Card with Stitched Flowers

 So I jumped on the stitched card band wagon.  Let me back track, I've sewn most of my life but this is the first time I've stitched on paper before.  I bought just one of Spellbinders stitching die and really enjoyed the mindless stitching.  The Stitched Flowers was small and was fast to stitch, plus you have so many options.    When you keep your hands busy it's easier to avoid snacking - BONUS!  lol

I had a pile of flowers and leaves and here is two cards I made.

The first card started with a card base and Ocean Waves Stamp and Misty Coast ink.  Next I die cut three Wood Frame Infinity dies and glued them together.  After I found a pleasing arrangement I attached them with glue.  A Momenta celebrate die was cut with metallic silver paper and again with white and attached them together.  Some flat sequins from my stash added a sparkle.

The second card used the center cut outs from the wood frame on the first.  I glued them together.  Next a scalloped border from Blueprint 27 in Simon Says Stamps Fog card stock was die cut.  All the elements were attached along with the same flat sequins.  Both of these cards went together pretty fast since the focal elements were ready to go.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Celebrate Shaker Card

 I've owned this celebrate die for quite a while and I'm just getting around to make some cards.   To start I stamped an ocean wave with a similar color to my card stock.  Then die cut with stitched rectangles in my gemini jr machine.  It adds a lovely white border when attached to the card base.

Now for the shaker element, the celebrate die was cut many times and adhered with bearly arts glue.  A layer of acetate and a final die cut on top makes the shaker element ready to fill.  Using up some sequin/bead mixture from my stash, I filled it up.  A second piece of acetate keeps the stamped image visable.  Time to adhere the filled shaker to the card.  I think I spent more time separating the die cut from it's negative pieces rather than putting the card together.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Birdie Friendship Card

 Today's card used white die cuts that I colored individually.  Heck, it's easier to die cut a bunch of white than finding the right color card stock and putting the right die on that paper.  So today, I pulled out my water media mat and some of those precut dies.  

Feathered Friends 4 is the bird and I chose Blending Brushes to color Summer Sky, Deep Ocean, Navy, Lemon Drop and Tuxedo black.  Once it was dry I glued all the parts together with Bearly Arts Glue.  So my bird needs a nest and the Grapevine Wreath is perfect - and I also had that precut in white card stock, so I grabbed two.  Cup O Joe was applied with a mini blending tool and really got into all those nooks and crannies.  Now I need a background...I pulled out the Tumbling Leaves stencil with blending brushes and Fresh Pear and Grassy Knoll.  Stitched rectangles trimmed that perfectly in my Gemini Jr.  Lastly, I need a sentiment so I chose one from Friendship Blooms and I stamped in my MISTI with Amalgam ink, then Versamark and clear embossing powder was melted.  I haven't had much luck with black embossing powder and sentiments so I like to add clear over a black stamped sentiment.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

More Pinkfresh Studio Floral - Sympathy Cards - Choose Hope

 Just like my previous post - I'm loving the whole Pinkfresh Studio stamp, stencil and die sets!  This time it's all about Choose Hope.

Unfortunately I needed to make some sympathy cards so when I created a whole bunch of the floral sprays ready to go, I had what I needed to make some quick cards.  Again, I pulled out some cover dies, embellishments and sentiment stamps and put these together pretty easily.

  

These florals were colored with Pinkfresh inks: Sky Blue, Summer Shower, Seaside, Fresh Pear and Grassy Knoll.  Blender Brushes made the coloring super quick with layering stencils.  Pixie spray helped with those stencils! MISTI helped repeated stamp Choose Hope with Amalgam Ink and of course the Gemini Jr made fast work die cutting.  For the cover dies, I chose Horizontal Stripes, Wood Frame Infinity Die and Leaves and Vines with a white 110 lb card stock.  Scotch foam tape was used with the frame die.  All the card bases were made with Recollections 110 lb card stock.

Sentiment Strips were stamped and attached with Bearly Art Glue.  Embellishments are from Trinity Stamps.  The Tiny Words stamp is from Simon Says Stamp.  Some sparkle pen was used for shimmer.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Pinkfresh Floral Cards - So Versatile

 I've been a big fan of Pinkfresh Studios stamp/stencil/die sets!  Recently Pinkfresh had a sale and I purchased a few sets.  Got to tell you, when you color your images with stencils and coordinating inks miracles happen FAST!  I was able to stamp, color and die cut lots of flowers and leaves very quickly.  

Quick tip: using Pixie Spray on back of the stencils moves things along!  First I stamped Friendship Blooms on 110 lb paper with amalgam ink.  Do yourself a favor and stamp lots!  Next is to apply the pixie spray to the back of the stencils - there are five.  Using PinkfreshStudios Ink makes color selection a breeze - as there are four shades in each color family.  For these flowers I used Coral Reef, Passionfruit and Berrylicious, for the leaves, I used Fresh Pear and Grassy Knoll.  Blending brushes make coloring fast, fun and easy.

Once I had several sheets colored, it was time to break out my Gemini Jr and die cut those babies.  And now it's time to make cards!  I searched my cover dies and selected two:  Hexagon Cover Stipple plate and Blueprint 27 - for these I chose white 110 lb card stock and some pale 110 lb Recollections card stock from Michaels.  Used my score tool to fold them.  I attached the card fronts with Bearly Arts Glue-my new favorite wet glue.  Now time to arrange the flowers and leaves and attach.  Using my MISTI, Choose Hope Stamp Set, and Amalgam Ink I stamped the sentiments.  Once that was finished, I added some embellies from my stash.  The cards are finished but I still have more flowers and leaves in different colors to make more cards.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Mini Slimline "Money Cards"

 Sorry, I've been away so long!  But I'm back now with some cards I gave at Christmas for those that chose $$$.  Even decided to leave them blank inside so they could reuse them.  The gift bag had the to/from information on it.

When I saw the Paper Bag Die, I knew who would get a card with that!  I chose three colors of pink card stock from Michaels and some gold foil to use for the die cuts.  Once the "handles" were attached with glue, it was time to arrange them on a mini slimline die cut on vellum.  Glue dots were placed behind the bags to attach to hide the adhesive.  This was attached to two stacking die cuts and adhered to a mini slimline card base.

My second recipient is big into off road biking and thought the direct approach was best.  Choosing Red, White and Black the card was similarly made like the first.  Only using the Striped Alphas and the Oliver Dies.  A stardust pen adds interest to the alphas.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

I Bee-lieve in You Card

 Often, I will stamp some images to color - with no intention of how I'm going to use it.  Today's card is using some colored bees from the My Monthly Hero January 21 kit.  The bees were colored with Tombow Markers.  A sparkle pen was added to the wings for shimmer.  

Starting with The Bees Knees paper pad, I selected a few sheets and used Stitched Rectangles for the background.  Flippin Awesome die gave me a place for all three bees.  The honeycomb paper was die cut and inked with Butter Bar ink.  My sentiment was stamped with Amalgam ink using the MISTI and then restamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder twice for extra dimension.  The card was assembled and adhered on black card stock.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)