Happy Thursday everyone. I hope your week is going splendid! I’m here today with a bit of Christmas inspiration using a few Miss Ink Stamps products. Layering stencils together for a magical touch and an array of the cutest woodland critters for a sweet scene! I hope you like it.

I started with my stencils and stamps laid out on my card front to figure out how far the stenciled trees needed to go and how many critters I could fit. Once that was decided I inked up the Scene Builder Treeline stencil with dark blue ink, just applying with a lighter hand as I went up. Then I layered the Sparkles stencil over top and spread iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel through that. I set the panel aside to dry and cleaned my area so I could stamp critters!

I stamped the critters and scene elements from Woodland Hearth and colored them with my copic markers. Then I fussy cut everything out, including the inside of the scene area between the trees and under the stockings and such. Then I used liquid glue to adhere the scene portion to the stenciled panel and popped my bunnies up with foam squares.

I stamped and die cut the sentiment with a banner die and inked the top with leftover blue ink from my blending brush to tie it in and help it stand out from the white space in the sky. I popped it up with foam squares too.

Aren’t these critters just the sweetest?!? I think they are adorable and make a very calm and serene Christmas card.

Products used:
Woodland Hearth stamps
Scene Builder Treeline stencil
Sparkles stencil
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Pink & Main Extra Large Sentiment Strip dies

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Hey friends! I’m popping in today with inspiration and a reminder! Miss Ink Stamps is the sponsor of this month’s Caffeinated Christmas Challenge. This challenge is so fun! Every month you create Christmas cards with caffeination and a twist! This month the twist is gnomes. How fun is that?!? Here’s what I created this time.

I started with that fun girl from Coffee Gnomes and colored her with my copics. I fussy cut her out and then die cut a circle for the focal scene. I stamped Holly Jolly on it and did very loose copic coloring on that. I wanted a little color but nothing bold to distract from my sweet gnome.

Next, I die cut a blue rectangle and inked up Frosty Flakes stencil with dark blue ink fading from top left to bottom right. Then I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Holly Jolly on black cardstock and die cut it with a banner.

To adhere everything, I used foam tape and foam squares. If you know me, you know how I dimension and elevation on my cards. The different layers do a lot for me. Then I moved on to finishing touches. I added glossy accents to the holly berries in the background and the stripes on the coffee carafe and mug. Then I pulled out some bright gold Nuvo Crystal Drops to try and make my gnome’s pjs a little more festive by adding it to all of the flower centers. I’m pretending these are poinsettias. Even if it’s a stretch, it’s cute!

I hope you’ll link up to the challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate from Miss Ink Stamps! Click HERE to head to the challenge blog.

Products used today:
Coffee Gnomes stamps
Holly Jolly stamps
Frosty Flakes stencil
Trinity Stamps Embossed Edge Circle dies
Trinity Stamps Embossed Edge Rectangle dies
Foam tape
Glossy accents
Nuvo Crystal Drops – bright gold

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Hello crafty friends! I’m over on the Miss Ink Stamps blog today sharing a magically wonderful card using the newest release of stamps and dies.

Sometimes I get overwhelmed at the thought of coloring in those big full-background stamps but today I wanted to show you that you don’t always need to. It brings the focus more on your images and sentiment if you don’t.

Today, I stamped the Ups and Downs image on a 4×5.25 inch piece of white cardstock and splattered it with black acrylic paint. I set it aside to dry and stamped a few images from Magical Graduation. I colored those with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out before gluing the wand in the wizard’s hand.

Next, I stamped an image from Heart’s Desire and fussy cut it out. Then, for my sentiment I used the “magical” in those dies and cut them from white cardstock 4 times, using liquid glue to adhere them together. To complete my sentiment, I stamped a few words from a sentiment in Heart’s Desire and heat embossed them in white. I trimmed that out with my scissors and started adhering all the pieces together.

First, I added the wizard and the wand flourish with foam squares. Then I added the background panel to a white card base with foam tape. I played around a bit with the sentiment pieces and finally decided I like the whimsical feel of the letters not being lined up. Once I had my final placement decided, I used liquid glue to adhere them and popped the heat embossed portion up with foam too.

Up until now, “magical” was white because I couldn’t decide what color to make it. Finally, I landed on red so it would really show and coordinate with the tie on the image. For this, I just used copic markers and carefully colored the top layer of letters.

For finishing touches, I added black glaze pen the the wizard’s eyes, let it dry and added the white highlight back in. Then I used Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the magical flourish so it shimmers in the light.

Super fun card, that’s great for a bunch of occasions! I love how it turned out!

Products used today:
Magical Graduation stamps and dies
Heart’s Desire stamps and dies
Ups and Downs stamps
Foam squares and tape
Wink of Stella glitter brush pen
Liquid glue

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Hey friends! Miss Ink Stamps is the sponsor this month for the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge and today I’m playing along!

For this challenge, every month you have to create cards with coffee, Christmas and one other element. This month is gnomes! So I had a little fun mixing and matching different sets to create a little scene and a super fun sentiment!

I love how the sizes match from the gnome in Big Mugs and the snowman in Snow One Like You. So I stamped and colored them up with my copic markers. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut everything out. I added the bird to the mug handle with liquid glue and then put foam squares on the back of everything.

I set those aside and cut down a piece of white cardstock to 4×5.25 inches and inked up the top portion with light and dark blue inks. Then I layered the Sweater Weather stencil over top and inked it with the lighter blue ink for a subtle texture in the background. Next, I placed that panel in my MISTI and carefully masked sentiments from Woodland Hearth and Brewtiful to create this really fun custom sentiment. (Seriously, I’m still smiling about how clever I think I am.)

I added the background panel to a kraft card base with foam tape and adhere the images next. Then I came in for the finishing touches. I started with glossy accents to the snowman buttons and eyes, then I switched to stardust Stickles for the snow on the tree, snowflakes and snowman. But the extras looked heavy on the right side of the card, so I switched back to glossy accents and added that to the gnome’s shoes and the stripe on the mug.

Click HERE to check out the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge and link up your creations for a chance to win!

Products used today:
Big Mugs stamps
Snow One Like You stamps
Brewtiful stamps
Woodland Hearth stamps
Sweater Weather stencil
Foam tape
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Bearly Art glue

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Happy Thursday everyone! I’m back with another bit of inspiration featuring the new Miss Ink Stamps Magical Release. It’s so amazing and so fun to play with! Today I have a graduation card to share that will be perfect for my stash until next summer.

For today’s card, I chose images from Magical Graduation to stamp and color with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and liquid glue to adhere them together. I also stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the set and cut it out with a banner die.

For my background panel I took a piece of white cardstock that measured 4×5.25 inches and blended distress oxide ink at an angle. Today I started with aged mahogany and went into fired brick, fading into nothing. I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry. Then I added the Lightning stencil over top and spread gold Glitz Glitter Gel through it, making a point not to cover the whole thing.

Once everything was dry, I added foam tape to the panel and popped it up on a white card base. Then I added foam squares to the sentiment banner and images and popped them in place next. For finishing touches, I added a little black glaze pen to his eyes and glossy accents to the scroll tie and tassel on the cap.

Products used:
Magical Graduation stamps and dies
Lightning stencil
Thermoweb Glitz Glitter Gel – gold
Stencil pal
Foam tape and squares
Distress Oxide – aged mahogany, fired brick

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Happy Saturday friends and happy release day for Miss Ink Stamps! Be sure to head to the store to check out all the amazing magical goodies that are available for purchase now! Today I have a teeny bit of inspiration featuring Misery Loves Company stamps and dies, along with some stenciling too!

I stamped and colored my images first with copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and used a little liquid glue to adhere them together before adding foam squares to the back.

Then I took an A2 panel of white cardstock and the Ins & Outs Marquis and started inking. First, I placed the window mask down and inked blue around it. Then I layered the new starburst stencil over that and inked it artichoke green. I removed those stencils and added the marquis frame layer next and inked it with a deep dark blue. Then I used the green ink left on my brush to add a shadow where I wanted the images to go.

Using the images as a guide, I placed my sentiment and inked it up. Then I removed the release paper and adhered the images in place. For finishing touches, I added white gel pen highlights on the images and black glaze pen to their eyes.

Then, I opened up the card and added the other half of my sentiment and another image from the Misery Loves Company set.

Products used:
Misery Loves Company stamps and dies
Ins & Outs Marquis stencils
Stars stencil
Foam squares
Liquid glue

Remember there’s a whole magical release to check out. Click HERE to head to the Miss Ink Stamps store.

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Hello my crafty friends! Today I have fabulous news to share with you! We are finally sneak peeking a new release from Miss Ink Stamps. My card today actually sneaks a new fantastical background stamp called Banquet Hall and new characters from Magical Graduation.

I started by stamping and heat embossing Banquet Hall on a piece of white cardstock in black and then blended Distress Oxide over the top in tea dye and gathered twigs. I went back and forth a few times before adding black soot around the edges. Then I spritzed it with water and splattered ink and paint on the whole panel.

Once it was dry, I roughed up the edges being VERY NOT careful letting it tear and bend and crumple all over. I wanted that old distressed look. Then I pulled out images from Magical Graduation to stamp and color with my copics. Once they were colored, get this, I used COORDINATING DIES to cut them out! Yippee!!! For those who prefer die cutting images, feel free to insert jumps for joy here.

I added foam tape to the background panel and adhered it to a white card base. Then I added foam squares to the images and popped them in place. Finally, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on black cardstock and cut it out with a banner die before popping it up with a foam strip too.

I only added black glaze pen to the girls’ eyes for finishing touches on this card. I was going for rough and older so I didn’t want to add a lot of gloss or glitter.

Products used today:
Magical Graduation stamps and dies
Banquet Hall stamps
Trinity Stamps 4-Bar Card dies
Foam tape, squares and strips
Distress Oxide – tea dye, gathered twigs, black soot

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Happy Thursday everyone! The week is chugging along and I’m back with another fun Miss Ink Stamps card today. I realized I hadn’t used the awesome Feline Spooky stamp set yet this year so I just had to pull it out and remedy that problem right away.

I stamped and colored the single cat from the set with copic markers and used the scan-n-cut to cut it out. Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on black cardstock and used a sentiment banner to cut that out too.

Next, I cut down a piece of light orange cardstock and centered the Halloween Mandala stencil on it. I inked it up with black ink making a point to be messy with my light and dark areas. I love the way it looks.

After that, I taped down just the border stencil from Ins & Outs Marquis and spread Thermoweb transfer gel blanco through it. I set the panel aside to dry and heated up the laminator. This little bit of gel doesn’t take long so they were ready close to the same time. I placed the panel in a Craft & Carrier sheet with Peach Princess deco foil and ran it through the laminator.

Last, I just added foam squares to my cat and sentiment banner and popped them in place. I used liquid glue to adhere the whole panel to a white card base and my card is all finished.

Isn’t it spooky fun!?!? I think so and I really love the foiled border. It’s really cool when it tilts in the light.

Products used today:
Feline Spooky stamps
Ins & Outs: Marquis stencil
Halloween Mandala stencil
Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco
Deco Foil transfer sheet – peach princess
Stencil pal
Foam squares
Liquid glue

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Hey friends! I’m over on the Miss Ink Stamps blog today with a trio of super quick and awesome cards to share with you. This is a really fun way to use any of your large background stamps, no coloring but awesome colorful impact.

Here’s a quick look at the trio I made today. Now, these are all Halloween-ish color schemes when you look at them together but they don’t have to be, especially for this stamp set and the sentiments I chose. However, these colors are completely where my heart is right now so it was super fun to play with them!

Because of the height of the background stamp I was using, I masked off 3 1/2 inches down from the top on each of these panels. Then I blended the following two colors in distress oxide ink on each one:

seedless preserves and villainous potion
carved pumpkin and crackling campfire
twisted citron and forest moss

Then, I removed the mask and stamped the awesome toilet papered house from Roll With It on each one in black ink. I used VersaFine for this because it stamps detail wonderfully and sits on the oxide ink without getting chalky.

Once all of the houses were stamped, I came in with a different sentiment on each panel just below the masked line. Then I used the two toilet paper roll images in the set to add just a little something fun.

I feel like these inks take a moment to dry so I let them sit and then adhered each one to a white card base.

I wanted these cards for specific people but the process totally sparked my creative brain and I want to try the same technique with literally all of my awesome Miss Ink Stamps backgrounds. Wouldn’t this be an amazing, easy to mass produce, technique for your Christmas cards? Definitely stay tuned because those are coming!

Products used today:
Roll With It stamps
Distress Oxide Ink – seedless preserves, villainous potion, twisted citron, forest moss, carved pumpkin and crackling campfire
Bearly Arts liquid glue

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