Category: cardmaking

Penny Black Watercolored Background

Today, I’m sharing a card created with the Penny Black 40-350 Tree-Lined background stamp and several Penny Black die cuts.

MerryTrees

I inked the Tree-Lined background stamp with several Distress Inks, in shades of blue-green, and then lightly misted the stamp. I laid a piece of Ranger watercolor paper on top of the stamp and pressed lightly.

Once dry, I trimmed the panel and attached it to a red card base. The “Merry” sentiment, die cut from the 51-021 Love & Joy set, was adhered to the smaller tag from the 51-007 Tagged die cut set. I cut the “Merry” out of gold foil, as well as out of white cardstock in order to add some depth. I used the Zig Memory Two-Way Fine Tip Pen to glue the foil die cut to the white cardstock one.

Hero Arts Guest Artist – Handmade for Christmas

I’m delighted to be a guest artist on the Hero Arts blog today with a holiday card featuring stamps from the Hero Arts Handmade for Christmas 2014 Catalog.

FamilyFriendsCard

Please head on over to the Hero Arts blog for details about the card and to watch a video in which I describe how I chose the ink colors for the trees. I also go step-by-step through the construction process of the card.

Simon Says Stamp – STAMPtember!

Wow, it’s September! What a fabulous time of year – lots of beginnings are always in store in September! Today, I’m sharing a card created with the Simon Says Stamp Presents and Ornaments stamp set, released as part of the Stamptember event.

Simon Says Stamp - STAMPtember!

For my card, I stamped the Presents and Ornaments packages and bows. I pulled out my Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the packages aligned! I tried the design in a number of different package and bow color combinations, ultimately deciding on a somewhat traditional color combination of red, green and gold.

The Cutting Edge Challenge #9

It’s time for the another Cutting Edge Challenge! Our inspiration this week is an amazing card created by Design Team member Lisa Addesa.

Here’s my take on her card:

The Cutting Edge Challenge #9

I rotated the card which put more flowers on the left-hand side (corresponding with the upper-left corner of Lisa’s card). I chose a multi-line sentiment, like Lisa’s, that combines a script font with a san-serif one. I also used some of the colors that Lisa used on her flowers.

Supplies: Taylored Expressions die, Hero Arts sentiment

SYS2 Day 10

Today I’m sharing a CASE of Laurie Willison‘s lovely card from Day 10 of the Online Card Classes Stretch Your Stamps 2 class.

SYS2 Day 10

The Day 10 lesson focused on cards using the Botanicals 2 set. Following Laurie’s instructions, to create the letters, I stamped a few of the botanical stamps on white cardstock with the pink ink, cut them with the Cole’s ABCs set, and then adhered them to foam, which had also been die cut. The card panel was stamped with a larger stamp from the Botanicals set. Laurie used some white dots on her card (the perfect accent). I don’t have any, so I used white sequins instead.

Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock; Spellbinders rectangle die; Paper Smooches Botanicals 2; Lawn Fawn Cole’s ABCs