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Friday, March 26, 2021

Stencil Ink Blending Highlight Effect

Hello and welcome! For today’s project I am playing with stencils and some ink blending techniques in participation with this month’s Global Stampin’ Video Hop. Here are the cards I created...

In this month’s video, I show how I created a stencilled background with highlight effect, plus the smooshing technique as well. So simply click on my video below to see how I created these cards, and follow along on our hop to learn numerous other blending techniques from my fellow demonstrators. And hey, maybe you’ll discover a new fave along the way!

Thank you for stopping by today, and I hope to see you next time! Happy crafting!

Sunday, March 07, 2021

A Touch of Ink (GDP 281)

I needed to make a card for a friend, and I took inspiration from this week's Global Design Project challenge for my creation. Now this ended up to be quite a challenge for me indeed as it was a color challenge, and the colors were not ones that I would have used together normally. So I had to think and re-think my card design to fulfill this challenge. Here's what I came up with...

And these were the colors for this week's challenge:

I decided to use the Bermuda Bay sheet of Oh So Ombre DSP for my mat. Then I stamped the flowers & leaves outline from A Touch of Ink stamp set in Memento ink on a 2 3/4" x 4" piece of white cardstock. The insides of the images were then stamped in Blushing Bride and Bermuda Bay ink. This piece was then backed onto another piece of white cardstock 3" x 4 1/4", and then adhered to the ombre mat piece. I then adhered this whole piece onto my white A4 size card base.

For my sentiment I used my Well Written dies and die cut 'friend' out in both Blushing Bride and Real Red cardstock, then glued them together at an offset. Then I stamped 'Hello' in Real Red ink from the coordinating stamp set Well Said.

Lastly for embellishment, I added some of the Real Red gems from the retired From my Heart faceted gems collection. Since my card was pretty simple, I decided to add some more bling by adding some Wink of Stella on my stamped images and Crystal Effects on my die-cut sentiment.

And that is my finished card...I hope you like it! This week's challenge really pushed me to be creative with this color combination. It took a while but I finally came up with something in the end. Thank you for stopping by and hope to see you again next time! Happy crafting!

Friday, February 26, 2021

All Things Fabulous

Hello crafters! Time for another Global Stampin' Video Hop, and this month our theme is floral, so of course I had to join in on the fun!

Needless to say, I love me my flower stamps...I just naturally gravitate towards them! So for this blog hop I decided to play with the gorgeous All Things Fabulous bundle. The three step stamping just makes it super easy to add depth to the images. Here's what I created...

I just love the softness of this color combination, don't you? Want to see how I created this card? Just click on the video below.

Well as always, thank you for stopping by. Be sure to follow along on the hop to see what my fellow demonstrators have created. I hope I was able to inspire you to be creative today in some way! See you next time, happy crafting!

LINKS LIST:

Phoebe Borromeo-Carr

Jacque Williams

Jay Soriano

Sara Levin

Friday, October 23, 2020

October Global Stampin' Video Hop - Poinsettia Petals

Hello crafters! It has been a while since I last posted here...sadly, crafting has taken a back seat for a while due to this pandemic. Thankfully though, I finally had time to play and I'm back today with not one but two projects! Yay!

This month's video hop is a card with a matching project. Ever since I got my Poinsettia Petals bundle, I have been itching to play with it but just never had the chance. Well today, play I did! Here are my two projects...

I decided to make a Christmas card and matching ornament using non-traditional colors...just for fun! Here's a video on how I created these projects...

And because this was the first time in ages I got to play, I made other versions of this card as well.

This one is white heat-embossed on Seaside Spray cardstock...

And this one in Purple Posy.

Well that is all I have for now. Thank you so much for stopping by, hope to see you next time! Don't forget to watch the next video on our hop (link in the video comments). Happy crafting!

Friday, May 22, 2020

Black Magic Coloring Technique

Need some inspiration on using your Stampin' Blends? Well how about a technique then...the Black Magic Coloring Technique. Here is a card I made using this simple technique...

See how the colors just absolutely pop in the black background? So pretty and vibrant! You can check out my short video below to see how I created this card.

Now how was that for a technique? Just so simple and easy to do, using minimal supplies...perfect! Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to click on the Next button to follow along on our video hop for this month featuring Stampin' Blends. See you next time and happy crafting!

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Painting with Versamark

Are you like me...not very fond of fussy cutting or cutting up masks for every image I want covered so that I can color the background how I want it? Sometimes not all images can be completely fussy cut either, there's inside pieces that I just don't have the patience nor the time to cut off. So I started thinking...what if I modify the emboss resist technique and paint with Versamark instead? So experiment I did...

First I tried painting directly with Versamark ink refill. It kinda worked, but the ink is too thick and it didn't make for an even embossing. So I tried thinning out the ink, but no luck there. I was about to give up when I thought, heck, why not just try inking my brush directly from the pad??? So try it I did, and success! Mind blown!

Here's a short video on how I did this technique...

I am so happy to discover this technique, it just opens up so many other possibilities!! Here's another card I made using this technique.

And here's how I made it...

I stamped the birds from the Free as a Bird set using Memento ink

Colored my images in using my Blends

Painted my images with Versamark, covered with clear embossing powder and heat-set

And finally sponged my background using Mango Melody, Terracotta Tile and Merry Merlot. I added a Mango Melody mat piece using my Ornate Layers Dies, added my Baker's twine, and adhered the whole piece to my Crumb Cake card base. My sentiment is from Beautiful You on a piece of Whisper White piece die cut with a Stitched Nested Labels die. Lastly I added some rhinestones for embellishment.

Now isn't that such a fun technique?!?! I can't wait for you to try it and see what you create! Thanks for stopping by, and as always, keep safe and happy crafting! See you next time!

Friday, April 24, 2020

Masculine Card

Hello and welcome! Today I have the utmost privilege of joining a brilliantly creative group of talented demonstrators from all over the world in a monthly video hop. How cool is that?! Our theme for this month is masculine.

Now to tell you honestly, I have a hard time creating masculine cards...mostly because I rarely make them! I'm mostly into florals and glitter...not very manly as you can imagine. So this was quite a challenge for me. I struggled on what I wanted to make, but eventually decided that simple is the way to go. So here is what I came up with...

And here are two other versions of my original card...

Watch the short video on how I made this simple card, and don't forget to follow along the hop by clicking on the next video link in the comments. The video hop will take you around the world and provide you with tons of inspiration for your next masculine creations!