Hi Everyone, I'm head over heels in love with the beautiful swan die that came in the Spellbinders' Card Kit of the Month for February 2019. It such a beautiful die and I kept coming up with more and more card ideas I wanted to create using it. This week I'll be featuring two cards I created using this die and next week I'll feature three more cards. Card One This card is entirely made out of die cuts. I decided not to add a sentiment because I feel the card works well for several ...
Hi All, Lately, I've been really enjoying using my colored pencils on different colors of cardstock. It's so interesting how much the pencil colors change based on the cardstock color. For today's card, I thought this super lovely stamp set from Studio Katia would be perfect to color with colored pencils. Image To start I stamped both images from Studio Katia's Citrus Trimmings set onto MFT's Kraft cardstock using Lawn Fawn's Walnut ink. I really love to use this ink on Kraft ...
Hi Everyone, For today's card, I'm sharing another birthday card idea because who doesn't need a ton of birthday cards? I have to say this card was frustrating to make because it fought me every step of the way. However, now that it's finished I really like how it turned out. Images I really love Stampingbella images and find I have the best results when I heat emboss them and color them with watercolor markers. So, to start I stamped the Lily of the Valley image onto Bristol Smooth ...
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 ...
