Hi Everyone, I love foiling - it's so fun and easy! And I absolutely love my Spellbinders' Glimmer Hot Foil System. Last year, I created a beautiful card with Spellbinder's Radiant Flowers Glimmer Plates and Dies and just had to create another this year. Images To create the flowers and leaves I used the Radiant Flowers Glimmer Plates. For the flowers, I used Lawn Fawn's Raspberry cardstock and foiled it with Spellbinders' Magenta foil - such a beautiful pink color combination. To create ...
Hi Everyone, I'm super excited to be guest designing for Whimsy Stamps during the month of March. I am thrilled and honored to have been asked! I adore Whimsy Stamps - they have awesome stencils and stamps plus some of my very favorite Mermaid stamps come from them. Today's card features one of the most adorable cacti stamps set out there, Whimsy Stamps' Cute Cacti! Images To create this card, I started by stamping all of the images from the Cute Cacti stamp set onto Neenah Solar White, 80 ...
Hi Everyone, Growing up my Mom grew Fuchsias - now seeing them always makes me think of her. When Avery Elle came out with the Hummingbird stamp set I had to snatch it up. It's beautiful and features lovely Fuchsias and a gorgeous Hummingbird too! Sadly, this set is discontinued but you can still buy it at A Cherry on Top. Images I began by stamping some of the images from Hummingbird stamp set on onto Neenah Solar White, 110 lb, cardstock with VersaMark ink. Next, I heat embossed them with ...
Hi Everyone, My husband colleague was having a baby girl and requested that I make a card for his wife to celebrate. He requested that it be mostly flat so he could frame it and that it have a space for the baby's foot prints. The stamp set that instantly came to mind was Mama Elephant's Wish Upon a Star stamp set - it's just so sweet. Images I stamped two of the darling images from Wish Upon a Star onto Strathmore's Bristol Smooth cardstock using Lawn Fawn's Narwhal ink and heat set them ...
Hi Everyone, I love snowflake stamp sets so this winter I really wanted to use Simon Says Stamp's Snowflake Builder stamp set. I love how many possibilities there are with this set and the fact that no matter how you layer the snowflakes you get beautiful results! The Stamp Set and Inks To create this card, I used several images from Snowflake Builder stamp set - I love all the combinations you can make! I stamped the images using the following colors of inks: Hero Arts' Soft Pink, Soft ...
Hi Everyone, I'm completely in love with all of Avery Elle's Peek-A-Boo stamp sets - they are just so fun and CUTE! I've had Avery Elle's Cocoa Stand stamp set in my stash for awhile and just had to use it. Images I stamped most of the images from the Cocoa Stand stamp sets onto Neenah Solar White, 80 lb, cardstock with Gina K Designs’ Jet Black Amalgam ink and then colored them with Copic markers. After the coloring was complete I die cut them with the coordinating dies. Background ...
Hi Everyone, After Christmas I always like to make several winter themed cards especially since there are many beautiful winter stamp sets. I've had Hero Arts' Hand Drawn Snowflakes background stamp in a my stash for awhile and really wanted to dust it off. Such a gorgeous stamp! Stamping To create this card, I started by stamping the Hand Drawn Snowflakes stamp set onto a piece of Lawn Fawn's Sage Leaf cardstock and then heat embossed it with Brutus Monroe's Sterling embossing ...
Hi Everyone, I absolutely love Hello Bluebird stamps and last year I was so sad when I ran out of time to use the super adorable Hello Bluebird's O Christmas Tree stamp set. So, this year I knew I had to create a card with it and what better then a slimline card! Images I stamped all of the images from the O Christmas Tree stamp sets onto Neenah Solar White, 80 lb, cardstock with Gina K Designs’ Jet Black Amalgam ink and then colored them with Copic markers. After using the coordinating ...
Hi Everyone, I love all of The Greetery products but their layering stamps are amazing - they are so easy to use and create such beautiful results! I just had to snatch up The Greetery's Winter Sketches stamp set since I knew it would pair beautifully with Taylored Expressions' Layer It Cardinal die set. I love the how the card turned out! Cardinal Die I created the lovely Cardinal with Taylored Expressions' Layer It Cardinal die set using two shades of red cardstock and a black ...
Hi Everyone, When I saw the gorgeous Gina K. Designs' Sparkle and Shine card kit I knew I had to snatch it up. I'm so in love with the beautiful stamps in this kit (all available for individual purchase) and I had to make at least one card this holiday season with them. Focal Panel To create this lovely card, I started by ink blending a piece of Gina K. Designs' Red Velvet cardstock with Lawn Fawn's Lobster, Cranberry, and Soot inks. I wanted the center of the card to appear lighter so I ...
