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!

Its just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!

I have the "Full Moon" stamp set from Ink Road Stamps and had a bit of fun!  I love all the quotes from this particular movie, so it is now one of my favorites!

Ink Road Stamps - Full Moon

Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock

Distress inks

A really cool Sizzix Embossing Folder

Gold Embossing Powder

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

Orange Stickles
Black Cardstock

Kraft Cardstock

Gold Glitter paper - Marth Stewart
Ribbon from Michael's

I used the technique of putting ink on my embossing folder and run through my die cutting machine like normal on the background.  I did not like the way I inked it up originally, looked horrible.  But, then I inked up my stencil with black Distress Ink over the already inked panel and it came out like this!  How cool is that!

I added a fussy cut image from the stamp set inside.  FUN!

Here is another card, using the same Embossing folder but on some really OLD color core cardstock I've had in my stash for years.  Its where you have a black on top of a color cardstock.  when you emboss it, you can use a fingernail file to rub off the black to reveal the color underneath to make a really pretty background.

Ink Road Stamps - Full Moon

Core'dinations color core cardstock

Marth Stewart glitter and plaid paper

various stickles and a few sequins 

Black cardstock

White Embossing Powder

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

Here is what the background looks like without anything on it.  Really fun technique.

Let's hope we have a great 2021 Halloween!!  I hope to make more soon!

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!

Paper Smooches: PS DT Blog Hop - July release

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Cards a Plenty!

So, I've been busy lately doing mostly my scrapbooking for my Disney Trip in 2015 (Jake's 5th Birthday).  HOWEVER, my Family reunion was last weekend, and for the silent auction I donated hand made cards, and I worked on these for about 2 weeks!  This was the only thing broght in for the auction, and our Treasurer liked them so much, she bought them!  YES!

 

I won this stamp set from Nina Marie's Blog, and I shamelessly copied these cards, so not my original ideas.  

They are cute though!!

Reverse Confetti Forest Friends

Copic coloring on Fox and Owl and clouds

Water color with Distress Inks

Saw this stamp set on sale at Hobby Lobby, had to have it!  However, I found that it worked really well with no line coloring!  I tried this 3 times before getting it "right".  Copic coloring for beginners!  I'm getting better!

 

When I first got interested in stamping and card making, I would watch Lawn Fawn videos every day they posted a new one, and went into the back posts and watched as many as I could!  Love Lawn Fawn!  

Pizza My Heart 

Shaker card from various sequins and beads from when I used to do all those felt applique Christmas decorations.  Copic Coloring.

Flamingo Together

Made this when I first got this stamp set!  SO CUTE!

Copic Coloring (flamingos), pigment ink stamping (trees and heart), distress ink background

Ranger Ink Glossy Accent

My very first set I got from Lawn Fawn! 

Party Animal

Clouds are from my new die set from Paper Smooches

Distress Inked background and Copic Coloring

 

I love the Lawn Fawn Mini stamp and die sets!  Great prices for very cute stamp sets!

Believe in Yourself 

I LOVE this Jack-a-lope!  I also use that sentiment for Santa Cards!

Copic coloring, Distriss Inked background

Treat Yourself

simple cute stamp set, got it since we got an awesome ice cream maker, 

but have yet to gift anybody ice cream, but I'll be ready!

Copic Coloring on this one.

Apparently I'm kind of lucky on the Blog give-aways!  I won a gift card from Avery Elle and got this too cute Wild Birthday set!

Copic coloring on the Hippo and banner, paper die cut background

 

Simple cards!

The heart was from my Cricut, it's one of the lacy simple or everyday or holiday cards, I can't remember!

Hocus Pocus was from stamps that I had, cat is a wooden stamp, Hocus Pocus is a cheap $1 spot stamp from Michael's. Background is Sizzix Swirl Embossing Folder

 

These are from stamp sets I got from Hobby Lobby or Michaels (again on sale)

Make A wish - Distress Ink - water color on the Sizzix Swirl Embossed background

Many Thanks - background distress ink over embossed background.  Folder is from Sizzix, not sure what it's called.

And, This one is from an really old Stampin Up floral layering set.  

Pink And Green are Distress Inks stamped on Water Color paper then painted over with water to blend.  

Such a fun and easy technique!

Happy Birthday is Heat Embossed over Vellum, just stuff I have in my stash.

I bought this (and several others) stamp set in the late 90s and early 2000s.  Still quite lovely!

So, as you can see I've been busy!

Happy Crafting!!!