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Penguin Palace – Legend of the koi
Hi guys, today I am sharing a card using the new release of Penguin Palace stamps, that will be available on oct. 20. I am sharing a card using the Legend of Koi layering stamp set. I was my first time using a layering stamp set, and I had a blast making a lot of koi. I started this card by using the Handcrafter porcelain stencil on a light blue cardstock. I used salvaged patina and peacock feathers distress oxide to ink my background. I added some splatters with the peacock feathers distress oxide spray. For the koi, I used carved pumpkin, ripe persimmon, crackling campfire, fired brick and black…
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Tim Holtz – Spooky Halloween card
Hi guys!! Today I am sharing one of my all time favorite Halloween card. I absolutely LOVE the end result. I used the monster reunion stamp set from Stampers Anonymous. I absolutely love this kind of artwork, and it makes me go out of my comfort zone since I am used to have cute critters on my cards. For this project, I started by cutting a watercolor cardstock panel 4 1/4 by 5 1/2. I used Canson XL watercolor cardstock. After that, I used hickory smoke, black soot and cracked pistachio in distress oxide sprays to add color to my panel. As always, I spray a first time all of…
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Honey Bee Stamps – Lilies for a birthday
Hi guys! Today I am sharing a card using the Lovely layers easter lily dies from Honey bee stamps. I fell in love with their flower dies that you can stack up together after watching Amy (prairie paper and ink) using them on her youtube channel. She uses a lot of die cut pieces and distress oxides and I wanted to try this technique today. It was a LOT of fun making this card, and I will make more of them in the future, playing with inks and being carefree with the results is really fun. For this card, I started by die cutting all of the pieces of the…
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Trinity Stamps – Best place to be
Hi guys! Today I am sharing a card with the cute gnomes from Trinity Stamps Best place to be stamp set. As I’ve already said, I love gnomes, and I think that this is one of my favorite, they are just so adorable! I wanted to make a little scene with these gnomes, so a slimline card was perfect for that. I make my slimline cards to be 8 1/2 by 3 1/2. I started by stamping the images on Strathmore marker paper with memento tuxedo black ink. For the copics I used: For the boy: B05; BG05; BG01; C2; C1; C0; YG09; G02; YG41; N2; N5; N7; E000; E02;…
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Trinity Stamps – A flower gnome
Hi guys!! I am so excited to share with you my first project as a Trinity Stamps ambassador. For my first projet, I had to use one of their gnomes. I you didn’t know, I love gnomes and Trinity stamps makes a lot of really gorgeous sets with gnomes. I want them all! But for today, I am using the gnomes on the Hello there stamps set. I started by stamping the images with memento rich cocoa ink on Neenah classic crest 80lb paper. I colored the images with my polychromos pencils. I learned to love the grainy look that a colored pencil give. I added some texture to the…
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MFT – Bears and Bees
Hi guys! Today I am sharing another card using the We Beelong stamp set from MFT . I wanted to make a card for someone who just had a baby and I thought that the bears where the perfect match. I started my card by die cutting a panel with the Stitched rectangles stacklets die from TE from Bristol smooth cardstock . This cardstock is fabulous for ink blending. Then I used Antique Linen distress oxide to ink blend my background. After that I die cut brown cardstock and the panel with the hexagons pops die. Since I don’t own any gold cardstock, I embossed a sheet of paper with my gold…
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Spellbinders – Layered Blooms
Hi guys! So today I am sharing a different style of card for me with the Simply perfect layered blooms from Spellbinders. I must say, I fell in love with this die and I think that it is a really versatile one and a must have. Flowers is not always my thing, but this die set is just perfect. This card took me a long time to make, but I had so much fun making it! I started this card by cutting a white cardstock with the Hero Arts nesting rectangle dies. I used one of the bigger of and one inside to make a frame. Then, I embossed my…
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My Favorite Things – You keep me afloat
Hi guys! I am sharing a father’s day card using the stamp set You keep me afloat from MFT. I was inspired by Koren Wiskman video using this stamp set. She used her polychromos pencils to color the images, and it made me want to use my pencils. I mostly use them to add shadows on my copic or watercolor images. She made me want to embrace the look of the pencil and I must say, I am in LOVE with how my rabbit turned out. Beware, I am hooked now and all of the cards that I made this week were with my pencils. To start this card, I inked…
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My Favorite Things – We Beelong
Hi guys, today I am sharing a cute card with one of my new stamp set from My Favorite Things We beelong. I am obsessed with these bears, they are so cute! I love fishing, one of the best things to do in the summer, and this little bear with is fishing rod stole my heart. This card was inspired a lot by mariekeslaats on Instagram (she makes a lot of really beautiful cards, go check her out). I made a mini slimline card, because recently I am obsessed with them! The dimension here is 3 1/4 and 6 1/4. I started this card by using Wild Honey distress oxide…
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Purple Onion Designs – A happy little place
Hi guys! So today I am sharing my first card made with Purple onion designs. I fell completely in love with their new release from the designer Stacey Yacula. I wanted to make a special card for one of my best friend for her birthday, and since she loves to read, the bookstore was perfect for her. I started this card by stamping the bookstore, the countryside and the stone wall from the “A happy little place” from Stacey Yacula. They are unmounted red rubber stamps, so I used a clear mounting stamp 4×6 to stamp these stamps with my Tim holts stamping platform. I also added this little bunny from…
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