Category: cardmaking

Bzz, bzz … Hello!

Today I’m sharing a playful “Hello” card showcasing some Paper Smooches supplies (now retired).

Paper Smooches Bees & Flowers

I die cut the Bees from several different cardstock colors. I cut the Dainty Flowers 2 from white cardstock and used just the outlines so that the emphasis would be on the colorful bees. The sentiment (a Savvy wood stamp I bought at Impress) was stamped on cardstock that I cut with the smallest die in the Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangles set. I used the largest die in that set to cut the woodgrain paper.


Lawn Fawn Father’s Day

Today, I’m sharing a card created for Father’s Day using the color scheme from colourQ Challenge #346.

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I used an older Lawn Fawn set – Dad’s Day.

Lawn Fawn Father's Day

After stamping the ties in the four ink colors, I added a heat-embossed sentiment, attached to the card panel with foam adhesive. I tried a number of different inks – both dye and pigment – while creating this card! I need to add a light blue pigment ink to my collection and get a reinker for my Fresh Inks navy pad. (My ink collection knows no bounds!)

Supplies: Fresh Inks gray + navy

PB Simplicity: Let Your Heart Soar

Today, I’m sharing a CAS card created with Penny Black stamps and dies.

PB Simplicity Let Your Heart Soar

To begin, I masked off a vertical strip and applied Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean with foam applicators. I then stamped the sentiment from 30-345 Soar. To embellish, I added butterflies cut with the 51-132 Flights of Fancy and 51-198 Flourish & Butterflies sets, as well as flourishes cut from vellum using Flourish & Butterflies (these are adhered to the panel under the butterflies). This would be an easy card to change up by simply using a different Distress Ink combination.

Recently, I created a card using the same sentiment and a rainbow assortment of die-cut butterflies. You can see that card on this post at the Penny Black Simplicity site.

Huge Thanks: The Heart Desires Challenge #1

I’m sharing a card created for The Heart Desires Challenge #1. I absolutely fell in love with the inspiration images!

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I love the colors and the sea creature theme!

The Heart Desires Challenge 1

I pulled out an older Paper Smooches set -“Surf & Turf” – whose images I Copic colored and fussy cut. I added hearts cut with a Lawn Fawn die from cardstock, which I colored with Copic markers for an exact match to die-cut circles. The background (Stampin’ Up cardstock) was dry-embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder. You can never have enough wave background options – I think I’m going to have to add this embossing folder to my list!

Headed Out to Surf!

It’s time to say “Aloha” to the Taylored Expressions June 2016 Release! All of the products that we have been sharing this week are now available in the TE store!

Before you head off to shop, I have one more project to show you! My card showcases On the Road – Surf Bus along with the On the Line Beach Cutting Plate.

Taylored Expressions June 2016 Release

There are so many “goodies” in the On the Line Beach Cutting Plate with which to embellish a scene! I added a sentiment from the Simply Stamped – Pineapple set, which I stamped onto a cloud cut with the Cloud Duo die set.

Taylored Expressions June 2016 ReleaseThanks so much for stopping by! If you’d like to see more projects and new product information, head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of our participating designers!

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Thanks so much for stopping by! If you’d like to see more projects and new product information, head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of our participating designers!