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Welcome, welcome everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by today. I’m over on the Pink & Main blog playing with the latest release – mostly the new gorgeous heat embossing powders because these colors are everything!!! Oh my word, I love them!
Today I chose a sentiment from the new Here For You stamp set and heat embossed it in Grape Soda embossing powder on a tag. I cut a second tag from teal textured cardstock and tied them together with orange ribbon. I tied a bow and added to the top of the tag for a little decoration with EZ Squeeze liquid glue.
For my background, I just had to play with the new Ornate Tile embossing folder! It’s beautiful too! I embossed orange cardstock and used my blending brush to deepen the edge of the embossing with orange ink. I popped the panel up on a white card base and glued my tags in place next.
Wanting to add more color to my card and play with the embossing powders more, I smeared the embossing ink pad across a scrap of white cardstock and sprinkled the Bubblegum color of powder on it. I heated it up for a gorgeous swatch of the color. Then I used the small heart in the tag die set to create my own shiny embellishments for my card!
I added all of them with foam squares for some dimension and now my card is all finished. Isn’t it so pretty?!? I just love all these bright colors!
Hello there! Thanks so much for stopping by. Today I have a little inspiration featuring some magical products from Miss Ink Stamps. I pulled out the Lovely Unicorns because it had been a minute since I colored these beauties up and decided to pair some beautiful stencils together too!
I started by stamping my images out and coloring them with my lightest copic markers. I wanted to keep things soft and sweet for this card. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut them all out.
Knowing the general design direction I was going, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock down to 2×4.25 inches and stamped my sentiment on the upper right side. I added 1/8″ scrappy tape to the edge and adhere a strip of silver cardstock to it. Then, I set this aside with my images while I worked on the stencil panel.
I have really been itching to try out the new On the Vine stencil to see how it was in person and I can’t even tell you how much I love it. It’s beautiful and is going to be so versatile with any images you try it with! Today I inked up a white piece of cardstock with light blue ink. Then I sprayed the stencil with Pixie Spray and stuck it down before adding another layer of the same color blue ink over the top. The moment I peeled the stencil away I was in love!
But thanks to my friend Lynnea, I just can’t leave these alone without trying to layer a little something over the top. Today for that added magical feel, I used the Sparkles stencil with iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel from Thermoweb for the perfect amount of magic!
Once the glitz gel was dry, I lined everything up to figure out final spacing and decided to trim the sentiment panel down to 1.5 inches and pop it up with foam tape. Then I added foam squares to the images and added them next.
For finishing touches I added unicorn Stickles to the unicorn horn and hooves and also the butterfly wings. Then I took my Wink of Stella glitter brush pen and added a little shimmer to the unicorn mane and tail too. You can’t have too much sparkle on a card like this, ever!
Hi there! I’m popping in this afternoon to share a card I created last night with the Lawn Fawn Tiny Farm cuties and the Build-a-Barn dies. I just added these to my stash and had so much fun playing with them! I can’t wait to make a reveal wheel card with them next.
I stamped and colored all 4 characters from the Tiny Farm set with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. Next, I cut the pieces for the Build-a-barn and used liquid glue to put it all together.
I wanted to try something different for the background of my card so I chose 3 different scraps of yellow cardstock and one green and cut the strips for the Simple Stripes Portrait die. I adhered them to a panel with liquid glue two strips of each yellow and ending with the green on the bottom for my ground. I wasn’t a huge fan of how flat it all looked so I took my distress oxide blender for spiced marmalade and lightly inked up the edges of the yellow with just the ink left on it from last time I used it. Then I did the same for the green area with rustic wilderness. Then I splattered gold watercolor all over the panel.
I added the chicken to the window opening in the top and replaced the red cardstock that cut out of it behind him to help secure him in place. Then I added the cow with liquid glue, added foam tape to the back of the barn and popped it in place. I added foam squares behind the farmer and pig and added them next.
I wanted a larger sentiment than the one in the Tiny Farm set so I pulled out Hay There and used the same one from that set to stamp and heat emboss on black cardstock. I trimmed it into a strip and added it to the top left with foam squares.
For finishing touches I came in with the same gold watercolor as the splatters and painted the star decoration on the barn. Then I thought it would be fun to add a little speech bubble by the chicken in the top to make sure the recipient’s eye is drawn that direction to see the hiding critter.
I stamped and heat embossed that and the heart inside from Hay There and cut it out with the coordinating die. After popping it up with a foam square I also painted that heart with the gold watercolor to tie everything together.
Isn’t this adorable?!? I’m so tickled with the way it turned out. I just makes me smile!
Hey friends! I’m popping in today with a fun, mini slimline card to enter into the Lawn Fawnatics challenge. I didn’t get a chance to play along with the last one and really loved the vision board so I pulled my color palette from there but created a scene to go with this challenge too.
I chose images from Beary Rainy Day and colored them with my copic markers using the vision board as a reference to my color palette. I had a blast doing this and trying to match the colors with theirs.
Next, I cut a mini slimline panel at 3×6 inches and inked it up with distress oxide inks – rustic wilderness is my ground and faded jeans, chipped sapphire and black soot are my sky colors. I splattered water on the panel and let it dry. Then I taped down my Rainy Sky stencil and spread fairy dust stencil paste through it.
While that was drying I added foam squares to my images and then stamped and heat embossed sentiments to trim into strips. Once the panel was dry I added it to a card base and started adding everything to my scene. Some of the images are added with liquid glue directly to the card front but all the critters and sentiment strips are popped up.
Then I finished the design off with some glossy accents on the water and buttons on the jacket, unicorn stickles on the clouds and black glaze pen on the bears’ noses.
It’s a little out of my typical comfort zone to create a darker sky background but I love how it helps the images pop so much and show that they are really enjoying this rainy day.
Happy Friday my friends! I don’t know about you but it’s been a long week and I’m really looking forward to this weekend to relax and recoup.
Today I’m on the Pink & Main blog with a little inspiration featuring the Stamp of the Month for April – Lady Luck. I adore these sweet images and can’t actually believe just how much I love the color palette that came together on today’s card.
I started today by choosing and image from Lady Luck, stamping it and coloring it with my copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and went digging in my stash to see if any of my background dies inspired me.
The moment I pulled out the Plaid Cover dies I knew this was it! I cut one layer from teal cardstock matching the colors in the umbrella and the other layer from the white glitter cardstock in the Metallics Glitter paper pack. Next, I took an A2 white cardstock panel and inked it up with scattered straw fading into squeezed lemonade distress oxide inks. I flicked water on the panel and let it air dry before adhering the plaid layers over the top.
Next, I chose a sentiment from the set and used the coordinating die to cut it out as well. I love it when sets do this. It’s such an awesome option to have when creating. Then I added foam squares and strips to the image and sentiment and popped them up on the card front.
For finishing touches I added unicorn Stickles to the dots on the umbrella and glossy accents to the flower centers, ladybug nose and her spots. Then I used a black glaze pen on her eyes to help them shine and pop. Last, I pulled out the Dragonfly Dreams enamel dots and added a scattering of them across the design.
This card just screams spring to me and I’m over the moon with how it turned out. I love these soft colors and the ladybug image is just the sweetest! I hope you enjoyed it too.
Hello again! I’m over on the Jane’s Doodles blog today with a card featuring the Cheers digital stamp. It’s simple but I love the masculine color palette and how the whole thing came together.
I printed my image and colored it with my copic markers before using the scan-n-cut to cut it out. Instead of using one of the digital sentiments in the set, I just pulled out my Pink & Main alphabet dies and cut the word “cheers” from white cardstock three times and black once. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and set an acrylic block on top while I worked on my background layers.
First, I took a black scrap of cardstock and used the Pink & Main Sun Ray embossing folder on it. I splattered it with gold watercolor and set it aside to dry. Then I cut an A2 size piece of dark teal cardstock and cut a zig zag circle out of the top-center big enough to frame up my beer mugs. Next, I pulled out the Newton’s Nook Bubbly stencil and inked it up with a dark teal ink for a tone-on-tone texture.
I popped the teal panel up on the black panel with foam tape and adhered that to a white card base with liquid glue. Then I popped the image up in the middle of the window with foam squares. I added the “cheers” letters with liquid glue and tied some twine around the top for a little interest and balance.
For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the glass portion of the beer mugs and that’s all. I intended this to be a masculine card so I didn’t want to add too much sparkle but I like the shine of the glossy accents and watercolor in the light.
Well, goodness! We’re already to the final day of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook April Release. I hope you have enjoyed this week and are prepared for extra cuteness today! This is my absolute favorite set of the whole week and I’m so excited to share it with you.
Newton Loves Tacos stamps and dies
Are you dying?!? I totally am! This set is SO MUCH FUN!!! And those sentiments to go with it are over the top awesome! So silly and just adorable!
For my card today, I really played on the taco colors a lot. Having a layout in mind, I stamped and colored images from the set with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I cut elements from the Slimline Frames & Portholes dies and Slimline Frames & Windows dies to use together.
I added an acetate window to the middle of the orange frame and added foam strips to the back of the whole thing. Then I added my Thermoweb Rina K Glitz Gel through the Confetti stencil in the areas that would show through the left and right windows. I sprinkled my avocado shaker bits in the center and sealed them up with the orange frame over the top. Next, I added foam to my images and popped them in place on the left and right.
Last, I stamped a sentiment on a small stitched circle from the Frames Squared set and glued it to a slightly larger circle from the Circle Frames set before gluing it down on the acetate window in the middle.
For finishing touches I added glossy accents to various parts of the images like tomatoes, noses and toe beans. Finally, the whole panel was added to a white slimline card base with foam tape.
Would you like to win the “Newton Loves Tacos” Stamp 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)! Thewinner 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 April 21st at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday April 22nd.
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Hello everyone. I have a bit of Miss Ink Stamps inspiration to share with you featuring one of the new animal portrait stencil sets. These layering stencils are gorgeous and so easy to use! Today I stepped them up a bit from just inking to glitz glitter gel for some sparkle and interest.
In this stencil set you get three piecs – the cheetah shape mask, the shading layer and the spots layer. They are super easy to line up and ink how you want.
Today I started with kraft cardstock and used the mask to ink around the cheetah with peeled paint distress oxide ink, then I inked the edges of the panel with rustic wilderness distress oxide for a color gradient.
Next I added the shading layer stencil and inked it up with carved pumpkin distress oxide ink. I chose this bright color for some contrast on the kraft cardstock. If I were using white, I would probably have stuck to another color in the yellow family instead. Just something to keep in mind when you are choosing colors.
Finally, I added the spots layer and inked the whole thing up with VersaFine black ink before selectively adding black glitz glitter gel to the spots. However, I didn’t mask anything off, I was just careful when adding the glitz and didn’t mind if it went outside of the spots to the face lines or something else.
I let that dry and then went in with the frame layer for the Ins & Outs Marquis stencil to add a gold glitz frame to really bling things up. While that was drying, I stamped a sentiment from Jungle Ruins and cut it out with a rectangle die. I inked the top with a little green ink that coordinated with my card front and popped it up with foam squares.
Once it was all dry, I glued the whole panel to a white card base and my card is completely finished. Sometimes it’s not to just get inky and not color anything. I love these stencils for those moods.
Oh my, we’re already up to day 3 of the Newton’s Nook April Release reveals! Today there is just one, SUPER FUN stamp and coordinating die to share.
Dad’s BBQ stamps and dies
Isn’t is fantastic!!! And it’s going to play so well with the BBQ Roundabout from last year! I didn’t combine them today, but that is definitely on my list of things to try.
Today, I chose a bunch of images from Dad’s BBQ, stamped them and then colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and added foam squares to the back of everything.
I found an oval in the new Oval Frames die set that fit the sentiment perfectly, so I stamped and cut it out. Then I cut the next largest oval from black cardstock and layered them together, adding foam to the back of the black layer.
Next, I inked up a teal panel with the Gingham stencil and trimmed it down to 3 3/4×5 1/2 inches and framed the edges with black strips of cardstock.
I added the panel to a white card base with foam tape, placed the sentiment in the center and then added my images in a diagonal fashion from the upper left down to the lower right.
For finishing touches, I added white gel pen highlights to all of the images. I contemplated glossy accents or some bling but this is meant to be a masculine card for me to give so I kept it to a minimum.
Would you like to win the “Dad’s BBQ” Stamp 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)! Thewinner 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 April 21st at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday April 22nd.
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