Ocean thanks for Picket Fence Studios

I am having a ball playing with a bunch of stamps from Picket Fence Studios! I paired these with a panel of yupo with alcohol inks.

I stamped the "Ocean Swells" stamp onto vellum with Versamark ink, and I then white embossed it and fussy cut it. I coloured the back of the vellum with Copic markers, and then I wrapped it around the panel of Yupo, then added a white embossed sentiment from "Small ways to say thank you".

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More Cheer and Joy from Simon Says Stamp

I have another card to share with you for the Cheer and Joy release from Simon Says Stamp!

I used the Christmas Foliage Dies cut from various shades of pale green and pale pink to create this wreath. I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp "Inside Christmas greetings" in pale grey ink and then some Wink of Stella to some of the leaves and berries. I added the panel to a pale pink card base, then added some finishing touches with white gel pen faux stitching and some little dots of Stardust Stickles.

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Cheer and Joy release at Simon Says Stamp

I was recently sent a leafy die set called "Christmas Foliage" from the wonderful people at Simon Says Stamp for their "Cheer and Joy" release - this is what I made with them:

I started with a panel of white cardstock and used my Life Changing Blender Brushes to add Distress Oxide inks in Bllueprint Sketch and Salty Ocean. I cut the foliage dies from various pieces of green cardstock and the berries from red cardstock. I arranged then around the edge of the blue panel, and added a sentiment (also from Simon Says Stamp) cut from glitter cardstock (also from Simon!).

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Challenge me a Christmas Card with Jeanne Jachna

Welcome to "Challenge me a Christmas Card" for 2019! I have asked cardmaking friends to join me in the lead up to Christmas by challenging me to make a card using a specific style, theme, technique or product.

My guest for today is Jeanne Jachna of "A Kept Life".  She has challenged me to make a card with only diecutting - no stamping!!

You can check out her take on the challenge HERE. 

Here's what I came up with:

I used the Fresh Pine Curved Border by Memory Box to create the layers. I sprayed the navy blue layer with Perfect Pearls in water to give some shine and to make it look a bit like a night sky. The sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays.

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Vellum over Yupo

I have done embossing on Yupo before - it is possible, but there's usually at least a little bit of warping. I avoided that with this card by embossing onto vellum instead.

The floral stamp and the sentiment are both from Simon Says Stamp.

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