Sunshine and Rainbows

 

“Sunshine and Rainbows and Paper Crafts…these are a few of my favorite things” 🎶🎵🎶😄

   Hello Friends and welcome!  I think it’s been more than a minute since my last post lol 🤣 but I’m so glad to be sharing this fun project with you today featuring a few Taylored Expressions products including stencils, stamps, and die cuts.  This trio of products are the “Make a Rainbow” stencil, “Over the Rainbow” sentiments, and “Rainbow Cloud duo”.

  To start, I placed the stencil over a piece of Neenah solar white and ink blended using several The Stamp Market inks including salmon, melon, sunshine, and apple.  Once the rainbow was ink blended, I took Salvaged Patina Distress ink and lightly ink blended the sides blending the ink toward the rainbow image.  I then stamped several images and sentiment using Pinkfresh Studio warm buff dye ink.  For the clouds, I die cut them using Lawn Fawn pixie dust cardstock.  Don’t you just love mixing and matching different products from different companies to create with?! 😄👍🏻 To add a little more detail to the card, I die cut the panel using MFT’s wonky stitched rectangles before adhering the clouds and heart to the panel, then adhering the panel to a Neenah desert storm card base.  

  Thanks so much Friends for stopping by…Hope this card inspires you to find your inner Rainbows!…take care!

Apple-solutely Awesome

 Apple-solutely Awesome…

   Hello Friends and welcome!  Sharing this adorable project with you today featuring the Lawn Fawn “Apple-solutely Awesome” set…aren’t this mice just the cutest!!?!  This set includes everything you need to create a fun fall themed project.

   To start, I trimmed a piece of Neenah solar white cardstock and ink blended the background using Distress Ink Oxide in broken china. Then chose a piece of Lawn Fawn’s “Gotta Have Gingham rainbow” patterned paper and die cut using Lawn Fawn’s “simple stitched hillsides”.  Afterwards I die cut both panels using Lawn Fawn’s stitched rectangles. Next, I stamped images, die cut using coordinating dies, and Copic colored.  I assembled elements and adhered to card base using liquid glue then began working on the sentiment.  For that, I stamped several sentiments together then white heat embossed before die cutting using Lawn Fawn’s “everyday sentiment banners”. 

   Thanks so much for stopping by, wishing everyone an “Apple-solutely Awesome” day!!, take care!

  

Happy Hauntings

 SimonSaysStamp Happy Hauntings…

Hello Friends and Welcome!! I’m super excited to share this project with you featuring the new Happy Hauntings set from the SimonSaysStamp STAMPtember release!! If you are new to SimonSaysStamp STAMPtember it is a month long party celebration featuring fun gifts, giveaways, and collaborations sets from your favorite paper crafting companies!  

Today’s card features the new Happy Hauntings set…these are the cutest dragons!! To start, I stamped the image onto a piece of Copic friendly cardstock then Copic colored the image.  I then masked the image and ink blended the background using Distress Ink in Black Soot.  Next, I die cut the panel and the patterned paper using both stitched and regular rectangle die cuts. I then stamped the sentiment using Versamark ink then white embossed using Hero Arts embossing ink.

For more inspiration please visit the SimonSaysStamp blog! Happy STAMPtember friends!!

Thanks so much for stopping by…take care!

Below is a special gift for you!

Spellbinders House Mouse

 

Spellbinders House Mouse…

   Hello Friends and Welcome!  I have a special 2 project post to share with you today featuring 2 new sets from Spellbinders.  These adorable mice from the “House Mouse” collection are a perfect way to send a Happy Holiday message to any recipient!

This first card (pictured above) showcases the adorable “Mistletoe Kisses” stamp set.  I began by stamping image onto a trimmed piece of Copic friendly white cardstock panel.  I chose to stamp the image using Memento Rich Cocoa ink which is Copic friendly ink.  I thought the warm brown ink would help show the lovely details of the stamp plus help with coloring of the image.  I planned on coloring the mice using brown shades of Copics so using the brown ink would help with not having to over saturate the paper with the alcohol ink from the Copic markers.  After the image was colored, I added a little bit of sparkle to the Mistletoe berries and the red in the candy canes using Wink of Stella in clear.  Next, I trimmed a piece of gold mirror cardstock as well as a red piece of cardstock to layer underneath the colored image.  I then adhered the layers together onto a folded A2 sized red cardstock card base.  To finish with the sentiment, I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap piece of matching red cardstock, gold heat embossed, then fussy cut the sentiment out and adhering to panel using thin foam squares.

The second card features the super cute set “Noel” from the House Mouse collection.  This card is a one layered A2 sized card with the exception that I adhered the panel using a piece of thin fun foam to the kraft cardstock card base.  To begin, I stamped the image onto a trimmed piece of Bristol smooth cardstock the watercolor end the image using Zig Clean Color markers.  Again, I chose a brown ink to show the beautiful details of the image but used Versafine Vintage Sepia to heat embossed.  Once image was stamped and heat embossed using a clear embossing powder, I applied the color directly to the image then used a damp brush to pull the color out from the edges towards the middle of the images.  Once image was colored, I stamped the image again onto masking paper then fussy cut image out.  With the mask covering the image, I ink blended the border of the panel using Distress Ink in blueprint sketch and tumbled glass.  To add a little bit of more interest and with the mask still in place, I ink splattered the panel using white gouache and a liquid iridescent medium.  To finish, I pulled the mask off, then added a dab of glossy accents to the red berries.

Thanks so much to Spellbinders for creating such adorable mice!  These images are so wonderfully detailed and are so fun to work with whatever color medium you choose.  I hope these cards inspires you to create some cute and colorful Holiday cards!  If interested in these new sets or other fun new products from Spellbinders, click this link. https://spellbinderspaperarts.com/

Supplies featured:

Spellbinders: House Mouse sets: Mistletoe Kisses and Noel

Cardstock: white, red, gold mirror, kraft, and Smooth Bristol

Copic Sketch markers 

Zig Clean Color markers 

Inks:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Versafine Vintage Sepia, Distress Inks: blueprint sketch and tumbled glass, Versamark 

Gold embossing powder

Thanks so much for stopping by…take care!

Spellbinders Snowman Hugs

 Spellbinders Snowman Hugs…

   Hello Friends and welcome!  I have an adorable project to share with you today featuring the new Spellbinders “Snowman Hugs and Snowman Hugs Faces and Sentiments”.  This adorable new set has several cute snowman that can be used to create a beautiful winter scene and/or a fun and festive Holiday card.  For today’s card, I chose to create a peaceful winter scene.  

To start, I trimmed a piece of white card stock then chose several Distress Inks to ink blend a background.  I wanted to create a warm winter scene to showcase this adorable snowman.  I chose to ink blend Chipped Sapphire, Victorian Velvet, and Tattered Rose Distress Inks.  I ink blended the panel using blending brushes beginning at the top then bringing the color down the panel. I went over the colors several times to try and achieve a smooth blend of color.  Once the panel was blended, I wanted to add a bit more interest and wanted to create a “snowy scene” so I grabbed my white gouache and a liquid iridescent to ink splatter the background.  Next, I began to build my snow image.  I first, die cut the snowman using a white cardstock then die cut the scarf using a peachy cardstock color.  I thought the scarf looked a little two dimensional on the snowman so I added a little shadow to the scarf using a light orange Copic and a white gel pen to the scarf’s fringe.  I then created a snow drift or border for the snowman.  For this, I just trimmed a piece of white cardstock then traced the trimmed piece border onto a piece of silver glitter cardstock and cut.  Before adhering elements to the background panel, I stamped and heat embossed sentiment using Ranger liquid platinum embossing powder.  I adhered snow bank border and snowman to the ink blended background panel using a liquid glue.  I next, adhered panel using a trimmed piece of fun foam to a folded blue cardstock A2 card base.  I finished by adding a few clear sequins.

Thanks so much to Spellbinders for creating such a fun Snowman!  This set includes several fun Snowmen and adorable accessories to create a fun Wintery and/or Holiday scenes.  This snowman looks so happy and wants to send everyone a warm hug!  If interested in this new set or any other new products from Spellbinders just click this link. https://spellbinderspaperarts.com/

Thanks so much for stopping by…take care! 

Spellbinders Gnome Drive Holiday

 Spellbinders Gnome Drive…

   Hello Friends and welcome!  I have a fun project to share with you today featuring the new “Gnome Drive Holiday” from Spellbinders.  The new Gnome Drive collection includes several fun Holiday sets and Special occasion sets that create a fun scene featuring this adorable Gnome!  For today’s project, I chose the Holiday Gnome Drive to create a fun and festive Christmas card.

  To start, I grabbed a piece of white cardstock then ink blended the panel using Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink.  To add a little bit of more interest to the background panel, I ink splattered using a white gouache and  a liquid iridescent.  Next, I grabbed several colors of cardstock to die cut the pieces of the Gnome Drive Holiday set.  I chose a festive color palette knowing that some of the pieces of the color were going to be yellow such as the headlights and the tree would be a traditional green Christmas tree.  By only using a few colors of cardstock, I tried to keep the scene more cohesive.  Once all the pieces of the Gnome Drive Holiday set were die cut, I assembled the pieces and adhered them together using a liquid glue.  Before adhering the car to the panel, I stamped the sentiment from the “Gnome Drive Sentiments” using a black pigment ink. I then adhered the car using thin foam squares and finally adhered panel using a liquid glue to a folded red A2 card base.  

A huge thanks to Spellbinders for creating such a fun die cut set, these Gnomes are so much fun to create with!  I hope this card inspires you to create fun and festive Holiday cards!  If interested in this new product line or other fun new products from Spellbinders, click this link below. https://spellbinderspaperarts.com/

Supplies featured:

Spellbinders: Gnome Holiday Drive and Gnome Drive Sentiments

Distress Ink: Blueprint Sketch 

Colored cardstock 

Versafine Onyx black pigment ink

Liquid glue 

Thanks so much for stopping by…take care!

Pinkfresh Studio Watercolored Floral Border

Hello Friends and welcome!  I have a pretty project to share with you today featuring the Pinkfresh Studio Floral Border set.  I just loved how this project turned out!  I grabbed my Altenew Artists Watercolor set and watercolored these pretty blooms using a light wash of color them going back over intensifying the colors by adding another layer of color.  Once the floral border was dry, I die cut image using the coordinating die.  To add a little more interest to the background, I die cut a piece of MFT’s boysenberry cardstock then ink splattering a gold watercolor over the piece then die cut that piece also using the Floral Border die.  I next, stamped the sentiment then gold heat embossed.  To finish, I assembled elements and adhered to a matching card base then added a few gold metallic pearls.  Thanks so a much for stopping by…take care!

Supplies featured:

Pinkfresh Studio: Floral Border stamp/die cut; Metallic Gold Pearls

Altenew: Artists Watercolors

Brutus Monroe: Gilded embossing powder

MFT’s: Boysenberry cardstock