Kindred Stamps Simple Doodle Alpha Cards

Hi! I have some quick and easy cards to share with you using the new Kindred Stamps Doodle Uppercase and Doodle Lowercase stamp sets and Arteza Real Brush Pens!

I love the simple, whimsical design of the Doodle Alphabet sets! They are great for so many techniques! You can mix and match these large letters with smaller sentiments in your Kindred stash, stamp them on patterned paper and create your own stickers ... the ideas are endless! I decided to keep it simple today and do a watercolor emboss resist technique.

For my first card I decided to use the Doodle Uppercase stamp set just as it came and stamp the whole alphabet at once to create a background that covers my whole card. I taped the Doodle Uppercase stamp set onto the door of my MISTI and inked up the stamp with Versamark Ink and heat embossed the background with white embossing powder. I used three shades of pink Arteza Real Brush Pens to quickly add a wash of color to my background.

I decided to mix the Doodle Uppercase and Doodle Lowercase stamp sets on my second card. I used my MISTI to stamp the "hello" from the Doodle Uppercase stamp set and the "friend" from the Doodle Lowercase stamp set in the center of my card. I chose to blend a light green and blue marker together to create my background. This time the white embossing didn't pop as much as I wanted it to, so I went back in with a dark teal marker and colored in the letters.

I hope these cards have given you some Doodle Alpha inspiration! I'll see you soon!

Scrapbook.com 12 Days of Christmas - FREEBIE! - Carta Bella Flower Market Ephemera

Hey! More freebies from Scrapbook.com await! The Carta Bella Flower Market Ephemera pack contains 33 pieces of gorgeous goodness and you can get it for FREE today only ( December 8th ) at Scrapbook.com!

There are frames, sentiments, and more in the Carta Bella Flower Market Ephemera pack! Creating with these took me back to when I first started making cards! It's so easy to create a simple background and add a gorgeous ephemera piece on top! All you have to do to redeem your freebie is shop like you normally would at Scrapbook.com - there's no minimum order requirement for the Carta Bella Flower Market Ephemera pack - but remember that there are lots of sales during the 12 Days of Christmas as well as freemium coupons! Before checking out add the Carta Bella Flower Market Ephemera pack to your cart and it will automatically discount to $0.00!

I fell in love with all the gorgeous flower patterns in the Carta Bella Flower Market Ephemera pack! I decided to create a simple watercolored background to highlight the colors in the ephemera, so I used my Arteza Real Brush Pens and created some simple watercolor circles. All of my little embellishments are from the Carta Bella Flower Market Ephemera pack except for the twine. I just love how this turned out!

I'm loving the gorgeous ephemera pieces in the Carta Bella Flower Market Ephemera pack! And remember it's only free at Scrapbook.com TODAY! And only while supplies last! Hurry over!

LDRS Creative November Feature Day 1 - Ice Skating Penguins

Hey, guys! I have a quick card to share with you using the Frozen fun stamp set from LDRS Creative! 

Lately I've been experimenting with ways to draw my own backgrounds. Now ... I'm not good at drawing. At all! Haha! So I need it to be easy and simple! I used some real brush pens to quickly draw some easy pine trees over a piece of cardstock with three different shades of green. 

I stamped and colored some cute images from the LDRS Creative Frozen Fun stamp set and added them to my card with foam tape. I also stamped a sentiment with Watermark Emboss Ink and heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder and added it below the images. 

This card was so simple to create, but I'm pretty obsessed with it! Head over to the LDRS Creative blog to see more wintery inspiration from the rest of the design team! 

Popsicle Infinity Shaker

I am just so excited about the card I'm sharing with you today! I love to make shaker cards and it's been a long time since I made an infinity card! My craft room has been all about Christmas lately, so I decided to change gears and use some bright, summery colors with the LDRS Creative Ice Cream Party stamp set.

An infinity shaker card is so easy to make - but I encourage you to watch my video above so that you can see what I'm doing to create the card. I'm much better at showing a technique than writing about one! This card starts out like any other card - with a background panel. I used the popsicle image from the Ice Cream Party stamp set and stamped it all over my background with the Raven Mini Hybrid Ink Pad. I love this ink because it's safe for all kinds of coloring mediums! Today I decided to use water based brush pens to add color to my popsicles.

You could for sure finish off the card with just the watercolor background - and I've done that many times! For some reason I wanted a little more shine and fun in my life today! I pushed my watercolored background into a stamp pocket used for storing stamp sets and trimmed off some of the excess acetate. Then I dumped in some multicolored sequins that matched my background and wrapped the acetate around to the back of the panel and adhered it with double sided tape. Acetate pockets like this are perfect for creating an infinity shaker card! The shaker bits can't fall out and they shake all over the front of the card! Plus it's basically completely flat! No need for extra postage going through the mail! BONUS!!

I used the Raven Mini Hybrid Ink Pad to stamp the sentiment and label from the Ice Cream Party stamp set and added it to the front of my card with foam squares. That's all! I won't lie to you - I'm super obsessed with this card and it's one of my favorites I've ever made! And it's so simple! I hope it inspires you! 

Soft Messy Watercolor

Hi, everyone! I've been obsessed with my Arteza Brush Pens ever since I got them! I used them along with the Sophia Frames stamp set from the May 2019 box from The Hedgehog Hollow.

I stamped my FAVORITE frame image from the Sophia Frames stamp set with Nuvo Black Hybrid ink. I love this ink because it is waterproof and detailed! I added some green to the center of the leaves and some purple to the center of the flowers with my Arteza Brush Pens. I grabbed some clean water and a small waterbrush and pulled the colors to the edge of my stamped image. But I didn't stop there! I wanted a messy watercolor look, so I pulled the color out beyond the stamp lines - keeping it soft and light.

I added some light purple to the center of the circle and stamped the sentiment in the middle. I added some gems around my floral cluster and that finishes my card!

I hope you love this simple card! I'm so obsessed with this floral frame! See you soon!

Arteza Watercolored Flowers

Hi, everybody! I'm still loving the May 2019 card kit from The Hedgehog Hollow! I have some simple watercolored inspiration for you today!

This little teapot image is one of my favorites from the Sophia Bouquets stamp set. I stamped it with waterproof black ink onto Bristol Smooth cardstock so that I could do some watercoloring with my Arteza Brush Pens.

I used simple 2 color blending and coloring for each area of my image. I added color and spread it around with clean water and then came in with a darker color marker and added shadows and depth. I thought there needed to be a shadow, so I used a blue/gray color so that my teapot wasn't floating in the air. I stamped a sentiment and added some black pearl embellishments!

This card was very quick to pull together! You could definitely make a whole bunch and give them as a gift set! Thanks for joining me today!