Strawberries, Blueberries and Raspberries!

 

Hi! I finally had a chance to play with my saleabration set berry blessings bundle today. It is 12x12 paper and a stamp set. All FREE with a $100 order! If you need supplies like card stock, ink refills, adhesive just get a list together and you will be happy you did! This set and paper is adorable. I made a few 3x3 cards and a gift box. So quick and easy.

I let the paper do most of the work for me. Cutting the 3x3 background layer and then using the sentiments from the stamp set. I cut them out with many of the die sets that I have but you could also just cut them with your paper trimmer. The paper has fruit on one side and then coordinating patterns on the reverse side. So making layers was easy.

The dies I used for sentiments and other layers were stitched shaped dies and rectangle dies.

For the mini pizza box (which holds 6- 3x3 cards and envelopes) I tried my ink blending on the rough side of the box. The pictures below show the box before I put it together. How different it looked before I put it together. When I folded the box some of the edges started to pull the color away so I splattered the box with white ink refill so that it would look like it was intentional. 

The sentiment on the cover is die cut with the stitched so sweetly dies and then I cut out some of the items from the cute designer series paper.

The box came together rather quickly. I love the way that it looks with the ink blending. I think it would look great if I used a stencil also.

The box put together before adding all the extra's.

The box after I finished ink blending with my blending brushes. If you do not have them yet make sure to order them! Thanks for stopping by today!

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My love for Chocolate

 

Happy Valentine's Day! My card today is the one that I made for my husband, he knows I love him an awful lot if it is more than chocolate (especially dark chocolate). Where are all my dark chocolate lovers? So I knew this card would mean a lot to him, if I picked him over a nice chunk of dark chocolate. I started with the nothings better than bundle. Such an adorable set!  I wanted to make the pieces of chocolate look like they were wrapped in gold foil, kind of like the ferrero rocher (not really sure how to day it let alone spell it). Anyway, that was what I set out to do with the gilded leafing. I first stamped the outline of the chocolate and then used a little multipurpose liquid glue, let that get a little tacky and then rubbed a few pieces of gold.

It didn't really turn out the way that I had envisioned but I like it anyway. I tried with solid piece that comes in the stamp set (suppose to be the second layer) but it was too solid and you could not see the image. 

The next thing I wanted to do was make the word chocolate stand out so I watercolored it and then when dry added shimmery crystal effects for some shine! Look how gorgeous it turned out!

I really wanted the chocolate to be the star and so I kept the rest of the card pretty simple. It was such a fun card to make. I hope you have a great Valentine's day and that you get lots of  chocolate! I will be back soon with another fun card!

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FREE Stencils!

 

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Have a blessed day!

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Love You!

 

Hello! Only a few more days to make Valentine's day cards! I think that I am really stuck on using my blending brushes! I love the smooth layer of color and they are so easy to use.If you haven't ordered yet you better soon! I might buy them out! I also tried the guilded leafing for this card. So fun! Another thing to add to your list!

This card I used the basic pattern masks, wreath builder dies, blackberry bliss ribbon, stitched so sweetly die. The guilded leafing is attached with heat and stick powder. You use that like you would be embossing. First versamark your image, then sprinkle with powder, heat (making sure not to over heat, it heats much quicker than embossing powder) then dip in your leafing. If you like a more controlled way of attaching the gold leaf just run a few pieces on at a time. It can be a little messy but that is half the fun! Enjoy the process and let me know what you think. I am hoping to make a few more cards soon to show you other ways to attach your leafing. Have  a blessed day!

Using your dies as stencils

 Have you ever used your metal dies as a stencil? Today I made a quick card with the detailed hearts die and my blending brushes. Simply place the stencil down on your piece of card stock. I just held mine in place but you could also tape it with painter tape so it wouldn't move. Then gently brush the color around. 

The sentiment is from a grand kid . I love this greeting! I cut it out with the stitched so sweetly dies and added a little texture with the stitched with whimsy die. What do you think of the bold melon mambo? 

I kept the card monochromatic so that it wouldn't get to busy. Added a few of the whale of a time sequins to finish the card off. I found one way to add sequins in by using shimmery crystal effects. You get a nice little shine in the middle!

Thank you again for stopping by today! Only a few more days to make your Valentine a special card!

Valentine Watercolor Wash

 Welcome back for another watercolor Wednesday! Today's cards feature a quick and easy watercolor technique, a wash. I have 2 cards that I created using different types of paper for different results. I hope that you like them! I would love if you left a comment on which is your favorite!

This watercolor wash uses shimmery white card stock. I white heat embossed the heart and sentiment from the ridiculously awesome stamp set. I wet the paper then with water painters and randomly dropped in color.

This border was created using the edge of my stitched so sweetly die and don't miss the very fun new die around the greeting, stitched with whismy die! I think these are such a great way to add texture but without adding layers!

For the next card I did my water color wash on fluid 100 watercolor paper. I did the same as the other card, wet and dropped in color. After it dried attached a scrap of detailed hearts die that I had on my desk.

White heat embossed the sentiment on black card stock and fussy cut it out. If you don't know what fussy cutting it out is, just a fancy way of saying cut it out by hand.

Used the rectangle stitched die for the watercolor paper, be ready with your muscles it is hard to get the watercolor paper thru the die machine since it is rather thick!

I am not sure who I will send these valentines to. I am blessed to have so many people in my lives that I love and whom I could send them to. Who is on your Valentine list? Don't forget to make them a card! Have a wonderful day!

Garden Wishes

 

Hello! Thank you for stopping by. I have a few cards I made with the garden wishes bundle. I received this stamp set for FREE from the Onstage we had a few months ago. (kind of like convention but online this time). This card was pretty quick to put together.

Using white embossing powder and versamark ink I stamped the images and sentiment. With my blending brushes I added the ink to add a little color and a few splatters with white ink refill and pumpkin pie. Die cut using the stitched so sweetly and rectangle stitched dies. The green back piece is from the neutral dsp pack.

The next card I did a little more ink blending, however it wasn't until I looked at the picture did I realize I did not blend real well between the daffodil delight and balmy blue. I should have mixed the colors a little more.

I embossed again but this time on basic white card stock, blending the color after. Using the dainty diamond embossing folder with pool party card stock I created the back layer. I distressed the edges by rubbing my scissors on the edges. Be very careful if your scissors are sharp!

Stamped the greeting with balmy blue ink, distressed the edges and tied a bow with polka dot tulle ribbon.

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Collecting seashells

 

Hello and welcome to another simple Sunday. I am so glad that you are here. Today's simple card looks anything but simple, yet it is and so stunning! I am really having fun creating the shells!

I began with the large die from the bundle and cut it out with a piece of white card stock. Then stamped with friends are like seashells stamps. I stamped them in crumb cake and blushing bride on white card stock. (there are large areas where the shells would be.) Then I lined it up with the seashells 3D embossing folder and ran that through the die machine. The shells came to life! They have such amazing texture! Using the stitched nested label dies I cut out another piece of white card stock and then stamped the sentiment. I attached it to a panel of neutral dsp and a white card base. I arranged the shells and used dimensionals to adhere the blushing bride shell.

This entire bundle is amazing! And with the embossing folder they really knocked it out of the park. The possibilities are endless and I can't wait to play more with it. It will make beautiful scrapbook pages also! If you purchase the bundle you can pick a saleabration item for FREE! So why not get it now! Have a blessed week, stay healthy and thank you for stopping by!

Beautiful Shells

Hello! I am sharing the card I made for my beautiful daughter for her birthday. She loves the beach and shells! I made the greeting a little different so it would be perfect for her! 

 

I stamped a few of the shells from the friends are like seashells, some of them I stamped full strength and used my brushes to add color and a few I used a few colors that I blended the colors on the stamps. I had a few scraps of the seaweed and so I also brushed some color on them. Continuing with the blending brushes I added a little balmy blue and crumb cake ink to the white panel. I then used a little splatter of frost white shimmer paint on the panel and a few of white ink refill. Attached it all to the card with the greeting that I customized. I used washi tape to block out the words I didn't want to stamp, stamped on the ink and then removed the tape. (those words did not have ink on them then). Finished with a few flowers for every season gems to resemble bubbles.

For the inside of the card I stamped the largest shell with blushing bride that I had stamped off 2 times. ( I stamped it on scratch paper to make the ink lighter) and then stamped the greeting in soft suede. It is always fun to add something to the inside of the card. Have a blessed day and I hope you come back soon. I would love any comments you might have.

Watercolor Wreath

Hi and so glad you are here. How are you all doing? Can you believe that it is Feb. already? Only a month left for saleabration. So don't miss out!  I am back with another Watercolor Wednesday project. This was a really quick and fun card to make. 

 

I started with a piece of fluid watercolor paper and ran it through my die machine with the wreath builder dies. You can water color before or after you die cut. I used water painters and ink refills to apply color. Letting it dry between layers to get more depth. After the final time it dried I splattered the leaves with left over ink. Then using the same die set yet a different wreath die I cut that out in basic white and adhered the pieces to wood panel from in good taste dsp and stamped the sentiment from celebrate sunflowers set. Finished with a white crinkled seam binding ribbon that I attached with mini glue dots.

Thank you for coming by today! Have a blessed day and I hope that you find some time to create a water color card.