This morning I wanted to make a card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. My card was 100% inspired by Thanh Vo's amazing card inspired by her pocket money greeting card. I adored the bright citrus with the contrast of the teal background. I used a stamp, die cut and … Read more
The newest challenge at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero is Smooth – try some ink blending. I ink blended a cardstock panel using the Distress Oxide Ink equivalent of the the ink colors in The Paper Players Challenge and gave the panel a spritz of Hero Arts Frost Shimmer Mist (it got … Read more
Here are a few more cards I made from the February Pinkfresh Studio Event. I really loved every card I made with this citrus set. The light blue background really made the citrus colors pop. So fun how mixing-up the stenciled colors changed the look of the card. Loved the fun embossing technique … Read more
Here are my Yana Smakula Cards from the last Pinkfresh Studio event. I really enjoyed her creative style. I would have never thought to have used dark blue glitter paper as the base with these colors, but it really made them pop. I also loved the vivid ink blending on this one. … Read more
The October Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is to create a project using Ombre or Tone-on-Tone color. I pulled out my neglected Spellbinders Glimmer Machine and my new Pinkfresh Studio Modern Design Blocks Foiling Plate. I used Spellbinders Aura Gold Glimmer Foil. I did my ombre ink-blending with Pinkfresh Studio Coral Reef & … Read more
For some unknown reason, I was feeling a bit snarky this afternoon. I decided to channel the snark and join the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers O is for Ombre Challenge. I used several colors of Catherine Pooler inks to attempt to create an Ombre Gelliprint for my card base. I settled on blue … Read more
I completed Birgit's Printing Challenge on Instagram for the month of May. Day 21 was Triangle. I used my Triple Play Foam Stamps by @natkalbach, @birgit_koopsen and #marshavalk. My clean-up print on the right ended-up with such great color. Day 22 was to use Inks. I chose the soft blend of … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're still making cards with new products Santa brought us (who am I kidding, I'm my own Santa. I combined a Gel Print, Distress Oxide Ink Blending and the brand new Taylored Expressions Peace on Earth Cutting Plate. I finished with Iridescent Glitter Dust Spray & a sentiment from Taylored Expressions Simple Strips … Read more
Each year I like to go back and revisit all the art I made and choose my ten favorites from the group (You can see my Five Favorite Holiday Cards of 2022 here) … here are my favorites in no particular order. 1. My first card revisits a long-ago technique – Faux Cloisonné – which … Read more
I had fun joining Carissa Wiley's Snowflake Class at Pinkfresh Studio yesterday. So many ideas from this card design that I plan to use again … the embossed sentiments on Vellum are perfection. More learning on card number two. I love the purple ink blend with a bit of dark blue at the … Read more