Hearts & Hugs

 

This card is so simple! You could easily make several and put different greetings on each one. I used the Hearts & Hugs Dies for the images with 2 of the colors from the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge for this week. I lightly ink blended a little of the Highland Heather Ink on the Everyday Arches Die cut in Basic White. I love this die set, you will be seeing a lot of it in the future! The background is Highland Heather Cardstock embossed with the Cute Crochet 3D Embossing Folder. I love the detail in this folder! The sentiment is white heat embossed with the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set. 

I hope my cards from the last week have inspired you to create and join in the fun over at the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge Blog!

Memorable Blooms Bundle

 

Hello! I have 2 more Hand Stamped Sentiment Challenge cards to share with you. This one was really fun to make. I used a piece of Fluid Watercolor Paper and then did my usual love, smooshing technique. I used the Highland Heather Ink Refill. I let it dry between each layer and I love how it came out! It's so fun the depth of colors you can get with the layers of ink. For the rest of the card I used the Memorable Blooms Bundle and colored with Stampin' Blends with the colors from the challenge. The greeting is White Heat Embossed and die cut with the Unbounded Love Dies. Finished it off with a few Iridescent Pearls. I hope you come back tomorrow to see the finally card for this weeks challenge! 

What to do with scraps?

 

This card was created with a few scraps I had on my desk and I just couldn't throw them away. So I created this card. The trees are from the Forever Forest Dies, the bird is from Winterly Tree Tops Bundle, the greeting from Rustic Crate Stamp Set and I used Country Woods DSP for the background paper. A little of this and that make up this card. 

Have a blessed day!

Color Challenge

 

Hi, I am back with another idea for the color challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments. Since I had all the cardstock and dies I created another card with the Memorable Blooms Bundle. I had the frame die cut from the card yesterday so I wanted to use that in some way. I love the large stem leaf die and so I wanted to create a garden. The flowers are from the Hearts & Hugs Bundle and the greeting is from the Rustic Crate Stamp Set. This card was very simple and I love how it turned out! 

I hope you find time to craft and are inspired by the cards that I have created. I can't wait to see what you make! Have a blessed day!

Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #454

 

Happy New Year and welcome back to the first color challenge of the new year! These are really fun colors that I do not typically use so it was a fun challenge! I used several new products from the new mini catalog as well as an item from the saleabration catalog. Yes in case you missed it, it's saleabration time! I  love anytime I can get something for FREE and this is a great opportunity to purchase from the main catalog, the new mini, paper pumpkin or from the online exclusives for free product. For every $60 you can pick something from the saleabration catalog for free! 

For this card I used the inlay technique. I used the new Memorable Blooms Bundle and die cut the flower die 3 times. (One of each of the challenge colors) and then keeping the pieces together (this is very important so that you know what goes where). I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the main flower frame to a piece of Basic White Cardstock and then dropped a dot of glue in the area I wanted to adhere the inside of the flowers and leaves. I suggest your Take Your Pick Tool because that makes life so much easier with the small pieces. 

For the background I used the Starstruck Embossing Folder (one of the saleabration items). After I embossed it I gently rubbed my White Ink Pad across to help the image really pop. The Memorable Blooms Bundle has so many wonderful sentiments and so I white heat embossed one and kept the rest of the card fairly simple. 

I hope you join us in the new challenge! I can't wait to see what you create! Place your orders today so that you can take advantage of the free items. 

Have a blessed day!

Peace On Earth

 

I love a clean and simple card! One way I like to get that result is with an embossing folder and a few images. For this card I used a piece of Basic White Cardstock and used the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder and then cut it down to leave a little border on a Basic White Thick Cardbase. I used the Spotlight On Nature Dies to cut a piece of Country Woods DSP. The swag is from the Winterly Tree Tops bundle and that along with a greeting from the Joyful Sayings Ephemera Pack my card is complete. Does it look familiar? I used a similar idea from a card I made just a few days ago. Sometimes you don't have to reinvent the wheel use a layout that you have used before. With different papers and stamps you can make it have a completely different feel.

I hope this inspires you to create a card today! Bring a little peace and joy this Christmas Season to those in your life!

Happy New Year!

 

2025! I am not sure where 2024 went but I guarantee that 2025 will probably go just as fast! This card is all about gold! I used Brushed Gold Specialty Paper, Gold Heat Embossing, Gold Sequins and the sentiment is gold foiled. I am still practicing my water coloring and so I gave these poinsettias a try. They are from the Rustic Crate Stamp Set and there is also coordinating Dies. The Spotlight On Nature Die large circle is cut out with Country Woods DSP. I also added a light stripe ink blending behind the main image. I used Masking Paper that I cut into strips and then using a Blending Brush and Bubble Bath Ink lightly created stripes. 

The best part about January is that is soon saleabration time! For every $60 you will get to pick a FREE saleabration item. Stay tuned for more info! It begins on January 7th! I hope you are inspired to create something this holiday! 

Christmas Season

 

Happy New Years Eve!

Remember the circle I die cut from the Spotlight On Nature Dies from the card yesterday? Well here it is. I used it as the background for swag and greeting. The swag is from the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle and colored with Stampin' Blends. I used the Country Woods DSP for the paper layer behind the images. The sentiment is from the Joyful Sayings Ephemera Pack ( I think might be sold out) and finished off with a few Neutral Adhesive-Backed Sequins. Quick and Easy card! 

Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe this evening!

Stained Glass Windows

 

The Christmas season is still going strong. So I still have a few cards I would like to share over the next couple days. I loved the Yuletide Village Stamp Set and not sure if it is still available. It was on the last chance list. I stamped it today and gave it stained glass windows. I always love the stained glass windows in churches. It was very easy to duplicate, just take a few different colors and make dots in the windows. Your eye tricks you and you see the stained glass. Isn't that fun? I love the way this card came out. I added some snow and the greeting fit perfectly. I used the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder and then one of the large circle dies from the Spotlight On Nature dies. ( I just saved the part that I out out for another card) I used lots of Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush on the snow and windows. I finished it off with a few Neutral Adhesive Backed Sequins in gold. 

I hope you are having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Rustic Crate

 

For this card I wanted it to look like the crate of flowers was sitting on a table with some beautiful wallpaper in the background. What do you think? I like how it turned out. I used Masking Paper to create the table with Blending Brushes and ink. I made it a little darker to shadow where I wanted to put the crate. I stamped the flowers and colored them with Stampin' Blends and used Country Woods DSP for the create. The faux wallpaper with created with running only the top half of the cardstock through the die machine with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder and then to soften it I gently swiped the White Ink Pad over the raised parts.  I used a sentiment from the Joyful Sayings Mix and Match Ephemera Pack. Thank you so much for stopping by. I know everyone is busy getting ready for Christmas and so I appreciate your time! Have a blessed day!

Here is a close up of my coloring. 

Yuletide Village

 

Yuletide Village is one stamp set you will want to run and grab from the last chance section of the online store. I love this set and it is so fun to color! I started this card with Masking Paper that I cut with just a slight wave to it. I adhered it to the top and bottom of the card and then used Blending Brushes to apply ink. After it dried I flicked on clean water with a Water Painter.

I stamped and colored the images from Yuletide Village with Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut them out. I used a greeting from the Joyful Sayings Mix and Match Ephemera Pack. I think this is a fun card and I hope it inspires you to create today!

Last Day FREE Shipping

 

Today is the last day to take advantage of FREE shipping so make sure to get your order in. I wanted to share another card idea from the Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge. I stamped the birds from the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle with Staz On Black Ink and on Fluid Watercolor Paper and then used a Water Painter to watercolor with Ink Refill.  Then I die cut the image. I used the Country Woods DSP for the background and die cut a circle with the Spotlight on Nature Dies. I used Stampin' Dimensionals to raise the circle. For some reason I was not able to get a good picture of that. 

The greeting is from the Joyful Sayings Mix and Match Ephemera Pack. I finished the card off with a few Neutral Adhesive-Backed Sequins in both the gold and the bronze color. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great week!

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Hand Stamped Sentiments #453

 

Time for a fun Holiday Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge! This is the last one for 2024 so make sure to play along! There is so much goodness in this collections of inspiration! I can't wait to see what you create! For my card I used the Yuletide Village Stamp Set. It is currently on the last chance list so get it while you can! I stamped the house with Memento Ink and colored with Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut. I liked the hint of golden color behind and the tree in the inspiration picture and so I tried to create my own version.

For the tree I used the Forever Forest Dies and I ink blended a glow behind the scene with a circle that I had die cut. I mounted it all on a piece of Country Woods DSP and the So Swirly 3D Embossing Folder on Basic White Cardstock. I finished it off with a sentiment from the Joyful Sayings Mix and Match Ephemera Pack, also on the last chance list. I flicked a little "snow" with a Water Painter and Basic White Ink Refill.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you get a chance to join us in the fun! 

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