Eaten By Sharks!

I've got this one on the Rubbernecker Blog and I'm sharing my process for creating that heat embossed background.  We're sharing lots of background stamp inspiration over there this month!

I've had this one rolling around in my head for a while... I love this cutie pie shark image and the sentiment is perfect for it!

The stamp stamps the entire image including the colored in parts... so I chose to stamp it in a blue and then gray over the top for that blue-grey shark color and then added some dimension using colored pencils.

I had stamped and embossed two panels using that cool Wavy Lines background stamp trying to decide which color to use, but I decided to use both!  I cut waves from the lighter color and then added some of the same embossing powder to the waves!

You'll find more details over at the Rubbernecker Blog if you'd like them!

Thanks so much for stopping and I hope you'll come again soon!

 I've included links below to all of the Rubbernecker products I've used for this one!  Should you decide to purchase using these links, I will receive a small compensation at no additional cost to you.  And thank you!

A Jillian Vance Design - Grande Words and a Gel Print Background!

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with another card set made using the Beautiful Butterfly die and a Gel Print along with some other cool stuff from the shop!  Hope you'll hop over there and visit for links and details!

Thanks so much for stopping and come again soon!

 

Miss Ink Stamps - Happily Ever After

Welcome back!  I'm playing with the new Climbing Roses stamp set along with one of the fabulous frame stencils, Ins & Outs: Quaterfoil today and I've created this card for a wedding this month!

The Ins & Outs group of stencils in the shop are fabulous for creating a beautiful masked ink blended spotlight for any of your stamp sets!  Bunches of shapes and two piece sets that make it so easy to make a different colored frame and/or add some glitter paste like I did without seeping into your center piece.

Cool thing is there are lines on the stencil to help you center your stencil directly over an A2 card (if that's where you want it!).  And those roses???  I used some unexpected colors today.  It was meant to be a little more rainbowy, but my pink is maybe a little too purple to make it so, but I love these colors anyway, and they are perfect for the bride and groom that I'll be sending this one too!

I'll be sharing another one of these Ins & Outs stencils on the blog next week so hopefully you can see how easy they are to use.

And for those who want it:

My colors!

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Joy Clair Release - You Are Amazing!

Hello! I'm guesting with Joy Clair Designs in May and today I'm sharing this one using some new digital stamps from the Joy Clair shop!  These images are from the new Funny Times set.  

Of course I foiled these!  I printed, cut and colored them first and then foiled them in Gold Sequins Decofoil.  I created the cloudy background with a cloud diecut and some Distress Oxides and then popped the balloons up over it.  I had printed one smaller than the other to give the illusion that it was further away.

I diecut the sentiment, also from Funny Times, with a banner die and popped that up over the top.

That's it!  The benefits of digis if you've never used them before?  You can print them in any size, you can get them immediately, you can flip them and of course, if you have a laser printer, they can be foiled using a Minc or laminator.

These are the colors I used!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you enjoyed it!  Come again soon!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play-Om Nom Nom

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog with a new challenge and last month's winner!

I had a lot of fun with this one and hope you'll join me over there for links and details and maybe even to play along!

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CAS-ual Fridays Stamps - Some Bubbly

I'm up on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog today with this one.  Hop on over there for links and details!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

A Jillian Vance Design - Gel Print Die Cuts

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this one using some more new and old stuff together along with some Gel Print panels.  Hope you'll join me over there for links and details!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!