Happy Holidays 2018 | ft Lawn Fawn Stamps and Dies

Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by. I hope you're having a great day.

Today I want to share a card (and video) featuring Lawn Fawn's "Say What Christmas Critters", Merry Christmas border die as well as the Merry from the "Happy, Happy" add-on die set.

I recommend watching in HD over on YouTube!

If you check out the video, you'll see the list of Copic markers I used to colour all the little critters, as well as hear about the type of paper I use and where these little gems (on his nose) came from.

I hope you like today's card (and video) and are inspired to create something of your own. If you haven't already, please follow me on the right side bar, over on Facebook and on YouTube! Drop me a line in the comments section below and let me know what you think!

Missing You | ft. Studio Katia "Floral Trimmings"

Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by. I hope you're having a great day.

Today started out not awesome. It wasn't as bad as Monday, but it definitely wasn't spectacular. Then my honey sent flowers to my office and it turned my day right around. Not only was it the first time he has ever sent me flowers, it absolutely made my day to know that he was thinking about me and the hard time I've been going through the last couple of days.

I think a lot of our motivations in crafting comes from these very things. Just letting someone know you are thinking about them, especially when they are having a difficult time can make all the difference in the world. You never know how you can turn a day around just by sending a card to let them know they are in your thoughts. I highly recommend it.

Today, I want to share a card featuring Studio Katia stamps and embellishments. This card wasn't made for anyone in particular, but it's always good to have one on hand for those times when someone just happens to pop into your head out of the blue.

To begin, I stamped the "Floral Trimmings" stamp from Studio Katia with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on 110lb Copic-friendly cardstock. I coloured the images in with Copic markers. Like I talked about in my video "You are so Loved", I generally like to go big and bold with my floral colouring. Just throwing sunshine off the page, so to speak. That's what I was going for in this image.

To add some detail, I used a white gel pen to add highlights to the petals and leaves as well as dots in the middle of the larger flowers. I then stamped the greeting from Simon Says Stamp with Memento ink over top of the image.

I adhered the panel to a piece of coordinating pink cardstock then mounted the entire piece to the front of an A2 sized card base. Then, because I'm me and I just can't resist, I added a scattering of crystals from Studio Katia across the panel.

I hope you like today's card and are inspired to create something of your own, and maybe let someone know you're thinking of them. If you haven't already, please follow me on the right side bar, over on Facebook and on YouTube. Drop me a line in the comments section below and let me know what you think.

You're a Star | ft. Lawn Fawn "So Jelly"

Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by. I hope you're having a great day.

Today I want to share a card that I created using Lawn Fawn's "So Jelly" stamp set along with Distress Oxide inks and Copic markers.

To begin, I cut down a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and used Carved Pumpkin and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide inks to create my background. Once that was dry, I prepped the piece with my powder tool and stamped the starfish from the So Jelly stamp set with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then splattered the panel with clean water to get that distressed look we all love, then splattered again with gold Perfect Pearls.

To get a bit more dimension in my starfish, I went in with some Copic markers to add some shadows and highlights.

I adhered that directly to my standard A2 sized card base. I heat embossed the greeting with detail white embossing powder and mounted the strip with foam mounting tape (from the dollar store).

To finish off the card, I used some of the small bubbles, scattered about the panel.

I hope you like today's card and are inspired to create something of your own. If you haven't already, please follow me on the right side bar, over on Facebook and on YouTube. Drop me a line in the comments section below and let me know what you think.