This week at Jingle Belles, we’re creating cards that feature an Ombré Wonderland … Ombré is a French term meaning “shaded,” used to describe a style where colors or tones gradually blend into one another, typically transitioning from light to dark or vice-versa. I started by blending four shades of Green Distress Ink to create … Read more
Adult Coloring Books have been all the rage with the return to the relaxation of childhood coloring. STAMPlorations offers lots of colorables that bring the same relaxation … and then you can turn the colored panels into a card. I had fun coloring the largest STAMPlorations Love Always Colorable (the pack has multiple sizes of … Read more
The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Congratulations, which was perfect for some Graduation Cards I needed to make. I shopped way back into the Impression Obsession Dies for this card (I miss that company). I used colors from Iowa State University Cyclones for this one. I’m also linking-up with the Diva’s that Die … Read more
A friend recently returned from a trip to New York City and brought me a gift of some gorgeous handmade papers. They have a lovely thickness to them, so I thought I would try spritzing a piece with water and embossing it … and it worked perfectly. I positioned it on top of a piece … Read more
For today’s cards, I had fun creating wht the Taylored Expressions Black Friday Special Present Parade Stamp & Layering Stencils. The first card combined three different colors of green ink, although the variance was more subtle than I had hoped. I paired it with a Hand Lettered Happy Birthday Die Cut from My Favorite Things … Read more
We’re still Walking in a Winter Wonderland at Jingle Belles … creating cards that features snow. For this week’s card, I started with the Penny Black Geometric Embossing Folder on white cardstock … I thought it sort of looked like tiny snowflakes. Next, I chose a lovely snowy scene from one of the Penny Black … Read more
I had fun using the ink smooshing with acetate technique with Distress Inks to “paint” my new STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms Spring Florals. I went in and added a bit of watercolor marker to some spots and then I spattered the blooms with Speedball Acrylic Calligraphy gold ink. I paired the blooms with the STAMPlorations … Read more
At my recent crafty getaway at Gather Guest House (such an amazing place), I took the time to borrow friends’ products and restock my birthday card stash. I loved this fun littlie Birdie Brown Birth-Yay birthday crew from My Favorite Things. I colored it with markers, die cut the image, and positioned it on designer … Read more
