LDRS Creative Fall Wreath Inside Spinner Card

Hey, friends! I have a video tutorial sharing just how easy peasy it is to create an inside spinner card with products from LDRS Creative!

This is such an easy interactive card to make - but be sure to watch my video tutorial above! It's difficult for me to explain the steps in detail in a blog post and the video tutorial should be helpful for you to see exactly how I made this card!

Okay let's get started! The outside is the simplest - it looks like a regular card! My card base is a standard A2 side folding card - the finished size is 4.25" x 5.5" and folds flat so you can mail it in a regular envelope! I used patterned papers from the Sweater Weather 6x6 paper pad to create a fun autumn backround. I used the Scallop Circle Frames die set to add some pretty details to my layers. All of my images are from the Happy Fall stamp set and I stamped them with LDRS Creative Raven Hybrid Ink and colored them with alcohol markers. This stamp set was previously released from LDRS Creative but one of the things I love most about this company is that their products work so well together!

The magic is on the inside of the card! The little mouse spins around! So cute! To create a spinner card you need a symmetrical image so that you can stamp, cut, and glue two images back to back. This little mouse isn't symmetrical - so I made it work for me! I used a reverse image stamping technique by stamping the image onto a piece of photopolymer (what clear stamps are typically made from) with LDRS Creative Raven Hybrid Ink and pressing a piece of cardstock on top of the image to transfer the stamping to my cardstock. I haven't ever gotten perfect results using this method - but I can fake it! I used a black pen to fill in any gaps or uneven lines in my stamping.

Now to create and assemble the inside of the spinner card! I cut a piece of cardstock to be 5.25" x 8.5" and scored it down the middle at 4.25" and at 2.5" from each end. I folded the center fold in and the outer folds out so that the folds form an "M" when you look at it from the side. Be sure to check out my video to see a visual of how I folded the piece! I lined up the center die of the Garden Wreath die set so that it's centered top to bottom and in the center of the middle score line of my cardstock. No I have the perfect window in my folded cardstock for my spinning mouse. I wanted there to be a pretty background so I trimmed a piece of paper from the Sweater Weather 6x6 paper pad to be 5" square and scored it down the middle and adhered it on the inside center of my card.

I placed a piece of double sided adhesive on the top and bottom of the back of my die cut inside panel and added a piece of clear thread right down the middle. I added another piece of adhesive on top of the thread covering the first pieces of tape. DO NOT take the release paper off of the back of the second piece of tape or you'll tape your card closed! Add glue or double sided tape to the back of one of the little mouse images and center it onto the thread and then glue the second back to back of the first. Then adhere the spinner mechanism to the inside of the card! Like I said - it seems hard, but it's really not! Watch the video at the beginning of this post and you'll see! If I can do it you can do it! Thanks so much for joining me!

Soft Stenciled Snowflakes

Hi everyone! I'm a lover of classic Christmas colors - but every now and then I feel the urge to create with soft pastel colors!

This card is very easy to create and even to mass produce if you want! I started with a piece of light pink cardstock that I die cut with a stitched rectangle die. I sprayed the back of the Echo Park Magical Snowfall Stencil with some Pixie Spray and and pounced on some white pigment ink over the stencil. I love the look of the soft white on the pastel pink! If you wanted to have crisp white snowflakes you could use Versamark Ink and white embossing powder - but I like the look of the soft snowflakes.

I die cut a large snowflake from some gold foiled cardstock to use as my center piece and added some coiled silver thread for added interest. My sentiment is from the Avery Elle Christmas Magic stamp set and I heat embossed it with gold powder to match the snowflake die cut. And that's it! See what I mean! Super easy! Thanks for joining me!

3 Cards 1 Kit - Kindred Stamps Teen Detectives Box

Hi! I'm super loving the latest limited edition box from Kindred Stamps! The Teen Detectives Box features our favorite gang of mystery solving kids and their trusty dog! These boxes are limited edition and once they're gone they're gone! Remember when you purchase the Teen Detectives Box that they need to be purchased separately from any other products. The boxes are already packed and ready to go, so your order will be deleted and refunded if you check out with other products in your cart. Some of these items may be available in the Kindred Stamps store later on, but the Teen Detectives stamp set is exclusive to the box - so if you love the stamp set as much as I do go grab yourself a Teen Detectives Limited Edition Box before they're gone!

I created three cards using the Teen Detectives Box and I still have so many more ideas!

I've seen so many cards popping up in the Fan Club with forest backgrounds that I had to try one myself! I used a mix of regular Distress Inks and Distress Oxide Inks to create my spooky forest scene with the Kindred Stamps Forest stencil. I added a heat embossed sentiment and some of my favorite characters from the Teen Detectives stamp set.

My second card is inspired by chalkboard drawings and is really quite simple to make! I just stamped the characters from the Teen Detectives stamp set repeatedly on a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed them with white powder. I heat embossed my favorite sentiment onto vellum and glued it across my panel. A few gems finish off the card!

I couldn't let this box go without using the fabulous Tie Dye stencil! I used a whole rainbow of Distress Inks for the perfect tie dye background. I needed all of the fabulous characters on this card, so I turned it to be a landscape style card and added all the friends and a sentiment!

I have a video at the beginning of this video! And remember to head over to the Kindred Stamps store to grab your own Teen Detectives Box before they're gone! See you soon!

Simon Hurley Create. Christmas Backsplash Card

Hello! I'm mixing up some products from Simon Hurley Create. to make a cute Christmas card featuring Artie the bear! He's just the cutest! Don't you think so!?

I just LOVE the Simon Hurley Create. Backsplash Stencil! I think it makes a great background and when I looked at it I thought of a bright Christmas star! I sprayed the back of the Backsplash Stencil with Pixie Spray and tacked it onto a piece of white cardstock. I blended on Bee Sting and Later Gator Simon Hurley Create. dye inks being careful not to overlap the colors too much. Before I removed the stencil I sprayed the background with Silver Glitter Dust Spray. All Christmas cards are better with glitter, right?! I wanted there to be a little more interest to my background, so I die cut the panel with a Stitched Rounded Rectangle Die.

As I looked through my Simon Hurley Create. stamps I realized that the small present in the Caroling Squad stamp set fits perfectly between the paws of the bear in the Bestest Friends stamp set! Perfect! I stamped the images onto heavy weight cardstock and colored them with my Spectrum Noir Triblend markers and trimmed them out with my scissors. I arranged my images onto the background and stamped a sentiment from the Caroling Squad stamp set onto the bottom of the panel.

I used a Spectrum Noir Clear Shimmer brush pen to add a bit of glitter to the presents to finish off the card! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kindred Stamps September 2019 Release - Lifesavers Slider Surprise Card

Hey, everyone! It's time for the September 2019 release from Kindred Stamps! And this is a super good one! I made an inky slider surprise card using the new Lifesavers stamp set! If that's not good enough I have a giveaway for you! Leave me a comment on this blog post for a chance to win a $10 credit to the Kindred Stamps store! Hooray! Be sure to leave your email address so I can contact you! And you have until September 30th to enter! The entire Kindred Stamps release will be available Friday September 27th at 8am PST! Until then - let's see my card and video!

Be sure to subscribe to the Kindred Stamps blog to see a daily line up of sneak peeks from our amazing Design Team and see the full product release on Friday! Come join the Fan Club and release event to be part of the release fun, and you may just win some Kindred Stamps credit!!

I stamped out my two favorite characters from the Lifesavers stamp set and colored them with my Copic markers. Watch my video above to see which colors I used! Once they were all colored I cut them out with my scissors leaving a small white border.

I die cut the My Favorite Things Slider Surprise die pieces from white cardstock, masked off the outer edge of the panel, and blended on Distress Inks through the Swirl Stencil onto the center portion. I reversed the mask so that I covered the stenciled inner portion and added blue inks to the outer portion. I also blended on some green inks to the pull tab part of the mechanism.

I wanted to add a bit more interest to the pull tab, so I stamped the bandages and the stethoscope with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I added the pull tab mechanism to my card with foam tape and pulled back on the tab and stamped the sentiment with blue ink. I added my doctors to the front of the card on the bottom portion of the "tent" part of the card. For tips and tricks on how I assembled my card watch my video at the top of this post!

I love how this card turned out! Remember to leave me a comment on this post by September 30th for a chance to win a $10 credit to the Kindred Stamps store! And you can head over to the Kindred Stamps store to pick up the new Lifesavers stamp set and more of the new release this Friday the 27th!

New Colors of Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets from ThermOWeb!

I have waited for new colors of Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets from ThermOWeb since I got my hands on the first eight colors - and the time is HERE! Woo hoo! Hooray! Yay! Please welcome SIX new colors to the Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets family! Today I picked out three of the new colors to use with the Autumn Wishes Stamp n Stencil system to create two fall themed cards!

You can just picture fall and winter with the six new colors of Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets! And they perfectly fill in where there were gaps in the previous color line! I was most excited about the Tuscan Gold! I can't tell you how many times I needed a brown! And it's the perfect light mustardy brown color! Think of all the critters you can flock!

I stamped a bunch of leaves and trees from the Autumn Wishes stamp set and die cut them with the Autumn Wishes dies. I added Deco Foil Transfer Gel to the die cuts with the Autumn Wishes stencil and Stencil Pal. Of course I sprayed the back with my beloved Pixie Spray first! Once the Transfer Gel dried I ran the pieces through my laminator with the new colors of Deco Foil Flock. The three colors I used are the new Tuscan Gold, Teal Waters, and Ruby Red. My favorites!

I used the Autumn Wishes stencil and the Aged Copper Deco Foil Metallix Gel to create a stenciled background for my cards and added the die cut pieces on top. I'm so in love with the fuzzy flocked texture! I hope you enjoyed these cards! See you soon!

Pink & Main Halloween Pull and Flip Card

Hi! I've never really been one to make interactive cards - but lately I've been obsessed with interactive card making dies! I created a super cute Halloween card using the Pink & Main Pull and Flip dies!

I stamped and colored a bunch of critters from the Less Tricks stamp set and die cut them with the Less Tricks dies. I picked out ones that would fit well onto the Pull and Flip dies. It's okay if they hang off the right a bit, but they need to fit on the square from top to bottom. Even these may be just a bit too tall, but I just did a little wiggle with the pull tab and everything works fine!

I picked out some of my favorite patterns from the Not Too Spooky 6x6 paper pad and die cut a background with the Stitched Rectangle 1 die set as well as a rectangle that would fit behind my Pull and Flip die mechanism. I die cut the main die from the Pull and Flip die set from black cardstock and the squares and scalloped squares from the Not Too Spooky 6x6 paper pad. I love that the patterns are double sided so both sides of my squares are pretty!

The Pull and Flip dies go together pretty easily - but if you need to see just how it's assembled Michelle did a video on the Pink & Main YouTube channel. I glued the squares onto the die mechanism and added my characters on top so that the characters would peek out from behind each other.

I stamped and heat embossed the spooktacular sentiment from the Fall Sentiments stamp set on the pull tab portion of the Pull and Flip die mechanism and adhered the final pieces to my card. So cute and fun, right! I LOVE how it turned out! Thanks for joining me!

Erin Lee Creative Incredible India Mandala Background

Hi, everyone! I just created one of my favorite backgrounds EVER using the Incredible India stamp set from Erin Lee Creative! And I'm so excited to share it with you! It's so easy to make and you can recreate this in any color under the rainbow!

I started using the absolutely gorgeous mandala stamps in the Incredible India stamp set with some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink. When building a stamped background I find it best to start with the largest image, then move to the medium and small images. That way there is always room for the larger stamps. If you start filling the background with smaller images there may not be enough space to stamp the largest images too. I still had a lot of white space left on my card once I was done stamping my mandalas, so I used two ends of a stylus and tapped it on my Hickory Smoke ink pad and used it as a "stamp" for the tiny dots to fill in my background. I had a different idea for this card in the beginning - but I'm seriously so obsessed with this background that I didn't want to cover it up!

Instead of covering the background with an image I decided to use a script sentiment die - the Love You Forever die seemed perfect! I die cut it five times from black cardstock, glued them together for a dimensional look, and added a double coating of clear embossing powder to the stacked die cuts before adding it to the center of my card. Here's a short tutorial for you to watch!






Thanks for stopping by!

Avery Elle Mint and Gold Christmas

Hi! Can you believe Christmas is a mere 3 months away!? Crazy, right! I used some mint and gold patterned papers from my stash and the Avery Elle Christmas Magic stamp set to create a super cute Christmas card!

This card is super easy to recreate! I started by stamping the lamp, holly, snowman, and unicorn from the Avery Elle Christmas Magic stamp set and colored them with my Copic markers. I trimmed them out with scissors leaving a small white border.

I needed a perfect background for my images, so I grabbed some mint patterned papers from my stash and cut them with Pink & Main Stitched Rectangle Dies. I stamped a sentiment and snowflakes with black ink onto the heart patterned paper.

I added my cute images with foam squares and that finishes my card! Thanks for stopping by!

LDRS Creative Gatefold Whale Card

I've been obsessed with gatefold cards lately! I love that they still fit into a regular envelope, but it's a special surprise fold for the recipient! And it's almost effortless to create a gatefold card versus a regular top folding card! I have a video showing you just how I made this card!

I started this card with a piece of cardstock just like I would for any other card - my starting cardstock piece is 5 1/5 x 8 1/5 inches and I scored at 2 1/8 inches from each side. That gives me a finished card size of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches with the edges of the card folding in to the middle! I stamped out the whale and fish images from the Whale Wishes stamp set and colored him with alcohol markers and cut them out with scissors.

I wanted to use the Puddle Jumper 6x6 papers to brighten up my card and I love that they are double sided! I picked out a few patterns to decorate the front and inside panels of my card - keeping to yellow mostly yellow and blue patterns and used liquid glue to adhere them. I used the Practically Oval die set to cut two more patterns of paper - one with the largest oval and one with the smaller scalloped oval die. I wanted the ovals to layer, so I added the scalloped oval to the left side of the card and the larger oval to the right side of the gatefold card. When you open and close the card the ovals layer and peek out from behind! And this is where the double sided papers come in handy because you can see the reverse side of the patterns! Watch my process video for tips and tricks on adhering the layers together!

I finished the card by stamping sentiments from the Whale Wishes stamp set with Raven Hybrid Ink and hiding them behind each other. Usually I don't decorate the inside of my cards, but I decided to stamp some fish for a finishing touch! Thanks for stopping by today!

Guy Birthday Cards with Kindred Birthday

I always need birthday card for guys - like ALWAYS! Haha! I struggle with cards for guys to begin with - but especially birthday cards. I just feel the need to add gems, sequins, and glitter! When I got my hands on the Kindred Stamps Kindred Birthday stamp set I saw the little guy and knew I would use him to make birthday cards for guys! Perfect!

I made all four cards using the same methods and techniques. I stamped out the guy from the Kindred Birthday stamp set four times and colored them with my Copic Markers. The colors I used are shown in my video above! I colored two of them with brown hair, two with blonde hair, two with yellow jackets, and two with green jackets so that I had four guys that were all colored differently with the same markers. So one blonde with a green jacket and one with a blue, and one brown haired guy with a green jacket and a second with a blue jacket! Easy and simple!

I needed backgrounds for these guy birthday cards, so I grabbed some of my favorite Kindred Stamps stencils! I used Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Inks with the Skinny Plaid stencil and the Swirl stencil. I used Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, and Twisted Citron Distress Inks with the Chevron stencil and the Tiles stencil. I added some sentiments from the Kindred Birthday stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink and added the guys to the cards with foam squares. And just like that I have four awesome birthday cards for guys! Thanks for joining me!

Colorful Stamped Background

Hey, everyone! I created a colorful stamped background using the Penguin Palace Fun Adventure stamp set! This is a super easy technique that I love to use!

I picked out three of the smaller images from the Fun Adventure stamp set - the camera, suitcase, and airplane - and stamped them randomly across my card base using four different colors of ink.

I stamped, colored, and die cut the dog and girl image from the Fun Adventure stamp set as well as a sentiment strip. I thought they got lost against the background, so I used the Pink & Main Stitched Star dies to die cut a vellum star as well as a white star frame and added them to the card with the die cut elements on top.

I hope you've enjoyed this short card tutorial! See you soon!

ThermOWeb and Newton's Nook Designs Collaboration

Hello! Are you as excited for fall as I am?! The colors, the chill in the air, the PUMPKINS?! I fell in love with the new Newton's Nook Designs fall release and I'm so excited to mix up some ThermOWeb products with the new Newton's Nook Designs release!

I couldn't wait to dive into the limited edition Pumpkin Spice Gina K Designs Glitz Glitter Gel! This color of Glitz Glitter Gel was limited edition and is now sold out, but if you weren't one of the super lucky people to buy this color - the Sweet Mango color is a fantastic substitute! It's a beautiful orange color! 

I colored up the large image from the Fall Fringe stamp set as well as the girl from the Pumpkin Latte stamp set using my Copic markers and added them onto my stenciled background. 

Head over to the ThermOWeb blog for the full write up! Thanks for joining me! 

Spooky Trick or Treating Scene

Are you loving the new fall and winter release from LDRS Creative?! I'm obsessed! I created a clean and simple - but super fun - Halloween card today using some of the new products!

I fell in love with the Halloween High Junks stamp set and Down Main Street die as soon as I saw them! The little kids are absolutely adorable and the die has super fun peek a boo doors! The die creates hinges so that you can pop open the doors and some of the awnings pop up, too!

I wanted to make an easy scene background for my trick or treaters, so I decided to use the Down Main Street die as my background. This die is not meant to be used for Halloween, but I love that you can change the look of the die depending on what color cardstock you cut from! Since I needed a spooky background I die cut a piece of black cardstock and I grabbed my Hybrid Mini Ink Cubes from LDRS Creative to add color behind my scene. I started ink blending at the top of my background panel so that I could add inks from dark to light. I feel like that's the easiest way to add color because it doesn't require extra blending. I used a bit of Iced Tea Hybrid Ink at the top, blended into Dan-D-Lion, and added Lantern Yellow at the bottom so that the lightest color would be peeking through the doors and windows of my die cut.

I stamped out some cute trick or treaters and their accessories from the Halloween High Jinks stamp set and colored them with alcohol markers. I just LOVE that little spider! And the cat on the pumpkin! They're such cute additions to the stamp set! Once I was done coloring them I used the coordinating Halloween High Jinks dies to cut out the images. I glued my images onto my card making sure to tuck the little ghost peeking out from behind the door on the left side of the card.

Check out that little ghost! So cute, right?! I stamped a sentiment at the bottom of my card using LDRS Creative Watermark Emboss ink and heat embossed it with LDRS Creative White Embossing Powder to finish my card! Thanks for joining me today! 

Die Cut Thanksgiving Leaves Cards

You guys!! I'm so so so excited to be sneaking the September release from Pink & Main today! This release is perfectly spooky and happily fall at the same time! Something for everyone!

This duo of cards uses three new products from the September release from Pink & Main. Can you spot them? 

I used the new Quilt Square 2 die, Sweater Weather 6x6 paper pad, and Fall Sentiments stamp set! These products go together PERFECTLY to make beautiful fall cards! And what's even better?! The Sweater Weather papers are double sided so I actually only used two sheets of the paper to make these two cards! I'll tell you how I made them! 

I picked out two patterns of Sweater Weather paper keeping in mind that I wanted to use the reverse side of the papers and inlay them into the backgrounds. The patterns I chose were a brown on one side and green on the other as well as the yellow pattern with pink on the reverse. I used the Quilt Square 2 die and die cut both of the papers. The Quilt Square 2 die has super awesome stitched details that I love so much! I cut and folded two 4.25 inch square cards and began assembling my cards. I found it easiest to glue the frame down and then puzzle piece the rest into the frame. 

I used the reverse side of the pattern papers to fill in the inside pieces of the leaf. You could definitely just glue them inside right side up, but I like the idea of a third color. The pink is the reverse of the yellow and the green is the reverse of the brown. The Fall Sentiments stamp set is a large 6x6 stamp set with a whole bunch of fall and Halloween sentiments! It will be a staple in your craft room for sure! And I love that the sentiments are a mix of print and script fonts! 

I hope you love these new fall products from Pink & Main! They will be available in the shop on Friday September 20th!