In My Thoughts

Hello everyone! I'm here with a thinking of you card for Poppystamps. This card can easily be made into a Valentine's Day card by switching out the sentiment.

I used alcohol ink on yupo paper to create a colourful panel from which I die cut the pretty Leaf Flourish Heart. Love how the heart pops against all the white!

For more pics and details about this card please stop by the blog here.

Enjoy your week!

Art Deco Joy

Hi crafters! Today I have a card featuring some new dies from the Poppystamps Summer Theater Release. This small release has art deco dies and sentiments that will help you create beautiful cards.

I used the Geometric Deco Plate on my card along with an alcohol ink panel. For all the details on how I made this card please stop by the blog here.

Get Well Shaker

Hello, I have a colourful shaker card today using the new to me, Pinkfresh Studio Simply Diamonds die.

The Simply Diamonds was die cut from a panel of yupo paper that I coloured with alcohol inks. I wanted the background of the shaker to sort of match the colours of the diamond piece so I used various Distress Inks and then sprayed it with Perfect Pearls for a bit of shimmer.

I used clear sequins for the shaker elements and finished off with the sentiment. I hope these cheery colours will brighten the recipient's day!

I'm submitting this for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Shake It Up, here and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Something New, here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Rainbow Shaker

Hello crafters! Here's a look at a rainbow shaker card I have up at the Poppystamps blog.

I used alcohol inks to create this fun friend shaker card that is easy and quick to put together.

For all the details stop by the Poppystamps blog and leave me a comment!

Have a great day!

Vellum Shaker

I have a shaker card for you today for My Favorite Things You Could Be A Card Design Superstar Challenge here!

I coloured white vellum with alcohol inks in blue and purple and applied the inks in a circular swirl pattern. I love using alcohol inks, you never know exactly how each piece will turn out! I die cut My Favorite Things Triangle Screen from the vellum, adhered it to acetate and added back some of the triangles and left the centre portion empty for the shaker window.

The background for the shaker is also vellum coloured in paler hues of blue and purple.

I finished off with a sentiment from My Favorite Things Peaceful Wildflowers stamp set and a couple of thin black strips of card stock.

I'm also entering this card for Simon Says Stamps Die Crazy Challenge here and Simon Says Stamp Love This Technique Challenge here.

Thanks for dropping by!

Winnie & Walter Sketch

It's time for another card for the Winnie & Walter Shares the Love with Simon Says Stamp Challenge. The day 5 challenge is to make a card based on this sketch.

I flipped the sketch for my card and stamped flowers from the Simon Says Stamp Best Mom Ever set and used Distress Inks to colour them.  The sentiment from W&W The Big, The Bold and the Happy set was embossed with Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.  For one of the paper layers I coloured vellum with Ranger Alcohol Inks in blues, greens and yellows.  It's a great way to add some subtle colour without using patterned paper.

I'm also entering this card for Simon Says Stamptember Stamp-It Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend!

Using Vellum at A Blog Named Hero

Hi everyone! There's a new challenge up at A Blog Named Hero and it's all about using vellum on your projects.

I love using vellum, it's such a versatile product and one of my favourite ways of using it is by inking it up with Alcohol Inks.

The flower panel was inked using Watermelon, Sunshine Yellow and some Pearl Mixative.  I was going for a soft blend of colours here to go with the white embossing.  For the butterflies, another piece of vellum was inked using the same colours but not the Mixative so the colours are a bit bolder and not as blended.

Make sure to stop by A Blog Named Hero to be inspired by all the fab projects created by the design team. The Vellum Challenge lasts for 2 weeks and one lucky person will win a gift voucher to do some shopping at Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Hero Arts April Challenge

Well, I've managed to squeak in a card for this months challenge over at Hero Arts. The theme is to create a project for the ladies and I was also inspired by the sketch provided.

Here's my project, a pocket card that holds a gift card.

For the large flower I coloured some vellum with alcohol inks and white embossed the image. I did some tone-on-tone stamping for the pocket and background and added some sparkle with two stripes of Glitter Ritz (the photo doesn't show how pretty the glitter really is).

The large sentiment is from a set called Made with Love. Love the large size of the images and the mix of fonts. I attached the gift card onto an embossed tag which can be pulled out from the pocket. Oh, I also dyed some May Arts Silk Ribbon with Distress Stains for a custom colour (which isn't as vibrant as in the photo).

I'm also entering this card in Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for visiting today, I appreciate you taking the time to leave comments!

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