Happy Hump Day, Everyone! Recently, I needed to make a birthday card and there is no better occasion to pull out the Bunny Balloons stamp set from Whimsy Stamps. I highly recommend this stamp set since it's both adorable and versatile featuring several different sentiment types. Images My goal was to create a fun and colorful card so I started by selecting a bright rainbow pattern paper from Doodlebug Design's Sweet Summer paper pad. I also wanted to use all of the bunny images so I ...
Hi Everyone, In honor of Valentine's Day this week I'm posting a loved theme card featuring Simon Says Stamp's Ornate Love stamp set. Images I really adore all the images in this set so I wanted to create a card using them all. To start I stamped the largest heart several times using MFT's Poppy ink and the medium heart several times using Lawn Fawn's Ballet Slippers ink. Next, I heat embossed the smallest heart using Ranger's Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder. Sentiment I ...
Hi Everyone, Since Valentines Day is so quickly approaching I thought it'd be fun to share a love themed card using Gerda Steiner Designs' Valentine Penguins stamp set. Images The penguin holding the balloon in this set really stole my heart so I decided to stamp him three times in different positions so it would appear as if an entire group of penguins was floating away. To fill in the white space between the penguins I stamped a heart balloon and additional heart image from Pink & ...
Hi Everyone, Today I'm sharing a fun winter themed card featuring Sunny Studio's Polar Playmates stamp set and the polar bear from Avery Elle's Winter Woodland Wonders stamp set. Background Panel For my background I started by stamping Lawn Fawn's Snowy Backdrops onto Neenah Solar White, 110 lb, cardstock and heat embossed it with Ranger's Super Fine Detail White embossing powder. Next, I blended Salty Ocean and Broken China Distress Oxide inks on to the panel making sure to use a light ...
Hello All! For my very first blog post (I am so excited to say that!!) I'm sharing a fun technique for making super quick cards using outline coloring or what I call "suggestive coloring". The four cards below demonstrate how to use this technique while gradually becoming more complex, but don't worry even the most complex card is super fast and easy to make. So, with that said let's move on to the fun part! Card One: This card is the most simple to make as it requires very little ...
