Hello! Thanks for stopping by! Today, I have three cards that pair ink blending and embossing to great effect! Distress Oxides are my favorite way to ink blend. Starting with Bristol paper and Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools, I blended Distress Oxide inks: Seedless Preserves, Pine Needles and Chipped Sapphire. Continue Reading
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Watercolor Sunflowers
September makes me think of sunflowers, and today they inspired my creativity. I began by embossing Simon Says Stamp’s Daisy Bouquet set onto watercolor paper. I embossed two entire sets of the flower using Ranger black embossing powder. Next, in preparation for watercoloring, I used painters tape to adhere my Continue Reading
Masculine Birthday Cards
I always have a need of more birthday cards. Lately, of a masculine theme. Today, I’ve put together a few to add to my card stash. To start, I began embossing watercolor card panels using various embossing folders from my stash and my Big Shot die cutting machine. I selected Continue Reading
Easy Birthday Card
Creating handmade cards does not need to take a lot of time. Sometimes, a few minutes is all I have to pull together something. Today’s card utilizes a couple elements and a few minutes, but yields a great card nonetheless. When I am working on different techniques, I sometimes end Continue Reading
Birthday Cards and Cute Characters
August is a month for celebration at my house. This year, my daughter turns 10 and I can hardly believe it! We are in full swing of school and extracurricular activities and this week I made good use of my ‘waiting time’. While the kids were at their activities, I Continue Reading
Cardstocks and Dies
Welcome! Glad you stopped by. I’ve got a fun group of cards today; all utilizing only cardstock and dies. If you have any paper pads like I do, you will want to read on! I like using paper pads in cardmaking as the stacks are comprised of complimentary colors and Continue Reading
Fun with Stamping
Today I’ve got some bold colors and simple stamping to create two fantastic cards! Quick and easy, this pair is sure to please. Using The Stamp Market’s Striped stamp set and the Misti Stamping Tool, I stamped stripes on a couple panels of Neenah 80lb Solar White cardstock. Ink colors Continue Reading
Embossed Thank You Card
Today’s card combines a couple techniques for a simple, yet elegant look. I combined two stamp sets, both from Simon Says Stamp, a couple Distress Oxide colors, and some embossing powder. I started with a card panel cut from Neenah Classic Crest 80lb cardstock. Using Mowed Lawn and Fossilized Amber, Continue Reading
Watercolor Sweetest Birthday Card
I am just loving Colorado Craft Company’s July release of their BIG & bold collection and had to pull out the Sweetest Birthday Cone set for some fun today. I started by embossing the image with black embossing powder from ranger, then continued onto some easy watercoloring. This ice cream Continue Reading
Christmas in July
Easy Christmas utilizing layered stamps.