You are spooktacular

Hi everyone,

Well it's quite dreary here today, very overcast and a little drizzle. 

I thought I would hop on here and share one of my latest cards. I love Halloween cards.

This was a rather quick card to make. I started by creating my background with only one colour of Alcohol ink - Wild Plum which is a perfect Halloween purple colour.

I blended the ink on a piece of Yupo paper and when I was happy with my blend I left it alone to dry.

I die cut the scene from a piece of black cardstock and stamped the sentiment in black ink.

I adhered foam tape to the panel, the scene and my sentiment and added them to my card base.

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

Supplies:

Alcohol ink - Wild Plum

Impression Obsession die

Lawn Fawn Tiny Halloween stamp set

 

Pink princess

 Hi everyone,

Today's card is 1 of 2 that I have made using Lawn Fawn's Build-A-Castle die set. It will be going to my sweet little granddaughter in Hawaii.

I first started by stamping, colouring and diecutting all the pieces. I used a Brick stencil to create the pattern for the castle walls.

I then moved onto creating the background on my card base using different colours of pinks and red inks.

The pink panel was die cut using a tree border die and the sentiment was stamped onto it and heat set with silver glitter embossing powder.

I added water splatters to my background and then started to assemble my scene with some of the pieces taped flat and others popped up with foam tape.

I must admit I had so much fun making this card that I have made another one which is more masculine. 

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

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Build-a-Castle die set

Lawn Fawn Tiny Fairy Tale stamp set

Lawn Fawn Unicorn Picnic stamp set

Lawn Fawn Cloud Border dies

Lawn Fawn Forest Border die

MFT English Brick stencil

Stickles glitter 

Copics

Sprinkled with happiness

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using some recently new Lawn Fawn products.

 I started by creating my background using the cloud stamps from the set and stamped them with Hero Arts Pool shadow ink directly onto my card base and then added some Stickles around the top edges of the clouds.

 I stamped the cute little unicorns with Gina K Amalgam black ink and coloured them with Copics.

The unicorns were adhered with foam tape. The sentiment is from Paper Roses.

I added some sequins and that completes my cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Unicorn Picnic stamp set

Paper Roses Black & white sentiment sheets pack

Hero Arts Soft Pool shadow ink

Stickles - Star Dust

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

Aloha Missing your smile

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using some Alcohol Pearl inks and an Alcohol Lift-ink pad.

When I made this card I had my daughter in mind who lives in HawaiiI and I thought all the different colours were a nice mix.

I started by blending 3 different colours of Alcohol Pearl inks onto a piece of Yupo paper and achieved such an array of  beautiful colours. Once dry I used my Alcohol Life-ink pad with a large MFT background stamp to stamp directly over my blended background. The design is very subtle in the background.

I then die cut the panel using once of the larger Inifinity Hero Arts Postage Stamp dies. I die cut the Aloha several times with white cardstock and glued them altogether to create a thick sentiment. The other sentiment was cut from a Paper Roses sentiment paper pack.

I adhered the whole panel to my card base with foam tape.

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

Supplies:

Alcohol Pearls - Intrigue, Sublime and Tranquil

Alcohol Lift - ink

My Favorite Things Floral Fantasy stamp

Hero Arts Inifinity Postage Stamp die set 

Lawn Fawn Aloha die

Paper Roses sentiment pack

Yupo paper

 

 

Bright side

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using a stencil from Honey Bee and some Distress Oxide inks.

I have made a few cards lately but haven't posted them as I have been going for super long power walks, Pilates and Yoga outside and generally enjoying the beautiful summer weather without actually spending time with anyone. Oh, and throwing in a couple of Zumba online classes each week. 

Keeping the social distancing thing going as long as we need to but I must admit I do miss my gym friends but don't feel comfortable going back to the gym just yet.

Anyways, here's my card.

I first die cut my panel using a stitched rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp. Which by the way is one of my go to dies for cardmaking. I use it a lot.

I taped down my stencil to my panel and then started to blend each stripe with a different colour of DO ink using my blending brushes. Distress Oxides blend so beautifully that it makes the stripes look as though they were painted onto my panel.

Once I was finished blending I adhered my panel to my card base using some foam tape.

The sentiment is from Paper Roses which I cut to size and foam mounted to my panel as well.

This was such a quick and easy card to make. 

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

Supplies:

Honey Bee Watercolor Lines stencil

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die

Paper Roses Sentiment sheets

Distress Oxide inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple, 

Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet

Simple thanks card

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using a Hero Arts Palms Fancy die. I just love simple black and white cards and this one would have also been perfect for a Sympathy card.

Oh well. Another time.

I die cut the Palms die with white cardstock. I thought about layering a couple of palm die cuts together but decided just to glue the one die cut piece onto my black panel.

The black background piece was die cut using a large stitched rectangle die and a piece of black cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock with black ink and then layered that onto a piece of black cardstock. It helped the sentiment stand out against the white palm die cut.

I added a few white pearls for some accent and that's it for this quick and easy card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Palms Fancy die

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Simon Says Stamp Thanks stamp set

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

Celebrate Balloons

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using a fun Balloon stencil from Neat & Tangled and some Distress inks.

I started first by creating the striped background on my card with a Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe stencil and some black ink.

I then created my panel using the 2 stencils from the Balloon set. and ink blending various colours over the stencils. I added some water droplets to the balloons and some little strings and bows to each of them with a fine black marker.

I die cut the Celebrate sentiment from a piece of shiny black cardstock and added that to my balloon panel. The rest of the sentiment was stamped with black ink just under my die cut.

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

Supplies:

Neat & Tangled Balloon Duo stencil set

Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe stencil

Avery Elle Sentimental Stamp and die set

Distress inks

Kindness changes everything

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share created with a Bold stripes die and some Distress oxide inks.

I started by die cutting a panel from white cardstock and using that piece as my stencil. I taped that panel piece to a piece of white cardstock and then applied 3 different colours of ink with my Taylored Expressions blending brushes. I left 2 strips in the middle not inked so I can have room for the sentiment pieces.

Once the blending once complete I die cut the piece using a large dotted rectangle die.

I added the panel to my white card. The sentiments are from Paper Roses which I cut out. I added those to my card panel with foam tape and then die cut 2 different colours of leaves and adhered those to the panel also wrapped with a little gold/natural twine from Lawn Fawn.

I really love the sentiments in the Paper Roses pack as there are so many of them and all for different occasions.

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

Supplies:

MFT Die-namics Bold Stripes Die

Lawn Fawn Small Dotted Rectangle stackables die set

Marianne Design Creatables die set LR0227

Paper Roses Black & White sentiment sheets

Distress Oxide inks