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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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Red roses

by Michelle Lupton on Jul 03 2020

I have a bold floral card to share today, using stamps from the May release. I white embossed the image from "A Rose" in the top left and bottom right of a piece of Canson watercolour paper. I painted the image using Distress Oxide inks in a variety of blue, pink and red colours. I added a sentiment from the Bird of Paradise Flowers stamp set white embossed onto a scrap of black cardstock. I finished with some sequins from the Gin and Tonic sequin mix. Did you know? Thanks for visiting :)

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Fancy Kaleidoscope Stencil Cards with Erica

by Erica Andersson-Burke on Jun 30 2020

Hi everyone! It's Erica back on the PFS blog. Today I have LOTS of cards, using the brand new Fancy Kaleidoscope stencil from Picket Fence Studios's June release, to share with you. I do love a good stencil, and it's possibly I went a tad overboard here but it just took off. I did ink blending, water colouring, ink smooshing and all sorts went on. Let's get to it, shall we? First of I sprayed the Fancy Kaleidoscope stencil with Pixie Spray and stuck it down on a big square of water colour paper. Then I grabbed my palette with Ink On 3 re-inkers in them. There are six wells, one each for Bee Sting Yellow, Marigold Orange, Marilyn Red, My Jam Purple, Peacock Blue and Goddess Green. All of these are already mixed with Liquid Pixie Dust, this creates a shimmery water colour, which is fabulous. You can see this in action in the video I have up on my YouTube channel too. While I was cleaning up after the colouring, I thought, why not try another few things? My first attempt was adding more colour to the stencil and dabbing water colour card stock on top. This turned out fab but there was still colour left on it so I dabbed another piece on it, and this one turned out soft and pretty too. There was STILL colour left so I kept going! I ended up with four pieces in total, as well as a smaller one. I love that from the same stencil you can get so many different looks! Because I'm obsessed with ink blending as well, of course I had to do some of that too. Because why not, right?? I used a different Life Changing Blender Brush for each one of the Atelier Inks I used: Bee Sting Yellow, Goddess Green, Peacock Blue, Marilyn Red and Marigold Orange. It's so effortless to do ink blending with the Life Changing Blender Brushes. I LOVE them. With a ton of backgrounds done it was time to turn them into cards! With loads of fun, sassy and girl boss sentiments available from Picket Fence it was a breeze. The ink blended piece was quickly finished off with a sentiment from After The Storm stamped up with Black Hybrid Ink, which also has been heat embossed with some sparkles on top. The next two are each one half of the big piece from the beginning. One I adhered to a piece of black card stock, only slightly bigger than the background piece, to frame it. Also to coordinate with the Best word die, that's also partly cut out of black card stock. The second of the two was adhered directly to a white card base. Both cards have sentiment from BFF Girl Gang and stamped up in Black Hybrid ink. One final card was done on a background piece done with the Atelier re-inkers as water colours. Here I used the stencil and Paper Glaze in Snowdrop White. The sentiment is from Charles The Chameleon. Phew, well, that's it from me for today. I hope you found some inspiration here and will try some of these techniques for yourself and have some fun! Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica

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Coffee Understands with Becky Roberts

by Becky Roberts on Jun 26 2020

Hi Stamping Friends! Becky Roberts of Inking Idaho here today with a couple of coffee cards to share with you. I used the stamp set Coffee Understands and the Coffee word die. I colored the girl with Copic markers and placed her on a hand cut tag. I embossed the sentiment in white and then lightly sponged over it with Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Ink. Coffee Understands Coffee Word Die This card has the sentiments in the stamp set embossed in white for the background. Both cards backgrounds are stenciled with Distress Oxide ink in Speckled Egg with the Flowers Stencil and the Life Changing Blender Brushes. I stenciled first, and then embossed. Life Changing Blender Brushes Have you tried ink blending or stenciling with these brushes yet? Please do, you will find the application so much smoother and easier! Happy Friday, friends! Becky

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New Sequins Mix with Karen Reategui

by Karen Reategui on Jun 25 2020

Hello! Today I’m up at Picket Fence Studios Blog sharing these shaker cards using my the new Sequins Mix. This is a great idea to create simple but beautiful cards using your leftover die cuts from previous projects and put them to good use. You can also check out the how-to video at Picket Fence Studios YouTube channel here. Let’s begin with the first shaker. I’m using Picking Flowers and Fabulously Perfect Stamp from Picket Fence Studios. I die cut a circle die out of a white cardstock. I adhered a piece of acetate at the back. Then, I added some foam strips around the circle window plus more foam tape along the panel. Next, I added the Pink Lady Sequin Mix on top of a white note card and placed my panel with the acetate on top. This way my shaker is created! I had these flowers already done from a previous project and I added them off to the side of the shaker window so this way most of the shaker could be exposed. Finally, I stamped the Fabulously Perfect stamp using Hybrid Black ink from Picket Fence Studios. On my second shaker, I die cut another circle die out of a white cardstock and I also adhered a piece of acetate at the back. Then, I added some foam strips around the circle window and more foam tape. I added the Berry Infusion Sequin Mix on top of a white note card and placed my panel with the acetate on top. I added this girl from BFF Ballerina Girl Stamp using foam tape and finally I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set. On my following shaker, after die cutting the circle die I adhered the piece of acetate, plus the foam strips and foam tape at the back. Then, I added the Spiked Ocean Sequin Mix onto a white note card and closed the shaker window. I used this fish from One Year Older Stamp Set and the sentiment stamped is from the same stamp. As you can see all the shaker cards I created are very easy to make and have the same steps, this way you could definitely mass produce. My next example is perfect for a fall themed card. The sequin mix used here is Moscow Mule. It has these muted colors and a shiny orange. The critter and sentiment are from A Little Nuts Stamp Set. And here you have a Christmas Shaker Card, isn’t that beautiful? This deer and even the piece of red cardstock with the sentiment were leftovers from a previous card and I’m so glad I was able to use them on this shaker. I used Holiday Hopper Sequin Mix on this card and the deer is from On A Christmas Walk Stamp Set and the sentiment is from The Season of Giving Stamp Set. my sentiment has been white heat-embossed using WOW! Embossing Powder. My last shaker card was the easiest of all of them! I used here Christmas Punch Sequin Mix and this gorgeous Merry Christmas Foiled Impression Die. The size was absolutely perfect as a focal point on this card and you still can see the shaker almost fully exposed. I truly hope you enjoyed this post and some of the ideas to make easy, fast and beautiful shaker cards. Have a fabulous day! Karen Here is the video of how I made these 6 shaker cards. Enjoy!

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A Cat, a Dog and Thinking of You!

by Angela Bode on Jun 19 2020

Hello, everyone! I hope you have had a great week! I am excited to share with you a couple of stencils and a sweet pup today. First up is the gorgeous Fireburst Stencil. I have a limited supply of watercolor powders and in truth, I am tired of the colors I have. So I decided to try an experiment and see if I could get a different look. First I sponged distress ink through the stencil with a Life-Changing Blender Brush (on sale now!) also sold as a Bundled set with bonus stencil). Then I spritzed the cardstock, (stencil still in place) with water. Next, I sprinkled the watercolor powder through the stencil. I took a piece of cardstock and placed it over the top of the watery ink and rubbed it. When I removed the top piece I had a negative print that I will use at a later time. Lastly, I removed the stencil and voila! Magic! I adore how the distress ink changed the watercolor powder. I will be trying this technique again soon! To finish off the card I heat embossed a sentiment from More Fancy Sentiments and I added a sprinkling of Blueberry Mojito Sequins. Next up is another fun project this time using the Cat Stencil. After stenciling the cat with Life-Changing Blender Brushes, I covered her with a mask. Next, I splattered resist spray all over the background. Once it was dry I brushed blue distress ink over the cardstock and splattered resist spray again. Once dry the resist spray splatters sealed in the blue ink where the droplets had fallen. Next, I brushed on a purple distress ink layer followed by distress spray and lastly a hint of black ink. The result is a cool background in white, blue, and purple splatters! So much fun! The sentiment from Grace Puppy is perfect as a thank you for my cat sitter! And to give equal time to Team Dog I created this sweet card featuring Lucky Puppy. The sentiment is from the Grace Puppy set. I watercolored this darling pup with help from Lydia's Video: Using Unexpected Color. Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you feel inspired to create this weekend! Angie Discounted Bundle

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After The Storm Two Ways with Erica

by Erica Andersson-Burke on Jun 16 2020

Hi guys! It’s Erica back on the Picket Fence Blog today, with a couple of cards using the brand new After The Storm stamp set. Both cards are coloured with Copics and stamped up with the Black Hybrid ink. Because the After The Storm stamps are brand new, I used a Mini MISTI to make sure I got good stamp outlines. I wanted to create really dramatic and dark clouds, but not make them all grey or black. On a scrap piece of paper I scribbled all the grey copics I planned on using, then used some blues over them to see how they reacted. This scrap piece became my guide to how to colour in the clouds. For the rainbow I used one single marker for each section. On the second card I started with a lighter Grey Copic (C5). On the first one the darkest one is C7. On this one I used a more pastel colour scheme for the rainbow. I have also used two markers for each section to get more dimension. I added two more colours, plus a darker shade, to colour in the umbrella, as well as some browns for the bench. Once the colouring was done, this card was complete as the sentiment is already stamped up on it. To add more drama to the first card, I cut out a mask and placed over the coloured image. Then I ink blended some Chipped Sapphire that was left on one of my Life Changing Blender Brushes to add a soft dark sky behind the clouds. The final touch for the background was splattering some Golden Rose Paper Glaze on the card for some shimmer. I mixed a tiny dollop of it with water and splattered it with a paint brush. I keep one specifically for this as it dries rather hard, and this paint brush is no good for anything else now. The sentiment for this card is one from the After The Storm stamp set, and it says ‘Rainbows only form after a storm’. To create this effect, I masked off the ‘rainbow’ and stamped the rest of the sentiment with Black Hybrid ink. Then I masked off the ‘rainbow’ part in sections and stamped each section in a different colour. I have used Atelier Inks from Ink On 3 in Marilyn Red, Marigold Orange, Bee Sting Yellow, Goddess Green, Peacock Blue and My Jam Purple. If you look closely, you will notice that I have used the colours in the same order as my rainbow is coloured. Nice little touch, eh? Well, that’s it from me for today. Thank you for spending this time with me, I hope you found some inspiration here and if you want to add this gorgeous stamp set to your stash you can find it RIGHT HERE. Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica

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Mixing Paper Glaze

by Michelle Lupton on Jun 12 2020

Hello - it's Michelle here today to share this card that I made a little while ago by mixing Agapantha purple and Cornflower Blue paper glazes to create a new colour. I love using a gradient of colour over a stencil - I usually do this with ink and Life Changing Blender Brushes, but you can do it with Paper Glazes and a palette knife, too! They mix beautifully, and spread over the stencil just like cake frosting - so satisfying! I called my new colour Royal Blue. I used the Mermaid Scales stencil and a sentiment from Fancy Sentiments on this card. Thanks for visiting :)

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A Burger and a Shake

by Lisa Henke on Jun 03 2020

This stamp set is way cool. It's called Dad's Day, but I can think of so many reasons to use it. Today I'm sticking with the Father's Day theme that the set was created for. I was excited to stamp it on kraft card stock and add some copic coloring. It had been awhile since I colored on the kraft and I am always amazed at how cool it looks. I used the Intense Black ink to stamp the sentiment along the side of the burger and finished off with a strip of yellow paper. While I had the Dad's Day stamp out, I couldn't help myself and I made another card with the awesome burger stamp. I added a shaker element because, well, SEQUINS!!! This one I added color with some ink smooshing. Once the panel was dry, I stamped the burger in Black ink. No extra coloring needed. I picked out the Margarita Mix of sequins, I loved the greens and yellow. I framed up the shaker element and added a customized sentiment by heat embossing in white and snipping out the words. Here is a closer look at the sequin and sentiment details. Thanks for stopping by today. I wish you a fabulous week!

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Getting Glazy!

by Angela Bode on May 29 2020

Hi there! Today we are getting glazy with Picket Fence Studios Paper Glaze! There are 13 beautiful colors to choose from, plus you can mix them to create your own colors! I mixed Agapantha Purple with Ocean Poppy and spread it over the Fleur Di Lis Stencil. I think it would look fabulous with the Peacock Mandala Stencil too! I am always hunting for thank you cards so I used Small Ways to Say Thank You. Have you had the chance to check out all the sentiments included in this set? It's an amazing set with a thank you for every occasion! Check out the shine from the Paper Glaze! Next up is a super fun Super Hero card! I used the Sunburst Stencil for the rays on the yellow and red cardstock pieces. For the top blue layer, I used Snowdrop White Paper Glaze with the Stars Stencil. Not all heroes wear capes so I used the Good Teacher Stamp and Die Bundle. (this is on sale right now as a bundled set!) I love this set. The sentiments are just right for the teachers in your life! Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you are inspired to mix some Paper Glazes! Make sure to stop by tomorrow for a Picket Fence Studios Collaboration with prizes! Angie

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Coffee, Good To The Last Drop with Erica

by Erica Andersson-Burke on May 28 2020

Hello, fellow coffee lovers! I’m making wild assumptions here, yes, but if coffee isn’t your choice of drink, stay for the crafting! Currently the 2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is going on (the end date is tomorrow May 29th) and I do love my coffee! Both in the cup and on paper, lol! I started out by stamping the Love Of Coffee Stamp on Copic friendly card stock, with the help of my MISTI and the Hybrid Black Ink. Then I coloured in some of the images with the Copics in the photo above. I also coloured in the big cup from the Coffee Understands and then fussy cut that out. On the background image I added some Wink Of Stella to the steam to make it sparkle. It doesn’t show overly well in the photo but it does add a little pizzazz! To finish off the card I also stamped up the sentiment ‘good to the last drop’ from the same Coffee Understands set and then cut that out with one of the Word Bubble dies. I layered the cup and the Word Bubble so that it looked like that cup was saying it. The Coffee Word Die is cut out of white card stock three times and layered up, and then topped with a final one cut out of Honey Gold card stock. A few black stitched diecut frames were added in a random pattern to break up the background and add some extra interest. Well, that’s it from me for today! I hope you enjoyed this card. I will be back soon again, hopefully with the June AND May release. Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica

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Quick WaterColor Trees And Bushes Sunset Card with Erica

by Erica Andersson-Burke on May 26 2020

Hi guys! It's Erica back on the PFS blog today. Sadly my May Release stamps are still on vacation ie somewhere in the postal system. So I thought, I'd stop in with a card I made with an older, but fabulous, new-to-me stamp: Watercolor Trees and Bushes. I haven't used this one yet, and now I can't see why not??? It's so lovely, and you can do so many techniques with it too. I decided to indulge my current obsession, which is doing Copic coloured backgrounds. With the chisel end of the Copic, I drew fat lines of all these colours and then blended them in to create a vibrant and vivid sunset. The bottom bit is done with just one green marker to give a bit of colour behind the hill that I stamped at the bottom. This panel was a bit bigger than the card I had planned on doing, so I trimmed it down to 5.5". The width was already 4.25". With the help of my MISTI, getting a good solid imprint with the Hybrid Black ink was easy peasy! I only added the hill and one of the tree clusters from the stamp set. I didn't want to crowd the card and also to leave space to stamp one of the sentiments from the stamp set. Because I can never leave a card simple and as it is, I mixed up some Golden Rose Paper Glaze with water and splattered this all over the panel too. It's possible I went in a bit crazy, but gold splatters is one of my favourite details to add! When this was all dry, I adhered it to a card base and that was it! If you don't have time to wait for the splatters to dry naturally, you can speed up the drying process by using your heat tool on it. Just make sure you do it gently and don't rush it too much or your paper will warp. Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you found some inspiration here with me. Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica

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To The Lovely Couple Wedding Ensemble

by Becky Roberts on May 16 2020

Happy Friday Stampers! Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho with some brand new stamps to share with you from the May Release! This beautiful wedding cake is from the To The Lovely Couple stamp set. It makes a gorgeous wedding card as well as Save the Date or Mr. and Mrs. There are several sentiments in the stamp set that work great with the cake. I used the A Rose stamp as a background and colored the cake with Copic Markers. To The Lovely Couple The new A Rose stamp set is a super pretty one! It is great for coloring but also beautiful if you just stamp on colored cardstock. I've used it here as a background for the card as well. A Rose stamp set and die I used the flowers from the wedding cake to embellish the basket and filled it with paper flowers for a beautiful wedding ensemble. Have a wonderful weekend! Becky

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Loving this May Release with Karen Reategui

by Karen Reategui on May 14 2020

Hi friends! Today I’m over Picket Fence Studios Blog sharing all cards I made for this new release. There’s a whole lot of awesomeness in this May release. I have made several cards and I’ll be showing you how I did one of them. So let’s get started. For this card, I’m featuring the Dad’s Day Stamp that I stamped onto Strathmore Bristol watercolor paper using Black Hybrid ink. Then, I added color using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. Once my panel was dry, I added a piece of pattern paper and a black card base at the back using glue. Next, I placed the Quilting Market Stencil by Picket Fence Studios on top of my panel and applied white ink usually a Life Changing Blender Brush. Finally, I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment from the same Dad’s Day Stamp Set onto black and added to the background plus a few white Nuvo Drops as a final touch and my card was finished. So now let’s see all the cards I made for this awesome release! For this card, I did a no-line coloring for the Nautilus Shell. Then, I created the background using LDRS inks and the Life Changing Blender Brushes from Picket Fence Studios and added Snowdrop White Paper Glaze at the back. I’m in love with this color combination for this nautical card. On this card, I’m using A Rose Stamp, which is absolutely gorgeous. The size of this rose creates a great focal point in your card. I heat embossed all the flowers and leaves using silver embossing powder and also I did a copic coloring. Here I have a shaker card and if you follow me you know how much I love shaker cards. I’m also using A Rose Stamp and you can use this stamp for a Mother’s Day card just like I did it. On these two cards I also did a no-line coloring. I kept these cards very simple and with a black and white backgrounds since I the flowers already had a lot of colors and I wanted them to be the focal point. Next, I have this card featuring the Spliced Heart Stencil. There are many possibilities for this awesome stencil. I simply love this stamp You or WIFI. I even love the name lol. It comes with fabulous sentiments too. And for this card, I did a Copic coloring and kept it very simple since my main idea on this card was to express a very relaxing scene where you can go and unplug! I have a set of two cards and one more below where I’m using Fleur di lis Stencil with a mix of Paper Glaze. And on this card, I actually mixed three different colors of Paper Glaze and created this new color. It could be Red, Carmine, Poppy... You name it! For this card, I also mixed more colors of Paper Glaze and got this awesome coffee color. This stamp set is gorgeous! To the Lovely Couple Stamp Set is perfect for Birthday cards, Weddings and other celebrations. I have heat embossed the cake using gold embossing powder and did a simple Copic coloring. And for my last card I made a shaker card. I also used To the Lovely Couple Stamp Set and white heat embossed the image. Well, these were my cards for this May Release from Picket Fence Studios and I hope I can inspire you a little bit. Remember Picket Fence Studios is having free shipping on all USA orders. Have a phenomenal day my friends! Karen

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You Did It!

by Angela Bode on May 08 2020

About four years ago, we sat in a conference room with a large group of families listening to University faculty orientate us on college life. I sat there with my stomach in knots, excited and terrified. One of the mantras of the weekend was "Do it in Four!" Even as I write this I am getting a little choked up thinking about my emotions that day. Yesterday our son's name would have been called. He would have walked across the stage and I would have had tears streaming down my eyes and a heart bursting with pride! Instead, we will have a home celebration and my heart will still overflow with pride! So today, I am thinking of all the High School and College graduates and those who have been rooting for them! You Did It! It was a strange ending but you did it! I can't wait to hear the stories of how the graduating classes of 2020 change the world! For my graduation card, I was inspired by the Free 4 All Challenge at SCS to "Walk on the Wild Side". I decided to take it literally and use the fabulous Walk, Crawl Run sneakers. Aren't they fabulous? Since the challenge is "Walk on the Wild Side" I created a wildly bright background and used a sentiment from I Freaking Love You. It's a different kind of graduation card but if any graduating class deserves something unusual it's this one! This is a great time to shop at Picket Fence Studios because they are offering FREE Shipping on all US orders! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Cake Is Important To A Happy Life!

by Becky Roberts on Apr 24 2020

Hi stampers, Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho. Who loves cake? It seems like I've been cooking non stop lately with everyone home and I've made a few cakes the last month. My family loves dessert!! I like cake but not as much as I love coloring cakes, so today I have three cards to share featuring cake and images from the Let's Decorate Stamp Set. I have colored the images with Copic Markers and used the dies to cut them out. The cake is popped up on Foam Squares. Let's Decorate Stamp Set Let's Decorate Dies I made the backgrounds using Distress Oxide ink and Picket Fence Studios Life Changing Blender Brushes. Have you tried these yet? They make ink blending so smooth and easy! These will make perfect birthday cards; I can't wait to send them to friends. You will love the Let's Decorate set and dies for your celebrations too. If you make some, tag me on Instagram so I can see! Happy Friday! Becky

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Chin Up. Crown Straight. Face the Day with Karen Reategui

by Karen Reategui on Apr 23 2020

Hello friends! Today I’m over Picket Fence Studios Blog sharing this card where I’m featuring the Geo Pineapple and Pineapple Collage Stencils, Something Sweet Stamp Set for my sentiment, Rose Gold, Daffodil Yellow and Leaf Green Paper Glaze. Let’s begin! I started by placing the Pineapple Collage Stencil on top of a panel and using the Life Changing Blender Brushes I applied the ink. I used the following colors from LDRS Creative: Key Lime Pie, Olive Branch, Lantern Yellow and Iced Tea. They work really awesome by the way! Then, I placed the Geo Pineapple on top of this background and I applied Rose Gold, Daffodil Yellow and Leaf Green Paper Glaze. I spread the paper glaze and also I pat using the same spatula to create more texture. Also, to speed up the drying process I used my heat tool on top and got those wonderful bubbles that completed the texture on this card. Once it was dry I added some Nuvo drops for a final touch on the pineapple. Finally, I stamped the sentiment from Something Sweet Stamp Set using the Black Hybrid ink. I adhered a white card base at the back and this card was finished. I really hope you got some inspiration and try these stencil and paper glaze. Have a wonderful day! Karen

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Round and Round

by Lisa Henke on Apr 22 2020

Hello friends. I am excited to share a little rainbow of happiness from the latest PFS Release. Did you check it out yet? Last week we shared a whole lot of awesomeness for April. You can view all the new release products HERE! I can't help myself and sing the song lyrics "Right Round baby Right Round" when I see this stamp. lol. It's called Round and Round We Go and it is such a fun background stamp. Did you know, these smaller backgrounds are actually repeating backgrounds and can be used on any size project? I didn't use it that way on this card but it is super easy to do. Nicole takes special care when designing these stamps and you simply move the image over, line up the edges and stamp again to repeat the pattern. I love that about these. Today I just used it stamped once, but I made a statement with it by inking it up with a rainbow of colors using Catherine Pooler Inks. Mini ink pads work best for this technique and make the job a little faster. I made sure the inks overlapped a bit when I changed colors and used my finger to "tap" out any harsh lines between colors, BEFORE I stamped. Once the colors were down on the stamp, I gave it a quick huff with my breath to re-activate any of the ink that may have started to dry. Then I stamped with good even pressure all around. I used my Misti, so if it wasn't perfect I could go back in and re-ink, careful to place the ink colors in the same positions. I set that panel aside and then used my favorite Hello Word die, but from Midnight card stock. I love a good bold black sentiment when working with rainbow colors. I added a pretty scalloped frame and a scattering of sequins to finish off the card. It was simple, but I love the results. I hope you smile today and find some time this week to create something you love. Virtual Hugs, Lisa Henke

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Sarcasm, Flowers, and Paper Glaze

by Sara Sherlock on Apr 21 2020

Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love Sara. I'm here to share three cards with you, that are all variations using a fun technique. Each card uses the new Never Faked a Sarcasm Stamp Set, the Flowers Stencil, and Paper Glazes - and the colors of the glazes are custom blended.

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Grow Through What you Go Through

by Angela Bode on Apr 17 2020

Hello! I couldn't decide what I wanted to share with you today so I am sharing two encouragement cards and one belated birthday card! I watercolored the beautiful Ponchatoula Strawberries image and then highlighted several areas with Inktense Pencils. This set comes with a coordinating die set which allows you to not only die-cut this large image but several smaller leaves, flowers, and berries as well! The berries overflow the gorgeous Terranium Die in silver foil. Lastly, I added a sentiment from the amazing Face the Sun stamp set. Next up is a fun belated birthday card. I need more of this type of card than any other. I am always late! I watercolored on black cardstock for the background. Such a fun technique! The Wild Wildflowers was heat embossed in white and the sentiment is from Seriously, Literally, Always. After creating several cards in a row with dark backgrounds it was time to lighten things up a bit! I used the Leaves and Flower Stencil with LC Blender Brushes also sold in a Bundle. The sentiment is once again from the fabulous Face the Sun set. In conclusion, embrace the day, grow through what you go through and send out those birthday cards even if they are late! Love ya! Angie