One of my favorite kind of card is the vintage flowery card. I love it when I can add lace or bows or any antique looking items such has hat pins – I love hat pins. I lightly sponged the background panel with the pink and yellow in the Confectionary Days Panpastels. I then inked up the poppy from the Poppy Days Stamp Set and stamped with Bubble Gum Ink. … Read More »
The dictionary describes “Sassy” as lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky. And that’s exactly what these images are! The Stay Sassy Stamp Set makes a perfect card for teenage girls or when you want to send out a word of encouragement. Today’s card uses the Shaving Cream Technique using the Pool Play Reinker and, of course, shaving cream. I also did the paper piecing technique and cut the dress… Read More »
One of the hardest cards for me to make is the sympathy card. Usually you wait until something happens and then you struggle with making the right one. Having a supply on hand is a good idea and will save you a lot of stress. Sending a handmade card gives it that special touch and shows the receiver that you care. For today’s card, I chose the A Better Place… Read More »
Today’s card features the Lovely ATS Stamp Set. I made it to enter into our teams (Inking the Way) weekly sketch challenge. The images were stamped with Black Licorice Ink and the pistil of each daisy was colored in using Summer Days Reinker, Fusion Blender and a Blending Brush. The bee is from the A Better Place Stamp Set and it was colored using the Summer Days Reinker. I also… Read More »
Today’s card features the Stay Sassy Stamp Set from the Celebrating Life’s Memories. The girl image was stamped in with Black Licorice Ink and colored in with the Watermelon Fusion Reinker and a Blending Brush. The hair was colored in using the Banana Cream Reinker and a Blending Brush. Note: Always add Fusion Blender to the liquid when using to color the images. I added flowers from the Good Karma… Read More »
Our winner of the “Guess how many stamps are retiring” contest is Cindy Cayton. Congratulations! Cindy, please send me your address and which stamp set you would like. If you would prefer to wait until the new catalog comes out, we can do that also. Or you can select from the current annual catalog or the Creating Life’s Memories Mini Catalog. Today’s card features the color splashes that are 20%… Read More »
They still haven’t released the retirement list, so the contest is still ongoing! Click here for all the details on guessing how many stamps are retiring. I won a sketch/color challenge on our team blog and I was selected as a winner. My prize was the In & Out Stamp Set from the Creating Life’s memories provided by my upline, the awesome Becky Roberts! Thanks Becky for the stamp set.… Read More »
I’m running a contest where you guess which stamp sets are retiring from the 2017-2018 Fun Stampers Journey annual catalog. You don’t have to guess all of them because the winner will be the one with the most accurate guesses! See details here Today’s card features the Summer Rose stamp set. I not only used it as a focal point but also as the background. The rose images in the… Read More »
I’m running a contest where you guess which stamp sets are retiring from the 2017-2018 Fun Stampers Journey annual catalog. You don’t have to guess all of them because the winner will be the one with the most accurate guesses! See details here This is card #4 from the 2018 April Bloom Box kit. The stamp set is called Love Life and it’s a beautiful set. The main flower image… Read More »
Did I tell you I absolutely love the Love Life Stamp Set from the April 2018 Bloom Box? I usually don’t make all the cards in the bloom box kits I receive, but in this case, I’m making every card because they are all gorgeous! Today’s flower is the Petunia. The image was colored in using Lavender Splash Ink for the flowers and Limeade Splash for the leaves. I used… Read More »
