Card inspiration - DT project for Pinkfresh Studio

Hello friends,

I'm dropping in to share some new card ideas with you! I've made these for Pinkfresh Studio. This month we are focusing on the collection stamp sets, that is, the 3 sets that come with the latest three collections, Let Your Heart Decide, Be You and A Case of the Blahs.

Here's what I came up with:

I started with the A Case of the Blahs set and decided to make a masculine card. I created my own background by stamping BLAH all over my white card stock. I used 4 different shades of blue inks and created an ombre design. I also colored in some of the words with matching markers and splattered some ink (tone on tone) all over the card. I then adhered this panel onto an A2 size navy card stock, then on an A2 card base. I added two thin strips of blue patterned paper on both sides of the white panel. 

I die cut 3 stars from card stock and patterned papers. I stamped a sentiment on the smallest star and embossed it. I stacked these up, using foam adhesive between some of the layers, then added some tangled metallic thread under the stack and glued it all down. I added Nuvo drops to finish off my card.

For my next card I had different plans from what I ended up with, but that's OK, plans change as we go right? Especially if things get messed up, we adjust accordingly! Which is totally what happened in this case. I actually embossed a whole A2 panel using the gorgeous background stamp in the Be You collection, but I wasn't happy with the embossing. I use textured card stock, partly because I prefer it, partly because that's all I can find here haha! It's not easy to emboss on it, especially if I can only stamp the image once. The stamp is not big enough to cover a panel this size, so I had to stamp it 4 times to cover it all and I wouldn't have been able to line it all up for a second stamping. Anyway, I ended up trimming off the part I didn't like, then I created an A2 size card base, adhered some patterned paper on it, then my embossed panel in the middle, and two thin strips of patterned papers for contrast on the top and bottom.

I used some chipboard and die cut ephemera pieces to create the cluster in the middle. All these are from the Be You scrapbook collection. 

I wanted to use all three collection stamp sets, so my last card is made with the Let Your Heart Decide set. I drew a circle in the middle of an A2 size white card stock. Then I stamped a bunch of leaves along the circle, using Versamark ink. I heat embossed these with rose gold embossing powder. I decided to stamp more leaves on another card stock and fussy cut them out so I could add some dimension to my wreath. I also stamped a few flowers in different shades of blue and fussy cut these out too. I arranged them in a circle and glued them down. 

I stamped my sentiment on a circle die cut and with the help of some foam adhesive I attached it to my card. For finishing touches, I splattered navy ink everywhere, added Nuvo glitter drops and a twine bow.

That's it for today! I hope I could give you a couple of ideas on how to use these stamp sets!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a beautiful day!

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A trio of cards - DT project for Fancy Pants Designs

Hello crafty friends,

I'm checking in to share a trio of cards I've created for Fancy Pants Designs.

I've used the wonderful The Bright Side collection on these cards. They are really simple and quick to make! I made three A2 top folding card bases from heavy weight white card stock. Then I adhered  a different A2 size patterned paper to all of these.

For the first one I die cut 2 oval shapes using some Spellbinders dies. At this point I didn't know yet what sentiment I will add, so when I opened the ephemera pack and found this oval die cut I was overjoyed! I love happy accidents like this! To add a bit of dimension, I added foam sheets between two of the oval layers. To finish it off, I glued some puffy sticker hearts and a die cut bird on the ovals. I used foam tape to attach the bird.

On the next card I cut a piece off the Natural Beauty paper, which has a beautiful flower bouquet on it. I cut it in a way that the bouquet was on the left side of my card. Then I picked out some of the die cut flowers from the ephemera pack as well as some leaves, a frame and a sentiment and played around with the arrangement. I decided to use foam adhesive on the frame and on the flowers. I glue down the leaves first, then the frame, then added in the flowers. To finish off the card I adhered my sentiment, again using foam adhesive, and attached a bow I made of the twin that comes in the tags set. 

I really wanted to use these super cute cups on a card because I knew I wasn't going to use them on a layout. It would have been a shame if they had gone to waste! There's 3 in the ephemera pack, but once I stacked them on top of each other, they were not tall enough, so I took a 4th one from another ephemera pack. I used foam adhesive to attach these to the card front. One of the cups has The Good Stuff written on it and I thought that would be perfect for my sentiment! I added two die cut pinwheels at the top, just for fun! For finishing touches I used some puffy sticker dots and a chipboard piece.

You really don't need a lot of supplies to create these cards! I hope I could inspire you in one way or the other!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

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Guesting at Where Creativity Meets C9

Hey there crafty friends,

Today I'm joining the wonderful designers at Where Creativity Meets C9 with some cards  for this month's challenge.

A bit about Concord&9th. I came across this amazing company last year when I saw their awesome Happy Balloons set, which of course I had to have. I asked Scrapbook Werkstatt to import some of these stamps and dies since they were not available anywhere here. Not that I could find anyway! Since then I'm hooked and can't wait for the 8th when Where Creativity Meets C9 are back with a new challenge, and the 9th when all new products are released!

This month the challenge is Floral. Well, that's an easy one right? I love flowers and what I enjoy most about card making is that I can use flowers anytime! As opposed to scrapbooking, since I only have a son! I'll still use pink and flowers on my layouts but sometimes it just doesn't feel right...

And here's some cards I made for the challenge:

I've used the gorgeous Posie-Fill-In stamp and die set to create my first card. This stamp is right up my alley! I love geometric designs with flowers! And because I also love black and white with pops of color, I stamped the background with black ink on Neenah solar white card stock and added colorful flowers. I kept to one color family, mainly because I just got this ink pad set from Altenew and wanted to try it out! I stamped some coral leaves directly onto the background and I stamped some in black ink which I then die cut so I could create a more dimensional look. I stamped the flowers first on the background, then I decided to add an extra layer, so I stamped them on a separate card stock and die cut them. I used some foam adhesive to pop them up. I embossed the sentiment on a strip of black card stock and glued it on one of the flowers. To finish off this card I added some Nuvo drops.

On my second and third card (I rarely create just one card at a time) I've used the Just Because dies, the Plaid Background stamp and the Everyday Circle dies. I stamped the plaid background using blue ink and die cut the circle with the Everyday Circle die. I die cut another one from blue card stock. Then I swapped the negative pieces and mounted these two circles onto some white card stock, then cut them out using my scissors. I also die cut a few different leaves as well as some flowers using the Just Because dies. The blue paper I used for the leaves is actually wallpaper haha! I had this piece saved because it's a gorgeous metallic blue paper and I'm happy I finally used some of it! I created two A2 size top folding card bases from heavy weight white card stock, then adhered some A2 size patterned paper on them (these papers are from the Pinkfresh Studio Be You collection, while the apricot paper I used for the flowers is from the Cocoa Vanilla More Than Words collection). I used foam adhesive behind the circles to pop them up and tucked the leaves behind them too. I glued down the flowers and added some Nuvo drops for flower centers. Done!

I hope you join the challenge, it's super fun!

Big thanks to Where Creativity Meets C9 for this awesome opportunity!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day!

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