Hello Bluebird / Otterly Great Birthday

Hello!  The Hello Bluebird July Release is now available!  
I am sharing two projects with some of this release.  

My first card uses the new Otter Friends stamp set and dies.  I kept my scene super simple but cute!

I created the water for my otter to swim in by watercoloring various colors of Distress Inks direct to wet watercolor paper and allowed it to dry.  I used the Grassy Knoll dies (the clouds) to create my "waves".  I taped all my waves back together on the backside and trimmed them down on the sides.  I added foam adhesive to the back and adhered to a white top folding card.

My otter and groupings of cattails were Copic colored and die cut.  They were tucked in behind the waves at the shoreline and my otter was tucked between the waves and holds a present!  A simple black sentiment strip was added at the bottom to ground my scene.

My second card uses the new Gallery Frame Die #2.  I love creating cards with just die cuts!  

I wanted to keep the focus on the flowers in this set so I kept the frame all white.

I grouped my leaves in a wreath fashion and added the adorable little flowers.  

To the bottom of the Gallery Frame Die, I added a layered black die cut 'thanks'.  

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

SugarPea Designs / Dreams

Hello!  I am sharing one of my favorite techniques and really the first technique I learned when I started stamping........Emboss Resist.

The main image from Dare to Dream from SugarPea Designs is this lovely dream catcher.  I white heat embossed the image several times on to Bristol Smooth watercolor paper.  I use this paper when I want to blend the colors seamlessly.  The colors truly blend like magic.  I've used Picked  Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, and Seedless Preserves Distress Inks.  Once the colors were blended well, I wiped a dry paper towel over the top to bring out the white embossing.  

My sentiment was done using the Dreams SugarCut out of gold glitter paper and one of the smaller supporting sentiments from Dare to Dream embossed in gold embossing powder on to a white strip of cardstock.  To finish, I added some coordinating gems.

My Favorite Things / Wednesday Sketch Challenge #394

 

Hello!  I am excited to be back this week as the Guest Designer for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge!  

The new Die-namics Gift Shaker and Frame was perfect to use for this week's sketch.  It offered a place to shake things up!  I added some white toppings from Queen & Co. to the windows.  To embellish my window, I added a stamped/die cut Martini glass and olive from Martini Time.  This sentiment is perfect for who I'm sending this card to!  Sentiment is from the new Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings.  My panel was layered over black/white striped paper from the Black & White Basics 6x6 paper pad.

I hope you'll play along with us this week! Simply link up your creations HERE for a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to spend at the My Favorite Things store. 

Thanks so much for sharing a part of your day with me!

Avery Elle / Indigo

Hello!  One of my favorite things to do is stamp my own backgrounds.  The Indigo set from Avery Elle is a fantastic set to do this!  (especially if you like to do stripes like me!)

I kept with the Indigo look and went with colors of blue for my background.  It was stamped using dye inks using my Misti and just shifting my panel down to stamp each line evenly spaced.  I added this panel to a coordinating navy cardstock.  My die cut sentiment is from the Oval Burst Elle-ments and was layered over a Double Pierced Circles Elle-ments.




Supplies:
Indigo
Oval Burst Elle-ments
Double Pierced Circles Elle-ments

My Favorite Things / MFT & Friends

Hello!  I am joining My Favorite Things as a friend in their MFT & Friends series.  It gives more opportunity to share more inspiration using the newest release from MFT.  Make sure to check out the MFT & Friends blog post HERE for all the details and inspiration from other friends and the MFT Design Team!

I never have enough BIRTHDAY cards on hand.  What about you?  This release has so many products to use to help celebrate that special birthday.  

I LOVE the Happy Birthday Block Die-namics for a bold message.  This die has SO many ways it can be used whether it's layered over watercolor, inlay, negative use, letters alone, etc.  The list goes on!  I've used the negative over some rainbow striped pattern paper from Party Patterns 6x6 Paper Pad.  This gives such a bold look with both the black and the rainbow underneath.  To finish, I added 2 sentiment stripes stamped from the Yay for You stamp set with foam adhesive.

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

Queen & Co. / Circle Shakers

Hello!  Queen & Co. has some amazing shaker kits.  I am sharing some CIRCLE shakers that literally can be used for so many things. The circle dies that are included in this kit have that cute stitching around the edges!

I created a simple birthday card using the shaker as the focal element.  My circle shaker was made using black cardstock and added to a white notecard layered with pattern paper from Flirty Florals.  My shaker was filled with Iridescent Bubbles Toppings.

 

To my shaker focal point, I added some die cut flowers using dies from the Shaped Flowers Shaker Kit die cut from the Delightful Dots Paper Pad.  The flower centers are black Rubber Bubbles.  The sentiment was white heat embossed onto a black banner.

Supplies:

Shaped Circle Shaker Kit

Shaped Flowers Shaker Kit

Flirty Florals Paper Pad

Iridescent Bubbles Toppings

Rubber Bubbles

Delightful Dots Paper Pad

My second card again uses the circle shaker dies to make a shaker but this time more as a supporting element to my jar die. To a white panel, flowers from the Love Jar Kit were white heat embossed and using emboss resist, I painted loosely over the top with watered down Broken China Distress Ink.  

My circle shaker element was created by adding in some of the Confetti Toppings along with some clear Pastel Diamonds.  To finish, an assembled Love Jar was added along with a fun sentiment banner.

Supplies:

Love Jar Kit

Shaped Circle Shaker Kit

Confetti Toppings

Technique Tuesday / Berry Basket

Hello Monday!  I have a quick card to share that screams SUMMER!  It uses the Berry Basket Dies from Technique Tuesday.

I created my Berry Basket using some aqua colored cardstock.  To achieve the shadow effect on the back part of the basket, I blended Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over the bottom and then layered the top (or front) part of the basket.  I added all the die cut strawberries into the basket and a white heat embossed sentiment banner done in black.  My basket was layered over yellow gingham paper done at an angle.  A yellow strip of cardstock over the seam and some yellow enamel dots finish this off!

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!