mother's day

New Exploring With Emily+Mother’s Day Sales!

May 11, 2019

Hi there! I just wanted to pop in really quickly and share my latest Exploring With Emily video!

In this month’s installment of Exploring With Emily, I am working with Distress Oxide reinkers again… but this time, I’ve added a little twist: Daniel Smith Mars Black watercolor grounds. I hope you’ll take a peek. The combination of Distress Oxide reinkers and the black watercolor grounds creates a very unique project! I can’t wait to try this out with other stamps, as well! I gave this card to my kiddos’ preschool teacher with a hanging basket for her porch. Isn’t that sentiment just the cutest?

Now for some fun sales to celebrate all of the fabulous mommas!

Ellen Hutson is having a 20% off sale… yes, 20% off of nearly EVERYTHING… no minimum purchase required!! Happy Mother’s Day, indeed! Just enter code momsday19 at checkout.

Honey Bee Stamps is also having a Mother’s Day Sale… $20 off your order of $100 or more!! Use code MDAY2019 at checkout…. Bonus: a free enamel Honeybee pin included with orders over $100! (They just added a few more enamel pin designs to the shop, and they. are. so. cute. Check them out here and here!)

Happy shopping!! 🙂

Ink On 3’s Heels To You!

April 15, 2019

Good morning! Happy Monday! This week is going to be a busy one. Honey Bee Stamps is celebrating their 4th Anniversary, and I have projects from the most recent Ellen Hutson release to share with you, but today, I wanted to share a project that I worked on to help celebrate the newest Ink On 3 release- Heels To You! I shared this project on the Ink On 3 blog last week, but I thought I’d share it here, as well. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping the lovely flowered shoe from Ink On 3’s Heels to You (I3|SSS) stamp set using their Fadeout Ink on some watercolor paper. I then watercolored the image using the no-line coloring technique and my Daniel Smith watercolors: Quinacridone Fuchsia, Wisteria, Cobalt Green Pale, and Graphite Gray. I added some Liquid Pixie Dust (I3|SSS|EH) over the top of the watercolored shoe to make it really sparkle!

For the card base, I used some light pink ink to stamp the individual flowers from the Heels to You (I3|SSS) stamp set on a white A2 card base, then used blending brushes to blend the same shade of pink ink in the corner to create a bit of a halo. I stamped the greeting from the Heels to You stamp set and die cut the “beautiful” from the coordinating die set using Hero Hues Plum card stock. I added the greeting and a few jewels from Pretty Pink Posh to add some more sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I hope you’ll check out the new release from Ink On 3. These new stamps are perfect for Mother’s Day crafting! So much fun to color in any medium, as well. Thanks so much for stopping, and have a marvelous day!

New Essentials By Ellen Leading Ladies Release!

April 8, 2018

Hi again! I’m back to share a project using some of the fabulous new goodies from Ellen Hutson’s new Leading Lady release, which is available for purchase in the Ellen Hutson store right now!!

You saw me use the sweet new Hot Mess Leading Lady in my post here, so today I wanted to use that fantastic superhero Leading Lady from Everyday Hero. Here she is:

Everyday Hero

Designer Dies

So, SO cute, right??? Here’s my take on her:

This set is absolutely perfect for Mother’s Day cards, don’t you think? I started by stamping our Everyday Hero with Copic-friendly Intense Black ink onto Copic-friendly white card stock, then die cutting her with the coordinating Designer Cuts. I colored her with a variety of Copic markers, which I’ll list individually below. I also added just a dot of Crystal Lacquer to her crown to add a bit of dimension.

For the card base, I used the fantastic Sunburst Stencil set from Honeybee Stamps to create the glorious halo emanating from her general awesomeness. (I don’t like to use hyperbole at all. Or sarcasm. HA!) I started by using the top stencil with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink, then went over it again with one of the thicker stencils using Blueprint Sketch Oxide ink, but only towards the center, leaving the ends of the sunburst that pretty purple.

Finally, for the greeting, I used the “Mom” and “Grandma” from the Everyday Hero set stamped on some strips of white card stock, then die cut the “Hero” from blue foil card stock in my stash using Altenew’s Bold Alphabet dies. I popped up all of the die cut elements with some foam adhesive, then added a few jewels from Pretty Pink Posh to finish it off.

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you’ll go check out the new Essentials By Ellen release. These Leading Ladies are so darn cute!! Thanks for dropping by, and have a marvelous Sunday!

Reverse Confetti April Blog Hop!

April 8, 2018

Good morning! Today is the Reverse Confetti Blog Hop for the month of April, which I am delighted to again be a part of as a ‘Fetti Friend! We were prompted to make the theme of our cards for Mom or Dad, and I hadn’t quite given enough love to the beautiful Something Wonderful stamp set, so I thought I would pair it with Kindness Cards again for an encouragement card for my momma.

I started by stamping the main bouquet and some extra foliage from Something Wonderful in some bright, kelly green ink, (yes, even the flowers) onto my A2 card base. I then stamped the bouquet in hot pink on a different piece of card stock and fussy cut the flowers. I popped the flowers up with foam tape to add extra dimension.

This greeting, from Kindness Cards, is exactly how I feel about my mom. She has had a rough life… raising two kids by herself, health and mental health issues, and others I won’t go into detail about… but I think she’s pretty freaking amazing. I stamped and die cut the sentiment from Kindness Cards onto some more white card stock using Versafine and clear embossing powder. I popped them up using foam tape, as well.

The final touch was to add some Carnation Pink Nuvo Drops and some sequins. Such a bright, springy card, perfect for Mother’s Day… or even just to say “You Rock!”

Well, that’s all for this project! I hope you will stop by the rest of the blog hop stops. Here’s the full list: