As painful as it is to have to use a sympathy card, I think it is just as sad to have to make it at the last minute. I thought I would try and make one without having to think immediately of a loss. Recipe: Cardstock: Island Indigo, Whisper White Ink: Island Indigo, More Mustard, … Continue reading Happiness Shared Sympathy
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Season of Joy Catalogue CASE
Hi Everyone. Visiting my sister and decided to make some Christmas cards.This one is cased from IBC with my personal touches. Recipe: Cardstock: Old Olive Textured, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla DSP, Jolly Holiday DSP Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Soft Suede Stamps: Season of Joy Accessories: Tasteful Trim Bigz XL, Sizzix … Continue reading Season of Joy Catalogue CASE
Beautiful Season
A beautiful season - that is, Christmas. And to go with it a classic new stamp set of the same name. As soon as I saw it in the IBC, it went to the top of my wish list. This is my first inking of it. You can expect to see many more from this … Continue reading Beautiful Season
Floating Reinkers and Gingham
Two new techniques [well, for me] are showcased in my card today - floating reinkers and gingham. Floating reinkers is a great technique. Take a sheet of shimmery white cardstock and stamp an outline image [segmented images work best] with Versamark. Clear or black emboss the image. Spray the image with water until it pools … Continue reading Floating Reinkers and Gingham
Three Little Words
I am still caseing the current IBC. Today, it is from page 71. Using different colours certainly gives another look to the design. I added some extra dimension to the butterflies by sanding the embossed parts. Recipe: Cardstock: So Saffron, Regal Rose, Naturals Ivory, Soft Suede DSP Ink: Soft Suede Stamps: Three Little Words, Woodgrain … Continue reading Three Little Words
Stripes
One of the new Textured Impressions Embossing Folders in the latest IBC is Stripes. I love the texture it provides as a background for the whole card. Here I have used a retired set, Hello Again as a CAS to show off the effect. Recipe: Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum, Whisper White Ink: Perfect Plum, … Continue reading Stripes
Lavender Thoughts 