived and the Spring flowers are blooming. Here’s a card

I created using a new stamp to me from Pigment Craft Co. called Blooming Floral which comes with a matching stencil.

I started by stamping the large flower image and embossing with white powder. I then went on to colour it using the coordinating stencil and ink blending with Distress oxide inks.

Once I was finished with all the colouring I fussy cut the image which was a bit tricky in spots.

I moved onto creating my background for the flowers with a stencil and Scattered Straw Distress ink.

I used a scalloped die to cut it out. The die cut piece was layered onto a blue piece of card stock and added to the white card.

The flower image was added with foam tape and a couple of confetti sequins were also added.

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

Supplies:

Pigment Craft Co. Blooming Floral stamp set and stencil

Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe stencil

MFT die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scalloped frame die set

Distress Oxide inks - Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover, Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers

Distress inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw

Studio Katia Majestic Confetti

Peace & Joy

 Hi everyone, 

Today I have a stencilled card to share with you.

I used a new stencil from Vicki Boutin and some Distress inks.

I adhered my stencil to a piece of white card stock and starting from the centre of the stencil blending first the purple colour and then blending a blue ink colour to the edges.

Once I was finished with the blending I ran my piece through my die cut machine using a stitched rectangle die.

I added my panel to a white card base and added a sequin to the centre of where each of the star design meets.

The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of black card stock and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

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

Supplies:

Vicki Boutin Warm Wishes stencil set

Pinkfresh Studio Perfect Sentiments - Holiday stamp and die

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die 

Distress inks - Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch 

Silver embossing powder 

Sequins - Studio Majestic Confetti 

Boo card

 Hi everyone,

Today’s card is just the beginning of my Halloween cards for this year.

I started by ink blending my background with 2 different colours of Distress ink.

I die cut the circle background from a piece of black card stock. I stamped the images and coloured with Copics.

I decided to add a little sparkle to the card base by inking the edges with Versamark ink and embossing with Black Diamond embossing powder.

I added a white panel to my card followed by the ink blended panel and then the circle die last.

The BOO letters were die cut with black card stock twice. One set I left black and the other set I added some metallic ink over top.

I stamped Boo in each corner circle then added all my other elements with foam tape.

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

Supplies:

Studio Katia Dotted Patterns Loops die

Lawn Fawn Oliver’s Stitched ABC’s die set

Mama Elephant Little Boo Agenda stamp set

Distress ink - Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet

More rainbow cards

Hi everyone,

I have had so much fun making these rainbow cards. Given everything going on in the world at this time it is nice to know there is a rainbow somewhere. Maybe Hawaii!!

For my 1st card I started by creating my cloud background using a stencil and ink blending Unicorn white ink onto a light blue piece of cardstock. 

The clouds from MFT were die cut from a piece of white cardstock which I had embossed using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The rainbow was die cut using a die from Paper Smooches and the sentiment was white embossed onto a piece of black cardstock using a stamp from Mama Elephant.

I added some glitter to the edges of each of the clouds and that's it for this card.

For my second card I used a rounded rectangle Infinity die set from Hero Arts cutting out each of the colours of cardstock and stacking them together and adding a white embossed sentiment to the middle piece.

To add a little interest to my background I used a heart stencil from Simon Says Stamp and Gina K's Iridescent glitter. Hard to tell in the photo but there is a lot of glittery sparkle going on here.

For my last card I die cut the background panel using a Wonky Stitched rectangle die and then used a couple of Lawn Fawn cloud stencils to create the clouds. The rainbow was die cut using circle dies and coloured cardstock. The sun is Hero Arts and yellow cardstock with little hearts that were created with a stencil. I added the sentiment and some Iridescent Bubbles for a little accent.

Well there you have it for the remainder of my rainbow cards. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

1st Card 

Paper Smooches Rainbow die

Spellbinders Large Standard Circles die set

MFT Die-namics Stitched clouds dies

Lawn Fawn Cloud stencils

Mama Elephant Up and Away stamp set (sentiment)

2nd Card

Hero Arts Rounded Rectangle Infinity die set 

Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts stencil

Mama Elephant Up and Away stamp set (sentiment)

Gina K. Iridescent glitz glitter gel

3rd Card

Spellbinders Circle die set

MFT Die-namics Wonky Stitched Rectangle die set

Lawn Fawn Cloud stencils

Hero Arts sunshine die

Simon Says Stamp Friend sentiment die set

Avery Elle All of Us stamp set (sentiment)

Studio Katia Iridescent Bubbles 

Kobi birthday

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using the fun Kobi stamp.

I first started by blending my background with a stencil and 3 different colours of Distress inks.

I put the background aside and went onto stamping my present loaded bear and colouring him and the presents with Copics.

I used a line word die and ran that through my machine 3 times using some shiny black cardstock and glued the 3 die cuts together.

I adhered the panel and the bear with some foam tape to my card base and then added the sentiment.

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

Supplies:

The Crafters Workshop Mini Circle Explosion stencil
Studio Katia Kobi Bearing Gifts stamp
Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Line Border die
Copics
Distress inks

Thinking of you

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using Studio Katia's Half Striped Cover die.
This is actually quite an easy card to make and so very colourful.

As the die only cuts one half corner of the cardstock I cut it twice and then adhered the 2 die cuts together turning one so that I had the stripes cut in each corner. 

I then used multiple colours of cardstock and the die again to cut all the different colours. I layered the strips back into the openings. The sentiment was stamped onto the middle white strip of cardstock.

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

Supplies:

Studio Katia Half Striped Cover die

Hero Arts Everyday Sayings stamp set.

Lawn Fawn cardstock 

Various other Bazzil cardstock

Good vibes

Hi everyone,

Sending Good Vibes. I must admit this is my first time using a Concord & 9th turnabout stamp set. It was fun to see the final result but a little note to myself for next time is to make sure that I stamp each turn a few times. I find the colours are just a little bit too light for my liking. Live and learn! Nevertheless it does make for a pretty design. The image is quite large and this makes for a 5.25" square card.

I used 4 colours of ink from various companies when stamping my images. I used some turquoise glitter cardstock for the sentiment and added some confetti for a little extra sparkle.

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

Supplies:

Concord & 9th Tropical Vibes Turnabout stamp

Concord & 9th Tropical Vibes dies

Studio Katia Majestic Confetti

Snowflake holidays

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using a combination stamp and embossing folder set from Sizzix/Hero Arts.

I started by creating my background by using a smooshing technique by applying a few colours of Distress oxide inks on to my craft sheet and then dragging a piece of watercolour cardstock on top blending the colours until my whole panel was covered.

at was dry I used a stitched die to add some stitching detail to the top and bottom of the panel. I stamped the snowflake background with Versamark ink and heat embossed silver embossing over top. I used an embossing folder and lined it up with the snowflakes and ran it through my machine. I love the effect of the raised snowflakes.
I then added some splats of black paint to the panel.

I added some foam tape to my panel and also to the sentiment strip and added them to my card base.
The sentiment is from a Mama Elephant/Hampton Arts stamp set and die set.

I also added an irridescent star from Studio Katia to the left of the sentiment strip.

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

Supplies:

Mama Elephant/Hampton Arts stamp set
Hero Arts/ Sizzix Snowflake Background set (stamp and embossing folder)
Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders die set
Distress Oxide inks - Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean
Silver embossing powder

Bee kind

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created for the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge #133 where the theme is to 'Emboss it like a Boss'.

I die cut a panel with a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die and then placed a stencil over top and began blending 2 colours of Distress Oxide inks over it. With the stencil in place I spread a layer of translucent embossing paste over top. I set the whole thing aside and created my die sentiment.

I used a Simon Says Stamp die for the Be die and layered several layers together. I then went onto diecutting just the 'B' again with several layers of black cardstock.

I stamped the word kind onto a piece of black cardstock which was die cut with a Hero Arts die hexagon shape in keeping with my stencil honeycomb pattern.

The Bee was glued to my card base and the kind was foam mounted.

The whole panel was adhered to a blank card that was embossed along the edges using the same rectangle die that I used to cut out my stencil piece.

For a finishing touch I added some snow crystals from Studio Katia.

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

Supplies:

Memory Box Texture Honey Comb stencil

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die

Simon Says Stamp Be stamp set and die

Hero Arts Geometric Shapes die set

Distress Oxide inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber

Dreamweaver Translucent embossing paste

Studio Katia snow crystals

Hi everyone,

Well it's been awhile since my last post. We were away on a little mini vacation and I guess life just happened. Maybe I haven't felt very creative lately. Hopefully that changes soon.

Anyways today's card is for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday "Anything Goes" theme and also for their current Flickr challenge where the theme is "Crazy for Coloring"

I recently won the Peonies in Bloom stamp set from Mama Elephant so that is what I used on my card. I stamped the flower and white embossed. I coloured the image with Copic markers and added some white accents with a Gelly Roll pen.

I die cut a white panel with a stitched rectangle die and then masked off a couple of strips and blended some Distress Oxide Twisted Citron ink.

The die sentiment was die cut with a piece of black cardstock and the rest of the sentiment was stamped with Versafine black ink.

I added some Studio Katia buttercream jewels and that finished off my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Peonies in Bloom stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Painted Hello die

WPlus 9 Beautiful Bouquets stamp set

MFT Die-namics Blueprints 13 die set

Distress Oxide Twisted Citron

Studio Katia buttercream jewels

Hummingbird

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card that I created with a new stamp set for me from Avery Elle. Both Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge and also their Flickr challenge #124 have the same 'Anything Goes' theme.

I started by stamping and colouring the images with Copics. I don't have the matching die so I fussy cut them out. I creating the background with a Simon Says Stamp stencil and blended Distress Oxide ink over the stencil.

I stamped the sentiment onto the background. I die cut the large frame with a Lawn Fawn die and added it to my card base with foam tape. All the images were added with foam tape also.

For a little added accents I added some round crystals from Studio Katia and a little glitter to parts of the hummingbird.

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

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe stencil

Avery Elle Hummingbird stamp set

Lawn Fawn Outside in Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die

Distress Oxide - Squeezed Lemonade

Studio Katia Irridescent round crystals

Copics

Glitter

Caffeinated Cats

Hi everyone,

Today I have 2 cards that I created using Newton's Nook Designs Caffeinated Cats and various products from other companies.

For my first card I stamped the image and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I ran the piece through my diecutting machine to add a border to the card.

I then went on to water colouring the image with Inktense Watercolour ink pencils and added shading around the image with a light grey colour.

I mounted the piece onto a card base to which I had adhered a piece of black and white polka dot paper. Stamped the sentiment and white heat embossed. Added the sentiment to my card with foam tape and added some crystals to finish the card.

For my second card I blended Distress Oxide ink to a die cut panel and stamped the image with black ink. The sentiment was stamped in black ink onto a die cut piece using a Sunny Studio Stamp circle die.
Mounted the whole panel with foam tape to a card base to which I had adhered a piece of turquoise cardstock.

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

Supplies:

Newton's Nook Designs Caffeinated Cats stamp set

Newton's Nook Designs Newton Loves Coffee stamp set

MFT Dienamics Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die

Lawn Fawn Outiside in Stitched Scallped Rectangle Stackables die

Sunny Studio Stamps Fancy Frames-Circles die set

Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Ink Pencil set

Distress Oxide Ink - Twisted Citron

Studio Katia April Crystals

Valentine cards

Hi everyone,

I have a few more Valentine cards to share just in time for this weeks' Simon Says Stamp 'Have a Heart' Wednesday challenge which can be found on their blog here and also for Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge #115 where the theme is 'All My Love'.

For my first card I used a floral stamp set from Studio Katia and some gold embossing powder. I applied distress ink and blended it in.

My second card uses MFT die-namics with Neenah desert storm cardstock for the frame. I blended two different distress inks for the base of the card and die cut Lawn Fawn hearts in red, ink and gold sparkle cardstock. I die cut the xoxo with red cardstock and applied to the centre.

For my third card I used a piece of patterned paper for the base and die cut the centre with an MFT circle shaker die and added shaker pieces cut from Shimmer Sheetz in pink and purple and added some clear confetti pieces. Die cut the hugs several times and glued them together. Added Nuvo shimmer pen over the die.

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

Supplies:

Studio Katia Floral Trimmings stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Small Heart Doily die

Simon Says Stamp Painted Hugs die

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

MFT Die-namics Stitched Basic Edges die set

MFT Die-namics Horizontal Collage Cover die

MFT Die-namics Peek-a-Boo Circle Window die

Lawn Fawn Scripty XOXO die

Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Add-on stamp set

Lawn Fawn Mini Pop Up Box die set (Heart die)

Distress inks

Distress Oxide inks

Little snowmen Christmas

Hi everyone,

I can't believe it's December already and I haven't even begun to think about Christmas. I don't even have any lights outside yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Anyways here's a card I created using some Mama Elephant stamps and a Studio Katia die.

I started by stamping and Copic colouring all the cute little snowmen  and adding Nuvo shimmer pen accents here and there.

I set the stamped images aside and started on my background. I used 2 different colours of Distress inks and blended them onto the piece and adding some water droplets. I used the Dotted Patterns die from Studio Katia to cut out the piece and an embossing folder from Sizzix/Hero Arts was used on the front of a top folded card. I foam mounted the blended die cut piece onto the card and then started to add my little snowmen filling each circle.

The sentiment from Simon Says Stamp was silver glitter embossed onto small strips of black cardstock. Added the sentiment pieces with foam tape and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Little Snowman Agenda stamp set

Studio Katia Dotted Patterns: Looped die

Sizzix/Hero Arts Snowflake Background set - embossing folder

Distress Inks - Milled Lavender, Spun Sugar

Simon Says Stamp Holiday Hellos stamp set

Nuvo shimmer pen

Foil, paste and stencils

Hi everyone,

Well I haven't been here to post for a while as it seems that I have pulled some muscles in my upper back/shoulder area which is quite painful even to type or craft. This is not good for me as I have been sidelined from exercising which is something I do everyday. Zumba, Pilates, Yoga and Power Walking all on hold. UGH!!!!! Help is on the way though with some physio. Anti-inflammitories and Tylenol are helping out a bit but oh man oh man this is extremely painful. Wish I knew how I did this so I could avoid it in the future.

Anyways I have 2 cards to share that I had previously made before all of this happened using some Newton's Nook Designs products.

I used the Evergreens stencil which is awesome on both of my cards. The first card I started with an aqua panel die cut using a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die and added my stencil and  applied some Distress grit-paste and before it dried I sprinkled on some glitter. It is super sparkly in real life. Too bad the photo doesn't quite capture all the glitter. 

I added some irridescent bubble embellishments from Studio Katia to the first card and layered the panel onto a piece of patterned paper.

On the second card I used some foil for the trees and also used the Petite Snow stencil and some Whipped Spackle for the snow portion of the card above the trees. the panel was die cut first using an MFT Die-namics using a Stitched Rectangle die. I used a mini circle shaker die from MFT die-namics for my sentiment. I adhered a piece of patterned paper to my card base and then added the panel and the sentiment circle.

Well that's it for both of these cards and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Newton's Nook Designs Evergreens stencil, 

Newton's Nook Designs Petite Snow stencil

Newton's Nook Designs Snow Globes Scenes stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

MFT Die-namics Inside/Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die set

MFT Die-namis Mini Shaker die

Lawn Plaid plaid paper

Deco Foil Lapis Watercolor

Tim Holtz Distress Grit paste

Faber Castell Whipped Spackle

Studio Katia Irridescent bubbles

Happy Haunting

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using some cute little images from Mama Elephant.

I die cut the background panel and then die cut three circles out of the panel.

The images were coloured using Copics and the ink blending behind each image was done with Distress Oxide inks.

I stamped the sentiment onto some black cardstock and heat set with white embossing powder.

I used a Studio Katia stitched rectangle die to create the black border around my card.

Stamped the little boo sentiment and added it to each image. I then added some clear round accents and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Lunar Animals stamp set

Lawn Fawn Stitched Woodgrain Backdrop die

Lawn Fawn Booyah stamp set 

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circles die set

Studio Katia Dotted Patterns: Loops die set

Distress Oxide inks - Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron

Pretty Pink Posh round clear gems

Copics

WOW You amaze me!

Hi everyone,

Well it's an incredibly rainy, windy day here so I am in my craft room and have a card to share that I created using some Alcohol inks which I absolutely love. They are a bit messy (rubber gloves recommended) but are so much fun and the results are awesome every time.

            

I blended 2 different colours on a panel of Yupo paper. I used a Mama Elephant window cover die on a piece of yellow cardstock and foam mounted it over my ink blended background piece. I die cut the WOW sentiment using a MFT die-namics die 3 times and applied it to the background slightly offsetting the bottom layer of white so as to create a shadow effect.

The Simon Says Stamp sentiment was stamped in black ink and heat embossed using some clear embossing powder.

I added some sparkly embellishments and that's it for my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Tri Window Cover die

MFT Die-namics Wow die

Simon Says Stamp Work Out stamp set

Ranger Alcohol Inks Sunset Orange and Lemonade

Studio Katia April Crystals

Friends forever

Hi everyone,

Well summer is still in full swing with nice hot days and plenty of sunshine. Love it! Maybe I can back to producing more cards. I've been quite lazy lately.

That being said today I do have a card to share for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge where the there is 'Stamp on It' in honor of their month long Stamptember celebration. Details on their blog here.

Here's my card:

I used the cute adorable stamp image from Studio Katia called Best Friends. I watercoloured the image using a combination of Koi Watercolors and Gansai Tambi watercolors.

When I was finished I die cut the panel with a Wonky Stitched Rectangle die and foam mounted the panel onto a card base of patterned paper.

I stamped the sentiments with Versamark ink and heat set using some Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder.

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

Supplies:

Studio Katia Best Friends stamp set

Koi Water colors

Gansai Tambi watercolors

MFT Die-namics Wonky Stitched Rectangle die

Doodlebug Kraft In Color 6x6 paper pad

Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder