Hi, everyone!  Kelli here today with a fun ‘love’ card to share with you.  This particular card I’m going to give to my husband for Valentine’s Day!  The main focus of this card is the background so I wanted to keep the sentiment pretty simple.  For the ‘love’ I stamped the l, v, and e from the Lawn Fawn – Quinn’s ABCs stamp set with Memento – Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It – Blending Paper and colored them with Copics:
l – BV04, BV02, BV01
v – V17, V15, V12
e – RV29, RV25, RV23

I cut them out with the coordinating Quinn’s ABCs die set and adhered them to a black piece of card stock.  The heart for the o and the black hearts were cut out with the Lawn Fawn – Hearts die set.

Behind the black piece I adhered some pink patterned paper from the Doodlebug – Kraft in Color (Color) 6×6 paper pad.  Then I tied a bow with some Purple Crush baker’s twine.

To make the background I took 5 different mini distress ink pads in random purples and pinks and stamped them directly onto a nonstick craft sheet.  I sprayed them with some water from a Ranger – Mini Mister and then set a piece of Tim Holtz – Watercolor Paper directly into the ink puddles.  I dried it off with a heat tool and then dabbed it back into the ink puddles to achieve the darker spots.
The Distress Ink colors I used were:
Picked Raspberry from Kit #1
Spun Sugar and Shaded Lilac from Kit #4
Dusty Concord from Kit #8
Milled Lavender from Kit #11

I cut that piece out using a die from the Lawn Fawn – Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables die set.

Everything was adhered using the Crafter’s Companion – Adhesive Runner and dimensional foam adhesive.

To finish everything off I added some Wink of Stella Glitter Pen in Clear to all of the letters and the hearts and then covered the hearts with Glossy Accents.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day!  🙂

Hi everyone, Kelli here today!  My aunt’s birthday is coming up so I thought I’d share her card with you!  All the stamping, besides the ‘aunt’, was done using the Tiddly Inks – Flying High stamp set.  This is an oldie but a goodie!  I love that cute little dog!  The main image is stamped in Memento – Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It – Blending Paper and colored with Copics:
dog – C4, C2, C1
balloons – BV04, BV02, BV01, BG07, BG05, BG2, YG09, YG07, YG05
outline – B01, B0000
aunt – YG09, YG07, YG05, R39, R37, R35, BV04, BV02, BV01, BG07, BG05, BG02

I cut out the main image with a die from the Lawn Fawn – Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables die set.  The ‘aunt’ was stamped using the Lawn Fawn – Quinn’s ABCs stamp set and cut out with the coordinating Quinn’s ABCs die set.

The yellow patterned paper is from the Doodlebug – Kraft in Color (Color) 6×6 paper pad.  The card base is the Lawn Fawn – Cranberry Woodgrain Notecard.

Everything was adhered using the Crafter’s Companion – Adhesive Runner and dimensional foam adhesive.

I added a bow using Purple Crush Baker’s Twine to the lefthand side of the image.  The large pink, white, and blue sequins are from the Lawn Fawn – Hello Sunshine sequin pack.  The small purple sequins are the Pretty Pink Posh – 4mm Amethyst and the light blue is the 4mm Cornflower.

I finished everything off with some sparkle on the balloons and the ‘aunt’ letters using the Wink of Stella Glitter Pen in Clear.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day!  🙂

Hello Crafters! It’s Valerie here today, and I  have a set of 4 holiday cards using Paper Smooches stamps & dies, and Pretty Pink Posh dies & sequins! All the cute papers are Doodlebug’s 6×6 Santa Express collection.

The main focus is the sentiment from the Paper Smooches Christmas Words 2 dies. The wreath comes from the Paper Smooches Promenade stamp set.

The arc cuts on the tops and bottom paper pieces are using a die from the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 1 die set. The stitch die lines on the tops and bottoms of the cards are from the Paper Smooches Stitched die set.

The wreath’s are stamped on X-Press It Blending Card Paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and then colored with Copic Sketch markers:

• Wreath: G5, G07, G29
• Red Bow: R24, R29
• Yellow Bow: Y17

The Pretty Pink Posh sequins are the 6mm Sparkling Clear Cupped and 4mm Sparkling Clear Cupped.

The wreaths are painted with my Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush, and then coated with Glossy Accents.

The card base is Bazzil Classic Smooth cardstock. The adhesive I use is the Crafter’s Compnion tape runner.

Here is each one:

Thanks SO much for checking out my post today! Have a wonderful day, and happy crafting!

Anyone who follows me probably knows that I LOVE combining stamp sets, and from different companies, too! I mean, why NOT combine Mama Elephant and Avocado Arts?!

That’s exactly what I did here for today’s project; I combined Mama Elephant’s Arctic Penguins and Avocado Arts’s Bee Thankful stamp sets to create this fun “Thanks” card.

The patterned papers are all from Doodlebug’s 6×6 Friendly Forest paper collection. I used the Paper Smooches Stitched die set for the stitch lines on the orange and pink papers, and the x stitch lines at the bottom of the pink. 

The main image is stamped on X-Press It B;ending Card Paper; the Thanks image is stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, and the penguins are stamped wth Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The images are colored woth Copic Sketch markers:

• Sign: Y19, G24, B01, RV55
• Penguins: C00, C1, Y35, YR07

The silver star embellishments are Pretty Pink Posh Silver Stars (the wooden ones were from PPP, too, but I can’t find them anywhere on the web anymore!). I painted the sign with my Clear Zig Wink of Stella Brush pen.

All the white paper is Bazzil Classic Smooth White paper, and the adhesive I use is Crafter’s Companion.

Thank you so much for stopping by today; have a wonderful rest of your week!