Alcohol Inks on vellum

Alcohol Inks on vellum Happy Friday stampers – I had so much fun playing with Alcohol Inks on vellum for today’s cards. I recently took an alcohol ink class and had a lot of fun. I decided to see if the technique would work on vellum. I was so excited when it did. Using different alcohol ink colors I created some color blending. When it was tacky I used some foil to add some accents…

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Anything Goes Saturday – Freedom Field Collection

Anything Goes Saturday – Freedom Field Collection Hello Everyone – wait until you see the beautiful card for today’s Anything Goes Saturday – Freedom Field Collection. When I saw this paper I knew I had to order it. It uses beautiful blues and yellows for gorgeous patterns that are able to stand on their own. Today’s card uses a companion add on collection in an 8.3″ x 11.7″ size. For today’s card I cut the…

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Playing with frame ideas

Playing with frame ideas Hello everyone – another Penny Black idea inspired the Playing with frame ideas. I was watching a You Tube video by Penny Black and saw an idea I wanted to see if I could recreate to show how to use what we have to mimic their dies. Using the Scallop Contours dies, Stitched with Whimsy, and retired oval dies I was able to make a version of the die from the…

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Quick & Easy Thinking of You

Quick & Easy Thinking of You Hello everyone – look at this simple layout used to make the Quick & Easy Thinking of You card. Using dsp from a collection and an easy design is a great way to make a card in a short amount of time. Simple shapes layered on each other lets you create a clean and simple card. Using 2 different sized squares and turning one to be a diamond creates…

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Fun way to use scenic dsp

Fun way to use scenic dsp Hello everyone – I have a Fun way to use scenic dsp to share with you today. With the variety of scenic dsp we have had over the past few years I bet you still have some left and would like to use it up. I ran across some ideas while surfing the internet and used the ideas to share with my customers how to use it. This paper…

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Fun Nested Essentials dies cards

Fun Nested Essentials dies cards Hello everyone – today’s share is some colorful Fun Nested Essentials dies cards. I saw this idea on the internet and wanted to share it in a Live. Using shape dies you create colorful backgrounds for the die cut focal image. After layering on your focal image it is added to an embossed background. The first idea uses the Crosshatch embossing folder from the Basics 3D embossing folders collection and…

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