Birthday Wishes

After watching crafting videos on using stencils with texture pastes and embossing pastes I decided to break out my stencils I have had for a while. So I brought some stencils and some distress inks to create a pretty background. 
                             

 

I used Heidi Swapp's Stencil and 3 shades of distress inks- Spun Sugar, Seedless Preserve and Dusty Concord. Then with the stencil still on, I sprayed some Pearl Mist. Then I cut down the background to my required size to fit my card. 

I layered black cardstock under the stenciled background and layered it over white card base. It took me ages to decide how I wanted to use the background.... add ribbon, add a big sentiment, small sentiment, cover chunk of the background, cover just a little bit????? Finally I decided to use sequins. 

Some clear and purple/pink tinted sequins which I glued down using multi matte medium. The supply of sequins and multi matt medium cam in my Simon Says Stamps card kits :) A simple sentiment from Stampin' Up!'s  Label Love is stamped in black versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder for some shine. 

 

Love how it turned out :) Loving the stencils.... now only to buy some texture/embossing paste and try that next :D

Until next time,

Happy Krafting,

Cheers =)

Seasons Greetings

Today's card is inspired by the sketch challenge on Splitcoaststamper .... Sketch Challenge 503. It is a simple sketch....I was very excited to make it and use my distress inks for the same. 

I used snowflakes, Versamark ink and some embossing powder to create the panels. Then I used some tumbled glass and salty ocean distress inks and colored the cardstock. These inks blend so easily and give a magical look to images!

 

I layered some navy cardstock and polka dot printed paper and popped the panels over the layers.

Simple and easy card..... Try the sketch out.... could be used many different ways.... maybe a continuous pattern or message cut in 3 panels.... or 2 images and sentiment in the middle.... endless possibilities with this sketch :)

Until next time,

Happy Krafting,

Cheers =)

Quick, Fun Appreciation

So while I was working on card design this morning...my friend texted a picture saying she wanted me to make the label as in the pic. 

Pic from Made 2 Be Creative

  Yes she found it on Pinterest. It is a cute thing... she wanted to make this for her peeps at work....so a few minutes on the blog the pin took me to and I was cracking on it. Julia B, the author of the blog has the directions explained well.. Click on the pic above or HERE to checkout the original post and download the sentiment. It is in a circle and square form. Thank you Julia for making the labels and sharing them. 

So you need a piece of 7-3/4" x 3" piece of cardstock, scored at 2" on both sides. make a "z" fold- fold the score sides in opposite direction. Glue down one side at 2 ends to make a pocket. I used Scor Tape to glue it down--need the edges to be sealed strong to hold candy. I downloaded the sentiment, used 1-3/4" circle punch (as suggested). I also used 2-3/8" scallop punch, and 2" circle punch and made the layers. 

 Some foam tape to adhere the circles down and a 1-3/8" circle punch to make hole to be able to hang it off the bottle and the candy holder/Bottle Hanger is ready. One hour later.....

 ...... 12 hangers ready!! I sponged all the pieces with some Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Hopefully my friend and the receivers of her awesome thank you gift (on which these labels are going to sit) like it too. 

Until next time,

Happy Krafting,

Cheers =)

Mocha Crazy

Simon Says Stamp's October card kit is suppper cute... I know we are heading towards December and I am late with this kit... but things had been busy.....so this card kit is sure to please all coffee lovers (I love my coffee), whether it is the papers, the cute coffee cup die or the quirky stamp set!

How cute is the coffee cup and the sentiment is so stinkin' cute!! I got this sketch idea from CAS(E) This Sketch #101. A very simple sketch....I love the circles (I am a geometric person ;D). I stamped the mug and fussy cut it, its colored in using copic markers. The cute heart image is from the same stamp set which I cut out using 3/4" circle punch, ran some clear wink of stella glitter pen over it and covered it with glossy accents. The coffee mug is popped using foam tape.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.... it was a 2 line sentiment, that I stamped in the same line using Versafine Ink, and clear embossing powder. I used a black marker to create outlines and Stampin' Up!'s Real Red write marker to color in over the message. 

I have missed my dashed lines :))

This is for now...

Until Next time,

Happy Krafting,

Cheers =)

Holiday Wishes

Today's card is inspired from a challenge at Clean and Simple Stamping. It is a very simple sketch... I added a little of my own...so I dont know if I will be eligible for the challenge... however I am going to just link this post to the challenge. The challenge is at Clean&Simple313 

So here is the sketch:

Here is my version:

I used 4 different stamps- Be Joyful; 

The top 3 sentiments are stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. While the sentiment under the tree is stamped using Simon Says Lipstick Red. The cute little star is from one of the SSS Card Kits. 

I made a set of 8 of these....a little planning, doing it one sentiment at a time, and 8 of these came together in no time :)

I have said this before....and it is confirmed now...I am just not a fan of making sets of cards.... its more fun to come up with different ideas and designs instead of making multiple amounts of the same design!

Until next time....

Happy krafting

Cheers =)

Snow much fun!

Christmas is around the corner and I am now making Xmas cards..... I know I am late.... but better late then sorry.... talking about late.... I realized I am also late in using distress inks.... So over a month ago I had ordered my mini distress ink sets (I have all 36 colors so far :D) then ordered the storage containers from Amazon (Now how could I start using them without proper storage :P) and the round blending tool.

I am in love with them....now understand the craze for distress inks.....these inks are all worth the price!! My first try today with these inks was to use the ink and the round blending tool to color background. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to do it properly... but I love how it turned out. 

I used Simon Says Stamp's November Card Kit stamp set for the snow (stamped with versamark and heat embossed with Winter Wonderland embossing powder) and the red background stripes. The snowman is from Hampton Arts Christmas set I bought from Michaels and the sentiment is from Stampin Up's Snow Much Fun (retired).

Since I was experimenting....I decided to jazz up the sentiment with some glossy accents :) The sentiment is directly stamped on the cardstock. 

The image is colored using copic markers, wink of stella clear pen and some pearl mist. 

I am in love with distress inks :D

Until next time,

Happy Krafting

Cheers =)