I needed to restock my thank you card stash, and I thought the faux cyanotype botanical prints that I made for #ABCprintingchallenge with GelliArts would be the perfect starting point. I started by die cutting the prints using a stitched rectangle die cut. Next I found two strips of Lawn Fawn Blue Pastel Pearlescent Vellum … Read more
The September Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is Autumn Leaves. I’ve had these stamped leaves in my stash from Gina K. Designs/Thermoweb Thankful Leaves for longer than I can remember, so I decided now was the time to die cut them and find them a home on a card. I had two sets … Read more
I loved coloring as a child. My Grandma and I would sit together for hours filling up coloring books. I felt that same relaxed feeling using my Ohuhu Alcohol Ink markers with STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms – Spring Florals. I positioned these blooms on top of a coordinated STAMPlorations Watercolor ATC that I stamped with … Read more
Quick Cards #9 – Thank You A2 Card Fronts are one of the new Paper Subscription products from STAMPlorations. I thought it would be fun to pair them with some spray & spatter. I started by spraying Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide Spray. Next, I added some darker orange metallic paint spatter. I die cut STAMPlorations … 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
I absolutely love this week’s Freshly Made Sketch. I had already been playing with GelliArts prints making my 4″ square collage for the mini.collage.collective challenge for International Collage Day. I matted it on a metallic copper painted GelliArts print to turn it into a card. I used a 1″ square punch for my sketch card. … Read more
A few weeks ago, I saw a woman on Instagram using a tool to help align squares. I went hunting for it, and found out it was a book binding tool. Today I gave it a try together with 1 1/4″ squares punched from Gelliarts Prints. I paired the squares with a stamped sentiment from … Read more
Today I’m sharing a card set I made as a gift. I am Guest Designing for STAMPlorations featuring their Mixed Media Spring ATCs and Newsprint Blooms – Ephemera Tiles … both which are available through their Paper Subscriptions. I started by pairing blooms with ATCs. Next I went shopping in my gel printed backgrounds for … Read more
I needed to restock my Thank You card stash, and these papers from Vicki Boutin Bold & Bright made that super easy. I used half of the paper together with a Kristina Werner Written Words Thank You sentiment (and die cut) attached with foam tape for dimension. For this one I attached the other half … Read more
The February Altenew Inspiration Challenge Photo is from Guest Designer Lea Lawson. I embossed the green cardstock using the Altenew Geo Steps Embossing Folder (you can see a bit above and below the right side of the sentiment and at the open area at the top left … a bit hard to see in the … Read more