Blue floral birthday

This stamp set has been on my wish list since it was released, and it arrived in the mail just the other day!

I used the Sketched Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, white embossed onto watercolour cardstock. I coloured the flowers and leaves with Zig clean color real brush markers and water, then added a black stamped sentiment. I added a strip of blue cardstock as a border on the left.

I'll be sharing this card at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, where the theme is "something new".

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Rainbow birthday on Yupo

My birthday card stash is woefully small and inadequate, so I'm trying to fix the problem.

I made an alcohol ink panel on Yupo, then added a sentiment with a die from Simon Says Stamp, and a stamp from Birch Press Designs.

And I made a video! (Shock horror!)

I'll be sharing this card at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, where the theme is "something new".

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Kaleidoscope birthday panels

I'm loving the kaleidoscope background stamp from Catherine Pooler, especially white embossed with Zigs!

The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

And I decided I needed a rainbow, too!

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Winter at A Blog Named Hero

When I think of winter, I think of icy blues and shine. This card has both!

I stamped the Leafy Vines stamp from Hero Arts and white embossed it. I added Distress Inks in various blues, then added a sentiment from "congrats stamp & cut", using both the die and a couple of stamps. I layered the glittery die over some vellum and fussy cut around it. I finished with some clear sequins. 

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CASEing pineapplepaperink

Happy new year! I have been keeping a little collection of posts from fellow cardmakers on Instagram with cards that I want to CASE. Then today I say the latest challenge from Inkspirational and I decided to CASE a card by Lindsay Olmstead Lajola AKA @pineapplepaperink- you can check out her card HERE and there's a photo below. 

Here's my take:

I used a floral stamp from Concord and 9th, stamped in black ink onto watercolour cardstock. I added some Distress Oxide Inks in Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio. I decided to add some detail (a la Kelly Latevola) with Copic markers in shades to match the Oxide Inks. I added a layered diecut sentiment from My Favorite Things, some Wink of Stella over the flowers and the senitment, and then added some sequins. I adhered it to a card base with some black cardstock on the edges.

Here is Lindsay's gorgeous card (posted with her permission):

I will also be sharing this card at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is Anything Goes!

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