Pink & Main – Hello Beautiful Sneak Peek

Hey friends! I’m back this afternoon to share a little sneak peek of the upcoming Pink & Main release with you! It’s a little bit of a different release this time but it’s packed full of soooo much goodness! I can’t wait for you to see on Saturday!

For today’s card, I started by using a new cool stencil called Fidgety with some blue dye ink and my blending brush. Then I went over parts of it with texture paste and set the panel aside to dry. However, when it was drying and I was choosing my background panel color, I decided to flick them both with watered down black acrylic paint. Then I actually left both panels alone to dry all the way. (I’m a very impatient crafter so we left the house to get some coffee. Fun family adventures.)

When we came back, I die cut the panels with the stitched slimline dies and I moved on to my sentiment and images. I actually started with my sentiment which is from the Beautiful slimline dies. I cut the words from the new Happy paper pad and the shadow from one of the styles of amazing holographic pads that are coming too! I told you…soooo much goodness! I also cut the words from white cardstock 3 times and adhered all 4 layers together with, you guessed it, new glue that is coming! It’s fantastic! I use it on everything now!

I stamped a couple of cuties from Little Cherubs and colored them with my copics. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I moved on to assembly of this sweet card.

I used the new liquid glue to adhere the yellow panel to a card base. Then popped the stenciled panel up with foam tape. I also popped the sentiment and images up with foam squares and moved on to a couple of finishing touches.

For those, I simply added some unicorn Stickles to the hearts that the cute little cherubs are holding and black glaze pen to their eyes.

I absolutely love how this card turned out! But more than that…I’m SUPER excited for you all the check out the Pink & Main release on Saturday. It’s so cool and you’re going to love it all!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Miss Ink Stamps – Some Bunny Special

Welcome! Welcome! Today I have a couple of really sweet Easter cards featuring Miss Ink Stamps Springtime Bunnies stamps and Thermoweb Basket of Fun foiled toner sheets for backgrounds.

These toner sheet packs from Thermoweb come on white cardstock and kraft. I thought it would be fun to do a card with each one using the Easter egg pattern and the Miss Ink Stamps Springtime Bunnies images. So I heated up my laminator and foiled them with lilac foil. I stamped my images and colored them with copics. Then I ran that sheet through the scan-n-cut and switched gears to decide on my final layouts.

For this card, I adhered my foiled panel to a white card base, opened the card up and ran it through my die cutter with a My Favorite Things arched window. I inked up the edges of the window with light purple ink and also inked up the inside of my card with a little shadow of light green ink. Then I arranged my images so they showed through the window, gluing them down with liquid glue, saving one chick for the front of the window. I also stamped a sentiment in the same purple ink and trimmed it into a strip, adhering it down with liquid glue.

Here’s a look at the inside of the card. Plenty of room to write a message that won’t show through the window but also something sweet and cute to see on the inside too!

Now let’s take a look at the kraft base card that I made as well.

For this one, I adhered the Easter egg panel to a card base with liquid glue. Then I trimmed a white strip of cardstock about an inch wide and inked the top with light purple ink and popped it up with foam tape. I used my MISTI to stamp a sentiment on the bottom and arrange my images, adhering them with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares.

For finishing touches on both of these cards, I just added glossy accents around the various images. Thinks like bunny noses and eyes, chick beaks and feet and stripes and dots of the various Easter eggs.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Trinity Stamps – Hey Chick! Sneak Peek

Hello everyone! It’s sneak peek time for the upcoming Trinity Stamps Sunnyside up release that is happening on Saturday! Super exciting stuff we’ve got to share with you! Today I’m over on the Trinity blog sharing a sneak that peeks a handful of the different sets coming! It was so fun to combine a bundle of secondary images from the sets to create a happy Easter card.

I inked up my background with distress oxide inks to create a faux ground and fun sky. I used mowed lawn and twisted citron for the grass, with spun sugar and tattered rose for the sky. After that was blending, I added the lots of dots stencil and went over the sky with tattered rose again. Then I splattered it with water and flicked watered down tattered rose ink on the panel. Next, I die cut the panel with the largest embossed rectangle die. To create the skinny white frame, I took 2 of those dies and taped them down and cut a white panel.

I used liquid glue to adhere the inked panel to a card base, then the frame to that. Then I used a combination of foam squares and liquid glue to adhere my images down creating my scene. Then I cut the phrase “hey, chick!” from the graham cracker alphabet dies three times and used my quickie glue pen to adhere them together, then to the card front.

Moving on to finishing touches, I added star dust Stickles to the chick cheeks and bits of the butterflies. Then I finished things off with glossy accents on various parts of the Easter eggs, chick beaks and feet, and butterflies.

We’re having an Instagram hop on Saturday so I hope you head there and hop along with us. There will be tons of inspiration and prized to be won too!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Birch Press Design – Easter Hugs

Hello everyone! I’m over on the Birch Press Design blog today sharing a trio of cards to share featuring the petal egg layering set and a few different backgrounds to pair it with.

To start off today’s cards, I just pulled out a variety of cardstock colors – glitter and not – and started cutting the layers of the petal egg. It was so fun to mix and match, and just play, with all of them once they were cut out.

After I decided on the layers that I wanted to use together, I ended up with three complete eggs and thought it would be fun to make three cards to share with you today.

For my backgrounds, I used layer A and C of the Field of Blooms set. Then for my third card I pulled out the Memory Box spring plaid paper pad and chose one of the beautifully foiled pieces to use.

I used liquid glue to adhere all of my egg layers together and decided I wanted the backs to be solid so the background panels didn’t show through. Since there isn’t a solid egg shape I traced one of the dies three times and cut inside the tracing line and glued it to the back of my layers. If anything hung over, I just used my scissors to trim off the excess. Super easy and forgiving if you don’t fussy cut well.

I used liquid glue to adhere the Field of Blooms backgrounds to white card bases and then used foam tape to add the plaid paper, which I had trimmed down to 4×5.25 inches. Then for my sentiment, I went with the hugs honey script dies. I cut the shadow from vellum and then the words from the same paper as the bottom layer of the egg it was coordinating with.

I adhered the sentiments with liquid glue and the popped the eggs up on each background with foam tape. For finishing touches I added Twiddler’s Nook baubles to each one. This first one has gold to play off the gold foiling in the patterned paper.

Then I used silver baubles for this one because I thought the bright colors worked well with the bright silver.

And for this final card, I chose pearls because it’s got a bit softer colors and I just loved how they worked with the pink glitter paper on the top layer of the egg.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Bunny Tails Duo

Hello again! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing a fun set of cards I made using the fun bunny tails stencil. Isn’t it just the cutest with those fluffy tails sticking out everywhere!?! I love them! For release week I made rainbow tails so today I’m sharing fuzzy ones and foiled, shiny ones too!

I originally wanted to see what the bunnies looked like inked up with white pigment ink on kraft cardstock and had planned to give them fuzzy white tails but changed my mind after I inked up the second panel with those cute light brown bunnies. These cards were super fun and really quick to come together.

For both cards I started by inking the stencils up and then used Thermoweb transfer gel on the tail portion and set them aside to dry before running the panels through my laminator with pink melon deco foil and white latte deco foil flock. Let’s take a closer look at the foiled one first.

After foiling those cute bunny tails, I die cut the panel with a scalloped rectangle from frames & flags. Then I die cut a banner from the same set, flipped the die and cut it again to create a double-ended banner. I stamped the Hello Spring stamp and colored it with my copics.

I cut a piece of pink cardstock to match the pinks in the foil and markers I chose to color my image. Then I inked the edge with picked raspberry distress oxide, flicked it with water, pearl watercolor and black soot distress ink so it’s got some texture and interest. I adhered this panel to a card base then popped up the stenciled panel and banner with foam tape.

For finishing touches on this card, I added some pink glitter glue from my stash to the bunny’s tail, pink letters and tulip. Then I added unicorn Stickles to the flower center and glossy accents to the bunny’s nose. It’s such a bright, happy card! I’m really wishing for lots of sunshine after making it.

Now for the panel with the fuzzy tails! I stamped images from Hoppy Greetings and colored them with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I also die cut part of a rounded rectangle from frames & flags and then used the land borders to cut the top into some grass. I inked it up with twisted citron and mowed lawn distress oxide inks and spritzed it with water.

I added foam tape to my images and grass and added them to the stenciled panel. Then I added foam tape to that and popped it onto a teal card base I had created. Next, I moved on to some simple finishing touches. On this card I just added glossy accents to the flower centers, bunny’s nose and toe beans and called it finished.

These cards are so fun and perfect for spring! My daughter always gets really excited for Easter so I think I create more decorations, cards and things for it because we’re just in the mood and it all makes us happy. I’ve also always had a thing for bunnies. They are too cute and these bunnies are no exception!

Did you have a favorite between today’s cards?

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Therm O Web – Hello Spring

Hello everyone! I’m really excited to announce that I’ve joined the Therm O Web team! Today I have a sweet card for you featuring the bunny print from the newly released Basket of Fun toner sheets pack.

Here is a list of all the products I used on today’s card:
Basket of Fun Toner Sheets
Ocean Blue Deco Foil
Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide
Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide
Scattered Straw Distress Oxide
Paperie Ink Hello Hummingbirds stamps
Therm O Web tape runner XL
iCraft 3D foam squares
Glossy Accents
Sakura white gel pen
Sakura black glaze pen
Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen

To start things off I decided that I wanted to use the bunny toner sheet from Basket of Fun and Ocean Blue deco foil. I pulled out my supplies, trimmed my deco foil and placed the foil and toner sheet in my parchment paper transfer sheet. Then I turned on my laminator and while it was heating up, I stamped my images and colored them with my copic markers. I’m not a fussy cutter so I used my scan-n-cut to cut the images out and set them all aside. Once my laminator was good and hot, I ran the sandwich through and revealed the beautifully foiled blue bunnies! Super cute!

I didn’t want a white background with my bunnies though so this is when I chose distress oxide colors to blend over the panel. I went with cracked pistachio, squeezed lemonade and scattered straw. After blending, I used a cloth to wipe off excess ink from the foiled areas and spritzed my panel with water. Then I decided for a little added interest to flick some watered down black acrylic paint on the panel too.

Now for the fun part! I used my tape runner to adhere the foiled panel to a white card base. Then I added foam squares to the back of all my images and put them in place where I wanted.

I really enjoy adding some little bits of finishing touches to my cards so I started these with white gel pen accents on all the images and then went in with a black glaze pen for the eyes. I love the added shine and interest this gives the critters.

Then the last two things I did was add glossy accents to the bunny’s nose and hummingbird’s beaks and feet. For a teeny bit of shimmer I added Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the hummingbird wings too.

I hope you found some fun inspiration to create something wonderful. I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Pink & Main – Sending Sunshine

Hello there! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today getting inky with some super adorable little gnomes! I love these images and how big they are. Sometimes it’s nice to have one focal point that fills your card front…in today’s case there are two but I just had to add that sweet gift with purchase gnome to the scene.

I started today’s card with an idea in my head so I stamped an image from Gnome Matter What and colored it with my copic markers. Then I decided to stamp cute mini gnomie and color him too. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them aside.

I inked up a panel with ripe persimmon, dried marigold and abandoned coral distress oxide inks. I spritzed it with water a used the largest A2 layered rectangle dies to cut it out. Then I die cut a second white panel and then cut a window with one of the layered oval dies. I used liquid glue to adhered the inked panel to a card base and then foam strips to add the oval frame. I selectively added foam squares to my images and used liquid glue where they overlap each other or the frame and put them in place.

For my sentiment, I switched gears and pulled one out from Sunny Greetings and heat embossed it in white on black cardstock. This coordinating die set has sentiment banners that I used to cut it out and then popped it in place with liquid glue and foam squares too.

For finishing touches on this card, I added glossy accents to parts of the butterfly, mushroom spots and flower centers. Then I used star dust Stickles on the gnome cheeks. Last, I added 3 enamel dots from the Falling For You set.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Trinity Stamps – Hopping By…

Happy Wednesday everyone! Thanks for joining me. Today I’m sharing a really fun interactive card featuring some goodies from Trinity Stamps. First off, these bunnies from the Dust Bunnies set last year are so cute and I was so excited to pull them back out to play! Second, it was so much fun to make them into an interactive card! I keep playing with it while it’s sitting on my desk.

To create my card, I started with the Dust Bunnies stamps, Slimline Woodsy background stamp and 4-bar card dies and played around with size and placement. Once I had an idea, I stamped the bunnies, colored them with some copics and cut them out with the coordinating dies. Then I inked up a kraft panel with ground espresso and gathered twigs distress oxide inks. I spritzed it with water and after it was dry, stamped it with the Woodsy background stamp. Then I die cut that panel with the largest 4-bar card die. Next, I cut a piece of green cardstock with the same rectangle, inked it up with mowed lawn distress oxide and spritzed it too. I cut the top off with the grass die in the slimline great outdoors borders set and then cut the slider mechanism with the smallest track in the slimline twist and slide dies.

Moving along to assembly. I laid the grass panel on the woodgrain panel to use as a guide and adhered the piece that cut out the track. This was it’s green like the ground behind my bunny too. I added double-height foam squares to the back of the green panel and single layer foam to a piece of white cardstock smaller than my bunny. Pushing the foam squares on the white cardstock square through the slider track, I peeled off the liner paper and adhered my bunny to it. Then I removed the liner paper from the green panel and adhered it to the woodgrain background. I popped my other bunny in place and moved on to my sentiment.

I chose a sentiment from Springtime Sentiments, stamped it and die cut it with a banner from the 4-bar card die set. I added foam strips to the back and popped it in place, along with my second bunny. I thought the panel was lacking so I went digging and found butterflies in the Hello There set that I thought would go great. I stamped, colored and die cut those and popped them up with foam squares too.

For the background on my card base, I went with yellow so make it bright and cheerful. I inked up the edges with mustard seed distress oxide and spritzed it with water. Then I went back with Avery Elle white ink spray and once that was all dry, I die cut the panel with the A2 quilted cover die. I added this it a white card base with liquid glue and popped my scene up with foam strips.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the bunny’s eyes, glossy accents to their noses and unicorn Stickles to the butterflies. Then I found some clay carrots in my stash and added those on either side of the sentiment banner for an extra cute touch.

I know that was a lot of steps today but I promise it’s so worth it when your card is finished! It’s adorable and so fun to play with. And I can’t wait to share it with someone when it gets closer to Easter too!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Miss Ink Stamps – Red Roses

Hi everyone! I’m over on the Miss Ink Stamps blog today with a card featuring the gift with purchase stencil – Pocket Full of Posies – that Miss Ink is offering right now to celebrate their new stencil release. Isn’t it fabulous?!? I just had to pair it with the amazing Red Queen!

I started by spraying ThermoWeb Pixie Spray on my stencil and laying it on a piece of black cardstock. Then I used my stencil pal to add some red glitter glitz gel over top. I removed the stencil, cleaned up and set it aside to dry while I worked on my other pieces. I stamped one of the queen images from Queen of Hearts and colored it with my copics. Then I fussy cut her out and ran a black pen around the edge of the image to clean it up. This makes a huge difference when you cut things out on the stamped line. I promise it’s worth the extra bit of time.

For the mini scene in the opening, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 3×3 inches and stamped the bush image from Painting the Roses on it. I used a blender brush to ink the top blue and bottom green for just a hint of color. Having this small piece made it easy for me to line it up with my window once I cut it from the stenciled panel.

At this point the stenciled panel was dry so I cut it with an embossed edge rectangle from Trinity Stamps and then die cut the window with an embossed edge circle which is also from Trinity. Using the window as my guide I used liquid glue to adhere the bushes to my card front and then popped the stenciled panel up with foam tape. I added the queen to the window with foam tape so she lays flat.

For this card, I chose a sentiment from Wonderland Wisdom and heat embossed it in white on black cardstock. Then I used a banner from Trinity Stamps 4-bar card die set and popped it up with foam strips. For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the queen – areas like her crown, the gold edges of her dress, the hearts and her shoes. It doesn’t rival the awesome glitz gel but gives her a little extra interest and shine. She is the Queen after all.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Pink & Main – Hoppy Easter

Happy weekend everyone! I have a really fun bonus Pink & Main card to share with you today. I just love these long legged critters in the Love Ewe set and have been wanting to play with them. For today’s card I pulled out the sweet bunny and his carrot.

I had a vision in my head so I started to work stamping the bunny from Love Ewe and a bundle of carrots and colored them with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. Next, I arranged my Mask It In-Line stencil on a piece of light blue cardstock and inked up the circles with a blue ink for that tone-on-tone look. Once I removed the stencil I blended the same ink all around the edges for a little texture.

I used liquid glue to adhere my stenciled panel to a card base and then adhered the carrots directly to that panel. I used foam squares to adhere the bunny over the top. I stamped a sentiment from Love Ewe and cut it out with one of the new Large Sentiment Strip dies. Then I used foam squares to pop it up over the bunny’s legs.

For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the bunny’s eyes and nose and unicorn Stickles to the carrots and bunny’s tail. It’s just too cute with all that shimmer and shine added. I love it!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!