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Bookmark with dreamy watercolour background and gold embossed sentiment from the Lovely Is The Day Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

Water + Ink + Card = Inspiration

September 16, 2019 4 Comments

A little while ago I decided to try the ink smooshing technique. Essentially you press an ink pad onto a surface, spritz it with water and then press card onto it. I had a lot of fun with the technique and decided to try it again. This time though I wasn't completely happy with the results, the colours I chose made a really dark background. It wasn't bad, just not what I had in my head. And the rest, as they say, is history... INK SMOOSHING So the colours I had chosen were Rococo ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: Bookmarks, Techniques Tagged With: custom background, Detailed Trio Punch, heat emboss, ink smooshing technique, Lovely Is The Day, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

Striking card with kindness sentiment created using the Lovely Is The Day Stamp Set and coordinating Lovely Leaves Dies from Stampin' Up!

Lovely Is The Day

July 23, 2019 2 Comments

Lovely is today, well not weather-wise, it's actually grey and wet at the moment. But things will brighten up later when I get my first look at the 2019 Holiday Catalogue from Stampin' Up! While I wait I've been playing with the Lovely Is The Day Stamp Set and coordinating Lovely Leaves Dies. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND I began this project with the abstract background and a technique I don't use nearly enough, ink smooshing. To get this amazing effect I first pressed a Balmy Blue ink pad ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: Cards, Sentiment Cards (miscellaneous), Thank You Cards Tagged With: Blender Pen, ink smooshing technique, Lovely Is The Day, Lovely Leaves Dies, Stamparatus, vellum, Watercolor Pencils, watercolour

Celebrate you card with an inked background and a cute penguin from the Making Every Day Bright Stamp Set photobombing the scene.

Making Every Day Bright WWYS191

October 22, 2018 6 Comments

My daughter has just accepted a new job, and for my What Will You Stamp? challenge Design Team project I couldn't help making a card to congratulate her. This week's challenge is WWYS191 Making Every Day Bright and it's one of those stamp sets with lots of small images but no sentiments.  I love these kinds of stamp sets as they provide lots of different design options.  I decided to use the cute penguin image and it all evolved from there. THE BACKGROUND Before I could get to the ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: Cards, Sentiment Cards (miscellaneous) Tagged With: #wwys, animal, Celebrate You Thinlits, Christmas Bulb Builder Punch, heat emboss, ink smooshing technique, Making Every Day Bright

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