I'm a tidy crafter in all ways - I take something out, I put it right back, everything has a place ... and I don't like ink on my fingers! Haha! But today I got good and inky with some Miss Ink Stamps stencils and Distress Oxide Sprays!
I wanted to play with Distress Oxide Sprays and stencils, so I picked two Miss Ink Stencils that allowed me to experiment a bit. The Oopsy Daisy Stencil is more chunky with less "stenciling" area and the Basket Case Stencil is more detailed with more open areas. I picked three colors of Distress Oxide Sprays for each stenciled background and gave each color a couple of spritzes and set them aside to dry.
I wanted to keep the cards simple, but a bit fun and whimsical, so I grabbed the Tea Party and Unbirthday Stamp Sets. I LOVE how the sentiments from Unbirthday fit right on top of the tea table! I colored the tables to match the stenciled backgrounds and cut them out with my scissors.
I added the images on top of my cards with foam tape and that's it! Let me know which background you like better!
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All of my adorable images come from the Heffy Doodle Chimply the Best Stamp Set. I colored them with Copic Markers and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I knew that I wanted to use the Leafy Slim Line Die from Pink & Main as part of my background, but I thought the oak leaf looked a bit too autumn, so I altered it! I cut out the oak leaves and die cut more of the flat style leaves to piece into the design. They match the leaves in the Chimply the Best Stamp Set perfectly!
I added all of my stamped and die cut images and my glittery sentiment, I added a coordinating sentiment strip stamped from the Chimply the Best Stamp Set and I'm finished!
Thanks so much for joining me! You can find all the products I used on today's card in the Pink & Main and Heffy Doodle shops! Happy hopping!
I wanted to create a simple card with a lot of detail, so I grabbed a piece of light blue cardstock and blended three colors of blue ink over the Japanese Kumiko Stencil with i-brush Blender Brushes. This gives me a LOT of depth and color variation. I added some spatters of white paint for more texture and trimmed the panel down to 3.25" x 8.25" and foam mounted it onto a slimline card base.
I stamped a pretty little butterfly from the Flutter By Butterfly Stamp Set and colored it with Copic Markers and added it as well as a sentiment strip to the front of my shaker with iCraft 3D Foam Squares. That's it! Thanks for joining me!
Let's just dive right in to these cute cards! I knew that I wanted to use the cow print stencil from the Sassy & Crafty Seeing Spots and Paw Prints Stencil Pack. Come on! Cows are my favorite! But the question is ... do I want to do a black spotted background or a brown spotted background? We have both kinds of cows where I live. Of course I decided to do BOTH!
When I make cards I tend to start with the backgrounds. They often take a bit of time to dry, so I start with them and by the time my coloring is done (I am SUPER slow) the backgrounds are often dry. I wanted to make some brown Glitz Glitter Gel to match my brown spotted cow design and the Gold Glitz Glitter Gel was just too gold for my vision. So I made my own custom color! I took a bit of Iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel and placed it on my work surface and mixed in a few drops of Simon Hurley create. Grr! Reinker. This gave me a pretty light brown color! You can use a variety of products to change the color of you Glitz Glitter Gel - inks, pigment powders, etc. I just used what I have on hand!
While the background dried I worked on my images. I stamped the ADORABLE cow from the Sassy & Crafty Have a Cow Stamp Set - and I have a tip in my video for getting crisp, dark black lines for your stamps! I colored them with Copic markers - one cow with brown spots and one with black spots to match my backgrounds - and cut them out with scissors.
I started arranging my Sassy & Crafty images on my Glitz Glitter Gel backgrounds and they just weren't working for me. Here's what I do when things just don't look right - I grab an outline or shape die to break up the background! Sometimes there's just too much for the eyes to focus on and everything jumbles together. I grabbed a wreath outline die from my stash and found matching colors of Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Tuscan Gold and Black Velvet. Flock Transfer Sheets can be cut just like paper, but give an extra touch of texture! You can really see it in the close up photos above! I used iCraft Ultra Bond Liquid Adhesive to adhere my Flock die cuts onto a piece of vellum and cut away the excess. The vellum helps to 'dull' the background and help the images on top to stand out a bit.
I used a combination of iCraft 3D Foam Squares and iCraft 3D Foam Strips to adhere my pieces to the front of my cards. And that's all! I love these cards and I hope you do too! See you soon!
I just love the Basket of Fun Toner Card Fronts! They are so cute for Easter! There are many ways to use them, but today I thought I would focus on ink blending and die cutting. I used the Basket of Fun Slim Line Toner Card Fronts because that's what fit with my die set, but you could use any size. Imagine how cute these would be in clear!
Once the Toner Card Front was foiled I cut out the necessary pieces to build my Easter Treat Lantern. Now let's add some more color! There are a number of ways to color the Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts - markers, watercolor, pencils - but I'm going to do some ink blending. I used some yellow and orange inks and blended it over the Basket of Fun Toner Card Front die-cut pieces. I just LOVE the pop of Purple Sketch Foil against the ink blending!
This little treat box is perfect for small candies, lip balm, or even a pack of sequins for a crafty friend! I hope this project inspires you to turn your Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts into something new! See you soon!
I have an easy Easter Card that would be great for simple mass producing using Simon Hurley create. goodies today!
This card has so much gorgeousness, but it really is simple to create! I used three different Simon Hurley create. Dye Inks over the Stained Glass Stencil to create the background. Boom! That took literally about 2 minutes!
The cross is so simple, too! The He is Risen! Stamp Set has the outline as well as the layering image for the cross. I stamped the outline in black, quickly colored the flowers, and then used Grr! Ink to stamp and fill in the cross. I LOVE that there is a woodgrain pattern for texture and interest!
I stamped a sentiment from the He is Risen! Stamp Set, bubble cut around it, and foam mounted it onto my cross. That's it! Happy Easter, everyone! See you soon!
ThermOWeb and Sassy & Crafty are celebrating their collaboration week with an Instagram hop! How exciting! Head to my Instagram HERE to participate and see lots of inspiration!
The magic of foiling never fades for me! I LOVE the results every single time! I grabbed the Sassy & Crafty Butterfly Wings Stencil and went to work! I sprayed the back of the stencil with Pixie Spray so that none of those little details would shift while I worked. I decided to show off my favorite Deco Foil of all time - Rainbow Shattered Glass! - on both black and white cardstock. I pressed the Butterfly Wings Stencil down onto a piece of cardstock and used my Stencil Pal to spread Deco Foil Transfer Gel DUO over the stencil in an even layer. I removed my stencil and placed it over my second piece of cardstock and repeated the process. These pieces take a few hours to dry, but I prefer to let them sit overnight to make sure they are fully dried.
You'll know the Deco Foil Transfer Gel DUO is dry when it turns clear (instead of white) and is only slightly tacky. Let's add some foil! Because I used the DUO Gel I have the choice of transferring foil with the heat and pressure from my laminator or just using pressure from my die cutting machine. I LOVE that! I chose to use my die cutting machine simply because it's easier for me. I cut a piece of Rainbow Shattered Glass Deco Foil to be slightly larger than my background and placed it pretty side up onto my background. You want to make sure that the silver back side of the foil makes contact with your medium (whether thats gel, toner, or adhesive). I placed my foil and background into a typing paper carrier sheet and ran it through my die cutting machine. I slowly peeled back the foil backer and I had GORGEOUS foiled butterfly backgrounds!
All that's left is to put the cards together! I added the sentiment strips with iCraft 3D Foam Strips and the butterflies with iCraft 3D Foam Squares. These cards have gorgeous shine, but are pretty simple. I like to use the iCraft Foam Adhesives when I have a simple card so there is a lot of dimension to my elements.
I hope you enjoy these cards combining my favorite ThermOWeb and Sassy & Crafty goodies! See you soon!
Well, hi! It's Lynnea and I have the CUTEST interactive (belated) birthday card to share with you today using the new Pink & Main stamp and die of the month!
Let's just jump right in! I stamped the dragon and sentiment from the Oh Happy Day Stamp and Die Combo in the center of a card panel and colored him with Copic Markers. I used the coordinating die set to cut out a mask for the dragon and covered him with the mask so I could do some ink blending. You could definitely skip this step and instead die cut him and place him on top of a background, but I wanted the extra touch of a one layer background.
I placed the Stained Glass Stencil over my masked off dragon and used an Ergonomic Blender Brush to add multiple colors of ink over my background. I love how it looks like bursts of confetti in the background!
Now for the fun part! I used an EZ Light mechanism from Pear Blossom Press and added the three lights behind the three largest balloons in my stamped image. Ahh! Look at the cuteness when you press the dragon's tummy!
I decided I wanted another pattern popping out from behind the stenciled background, so I VERY carefully trimmed down my panel and added it on top of a striped patterned paper from the Hooray 6x6 Pack.
I love to ink smoosh, don't you!? It gets a bit messy, but the results are so colorful and fun! Today I'm sharing ink smooshing with Atelier Inks and using the NEW Gerbera Daisy Stamp Set from InkOn3!
Let's just dive right in to those gorgeous backgrounds! I ink smooshed two ways. I started by putting some Bee Sting Yellow, Sweet Petunia Pink, and Trinity Teal Atelier Inks onto my glass work surface. I spritzed them with water and picked up all three colors at once with a piece of plastic and smooshed it onto a piece of watercolor cardstock. I continued to pick up ink until my panel was full. I liked this background, but mixing all three colors together at once created some muddy areas, so I tried a second method to reduce the mud. Haha!
I used the same three colors of Atelier Ink for my second background, but this time I used them one at a time. I added a bit of Bee Sting Yellow, dried the panel, then Sweet Petunia Pink, dried the panel, and Trinity Teal, and dried the panel. Allowing the colors to dry in between and adding them one at a time reduced the amount of mixing. There's definitely still some mixing of color, but I don't have muddy colors this time. I watered down some Paint it Black Atelier Ink and added ink spatters all over each background.
I didn't want my images on top to take away from my pretty Atelier Ink backgrounds, so I decided to leave them white. I stamped some flowers and leaves from the Gerbera Daisy Stamp Set and trimmed them with my scissors. I mounted them with foam on my backgrounds. I stamped sentiments from the Here for You Stamp Set with Juicy Watermark Emboss Ink and heat set them with Arctic White Ultra Fine Embossing Powder. I trimmed them into strips and added them to the center of my floral cluster.
I added a bit of glam to the sentiment strips with Liquid Pixie Dust to complete this card set. I hope you'll try this ink smooshing technique!
Hello, hello! ThermOWeb has just released a new set of Deco Foil Toner Sheets! I am feeling light and springy with these new floral Toner Sheets, so I made a pretty foiled Spring wreath!
There are so many things you can do with Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts - alcohol markers, watercolor, ink blending ... endless possibilities! Today I decided to stick to just simple foiling and cut up one of the new Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts and use the floral images as individual flowers instead of a full background! There are five colors of foil being featured this month in the ThermOWeb shop and I used all five of them on my card!
I used a slimline toner sheet so that I would have plenty of flowers to cut out. I cut strips of Lilac and Ocean Blue Deco Foil Transfer Sheets as well as Twinkling Pink Gina K Designs Fancy Foil and placed them on top of my slimline toner sheet slightly overlapping them so that I wouldn't have any gaps in the foiling. You want to be sure that the back of the foil touches the toner and the pretty side of the toner faces up. I used a Deco Foil Parchment Sheet as a carrier and ran the sandwich through my laminator. This resulted in SO MANY pretty flowers! I wanted to keep the background light and springy, so while my laminator was out I decided to do a bit more foiling. I used a Dainty Hearts A2 Toner Card Front and foiled it with Jade Deco Foil.
I used my scissors and fussy cut around the flowers and leaves and set them to the side so I could finish the rest of my card. I wanted somewhere for all of my flowers to sit, so I cut two stitched circles - one kraft and one white - using a Stitched Circles Die Set. The only other thing I need for this card is a sentiment and I have one last color of foil to feature! I adhered a strip of an iCraft 6x6 Easy Cut Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of white cardstock, peeled back the backer, and covered it with a piece of Orange Sketch Brutus Monroe Foil. Just like with the toner, the pretty side of the foil should be up and the back side should be against the adhesive. I used the My Favorite Things Sweet Hello Die Set and ran the sentiment die through my machine. Now I have a bright, shiny sentiment!
All that's left is to assemble the card! I used iCraft Ultra Bond Liquid Adhesive to adhere my floral cluster together and then added it to the stitched circles with Gina K Designs White Foam Squares. This whole card shines! The hearts in the background, the flowers, AND the sentiment! And it was fast and simple to make! I hope you'll take a second look at your Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts and see how you can cut them up to bring them new life!
This card is so striking and so easy to make! I used some Pixie Spray on the back of the Heirloom Blooms Stencil so that it would hold tight onto my background and temporarily adhered it onto a piece of white cardstock. I used a Stencil Pal to spread some Red Velvet Glitz Glitter Gel over the stencil and set it aside to dry.
I worked on my flower while my background was drying. I stamped the large floral image from the Gardenia Stamp Set and colored it with Copic Markers. I didn't want it to clash with the bold background, so I chose to color it white using cool gray markers. I love how the yellow green leaves pop!
I used my scissors to trim the flower and stamped a sentiment from the Magnolia Sympathy Stamp Set and trimmed that into a banner. I adhered both onto the Heirloom Blooms background with foam tape.
I hope you enjoyed this bold background! I'll see you soon!
