Oh Baby!

Good morning!  I'm sharing one more baby card this month, and this time I've used the Oh Baby and the Stork stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  I brushed some mint green ink through the Oh Baby stencil onto some soft green cardstock first.  Then I placed the Stork stencil above the sentiment and spread some pale green pearlescent paste over the stencil.  After the paste dried, I adhered this soft green card panel to a white card base.

I chose these shades of green because they are gender neutral, so I can use these for anyone who is expecting.  Some other colors I've used for this purpose have been lavender, peach, and yellow.  You don't have to use the traditional pinks or blues for your baby cards.  :-)

Please feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs.  You'll save 10% off your order, so stock up the stencils that catch your eye.  There's a bunch of great baby stencils, tons of gorgeous Christmas stencils, and there's even zombie stencils for those of you who like to make Halloween projects.  LOL  Have a wonderful day!

 

Grateful Leaves Trio

Good morning!  I have a fun card to share with you today.  These new Grateful Leaves from Technique Junkies have the words carved into the stamps, so I stamped all three of them with a rustic purple ink and then cut them out with scissors.  I used the same ink to stamp the Distressed Paint background, and then I arranged the leaves and adhered them with foam tape.  I love this Distressed Paint stamp - it goes with just about anything when you want that crackled, distressed, woodgrain-ish look.  The final touch was some sheer ribbon wrapped around the top as an elegant contrast to the distressed background.  

Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, when you shop at Technique Junkies.  You'll save 10% off your order, so check out the Grateful Leaves and the Distressed Paint stamps.  You can see all of the September release stamps HERE and you can check out the newest Diamond Dragonflies Kit HERE.  I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Bloom with Joy

I recently purchased a Memorydex and I am filling it up with some fun little memorydex cards.  On this floral piece, I printed out the flowers and the sentiment from the Bloom with Joy set from Polka Dot Orchard and then colored the flowers with Copic markers.  I wanted an early fall vibe, so I used some pinks and oranges for the flowers.  After I was done coloring, I cut this card out with a memorydex die.  

Polka Dot Orchard has some of the best sentiments I've ever seen, and I love the sentiment on this card.  Some of the newest digi sets have some Ready Prints where the images are already resized and formatted for card fronts.  All you have to do is print them and use them as desired.  

Check out the great stuff in the Polka Dot Orchard store.  You'll find digital stamps, stencils, and some fun earrings as well as home decor items.  Have fun browsing around!

 

Snowman with Spiral Skies

Good morning!  The weather tricked us again and now we are in second summer here.  We had False Fall for a couple of weeks and now we're going to have record-breaking heat this week.  Oy!  So to cool down, I thought I'd share this cute snowman card with y'all today.

I stamped this snowman (Colorado Craft Company) with Copic markers and then fussy cut him.  The little snowy hill was cut with a wavy hillside die, and then I brushed some gray ink across the top and added some Stardust Stickles.  While this was drying, I created my white card base.  Then I placed the Simple Spirals stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over the card base and brushed gray ink over that.  It does kinda look like swirly gusts of wind, doesn't it?  

After the Stickles on my snowy hill was dry, I stamped the sentiment with gray ink and adhered it to the card.  Then I glued down the snowman and added more Stardust Stickles to the bottom of the snowman.  You can't go wrong with more glitter.  LOL!

Please feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, when you shop for stencils at A Colorful Life Designs.  You'll save 10% off your entire order, so stay cool and have fun shopping!!

 

Box of Crayon Leaves

Good morning!  It alllllmost feels like fall here, because the mornings are just a tiny bit cooler and crisper than they have been over the past four months.  We are still in the 90's in the afternoons, so it's not quite there yet, but I do think there is some hope for some cool fall weather on the horizon.  So with that in mind, I had a lot of fun with today's card.  

I stamped the new Leaves background from Technique Junkies with a dark brown permanent ink onto some white cardstock and let it dry.  Then I had a blast watercoloring the leaves in various shades of yellow, orange, red, green, and magenta.  While this was drying, I stamped the sentiment from the Autumn set (Technique Junkies) with the same dark brown ink I used for the background.  That sentiment says it all, and it really does look like I used all the crayons in the box to color those leaves, doesn't it?  LOL

Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, when you shop at Technique Junkies.  You'll save 10% off your entire order, so grab this beautiful new Leaves Background stamp and check out all the great fall stamps from this month's release HERE.  Have a great day!

 

Baby Boy Moon and Stars Onesie

Good morning!  Today I'm sharing this sweet baby boy onesie card that I created with some stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  I started by placing the Marvelous Masks Onesie stencil onto some white cardstock and I filled in the area with a dark blue ink.  While this Onesie stencil was still in place, I put the Moon and Stars stencil over that and taped it down.  I carefully spread some white glitter paste (Artic Fox Paper Glaze Luxe from Picket Fence Studios) over the Moon and Stars stencil, lifted both stencils, and let the piece dry completely.  

Because I had used a blue dye ink on the onesie, the white glitter paste absorbed some of that tint.  Hence, we have some pale blue glittery moon and stars instead of white.  I actually like it this way - it IS a baby boy card, after all!  

I glued this onesie panel to a dark blue mat and adhered it to a white card base.  The "baby boy" was die cut from the same dark blue cardstock, and the die is from Frantic Stamper.

Please feel free to use this code, HollyFan10, when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs.  You can pick up these Onesie stencils, the Moon and Stars stencil, and many others.  Have fun looking through all the great categories of stencils!  

 

Dotted Branch for Fall and Winter

Good morning!  Is it fall where you live yet?  We are finally out of the 100's, but with the temps in the 90's here, it's not quite fall yet.  LOL  Hopefully we will see some cool temps before the end of the month!  

I love the new fall stamps from Technique Junkies that were released this month.  I paired the Dotted Branches with the Pumpkin Spice sentiment for this autumnal pumpkin-y card above.  Some dark brown ink brushed on the edges gives the sentiment and the background a warm glow.

While I was playing with the Dotted Branches, I started wondering how it would look on a winter card.  I stamped it with Versamark onto some gold paper and then covered it with gold embossing powder.  After I tapped off the excess and melted the powder with a heat tool, I set it aside to cool off.  I stamped the Joyeux Noel with a deep merlot ink and matted it with gold and merlot cardstocks.  The gold Dotted Branches panel was adhered to a merlot card base and then I adhered the sentiment to the background.

I love how this Dotted Branches looks on this gold cardstock!  Now I have a background stamp that is perfect for the fall season as well as the winter/holiday season.  If you'd like to shop at Technique Junkies and pick up this Dotted Branches stamp, you can use this code, TJ10Holly, to help you save 10% off your order.  You can also grab the Pumpkin Spice stamp and the Joyeux Noel stamp and make some quick cards to send to your friends and family.