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Hi there! Today, I have the pleasure of taking part in the Altenew July 2019 Release Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Nathalie DeSousa‘s blog, and your next stop is Mindy Eggen‘s blog. You can also start at the Altenew Card Blog for the full list of hoppers! This month’s release has (amongst the multitude of fabulous products) some beautiful florals (of course) and some fun, edgy geometric sets, as well as a handy and utterly useful new tool that you’ll definitely want to keep on your desk all the time! I have two projects for you today, so let’s get started with the details!

I have two projects today sharing a cool purple and blue color scheme. I decided that my color of choice is, quite obviously, pink, so I thought that I’d switch it up a bit this time with some cool lavender and delphinium blue. I used the beautiful new Pen Sketched Flowers stamps (the dies are unfortunately delayed until 8/8/19), as well as the gorgeous new Crystal Frames and matching frame dies. Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

For my first project, I wanted to use the beautiful new Pen Sketched Flowers. These flowers are massive, and they’re just detailed enough that you can go super intense with your coloring and shading, as I’ve done, or you can do something a bit more subtle if coloring isn’t really your thing. I began by stamping the images from Pen Sketched Flowers on some white, Copic-friendly card stock, then coloring them in a pretty lavender, blue, and mint color scheme. I then fussy cut (insert the scrunched face emoji here… so much fussy cutting) all of the flowers.

After I’d finished coloring and cutting all of the flowers, I trimmed a panel of 4.5×8″ card stock and, laying my card base on the new Silicone Craft Mat, blended first Ultraviolet ink with a touch of Azurite ink on the corner using blending brushes. (I love that new mat… ink blending clean up was an absolute breeze, and I didn’t need to waste any computer paper!) I then arranged the florals in a long cascade flowing down the card front and adhered them using foam tape.

For the greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from the new Crystal Frames stamp set onto a rectangle of white card stock using black embossing powder. I added it in the bottom corner of the card front using more foam tape. The final touch was to add a few sparkling gems!

For my second project, I used the same color scheme, this time focusing on some layered stamping paired with the beautiful Geometric Frames dies. I began by stamping a variety of blooms from the Flower Arrangement stamp set using the Enchanted Garden ink set for the large blooms, the Lapis ink set for the smaller blooms, and the Sea Shore ink set for the foliage. I die cut the blooms using the coordinating dies and set them aside.

Next, I die cut one of the Geometric Frames dies three times from some deep purple card stock and adhered them together for a dimensional die cut. I arranged my flowers on the corner of the dimensional die cut frame, then used that to determine the placement of my sentiment from Crystal Frames. The final touch was some more sparkling jewels!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. Now for some fun giveaway information!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 7/16/2019 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 7/16/2019. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!

Your next stop is Mindy Eggen‘s blog. Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

Hi there! Today’s the day…. the newest Essentials By Ellen release is available from Ellen Hutson! There are some seriously darling sets in this release…. from scooters, to lemons, to topknots… there’s a little something for everyone! I have two projects to share with you today (and a few more that I’m saving for later!), so let’s get started with the details!

The new Good Times stamps and dies are so freakin adorable. Scooters are super trendy right now (who doesn’t want to have a scooter to just putter around town on?), and these stamps are a lovely, substantial size. Super easy for making a fun scene on your card front! I paired the super cute stamps with a pastel ice cream shop color scheme. I stamped several of the elements of the Good Times stamps using Intense Black ink, then colored them with a variety of pale Copic markers.

I die cut a little hillside road from some aqua card stock using the new Landscapes dies (those dies are going to be SO useful for so many projects!), as well as a stitched hexagon die from the Welcome die set from Wplus9. I stamped and heat embossed a greeting from Good Times on the white hexagon. I then used a Picket Fence Studios blender brush to blend some pretty pale lavender around the edge of the hexagon. I also stamped a very subtle, pale gray background using the Wplus9 Wood Planks stamps

I mounted my wood grain panel on an A2 panel of pale pink card stock, then mounted all of the die cuts with foam adhesive. The final touch was to add some Caribbean Blue sparkles!

For my second project today, I wanted to use the new Voices In My Head to create a super clean and graphic project! I started by stamping the topknot image using Intense Black ink, then used my blender brushes to blend some color on her hair and a bit of blush on her cheeks! I then stamped another topknot girl on some masking paper, trimmed it, and adhered it over the top of the blended version. I also added some masking tape around the edge of the white A2 panel, then stamped The Stamp Market’s Confetti background stamp and removed the mask and the masking tape around the edge of the panel.

Once the masks had been removed, I used my T-square to draw a frame around the edge of the masked polka dots. I die cut a speech bubble from the new Speech Bubbles dies and added a sentiment from Voices In My Head. I adhered the die cut to the card front using foam tape for some added dimension.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I hope you’ll check out the newest release from Ellen Hutson…. so very many cute sets to choose from! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

Good morning! It’s the last Monday of the month, so that means it’s time for another Man Card Monday! This time, I’m using some of the adorable new stamps from the 2019 Hero Arts catalog to create a card fit for little man (or maybe even a big man!). I used the new Fly High Animals and some sponge daubing to create a little sky scene fit for a little guy! Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping and clear embossing the plane and its little puppy pilot from Fly High Animals onto some watercolor paper, then using my Daniel Smith paints to watercolor the little guy and his pilot. I also embossed a greeting from the Fly High Animals onto some vellum with white embossing powder.

For the background, I used some Scrapbook.com sponge daubers and Unicorn White pigment ink to add some clouds to a panel of Periwinkle card stock. I also used some White Watercolor to do some artistic splattering just to add a bit more texture to the card front.

I trimmed a bit off of the bottom of the blue panel to allow some of the white card base to show through, then added the plane and sentiment using foam adhesive to add extra dimension.

Well, that’s all for this month’s Man Card Monday! Thanks so much for dropping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Good morning! I have a quick post for you today using some of the new items from the newest Hero Arts catalog! The catalog is filled with some beautiful new springy products that are perfect for creating simple, elegant projects. Let’s get started with the details for my project today!

I began by die cutting the new Monarch Butterfly Fancy Die from some Hero Arts vellum. This vellum is a nice, heavy weight card stock, and it die cuts like a dream, especially with super intricate dies.

Next, I blended a bit of Stone Wash ink on some of the new Periwinkle card stock from the newest Hero Arts catalog. The new card stocks are gorgeous and such a luxurious weight. After lightly blending the Stone Wash ink in the center of the card front using the Picket Fence Studios blender brushes, I added a few spritzes of Hero Arts Shimmer Spray.

I added a sentiment on a strip of white card stock with silver embossing powder, then placed my butterfly in the center of my card front with tiny dabs of adhesive in the center to be covered by the white card stock strip, popped up with foam adhesive.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I am waiting for spring to arrive… but also don’t mind these last cool days of winter. My favorite days are those that you just need a sweater and some cute flats. 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

Hi there! I’m so excited to be joining the Altenew March 2019 Release Blog Hop! Today, ALTENEW is introducing so many gorgeous new stamps, dies, and stencils, and I’m happy to help introduce some of these new products to you! You should have arrived here from Laurie Willison’s blog, and your next stop is the Altenew Scrapbook Blog. (You can head to the Altenew Card Blog if you get lost!) Be sure to read til the end to find out about the fun prizes up for grabs!

For my first project, I wanted to create something colorful, springy, and just plain pretty. Enter: Watercolor Doodles stamp set. This brand new stamp set creates just the prettiest patterns, with minimal effort. Simply stamp the outline bouquet, then add in the solid stamps in whatever color your heart desires! The solid flowers are meant to be a little “outside the lines,” so you don’t even have to match them up perfectly! Here, I’ve stamped a pretty pattern in some springy Altenew ink colors on an A2 panel of plain white card stock, then die cut the Mega Friend die (reserving the interior portions), then backed the panel with some black shimmer card stock and replaced the interior portions of the die cut for a nice, flat, easily mailed card.

For my second project, I wanted to showcase the beautiful new Book Club stamp and die set. I heat embossed the image on white card stock using gold embossing powder, then colored it in an unusual color scheme with my Copic markers. I’ve noticed an awful lot of pink and purple in my cards recently, and wanted to shake things up a bit from the norm, so I colored the images in blue, coral, and mint. In the center of the circle, I heat embossed a thank you from the new Thank You Builder stamp set.

After I’d finished adding color and a greeting to the Book Club die cut, I used my T-square and a gold marker to create a golden frame. The frame highlights the beautiful lines of the flowers and circle in the die cut.

For the next project, I combined a few older products to create a pretty vase of flowers. I stamped two peonies from the lovely  Beautiful Peony stamp set, as well as some wildflower “filler” flowers from the Focus on you stamp set. After heat embossing all of the images in silver and die cutting them with their coordinating dies, I used Tombow markers to watercolor the images in pretty, springy shades of bright pink and pale blue. I also heat embossed one of the vases from the new Versatile Vases on an A2 panel of white card stock.

To add some shadow and depth to the vase, I used the new Versatile Vases Stencils and the Picket Fence Studios blender brushes to add some pale blue blending to the bottom of the vase to indicate water. I popped the flowers using foam tape, then added a silver embossed greeting, also from Versatile Vases.

After so many white, clean and simple cards, I wanted to do something vibrant and saturated with color to showcase the absolutely gorgeous new Wallpaper Art stamp set. I stamped several of the blooms on a panel of A2 card stock, then used the cut outs from the Wallpaper Art stencil collection as masks to stamp the foliage. These stencil collections make for quick and easy masking to create bouquets and scenes!

I wanted to create some very pale pink anemones, so I colored the main images with my Copic markers (RV0000, RV00, RV63, V95 and G21, YG61, G46, BG96), then used the darkest green from the Green Fields Artist Markers to color the negative space on the panel. Finally, I added a sentiment from the Mini Hello stamp set in white embossing powder to make it pop!

Now, for some fun giveaway information!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 3/19/2019 for a chance to win. Altenew has also generously provided a $20 gift certificate for my blog readers! Simply leave a comment on this post telling me which product is your favorite from this release! All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 3/23/2019.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping! Your next stop is Altenew Scrapbook Blog.