Friendship - Right as Rain

Newton’s Nook Designs | Fall Harvest

Hello! As the leaves turn golden and the air cools, I find myself embracing the charm of the fall season. Today, I am showcasing the Newton’s Nook Designs Fall Harvest stamp set on two friendship cards of the same design.

To create the focal images, stamp the Fall Harvest images with Versafine on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper and heat set. Color the image with watercoloring medium of choice. Once dry, cut the images with the dies in the coordinating set. (Check out my “Resources for Watercoloring Stamped Images” HERE.)

To create the card backgrounds, cut Fall Plaids papers and add to A2-size card bases.

Glimmer foil the sentiment in the Autumn Greetings set with Copper foil on white cardstock (I used Taylored Expressions Sugar Cube, as it is not stark white). Cut panel with die in the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables set and attach to card base.

Assemble the focal images and add to the cards with dot and foam adhesive.

Sending Hedgehugs with Penny Black

Spring has sprung on this sweet watercolored card that shows two hedgehogs watering a daisy. Featuring the Penny Black Grown with Love stamp set, this card is suitable for sending a message of love, friendship, or just a simple hello! But there’s a twist – instead of using the flower in the original Penny Black Grown with Love stamp, I masked it and added a die-cut daisy. Read on for step-by-step instructions on how I created the card.

- Stamp hedgehog image on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper with VersaFine ink, masking the flower image so that it does not stamp; heat set.
- Watercolor image. I used Zig markers in Medium Beige, Oatmeal, and Light Pink for the hedgehog faces and bodies. I used Zig Gray Brown for the hedgehog needles. For the watering can and metal portion of the spade, I used Zig Gray. I used Tombow Poppy Red for the spade handle and Zig Light Blue for the pond.
- Stamp hedgehogs on Gina K Masking Magic. Fussy-cut hedgehogs and pond and cover watercolored portions with the masks. Apply Tumbled Glass Oxide ink for the sky and Mowed Lawn Oxide and Rustic Wilderness Oxide for the grass.
- Stamp Grown with Love sentiment on to white cardstock and cut with large cloud die in the Silver Linings set. Cut two small clouds with the same set.
- Use the Daisy Delight die to cut the daisy from white cardstock. Color with Copic markers. I used Pale Yellow and Cadmium Yellow for the flower center and Moss Green for the stem.
- Trim stamped panel to 4 x 5 1/4 inches and add to yellow card base. Add clouds and daisy to scene.

This stamp set was part of the Refreshing release three years ago. You can see the release video here.

Spellbinders | Bibi’s Hummingbirds Take Two

Hello! Today, I am sharing another card created with the stunning Spellbinders Delicate Floral Hummingbirds die set, part of Bibi’s Hummingbirds Collection. See my first card here.

Stamp Hummingbird Sentiments on patterned paper in the Floral Friendship paper pad. Trim to 4 by 5 1/4 inches and add to Brushed Gold card base.
Cut hummingbirds with the Delicate Floral Hummingbirds set from Brushed Gold, Brushed Silver, and Snowdrift cardstock. Assemble, backing eyes with Onyx cardstock. Add to card.
Cut flowers from Snowdrift cardstock with dies in the Delicate Floral Hummingbirds set. Add to card and embellish with Gold Mix Gems.

Spellbinders has a 15% off $125+ sale available in the US through April 16th.

Spellbinders | Floral Friendship

Hello! I am sharing two cards created with products in the Floral Friendship Collection at Spellbinders. The collection features embellishments, printed die cuts, patterned paper and stickers designed to celebrate the beauty of friendship.

Create A2-size card base from Brushed Gold cardstock.
Stamp Floral Friendship patterned paper with sentiment in the Hummingbird Sentiments stamp set. Trim paper to 4 x 5 1/4 inches; add to card base. Alternatively, add chipboard letters from the April 2023 Quick & Easy Card Kit.

Add Dimensional Butterfly Stickers to card front.
Embellish with Gold Mix Gems.

Spellbinders has a 15% off $125+ sale available in the US through April 16th.

Penny Black | Dance in the Rain

Hello! Today I am sharing a friendship card created with Penny Black supplies featuring a water-colored image from the Dance in the Rain stamp set. I recently shared a card created with the same stamp set here. I have been playing with a variety of watercolor mediums as of late.

Stamp Dance in the Rain image with VersaFine ink on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper.
Color with watercolor mediums of choice. I used Zig and Tombow markers, as well as Distress Ink. Set aside to dry.
Stamp image on Masking Paper, fussy cut, apply mask to image and color background with Tumbled Glass ink.
Cut frame with Penny Black Polaroid die and frame watercolored image.
Cut sentiment with Hooray die set from Black Matte Alcohol Ink cardstock and add to Polaroid frame.
To create the background, stamp Dots in Space with Dandelion ink on yellow cardstock. Add A2 panel to card base and add assembled image to center.