TYPOGRAFIA Motivate: Be Fearless ft. STAMPlorations

Hello hello!!! Here is the third card I created for STAMPloration's Typographia Motivate hop! This sentiment stamp is one of my favorites out of this new release <3 <3 In my case, crafting is what sets my soul on fire. :-D

I started off by creating the background - I embossed the Fearless word die repeatedly across a piece of gray cardstock until the entire panel is filled. Then I cut a strip of patterned vellum and adhered it to the embossed background.

For the focal image, I clear heat embossed the Soul On Fire sentiment on a white die cut piece (so the sentiment is white and resists ink) and distressed Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin and Candied Apple inks over it. The bold, warm colors really reminds me of wild flames! I then adhered some enamel dots as embellishments, and that finishes off the card! 

Challenges Entered:
     
Dies R Us: ATG with Dies / STAMPlorations: ATG / STAMPlorations Theme & Sketch

TYPOGRAFIA Motivate: Perfect Moment ft. STAMPlorations

Hello and welcome to STAMPloration's Typographia Motivate blog hop! I'm really excited about the new stamps (you can take a peek at the photo below). Aren't they just the perfect sentiments for encouragement cards?!? 

I made a CAS one layer card for this Perfect Moment stamp. I stamped the sentiment with teal and green colored ink to create an ombre effect, then I heat embossed it clear. Next I simply masked the four sides and blended Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey distress inks to create the yellow spotlight. To embellish the card, I drew some lines and dots to frame the sentiment, and flicked some gold paint for a finishing touch. 

Challenges Entered:
  
AAA Cards: Masking / STAMPlorations: Theme & Sketch / STAMPlorations: CAS

 

Seven Hills: Color Combo / Cards und More: One Layer Card

STAMPlorations: ATG

STAMPlorations 4th Birthday Blog Hop ft. Fancy Frangipanis

Good morning and welcome to STAMPlorations' 4th Birthday blog hop! This new release includes some really gorgeous floral stamps, and for today's card I'm showcasing In Bloom: Fancy Frangipanis! It's my personal favorite out of the entire release. :-)

I started off by heat embossing the image with white embossing powder. Then I watercolored it with ZIG clean color real brush pens. I decided that I wanted to add some dimension to the flowers, so I cut them apart from the leaves and foam mounted them.

The sentiment and die are also part of this new release. The sentiment is from Bold Sentiments: Charming set and the die is Charming CUTplorations word die.


I then added some washi tape and gold thread to the top part of the card, and embellished it with some enamel dots and pearls. I really like how this card turned out, and I hope you enjoyed it, too! Be sure to check out my other post for this hop, and have wonderful day!

Challenges Entered: 


SSS Wednesday: ATG / Word Art Wednesday: ATG / STAMPlorations: ATG


7Kids: ATG (I used Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock)

STAMPlorations 4th Birthday Blog Hop ft. Perfect Petunias

Hello and welcome to STAMPlorations' 4th Birthday blog hop! This release is definitely one of my favorites; if you love floral images like I do, you don't want to miss it! My first card is a simple one layer card featuring the In Bloom: Perfect Petunias set. I colored the image with Copic markers and paired it up with a sentiment from Fond Expressions 2. It's been quite a while since I've done one layer cards, so I hope you enjoyed today's simple design. Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to check out my other card for this hop!



Challenges Entered:
  
STAMPlorations: ATG / 7Kids: ATG (I used Copic markers)

Dragonfly Sunset ft. STAMPlorations

Welcome to STAMPlorations Things with Wings blog hop! We have some new products and inspirations we want to share with you, and there are fabulous prizes for you to win, too! Be sure to check out the information here.





I decided to create a CAS card today. I started out by watercoloring the die cut panel with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens. The colors I used are 50, 52, 70, 24, 26 (from top to bottom). I also added a generous amount of Wink of Stella to create the shimmering effect.


This dragonfly is created with the new Dragonfly layering dies. I die cut the first layer from gold glitter cardstock and the second layer from regular white cardstock. After adhering the die cuts together, I added Wink of Stella and glossy accents to the open white areas. I then picked several stamps from the Fond Expressions 2 set and pieced a new sentiment. I wanted to keep this card CAS, but I couldn't resist adding a few embellishments. So I adhered some red enamel dots to the card front and that completes the card! I hope you enjoyed this CAS design, and thanks for stopping by!

Challenges Entered:
   
7 Kids: ATG (I used Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock) / Uniko: Spring / Paru's Challenges: ATG

You're My Forever Love ft. STAMPlorations

Hello and welcome! Today's the first day of our Love TAGplorations blog hop over at STAMPlorations! Simply leave a comment along the blogs you visited or join our linky party for a chance to win prizes!

 I love using word dies on my cards and so I decided to make them the focal point of today's card. For the background, I used the Forever word die and die cut it repetitively until it has filled the entire card panel. 

Then I carefully transfer and piece the die cuts together on a sheet of adhesive, so that none of the little pieces will fall apart. (As you can see, I ended up creating a black background for my card, but the process is the same as the one shown here.)

I decorated my tag by applying a thin coat of texture paste over the Zen Hearts stencil. Once it is dry, I applied Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, and Festive Berries distress inks for the ombre look and spritzed some pearlized water for some shimmer and shine. The love die cut I used here is from the Peace Love Joy word die, but it would probably be more convenient to use the newly released Love word die. I've partially embossed my word die cuts with silver embossing powder so they match the ribbon I tied on the tag. I then stamped "you're my" from the Fond Expressions 2 set on a strip of black cardstock to complete my sentiment.

Finally, I embellished the card with some sequins and that finishes off the card! I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creation and are inspired to join our linky party. Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges Entered:

STAMPlorations: Theme & Sketch (used the sketch in the horizontal direction) / STAMPlorations: CUTplorations (Inspired by the pink colors and diagonal lines) / STAMPlorations: ATG


Paru's Card Making Challenges: Love / Cards in Envy: Be My Valentine

Happy Little Stampers: ATG with Dies / SSS Monday: Use Your Favorite Tool (Dies)

Coffee Collage Card ft. STAMPlorations

Hi there! Today I'm sharing the last card I guest designed for STAMPloration's Theme & Sketch challenge. I decided to go with both the theme (Stamps & Collage) and the sketch (shown below) for my card, but feel free to use only one for your creation! 

For today's card I used one of STAMPloration's new coffee stamps: Coffee for All Seasons. It's one of my latest favorite! Here I used some masking and repetitive stamping technique to create this collage effect, then colored all of the images with my Copic markers. I think I've used almost all of the colors from my 72A set. It's a little crazy, isn't it?! But I love how it turned out. The vibrant and colorful images definitely give me a festive, holiday feel. 
By the way, I didn't know this when I first purchased the 72A set, but apparently they don't include good color blending groups in their sets. And I suspect this might be why I struggled with using my Copic makers in the first few months I bought them. So if you are thinking about getting into Copic coloring, you might want to consider getting individual markers first. 
That is all from me today, thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you link up at our December challenge!

Challenges Entered: 

Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop / My Creative Scoop: Color Inspiration / 7kids: ATG (I've used a bunch of Copic Sketch Markers, you can shop here!)

Die Cut Divas: Layers (Layers of images. I've used Mama Elephant's Ocean Waves Trio dies) / STAMPlorations: ATG