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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Quick & Easy Christmas Card | Baby's 1st Christmas | Rabbit Hole Designs

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am sharing a quick & easy Christmas card idea with you using the Baby's 1st Christmas Stamp Set from the Rabbit Hole Designs. This is a fun technique that will allow you to add color to your images super fast.

I'm Nuts & Bolts About You - Nuts About You SIP Card

I have a super cute SIP card to share with you today using the Nuts & Bolts Stamp Set from the January-June Mini Catalog. I shared this card with my Crafty Corner Card Club Members back in February. Here's a look at the card.

You will tell everyone that you're nuts & bolts about the with this cute SIP Card using just Stamps Ink and Paper.

It's Time To Shell-ebrate - Turtle Friends Bundle

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share a super cute little mini slimline card with you today featuring the Turtle and Friends Bundle. This is a super fun and playful little birthday card for any age. Here's a look at the card.

It's time to shell-berate with this fun mini slimline birthday card featuring the Turtle Friends Bundle from Stampin' Up!

I Got You a Cake - Way To Goat Stamp Set

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a fun little card using the Way To Goat Stamp Set. I was in a pink mood today: So, I used Polished Pink as the main color of my card. Here's a look at todays card.

Check out this cute little birthday card using the Way to Goat Stamp Set with the sentiment I got you a Cake!

You're So Sweet It's Scary - Frightfully Cute Bundle

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card using the Frightfully Cute Bundle and the retired Magic In This Night DSP which was on the clearance rack when I designed this card. Sadly the DSP has now sold out on the clearance rack, but you can use anything you have on hand. Here's a look at the card.

You're So Sweet It's scary when you use the Frightfully Cute Bundle from Stampin' Up! to make this card. Click to learn more

Faux Scratch Art Card - Peaceful Moments & Wild Roses Background Stamp

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a fun card for you with an equally fun technique to share. Today's card features the Wild Roses Background Stamp and the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set, which both work perfectly with the Faux Scratch Art Technique. I saw this technique during a Facebook Live in one of the groups I am apart of many months ago and went back to try and find it again and the designer that shared it but I could not find it anywhere. So, I am sorry I can not share who I saw this technique from. Here's a look at the card.

Have fun with the Faux Scratch Art Technique with your background stamps. Click here to learn more.

You're Kind of a Big Deal - Mountain Air Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card that I created using the Mountain Air Stamp Set, and some homemade stencils and masks. This is a fun little card that would be great for the men in your lives or anyone that you wanted to let know they were a big deal to you. Here's a look at the card. I will share how I created it in the blog post below.

Because you're are kind of a big deal I created this fun little card using some home made masks and stencils with the Mountain Air Stamp Set.

Tips on Creating Monochoromatic Cards

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a cute Monochromatic card to share with you along with some tips and tricks on creating them. You will find a full list of the supplies that I used to create this card below. Here's a look at my card.

Learn my tips & tricks on creating an easy monochromatic card using just a few supplies.

Simple but Impressive Hello Card - Heat Embossed Background

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a cute little clean and simple card for you using left over pieces from a card I shared earlier in the week. I love how this card turned out and love that it was really easy to create. I used the Butterfly Brilliance and the Blossoms & Blooms Stamp Sets to finish off the card. Here's a look at the card.

Learn how to use up left over pieces for a clean and simple but impressive hello card. Click here to learn more

Love is What Makes us Family - Magic Inking Technique Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a super cute card to share with you using the Magic Inking Technique, the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle, and the Lovely You Stamp Set. This is a super fun technique and actually really easy. Plus it uses one of the most under used tools in our crafting stash. Here's a look at my card.

Love is What Makes Us Family card using the Magic Inking Technique click here to learn more

Just Wanted To Say - Simply Succulents Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a super cute and fun card to share with you using the Faux Distress Oxide Technique. I did a very traditional Distress Oxide technique on my card today; Ink Blending! Here's a look at my card.

Sometimes you just want to say something in a special way and the Simply Succulents Bundle from Stampin' Up! does just that! Click here to learn more

Mini Slimline Card - Woodland Wonder Stamp Set

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a super cute card to share with you today. This is a card design that's super on trend right now. Plus I used a super cute new stamp set from the January-June Mini Catalog. This was a stamp set that I have had my eye on since the catalog came out and I got it a couple of weeks ago. Here's a look at my card.

Mini Slimline Card using the Woodland Wonder Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!, The Spot Challenge 150 click here to learn more

Fine Art Floral with Ink Blended Background

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card I made over the weekend showcasing the Fine Art Floral Stamp Set and the new Blending Brushes from Stampin' Up!. This weekend just felt like a time to create a floral card. The weather had been just nasty out and was turning colder, so as you can imagine I am craving some warm weather. Florals just make me feel warm and cozy on the inside. Here's a look at the card that I created.

Ink Blending Background with Stampin' Up!'s New Blending Brushes along with the Art Gallery Bundle click here to learn more

Happy Christmas = Yuletide Pasture

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a fun little Christmas card for you that is a little on the unexpected side of holiday cards. I used a fun stamp set called Yuletide Pasture from the Stampin' Up! August-December Mini Catalog to create my card with today. This fun little nontraditional stamp set features three fun yuletide animal images and some wonderful sentiments. My card today is also for the Spot Color Challenge this week.

Today I have a super cute little Happy Christmas Card for you using the Yuletide Paster Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! click here to learn more

How To Create a Sunset Card Background - Sending Sunshine Stampin Set Stampin' Up!

Have you ever wondered how they create certain cards in the Stampin' Up! Catalog or just in general How they do that? Well, I am going to share with you today how to create a sunset card background and I am going to show you how they made the Sending Sunshine card in the 2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.

I am here to answer your questions on how the Stampin' Up! Concept Artists and card makers create certain things in the Catalogs and on the internet. Like today's card for example I am going to teach you how to create a sunset card bround that you can use on your cards the easy way. I used the card from the Stampin' Up! 2020 Annual Catalog on page 111 that uses the Sending Sunshine Stamp Set as my inspiration today.

How to Create a Sunset Card Background using the Stampin' Up! Sending Sunshine Stamp Set and ink Blending. In this post I will show you how to create the perfect sunset ink blended background for your card making needs!

Tips & Tricks:

In my post today I am going to share with you how to create the perfect little sunset background that you can recreate on your own projects. I am going to give you some tips and tricks to make the process easy and so that you can recreate the perfect little sunset to share with others. This process starts with as always in card making a cute stamp set. Today, I am using the Sending Sunshine Stamp Set that can be found on page 111 of the Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalog.

Learn how to create the perfect sunset card background for your card making needs. Rick Adkins Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

To start off you are going to need a few supplies for this process; you will need the following supplies to recreate this card.

Sending Sunshine Stamp Set
Stamparatus
Sponge Brayer
Ink (I used Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, and Terracotta Tile Inks)
Cardstock (Pretty Peacock, Whisper White, and Vellum Cardstock)

The Sponge Brayer is the key to create this soft warm sunset that you see on my card today. It applies the right amount of ink to the surface of the Whisper White cardstock. But I will tell you that you have to watch the amount of pressure you put down. If you press to hard on the Sponge Brayer you will get ink marks on your project that are impossible to blend out. So REMEMBER SUPER SOFT TOUCH as you're ink blending the background.

I started out by stamping the ocean and branch in Tuxedo Black Ink onto my Whisper White Cardstock. I used my Stamparatus to get the best stamped image. You don't have to use the Stamparatus but I thought it would be helpful to use and stamp both images at the same time and just in case my images where not black enough I could double stamp them since the magnets held my cardstock in place and there was no shifting of the paper.

Next I started with the lightest of the three colors (Daffodil Delight) and started where I wanted the darkest part of that color to be. I brayered the ink in one direction and just came back adding more layers of the same color and blended it down the cardstock into and over the dried black ink. You will totally understand more as you watch the video tutorial below. I then moved on to the next color which was Calypso Coral and started that where I wanted the darkest concentration on ink to be and blended the ink downward into the Daffodil Delight. I repeated the process with the Terracotta Tile Ink, which is a darker shade of the Calypso Coral, until I had the background filled with color.

Video Tutorial:

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Thanks for dropping by today I hope that this will help you to create the perfect ink blended Sunset that you have been longing to create. If you need any of the supplies that you have seen today you can pick them up in my Online Store from the Shopping List below by clicking on the items.