Hugs on kraft

I felt like trying some colouring on kraft cardstock today.

I used a stamp from Concord & 9th, dies and printed sentiment from Paper Rose Studio.

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Release day at Picket Fence Studios

It's the 14th of the month, which means it's release day at Picket Fence Studios! Today, I'm sharing cards I made using some of the stencils in today's release. Just so you know, this release is full of Christmas and Halloween goodies, so be prepared for some festive fare! There's a list of all the new products at the bottom of this post.

For this card, I stamped part of the image from Baby it's Cold Outside, coloured it with Copic markers and then masked it. I then inked the sky using Distress Oxide inks, then added the Field of Snowy Trees Stencil and added Nuvo glimmer paste over three of the trees. I finished with some sequins and a sentiment from Inside Sentiments: Christmas.

For my 2nd card, I used the Brocade stencil.

I started with a panel of white cardstock and swiped it with Distress Oxide inkpads in a series of blues. I then added the Brocade stencil and sprayed over the top with Perfect Pearls in water. This made the ink oxidise and also added some gorgeous shine. I stamped the sentiment from Baby It's Cold Outside and added some Gin and Tonic mix sequins.

For my last card, I used The Flower of Life stencil.

I inked over the stencil selectively with blue and grey Distress Oxide inks using my Life Changing Blender Brushes. I used the small snowflake stamps to add a snowflake to the middle of the more heavily inked parts of the stencil, and embossed the smaller snowflakes with WOW embossing glitter. I added some sequins and a white embossed sentiment from Inside Quotes.

Did you know?

You can get a free Picket Fence Studios stamp from Simon Says Stamp!

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Stamping with water

I've made a few cards recently with ink blending and stamping with water.

I used a background stamp from Catherine Pooler with a hello die (sadly discontinued), and a sentiment strip from Taylored Expressions.

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Rainbow hugs

For those of you who visit my blog regularly, this is the last little bit of the panel of yupo with a rainbow of alcohol pearls that I really didn't like, but decided to cut up to make something from.

The hugs die is from Pink and Main, cut from some Simon Says Stamp glitter paper, and the sentiment banner is from Taylored Expressions.

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Fusion: Floral Cupcakes

Welcome to a new challenge at Fusion!

I started with a panel of watercolour paper and stamped and white embossed the flowers from Ink to Paper by Papertrey Ink. I added some pink and yellow using Zig clean colour real brush markers and sprayed with water. I then added the green leaf shapes. I used a 1 inch punch to cut out the flowers, and added them to a white card base in a 3x4 grid. I stamped the sentiment and white embossed it onto a scrap of pinky-orange cardstock from my stash and adhered it with dimensional adhesive.

Make sure you check out all the rest of the inspiration at the Fusion challenge blog, and play along with your own creation!