Sketch 335 AHSC

Yep. Still using up these flowers! This is the first version I made using up scraps of Chelsea Gardens Paper* and Outdoor Denim Cardstock* plus random bits of bling from my stash.

Well..... I liked it so much I decided to turn it into a kit for my Card Buffet workshops! 😁

I used a piece of Into the Wild Paper* for the base mat of my card, then a strip of Chocolate Cardstock*, and a strip of White Daisy Cardstock for the top.

I made a dot with a black pen then I used New England Ivy, Fern, and Heather* Exclusive Inks to stamp the leaves and dots. You can see it where the New England Ivy leaves touch tips. Zoom in on the Fern leaves. I inked up my stamp and lightly ran it across the ink pad to get that scuffed look. Try it!

The leaves and dots come from the Blossom Cardmaking Stampset*.

The purple flower is from the A Budding Friendship Stampset*.

Years ago I stamped three full 12x12 sheets of White Daisy cardstock with these flowers in various inks and fussy cut them. They were in a small box and I unearthed them a while back. Gotta use em up! This card uses one stamped in Smokey Plum* and Black Exclusive Inks. It's attached using Foam Tape.

After placing the flower on the stamped strip, it needed something else to stand out. Time for the bags of bling! I picked some Silver Sequins and White Dots.

The bottom of the card looked a bit naked so I added the sentiment from I Adore You Stampset*.

To finish off the card, I stamped the backside and signed my name. The card simply isn't properly done until the backside is done!

I love the Stamped with Love Stampset* for the back of my cards.

It's no longer available so I also use the Angel Policy Stampset for the back of my cards.

To make this card, I used my stash of retired CTMH papers and stamps, plus my Basic Toolkit: (Versamat, Trimmer, Scissors, Ruler, Adhesive Runner, Foam Dots/Foam Tape, Stamping Starter Kit), White Card Value Pack, Exclusive Cardstocks, Angel Policy Stampset, Exclusive Inks. *Retired/discounted/WSL items.

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Sketch 321 AHSC

This sketch is by far the most head scratching one I've come across. It took a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time before ANYTHING in my stash jumped out at me!

This is what happened on my table. Embossing, stamping, fussy cutting, foam dots, liquid glass, and a whole lotta ink!

All of this ink was smudged on by hand. No sponge, no dauber, nothing but my fingers. They were utterly dark for DAYS!


To make this card, I used my basic toolkit plus these materials. Click through to purchase. Basic Toolkit: (Versamat, Trimmer, Ruler, Adhesive Runner, Stamping Starter Kit, LePen, Scissors), White Card Value Pack, Carolina White Daisy and Kraft Cardstocks, Cloud Nine* Business Builder* and Angel Policy stampsets, Subway Tile Embossing Folder, Liquid Glass, Thin 3-D Foam Dots, Fern Twine*, Toffee Espresso Heather Charcoal and New England Ivy Exclusive Inks. *Retired/discounted/WSL items

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It's Your Day to Sparkle CTMH Blog Hop

If you arrived here from Doris, welcome! Read on and hop around for heaps of inspiration.

This hop centers on our BEAUTIFUL new stamp of the month called It's Your Day to Sparkle (S1906). Look at all these different options!!!

S1906 It's Your Day to Sparkle

I got seriously shimmery while making this card! Thank you to Lyn Edwards for the gorgeous project. Each layer of the cake, cake plate, and flowers has been colored with a shimmer brush and ink pad. It started out as a "naked chocolate cake with vanilla icing and raspberry coulis" and turned into a "black forest torte"! 😂

Click to embiggen and really see the painted colors.

This cake stamp is quite large and requires our big 5"x6" block. (I used our previous 4"x5" block.) I stamped the cake and flower cluster in Stazon ink on White Daisy and let it dry. Once it was dry, out came all the shimmer brushes and inks! I'll show the brush and ink combinations down below.

To color with ink and shimmer brush, squeeze your inkpad into your lid several times. Open it up and use your shimmer brush to collect some of the lid ink and paint it onto your stamped cardstock. Note: this only works with waterbased dye inks.

As you need more ink, collect more from the lid and continue painting. When you are finished with that ink color, scribble off on some scratch paper until you see only the shimmer brush color. Squish your next ink into lid and keep going until your image is fully colored to your liking. Set aside to dry.

The chocolate cake layers are colored with Toffee ink and Gold shimmer brush.

Vanilla layers are Clear shimmer brush without ink.

Raspberry coulis layers and flowers are Pomegranate ink and Sugarplum shimmer brush.

Leaves are New England Ivy ink and Mint shimmer brush.

Cake plate is Bashful shimmer brush without ink, and cake stand is Gold shimmer brush without ink.

SO.
MUCH.
SHIMMER.

(My upline/mother-in-law has already stated several times that I'm to stash this one away for her birthday next year! "Ha!" is my response!)

Carefully cut around the cake and flower, attach to card as desired.

To make this project, I used my basic toolkit plus these materials. Click through or contact your consultant to purchase. Basic Toolkit: (Versamat, Trimmer, Scissors, Ruler, Adhesive Runner, Foam Dots, Stamping Starter Kit), White Card Value Pack, Lilac and White Daisy Cardstocks, LePen, S1906 June SoTM and Angel Policy Stampsets, 5" x 6" My Acrylix® Block, Pomegranate New England Ivy and Toffee Exclusive Inks, Bashful* Sugarplum Mint Clear and Gold Shimmer Brushes, Black StazOn™ Ink, and Stitched Rectangles Thin Cuts. *Retired/discounted/WSL items

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Sweet Girl CTMH Blog Hop

If you arrived here from Lauren, welcome! Read on and hop around for heaps of inspiration.

This month we are featuring the first paper packet from Seasonal Expressions 2: Sweet Girl. This combination of Peach, Ballerina, New England Ivy, Fern, Sapphire, Heather, Mink, Linen, and White Daisy? So flippin versatile! Check out these patterns!

C'mon, florals, woodgrain, checks/plaids, and dots? What's not to love?!

At our recent Australasia Convention in Brisbane, we had a creative session using the Sweet Girl collection plus coordinating stampsets. I used my leftover pieces to create these cards and layouts.

Everyone needs to hear this.

My grampa's nickname for my mom was ladybug. This one is headed her way.

Inside is "girl you got this".

Baby girls can get dinosaur cards too.

This yellow and purples aren't included in the featured colors of this packet. Guess what? They still work!

Hey girl!

This is one of the creative session layouts. I've embellished it how I liked.

This herringbone was such a fussybutt to get stuck down.

This is one of the layouts I made from the scraps after Convention.

This is the last one I made from the scraps. I've no idea what I'll use it for yet!

I pulled out heaps of thin cuts from my stash for this one! Get the details here.

To make these projects, I used my basic toolkit plus these materials. Click through or contact your consultant to purchase. Basic Toolkit: (Versamat, Trimmer, Scissors, Ruler, Adhesive Runner, Glue Pen, Stamping Starter Kit), White Card Value Pack, Sweet Girl Paper Packet Coordinating Cardstock and Complements, Kraft and White Daisy Cardstocks, Gold Glitter Gems, Sapphire Crochet Thread, Pink Enamel Gems*, Pink Sequins*, Pink Glitter Gems*, LePen, Make It from Your Heart™ Volume 3, Sweet Girl Cardmaking A Day for Mother* Something Fierce Cardmaking* Rise Strong* Happy to be Friends* New Year's Cheers* and Angel Policy Stampsets, Bashful* Blossom* Sugarplum Pomegranate Peach Canary Fern Sapphire Bluebird Carolina Eggplant Lilac Heather and Espresso Exclusive Ink, Celebrate* Stitched Flowers and Basic Circles Thin Cuts. *Retired/discounted/WSL items

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Classic Summer Bash SoTM Blog Hop

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This hop features our May Stamp of the Month: S1805 Classic Summer Bash. It's a set of 25, yes twenty five!, different images that are perfect for any crafting for your next backyard bash, party, drink recipe, or barbecue.

Isn't it adorable? I decided to make this bright and bubbly card. I really like having another mason jar stamp and decided to use it on some dot vellum to create a jar. The straw is actually a zipstrip from Postcard Perfect! I was about to stamp one then saw this scrap and used it instead. The dots on the vellum looked like bubbles so I reinforced that idea with some gold gems. A few thin cut letters and tracing later and voila! Its definitely bound to cheer someone up. ;)

Get your copy of Classic Summer Bash in my shop and get crafty. What will you come up with?

To make these projects, I used my basic toolkit plus these materials. Click through to purchase or contact your consultant. Basic Toolkit: (Versamat, Trimmer, Ruler, Adhesive Runner, Stamping Starter Kit, Blocks, Nonstick Microtip Scissors), Postcard Perfect Paper Packet and Coordinating Cardstock, Block Alphabet Thin Cuts, S1805 and Angel Policy Stampsets, Gold Glitter Gems, Archival Black Exclusive Ink, and Journaling Pen.

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