I love doing a nice ink blended sky background for a night scene Christmas card. The Vertical Christmas Greetings stamp set from Maker Forte would be a nice and easy set to create mass produced cards. I used Bristol smooth paper cut at 3-3/4 x 5″ and added Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, and Black Soot distress… Read More »
I loved dressing up for Halloween with my kids when they were younger. We had a lot of fun going around our little neighborhood. Kinda Cute by Patricia has some really cute Halloween digital stamp images and they are all 40% off. If you have ever wanted to give digi stamps a try, this is the time! Some… Read More »
Have you ever purchased a grab bag or mystery box from a craft store before? I did a few years ago and regretted spending the money. I basically got a box of weird embellishments and ephemera that were very appropriate for kids crafting, but not mine. I haven’t purchased any mystery items since then…until a couple of weeks… Read More »
I have a fun way to use your dies to create your own DIY stamps. This will help you use your dies in more ways and stretch your stash! I love getting more for my crafty dollars!! I was playing with my Assorted Leaves dies from Scrappy Tails Crafts, along with the Flying Butterflies dies and the Fairy… Read More »
Time for a new Make The Cards Challenge! These 3-2-1 challenges are my favorite!! I always pull fun stuff out of my stash and use it up! I pulled out some goodies from Doodlebug Designs for this card. I started with some ink blending to create my background sky and grass. I added some grass details with my… Read More »
Welcome friend! I am so delighted that you stopped by today. I have a quick and easy single layer card to share with you today using a simple, but lovely background technique. I’m using the Scrappy Tails Crafts Fairy Friends stamp set to create my card. This card took me less than 10 minutes to put together. I… Read More »
I’m on The Hedgehog Hollow blog today with 3 cards that are super quick and easy using the emboss resist techniques. I created backgrounds by heat embossing stamps from the Atomic Age stamp set in white. Then I ink blended some Neon Yellowstone and Neon Outrageous orange inks from Maker Forte over the embossing to create a soft… Read More »
The new Scrappy Tails Crafts Midsummer Night’s Dream release is a huge one and it is amazing! The variety of stamps, dies, and a set of 3 stencils is unbelievable! I felt like I ordered more than I should have and I still have more on my wish list. You know how that goes! For this… Read More »
I know I’m one of your biggest enablers! But I do have to tell you about a new stamp company that just had their very first release this past week. Pawsome Stamps! It is owned by a design team friend and I just had to let myself purchase a stamp set and some embellishments! Julianne designed 4 stamp… Read More »
I’m on the Hedgehog Hollow blog today sharing two cards and a bookmark project using some special details to take my cards from “nice” to “WOW”! My first card uses masking to create a strip of color using the new Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide and some of the instruments from the Hedgehog Hollow stamp sets stamped in… Read More »
If you are pulling out supplies to make an ink blended background, you might as well make more than one! I have a set of 3 cards I created with some of my new Sassy & Crafty stencils and the Stuck on You stamp set. I was in the mood for bright colors, so I used Wild Honey,… Read More »
Hello friends! I’m on the Maker Forte blog today sharing 3 quick and easy slimline cards using the Live Life in Full Bloom stamp set. Each card uses a different, but easy technique to create 3 unique cards with the same stamp set! The first card is a bold and colorful card! I used my Brother Scan-N-Cut machine… Read More »
The Imperfectionists Rules of Cardmaking Rule 1: All cards should have sparkle, sheen, shine, or a metallic detail. That’s right. I’m making up my own rules for cardmaking now! Rule 2: Always use a score board to score your folds and a bone folder to crease them for a tidy fold. Today I’m on The Hedgehog Hollow blog… Read More »
The Make the Cards Challenge for this week is a fabulous Ombre challenge using shades of purple! Purple is one of my favorite colors, so I could not resist this challenge!! (Well…I did some resist for the challenge for card #4!) I don’t have a ton of colored cardstock in my craft room, so I opted to use… Read More »
Ever since I received the Scalloped Rectangle Die Set from TLC Designs, I haven’t been able to get it off my desk! I keep reaching for it to create new and different projects! I love it when I get a new crafting tool, stamp, or die that I find so many uses for. When you get something and… Read More »