What the Fork?

I have made this card for a friend who needs a pick me up. Going through hard times is so not fun, but getting a fun card always makes me feel better!

Products used:

Distress Ink in cracked pistachio,  peacock feathers, and evergreen bough

Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Random big butterfly die

Kindred Stamps WTF die

Ink Road Stamps Lint Licker Stamp Set

Neenah White Solar White Card Stock

Foiled card stock 

Iridescent sequins in 3 sizes

Glossy Accents 

Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle

Gina K Connect liquid glue

I actually tried a technique I just saw on the Jennifer McGuire Ink blog where you use die cuts from White cardstock to lift some color from an inked background.  I didn't like how mine turned out, need practice I guess, but since the die cut butterflies are symmetrical I was able to place the cuts on top of the spaces the technique makes and it looks awesome.

Below is my first attempt.  It was on low quality 110lb cardstock and just didn't look good at all!  The ink did not blend well, or even hold the color well, the white cardstock die cuts lifted well, but I just don't like the ink blending.  Too Splochy!

Trying it again really worked out well, especially since the 2nd one looked better, even if I didn't use it as I hoped to.  That's the fun of making cards, sometimes your vision doesn't play out, but what you end up with is just as if not more beautiful!

Have a great day and thanks for visiting!  Happy Crafting!

I Love the 80s! Don't you?

It's been a while since my last post, but I'm trying to start doing more card designs and crafts to share. So, Hang on Tight, it may get bumpy here and there!

I recently found a wonderful stamp resource that I want to share!  It's called Ink Road Stamps.  Have you  heard of it?  It's a nice small business out of a small town in Texas (kinda like me!) and they have the most amazing stamps!  A warning, there are some adult theme stamps and phrases, so be careful when opening, don't want the little ones around.  

One of their recent stamp sets was Musical Decades 2 (I missed the first one since it retired, but has since come back and I snagged it too!) which is a sentiment stamp set of only 80s pop song lyrics!  How  totally rad is that??  So, I got this idea to go down the stamp set one by one and do a card inspired by the song lyric.  

Please enjoy this walk down 80s music (which lets face it is the BEST) memory lane...

All of the following Sentiments are from Musical Decades 2.  All other products will be listed below the card.  All black ink is Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

I'm Walking On Sunshine

Simon Says Stamp Hello Sunshine

Lawn Fawn Sunflower Ink

Distress Oxide Wild Honey Ink

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Printed Paper

Might as well face it you're addicted to Love

The bear is mounted on a Craft Spring to make it wiggle!

Simon Says Stamp I Love You Beary Much

Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Hearts Stencil

Lawn Fawn Raspberry Ink

Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Elle-Ments

Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo

Sizzix Love Struck Sequins and Beads

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Copic Markers

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Printed foil Cardstock

Just a Small Town Girl Living in a Lonely World

Simon Says Stamp Gnome School

Tim Holtz Stitched Rectangles

Cloud and Grass Stencil

Copic Markers

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Printed Paper

Its the End of the World as we know it...

Lawn Fawn Out of This World

Lawn Fawn Snowy Sky Stencil

Lawn Fawn Rectangle Dies

Copic Markers

Distress Oxide Inks

Ranger Glacier White Pigment Ink

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Printed Paper

Pour some sugar on me!

Simon Says Stamp - February 2021 Card Kit

Sweet Truffles

Sizzix Love Struck Sequins and Beads

Printed Paper and Cardstock from Kit

Ranger Glossy Accents

Printed Paper

Sizzix Tag Dies

Copic Markers

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Printed Paper

I wanna Dance with somebody

This is is spinner card!  So much fun!

Lawn Fawn Party Animals

Paper Smooches Mirror Blocks (to make the backwards fox)

Sizzix Love Struck Sequins and Beads

Tim Holtz Stitched Ovals Dies

Copic Markers

Kraft Paper

Printed Paper

Another One Bites the Dust

Kindred Stamps Rock Legends

Distress Oxide Ink in Kitsch Flamingo, Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers

Ranger Glacier White Pigment Ink

Lawn Fawn Rectangle Dies

Copic Markers

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Time After Time

I got this die set JUST for this airplane stamp set.  SO FUN!

Lawn Fawn Little Dragon and Winter Dragon

Lawn Fawn Flying By

Lawn Fawn Swish and Pop Die Set

Cloud, Mountain, and Grass Stencil

Distress Oxide Ink in Mowed Lawn, Frayed Burlap, Salty Ocean

Copic Markers

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Take my Hand and we'll make it I Swear

Kindred Stamps Galactic Adventures

(note set is retired but they have more "Galactic" stamp sets available now)

Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Hearts Stencil

Lawn Fawn Rectangle Dies

Ranger Ink Liquid Pearls

Printed Paper

Copic Markers

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Never gonna Give You Up

My son was into Kiwi Co last summer and the first kit was a spinner art kit!  

He made this background for me which is completely AWESOME!

Kindred Stamps Stand By You

Ranger Glossy Accents

Colorful Sequins

Kraft Paper

Copic Markers

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

And, there you have it!  I hope to do this same thing with the original Musical Decades stamp set, it has a lot of "Don't Stop Believing" going on so it will be fun!!

Thanks for visiting!