Saturday, November 14, 2015

I am over at A Blog Named Hero today!

 Good morning everyone!

At A Blog Named Hero, we are celebrating Hero Arts this month. I have a solo post at the blog today with a Christmas card using Santa's Elves Stamp & Cut. Here is a sneak peek!

Christmas card closeup

Head over to A Blog Named Hero Blog for more details on how I made the card. And there are plenty to giveaway this month. So make sure your enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win :)

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Friday, November 13, 2015

Life is a Miracle - A Penny Black card!


Hello everyone,

I have a very colourful card to share today! I made this card using Penny Black stamp sets and dies.

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I started with a white cardstock trimmed to 4 x 5.25 inches. I randomly trimmed a masking paper to mask off  the bottom of the card panel. Then I sponged Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Seedless Preserve and Dusty Concord Distress Inks. Went back and forth until I got the blending right. Then I masking the sponged side and sponged Crushed Olive and Mowed Lawn distress inks. Again going back and forth until the colours blend evenly. Then I spattered with some clean water. Once dry, I stamped the leaves from You & Me stamp set in black. I use Versafine Black pigment ink. This ink gives a clean and detailed finish. Then I glued the Wonder & Joy die cut in gold glitter cardstock. Stamped the sentiment from Season's Gift stamp set in black. I adhered this panel on to a gold cardstock and embellished with Pretty Pink Posh Gold 6mm and 4mm sequins.

Life Miracles card flat

Here are the Penny Black stamp sets and dies I have used to make my card: Wonder & Joy die, Season's Gift stamp set and You & Me stamp set.


wonder & joy picture

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Pretty Pink Posh November Product Blog Hop!


Hello! Welcome to Pretty Pink Posh November release blog hop!


I am excited and been waiting for this day to share with you Pretty Pink Posh's new stamp set and dies. Yes, Paulina is releasing stamp set and coordinating dies. Yay! Very exciting and a huge congratulations to Paulina for her new adventure.

For this hop, you should have arrived from Shannon McComb's blog. If this your first hop, then don't worry, I will list the participants of this hop towards the end of the post. Make sure you visit all the blogs and comment. There are two giveaways. The details of that is also at the end of the post.

I have a few cards to share. So make yourself a cuppa and enjoy!

First up are two cards using Winter Friends Stamp Set, Winter Friends coordinating dies and Photo Frames die set.

   

Sending holiday cheer card

I love the Photo Frames die set. They are perfect size to go on the card front either as a cluster or just one. I decided to cluster in three. I choose the large Photo Frame and the two smallest ones. The cute images of dog, cat and penguin from Winter Friends stamp set is designed to peek out of the other elements in the stamp set such as the stockings and coffee. I decided to use the photo frames instead. I stamped, copic coloured, die cut and brush the images with Wink of Stella.  On a white card base, I sponged Spun Sugar and Cracked Pistachio distress inks. Then randomly stamped the music notes from the stamp set in black ink. I then adhered the photo frames die cut using foam adhesives overlapping the smaller frames slightly over the large one. Then I adhered the coloured die cut images from the Winter Friends stamp set again using foam adhesives. Stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set on a strip of cardstock sponged with Spun Sugar distress ink. Finally embellished with Classic Christmas sequins mix. Here is a closeup.

Sending holiday cheer

On my second card, I use the baubles from the Winter Friends stamp set and photo frames dies.

Season's Greetings card1


For this card, I stamped copic coloured and die cut the baubles from Winter Friends Stamp Set. Then I die cut the large photo frame with gold glitter cardstock, the smaller photo frames using white cardstock.  On a white card panel, I sponged some Seedless Preserve and Mermaid Lagoon distress inks to the centre of the panel. Then layered and glued the large photo frame over the two white photo frames. Added the inside of the large photo frame in white, then layered glued the baubles with bunched up thread under it. I stamped the greetings on a strip of white cardstock, trimmed an angled edge and adhered using foam. Embellished with Classic Christmas sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. The card base is brushed gold cardstock. Here is a closeup.

Season's Greetings closeup

Next card features Pretty Pink Posh Exclusive Scallop Frame Dies, Rainy Days stamp set and Rainy Days Coordinating dies

  



Brighter Days card 2

I did some ink smooshing technique to make my background for this card. I wanted a watercolour wash look to the background. I used acetate sheet to smoosh Salty Ocean distress ink on my card front. This is not watercolour cardstock but Neenah Solar white. I added layers of ink by drying the ink layer in between. Then I flattened the cardfront by putting the card base between few cardstock packs. Then I set out to stamp, copic colour and die cut the umbrella and the handle. Die cut the smaller scallop die using glitter gold cardstock, stamped the sentiment on white strip of cardstock.

Then I went back to my card base which is now dry and flat. I stamped some raindrop using blue pigment ink. Since pigment ink sits on top of the cardstock, they add a tiny bit of dimension making the rain drops dimensional. I adhered the scallop frame using foam adhesives, similarly the umbrella in the middle, then the sentiments strips on the handle of the umbrella. I finally embellished the card with Clear Droplets and Onyx 4mm and 6mm sequins. Here is a closeup.

Brighter Days closeup

Hope you like my cards using the new release stamp sets and dies from Pretty Pink Posh. You next stop in the hop is to Lexa Levana's blog.

Here is the list of all the designers participating in the blog hop today.



This is day #1 of the hop. There is one more blog hop tomorrow with a different set of designers. Make sure you hop and leave comments on all the blog. There are four $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two for each day!) Winner will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments to be left by 11:59PM PST on 11/16/2015. Winners will be announced on Pretty Pink Posh Blog on November 18th.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Simon Says Thinking of You!


Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Thanks/Thanksgiving Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too

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This week the challenge is Thinking of You!

We are showcasing HERO ARTS Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
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Thinking of you card 1

The background for my card is inspired by Jennifer McGuire's video on monochromatic layering.  I used the flowers and leaves from Hero Arts Layering Bird and Branch set. I used blue cardstock as my base, then stamped the solid images with Soft Navy ink covering the entire panel. Then I used Hero Arts Unicorn White pigment ink to stamped the layering images. I love how bright the white pigment ink is on the dark blue ink. I filled in the gaps with circles from Happy Stamp and Cut from Hero Arts. The background is beautiful. Thank you Jennifer for sharing this cool technique.
I then added a stitched frame layer  made using Stitched Rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp. The  vellum leaves are from Simon Says stamp Clustered Leaves die. I them stamped the sentiment from Summer Garden stamp set using Soft Navy ink on a rectangle piece of white cardstock. I adhered the leaves behind the rectangle sentiment panel then adhered the panel using foam adhesives. Finally embellished with Pretty Pink Posh's Clear Droplets and Blue Lagoon iridescent sequins. Here is a closeup of the card.

Thinking of you card clsoeup

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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If you use instagram add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!



You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in
No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

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