I am really loving these blues and greens for the Holidays this year! Lost Lagoon and Pear Pizzazz are such warming colors and still represent winter (snowflakes and blue, trees and green). I used the Christmas Bliss Photopolymer Stamp Set! I love the images and greetings in this set and it is just $15.95! Love it!!! I used a card base of Very Vanilla and added a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock (4″ x 5-1/4″) that I had ran through the Big Shot with my Decorative Dots Embossing Folder! For the greeting, I stamped Warmest Wishes in Lost Lagoon and the trees in Pear Pizzazz. I stamped the upper trees and then without re-inking the stamp, moved down and to the right and stamped again! 🙂 Of course, I had to add some color to the edges with my Sponge Daubers and layered this piece onto some Pear Pizzazz cardstock! Simple and Fabulous!
What are your favorite Holiday Colors – Real Red and Garden Green? Lost Lagoon and Soft Sky? Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow? Leave me a comment down below!
Happy Tuesday!!! You know what that means! I have a fabulous technique to share with you today! I am going to show you how to use your Decorative Masks! Also, I’ll show you how your can use your Build a Banner Masks too!!!
You know me and my love for the Ombre look (check out more here and here)! I just can’t get enough of it! I used my Build A Banner Polka Dot Mask for this one but you could use the Dots & Stripes Decorative Mask as well! Soft Sky, Marina Mist, and Night of Navy were the colors I sponged on with my Sponge Daubers (love)! I sponged a few rows of each and then when I went to the next darker color, I rubbed lightly over that last row of the lighter color to give it a blended look. The Happy Birthday is from the Remembering Your Birthday Stamp Set! I sponged the edges of the greeting as well and adhered that with Stampin’ Dimensionals to a 1-3/4 Circle Punched piece of Night of Navy! I ran the circle through the Big Shot with the Stripes Embossing Folder! For a little texture, I looped some Whisper White Baker’s Twine in there as well!
This one is very similar to the one above. I used my Sponge Daubers and the Hearts and Stars Decorative Mask Set! I layered that onto some Lost Lagoon and Hello Honey cardstock and added some Satin Stitched Ribbon in Lost Lagoon! I am really loving that ribbon and find myself reaching for it often! For the popped up stars, I used the small and medium stars from the Bright & Beautiful Stamp Set that is in the Holiday Mini Catalog! Of course, there is a Star Framelit so you don’t have to fussy cut those stars out! 🙂 Love it! You could do this in Red, White, & Blue or Navy and Silver would be fabulous too!
Of course, it is always easier, for me at least, to understand a technique when you see it in action. Here is a Video Tutorial for you see both the Ombre Background and Stars Decorative Mask. Be sure to give the video a thumbs up if you liked it and don’t forget to subscribe to My Channel so you never miss out when I post a new video!
Okay, so if you have been following my blog for even a week you probably know I love the color PINK and my SPONGE DAUBERS! These are just the coolest things ever and can really make your project amazing!!! Check out some samples using them here and here. Then I did a Video Tutorial on using your sponge daubers here! Well today I thought I would show you a few more samples!!!!
In the video, I showed you a sample using shades of green but then I created a shade of purple background! This is the completed card! I stamped the word Hello using the Epic Alphabet Stamp Set and my Stazon Ink and then I added some bling – Rhinestones! I layered that piece onto Wisteria Wonder (the lightest shade I used) and then placed it on a card base of Blackberry Bliss (the darkest shade I used)! I just love using multiple shades of one color because it really shows an amazing spectrum!
This card was created by one of my stampers at Stamp Class and she used 5 different shades of green – Pistachio Pudding, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Garden Green, and Mossy Meadow! She added the name Mike because his birthday was right around the corner! She also used the Epic Alphabet Stamp Set as well as A Dozen Thoughts (Wish Big) and Teeny Tiny Wishes (Happy Birthday)! I love how my stampers sometimes do exactly what I do and other times get creative and do their own thing! Together, we always come up with another great idea! I love it!!! I hope you try out this technique and feel free to leave me a comment below or send me your project. I would love to see it and share it!
Happy Tuesday!!! You know what that means…..I have a fabulous technique to share with you today!!! My Favorite Stampin’ Tool – SPONGE DAUBERS!!!! I’m sure you all knew that already! Well I’m here to show you why I love them so much and get you all to fall in love with them as well!!!
Isn’t this card just fabulous? That amazing ombre background is perfect for any type of card! You can create the look in many different colors or in a rainbow pattern….the possibilities are endless! Of course, I created this look with my SPONGE DAUBERS!
You always want to start with your lightest color first. I used Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Garden Green, and Mossy Meadow! Tap Tap Tap with your sponge dauber into your ink pad and then you will go back and forth over your cardstock. Be sure to go off the piece of paper so that your color goes all the way to the edge. Also, by going off the paper, you will have your darkest spots off the project and not have this darker edge, lighter center look (unless that’s what you are going for). Once you have achieved the look you want, move to the next color. You will want to overlap a little bit so that your colors blend well and you don’t have a distinct line between each color. Repeat until you have used all of your colors. How simple is that? Now you can embellish or stamp on it. I used the new Epic Alphabet Stamp Set for the name Luke! This card is for my nephew’s birthday…..no worries he is only going to be 8 and isn’t a blog follower….yet! I then wanted to add in a few birthday greetings so I used the Happy Birthday from my Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and the Wish Big from the A Dozen Thoughts Stamp Set! LOVE IT!
If you would like to see this in action, check out my Video Tutorial that I created using shades of purple!!! Be sure to Like and Subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss out on more fabulous video tutorials!
For more ways to use your sponge daubers, check out this Northern Lights post, this post and this one! You can also put Sponge Daubers into the Search bar and see the many posts I have done using these amazing things!
How precious are these cards? I’ll just answer that for you…beyond precious! All together now…..Awwwwwww! Okay lets get started on how to create these fabulous cards! I used the Big New Stamp Set (check out these samples) which I am currently LOVING! The greetings are amazing and BIG so you just need a little foo foo and then you have a fabulous card! Here I stamped both greetings in Stazon Ink so I could color them in with my markers (Melon Mambo & Pink Pirouette and Pear Pizzazz & Tempting Turquoise). What is with me and Pear Pizzazz lately??? It is my go-to color. For the little girl card, I used the flower from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and added a few Rhinestones (you could do Pearls too). I brushed the edges of the Whisper White with my sponge daubers (love!) and added some of the NEW Cotton Ribbon in Melon Mambo! For the little boy card, I brushed the edges with my sponge dauber and used the star from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack! These are great cards to have on hand for when a little one comes! You could also do one in yellow and gray (oh great idea) or other neutral colors so it could go either way! I love when you can create the same card in both boy and girl styles! LOVE IT!
Let me know what your favorite go-to color is right now in the comments below! Pear Pizzazz for me!
I can’t believe how many of you are just loving my little lions! I think they are super cute too!!! For the full post on these that went up last week, click here! I got a request to do a Video Tutorial so I have created one for all of you!!!
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I love this card for so many reasons…..the amazing Elegant Eggplant color, the purple Rhinestones, the Silver Embossed Tea Doily, and the brushed edges!!!! It is just amazing! My card base was done in Wisteria Wonder and then I brushed Elegant Eggplant on the edges of the Whisper White cardstock with my Sponge Daubers (love them)!!! For the Silver Doily, I took my VersaMark Pad and pressed it into the Tea Lace Doily all over. Then I poured Silver Embossing Powder all over it and heated it with my Heat Tool to set it! It becomes so shiny and fabulous! It does curl along the edges which I loved for a little texture and 3-D look but it eventually flattened out more so no worries if you want it nice and flat. I stamped my greeting from the Hello There Hostess Stamp in Elegant Eggplant and added a few flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. For the adorable purple Rhinestones….you can use your Blendabilities to color them (available July 1)! LOVE IT! Now you can have matching pearls and rhinestones on your project! Here is an up-close look at the card!
I hope you enjoyed this card and try embossing your doilies! I think a gold one would look amazing too! Let me know in the comments below if you try it out and what colors you used!
Is this not the more precious thing ever? I love them! The little eyes make them come to life and the adorable little noses. Eeee So cute and super simple to create, all you need are a few punches! I used the Blossom Punch for the mane (2 overlapping). On each of the petals, I cut in once with my Fringe Scissors….be careful not to cut too deep or you will end up cutting pieces off! I also used 2 petals from the Blossom Punch for the little feet. For the face, I used my 1-3/8″ Circle Punch and sponge daubered (that’s a word, right? 🙂 ) the edges. The little cheeks were punched out with my 3/4″ Circle Punch and then I took my Chocolate Chip Marker to create the whiskers. I got the little heart nose from the Owl Builder Punch and added on the googly eyes! See how simple was that….just a few punches and you can create just about anything! I love how the fringe scissors add so much texture and fluff to the lion mane and of course make amazing grass too! The colors of cardstock that I used here are Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, and Hello Honey. I did all of the edges with Hello Honey (I know it looks more brown but it’s Hello Honey)! The Happy Birthday greeting comes from Remembering Your Birthday Stamp Set!
I hope you enjoyed this punch art card and try it out on your own! Let me know in the comments below what your favorite punch art item is. You can check out more punch art cards here and another version of the lion here!
The 4th of July is next week and while I probably should have posted this fabulous card a week or 2 ago, better late than never right? This card would be perfect for a 4th of July Party Invitation or if you have a friend like me who’s Birthday is ON the 4th then you could send it to them! This would be great for Labor Day Parties as well so keep it in mind for a few months! 😉
This amazing card was created with the Work of Art Stamp Set (I’m telling ya, that set is fabulous)!!! I used Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler for the flag and brushed the edges with Baked Brown Sugar! For the Night of Navy, I used the larger “swish” that is in the Work of Art Stamp Set and then added a Silver Glimmer Stars using my Itty Bitty Punch Pack star! The stripes were created using the long straight image from the set. I thought the Baked Brown Sugar softened the edges and made the flag look more rustic! I added that with my Sponge Daubers! All of this was stamped on a piece of Very Vanilla that I ran through my Big Shot with the Top Note Die! The possibilities are truly endless with this stamp set! Of course, I want to give a shout out to Lizz Orr who gave me the idea for the card!
Happy Tuesday!!! You know what that means…..I have an amazing technique to share with you!!! This was blows my mind because you start out with just three colors but it creates so many more! Seeing the Northern Lights is on my Bucket List too! Until then, I shall just make the Northern Lights in my craft room!
You will need a piece of Whisper White cardstock and the size will depend on the size of Framelit you would like to use. I used a piece that is 5-1/2″ x 4-1/2.” Starting with the Daffodil Delight and your sponge dauber, you will make do up and down making a stripe. Then move over about a 1/2″ and make another one, continuing across the cardstock. Next you will do the same with your Rich Razzleberry and then Tempting Turquoise. Be sure to overlap the colors a bit because that is how your will get a little orange and green in there too! Don’t worry if it looks super bright and colorful at this time! That is the way it should look! Using one of the trees from the Lovely as a Tree Stamp Set, stamp it in the center with Stazon! Now you can pick the size of Framelit that you wish to use and cut it out with your Big Shot! After you have cut it out, you will take the Night of Navy Ink Pad and Sponge Dauber and fill in the bottom portion using the stamped “ground” as your guide. Also, I brushed the edges of the entire image as well. You can go over the entire image very lightly with the Night of Navy as well for a more subtle look. Then using your Chalk Marker or Signo White Gel Pen, makes dots all over your card for a starry look! Now you are all done and you can add it to your card. I layered mine onto a piece of Basic Gray that was ran through my Big Shot in the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and then only a piece of Night of Navy. I added a little Silver 1/8″ Ribbon too! In case some of the instruction listed above were a little confusing, here is a Video Tutorial for you to see this card in action!
I hope you enjoyed this technique and try it out! I want to thank Kay Kalthoff for this fabulous idea! Also, be sure to leave a comment down below and let me know what you think!
