ThermOWeb | Deco Foil Two Ways Valentine's Day Card

I have some quick ideas for using Deco Foil Transfer Sheets from ThermOWeb on your Valentine's Day cards with and without heat! 

I used two methods of foiling on my Valentine's Day card - one with heat and one without. And I have to say - my no heat method could be a new favorite of mine! 

Let's start with the method of adding Deco Foil Transfer Sheets to a background without heat. I used one of my favorite adhesives - iCraft 6x6 Easy Cut Adhesive Sheets - to cover an entire piece of A2 sized cardstock with adhesive. I chose three colors of Deco Foil for my background - Red, Enchanted Rose, and Silver Stars. I started with the Red Deco Foil Transfer Sheets and cut about a 2" x 6" piece of Foil and crunched it up in my fist so that the Deco Foil looked crackled then I started pressing random portions onto the adhesive covered background. The effect is AWESOME! 

Once I had a good bit of the Red Deco Foil on my background I repeated the process with the Enchanted Rose Deco Foil Transfer Sheets. I cut off a piece of foil, crunched it up, and pounced it onto my background. Then I filled in any empty areas with the Silver Stars Deco Foil Transfer Sheets. This technique is an awesome way to create a distressed, foiled background! But you'll probably have some sticky areas left on your background. Here's a tip! I used my anti static powder tool ( what I would use for heat embossing ) and rubbed it all over my background. No more sticky spots! 

Now let's switch gears to the heat method of adding foil. There are a LOT of ways to add foil with a laminator to a background, but I LOVE to reach for Toner Sheets! They are easy and quick - right up my alley! I always like to preheat my laminator and let it heat up for about 20 minutes after the "ready" light comes on. I find I get a better transfer if my laminator is good and hot before I start foiling. I used the Gina K Designs Stars and Stripes Foil Mates and trimmed a piece of Red Deco Foil to be slightly larger than my background, placed the foil on top of the toner sheet pretty side up, and ran it through my laminator. Now I have pretty foiled stars! 

My images and sentiments for this card are from the Lawn Fawn Pizza My Heart Stamp Set as well as the Milo's ABCs Stamp Set. This card will be for my dad and he and my son make pizza together all the time! It's their special thing! I cut my distressed foiled background in half on a diagonal and adhered it onto my foiled stars background. Then I used a mix of iCraft Ultra Bond Liquid Adhesive, iCraft 3D Foam Squares, as well as iCraft 3D Foam Strips to adhere the elements onto my background. 

I hope you learned some new tips and tricks! I love that you can use either of these two backgrounds separately on their own or mix them together for one cool card! See you soon! 

Erin Lee Creative | Be Yourself

Well hello! This is just your friendly reminder to be yourself - even if you're a little weird! 

I love to create layers and depth on my cards while still keeping them mail-able. Ink blending and stencils are a great way to do that! I blended a circle of a lemon-y yellow ink onto my card base and then placed the Erin Lee Creative Sunburst Stencil over the top and blended a mustard yellow ink on top of that. The stencil has etch marks in the stencil making it easier than ever to line up the stencil directly in the center of my card. The two layers of yellow ink give a lot of depth with no added bulk! 

One of my favorite color combinations is yellow and black. The contrast between the two colors is amazing and classy! I stamped the large image from the Winter Magic Stamp Set in the center of my card using a black pigment ink and then heat embossed it with clear powder. Now I have two layers of ink blending, stamping, and heat embossing without any bulk, but there is so much dimension! 

I stamped a sentiment from the Stripe Sentiments Stamp Set and die cut it with the coordinating Stripe Die and added it with foam to my card. You could definitely add the strip to the card with glue, but I've found cards go through the mail fine with just one little popped up element. I added some gems around my card design for another bit of shine and texture and this card is finished! Thanks for stopping by! 

Simon Hurley create. | No Coloring Two for One Cards

Everyone loves a good two for one card right?! I used Simon Hurley create. products on these easily masked, no coloring, split cards! 

These cards feature some simple masking and stamping with a pop of color from ink blending. No coloring! Yay!! 

I stamped the flowers and leaves from the Sentimental Flowers Stamp Set down the center of a piece of 5.5" x 8.5" Stark White Cardstock. Then I trimmed the piece in half so that I would have two card fronts. I used a Versamarker and clear embossing powder to create easy "masks" for the florals. This way I can add stenciling to these one layer cards without having to fussy cut paper masks. 

I used the Stained Glass Stencil and added a burst of color fading out to white from behind the flowers. I used Overzealous mixed with Sike! as well as Prom Queen mixed with Guppy. 

I finished the cards with stamped sentiments from the Sentimental Flowers Stamp Set. And that's it! I hope you're inspired! 

LDRS Creative | You Are Truly Amazing Slim Line Pocket Card

Need an idea for a quick and versatile Valentine's Day card? Look no further! I used a mix of LDRS Creative stamps and dies to make this adorable Slim Line Pocket Card! 

I am head over heels loving the new Slim Line Pocket Dies! I love that you can make smaller cards that perfectly fit in an A2 envelope - even with elements that hang off the side of the card! Let's build this card from the bottom up - starting with the white on white background. Die cutting a white background is a great way to bring texture into a card without being too distracting. I die cut the Slim Line Basket Weave Pocket Die background from white cardstock and adhered it onto a 3" x 5.5" card base. Let's move on to the die cut elements! I reached for some of my go to scene building dies - Here Comes the Sun, In a Cloudy Sky, and the Rainbow Bits Die Set. I cut the clouds from white, the sun from yellow, and a colorful rainbow from scraps of colored cardstock. I can't get enough of all of the stitched details! 

Such an adorable background needs an equally adorable image to go on top and LDRS has me covered! I grabbed the Up and Away Pocket Pals Stamp Set that was released last Spring and stamped the flying elephants and the heart balloon with Raven Hybrid Ink. I colored them with alcohol markers and die cut them with the coordinating Up and Away Dies and added the images to my card with foam tape. 

I stamped the Love Stack Sentiment Stamp Set with Raven Hybrid Ink onto white cardstock and quickly cut a bunch of sentiments with the Sentiment Stack Coordinating Die. I picked my favorite and added it to the bottom of my card with foam tape. I hope this card inspires you! See you soon! 

Pink & Main | Valentine's Day Seasonal Truck

It's just about a month until Valentine's Day and I'm showing off the Pink & Main Seasonal Truck Stamp Set on this festive card! 

I knew I wanted to keep to traditional Valentine's Day colors, so I chose a pink and white polka dot patterned paper from the Best Friends 6x6 Paper Pack as a jumping off point. I cut it to cover an A2 card and decided to add a bit more to the background. 

I die cut the Plaid Slimline Die from white cardstock and added it down the center of my card. The Plaid Slimline Die is sized to fit a slimline card, so it's quite a bit longer than an A2 card. I let the die cut hang off the top and bottom and trimmed off the excess. 

I Seasonal Truck Stamp Set is a large stamp set with the adorable truck image as well as a bunch of coordinating images to place in the bed of the stamp. I stamped the truck and the bed of hearts and colored them with Copic markers. I die cut them with the coordinating Seasonal Truck Die Set and added Wink of Stella as well as Glossy Accents to portions of the colored images. 

I added the truck as well as a sentiment to the card with foam tape and finished with some Glossy Dots. Thanks for stopping by! 

i-crafter | Stenciled Kokeshi Dress Up Card

Remember playing with paper dolls as a kid? It was one of my favorite "quiet" activities! The Kokeshi Dress Up Die Set from i-crafter takes me right back to my childhood! 

The only limit to the Kokeshi Dress Up Die Set is your imagination! I pulled together a bunch of my gold foiled patterned papers and cut out all the pieces for my little girl. The die set even has different hair styles! And you can accessorize with the fan or a parasol. So many options! I cut out all of my pieces and glued them onto the body from the Kokeshi Dress Up Die Set with liquid adhesive. 

Such an amazing focal point needs an equally amazing background. I sprayed the back of the Japanese Kumiko Stencil with a temporary adhesive and used i-brush Blender Brushes to ink over the stencil with a gradient of inks. I started with an orange-y red at the bottom, to a dark pink, and finished with a light pink at the top. I blended in a diagonal direction to add a bit more interest to the background. I popped up the Kokeshi Dress Up element and all that's left is a sentiment. I like to look through my die sets for fun sentiments for my cards, so I pulled the hello script sentiment from the Dashed Circles Flip Card Die Set and cut the letters for 'friend' from the Carly Alphabet Die Set and added them with liquid adhesive to the corner of my card. 

Thanks for joining me! I hope you love the way I mixed together a bunch of i-crafter products and that you're inspired to do the same! 

InkOn3 | Boujee Kisses Card

Big, bold, boujee kisses to you! The Bad & Boujee Stamp Set from InkOn3 is definitely one of my favorites for Valentine's Day! 

I love the two new colors of Atelier Ink from InkOn3 - Sweet Petunia Pink and Trinity Teal. They pair together beautifully! And who doesn't love a nice bright pink lip?! I used the solid lip image from the Bad & Boujee Stamp Set and stamped a cascading line of lips using Sweet Petunia Pink Atelier Ink from the top right to the bottom left. 

I stamped the perfume bottle from the Bad & Boujee Stamp Set using Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink onto white cardstock. I chose my Copic markers to match the Trinity Teal Atelier Ink and colored in the bottle and used the coordinating Bad & Boujee Die Set to cut it out. I stamped the lips once more with Juicy Clear Embossing and Watermark Ink and heat embossed it with Gold Rush Ultra Fine Embossing Powder then cut it out. 

I die cut the kisses word die from the Bad & Boujee Die Set and added some color to the bottom with Trinity Teal Atelier Ink. I used a blender brush and kept the color concentrated towards the bottom and lighter at the middle, fading to white at the top of the die cut sentiment. I arranged all three elements onto my cascading lips card front. 

No boujee card is complete without some Liquid Pixie Dust! I covered the perfume bottle as well as the sentiment with a coating of the magical shimmer to finish the card. Thanks for peeking at my card! I hope this inspires you to be a bit boujee today!