Friday, April 8, 2022

Miss Ink Stamps -Mixing It Up with Foil and Acrylic Paint


Welcome back!  Played with some more foil and acrylic paint this week!  I created this background using a piece of leftover foil.  I had created a foil base using the Circular Harlequin stencil and some transfer gel which left a great piece of negative foil.  I thought the background was perfect for a Mother' Day Card with the Climbing Roses stamp set!


I grabbed a gel print I'd made recently and ran it through with the sheet and got a really cool effect.  I learned a couple things and an important one was the age of your gel print has a lot to do with the amount of foil that will transfer to your piece.  Originally I put one through that was 6 months old and a little transferred leaving some pretty sparkle.  Then I used this one that was just a couple weeks old and got more of a transfer.  Tested the theory a few times and it seems to work.  But it's ok because I've got more ideas that I'm gonna play around with and I'll let you know!


In the meantime here's a quick video showing the difference between this one and the old one!  I'll be using the other panel in the near future on another project so stay tuned for that!


Thank you so much for stopping!  Hope you'll come again soon!

 

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Thermoweb and Trinity Stamps!


I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog!


You know I've been playing with foil this month so I couldn't help but throw in one of these great Thermoweb Toner Card Fronts!


Hope you'll hop on over for links and details!


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

 

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Namas'cray - Rubbernecker Stamps


There's a new release over at Rubbernecker Stamps!  These adorable Yoga Cats are one of my favorite sets!!  There are a bunch of fun sentiments and cute kitty cats in yoga poses.


I created the background using some fun dies from the shop and created the sun burst background with a gel print background!


And that sentiment...lol!  Love it!


Thanks so much for stopping!  Hope you enjoyed it and you can check out more release inspiration over on Instagram!  You're gonna love this month's release!




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

Monday, April 4, 2022

CASual Fridays Stamps - Foiled Flowery Background


I'm up on the blog over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps with a quick video showing how I'm playing with Deco Foil and Acrylic Paints!


I created this background along with a second that I'll be using for my next CAS Fridays projects.

Hop on over there for links and details and to watch the video!  It won't take long, I promise!



 

A Jillian Vance Design - Life Is Not A Journey To The Grave


I'm up on the blog today over at A Jillian Vance Design!  I'm using the Live To Ride stamp set again and one of my favorite sentiments.


Hope you'll hop on over there and join me for links and details!

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

 

Friday, April 1, 2022

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #4 - Coffee and Rainbows With Thermoweb!


Welcome back!  Happy April!  It's a new month and a new challenge over at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  This month Thermoweb is our sponsor!  Play along with us for a chance to win a $30 gift code to Thermoweb!

The challenge is Rainbows (and Coffee of course!)  Just create a Christmas card that includes Coffee and some Rainbow!  Here's how I was inspired:


Did you know that Thermoweb has Toner Card Fronts??  I foiled one of the super cute rainbow card fronts and die cut the coffee cup from it.  I decided to use a green sparkly Deco Foil for my Christmas Card.   Did you also know that if you like to use acrylic paint with your gel press to make backgrounds, you can also foil those by layering foil and running it through your Minc or laminator.  I die cut my poinsettias from a foiled gel print.  The coverage isn't complete, so you want to use it when you don't care that you get a solid transfer and these flowers were perfect for that!  I used a red gel print along with the red foil.  I created a green panel as well and cut one set of poinsettias from that.  These are my favorite poinsettia dies from Rubbernecker Stamps but used the poinsettia centers from these also very lovely poinsettia dies from A Jillian Vance Design cause I think they're cool.  I'll be playing with foil on gel prints this month quite a bit so be sure to stop by!  And if you would like to see these in full sparkle, I have a video below!


I finished this one off with the Jolly word die from Lil' Inker (still miss them) and my all time favorite steam from A Jillian Vance Design!



That's me for today!  Be sure to head on over to the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Blog and see what everyone else has created too!  I can't wait to see what you create!  And huge thanks to Thermoweb for being our sponsor this month!




 

Miss Ink Stamps - Let's Hang Out


I've got some more Jungle Friends for you today!  I created this background with my gel press and the On The Vine Stencil.


The images are from the Jungle Friends and Go Bananas stamp sets.


I'm loving this entire Jungle release and having lots of fun creating with it!


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