Hi again! It’s my turn over on the Pink & Main blog today and I’ve got a super fun set of 4 cards to share with you. I wanted to use the adorable Pig Time set that just released and couldn’t choose one so I used them all! This also gave me a chance to play with four different stencils and the new Garden paper pad and matching enamel dots!

The design for all of these cards is the same which made creating them a breeze. I stamped and colored all of the images from Pig Time first, then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I used my ergonomic blending brush to ink up a stencil in the upper center of a white panel that measures 4×5.25 inches. I paired a piggie with each stenciled panel and then chose a patterned paper from the stack to go with each one. I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiments, added foam tape to the back of the stenciled panels and started assembling.

I used the EZ Squeeze glue to adhere the patterned paper to white card bases, then popped the stenciled panels in place and used foam squares to add my images. Last, I finished things off with glossy accents, star dust Stickles and coordinating Garden enamel dots.

Let’s check them all out! For this one, which seriously CRACKS ME UP, I used the stained glass stencil and a gingham paper from the pad. I finished this cutie up with stickles on his cheek.

Oh my goodness, this is so cute with his little belly button! The stencil for this card is called bursting and I couldn’t resist the plaid patterned paper. I finished it up with glossy accents on the balloon and Stickles on his cheeks.

Aren’t these two hugging just the sweetest ever?!? I love it! The stencil on here was also just released and is called Flora. I chose another plaid patterned paper for this because, again, I couldn’t resist! Then I finished things up with Stickles on their cheeks and glossy accents on the flower in her ear and the heart above them.

Last, but certainly not least, is this cutie holding his heart…I suppose it could be a mini balloon or heart shaped flower. Either way, I love this image! That’s the deco stencil in the background and an awesome cross hatch patterned paper for the base. I finished things up with Stickles on his cheeks and glossy accents on the heart.

I was able to create these cards in an evening and had a blast doing it! It was such a fun way to play with so many different products and I have cards for totally different occasions ready to go!

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

Hey everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today with a fun sneak peek of one of the upcoming sets in the April release! It’s called Missing You and it’s beautiful! I had some fun watercoloring with reinkers, which I had never done before.

Having no idea what I was doing, I added a few drops of ink on my glass mat and then added some water to it. I kind of loose watercolored blobs all over my paper, drying it in between layers, and then stamped the floral images with VersaFine onyx black ink once they were dry. Next, I used the coordinating dies to cut the shapes out and moved on to die cutting my background.

I cut the plaid slim line panel from kraft card stock and used the EZ squeeze glue to adhere it to a white card base. Then I laid my images out how I wanted, gluing the leaves down and popping the flowers up with foam squares. I trimmed the excess off the edges with my scissors and decided on a sentiment.

For that, I stamped it, then found a perfect size oval from the Layered Oval set to cut it out with. To help it pop a little, I cut the next size up from kraft cardstock and glued them together. Then I popped them up with foam squares.

Keeping things simple, I finished this card off with some gold Wink of Stella on the flower centers. I love the shimmer this gives in the light.

I can’t wait for you all to see the entire release this month. It’s another show stopper!!! Be prepared! Check back tomorrow for more sneak peeks all the way up until the release goes live on April 20!

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

Welcome back everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today sharing a non-holiday card featuring the Love Ewe stamps and dies. I absolutely adore these sweet critters with their silly long legs and love that they can be used all year round for lots of different types of cards. Today I’m sharing more of a “thinking of you” type love card.

I started by stamping the sheep from Love Ewe and colored it with my copics. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut it out, along with a few of the flowers and flower bundles in the same set. I set them aside and started on my background scene. I cut a scalloped rectangle from Sympathy Slim Line die set and then found a Stitched Slim Line rectangle that would fit within the stitching lines on the scalloped panel. I actually cut that panel three times – 2 full panels and one from a scrap.

One full panel was inked up with two different colors of blue, then I put the scattered hearts stencil over the top and added another layer of the same blues to give a tone-on-tone heart sky for my background. I took another full panel and cut grass from both ends – kind of a two-for-one deal. Then cut grass from the scrap piece too. Now I have sky and 3 layers of grass. I inked up the grass panels with a couple colors of green and started assembling my scene.

The sky panel is popped up with foam tape on the scalloped panel. The tallest layer of grass is adhered with liquid glue, then second layer is popped up with foam tape. Before I adhered the bottom layer with liquid glue I stamped my sentiment on it. Finally the sheep and flowers were adhered with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares.

For finishing touches, I added unicorn Stickles to the flower centers and glossy accents to the sheep’s eyes and nose.

I love the little details in this card like the stenciled sky and big, sweet glossy eyes on the sheep. It’s all super cute together!

I hope you find some inspiration to create something wonderful. I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Good morning friends! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today sharing a super fun card featuring a new, awesome stamp set. But there’s something special about this one…

Pink & Main has started a special stamp and die of the month subscription box! Their starting set is absolutely adorable and is definitely going to be something you reach for often!

For today’s card, I pulled the elements out that I thought I wanted to use and laid everything in the general design I was thinking. Once I had that figured out, I die cut a circle that would fit under the reverse scalloped circle I was using and stamped my dragon image on it. I colored the image with copic markers and set it aside to get my paper layers finalized.

For those, I chose the patterned papers from Hooray paper pad that I wanted to use and started die cutting. I cut stripes and birthday images from the largest Layered Rectangle dies. I trimmed off part of the stripes and adhered the two together with EZ Squeeze liquid glue. Then I adhered this to a white card base. I cut a thin strip of the glittery pattern in the Holographic 2 paper pad and glued it down next.

I cut a Reverse Scalloped Circle from green dot paper and popped it up on my image circle with foam strips. Then I glued it to the card base. Finally, I stamped my sentiment and used the Layered Slim Line dies to cut custom rectangles from the sentiment panel and another slightly larger one from the same green paper as the circle. The sentiment is popped up on the green and they are adhered down with liquid glue as well.

Moving on to finishing touches for my card today, I added a scattering of Hooray glitter enamel dots to the sentiment and around the circle. Then I came in to the image with glossy accents on parts of the dragon and the candle flame, and finished everything off with some star dust Stickles on the confetti in the air.

I hope you’re all as excited as we are about the new stamp of the month box! Head HERE to subscribe and get this first adorable set!

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

Hey friends! I’m back this afternoon to share a little sneak peek of the upcoming Pink & Main release with you! It’s a little bit of a different release this time but it’s packed full of soooo much goodness! I can’t wait for you to see on Saturday!

For today’s card, I started by using a new cool stencil called Fidgety with some blue dye ink and my blending brush. Then I went over parts of it with texture paste and set the panel aside to dry. However, when it was drying and I was choosing my background panel color, I decided to flick them both with watered down black acrylic paint. Then I actually left both panels alone to dry all the way. (I’m a very impatient crafter so we left the house to get some coffee. Fun family adventures.)

When we came back, I die cut the panels with the stitched slimline dies and I moved on to my sentiment and images. I actually started with my sentiment which is from the Beautiful slimline dies. I cut the words from the new Happy paper pad and the shadow from one of the styles of amazing holographic pads that are coming too! I told you…soooo much goodness! I also cut the words from white cardstock 3 times and adhered all 4 layers together with, you guessed it, new glue that is coming! It’s fantastic! I use it on everything now!

I stamped a couple of cuties from Little Cherubs and colored them with my copics. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I moved on to assembly of this sweet card.

I used the new liquid glue to adhere the yellow panel to a card base. Then popped the stenciled panel up with foam tape. I also popped the sentiment and images up with foam squares and moved on to a couple of finishing touches.

For those, I simply added some unicorn Stickles to the hearts that the cute little cherubs are holding and black glaze pen to their eyes.

I absolutely love how this card turned out! But more than that…I’m SUPER excited for you all the check out the Pink & Main release on Saturday. It’s so cool and you’re going to love it all!

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