Flocked Haunted Houses

Hello, there! We're in the middle of a heat wave here and I am SO ready for cooler temperatures! Haha! I am definitely not a lover of summer! I have a fun textured Halloween card on the ThermOWeb blog today using one of my favorite products - Flock Transfer Sheets! I'm a lover of texture and this card is seriously packed with visual and physical textures!

OMG you guys this card is flocking AMAZING! Haha! Not only did I incorporate Flock Transfer Sheets, but I used Gold Shattered Glass Deco Foil, some ink blending, and lots and lots of die cutting! Aren't those little houses just adorable!?

I couldn't stop touching this card as I was putting it together! There's textures GALORE! Check out my video below and head over to the ThermOWeb blog for a full written tutorial!






Thanks for watching!

Big Hugs Alcohol Ink Backgrounds

Hello, friends! A while back I made the leap into alcohol inks and I don't know what made me wait so long! I probably knew I would spent a boat load of money! Haha! 

I used Yupo paper and Ranger alcohol inks as well as some metallic mixatives to create a bunch of backgrounds. I picked out 4 of my favorites and used them to create 8 simple notecard sized cards!

I can't even pick a favorite background out of the four! I love them all! The great thing with alcohol inks is that you can use the same colors and technique but you will always get a unique background!

I took each of the backgrounds that I made and used the Big Hugs die from Neat and Tangled to cut into the center of the Yupo paper. I did the same with white cardstock 4 times. I inlaid the white die cut into the alcohol inked backgrounds and glued the die cut sentiment onto a white notecard. I have 8 cards just like that!

Last Minute Shiny Christmas Cards

Hello, everyone! Merry Christmas to you on this day before the day before Christmas! This is truly a magical time for me and my family and I hope it is for yours, too! I have two cards on the Butterfly Reflections, Inc blog today! I've made a few Christmas cards the past couple days and I can't wait to share them! I'll leave the photos here, but be sure to head over to the Butterfly Reflections, Inc blog to see more photos and all of the details!

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas!

OCC Rainbow Maker - Rainbow Watercolor

Hi, again! I'm still going strong with cards I made during the Rainbow Maker card class! Today I have two cards that feature another rainbow technique - watercolor! You all know I love watercolor! 

I used Distress Inks again for both of my cards. The colors I used were Festive Berries, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed (left), Squeezed Lemonade (right),  Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon (left), Peacock Feathers (right), and Wilted Violet.

This card is pretty simple and straight to the point. I squished the inks down onto my craft mat and added some water and used a paint brush to paint horizontal stripes onto my watercolor cardstock. So easy, but I love how bright this card is! I never did many rainbow techniques before this class, but I'm falling head over heels in love with rainbows after this class!

I used a Neat & Tangled stamp set and some Gold Hero Arts embossing powder and boom! This card is done!

This card is super special - it's a sneak peek of a stamp set that Simon Says Stamp will be releasing for STAMPtember on September 1st! And it is AWESOME!

I used the ink smooshing technique to lay down some quick and easy watercolor onto my background. I dried each of the colors before adding a new one so there wouldn't be much blending of colors. I didn't want to end up with mud in the middle.

I grabbed the not yet released Amazing Messages stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and stamped out the sentiment. There's a little confetti image in the set and I thought I would stamp that rather than adding sequins. I embossed all of my stamping with clear embossing powder. I wanted a bit more glitz to the card, so I added Wink of Stella to the sentiment and to the empty confetti pieces and covered them in Glossy Accents. This card is SO SO SO shimmery in real life!

Thanks for dropping by! I have 3 more cards to share with you that I made during this class! And these 3 are ones that I made after the fact - so they will be completely new to all of you!

OCC Rainbow Maker - Ink Blended Cards

Hey there, everyone! I've shared all of these cards on Instagram, but now I'm going to share closeups of the cards I made for the latest Online Card Class - Rainbow Maker. I started this class 5 days late....shame on me. I had time to make cards for most of the class, but not share them properly. I hope you're ready to see my creations! Today I'm sharing the cards I made for day 1 of the class. The focus was on ink blending. 

Here they are! I used my Distress inks for both of these. My rainbow of colors included Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, and Dusty Concord.

I used masking paper and die cut a heart and used the negative space to mask off most of my card front. I blended my Distress inks in rainbow order and added some flicks of water. I loved the result when I peeled off the masking paper!

I thought it needed a little something, so I used a black pen to freehand some doodle outlines. I added a thanks die cut from Simon Says Stamp and added some Wink of Stella glitter.

I tried another technique for my second card. I blended on the same Distress Inks from the top to the bottom of a piece of watercolor cardstock. I added a stencil and spritzed some water over the top. It didn't turn out how I wanted it, but I still like the texture! I trimmed down the panel and added some strips of black cardstock to the sides.

I used a sentiment from Neat & Tangled and some Sparkling Clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

That's all! Two quick and easy cards! And both of them are super flat for easy mailing! Thanks for stopping by!

Oh Come Let Us.....

....Adore him! I am in love with this set from Neat & Tangled and I have a cute card up on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog using the stamps and dies. Here's a sneak peek!

Hope you enjoy! Be back soon!