Happiest birthday

 Hi everyone,

I just recently received a new stencil from Picket Fence and couldn’t wait to give it a try.

I applied my stencil to a piece of white card stock and began blending the colours from the centre outwards.

When I was happy with my blending on moved on to die cutting my word die from some gold card stock and heat embossing the other sentiment with gold embossing powder on to a strip of black card stock.

I added the panel to my card base and added the die cut word and sentiment strip. 

For a little added sparkle I used some Buttercream crystals from Pretty Pink Posh.

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

Supplies:

Picket Fence Slim Line Radial stencil

Simon Says Wishing die and sentiment from Sending and Wishing set

Distress Oxides Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple

Pretty Pink Posh Buttercream crystals

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

Big hugs

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using a stencil and some ink blending.

I started by creating my background using a stencil from Neat and Tangled. I masked off a section at a time of the stencil and ink blended the colour using 4 different colours of Distress inks.

I die cut the panel using a large stitched rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp.

I layered the panel onto a piece of black cardstock slightly bigger than my finished panel.

The sentiment was die cut from both white and black cardstock pieces.

For the final touch I added a rhinestone gem in the centre of each square.

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

Supplies:

Neat & Tangled Geometric Circles stencil

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Birch Press Design Big Hugs Sugar Script die set

Distress Oxide inks - Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Blueprint Sketch

Hai Rainbow Rhinestones

Taylored Expressions ink blending brushes

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

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

Thanks a bunch

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today using watercolours and some added splatters. Simon Says Stamp has a current Flickr challenge where the theme is 'Split, Splat, Spatter'. This card is perfect for that.

I started by creating a watercolour background and using the Clustered Leaves die from Simon Says Stamp to cut out the leaves and then added some splatters using different colours of ink.

I die cut a frame with some turquoise cardstock and then adhered the leaves directly to my card base and then foam mounted the frame over top. The sentiment from Clearly Besotted was stamped with some turquoise ink and then I added several rainbow coloured rhinestones from HAI.

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

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Clustered Leaves die

Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set

Clearly Besotted Miniature Floral Collection stamp set

HAI rainbow rhinestones

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

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

Winter Snowflakes

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I will be entering in the Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge #109 where the theme is to 'Let your stencils shine".

I used a pretty delicate Memory Box stencil call Winter Snowflake Lace on Desert Sand cardstock with Memories Unicorn pigment ink and a small finger dauber.

Once I applied the ink to the entire stencil I set that aside and created my sentiment using only the words from a Simon Says Ornament die and some gold shiny cardstock.

When the background was dry I die cut the panel with a large stitched rectangle die.

I added some Pretty Pink Posh crystals and applied the sentiment. The whole panel was then mounted onto a piece of black cardstock and then added to my card base.

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

Supplies:

Memory Box Winter Snowflake Lace stencil

Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmas Ornament die

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die

Pretty Pink Posh Buttercream crystals

Memories Unicorn Pigment ink pad

Gold cardstock