Kim here with a quick card share! This fun anniversary card came together pretty quick. My background is from a gel print I made last year. I often pull out my Ranger Gel Printing Plate and Ranger Dina Wakley Media acrylic paint and just play. These prints most often become backgrounds for cards, and itβs always great to have them on hand.On top of a black cardstock base, I layered up a piece of ephemera that I had on hand, then stamped some asemic writing [Paper Artsy stamp] Β with some Distress Oxide Β Ink. I found what I felt was the perfect couple from my Tim Holtz Paper Dolls collection and adhered it with Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive [current FAV!!!!]. I quickly added soft colour to the brideβs flowers with my Tonic Studios Nuvo Alcohol Markers, they worked perfectly on the shiny surface of the paper dolls. I stained some…
Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! For todayβs blogpost, Iβm sharing with you how to create this Thinking Of You Card which uses the Flora No. 5 Collection from Carta Bella Paper Flora No.5 CollectionDies from Elizabeth Craft DesignsSuper Stock Cardstock from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine and adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Youβll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my card at home. To start, youβll need the Cool Small Floral Paper out of the Flora No.5 Paper Pack from Echo Park Paper/Carta Bella. Die cut a 4 ΒΌβ Fitted Indented Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of the orange side of the patterned paper. Die cut a 3 ΒΌβ Fitted Indented Rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs out of the purple side of the patterned paper. Distress the edges of the rectangles. Next, youβll need the Cool Large Floral Paper out of the Flora…
Check out this fabulous Slimline card designed by Kerry Engel. Kerry used the Dylusions Fancy a Cuppa stamp set that is absolutely delightful. Probably one of my all time favouriteΒ sets and I am not even a big tea drinker! But seriously, who doesn’t love a cute little tea cup? Am I right or am I right?!?!?!? The images were stamped onto Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock. There is no messing around with this heavy weight cardstock…like the title says…its SUPER! LOLOLKerry stamped the images using Ranger Archival ink. She then coloured the stamped images using Tonic Studios Nuvo Alcohol Markers. For a perfect cut, Kerry cut the images out using her OLFA Craft Kinfe and cutting mat. The background patterned paper is from the Dina Wakley Media Collage Collective journal. All those fabulous enamel and glossy accents were created using a variety of Tonic Studios Nuvo Drops. Everything was adhered…
Hello Creative Scrapbookers, Kim here! Itβs August already! Why do summers fly by so fast? I am off this week and looked forward to a little less routine and some daytime creativity! I have a few birthdays coming up, so I thoughtΒ Iβd make a few cards! Todayβs card adventure ended up being this whimsical llama twister! Here are a few photo shares of my process! Thanks for taking the time to check out my card, Iβm off to make a few more!
Nothing says summer like ice cream and popsicles! Therm O Web Rina K. Designs have a fabulous line celebrating just that! They have also included BRIGHT neon colours – after all – is it even really a popsicle unless the colours are electric! Giggle Giggle! Kerry Engel put this tasty collection to work and created some beautiful designs including the above card. I absolutely adore all the details on the ice cream cones. Kerry used the Therm O Web Rina K. Designs Sweet Stuff StampnStencil Stamp set along with theΒ matching dies. She also added the furry Electro-Pop Neon Flock Transfer Sheets for all the feels. Oh how I love that NEON GREEN! For this popsicle card Kerry used the Therm O Web Rina K. Designs Electro-Pop Neon Glitz Glitter Gel along with stamp and die set. The results are YUMMY! Hurry on over to the Therm O Web website…
There are a few collections that truly STAND the test of time! One of those is the French Cottage collection by Heartfelt Creations. There are still elements of this collection available – I highly suggest you find some of it while it’s still available. Here is an elegant card that Kerry Engel designed featuring this line. I LOVE that bike and basket SOOO much! Kerry used the Heartfelt Creations Cottage Lifestyle die set to create it. She also used patterned paper from the French Cottage collection. So gorgeous. The base of the card was created using Tonic Studios Craft Perfect Card Blanks. They make life soooo much easier and of course come in a variety of sizes with coordinating envelopes. Kerry used a variety of adhesives by Scrapbook Adhesives by3L to keep everything in place! Including the E-Z Runner Grand and 3D Foam Squares. Kerry’s beautiful little card was featured…
In all the land and sea and valleys and hills….. the Girlfriend Stamp Collection by Art Impressions is one of myΒ ALL TIME FAVOURITES! The best part – they keep adding to it.Β For me, there is nothing better than celebrating my friends with a coffee in hand and a big side salad of giggles!!!! If you haven’t heard of the Girlfriend Collection – CLICK HERE. Seriously, CLICK NOW! Here is one of the card designs I found on the Art Impressions blog that seriously made me giggle. Bri Firth , one of their design team members created this smile-maker of a card!Β The name of the stamp set she used is “The Weigh In” and it totally had me giggling. I particularly liked the sentiment ” Girlfriends…worth their weight in gold.” CAUSE THEY REALLY ARE! Thank you Bri for sharing this beautiful design with us all and a HUGE…
Hello Creative Scrapbookers! Kim here with a quick summery card! This card was too cute not to bring into the blog to share! I grabbed some things from my Therm O Web and Ranger stash and paired them for a fun outcome! I inked up a chipboard wreath from Southern Ridge Trading Company and adhered it to my card blank using Media Ultra Thick Gel Medium. Iβve been enjoying the ease of Tonic Studios Craft Perfect pre-cut & scored cards, they come in a variety of sizes, mine was 6×6. Now for the fun! I inked up my Therm O Web Rina K. Designs stamps using Ranger Archival inks in a variety of colours and layered them on Creative Scrapbooker Magazineβs Super Stock, this is a perfect weight card stock for cutting dies. After die cutting my images, I adhered them to the wreath with the Media Ultra Thick Gel…
Hello crafty friends! Tracy McLennon here and today I am sharing 3 projects that I created using the Pink & Main monthly kit. I cannot even begin to tell you how gorgeous this kit was, and it was PACKED with beautiful coordinating products to create with. Below is a photo of everything that was included in the kit I created with. First I decided to create this simple block background layout. I used patterned papers and embossed white cardstock to create the 4 background blocks, that then were matted in white cardstock. Adhere the matted blocks to a white cardstock background using Crafty Foam Tape. I chose coordinating Media Gloss Sprays and splattered diagonally across the layout on the embossed cardstock sections of the background. Let dry. I stamped the dragonfly images onto white cardstock using an embossing pad, and Ranger- Black Embossing Powder.I made sure to stamp and color…
Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! For todayβs blogpost, Iβm sharing with you how I created this cute card set using the Farmhouse Summer Collection from Echo Park Paper Co. To create my card set, Iβve also used a variety of products from Ranger Ink, Super StockΒ from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine and adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Youβll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how I created my card set at home. If you havenβt seen the Farmhouse Summer Collection from Echo Park Paper Co., Β youβre going to want to go to your nearest scrapbook store and check it out. Itβs usually easy for me to pick out which patterned papers I want use on my cards, but this collection really made me choose which ones to layer with one another. Once I figured out the layers, I added distressing, rips into parts of the papers…