Miss Ink Stamps – New Release Sneak Peek

Hey friends! It’s the start of sneak peeks for the Miss Ink Stamps release which is this Saturday! Today I have a silly and fun card featuring On a Roll. It makes me giggle because we have cats and know how real it can be.

This was a simple card to pull together and was a lot of fun to create. I started by coloring the image and using the scan-n-cut to cut it out. Then I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment, cutting it out with a banner die.

I used the Big Paw Prints stencil on a piece of green cardstock with darker green ink. Then I splattered the panel with a different, darker green and also white paint. After it dried I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 inches and popped it up on a white card base.

I added the image and sentiment strip with foam squares as well. Then I finished things off with black glaze pen on the kitty’s eye and glossy accents on his nose and the holder for the roll of toilet paper.

Check out the rest of the design team today and tomorrow for sneaks of other sets that are coming and be ready for the big day on Saturday. I’ll be back then with another card for release day.

Products used:
On a Roll stamps
Big Paw Prints stencil
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ink – artichoke and jalapeno
Sakura glaze pen – black
Foam tape and squares
Touch of gloss
Sentiment banner die

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Twiddler’s Nook Spooktacular IG Hop

I can’t believe today is finally here. This has been months in the making and I’m excited to share with you the Twiddler’s Nook Spooktacular Instagram Hop! It’s a hop for us Halloween loving card makers where we come together on the 31st of each month from January through October to share fun inspiration and highlight the awesome products we offer at Twiddler’s Nook.

Today I’m sharing a fun shaker card using the Rainbow Wishes confetti as my shaker bits. I thought it was fun to add some color instead of my typical “Halloween” colors. I also used a Tonic Studios full panel shaker window which makes creating shaker cards a breeze and fun with no thick borders to hide your foam tape.

The images come from one of my favorite Pink & Main sets called Halloween Brew. Instead of going with a sentiment from the stamp set, I pulled out the Mama Elephant Big Boo and Trick dies.

For a little added spook, I used the Twiddler’s Nook blending brushes on a piece of gray cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Spooky Sky stencil set.

With all the layers put together, I finished things off with stardust Stickles on the stars and bubbles on my images.

Products used today:
Twiddler’s Nook blending brushes
Twiddler’s Nook Wishing on Rainbow Stars confetti
Twiddler’s Nook Pressure Pal
Tonic Studios shaker pouch
Pink & Main Halloween Brew stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Big Boo and Trick dies
Newton’s Nook Land Border dies
Pretty Pink Posh Spooky Sky stencils
Stickles – stardust
Pink & Main EZ Squeeze liquid glue

If you’d like to join us on the hop, head over to Instagram and comment for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Twiddler’s Nook shop. You have until February 3 to comment. The winner will be announced on February 5.

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Newton’s Nook – I Whaley Love You Bookmark Tag

Hi friends! I’m on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing a sweet love themed bookmark tag. I really love creating with this die set. The long tag shape is different and works great for decorating a slimline card, a bookmark and a gift tag too!

Today I started with my tag first and that led the way for my color palette. I cut the tag from a gray-blue cardstock in my stash and inked it up with the Waves stencil using a slightly darker blue ink. Then I shifted the stencil and messily spread texture paste through it for a little mixed media feel. I set that side to dry while I stamped and colored my images.

I chose the whale from Tides of Love and colored it with copics close to the color of my cardstock. Then I went digging for extra small images to add and found these awesome seashells in Summer Moments. I used the coordinating dies from each set to cut everything out. Finding the best shape for my sentiment came from the Circle Frames die set. I didn’t like the stark white though so I used the same copic markers as the seashells to color that too.

I used liquid glue to add the seashells to the bottom of the tag and the sentiment circle. Then I popped the whale and senitment circle up with foam squares. I cut a second tag from white cardstock, layered them together and threaded ribbon through the hole. I tied that with jute twine and finished things off with glossy accents and stardust Stickles on the whale.

I had Valentine’s Day in mind when I created this but it really would be fabulous for an anniversary or just because gift too.

Products used:
Tides of Love stamps and dies
Summer Moments stamps and dies
Bookmark dies
Circle Frames dies
Waves stencil
Blending brush
Stencil pal
Texture paste
Lawn Fawn deep sea ink
Foam squares
Touch of gloss
Liquid glue
Stickles – star dust

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Miss Ink Stamps – Valentine Rainbows

Happy Tuesday everyone! I wanted to share more valentine inspiration featuring a few stencils from Miss Ink Stamps today. We’ve got new release sneak peeks starting Thursday so you get bonus Miss Ink Stamps content from me this week. So fun!

I started with the Rainbow Builder stencils in all pinks and reds. Then went over the bottom with the Scene Builder: Clouds stencil using pink ink for the clouds and pink Glitz Gel from Thermoweb for the detail layer. I stamped a sentiment from Fall Bouquet in the lower left corner using my MISTI since I was too impatient to wait for the glitz gel to dry.

I set the panel aside and pulled out the Oh Happy Day Frame dies and cut the scalloped frame from pink and black cardstocks. I used liquid glue to adhere them to the stenciled panel and popped that whole thing up on a white card base.

For finishing touches on this card I just added glossy accents to the stenciled heart so it had a little shine and stood out more than just ink.

Isn’t this a sweet card, perfect for Valentine’s Day, which is going to sneak up on us very quickly!?!

Products used:
Rainbow Builder stencils
Scene Builder: Clouds stencil
Fall Bouquet stamps
Oh Happy Day Frames dies
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Thermoweb glitz gel – pink
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – ballet slippers, guava, lobster, chili pepper
Touch of gloss

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Doodlebugs – Valentine Train with Stenciled Background

Choo! Choo! We’re boarding the sweetest train you’ll ever see to the Doodlebugs blog today. It’s mix it up Monday and I’m excited to share my ideas for today’s post.

I was recently playing with the newest Pretty Pink Posh release, coloring this adorable Valentine Train set and brainstorming what I could add to the empty train car. I love that it’s included in the set because it immediately makes this a set for all occasions. Today I was happy to keep with the valentine theme and pull in some adorable Mama Elephant Little Agenda Bears to the mix.

I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and liquid glue to assemble it all. Then I inked up the new Pretty Pink Posh Half Hearts stencil using Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink. After the panel was inked, I splattered it with watercolor paints and let it dry.

For assembly, I glued the panel to a white card base and added the train track to the bottom. Then I added the train with foam squares and the puffs of smoke with liquid glue. Last, I popped up my couple of bears in the sky with foam squares too. I placed the card in my MISTI and stamped a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine in a light gray ink.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the bears eyes and noses and glossy accents to things like random hearts and train wheels. Not too much but a little shine here and there to go with the shimmer in the watercolor.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Valentine Train stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Half Hearts stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine stamps
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Bears stamps and dies
Sakura black glaze pen
Liquid glue
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ink – ballet slippers and narwhal
Glossy accents
LH Colors watercolor – vanilla

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Spellbinders – Saturday Stitching Inspiration

Welcome friends! Today I have another Spellbinders Saturday to share some inspiration featuring different Spellbinders products, new and old. Today I decided to add the stitching detail instead of skipping it. This card was a wing it as I go project and it was great for getting some creative juices flowing.

I started by die cutting the two half rounds from the Stitched Kaleidoscope Arch die set and the layers for the eyelet openings as well. I used liquid glue to adhere those on and then chose to heat embossed the top half of my sentiment in white and mirror the white on the bottom with my stitching. I’m loving these green hues!

Next, I pulled out the Notched Corner Frames dies and cut one from white cardstock that I ink blended with distress oxide ink in peeled paint. I splattered it with water and flicked some watered down mowed lawn ink on it as well.

For my larger layer, I skipped a size and cut another white panel from the one two sizes up and ran it through my die cut machine in the Dazzling Dots embossing folder. Now that I had a better idea of the final look I needed to decide on my sentiment banner and ink color for that. I decided to go back to the peeled paint distress oxide ink so it went with the inked panel and those great green tones.

For assembly, I popped the embossed panel up with foam tape, glued the next panel with liquid glue along with my stitched kaleidoscope and then popped up the sentiment strip.

I absolutely love how this turned out! It was really fun to create and really helped me through a little creative slump.

Products used:
Stitched Kaleidoscope Arch dies
Notched Corner Frames dies
Dazzling Dots embossing folder
Distress Oxide Ink – peeled paint, mowed lawn
Foam tape
Liquid glue

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Newton’s Nook – XOXO and a Sale

Hey friends! Newton’s Nook isn’t having a new release this month but they are having an awesome Sweethearts sale and lots of new inspiration from the design team this week. I had some die cutting fun and wanted to share it with you today.

I started by die cutting the heart shapes with the coordinating dies to the Candy Hearts stamp set. I love that this die set works with the heart stamp or without. I chose copic markers a smidge darker than my cardstock and colored the edge of the back layer so there was dimension. I glued the two layers together with liquid glue and stamped the candy heart sayings on each one.

Next I die cut XOXO three times each from white cardstock using the Essential Alphabet dies and glued them to a black banner from the Banner Trio die set. I folded the edges of the banner and used liquid glue and reverse tweezers to hold it while it dried.

Next I cut a teal panel with the largest Framework die and inked the center using the Petit Hearts stencil with darker teal ink. I popped the panel up with foam tape on a white card base and then did the same with the hearts and sentiment banner too.

A question that goes along with that of Peeps and candy corn, do you like conversation hearts at Valentine’s time? I definitely do! But I’m also a sucker for Peeps all year long now that they’ve expanded and candy corn for Halloween is a must. Lol.

Products used today:
Candy Hearts stamps and dies
Framework dies
Essential Alphabet dies
Petite Hearts stencil
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn peacock ink
Foam tape
Liquid glue

Don’t forget about the sale at Newton’s Nook!

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Miss Ink Stamps – Punny Farm Pigs with Texture Paste Background

Happy Thursday again! I’m really excited to share my Miss Ink Stamps inspiration with you today. You know I love getting messy in the craft room and today is a big testimony to that. I used to love creating with Ranger texture paste but for some reason I ran out and hadn’t bought a new tub. Don’t worry, I fixed that now. And immediately dove into it when it arrived.

I inked up a white cardstock panel with distress oxide ink fading from picked raspberry to spun sugar. I spritzed it with water and let it dry while I mixed some paint in my texture paste. I knew I wanted to go super bold and wild for my card today. When the paste was mixed and the panel was dry, I taped the Hand Drawn Hearts stencil over the top and spread the black texture paste through it. Before removing the stencil though, I took my palette knife and created texture on the hearts so it wasn’t smooth. This kept the heart shape and gave awesome ripples in the hearts.

I stamped and colored one of the sweet piggies in Punny Farm Pigs and cut it out. Then I used a craft knife and cut one of his hands free to hold the O. The XOXO come from the EIEIO Frame die set. Last, I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment from Punny Farm Pigs and cut it out with a banner die.

I adhered the stenciled panel to a card base with liquid glue and then added my sentiment and piggy to that with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares.

For finishing touches I used a black glaze pen on the pig’s eyes, let it dry and came back in with whit gel pen for the highlight. This makes it stand out so much more than the stamping. I also added some glossy accents to his nose.

Products used:
Punny Farm Pigs stamps and dies
EIEIO Frame dies
Hand Drawn Hearts stencil
Distress Oxide Ink – spun sugar, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry
Texture paste
Touch of gloss
Palette knife
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Sentiment Banner die
Magic Anti-static brush
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing powder – frosting

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Pretty Pink Posh – Valentine Cupcake

Happy Wednesday everyone! I am SO EXCITED to share today’s card with you! I had an absolute blast creating today’s card. I used some fabulous goodies from the most recent Pretty Pink Posh release. The way this card evolved as it came together almost had a mind of its own and it was fabulous!

I started by just playing around creating my die cut cupcake. I love these flowers and actually started with a little trio, then I thought it would be cuter if they adorned the frosting on the whole cupcake. I used liquid glue and reverse tweezers to hold things in place while they dried.

Next I inked up a background panel with distress oxide inks in candied apple and abandoned coral. I let that dry overnight and came back the next day to use the Layered Hearts stencils. The first layer is spun sugar distress oxide ink pounced on so the light ink would sit on top of the darker reds. Then I spread Pink & Main glossy gel through the second stencil layer and let the panel dry.

When the panel was dry I cut it out with the largest Eyelet Rectangle die. I inked the edges of my card base with peacock feathers distress oxide ink and splattered it with water before popping the stenciled panel up with foam tape. Then I added the cupcake to the with foam tape as well.

Products used:
Big Valentine Cupcake dies
Layered Hearts stencils
Eyelet Rectangles dies
Distress Oxide Ink – candied apple, abandoned coral, peacock feathers, spun sugar
Foam tape
Glossy gel
Liquid glue
Palette knife

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Mama Elephant – Valentine Card and Tag Duo with Heart Pocket Dies

Hi friends. I have a few more Valentine projects I wanted to share with you. Today it’s a card and tag duo featuring Mama Elephant stamps and dies. I loved this Heart Pocket dies when they came out but I hadn’t made time to create with them yet but Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to make an excuse!

I started by die cutting the heart pocket pieces from red and pink cardstocks in my stash. I liked the idea of them being opposite colors with teal inserts. Then I also had the adorable Love Cupids set in my stash unopened. Seriously, how is that even possible!?! They are SO CUTE!

I stamped images from the set and colored them with copic markers before using the coordinating dies to cut everything out. For my card, the white panel is just an A2 piece of cardstock with the heart pocket adhered to the front with liquid glue. There is nothing to open. You slide the teal piece of cardstock out to read the handwritten message that hides behind the heart. I thought this was fun and different.

My tag is similar in that I will adhere a gift card to the teal panel but there will be a message written on the back to the recipient. Both of my sentiments come from the Essential Tag Sayings stamp set. I adore this puffy font and how bold the sentiments are.

I finished things off with some glossy accents on noses and hearts, then stardust Stickles on wings and flowers. I also added black glaze pen to the critter eyes.

I am really excited to give this set away to a very special recipient this Valentine’s Day!

Products used:
Love Cupids stamps and dies
Heart Pocket dies
Essential Tag Sentiments stamps
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Sakura gelly roll glaze pen – black

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