Sending Hugs: distress ink

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Saturday, April 27, 2024

Stencil Masking

My Favorite Things has some "Smart Masks", which can be used with stencils or stamps to give a border all around and a natural area to stamp a sentiment. I ordered a High Low Strip masking stencil and a fun set of sentiment stamps that will fit with it, and made 3 cards today.

supplies: white cardstock, MFT Flower Fusion layering stencils, altenew mini ink cubes from Lapis Lazuli, Enchanted Garden, and Sweet Dreams collections, and Lime, MFT Smart Mask High Low Strip, Essential Messages

Then I shifted the mask upward, chose a Greetery stencil set, and inked this card in warm colors.

supplies: white and bright pink cardstock, The Greetery Petal Pushers stencils, teeny bikini, melon, sunshine, firefly, and volcano lake inks, MFT High Low Strip masking stencil, Essential Messages, enamel dots

And 1 more, just cause it's fun to play with colors!

supplies: white and purple cardstock, The Greetery Petal Pushers layering stencils, wilted violet,ripe persimmon, mustard seed, and mowed lawn distress inks, MFT Smart Mask High Low Strip, Essential Messages, enamel dots

These masking stencils come in 4 varieties, each in either a vertical or a horizontal perspective, and I think they're a great addition to our layering stencils and even stamps to make a card a little more interesting, yet still 1 layer!

It's an Anything Goes week at the Simon Wednesday challenge, so I'll be entering these this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Lemonade and Cotton Candy

Happy Easter - He is risen!!

I've been in a plaid mood, and you'll be seeing more results later, but for today, here is a card that screams spring to me! (and the colors are kind of Easter-ish, too!)

supplies: white, kraft, Banana, Cotton Candy, and Green Apple cardstock, Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms dies, Hero Arts (retired) Made with Love sentiment, The Greetery Tartan Builder Diagonal layering plaid stencils, squeezed lemonade, spun sugar, and vintage photo distress inks

I made my plaid using all of the stencils except for the first one, because I wanted some white to show in my design. The distress inks I used are a perfect match for these Simon cardstock colors! My sentiment is an old favorite from a Hero Arts clear set from 2011. I stamped it in a dark brown ink and clear embossed it to make sure it showed up on the busy background.

Hope your Sunday is going well; thank you so much for your visit here today!

Friday, November 25, 2022

Emboss Resist

I wanted to make another card with this sweet sentiment die, and took my inspiration from a couple of cardmakers, Yoonsun and Barbara. Then I remembered this old favorite Hero Arts cling background from 2012, and I was off and running!

supplies: white cardstock, (retired) Hero Arts Leaf & Floral Background cling stamp, saltwater taffy and worn lipstick distress inks, VersaMark and clear embossing powder, Paper Rose Sending Love and Hugs die, little flower and leaf dies, Doodlebug Tiny Heart sprinkles

Do any of you remember that background stamp? It's a classic!

I enjoyed making that so much that I dug out another oldie background and made a blue version.

supplies: white cardstock, (retired) 2012 Penny Black Floral Thread cling background, salvaged patina and broken china distress inks, VersaMark and clear embossing powder, Hero Arts Thinking of You Stamp and Cut die, enamel hearts

What a beautiful font, don't you agree? Wish my handwriting looked like that! The process is the same for both cards. Brush on the lighter of 2 inks, dry thoroughly, stamp and emboss in clear, then brush on a darker shade of the same color. My sentiments were cut multiple times for stability and stacked.

It's fun to mix your old stuff with brand new, isn't it? Gives us more possibilities!

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Rolling Hills in the Countryside

I wasn't able to get all that I wanted from The Greetery's latest fall release, but I did pick up a set of layering stencils and set of little house dies. I had my first play with them yesterday on World Card Making Day, and am amazed at Betsy's creativity!

supplies: white cardstock, The Greetery Rolling Hills layering stencils and Countryside dies, lots of distress inks, a Simon cloud stencil and tumbled glass distress ink, Sunny Studios Autumn Greetings sentiment, microdot adhesive

After stencilling the fields, I wanted a cloudy sky, so I dug out a slimline stencil from a former Simon card kit to make them. I also wanted to give this a bit of an autumn feel, so I used warm colors for the little trees and most of the fields, and kept the houses white with red roofs. And once again, the microdot adhesive sheets were perfect for securing all these teensy items.

I'm thrilled with my purchases and encourage you to give them a look. I believe they'll be very versatile for all seasons.

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, August 19, 2022

Spellbinders Fall Label Motif

Here's my first card for fall, featuring Spellbinders new Fall Label Motif dies!

supplies: Cream, Surf Blue, beige, and white cardstock and copper metallic kraft cardstock, Fall Label Motif dies, distress inks to color, sentiment from Newton's Nook Autumn Newton, Falling Leaves embossing folder

Isn't this grid-work pretty? I cut it this time from copper metallic paper. The fall leaves, berries, etc were cut from white cardstock then colored with distress inks before assembling into my little groupings.

This die set is part of a 4-season collection by Becca Feeken called.Seasonal Label Motifs.

Many thanks to Spellbinders for sharing these dies with me!

Monday, May 3, 2021

Spring Bouquet cards

Here are 2 cards using the luscious floral swags in the new Spring Bouquets clear stamp set. I made them into slimline cards. The first is a mini, just a hair over 6" long.

supplies: white and watercolor cardstock, Spring Bouquets rose spray, watercolor markers and water, sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies, Tim Holtz Flourish stencil and squeezed lemonade distress ink

After coloring and fussy-cutting out my floral and sentiment, I stencilled, then embossed the stencil for my background. If you've been here before you know that one of my favorite flowers is a yellow rose.

My next card is a "normal" slimline size, 8 1/2" long.

supplies: white and black cardstock, watercolor paper, vellum, Spring Bouquets spray and sentiment, watercolor markers and water, (retired) Hero Arts script woodblock (Artistic Windows), Doodlebug heart sprinkles

The flowers were stamped on a panel trimmed to fit my card base, and after coloring it, I masked parts of the design to stamp the little script for a background. I added my sentiment on a strip of vellum.

This is a gorgeous stamp set, and the 4 sentiments in it are lovely, too. It was my top pick from Simon's latest Born to Sparkle release.

As always, thanks so much for stopping by - enjoy your week!

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