Hi there, I hope you’re having a great week!
Today I’m playing with watercolors and this beautiful spray of flowers from Altenew. Continue reading “I Appreciate Everything You Do”
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You Bring Out The Beauty In Everything
Hi there, I hope you’re having a wonderful day!
Today I’m revisiting one of my favorite butterfly stamps. It’s from the Butterfly Beauty stamp set from Concord and 9th.
Time To Relax
Hi there, I hope you’re having a bright and beautiful day! I’ve got just a few more hours to go and then I have a five-day weekend stretched out before me. Time to relax!
Today’s card uses the Center Cut Burst background stamp and the Sea You Soon stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. Continue reading “Time To Relax”
Enjoy Your Day
Hi there, I hope you’re having a lovely weekend and that the sun is shining for you, wherever you are!
I met a new crafty friend, PaperHeartScissors, a couple of weeks ago through Instagram and we happen to live only a few miles from each other. We got together and each picked a stamp set for the other to use to make a card. She picked the Avery Elle Beside the Sea stamp and die set which is the star of today’s card. Continue reading “Enjoy Your Day”
Have Courage
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Today’s card uses the Have Courage stamp set from Neat and Tangled. Continue reading “Have Courage”
A Day Without Coffee Is Like…
Happy Monday! I hope your week is getting off to a great start!
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I seem to post coffee-themed cards on Mondays. I’m always sluggish in the mornings, but Mondays always present a special challenge! Here’s another coffee card one using the Let’s Chat stamp set from Concord and 9th and the Coffee by One Little Bird stamp set from Studio Calico.
I started by heat embossing the cup and spoon images using Versafine Black Onyx ink and Hero Arts Ultra Fine embossing powder, which is clear, onto Ranger Distress Watercolor cardstock. The heat embossing creates ridges that contain watercolor and I knew I would find it challenging to watercolor the narrow areas of the cup and spoon.
I did some very quick watercoloring using three Mijello Mission Gold colors: Burnt Umber for the coffee, Prussian Blue for the cup, and Ivory Black for the spoon. I helped speed up the drying process with a heat gun and then used my anti-static powder tool to make sure that the coffee image was ready for heat embossing.
The heart was stamped in VersaMark ink and this time I heat embossed with Hero Arts White Puff embossing powder which has a great texture that I know will come in handy around the holidays.
I cut out the cup and spoon using a Brother ScanNCut2 and set them aside.
For the card front, I trimmed a piece of Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock with the largest die from the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangles die set. Then I stamped the saucer and sentiment in Versafine Black Onyx ink.
To assemble the card, I used liquid adhesive to adhere the spoon flat to the card and then I popped up the coffee cup with foam tape. Finally, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized piece of gray Recollections Kraft cardstock and then in turn adhered that to an A2-sized card base.
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You Are One of a Kind
Hi there! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!
Today’s card uses the Kind Flowers stamp set from Simon Says stamp and Mission Mijello Gold watercolors.
I started by heat embossing the large group of flowers onto Canson XL watercolor paper using VersaMark ink and Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. Then I used a round 4 brush to paint the flowers and leaves (Red Violet and Bright Clear Violet for the flowers and Sap Green for the leaves). I also added splatter using the same green.
I heat embossed the Kind sentiment using the same embossing powder and painted the letters with Bright Clear Violet. I let it dry and then die cut it and set it aside.
The “You are one of a” sentiment is heat embossed with the same powder onto Recollections Kraft cardstock.
When the card front was dry, I used the largest die from the My Favorite Thinks Wonky Stitched Rectangles die set. I adhered the two sentiment pieces using foam tape, and then adhered the card front to an A2-sized piece of kraft cardstock. Finally, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.
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