The May Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Floral Fantasy. I pulled out my Poppy Stamps Peony Bouquet and decided to revisit an inking technique from this inky card from two years ago. I used my MISTI to stamp the Peony image with fade-out grey ink and then grabbed a combination of yellow and … Read more
I started my artsy day with some Ink Blending for the Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero April Ink Blend It Up Challenge. I wanted to use my Hero Arts Bug You Stamps for a Masculine Birthday Card, so I chose what I thought were some "buggy" colors for my blend. … Read more
When I was playing with my alcohol inks on Sunday night, I started on a piece of Ranger Black Alcohol Ink Blending paper, but I couldn't quite make it work, so I set it aside. Last night I tried again bringing out pearlescent and glitter inks together with some white and finally got a cool … Read more
The current TGIF Challenge is Alcohol Blending, so I thought getting inky was the perfect way to end the weekend. Alcohol Ink blending was one of the first techniques I learned using refills for alcohol ink markers. I've always enjoyed the magic of it. I decided to use the Ranger Silver Ink Blending Cardstock … Read more
Another card for the 2nd day of the Crushing on Cardstock class at Online Card Classes. This one was taught by Jennifer McGuire and was about layering dies with die cut backgrounds. I combined Carved Pumpkin & Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink for my blending together with the Iowa Delight Die and the … Read more
The current Lawn Fawn Challenge is all about Fun with Food … and what better summer food than ice cream. I started by ink-blending my base panel with Prize Ribbon, Dusty Concord and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Inks. Then I gave it a few spritzes of shimmer spray for overall glimmer. I … Read more
I opened my new Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink and made an attempt at some ink blending using Speckled Egg and Shaded Lilac (clearly I need to watch more tutorials because I never get the smooth blend my friends do). I decided to add the MB Makes Marks Marker Stencil over the top and spray … Read more
I should be cleaning my studio, but instead I made a card with things I found on my studio table. I saw that the Seize the Birthday Challenge was to use an Embossing Folder (and re-stocking my masculine birthday cards is also on my To Do List), so I grabbed the Tim Holtz Retro Cirque … Read more
I had a few leftovers from Saturday's Stamp Joy that were too pretty not to turn into more cards. The first one was an OOPS from the final card … as you can see at the bottom left, I accidentally dipped my Lemon Meringue blender brush into the Fruit Punch Ink by not following the … Read more
Yesterday I spent all day hanging out with my Taylored Expressions friends at their virtual Stamp Joy event. Lots of learning and making fun cards. A fun Kaleidoscope stamp set and die were the star of the show. This one was embossed with the die and then ombre ink blended. Next we moved … Read more