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Just Because

by Ceal Pritchett on May 19 2021

Happy Wednesday! It's Ceal here. Today I am sharing a card using the Tropical Hibiscus Bouquet stamp set. To create this card I started with a white top folding card base, a black panel and a white heavystock panel for the image. I stamped the image with our black hybrid ink and then watercolored it using Karin markers. I love how these watercolor markers have so much pigment and are so bright. For the greeting I used a sentiment from the More Fancy Sentiments stamp set stamped in versamark ink on black and then embossed with white powder. I used the More Fancy Sentiments die to cut it out. Supply List with affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

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Create Your Own Peace

by Ceal Pritchett on Apr 27 2021

Hello Everyone! It's Ceal. Today I am sharing a zen card with you using two of the new slimline inserts. To create this card I started with a white slimline card base and a panel of white heavystock cut down with the SLDCS Nested Rectangles. I cut out the Tree Insert in the center of the panel and then cut out the Mushroom Insert on both sides. I watercolored all three using Daniel Smith watercolors and added the panel to the base. To finish the card I added a sentiment from the Early Tulips set.

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Follow your Path

by Ceal Pritchett on Apr 07 2021

Hey Y'all! It's Ceal here. Today I am sharing a couple slimline cards using some of the amazing March products . First up, I created this shaker card using the Fish for Infinity Slimline stencil, some distress inks, sequins and diecuts. I started by creating a background using distress inks in Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers. I used the SLDCS to cut a frame for the shaker. I placed the Fish for Infinity stencil down on the base using Pixie Spray and blended Blueprint Sketch distress ink over it. Next I stamped the sentiment from the Follow Your Path set which happens to be at a great price right now on the background I had created and added it to the front. Next I created the confetti for the shaker, to do this I die cut several of the whales from the Mermaids of the Sea die set in holographic papers and then added some of the Sharkbite Sequin Mix and the Oceans of Green Gem Mix. For my next card I used the Whales & Mermaids Slimline Stencil and some paper glazes. For this card I started with a background I created using Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch distress inks. After the background was dry I placed the Whales & Mermaids Slimline Stencil down with Pixie Spray. I mixed some of the new Paper Glaze Enhancer with Mint Hydrangea Paper Glaze and spread it across the whale part of the stencil, I also watered down some Artemisia Silver Paper Glaze and added it on top to get the blueish gray color. For underneath I mixed some Artemisia Silver with some glitter.

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Que Sera Sera With Ceal Pritchett

by Ceal Pritchett on Feb 24 2021

Hey Y'all It's Ceal , here. Today I am sharing a couple cards using quite a few of the same products like the Que Sera Sera stamp set, the Center Flower Stencil and the Pastel Paper Glaze. My first card is a slim line created by using the Slim Line Die Cutting System. I started with a white card base and cut yellow front and the white panel using the SLDCS. I placed the Center Flower Slim Line stencil on the white pane and then added some Yellow Primrose Paper Glaze with the Mix Media Spatulas. While the paper glaze was drying, I stamped some of the flowers from the Que Sera Sera set on vellum and embossed them in white powder. I flipped them over and colored the opposite side with Copic markers. I cut the Thank You die out of yellow cardstock and backed it with vellum to match the flowers. My second card uses the 6x6 Center Flower Stencil and I used two paper glazes in Pink Carnation and Yellow Primrose. I also used the same set Que Sera Sera but I stamped and colored the flowers on regular cardstock. I added the greeting from the Fancy Congratulations Sentiments stamp set stamped with embossing ink and embossed in gold and cut out with the Fancy Congratulations Sentiments dies

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A Rose

by Ceal Pritchett on Jan 13 2021

Hello Everybody! It's Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a card using one of my favorite floral stamps that we have in our shop, A Rose. I have always loved this image since it was released but now I love it even more because now it has a coordinating die. Ti create this card I started with a top folding card base, The A Rose stamp set, and some Peacock Feathers Distress ink. I created a background for the rose by using the Geo Squares stencil along with the Life Changing Blender Brushes. I colored the rose with Graph-It markers then cut it out with the coordinating die and added it to the card front. I used a sentiment from the More Fancy Sentiments set which now has coordinating dies also. Below you will find links to the products used. Click the picture to start shopping. Compensated Affiliate links are used at no additional cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and I appreciate that so much! Thank you!

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Slimlines and Gel Press with Ceal

by Ceal Pritchett on Dec 02 2020

Hey Y'all! It's Ceal and today I am sharing some slimline cards that uses the Slim Line Die Cutting System along with the Gel Press. Can you believe that it is December already? I have to get moving on my Christmas cards so I made 4 using this technique that I learned from Lydia. To create these cards, I cut out some of the snowflakes from the Winter Snowflakes die set, the Lydia snowflake die and the LaWanda snowflake dies out of copy paper. I places some acrylic paint on the Gel Press and brayered over it. Next I placed the snowflakes down on top of the paint and placed the sheet of copy paper over it and gently rubbed over the entire Gel Press. I lifted the copy paper for the print and then removed the snowflakes so I could reuse them. The paint colors I used on the blue were Peacock, Sky and Turquoise all by Dina Wakley. The paint colors I used on the green card were Peacock and Lemon and when I ran the brayer over them it became green. The last two cards I used the holy trinity as lydia refers to it, Magenta, Lemon and Turquoise. On every card I used the large and smaller rectangle die from the Slim Line Die Cutting System. I love how using your dies as stencils and masks as I have on my cards, stretches your dies. I hope you have enjoyed this post and if you don't have a Gel Press, that you would invest in one. they are so fun! Below you will find links to the products used. Click the picture to start shopping. Compensated Affiliate links are used at no additional cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and I appreciate that so much! Thank you!

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A Little Nuts with Ceal Pritchett

by Ceal Pritchett on Oct 21 2020

Hello Friends! It's Ceal here. Today I am sharing a card made with the Slim Line Die Cutting System. This is my first card made with it and I am loving it! To create my card I used the smaller of the two panel dies and cut out two panels, one out of white and one out of Kraft cardstock. To the Kraft panel I added the square die cuts with the birch trees. On the white one I blended a sky background using the Life Changing Blender Brushes. To make the trees look more like birch trees I added some Snowdrop paper glaze to them and then using a brown Micron pen added the notches. Next I stamped the squirrels from the A little Nuts on a seperate piece of cardstock, colored them using Copic markers and cut them out with the Coordinating dies. I added them along with the sentiment to the blended background. To turn this into a shaker card I added a piece of acetate to the kraft panel, placed foam tape around the squares and added sequins from the Maple Burbn Splash, Candy Corn Shot and Screwdriver mixes. To finish the card I added the shaker panel to a Kraft card base. Below you will find links to the products used. Click the picture to start shopping. Compensated Affiliate links are used at no additional cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and I appreciate that so much! Thank you!

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A Spooky Day With Ceal

by Ceal Pritchett on Sep 30 2020

Hello Everyone! It's Ceal, here to share with you today. Can you believe that it is almost October? How did that happen when it was March was 3365 days alone. This has been the longest year but also time has flown by, only in 2020. With October comes Halloween which I love, but who know how it is going to be this year right? Anyhow I love making cute halloween cards and when we got the Coordinating dies to match A Spooky Day I was excited to make this card. I started with a top folding white card base, a black panel, a purple pane and another piece of white cardstock to stamp the image. I stamped the haunted house image from A Spooky Day and colored it using Copic markers. I created the background by using a mask for the moon and distress inks in Soot, Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin and Crackling Campfire. After I got the images all colored, I cut them out with the A Spooky Day coordinating dies and created a scene. I was going to add a greeting to the front but then decided to add it on the inside. Thanks for stopping by and I have links below for the supplies I used. If you do use the links they are no extra cost to you but a little bit of commission for me. I appreciate your support.

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Social Distanced Santas

by Ceal Pritchett on Aug 19 2020

Hello Everyone! It's Ceal here to share a card with you today using the Baby it's Cold Outside set. It's 2020 and we all know we have to social distance and that is what it looks like these santas are doing right? I love to make wintry snowy skies and this stamp set is perfect to do that. I stamped the image in our Black Hybrid ink, colored it using Copic markers and then masked it off and created the sky To create the sky I used the Life Changing Blender Brushes and Concord & 9th inks in Midnight, Oceanside and Eggplant and blended them over the masked santas keeping some snow at the bottom also. Before I removed the masks I spritzed some water for the snowflakes. To finish the card I added a greeting from the Believe in th Magic set and some small snowflakes with a white gel pen. Below you will find links to the products used. Click the picture to start shopping. Compensated Affiliate links are used at no additional cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and I appreciate that so much! Thank you!

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Summer Fireflies with Ceal Pritchett

by Ceal Pritchett on Jul 08 2020

hello everyone! Since it's officially summer now the fireflies or lightening bugs as I call them are out at night and I love watching them and even more so I love to watch my dog try to catch them. To create my card I started with a pale aqua card base, and a white panel. I used the Broken Fence Stencil and the Life Changing Blender Brushes to create the background. I stamped the Jar from the Fireflies on a Warm Night set on Brstol card stock and colored it with Daniel Smith Watercolors and cut it out with the Coordinating die. I added fireflies to the jar and made "light" by using Daniel Smith Watercolors. To finish the card I added some bakers twine around the neck of the jar.

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Paper Cranes & Lemons

by Ceal Pritchett on Jun 17 2020

Hello Everyone! It's Ceal! Today I am sharing some cards using some 4x4 stamps from the June release. We have several of these 4x4 stamps in the shop and they are so fun to create with. The first two cards use the Paper Cranes along with some word dies, Hello and I Miss You. These stamps are seamless on all four sides so you can line them up for days. They make an easy background for a slimline card like the one above or a card front like the one below. You could even line them up to create a 12x12 background for a scrapbook if you wanted. For my third card I used the Fruitylicious 4x4 stamp, isn't that a fun name for a stamp? You can make this stamp any fruit from lemons to oranges, limes, grapefruit and even Kiwi. I embossed them in gold and turned them into lemons by ink blending the background with yellow ink using the Life Changing Blender Brushes. I stamped the Baker's Twine along the left side in a darker color of yellow and wow does this stamp look real! I am in love with this stamp to add twine without the bulk so it can be mailed without extra postage!

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Blue Rose with Ceal Pritchett

by Ceal Pritchett on May 27 2020

Hello everyone! It's Ceal here to share with you today. I created a card using the A Rose stamp. To create this card I started with a navy card base and panel. I stamped the rose with embossing ink and embossed it in silver and colored it using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. After I got it colored I wiped it with a paper towel and then placed it back in the Misti and embossed it again so it would be crisp.

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Grow Through What You Go Through with Ceal Pritchett

by Ceal Pritchett on May 06 2020

Hello Everyone! It's Ceal here. Today I am sharing a card made using this gorgeous set, Ponchatoula Strawberries from our April release. Picket Fence has become known for their gorgeous large images and this set does not disappoint, it is so fun to color. I also love that this set has coordinating dies. The greeting I chose is from a different set, but so appropriate for what we are currently going through as a country and as a world. To create this card I started with a black top folding card base and a piece of Bristol for the image. I used the Karin markers to color the image and they blend so well on bristol. After the image was all colored I used the coordinating die to cut it out and popped it up using foam tape on the black card base. I love how it stands out against the black. To finish the card I added a greeting from the Face The Sun set and embossed it with white powder. Stay home and Stay safe! We are offing free shipping on all us orders until futher notice

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Winter Blues with Ceal Pritchett

by Ceal Pritchett on Mar 04 2020

Hello Everyone! It's Ceal here to share a winter card with you today because winter seems to be lingering in my part of the world. We had snow last week not once, but three times and on the days it wasn't snowing it was cold and rainy. I have the winter blues and I am so ready for spring! To create this card I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel. I stamped the trees from the February release Watercolor Trees and Bushes set with embossing ink and then embossed them with WOW Sparkling Snow embossing glitter. They make gorgeous snow covered trees. I also stamped the ground and embossed it with Wanderlust embossing glitter as well. Next I blended the background using the Life Changing Blender Brushes. I stamped the cute snowman from the On a Christmas Walk set and colored him using Copic markers and cut him out using the Coordinating dies and popped him up using foam tape.

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Swallowtail Beauty

by Ceal Pritchett on Jan 25 2020

Hello Everyone It's Ceal, here to share a couple cards using the Swallowtail Beauty with you today. I was supposed to post on Wednesday and I still had brain fog from Creativation and totally forgot. The January release was fabulous and huge and this stamp is one of my favorites because I love butterflies. I shared the second card on release day on my blog but wanted to share it here along with the top one I created after I got back home. For the first card I used Fadeout ink for no line watercoloring and the new Atelier inks from Ink on 3. You can find the links to these on my blog, Simply Beautiful. The Fadeout ink along with the Atelier inks make it so easy to no line watercolor and we have several new stamps like the Swallowtail Beauty that are begging to be watercolored. The card below I stamped the Swallowtail Beauty in embossing ink and then embossed it using Brutus Monroe Alabaster Sparkle. I used the Life Changing Blender Brushes to blend a rainbow of colors over it. The greeting is from the Forever & Ever set.