A Blog Called Wanda

Guest Designing with Sunny Studio Stamps! Tropical Pop Up Card!

Hi everyone! Happy Weekend! It was a busy and fun week. My husband was off work this week and we've been doing chores and hanging out...and we even went to Yosemite! Great way to kick off the Summer season in California! I posted a lot of pictures from our trip on my Instagram Stories if you want to check them out. You can find them in the highlights section. 

 

I'm very happy and excited to be the guest designer today on the Sunny Studio Blog! I'm always delighted to work with the beautiful and fun stamps and dies from Sunny Studio! They are some of the favs in my craft room for sure. For today's post I combined several tropical and Summer themed stamp sets and made a vacation scene in a pop up card! This one will have you reaching for a Mai Tai! This was my first time making a pop up card! I've had that die for a long time. Somehow, in my mind, I thought it would be hard. But it was SO easy and fun. I'm addicted! Now - Let's get tropical! 

 

 

This card was so much fun to make! I started by stamping and die cutting out a lot of pieces and parts! Palm trees, Birds, Flamingos, Swimming Cuties, Pineapples, and Leaves. Oh My! Then I had fun coloring everything with Copic Markers. I then added accents with a white gel pen...and then some shimmering glitter Diamond Stickles! Once I had all my images colored and ready, I decided to create a pop up card scene that is like a vacation when you open it! I die cut the pop up dies from Kraft cardstock. The pop up box is two pieces and you glue them together. Easy!

 

 

 

 

How cute is that parrot perched in his palm tree??? Love all these images!!

 

 

Once you make the pop up box, you can decorate all the panels on the outside too - so customizable and fun. I used a pretty sentiment on the front and then used a cluster of images to accent the sentiment.  

 

 

I used the awesome Catch A Wave dies set to die cut waves from teal cardstock. I added white gel pen accents to the waves too. I also die cut some puffy clouds for the back of the scene. I used the fabulous Summer Splash paper pad to add colorful paper accents to the project. (Secret: I have about 20 Sunny Studio paper packs in my studio!! LOVE.) I assembled everything together placing all the images inside the pop up. I used the extra images to decorate the sides of the pop up. Here is a photo of the box before I put in all the images. Those waves are the bomb!!

 

 

 

 

Some of my coloring in process....

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pop up card folds down to look like this! And then, it fits into a normal A2 envelope!!!! I made this card for my gal pal to send her congratulations on her recent retirement! I added some stamped words to the back and some clouds! 

 

 

Here is the card looking down into it. You see I attached all the images onto the waves and the dies for the pop up card box create the 3D effect! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sunny Studio stamp sets are all perfectly sized and scaled to mix and match, and that makes it so much fun to create with all your stamp sets. I loved combining everything for this card! I have so many more ideas for this release. Another winner for sure!! PLEASE pop over to the SUNNY STUDIO STAMPS BLOG and leave some love there too!!! You'll find tons of inspiration and beautiful projects!! 

 

Big thanks to Mendi for having me as a guest! 

 

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see my supply list for today! (Affiliate Links Used). I will see you back here real soon! XOXO

 

Pretty Pink Posh June Release Tropical Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! Welcome to my page and my stop on this awesome two day, blog hop extravaganza!! The blog hop is to celebrate the beautiful tropical themed new release from Pretty Pink Posh! Yipppeeee! It's been tough to keep this release a secret, that's for sure! But today, we're all sharing cards and projects to inspire you with the new release. It has everything perfect for summer! I made two colorful cards to share today. I hope you've got a mai tai ready and your flip flops on! 

Here is a photo of both of my cards together. Both are A2 sized white card bases. I used Copic Markers as my coloring medium for both cards as well. And lots of tropical colors. 

 

 

 

I'll walk you through some of the details on my cards and talk about how I made them. All the stamps and dies are from Pretty Pink Posh. My supply list is at the bottom of my post. These Monstera leaves are sooooo pretty and fun to color! I used four shades of green to get just the right vivid color. I added pink flowers and used the new rhinestones too. I made the clouds border by using the scalloped strip from the Stitched Borders 3 Die. (Hint, later I used it to make waves too!)

 

I stamped and die cut out all the pieces for my card and then went to town with my Copics! I had the best time choosing colors and just making it bright and fun! I colored her shirt with stripes by using copics in summer colors. So easy! Aqua is my uniform color to tie the project together. The 'sand' was made from kraft cardstock splattered with Distress Ink. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.

 

Now, the waves were made using the 'negative' piece of scalloped die that made the clouds! Super easy to use what you already have on hand. I die cut two shades of aqua to make the water. I splattered them with white ink to look like ocean spray! 

 

I used gems from the new Luau Mix to add some highlights to the card. I also used a white gel pen to add accents over my coloring. It's hard to see in the photo but I also added clear glaze to her sunglasses, the leaves and parts of the surfboards. 

 

Next up are these cutie patootie Toucans!! They make me smile!! So much fun to color them!! The cute Toucan stamp set comes with the beautiful branch for them to perch on. I stamped and die cut out a bunch of images and colored with Copics. 

 

I played around with a bunch of different card layouts for this one, but ultimately decided to do it this way. I stamped the sentiment directly onto the top layer in crisp black ink to offset all the color. 

 

Here's a little shot of how I colored the leaves, and which Copic Markers I used for them. 

 

These little guys say "SUMMER" for sure!

PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT! there are 4 $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two winners each day). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 6/17/2019. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog! Be sure to leave a comment on each blog for more chances to win! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoy this wonderful blog hop and the amazing new release from PPP! CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see my supply list for today! (Affiliate Links Used). Have a great day! XOXO

 

TODAY'S BLOG HOP LINEUP! 

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Jennifer McGuire

Adelle Emery

Angelica Conrad   

Gemma C.

Ardyth Percy- Robb  

Suzy Plantamura  

Elena Roussakis

Jeanne Jachna

Alix Davis

Melody Rupple

Nicky Meek

Wanda Guess

Fun with Waffle Flower! A Wanda & Lucky Card!

Hey everyone! Happy Monday! I hope you have an awesome week planned! It's going to be H O T here in Sacramento so my goal is to stay cool! We had a fun weekend. Saturday was World Wide Knit in Public Day so I went to the park with a bunch of crafty gals and we sat around all afternoon eating snacks and yarning! It was big fun. Then hubs and I had date night! YAY! Yesterday was for chores and crafting! You know I'm on a quest to use all my awesome stamps that haven't been inked yet. This weekend I used THREE new sets and combined them to make two super fun cards!! Can't wait to show you! Thanks for stopping by today to visit! 

My cards today feature Waffle Flower stamps and dies! Yippeeee! You know they are one of my favorite companies! I had the new sets: Go Girl, Be Her and Be Him in my new stamp bin. I thought - hmmmm - surely I can use these all together to create something fun. And, a silly and sweet idea came to me! I made a card featuring me and Lucky! LOL. The Go Girl stamp set makes the cutest paper doll like girls and the Be Her set is adorable animals (including a kitty cat!) I also used some supplies from Lawn Fawn and a beautiful new paper pad! Hurray for creativity!! 

First up is this card with me and Lucky on it!! It makes me smile! The finished card is 5" x 6" to accommodate the two Polaroid frames (I have no idea where that die is from - it was in a bin in my room). The card base is kraft cardstock and then layered with a piece of paper from the new Echo Park Paper Pad. The card will fit into an A7 envelope just fine. Sometimes you have to make your own card size! 

 

I stamped the neck/shoulders of the girl, and the cat and colored them with my Copic Markers. I die cut the little bow tie and the girls' shirt from the same floral patterned paper so they match. Then I die cut the hair and the glasses and pieced it all together. I used a touch of distress ink around the edge of the hair to give it a bit of depth. 

 

The Hello sentiment is also from a Waffle Flower stamp set. I cut it out by hand. 

 

I added one enamel dot to the center of the cat's bow tie. The frames are filled with light blue cardstock which was die cut with the Lawn Fawn Clouds Die Background. Gave a bit of interest instead of just having white paper behind their heads. I used one of my favorite Lawn Fawn alphabet sets to stamp our names onto little banners. EEP.

 

Here's a close up of the clouds background!

 

The name banners and the figures were all attached to the card with foam tape. I affixed everything together with lots of foam tape!!

 

 

 

 

 

Since I had everything out already, I decided to make a second card! This time I made the Go Girl lady into a queen! A crafting queen I think! I gave her a crown and a strand of classy pearls!! SO FUN!! I literally could sit for hours and play with this stamp set!! 

 

This finished card is A2 size. I layered red cardstock and then white cardstock. I die cut the beautiful rays and then also layered some beautiful green leaves. I'm not sure why - but that spoke to me! If you look closely you can see that I added a little floral detail to her shirt by using a stamp with Versamark ink.

 

I colored the center of the sunglasses with grey Copics. 

 

The sentiments in this stamp set are THE BEST!!

 

 

And so, my amazing friends, that's it for today! Wishing you a beautiful week, filled with fun and blessings. I'll be back on Wednesday for a fabulous blog hop for Pretty Pink Posh (CANNOT wait!) CLICK HERE or the graphic below for SUPPLY LINKS. (Affiliate Links Used). Take care! XOXO

Cupcake Cutie Card with Lawn Fawn!

Hi crafty people! I have a treat for you today! I cute little cupcake! How was your weekend? We had a good weekend here in Sactown. My husband has every other Friday off as his work schedule so we usually try to go do something on his 'off' Fridays. This time we went to the ocean - yay! OMG allergies have been so so so relentless this year here where I live. The only way to escape is to get away to the coast. It instantly makes us feel better and I love the ocean anyway! So it's a win/win. Also, on this trip, I found an amazing yarn shop right by the beach! We had a good day full of fog, salt air, and relaxing. The rest of the weekend we did house chores and got things done here. Yesterday I went into the studio super early -right after breakfast - with the intention to stamp all day. Well, I ended up organizing most of the day. You know how that goes....You start with one little box, and before you know it, you've ripped the whole place apart!! So I FINALLY made a card at about 5:00! Right before dinner! Ha. My room feels fresh and lighter today though, which is a good thing. 

For the card I made yesterday, I used my new stash from Lawn Fawn! Their last release is SO fun! I got almost all of it! I used the sweet new cupcake as my focal point, and some of my favorite colors too... Oh, and gingham! 

 

The finished card is A2 size with the fold at the top. I layered soft teal gingham paper as my only paper layer. Then I had fun die cutting all the pieces for the little cupcake! There are a bunch of faces too! LOVE. There is also a candle. CUTEST die set ever. I used the same gingham for the background layer and the cupcake bottom piece to tie the project together. One of my go-to color palettes is aqua/teal, pink and red. Never gets old!

 

The cute little sentiment is actually from a pet set! Ha! It was perfect for this card! I used the Reverse Scallop Circles to die cut out a frame for my cupcake and backed it with vellum to soften the color behind him.

 

The cupcake pieces and the word bubble are all attached to the card with foam tape. I love his wink!!! I finished off with a button and some twine from my stash. I felt like the bottom of the card needed a little texture and dimension.

 

 

Thanks for popping by today! I hope you have a delightful, happy and fun week ahead. XOXO Please click the graphic below for the supplies used in this card. (Affiliate Links Used). Take care until we craft again! 

Nostalgia and Good Vibes for Summer!

Hey everyone! I hope you're feeling groovy today! Because I have some groovy cards for you! Ha! These cards were inspired by my childhood, growing up in the 70's! Did you grow up watching Brady Bunch and Partridge Family? (original episodes)! Did you have feathered hair? Did you ride your bike everywhere? Did you drink your water intake from the hose outside? Then you will relate to these fun and funky projects. I grew up in California in the 70's. In middle school there was a definite "look" for us kids. We all wanted OP (Ocean Pacific) shirts and white Nikes with a red swoosh. It was the uniform of my school. Those OP shirts came in strange color combos, totally indicative of the time period. I remember them so well! And if I close my eyes I can smell Love's Baby Soft.... (CLICK HERE TO SEE SOME PICTURES)

Inspiration comes in funny ways to me... It might be a magazine ad, a flower, a color combo... In this case, I was inspired to make this card because of those OP shirts! A combination of dies I have purchased over the past few months were on my table together...and the idea popped in my head! I love to make cards using stamps and dies from all my supplies, mixing and matching products from different companies. I feel that this adds another level of creativity and makes our projects uniquely ours. The way we see things and combine things makes for great art. SUPPLY LIST HERE or at the bottom of the post!

Today's cards use only dies, no stamps. I like to do that too! I made one card in warm tones with a cream background, and one card in more vibrant tones with a bright white background. I also changed the orientation of the cards to show you how you can change things up! Grab your surfboard and let's look! 

 

Both of these cards are A2 size! One is white and the other is cream cardstock. One is horizontal and one is vertical. These cards were made with four different dies: The wave, the palm trees, the rainbow background, and the good vibes. I used my favorite AC Cardstock to mix and match colors until I got just the right combinations. I used lots of black accents to look like silhouettes against the rainbow. The Good Vibes die is so cool - it comes with two pieces so you can make a background layer. 

 

The Good Vibes sentiment is mounted to the card with foam tape. The Rainbow die covers the entire card front. 

 

I added a couple of enamel dots for just a bit of color on those black silhouette palm trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supply Links below - just click the graphic. (Affiliate Links Used) Thanks for coming by today! I hope you have a great day! Hang Ten groovy friends! See you soon! XOXO 

Guest Designing for WPlus9! Florals and Home Sweet Home!

Hi everyone! Nice to see you today. I hope you're enjoying the first weekend of Summer and that you had some time to regroup and recharge your batteries. My husband and I have been busy out enjoying the beautiful weather and taking photos... Yesterday we went to this amazing French Flea Market in Sonoma. WOW. I was blown away by this wonderful event. On Saturday I spent the entire day at my Local Stamp Store and took a wonderful Vintage Garden Book class. It's so nice to craft when someone else has lovingly prepared everything for you!! Friday we visited my favorite Barn Market and had time to enjoy a good conversation with the owner and her parents. We remarked last night how nice it's been to be away from electronics and to have face to face conversations. It's been a wonderful few days! I like these busy weekends where we just wander and explore.

 

I'm the guest designer over on the WPlus9 Design Blog today! I'm always thrilled when Dawn invites me to join her! She has inspired me for many years! I could sit and watch her watercolor videos for hours! CLICK HERE to visit the WPlus9 Blog! I'm using gorgeous new stamps and dies from the latest WPlus9 release today, and I have two cards to share. Every time the crew at WPlus9 launches a new release, I am inspired. Everything is always so unique and well thought out. I always want it all! And, usually one item in particular will catch my eye. This time it was the New Home Stamp Set. So pretty! Right away, I wanted to water color! 

 

 

 

My finished card is A2 sized and made from dark grey cardstock. All of the pieces were water colored with Mini Distress Inks! The stamp set has all the little pieces to make your own scene and I love that. I chose the doorway, the topiaries, the tiny door mat and the light. 

 

 

 

 

All of the pieces were stamped onto water color paper. The doorway was stamped in black ink and then colored with Distress Inks. The other pieces were stamped with Distress ink and then blended with a water brush. This is such a fun and easy technique! 

 

 

 

 

The stamp set includes a stamp that is two long skinny lines. You can use this stamp to make ship lap or siding for your house! It's genius! To make the 'house' part of this card, I stamped that long stamp in grey Distress Ink and then blended the lines with my water brush. 

 

 

 

 

All of the pieces were attached to the card using foam tape. The die cut hello is from the new Welcome Dies set. I die cut it from black cardstock.

 

 

 

 

I love that door mat! It's so cute!

 

 

 

 

In this close up photo you can see my no line water coloring on the pot and the topiary. To do this, simply stamp in Distress Ink and use a small water brush to move the color around! This stamp set has the perfect sentiments for a new home card, a neighbor card, or any other occasion! I have lots of ideas still for this set!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My next card is bright and cheerful. I made this card using the Welcome Wreath Stamp Set and the My Whole Life Stamp Set. The card base is A2 size and made from light blue cardstock. This is a trick I use a lot - making my own colored card bases. Just adds a bit of pop to your project! I used one of the beautiful wreath stamps to make my own graphic black and white background paper! I stamped the wreath several times onto a white cardstock panel. It makes a great foundation layer. 

 

 

 

 

I stamped the flowers and leaves onto white cardstock. I slightly offset the colored centers from the outlines of the stamps for a cool look. I cut the pieces out with scissors since I wanted the leaves and the flowers attached. (There are also matching dies). 

 

 

 

 

I layered the card base, then the stamped wreath layer, then a layer of vellum (I love vellum), before mounting the center focal layer. The top layer is bordered in black cardstock. I stamped the word 'friend' onto this piece and then glued the die cut thanks word above it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The flowers were attached to the card with foam tape. I added pretty pearls to the centers of the flowers for a nice accent. You could stamp the flowers in any color combination to get a different look! This is a good card layout to save. Any word die will work... I'm thinking it would look nice in warm colors with kraft cardstock too!

 

 

 

Big thank you to everyone at WPlus9 for inviting me to be a guest designer today! I'm honored to be here sharing with you! I had fun working with these beautiful stamps and dies. I hope I've inspired you to create something today. Take care! Click the graphic below to see my supplies (Affiliate Links Used). Please pop over to the WPlus9 Design Blog to share some love there too! Have a blessed day and a great week ahead. Thanks for coming by! XOXO

 

Hero Arts 45th Anniversary Blog Hop! Fun, Inspiration, and Prizes!

Hi creative and crafty friends! Happy Friday! Hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend ahead! I'm here today as part of the three day extravaganza blog hop with Hero Arts! Yes, three days of celebrating, in honor of the company's 45th Anniversary! Today is Day 3 and there is an amazing line up of bloggers to share with you. AND...TONS of prizes!! Be sure to visit the Hero Arts Blog for details on how to enter to win, and to see the cards/blogs from all three days. You don't want to miss anything! This is some party! Ha! I'm happy to be part of the fun. 

My card is an ode to my city - San Francisco! Hero Arts has very cool destination stamps, and I have them all! I made a retro/vintage feeling card in honor of the anniversary. I used the Sky's The Limit hot air balloon stamps and dies, the Postage Stamp Infinity Dies and the awesome Mail Jumble stamp. I tied the card together by using lots of Distress Inks and antiquing the papers. I added just a pop of red and blue for color. 

 

 

My finished card is an A2 card base in cream cardstock. I used some air mail paper from my stash to completely cover the front of the card. I inked the edges with Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks and a large sponge dauber. Then I added lots of layers, and created my own city, complete with a hill of houses, and the bridge!

 

This photo shows all the layers. I used cream cardstock for everything, instead of bright white. This, right away, gives a vintage feeling. The layer on top of the air mail paper is a cream paper stamped with the Mail Jumble background stamp. I stamped it in Antique Linen Distress Ink and then inked the edges. I set that aside. The next layer is the Postage Stamp Infinity Dies, in cream, again inked around the edges. 

I stamped the balloon and the city pieces in brown ink. I colored the balloon with Copic Markers. I used red and blue to match the paper. Simple and cool.

 

The city and the sentiment are from a Kelly Purkey Hero Arts Stamp Set! I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder onto red cardstock from the Hero Hues sampler pack. I die cut it with a banner die. 

 

To make my city scene, I stamped four of the stamp that has the rows of houses. I stamped them in brown ink onto cream cardstock. I cut them out by hand (the bridge too). Then I built the pieces into a hill. If you've ever been to San Francisco before, you know about the hills! (I used to drive a stick shift on those hills back in the day!) I really love how this turned out! I added one heart. Cuz, you know, I left my heart in San Francisco!

 

Here's a picture of that stamp set, so you can see the stamps and how it came together!

 

On the postage stamp die cut piece, I used the MFT Cloud Stencil and Antique Linen Ink to make some clouds! I added a few seagulls too!

 

 

 

A perfect red envelope, and this card is ready to send! 

Thank you so very much for coming by today! If you're new to my blog, welcome welcome! I hope you'll come back and visit me! To see the rest of the lineup for all three days, be sure to visit the Hero Arts Blog! And be sure to leave a comment below for a chance at one of the prizes.

PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES!!! There are some amazing prizes with this blog hop! Winners will be drawn from people who leave comments along the blog hop over the three days - comment all three days for more chances to win! Comment by Sunday, June 2 at 11:59pm PST, and they will announce the winners on the Hero Arts Blog the following week. Prizes include gift certificates to lots of our favorite companies! 

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Altenew Hibiscus Garden Card!

Hi friends! How are you? Happy Sunday! I hope you're enjoying a beautiful weekend! And, can you even believe it, next weekend is Memorial Day! How the heck did that happen!? I'm looking forward to taking an awesome vintage book class next Saturday at my LSS. Not sure what else we'll be up to. The past week was SO busy. I was coming and going all over the place and it was all good, and fun. I had some photo shoots, lots of meetups, work, fun with friends. YEAH! Not too much time crafting though! I have a really cool card to share today. I'm making a focused effort to use all the stamps and dies in my 'new stuff' basket in my studio. I'm going to go through it and make the projects that have been swirling around in my brain! This project today is one of them. I used the gorgeous Hibiscus Dies from Altenew and made a pretty, tropical card! Let's look! 

The finished card is an A2 white card base. I layered one more layer of white - which has distress ink blending on it (more on that later) and then lots of flowers and leaves. It's simple, yet not simple! My color medium for today is all Distress Inks. CLICK HERE for Supply Links!

 

Here's a close up of the hibiscus flowers. Each flower is five die cut items. So it's really easy to color and assemble to achieve gorgeous results. One flower has a coral/orange base, and one has a deep pink base color. LOVE. I also am obsessed with the leaves that come in this die set!

 

The sentiment is also from an Altenew Stamp and Die set! It cut out like a dream! It's soooo pretty there on the bottom of the card. I love the font. You can also see the leaves and flowers in this photo. I used clear glue to attach the hello word at the end of the assembly process. I glued only the bottom part to the card.

 

In this photo you can see that beautiful Monstera Leaf die cut. It's two pieces. OMG. Right???? And you can also see the yellow ink blended background. I wanted it to look like sunshine coming from behind the flowers and leaves, but I didn't want the color to be overwhelming. 

 

 

 

Here are the plain die cut pieces. I used Bristol cardstock since it is thicker so it holds up to lots of inking. The die cuts cut like a dream! Even those tiny leaf centers. I didn't use a shim or anything with these. Very nice quality.

 

The die cut set packaging comes with a color guide inside! Makes it super easy to line up your pieces and get good results.

 

LOTS of mini distress inks!!! 

 

Once the flowers were dry, I glued all the parts together using clear glue. Then I splattered them with Copic Opaque White ink from a paint brush.

 

To make the ink blended yellow background.... Use purple tape to affix your cardstock to your stamping mat. Line up the purple tape by using the grid on your mat! That way you get a perfect rectangle! SO easy.

 

I used Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress inks and blended darker to lighter from top to bottom. I also splashed ink splatters and white splatters onto this panel.

 

And here is the final result! Ready to go on my card.

 

 

 

I literally could make these flowers all day long!!! I only used one of the florals in the package!! There are so many dies in this set. YUUUMMMMM.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today! Next week I will be posting and participating in a giant blog hop to celebrate Hero Arts' 45th Anniversary. It's a three day extravaganza! Until then, take care and have a wonderful day! XOXO My supply list can be found by clicking the graphic below. Affiliate Links are used at no extra cost to you. I appreciate you using my links! 

Scrapbook.com May Stamp Release - Celebrate!

Hi there crafty friends! Happy weekend! I have two giveaways going right now! One is on my last blog post (for Picket Fence Studios) and one is on my Instagram (for Reverse Confetti)! Be sure to enter both! It was a busy week last week! So many fun things going on. I have a list in my journal of all the projects I want to make... And it has about 50 things on it! OMG. I have been really inspired lately, but haven't had enough time at my desk to stamp. So I write down jumbles of words and sketches and color combinations.... And I hope my brain remembers later what I was thinking! LOL. Thank you for the huge and fun response to my Instagram Takeover at Pretty Pink Posh on Monday. THAT WAS SUPER FUN! I'm trying to get better and more used to incorporating videos into my social media. I'm sort of shy in that regard, but I'm working on it. 

As you know, I'm a Brand Ambassador for Scrapbook.com, and specifically on their stamping design team. YAY! So today, I'm introducing you to the new stamp release for May! It's a lot of great sentiment stamp sets...and they're all on sale right now! The Scrapbook.com stamp sets are such nice quality. They stamp crisp and perfect right out of the package. And they are such a good price point. I definitely recommend them! I used all sentiment sets to make a graphic and colorful birthday card to share with you. I used bright colors and crisp white heat embossing. This birthday card would be perfect for a man or a woman of any age. I love to have lots of birthday cards on hand in the studio....

Scrapbook.com now sells Neenah White A2 VERTICAL notecards already scored! YES!! So I used one of those as my card base. I layered one more white layer and put about 1.25 inches of black and white striped paper on the left edge to form my card. Then I mixed and matched the sentiments and stamped them onto die cut banners. I sewed them all to the card on the left edge - really loose and funky.... Finally I added a few sequins and the make a wish stamp that comes in the birthday set. You could make this card in Fall colors or Primary colors. Really it would work with anything. It's a good card sketch to save!

 

I slipped in a few thinner vellum banners to add a bit of something something! They are tucked in behind the other banners and attached with foam tape. 

 

Here's a close up of the sewing and the sequins. These are my go-to favorite bright shades!

 

 

 

Here's a photo of some of the stamps in the new collection! I love that date set - I"m going to use that in my Bullet Journal and in my planner. It's the perfect size and a nice clean font! 

That's it for me today! I hope you have a beautiful weekend and that you're getting in some creative time too! XOXO

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Picket Fence Studios First Anniversary Celebration!!

UPDATED! MY GIVEAWAY WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED - SUZIE P!  Hi everyone!  Today, I am so excited to be part of the Picket Fence Studios First Anniversary Celebration! Woohooo! They have a month of celebrations, giveaways, and discounts lined up, and I am so honored to be one of the guests during this celebration. Today is my day to post a project, and do a giveaway! More information about a discount code and prize at the end of my post. I fell in love with Picket Fence Studios right from the beginning. The designs are fresh and unique and funny! All the things we want in new stamps, right? Over the past year I've gotten to know the owners and I even met up with them at the local Scrap Expo recently. They are the best. Good people, working really hard to make some magic happen. I'm very happy to support their business! (they are the company that makes the Life Changing Blender Brushes too!) If you've never checked out their company before, now is a good time! Let's get to it! I tried out a new technique that I'm anxious to share with you!

My finished card is a white A2 card base. I layered one small layer of white, and then boom! BLUE!

 

This card was made using the gorgeous Vitamin Sea stamp set and matching dies. I'm pretty sure this is the first stamp set I bought from Picket Fence. It's charming and beautiful.... I did lots and lots of distress ink blending on the top layer and then added white ink using a stencil to look like rays coming through the water... (I've seen this technique on Instagram by some of my favorite crafters and have been wanting to try it!)

 

That sweet smiling whale was colored using Copic Markers and then die cut using the matching die. I splattered some white paint on him too. The sentiment was heat embossed in white embossing powder onto a black banner die. After I blended the background (I'll talk more about that in a minute), I stamped the fish, the starfish and the bubbles using black and navy inks. This gives a bit more depth and shadow over that blue.

 

The whale and the word banner are attached to the card with foam tape. I added clear droplets as my finishing accent. 

 

Okay! Here's that blue background! You should have seen my hands when I was finished! LOL. I looked like a smurf! I had fuuuuuun making it though! I used both the Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tools and the gorgeous Life Changing Blender Brushes to get this ocean effect. I started with the lightest color in sort of a circular shape, and then blended darker colors out from that circle. I kept blending and blending until I got the right effect. 

 

I used the Picket Fence Studios Sunbeam stencil and white ink, with a small dauber, to create rays shining down into the water. To do this, make sure that your underlying (Blue) layer is totally dry first! Then just dab the white ink onto the stencil. Keep adding ink until you get the look you want! Easy! But so cool!!

 

 

 

I splattered white ink onto the blue panel once all the other inks were dry. Here's a close up of the fish, starfish and bubbles stamped onto the card.

 

 

I hope you'll give this underwater technique a try! Thank you so very much for stopping by today! Big thank you to Picket Fence Studios for inviting me to share in their celebration this month. Please head over and check out their website! Read the Discount and Prize information below! YAY! Happy 1st Anniversary to Picket Fence Studios!

DISCOUNT CODE!

To celebrate Picket Fence Studio’s One Year Anniversary, Nicole and Matt have GENEROUSLY provided a 20% off code for my blog readers! Simply use code PFS20 at checkout at the PFS store to take 20% off of your entire purchase from 5/9/19-5/12/19.

GIVEAWAY!

WOW! WOW! WOW! Picket Fence has also sponsored a giveaway! One of my lucky blog readers will win a ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR shopping spree over at the Picket Fence Studios Store! Yes! $100.00! How amazing! To be entered to win, please leave a comment on this blog post telling me your favorite new craft technique you've tried recently! I will draw a random winner on Monday May 12th. Please leave your comment before Midnight EST on Sunday May 11th. AMAZING! 

 

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