Pink & Main – Happy Bee-day!

Welcome, welcome crafty friends! I’m so glad you’re here today. I’m over on the Pink & Main blog sharing this adorable bee themed birthday card. You all know that I love to get inky and messy so today’s card is not unusual for me at all and I just love how it turned out!

I planned my layout a bit in advance by laying the stamps on the plain white scalloped die cut to see how they would fit together. I liked it so I stamped and colored everything with copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and set it all aside while I worked on the background.

Originally I cut a smaller rectangle from colored cardstock and used the second die in the Dotted Cover dies set to cut the polka dots. The texture was not working for me at all. It was too much and distracting from the images. So I went back to square one and thought I’d start with inking. I taped off the edges and used distress oxide in salvaged patina and dried marigold randomly on the panel. I spritzed that with water and flicked ink of both colors all over. Now, I was getting somewhere! But it needed something else. So I layered the Rainbow Fun stencil over top and spread Glossy Gel through it.

I love it so much! So, then I added all my images with foam squares, heat embossed a sentiment and cut it with a circle die and popped the whole thing up on a white card base.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the bees’ eyes, nose, hands and feet. Then I used stardust stickles on the wings and glossy accents on the sun. Eeeep! Isn’t is so cute?!?

Products used today:
Sweeter Than Honey stamps and dies (Stamp of the Month)
Dotted Cover dies
Layered Circle dies
Rainbow Fun stencil
Glossy gel
Magic Anti-static Brush
Watermark & Embossing Ink
Embossing Powder – frosting
Foam tape
Distress Oxide – salvaged patina and dried marigold
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust

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

Miss Ink Stamps – Science is Like Magic

Happy Thursday everyone! Today I have another week of Miss Ink Stamps fantastic inspiration. This time I used only one stamp set for my entire card. Sometimes it’s nice not to need a stack of products to create something awesome! I get the mixing and matching but doing more with less is awesome!

I started by choosing a couple of images from It’s All Relative, stamping and coloring them with copic markers. I used the scan-n-cut to cut them out and glued them together with liquid glue.

I took an A2 piece of white cardstock and stamped the two atom images from the set and stamped them randomly all over it. When you’re doing something like this, be sure to stamp some off the edge of the paper to create the illusion of continuation off the page.

After the panel was covered, I didn’t like it at all. Honestly, it wasn’t doing anything for me. But I don’t like to give up so I took a blending brush and inked the edges a little with the same color ink I stamped with. That was a little better but I kept going. I added tea dye distress ink to the edges and then more blue. I kept going back and forth with light layers until it was looking cool. Then I spritzed it with a distress sprayer and that’s when the magic happened! I love how it reacted with the inks differently. Also, exactly why I chose the sentiment that I did to stamp on the desk.

To offset the stark white edges on the images I inked them just a touch with the tea dye distress ink before adding foam tape and popping them up on a vellum circle. I hid tape runner behind the images and added that to the background panel and trimmed anything hanging off the edge.

Last, I used liquid glue to adhere the whole panel to a card front and came in with glossy accents for the character’s eyes. I finished the card off with white gel pen highlights and the whole card is finished.

Products used:
It’s All Relative stamps
Trinity Stamps Embossed Edge Circle dies
Bearly Arts liquid glue
Thermoweb foam tape
Glossy accents

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

Newton’s Nook – Hip Hip Hooray Balloon Shaker Card

Hello everyone! Thanks for stopping by. Today I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog sharing this really fun shaker card featuring products from the July Birthday Release! Be sure to check it all out if you haven’t yet. It’s an amazing release and I absolutely love everything!

For today’s card, I knew I wanted to pair this sweet image with the Balloon Shaker dies so I stamped and colored him right away. I used the coordinating dies to cut him out and started cutting and assembling the pieces to my balloon shaker. The top frame and bottom layer are both cut from a piece of paper in the new Birthday Party paper pad that released last week. The shaker bits are just sequins from my stash and I used the stacked die cut technique to create my shaker well in stead of foam strips.

For the background, I inked up a white panel with distress oxide in blueprint sketch, salty ocean and tumbled glass. I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry. Then I added the Cloudy Sky stencil over the top and spread Thermoweb transfer gel blanco through it. I removed the stencil, cleaned up and waited for it to dry. Fast forward, to a heated up laminator and dry transfer gel – I cut a piece of white latte deco foil flock transfer the size of the panel, layered it on top of the stenciled panel, placed them in a Craft & Carrier sheet and ran it through my laminator.

I die cut the flocked panel with the largest Framework die. Then cut the smallest die in that set from black cardstock. Next, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Birthday Oval set in white on it.

To assemble my card, I cut an orange piece of patterned paper and added it to a white care base. Then I popped the stenciled panel up with foam tape and glued my shaker directly to that with liquid glue. I popped the mouse and sentiment up with foam squares.

For finishing touches, I added black glaze pen to the mouse’s eye and glossy accents to his nose and the whole balloon.

Products used today:
Birthday Mice stamps and dies
Birthday Oval stamps
Framework dies
Balloon Shaker dies
Cloudy Sky stencil
Birthday Party paper pad
Thermoweb 3D foam tape and squares
Thermoweb Transfer Gel BLANCO
Thermoweb stencil pal
Thermoweb Deco Foil Flock Transfer – white latte
Glossy accents
Bearly Art liquid glue

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

Trinity Stamps – Mini Watercolor Frame & Fold Cards

Hello everyone! I’m excited to share a fun trio of cards that I made for my daughter when she was away at dance camp last week. I absolutely love the Trinity Stamps Love Dani line of 3×4 stamps and think they are so fun to watercolor. When the most recent additions release, I just had to have them and couldn’t wait to play!

To create these cards, I die cut the mini card that is part of the Slimline Frame & Fold die set from Trinity Stamps. It gives you this really fun 3×4 miniature card. I cut mine from Bristol Smooth cardstock because I knew I was going to heat emboss and watercolor my images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

These were so much fun to color and experiment with. I also love that the Zigs don’t bleed through so I didn’t need an extra layer of cardstock to hide anything.

As I said earlier, these cards were for my daughter. She went away to a 4-day dance camp and I thought it would be fun to stash some happy thoughts in her suitcase. After I watercolored each card and let it dry, my husband and I each wrote different messages inside each card so she could open them each day.

Then, I used my WeRMemory Keepers envelope punch board to create coordinating envelopes that went with the colors on each card. I used some fun washi tape to seal each one and tied them together with baker’s twine.

This was silly and so much fun to create! These cards are also perfect for holding a gift card if you wanted to do that too!

Products used today:
Slimline Frame and Fold dies
Rooting For You stamps
Easy Peasy stamps
One in a Melon stamps
Watermark & Embossing Ink
Embossing powder – licorice
Magic Anti-static Brush
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

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

Pretty Pink Posh – Rawr!

Welcome back everyone! Thanks for stopping by. Today I have a really fun card to share with you featuring those great dinosaurs from the most recent Pretty Pink Posh release.

I’m a huge dinosaur lover, plus I have a great inside joke with a friend that includes a dino that looks a ton like the T-Rex from Dinosaur Friends. Her favorite color happens to be pink and I couldn’t resist creating this custom, super fun card for her!

I started with an A2 white panel and three different pink dye inks from my stash. I pulled out the Layered Dinosaurs stencils and inked them up one layer at a time. Once it was finished I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 inches and set it aside.

Next, I stamped and colored images from Dinosaur Friends in a variety of pink colors that coordinated with the inks in my background. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them aside while I cut one of the Stitched Photo Frames from white cardstock. I pulled the RAWR! sentiment from Dinosaur Additions and stamped it on the bottom section. Next, I lined the back of the opening with vellum and adhered my images with liquid glue. Then, I added foam strips and squares to the back and adhered it to the left side of my stenciled panel.

Before adding the panel to a card base, I thought it needed something extra so I wrapped pink twine around the right side and tied it in a bow. I added foam tape to the back of the panel and popped it on a card base.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the spikes on the dinosaur’s back and black glaze pen to his eye. Then I added a little Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the palm trees for shimmery fun.

Isn’t this card totally adorable it all it’s unconventional glory?!? I seriously love it and my friend was so excited when she received it.

Products used today:
Dinosaur Friends stamps and dies
Dinosaur Additions stamps and dies
Stitched Photo Frames dies
Layered Dinosaurs stencils
Glossy accents
Wink of Stella glitter brush pen
Foam tape and squares

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

Jane’s Doodles – Say YES to New Adventures

Hey crafty friends! Today we’re having a surprise hop over on Instagram to celebrate Jane from Jane’s Doodles and all that she does to bring light into our wonderful industry and world. I’m so honored to be apart of this because I truly enjoy Jane and all of her creations! Today I have a fun camping scene card to share.

I used my stamps to plan out my scene and see what all I could fit. Then I stamped the images and colored them with my copic markers. I used the scan-n-cut to cut them out and set them all aside while I worked on my background.

For that, I started with an A2 white piece of cardstock and stamped mountains and trees in the background. Then I used blending brushes to ink up the panel creating a nighttime scene. I die cut the panel with a layered rectangle so I would have a nice white border around my scene and popped it up on a white card base with foam tape. Next, I started adding images to the scene with liquid glue and foam squares.

I couldn’t decide if I wanted my sentiment in the “dirt” or on the tent. I ended up choosing the tent because I thought it was a fun, unconventional place to put it and I really liked that. I used my MISTI to stamp it since my card was already put together. Then I sprinkled on white embossing powder and heated it up.

Then I came in with finishing touches to my images. I added black glaze pen to the critter eyes and stardust Stickles to the campfire and stars in the sky. Last, I added glossy accents to the racoon’s nose and moose’s coffee mug.

Please don’t forget to head to Instagram and hop with us to celebrate Jane and leave comments for a chance to win one of three gift cards to her shop!

Products used today:
Outdoors stamps
Happy Camper stamps
Layered Rectangle dies
Foam tape and squares
Bearly Art liquid glue
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Watermark & Embossing ink
Magic Anti-Static Brush
Embossing powder – frosting

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

Pink & Main – Wildflowers Heat Embossed Cards

Happy Friday friends! Today I’m on the Pink & Main blog for release day! This is a gorgeous release with lots of variety in products. Today I have a pair of cards featuring the new Wildflowers stamp set and a few of the beautiful embossing powder colors that came out a few months ago.

To create these cards, I started with A2 size panels of kraft cardstock and the Wildflowers stamp set. First, I arranged all of the images from the set creating a full background. I stamped it with the Watermark & Embossing Ink and sprinkled embossing powders on it one section at a time. For this card I chose Sour Apple, Bubblegum and Grape Soda. Once the panel was covered, I heated it up with my heat gun and set it aside to cool.

Next, I cut the panel down with a Stacking Rectangle die and added foam tape to the back before popping it on a white card base. Next, I cut the Big Thank You from white cardstock four times along with the shadow from vellum once. I used EZ Squeeze liquid glue to adhere the layers together and add it to my card front too.

This is a simple design but it’s so pretty and I love the color pop from the embossing powders. Next, I have a card that highlights the images differently but uses the same technique.

For this card, I placed the panel in my MISTI and used the flower image as a guide where to stamp the foliage images because I wanted them “behind” the flower stem. I stamped two foliage images with different green dye inks, then stamped the flower with Watermark & Embossing Ink. I carefully sprinkled Sour Apple on the stem and Grape Soda on the flower portion. Then heated it up to melt the powder.

This time I used the Big Hello dies to cut from white cardstock and vellum, adhering them together with liquid glue once again. The rest of the card is assembled the same way but I decided to add a little twine bow around the bottom of the stems to finish the card off.

I thought this was a fun way to use silhouette stamps without making them black and I love the colored embossing powders that pop off the neutral elements too!

Products used today:
Wildflowers stamps
Big Thank You dies
Big Hello dies
Layered Rectangles A2 dies
Watermark & Embossing Ink
Embossing Powders – sour apple, grape soda, bubblegum
Magic Anti-static Powder Tool
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
3D foam tape

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

Miss Ink Stamps – Christmas in July Tag Trio

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by again today. For this week’s regularly scheduled Miss Ink Stamps inspiration, I decided to play a little Christmas in July and make a set of tags to get a jump on things.

The general design behind them is super simple and super easy to adapt to products you might already have. Here was my thought process while collecting products to create this trio today…

Choose my favorite tag die set, cut 6 white tags to double each one. This gives stability and a nice clean back to write on.

Choose my favorite wintery (or not) stencils and ink them up accordingly. This is where you have to decide if you’re making a coordinating set or completely different tags like I did.

Next, choose some fun images and sentiments to go with each tag. Stamp, color and cut them out. Then adhere them with liquid glue. Don’t forget to stamp your sentiments too.

Totally optional, but it’s always fun to come in with finishing touches like Stickles glitter glue and glossy accents. These images all have one or the other…or both! Then I tied twine through the hole and added a bow to the top too.

These were quick to whip up and fun because I have zero holiday stress to get them finished in time for Christmas.

Products used today:
Frosty Flakes stencil
Candy Stripe stencil
Sweater Weather stencil
Oh, deer! stamps
Ice Day stamps
Snow Buddies stamps
Newton’s Nook Fancy Edges Tag dies
Bearly Art liquid glue
Stickles – unicorn
Glossy accents

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

Newton’s Nook – Birthday Release Day 4

Oh my goodness friends! I hope you loved the release reveals for this year’s amazing birthday release for Newton’s Nook! Aren’t all of these products amazing!?! I am in love with each one! We’re not done giving things away though. So, today we have bonus inspiration and another chance to win at the bottom of this post too.

For my extra card share today, I have combined a ton of the release to create another super fun and adorable birthday card to share with you!

For this card, I inked up a white panel with distress oxide ink in black soot and hickory smoke. I was going to a bit of a chalkboard vibe today. Then I stamped and heat embossed the Birthday Oval image on that and used the coordinating Oval Frame die to cut it out. Then I used distress oxide ink and watercolored some of the balloons orange.

I stamped and colored one of the Birthday Mice images and used the coordinating dies to cut it out next. I stamped a sentiment from Birthday Roundabout on a rounded banner from the Banner Trio dies. I added the image and sentiment to the oval with foam squares and added foam tape to the back of the oval too.

I was going to add the oval to a solid piece of cardstock but thought it would be fun to kick up the celebration level a bit with patterned paper from the new paper pad. I added the whole thing to an A2 card base with liquid glue.

For finishing touches I came in with glossy accents and white gel pen accents to the image. Then finished the design off with some wrapped twine around the left side of the card.

Would you like to win the “Bokeh Balloons” Stencil Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday July 14th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday July 15th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox

Newton’s Nook – Birthday Release Day 3

Thanks so much for sticking with us friends! Today is day 3 of the Newton’s Nook Birthday Release reveals. This is the final reveal for new products today but be sure to come back tomorrow for one more surprise chance to win. Until then, let’s see what we have in store!

Sky High Celebrations stamps and dies

Isn’t this new set just adorable beyond words! I love it so much! And guess what?!?!? It absolutely words seamlessly with the Bookmark dies! I can’t wait to create bookmarks and tags with this fun images too!

Today I chose the balloon image to stamp and color, using the Birthday Party paper pad once again for my color palette inspiration. I used the coordinating dies to cut the image out and set it aside. Next, I die cut a rounded rectangle from Frames & Flags dies to stamp and heat emboss clouds and a sentiment on. I just adore how this looks together!

Next, I took an A2 panel and inked up the new Bokeh Balloons stencil set. These balloons are layered so perfectly that I didn’t even mask anything off between colors. It was so fun to pick and choose colors and end up with a gorgeous balloon filled background. Once it was inked, I used the largest Frames & Flags die to cut it down.

Now, for assembly on this card, I cut a piece of red balloon paper from the Birthday Party paper pad to A2 size and added it to a white card base. Then I added the balloon stencil panel with foam tape. I added foam squares to my image and adhered it to the vellum layer. This gave me a place to hid the adhesive that adheres this to the card front.

For finishing touches I came in with black glaze pen, followed by white gel pen highlight on the puppy’s eyes. Then glossy accents on noses and beaks. Finally I added unicorn Stickles to the highlight on the balloon images.

Would you like to win the “Sky High Celebrations” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox