Lawn Fawn - Christmas Dreams

Hi everyone!!!! It's Christine here and I'm up on the blog today with a fun little Christmas scene using some adorable stamps from Lawn Fawn. Here's my card:

To create my card, I first cut out a piece of Canson XL watercolor paper and then lightly inked it with some Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink.  I then lightly spritzed the panel with some water.  Next, I stamped my images from the adorable Christmas Dreams Stamp Set from Lawn Fawn.  I stamped them onto some Canson XL watercolor paper and then painted them in with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a Detailer Water Brush.  I then cut the images out using the Coordinating Christmas Dreams Lawn Cuts Dies and then adhered them to my distressed panel.  I then adhered the entire panel to a standard A2 sized card base.  For a finishing touch, I added some Iridescent Crystals from Studio Katia.  I also added some glitter to some of the stamped images using my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen.  What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by!

Video Tutorial: Watercolor Large Peony Stamp from The Ton with Zig Markers

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a wonderful week.  I have a new video tutorial to share with you today showing how I colored this gorgeous peony flower from The Ton Stamps with my Zig markers.  I also show how I created the distress inked background.  Here's the video:



I first embossed the flower and leaves onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Wow Metallic Gold Sparkle embossing powder.  I then used Pink, Light Pink, and Olive Green Zig Markers and a water brush to color the flower and leaves.  I then used the coordinating dies to cut the flower and leaves out.  To create the distress background, I used Spun Sugar distress ink and Work Lipstick distress oxide ink and some gold flecks of paint from the Starry Colors Gansai Tambi pearl paint set.  Here are some pictures:

I hope you enjoy the card and the video.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by.  I'll see you in the next video. 


Hugs, Christine

Creating a fun scene with stencils and Simon Says Stamp products

Hi everyone!  I hope you are all having a wonderful day and for my friends in the US, I hope you are having a great start to your Memorial Day weekend!  I have a fun video and card to share with you today using an adorable stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and some other products to create a fun scene on my card.  Here's my video tutorial:

And here are some pictures:

I used my Lawn Fawn Simple Grassy Hillside dies to create the grass. I then used the new Cloud Stencil from My Favorite Things to create the cloud background (I used Broken China Distress Oxide ink). I then stamped all the images from the adorable Some Bunny Special stamp set from Simon Says Stamp with Black Dye ink from Hero Arts. I then colored all of the images using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a water brush. I used Gray Brown and Peach Pink for the bunny, and brown for the pot he's standing on and Light Green for the grass. I used Gray, Wine Red, and Dark Oatmeal for the mailbox. I used pink, yellow, and light green for the pink flowers and light blue, yellow, and light green for the blue flower. I used orange and light green for the carrots. I also heat embossed my sentiment (also from the same stamp set) with white embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp. Finally, I added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh (the friendship mix). What do you think? Well, that's it from me today. Thank you all so much as always for stopping by! Big hugs!

Video Tutorial: How to Create a Layer Scene Card with Mama Elephant Stamps and Distress Inks

Hi everyone and Happy Monday!  I hope your week is off to a wonderful start!  I'm super excited to share my card with you today.  I just recently got some stamps from the brand new Mama Elephant stamp release and I just had to play with this new set called Summer Days.  This set was SO much fun to play with.  I couldn't stop coloring the little critters (and as you'll see in my video, I have a ton that I already colored for future cards :) ).  Here's a link to my video tutorial:  


And here are some pictures of my card.

I colored all the images with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers (any time I use Zigs or do any ink blending, I use Bristol Smooth cardstock, so all white cardstock in this card is Bristol Smooth).  I used Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, and Walnut Stain distress inks for the sand dunes.  I used Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide inks for the ocean.  I used Salty Ocean distress ink for the sky and Mustard Scene for the sun (which I made using my Radiating Rays stencil from My Favorite Things).  I used stitched hillside border dies from Lawn Fawn for the sand dunes and Ocean Waves die-namics dies from My Favorite Things for the waves.  I used the Cloud 9 die-namics dies from My Favorite Things for the clouds.  I coated just about everything with my Wink of Stella Glitter Pen so it all has a really pretty shine.  The sentiment is from another Mama Elephant stamp set called Organic Blooms.


I hope you enjoyed my video tutorial and my card for today.  I had so much fun putting this scene together.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow with another card and video! :)

Video Tutorial: Notecard Set Using Simon Says Stamp's Funny Food Stamp Set and Distress Oxide Inks

Hi everyone!  I have a super fun set of notecards to share with you today using these super adorable images from Simon Says Stamp.  This stamp set is called Funny Food Stamp Set and it's so adorable.  I created a video tutorial for you.  I'm so sorry, I'm trying to figure out why YouTube is splitting my vidoes into two parts, but for now, I'm just going to go with it :)  Here's Part One:







And Part Two:



Now for some pictures :)

Now for some close ups:

This is the card I created on camera for you guys.  It uses Cracked Pistachio and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide inks and the image was colored with Zig Markers. 

This one uses Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, and Worn Lipstick distress inks and the images were colored with Zig Markers.  I added Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

This one uses Vintage Photo and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Inks.  The image was colored with Zig Markers.  I added some jelly and coated it with Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

For this card, I used Fossilized Amber and Worn Lipstick distress inks.  The adorable pizza was colored with Zig markers.

For the cute fry guy, I used Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber distress oxide inks and colored him with Zig Markers.  Other supplies used are Neenah Dessert Storm cardstock, Early Espresso cardstock from Stampin' Up!, design paper from Stampin' Up, Versamark ink, Chocolate Chip ink from Stampin' Up, and clear embossing powder.  All images were stamped on Bristol Smooth cardstock and then were cut out using the coordinating dies from Simon Says Stamp.


Whew, well that's it from me today.  I hope you enjoyed these notecards.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by. 


Huge Hugs,


Christine

Video: 12 Cards, One Kit - Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit May, 2017

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday!  I have a very picture heavy post for you today.  I had so much fun working with the mermaid images and coordinating dies from this month's My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts.  These kits are always amazing in my opinion and definitely the best bang for your buck.  This kit has got to be my favorite ever! :)  I had so much fun coloring all the mermaids and creating all the fun backgrounds.  As you can see from my card samples, I created several backgrounds using the Jennifer McGuire inspired magic stencil technique using the wavy stencil that came in the kit.  I then created different cards using these backgrounds.  I also created a video for you today showing you how I did some stencil work with the Hero Arts inks that came in the kit.  I also show you all the cards I made on the video as well.  Unfortunately, for some weird reason, YouTube split my video into two parts so here they are:

And now for the pictures. 

For these cards, I just had to create some shaker cards.  The kit came with lots of acetate and some gorgeous sequins so I immediately went to work to create some shaker cards. I used the Reef Border and Frame Fancy Dies and used the window of the die for my shaker.  For two of the shaker cards, I created my background using Distress Oxide inks in Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio, and Wilted Violet and then used the magic stencil technique.  I colored all images for all cards using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Watercolor Markers and a water brush.  I also coated all of my images with my Wink of Stella glitter pen.  I also cut everything out using the coordinating dies that came in the kit.   The sequins I used came from the kit.  For the sentiments (For these and all cards) I either used sentiments that came with the stamp set in the kit, or the add on sentiment set Mermazing Messages.

For my next set of cards, I used the Reef Border and Frame Fancy Dies and then placed some specialty paper that came in the kit.  These papers are so gorgeous, it was actually really hard to cut into them, but so worth it, I love how these came out. 

For my next set of cards, I used the Hero Arts Shell Confetti Fancy Die to create my backgrounds.  For two of the cards, I created my backgrounds first using the magic stencil technique and my distress oxide inks.  I also saved all the "confetti" that came out and you'll see some of the shapes sprinkled on some of my cards.  You could also use these little bits to put in shaker cards.  The third card I kept white on white and just added a strip of a background I created with the magic stencil technique. 

Here are two more, one using another magic stencil technique, the other was the sample I crated for the card I did on video.

Finally, here is the card that I showed how to create on camera in my video.  To do the stenciling, I simply taped the stencil down on top of my Bristol Smooth cardstock panel with some post it note tape, and then used an ink blending tool and the three Hero Arts inks that came in the kit.  I then removed the stencil and continued to create the card.  I think this one is actually one of my favorites, I'm really happy with how it turned out :) 


Here's my video (again I'm so sorry, for some reason YouTube split it into two parts so I'll link Part One and Part Two for you):
Part One:



Part Two:


Well, that's it from me today.  If you made it this far, thanks so much for staying with me :)  I just had so much fun with this kit and I was excited to share these fun cards with you.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow with another post and video :)

Video Tutorial: Creating a Scene with Your Next Stamp and Distress Oxide Inks

Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday!  I'm a bit behind posting this week due to an awful sinus infection, but I'm finally starting to feel better :)  It has been my honor to guest design for Your Next Stamp this month.  I have loved this month's release and I have another card and video to share today.  Here's today's card:

For my card today, I used this adorable image from the Got mud? stamp set from Your Next Stamp.  I stamped the image with Hero Arts Black Dye ink and then colored the image with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  I used Red, Gray, Blue Gray, and Peacock Blue as well as a water brush.  I then cut the image out free hand with my scissors (although there are some adorable coordinating dies available HERE).  I created my sky background using Distress Oxide inks and a blending tool and some water.  I used two colors of inks, Faded Jeans and Broken China.  I then spritzed some water and dabbed it with a paper towel to create the distress look.  I created my scene using some dies from Lawn Fawn.  I stamped the sentiment, also from the Got mud? stamp set from Your Next Stamp, and then embossed it with clear embossing powder to give it some shine against the background.  I then added some of the new Frosted Fun Gumdrops for a finishing touch.  Here's my video tutorial showing how I created this card:


Well, that's it from me today.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by.  Make sure to  leave me a comment here by Saturday, May 20 at 9pm EST and I will pick a winner of this fabulous brand new Got Mud? stamp set!!!!  Hugs!

Shaker Card Samples and Video Tutorial using Hero Arts stamp set and Distress Oxide Inks

Hi everyone and Happy Monday!  I hope your week is off to a great start.  I decided to try my hand at creating some cute shaker cards using this gorgeous new stamp set from Hero Arts called You're So Fabulous (you can purchase this set HERE at Simon Says Stamp) and a distress oxide ink background technique.  I have also prepared a video tutorial to show how I created the distress oxide ink background and the shaker card.  I have a couple samples to show as well as a simple, non-shaker card sample so you can see a simple way you could put a card together using this set.  Here are my cards:

For my first I created a fully loaded fun shaker card :)  I first created my background using Work Lipstick and Broken China Distress Oxide inks.  I then spritzed some water and let it dry.  Then I stamped the image onto the background. I then created my shaker card using acetate and scalloped and stitched rectangle dies from Lawn Fawn.  I added sequins (from Craft Medley. . . I got mine on Amazon) and then I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.  I added some silver metallic thread behind the sentiment.  I then glued some sequins to the outside of the acetate and also added some pink, blue, and silver nuvo drops to the card. 

I did the same technique as described above on this card except I used Broken China and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks.  I created a video tutorial on how I created this card.  You can see the video here:



Finally, I wanted to show a simple card that could easily be reproduced so you had another idea of a project you could make using this stamp set.  You could recreate this card in different colors and create a super cute notecard set for a friend. 

That's it from me today.  Thank you so much as always for stopping by and I'll be back tomorrow with another project :)