Miss Ink Stamps – You’re Mesmerizing!

Hello again everyone! I’m back with another bit of inspiration featuring the new Miss Ink Stamps release. Today I had fun with some layered stenciling and that fantastic snake from Jungle Friends!

I stamped and colored the snake with my copic markers. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut him out. I stamped my sentiment which was totally the driving force behind today’s card. I just love it! Then I cut it out with a sentiment banner. I set those aside and moved on to my background.

I really wanted the snake to pop so I started with a back cardstock panel measuring 4×5.25 inches and taped the Ins & Outs Quatrefoil stencil in place. I inked it up with shabby shutters distress oxide ink and then taped the Lava Lamp stencil over the top and inked that layer up with forest moss distress oxide. I removed those stencils and clean them up. Then I switched to the frame from the quatrefoil set and spread Thermoweb grass green glitz glitter gel through that. I cleaned everything up and set the panel aside to dry.

Once it was dry, I added foam tape to the back and popped it on a white card base. Then I added foam squares and strips to my image and sentiment banner before adhering them in place too. For finishing touches I just added glossy accents to the snake’s eyes.

Isn’t this so fun and cool! These new sets are totally amazing and are making it really easy and fun to create masculine feeling cards. I have a hard time with that so I’m really excited!

Products used:
Jungle Friends stamps
Ins & Outs Quatrefoil stencils
Lava Lamp stencil
Distress Oxide Ink – forest moss, shabby shutters
Glitz Glitter Gel – grass green
Stencil pal
Foam squares and strips
Glossy accents
Trinity Stamps 4-Bar Card dies

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Miss Ink Stamps – Release Day | Jungle Kids Interactive Card

Hello crafty friends! Today is release day for Miss Ink Stamps and I’m super excited to have a really fun interactive card to share with you. I am over the moon for this whole release and can’t wait to see what everyone creates with it!

To start my card, I stamped the images from Jungle Kids and colored them with my copic markers. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut them all out. Next, I stamped my sentiment in two parts and cut them out with stitched banners.

To decorate my background, I die cut a scalloped mini slimline panel from Trinity Stamps and taped off the edge. I inked the center with tumbled glass distress oxide ink, then taped the Mouse Flower stencil over the top and inked it up with some blue dye inks and a blending brush. I faded it as I went down for added interest too.

To put my card together, I cut a hole in the top center to make room for my moving mechanism. I added foam tape to the back of the main panel and popped it on a kraft card base and added doubled-up foam circles to the hole I created. Next, I found a die that is essentially an “o” larger than my foam circles and cut it from white cardstock. I glued the vine to the bottom and slid the “o” over the foam circles. I removed the release paper from the foam circles and added the leaves over it and all around to hide the swinging mechanism. Before you add your leaves and such to the top, test out your foam square placement because this will also act as a stopper for your swinging from side-to-side.

Finally, I trimmed the sentiment banners and added them with foam squares too. I created a coordinating kraft mini slimline envelope and my card is all finished! Here’s a little GIF to show you the card in action. It’s super fun and easy to make!

Remember, it’s release day so head over to the Miss Ink Stamps shop and check it all out!

Products used today:
Jungle Kids stamps
Mouse Flower stencil
Trinity Stamps Mini Slimline Card and Envelope dies
Foam circles and squares

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Miss Ink Stamps – New Release Sneak Peek | Jungle Friends

Hello again everyone! I’m popping in with a quick sneak peek of the upcoming Miss Ink Stamps release! OMG is it PACKED with so many amazing things! I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to share it all with you.

Today I’ve got a card featuring the upcoming Jungle Friends and Jungle Ruins stamp sets. Isn’t this so amazing!?! I had so much fun creating this card! The images are so fun to color and I loved doing some simple ink blending on that awesome background image.

I used some Pink & Main dies to cut a frame and sentiment banner before adhering all the layers together. The images and banner are popped up on foam squares and I couldn’t resist a little glossy accents on those critter noses!

Head to Instagram and comment on each post on the Miss Ink Stamps page from Friday until Tuesday, when the release goes live, for a chance to win stamps from the new release!

I’ll be back Tuesday, release day, with a super amazing interactive card using another set from the release. You won’t want to miss it!

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Ellen Hutson – May the Fork Be With You

Hello everyone! I’m so glad you stopped by. Today I’m sharing a second card that I created with the new Essentials by Ellen release. It’s so fun and totally cracks me up every time I see it. I love the sentiments in this new set. They are punny to the max and I just adore it all!

Once again you can see that I got nice and inky and boy did I have a blast doing it! The background sun panel is carved pumpkin to squeezed lemonade, the next hill is mowed lawn and lucky clover, the dirt field is gathered twigs and tea dye and the final grassy field is twisted citron and mowed lawn. Phew! That’s a lot of inking but they just look so awesome all layered up and I love it! I spritzed each panel with water and blotted them dry before die cutting the layers with different Lawn Fawn border dies. I’ll list them all in the products below.

I was so excited to create a farm scene that I jumped right in to stamping images from All Inside, Bear Ware and Bear Ware Dress Up. I colored them all with my copic markers and used coordinating dies to cut it all out. I dressed my bear using liquid glue to adhere the elements to him. TOO CUTE!!!

I added all of my elements to the scene with liquid glue with the exception of my sweet bear, the buzzing bee at the top and my sentiment banner.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to various parts of the images like the bear’s nose, watering can stripe and pitchfork handle. I added black glaze pen to bear’s eyes and unicorn Stickles to the bee’s wings and flowers in the grass.

I can hardly stand the cuteness! It’s like having super adorable bear paper dolls to play with and dress up however you feel like. Haha. It’s so fun!

Products used today:
All Inside stamps and dies
Bear Ware stamps and dies
Bear Ware Dress Up stamps and dies
Bear Ware Dress Up Sentiments stamps
Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die
Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border dies
Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Border dies
Pink & Main Sentiment Strip dies
Distress Oxide Ink – squeeze lemonade, carved pumpkin, lucky clover, mowed lawn, twisted citron, tea dye, gathered twigs
Foam squares
Stickles – unicorn
Glossy accents
Liquid glue

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Essentials By Ellen – New Release Bear Ware Fun

Hooray!!! It’s release day for Ellen Hutson’s Essentials by Ellen line and they are adding to my favorite line – Bear Ware! I’m obsessed with this bear in all his cute forms and could not wait to play with these new accessories!

I pulled bears from Bear Ware Grand Tour and Sweet surprises and colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and decided on all the accessories from the new set I was going to use. After playing around a bit I landed on the flight captain’s hat, necktie and airplane. Then I went fishing in Grand Tour for the fun suitcase to finish my little scene off. I colored all of those images the same way and die cut them out as well.

Knowing that I wanted to use the super fun Planet Surface die set, I got out my distress oxide inks and inked up a couple scrap strips of white cardstock. I used mowed lawn and twisted citron for my land pieces and salty ocean and broken china for the water. I left these un-distressed so they really stood apart from my sky. For that panel I inked up blueprint sketch and tumbled glass for a vibrant gradient. I spritzed that panel with water and flicked watered down blueprint sketch ink on it too.

I used liquid glue to adhere my planet and lined the back with foam tape. I adhered it to the sky panel and then popped that up on a white card base. I added foam squares to my images and added them to my scene next.

Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Bear Ware Dress Up Sentiments, trimmed it into as trip with my scissors and added it with a foam strip too.

For finishing touches, I added white gel pen highlights to the images, black glaze pen to the eyes and pops of glossy accents all around too.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and will stop by to check out the new release from Essentials by Ellen.

Products used today:
Bear Ware Dress Up 1 stamps and dies
Bear Ware Dress Up 2 stamps and dies
Bear Ware Dress Up Sentiments stamps
Bear Ware Grand Tour stamps and dies
Sweet Surprises stamps and dies
Planet Surface dies
Glossy accents
Distress Oxide Ink – twisted citron, mowed lawn, blueprint sketch, tumbled glass, salty ocean, broken china
Foam tape and squares
Copic markers

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Pink & Main – You’re the Gold

Happy Friday friends! Today I’m over on the Pink & Main blog with a fun and festive card perfect for a friend at St. Patrick’s Day. I just adore this Lucky Leprechaun set. It’s super cute and I’ve never had a St. Patty’s Day stamp set to play with before so I was definitely inking this up before it gets here and I miss my chance.

For this card, I die cut the main image from Rainbow Friend and then used my blending brushes and dye inks to ink up the various pieces. Then I used the Layered Circles dies to cut a circle just smaller than the scallop edge so I could adhere all the pieces together. Once that was complete I decided on this cute leprechaun and his pot of gold from Lucky Leprechaun. I stamped and colored him with copic markers before using the coordinating dies to cut him out.

Next, I chose 2 patterned papers from the Butterfly Kisses pad. I cut the stripes to A2 size and adhered it to a white card base. Then I cut the bokeh green piece with a Stitched Arches die. Using the rainbow and leprechaun as guides, I stamped my sentiment on the arch and then popped it up with foam tape on the stripes.

Then I popped the rainbow up with foam tape next and finally used a combo of liquid glue and foam tape to add the leprechaun. Then I moved on to finishing touches.

I actually kept those pretty simple today by just adding glossy accents to the band on the hat, unicorn Stickles to the clover in his hat and the rays of the sun. Then I switched to pale gold Nuvo Crystal Drops for the gold in the pot for a change of pace.

Isn’t this card so much fun! I absolutely loved putting it together and can’t wait to send it out.

Products used:
Lucky Leprechaun stamps and dies
Rainbow Friend dies
Stitched Arches dies
Layered Circles dies
Butterfly Kisses paper pad
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Ergonomic Blending Brushes
Foam tape
Glossy accents
Nuvo Crystal Drops – pale gold
Stickles- unicorn

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Miss Ink Stamps – Good Day to be Happy

Welcome everyone! It’s been a very busy week and I’m super excited to share all the things I’ve been creating. For today I have a brilliant card using Miss Ink Stamps Bubbles stamps and dies and a few stencils layered together to create an awesome background!

I started by stamping and coloring some images from Bubbles with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and then set them all aside while I got inky. I started by taping my cardstock to the masking layer of the Ins and Outs Marquis stencil. Then I added the Random Dots stencil over the top and inked it with a light teal ink. I removed that and switched it for the Large Random Dots stencil and spread Thermoweb transfer gel blanco through that one. I set the panel aside to dry and cleaned up my mess.

Coming back later on, I heated up my laminator and ran the panel through with pearlescent deco foil transfer sheet and it turned out amazing! After that, I layered the border for the Ins and Outs Marquis over the top and blended a darker teal ink for that. Then I started playing with placement for my images and digging for a sentiment.

I added my images with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares. Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Sunshine and Rainbows, trimmed it into a strip and popped it up with foam squares too.

For finishing touches, I added unicorn Stickles to the bubbles and called it good. There is so much interest in the background that makes those sweet foxes pop, I didn’t think it needed much else.

Products used today:
Bubbles stamps and dies
Ins and Outs Marquis stencils
Large Random Dots stencil
Random Dots stencil
Sunshine and Rainbows stamps
Thermoweb transfer gel blanco
Stencil Pal
Deco Foil – pearlescent
Foam squares
Stickles – unicorn

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers – Thanks a Latte Critter Hugger

Happy Tuesday everyone! It’s time for tea over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers. Today we’re playing with die cuts to create a sweet critter hugger thank you card featuring Lawn Fawn goodies that I’ve been neglecting.

Let’s be real…I need a bundle of thank you cards these days and I also finally ordered the spring critter hugger dies which made me want to play with these cuties in the meantime. Lol! I’m a total problem.

I simply die cut the pieces to make a squirrel critter hugger and colored the edges with E30 copic markers to give it a little depth. I used liquid glue to adhere the pieces and set it aside to dry while I created my background.

For the background, I die cut the landscape polka heart backdrop from white cardstock. I used a blending brush and guava ink to ink up the edges and then splattered some watered down guava ink all over the panel. I layered it over a piece of teal paper from my stash with liquid glue and adhered it to a white card base.

Next, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Thanks a Latte and cut it into a strip. I popped it up with a foam strip and adhered my squirrel in place too.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the squirrel’s nose and unicorn Stickles to the cheeks and coffee mug. Super fast to put together and absolutely adorable too!

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Critter Hugger dies
Lawn Fawn Critter Hugger Winter Add On dies
Lawn Fawn Polka Heart Backdrop die
Lawn Fawn Thanks a Latte stamps
Lawn Fawn guava ink
Foam strips
Bearly Art glue
Glossy accents
Stickles – unicorn
Blending brush

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Newton’s Nook – Just Because Knight Owl

Hey friends! I’m back today with version 2 of my simple sketch design featuring another mini stamp set from Newton’s Nook. This Knight Owl stamp set it adorable but I had a hard time finding ways to use it. Then I reminded myself, that you don’t have to use the sentiments included with the image, duh! So I went digging and found this fun “just because” sentiment in the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set. How fun is that!?!

For today’s card, I stamped and colored the knight owl image with copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut him out. Then I moved on to inking up my background panels. and die cutting the other elements.

Starting with the background, I inked the edges of a dark blue cardstock panel with chipped sapphire distress oxide ink for a little depth before taping down the cascading stars stencil over the top and spreading transfer gel blanco through it. I cleaned up my mess and set the panel aside to dry. Then I too a scrap strip of white cardstock and inked it up with mowed lawn and forest moss distress oxide ink. I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry before cutting it with the largest Frames & Flags die and then again with the grass die in the Land Borders set.

Once the star panel was dry, I heated up my laminator and ran it through with Thermoweb gold glitter deco foil by Unity. I absolutely love the tiny shimmer this foil gives off. It’s gorgeous! Then I cut that panel out with the same die from the Frames & Flags set.

Next, I cut a stitched banner and fence from white cardstock. I stamped my sentiment on the banner and started assembling my card. First, I adhered the fence to the grass with liquid glue. Then I added the banner behind the owl using the grass panel as a guide for width. I added foam tape to the star panel, grass/fence panel and owl/banner. I removed the release paper and adhered them together one layer at a time.

For finishing touches, I added white gel pen accents to my image, black glaze pen to his eyes and glossy accents to his beak.

Isn’t this such a fun card and ready to go for any reason you can come up with to send it! I’m so excited to have another happy mail card in my stash to share.

Products used today:
Knight Owl stamps and dies (retiring and on sale)
Heartfelt Blooms stamps
Frames & Flags dies
Banner Trio dies
Fence die
Land Borders dies
Cascading Stars stencil
Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco
Thermoweb Deco Foil gold glitter by Unity
Thermoweb stencil pal
Thermoweb foam tape and squares
Glossy accents

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Jane’s Doodles – You’re So Weird

Hey crafty friends! I’m back with a pair of super fun cards featuring the Weird digital stamp set from Jane’s Doodles. I just love these images and had so much fun getting inky creating scenes for them.

I started by printing out the whole set of images and sentiments from the Weird digital stamp set. I used my copic markes to color them and the scan-n-cut to cut them out. Then I cut 2 of the sentiments out with sentiment banner dies and set it all aside while I made a horrendously awesome inky mess!

For my first card, I inked up 2 strips of white cardstock with distress oxides in various green colors. One was crushed olive and mowed lawn while the other had those colors plus twisted citron for some bright areas. Then I took an A2 panel and inked it with salty ocean and tumbled glass distress oxide. I spritzed this panel with water and blotted it dry. Then I flicked some watered down blueprint sketch on the whole panel for added texture and interest.

I cut the green panels with the Lawn Fawn tropical vines and tropical leaves dies and arranged them on my blue panel. The vines were longer than my panel so I cut them and inserted the smaller sections in different areas to fill in the scene more. Once everything was where I liked it, I used liquid glue to adhere them all down.

Next, I popped up my sentiment and sloth image with foam squares and added a little glossy accents to his nose. To help the eyes pop a little I added black glaze pen to those and my card is all finished.

But we’re not done yet. Let’s get a whole new set of colors out and have some more inky fun!

This time I inked up white cardstock strips with twisted citron and and crushed olive distress oxide inks and spritzed them with water. I flicked watered down mowed lawn distress oxide ink and gold watercolor on those panels too. Once they were dry I die cut them with the Lawn Fawn tropical leaves border die and set them aside.

For my background panel, I inked up seedless preserves and wilted violet distress oxide ink on an A2 panel. I spritzed it with water and flicked more gold watercolor on it too. It seemed a bit brighter than I wanted so I added a little tea dye distress oxide around the edges after the watercolor was dry.

For assembly, I added the purple panel to a card base and glued one strip of leaves to the top. Then I cut a white cardstock strip 1.5 inches wide and popped it up with foam tape. I added a strip of washi tape before popping my image and sentiment banner up with foam tape as well.

For finishing touches on this card I added glossy accents to the sloth’s nose and flower centers. Then I glued down a few red clay hearts for a little extra something. I think they are so sweet and love the touch they add.

I hope you enjoyed today’s cards and found some inspiration to create something wonderful!

Products used:
Jane’s Doodles Weird digital stamp set
Pink & Main Large Sentiment Strip dies
Lawn Fawn Tropical Leaves dies
Lawn Fawn Tropical Leaves Border die
Lawn Fawn Tropical Vines Border dies
Distress Oxide Ink – salty ocean, tumbled glass, blueprint sketch, twisted citron, mowed lawn, crushed olive, wilted violet, seedless preserves, tea dye
Foam tape and squares
Glossy accents
Twiddler’s Nook Sweethearts clay embellishments

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