Happy Friday! I’m really looking forward to the weekend, how about you?
Today’s card uses stamps from two Simon Says Stamps sets: Even More Spring Flowers and You Got This. Continue reading “You Grow Through What You Go Through”
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Hope Your Day Is Sprinkled With Every Happy Thing!
Hi there, I hope your day is going well!
Today’s card uses the Sweet Sprinkles from Concord and 9th, made especially for Essentials by Ellen. I love the large cupcake image and the set also includes an ice cream cone for versatility. Continue reading “Hope Your Day Is Sprinkled With Every Happy Thing!”
Thanks Just For Being You
Hi there!
Today I’m sharing a card with one of my favorite sentiments. I’m using the Kind Thanks stamp set and the Twice the Thanks die set from My Favorite things, along with the Bouquet Builder 1 stamp set from Waffle Flower. Continue reading “Thanks Just For Being You”
Chin Up Buttercup
Hello there, lovely!
On Wednesdays I celebrate the fact that I’m halfway through my work week and so “Chin up buttercup” seemed like the perfect sentiment for today’s card.
This sentiment, as well as the flowers, come from The Ink Road’s Chin Up Buttercup stamp set.
The A2-sized card front is a piece of Canson XL watercolor paper. I used Daniel Smith’s New Gamboge to create this warm yellow background. There’s no special technique here, I just used an 8 round brush to add color to dry paper and created a yellow area large enough to contain the sentiment.
When the card front was dry, I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Black Onyx ink using a Misti stamping tool. Since watercolor paper is usually textured, I knew that I’d probably have to stamp the sentiment multiple times to get a crisp image so having a stamp positioning tool like the Misti came in handy.
The flowers were leftovers from a previous project, What a Lovely Face, and I thought the red/pink went well with the yellow background. I adhered the larger flowers flush to the card front, and popped up the smaller flowers using foam tape.
Finally, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base to finish the card.
Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a lovely day!
Congrats!
Hi there! I hope your week has gotten off to a nice start!
I made today’s card for a friend who just accepted a position at a new company. She has a dog that she adores so I knew I wanted to use one of the sweet dogs from Pinkfresh Studio’s Playful Animal Friends 2 stamp set.
I used Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock for this project and started by stamping the dog in Versafine Black Onyx ink. Then I stamped the banner image in Altenew Aqualicious dye ink, and then stamped the sentiment in the same black ink as the dog. I cut out the images using a Brother ScanNCut2 and set them aside.
For the card front I trimmed another piece of Neenah using the largest die from the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangles die set. Then I stamped the flower images in the same black ink, and the small bird in the same blue ink. I did some very simple coloring using Copics (R24 and R29 for the flowers, and BG02 for the leaves), and added dots of white Sakura Gelly Roll pen to the centers of the flowers. I also added a dot of black Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pen to the dog’s eye, to give just a hint of dimension and shine.
I then adhered the banner flush to the card, and popped up the dog using foam tape. Finally, I adhered the entire card front to an A2-sized card base and that finished up today’s card.
Thanks for visiting!
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