Pink & Main – Hello Friend Hammies with Inked Embossing Folder

Hello everyone! Thanks for stopping by. Today I’m sharing a fun card on the Pink & Main blog featuring these sweet Hammies and my sentiment choices are still making me giggle.

It’s easy for me to overlook but some stamp sets might have less or smaller images and those are the most perfect ones to repeat on your card like a pattern. For instance these cuties with their messages and the one I relate to most with his snack in hand!

I started by stamping and coloring my hammies. Once they were colored, I put them back in my MISTI and stamped the sentiments in the signs. After that, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out.

Next, I pulled out my chevron embossing folder and a piece of white cardstock. I inked up one side of the embossing folder with The Park ink using a brayer roller. I carefully closed it up and ran it through my die cutter to emboss and ink the panel at the same time. It’s a little blotchy but looks so cool and just adds interest to the background.

Finally, I inked up a strip of white cardstock with Barbershop ink and a blending brush fading into white. Then I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry. I used EZ tear tape to add a strip of kraft cardstock to the top and popped it up with foam tape on the embossed panel. I glued that to a white card base with EZ squeeze liquid glue and added my hamsters with foam squares.

For finishing touches I just added some Touch of Gloss to the hamsters eyes so they were shiny in the light.

Also, still giggling about the sentiments on their signs. I really love this card and can’t wait to mail it! I know just the perfect person for it!

Products used:
Hammies stamps and dies
Chevron embossing folder
Dye Inks – The Park and Barbershop
Foam tape
EZ tear tape – 1/4″
EZ squeeze liquid glue
Ergonomic blending brushes
Touch of gloss

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Doodlebugs – Mini Note Card with Pretty Pink Posh, Mama Elephant and Spellbinders

Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing a mini note card featuring dies from Pretty Pink Posh, stamps from Mama Elephant and embossing folder and stamps from Spellbinders. This little card was so fun to create and I think they’re going to be a little addictive. They will be so fun to pop in lunch boxes or leave places for my family.

I really wanted to color this adorable image from Mama Elephant Storytime stamps, so that’s where I started…with no other plan in place. Sometimes this is the most therapeutic craft sessions. No pressure, just do something you want and if it turns into a completed project, cool. If not, you got to relax and color.

However, after I die cut this adorable image, it struck me that it might fit the Pretty Pink Posh Sweet Note card. And it did, perfectly! So I cut the base from white cardstock and the stitched square from teal. Then I added some texture to the square using the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder. The embossed panel is glued to the card with liquid glue and the image is popped up with foam squares.

Then I found this perfect sentiment in the Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamp set. After I stamped it, I just trimmed it into a strip and added it with a foam strip. For finishing touches I added some white gel pen highlights, black glaze pen to open eyes and stardust Stickles to the clouds and sun. Last, I did put little dots of glossy accents on noses and the frog’s crown.

Do you give little notes to your family members? I can’t be the only one. Lol!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Storytime stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sweet Note dies
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamps
Liquid glue
Foam squares and strips
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Sakura Glaze pen – black

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Miss Ink Stamps – Hi Swirl Frame Card

Hello again! Today I’m popping in with a fun card featuring Miss Ink Stamps Hi Swirl Frame dies. This die set is so packed and it’s the only thing I needed to create this card. How often can we say that anymore? It seems that something is in one set and other piece that you just have to have is in another. I’m always feeling that way.

For this card, I cut a rainbow of 1/4″ strips and glued them to a 4×5.25 inch panel of white cardstock. I trimmed off the excess with my paper trimmer. Then I cut the frame from black cardstock and glued it down on top.

I cut the shadow for “hi” from black cardstock and the letters with Spellbinders Die Cutting sparkle foam. This stuff really is magical. It pops right back up when it comes out of the die cutter. I love it! I used liquid glue to adhere everything again.

I popped my panel up with foam tape on a white card base but something was missing. It felt boring and uninteresting. So I went back to that same die set and cut some florals using the same cardstock that’s in my rainbow stripes. I used liquid glue to adhere all of those parts and my card is finished.

Products used:
Miss Ink Stamps Hi Swirl Frame dies
Spellbinders Die Cutting Foam
Foam tape
Bearly Art liquid glue

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Pink & Main – A Cheerful Hello with Negative Foiling

Welcome back everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today playing with CheerFoils again but this time, I’ve used the negative foil from last week’s card. Remember you can do that to extend the use of your supplies, have little or no waste and Pink & Main has FABULOUS colored toner sheets so your negative isn’t just black.

Last week I foiled the Making Waves Foilable card front with gold CheerFoil but I saved that negative because it came out so perfect. Sometimes I might foil the negative right away and other times, like this one, I’m non-committal on the color I want the background so I just hold onto the foil. This time I chose blue for a watery, tropical vibe. Then I die cut the panel with a Concave Rectangle and splattered the panel with black acrylic paint. This adds cool texture and pulls your eye away from any imperfections too.

I stamped and colored the sweet hula girl from Tiki Time and colored her with copic markers. Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on a Large Sentiment Strip. I added foam tape to all of my pieces and switched gears to choosing a color for my card front.

After trying multiple colors I landed on cracking campfire distress oxide that goes with the details on the hula girl. After inking the card front up, I splattered it with water and blotted it dry. Then I adhered all the elements and came in with some Touch of Gloss details on the girl.

Sometimes this much foil can be overwhelming for me but I really can’t express how awesome this card is in person and how cool the shine is to play with in the light. I love it!

Products used:
Tiki Time stamps and dies
Large Sentiment Strip dies
Concave Rectangle dies
Making Waves Foilables
CheerFoil – gold
Rainbow Toner Sheets
Mini Minc Machine
Touch of Gloss
Foam tape
Magic Anti-static Brush
Watermark & Embossing Ink
Embossing Powder – icicle
Distress Oxide Ink – crackling campfire

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Pixi Dust Designs – Floral Bergenia with Negative Die Cut Sentiments

Welcome back everyone! I’m happy to be sharing another card featuring the Bergenia dies from the June Pixi Dust Designs release. I am finding it so fun to cut and assemble these gorgeous layered blooms. Today I have a simple card with a fun twist to try.

I started, once again, by die cutting all the pieces to my flower and ink blended some shadows on the layers with a blending brush and dye inks. Then I used liquid glue to assemble all the pieces, except a foam square for the top layer of the flower.

Then, for my sentiment, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 4×5.25 inches and arranged my dies, using the flower for help with placement. I used pixie tape to hold the dies in place and ran the panel through my die cut machine. I was careful to keep all the little pieces of the letters too. I glued the white panel to a piece of purple cardstock and then inserted all the letter centers with liquid glue.

I added the flower with foam squares and finished the design off with a scattering of gemstones for some pretty bling. I love adding sparkle to things!

Products used:
Bergenia dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Rainbow Reflection Rhinestone embellishments

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Doodlebugs – Hip Hip Hooray Tropical Bird Hot Foil

Woohoo!!! I’m so happy to be joining the Doodlebugs team! I’ll be bringing you fantastic inspiration with your favorite brands mixed and matched together. Sometimes we get in a rut of using only one brand of products per project but remember that it’s fun to combine your favorites together.

Today I had some fun hot foiling with the new Spellbinders Hooray hot foil and die set. Isn’t that speckled prism hot foil eye catching! I love it! Once that was done, I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Tropical Toucans and Trellis stencil to play around.

My orange panel measures 3×5.5 inches and is inked up with Lawn Fawn carrot ink for a tone-on-tone background. I popped the panel up with foam tape before adding my birds and sentiment with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the toucan’s eyes and glossy accents to their beaks. Next I put a bit of stardust Stickles on the the flower and finished the design off with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh sea foam pearls using liquid glue.

I love how fun and happy this bright card is! It’s perfect for a variety of occasions and great to have in your stash.

Products used:
Spellbinders Hooray Hot Foil Plate and Die
Spellbinders Speckled Prism Hot Foil
Pretty Pink Posh Tropical Toucans stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil
Pretty Pink Posh sea foam pearls
Glossy accents
Sakura Glaze Pen – black
Stickles – stardust
Bearly Art liquid glue
Foam tape and squares

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Pink & Main – Just Fur You Fun with Foiling

Welcome crafty friends! I’m on the Pink & Main blog today sharing a sweet pet themed just because card using some of the new amazing foiling products. Pairing these awesome foilable card fronts and gorgeous foils with the new Minc machine from Pink & Main, you can’t go wrong! They foil beautifully, quickly and it’s so fun to create with!

When I looked at the new Just Fur You and Top Dog stamp sets, I had to put these sweeties holding flowers together! It was just too perfect. So I stamped and colored them with copic markers before using the coordinating dies to cut them out.

I love the visual texture of the new Making Waves foilable background so I decided to run that through my Minc with gold foil. Pulling from the green grass in the puppy image, I inked the edges of my card base with The Park dye ink and also stamped my sentiment in the same color. I used a sentiment banner from Sunny Greetings dies to cut it out and started arranging my card.

Something was definitely missing so I went back to the drawing board. That’s when I remembered this AWESOME new giant paw in the Paw Prints die set. It’s perfect! So I cut it from black cardstock and popped the pieces up with foam squares. I added my images and sentiment the same way and popped the foiled panel up with foam tape on the inked card base.

For finishing touches I just added a little touch of gloss to the puppy and kitty noses and black glaze pen to their eyes.

It turned out so cute and fun with all the foiled shiny texture and sweet images! I love it!

Products used:
Just Fur You stamps and dies
Top Dog stamps and dies
Paw Prints dies
Sunny Greetings dies
Making Waves foilables
CheerFoil – gold
Mini Minc Machine
Foam tape and squares
The Park ink
Ergonomic blending brush
Touch of gloss
Glaze pen – black

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Pixi Dust Designs – Just Keep Swimming Slimline with Soft Ink Blended Backgrounds

Hello everyone! I’m so glad you stopped by. Today I’m sharing a slimline card featuring the new Keep Swimming die set from Pixi Dust Designs. I went a completely different direction from my last card with this set and it was really fun!

I started by die cutting the slimline cover plate in the Keep Swimming die set from white cardstock. I tossed the little bubbles that cut out but I saved the larger opening pieces to ink blend on. I chose blue, teal and purple dye inks and randomly blended them on each piece with blending brushes. Then I splattered them with some pearl watercolor and set them aside to dry.

Then I chose some characters and scene setting dies from the set and cut them all from colored cardstock. I ink blended some shading on each one and used liquid glue to adhere the different layers together.

you might notice that I sort of followed a certain Disney movie’s character colors because I love that movie so much and totally couldn’t resist myself. After everything was glued together I started deciding what was going to go in which panel.

When that was figured out, I cut a piece of teal cardstock and glued it to a white slimline card base before gluing the die cut frame over it. This colored in all the bubble holes. Next, I added foam tape to the back of the three scene panels and popped them up in their respective spaces.

Finally, I added the images to my mini scenes with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares. Last, I die cut my sentiment using dies in the Birthday Sentiments set. I cut skinny foam pieces to pop it up and make it the same level as the background panels.

Aren’t these ocean critters just the cutest thing ever??? I’m totally smitten with this die set and can see so many more projects coming in the future!

Products used:
Keep Swimming dies
Birthday Sentiments dies
Twiddler’s Nook blending brushes
LH Colors pearl watercolor
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn dye inks – mermaid, forget me not and juice box

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Picket Fence Studios – Animal Crackers Rooting For You

Hello again! I wanted to share another card I created for the Picket Fence Studios June release featuring their adorable Animal Crackers line. This group of critters are rooting for a speedy recovery and I love it!

I started by stamping the image and taking my time coloring all of these cuties with my copic markers. Then I cut it out and set it aside.

For my background panel, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 4×5.25 inches and used my scoring board to emboss lines 1/4″ in and 1/8″ apart all the way around. This gives a subtle frame and great detail to your focal panel. Then I placed the panel in my MISTI and stamped the sentiment, making sure I had room for my image because it’s so big.

I popped the panel up with foam tape and then did the same thing with the image. For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to critter eyes and noses. Then I glued down a scattering of sequins from the new Lake Tahoe embellishment mix.

Products used today:
Animal Crackers: Kind Messages stamps and dies
Lake Tahoe embellishment mix
Foam tape
Liquid glue

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Spellbinders – It’s My Party Too with Hot Foiling

Happy Friday everyone!!! I’m popping in today with a pair of cards featuring the Spellbinders It’s My Party Too collection. It’s a fabulous add on to Carissa Wiley’s It’s My Party so be prepared you’re going to want it all! Super versatile, brilliantly designed and amazing to create with!

To start off, I just pulled out some hot foil and played with that for a minute so I had extra sentiments when I was done. I used two from the Metallic & Holographic Variety Pack today.

I’m going to start with this Best Day Ever card because I’m a little obsessed with it and how totally cool the holographic foil is on the sentiment! I paired the sentiment with the new Tiny Dots embossing folder and the middle section you get using the Scrolled Punch & Pierce Plate.

You know I love dimension so the embossed panel is trimmed to 4×5.25 inches and popped up with foam tape, then the scroll frame and sentiment are popped up with foam squares too. To finish off the design I added some pink opalescent sequins across the design.

Next, I went a different route and added some stitching fun to my card.

I loved how the Hooray sentiment perfectly covered the length of the Stitched Kaleidoscope Hexi-Gem die cut so I paired them together for a different look. I stitched in pink and added pink and purple layers behind the border. Then glued the hot foiled sentiment to the top edge.

Next, I embossed another 4×5.25 inch panel with the Tiny Dots embossing folder. This time I added a little ink splatter to the embossed panel using watered down spun sugar distress oxide ink too. Everything is popped up with foam tape the same way as the first card and I finished things off with the same scattering of sequins too.

Here’s one more look at the pair of cards together. They’re so shiny and pretty! I’m so happy with how they turned out and seriously love playing with that holographic foil in the light. It’s addicting.

Products used today:
Glimmering Best Day hot foil plate and die
Glimmering Hooray hot foil plate and die
Tiny Dots embossing folder
Scrolled Punch & Pierce Plate die
Stitched Kaleidoscope Hexi-Gem dies
Metallic & Holographic Variety Pack hot foil rolls
Pink Opalescent sequins
Liquid glue
Foam tape and squares
Distress Oxide Ink – spun sugar

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