Ink Smooshing with Distress Oxides and a Single Stamp Set

If you’ve been watching me create for a while, then you know I love to ink smoosh with Distress inks. It’s my “go to” for fast, easy, and beautiful backgrounds. I paired an inky background with a beautiful stamp set to make this quick friendship card. Any water-based color medium will work, even watercolor paint if you’d like. Have fun squishing those colors around! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ … Continue reading Ink Smooshing with Distress Oxides and a Single Stamp Set

Stencils, Gel Medium, and Pigments!

I’ve mentioned it before, I’m sure, I love playing with stencils and mediums… the results are always a surprise. Working with Matte Gel Medium and Lindy’s Gang Magicals is no exception. You could use any color combination and stencils you have with this technique and get great results every time. It’s pretty impossible to mess up. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ All the supplies I used are listed below. … Continue reading Stencils, Gel Medium, and Pigments!

Simple & Elegant Card Project | 2022 Christmas Series

Stamp and emboss the main layout. Use an embossing folder for the accent panel. Use a diamond shaped element in glitter cardstock, and that’s it! Make a bunch of these quickly and easily. You can find a list of the supplies I used and my favorite tools below. Thanks, so much, for spending time with me while I craft! If you’d like to further support … Continue reading Simple & Elegant Card Project | 2022 Christmas Series

Simple Cards Using a Background Stamp | 2022 Christmas Series

Any holiday themed background stamp will work for this card project. Use colored inks and clear embossing powder for this simple technique. Thanks, so much, for spending time with me while I craft! If you’d like to further support me and ensure more projects are on tap, please use the affiliate links provided to purchase the products you love to see in my projects. This … Continue reading Simple Cards Using a Background Stamp | 2022 Christmas Series

3D Embossed Holly & Berries | 2022 Christmas Series

A pretty holly, holiday 3D embossing folder is the highlight for this project. Just add an appropriate sentiment, stamped in black along with some glitter cardstock and you’re done! Thanks, so much, for spending time with me while I craft! If you’d like to further support me and ensure more projects are on tap, please use the affiliate links provided to purchase the products you … Continue reading 3D Embossed Holly & Berries | 2022 Christmas Series

Die Cut Focal Point Card Project | 2022 Christmas Series

Use any large cutting die to highlight the front of this card. Add a sentiment and a pretty background to complete the project. Thanks, so much, for spending time with me while I craft! If you’d like to further support me and ensure more projects are on tap, please use the affiliate links provided to purchase the products you love to see in my projects. … Continue reading Die Cut Focal Point Card Project | 2022 Christmas Series

Background Stamp+Sentiment=Done! | 2022 Christmas Series

Use any holiday-themed background stamp to heat emboss the background, pick out a fitting sentiment and heat emboss or hot foil onto a narrow strip, glue them all together and here’s one of your fastest Christmas cards this year! Thanks, so much, for spending time with me while I craft! If you’d like to further support me and ensure more projects are on tap, please … Continue reading Background Stamp+Sentiment=Done! | 2022 Christmas Series

Use Pretty Paper to Create Super Easy Christmas Cards | 2022 Christmas Series

You can’t get much easier than trimming some pretty Christmas paper to size, embossing a sparkly sentiment strip, and gluing it all together. In this project I bulk create four cards but you obviously could make as many as your paper stash allows. I used some holiday paper from my stash, (this paper happens to be BoBunny ‘Tis the Season’) the Holy Night stamp set … Continue reading Use Pretty Paper to Create Super Easy Christmas Cards | 2022 Christmas Series

Ink Blended Background with Wax Seal Embellishment

Spellbinders recently had a really exciting release with their wax seal collection of products called Sealed by Spellbinders. Of course I “needed” to get in on it and have been having fun playing with all the things. This project includes die sets Sealed Leaf Sprigs and Sealed Blooms along with the glimmer plate Geometric Optical Background with it’s Layered Stencils. I think this card turned … Continue reading Ink Blended Background with Wax Seal Embellishment

Simple Rice Paper Card Project

It’s rice paper to the rescue once again! I just love the soft, watercolor look of this Dragonflies rice paper. I purchased it last year and have dreaded cutting into it ever since because it was just too dang pretty! But today was the day and I got enough lovely pieces to make four cards from this one A4 sized sheet. In the video I … Continue reading Simple Rice Paper Card Project