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How to Make a Swing Card

Posted by on June 2, 2022 in 3D, Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

How to Make a Swing Card

Hello there! Today I want to share the most easy way to create interactive cards, in other words, how to make a swing card!     My swing card is featuring stamps from the most recently release of Crackerbox. This release has great sentiments and images that are wonderful to create masculine cards and to make many occasions cards. The stamps are Super Guy and Best Dad Ever Sentiment.     To make the base of the card, I used a simple set of die cuts. They are the Swing Card Circles from Gemini by Crafter’s Companion....

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Friendship Stamped Card

Posted by on May 23, 2022 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Friendship Stamped Card

Hi there, I just pop up to share a Friendship Stamped Card with Crackerbox Stamps. This is a mini slimline card created with the Tribal Stitched Rectangle Mini Slimline Dies.     The base of my card is white smooth cardstock and the second layer is a piece of designer paper. Then I die cut a white smooth layer with the large size of the Tribal Stitched Rectangle Mini Slimline Dies. This set of dies is one of my favorites for the little windows that let me see the background.     On this opportunity, I stamped the two...

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Foiled Card with Foam Adhesives

Posted by on May 21, 2022 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Foiled Card with Foam Adhesives

Hi friends, I just pop up to share a wonderful technique. My todays project is a foiled card with foam adhesives and digital stamps from Joy Clair Designs.     Let me start with the first steps to make the card. i used only white smooth cardstock. First, I created the card base. Then, I die cut the second layer with the Wonky Stitched Rectangle Mini Slimline Die (large size of the set) available at Joy Clair Designs Store.     In a piece of white smooth cardstock, I printed the feathers and the sentiment. Well, it is only...

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Fun and Easy Easel Card

Posted by on May 20, 2022 in 3D, Cards, Coloring, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Fun and Easy Easel Card

Hello there, I just pop up to share a fun and easy easel card created with one of the images included on the Butterflies and Botanicals Card Front by Crafters Companion and colored with Spectrum Noir Markers.     This is a 5″x7″ Card when you close it. However when you open it, you can obtain different highs. It depends of the place that you add the stopper piece.     Here’s what you’ll love about Easel Cards: They’re easy to make once you know the cutting and scoring measurements, They stand up on their own,...

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Animal stamped card

Posted by on May 16, 2022 in Cards, Coloring, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Animal stamped card

Hi there, I just pop up to share an animal stamped card full of colors and great stamps from Crafters Companion. This is a square design using the stamp set Reach For The Sky.     To make the base of the card, I used CenturaPearl Cardstock, Trends Colors. My favorite color for this design was the orange. Then, I stamped the giraffes and two of the sentiments included on the Reach for the Sky Clear Stamp Set from Crafter’s Companion. I colored the images with TriBlend Markers from Spectrum Noir and fussy cut them with scissors....

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Stitched Alphabet by Spellbinders

Posted by on May 15, 2022 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Stitched Alphabet by Spellbinders

Hello there, today I have three different cards to share with you using the new Stitched Alphabet Collection by Spellbinders. This collection features the letters from the alphabet with holes in so that you can stitch patterns on them. Also, you can use them without too, just like I made because as you may know, I am so bad with the sewing or stitching.     One of the advantage of these Stitched Alphabet Dies is that these also feature the shadow too, so lots of different ways you can use them. The shadow die on that one is all one...

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Perfectly CAS Challenge – May 2022

Posted by on May 14, 2022 in Cards, Joy Clair Designs, Perfectly CAS, Recent Works, Techniques | 1 comment

Perfectly CAS Challenge – May 2022

Hi there! I just pop up to share the Perfectly CAS Challenge – May 2022. The theme of this month is Distress and for that I used a stencil with distress oxide inks.     I just layered a floral stencil from my stash onto white smooth cardstock and secured it on the Make Art Stay-tion. Then, I inked the free areas of the stencil with two different colors of Distress Oxide Ink. The colors that I used were Dried Marigold and Shabby Shutters.     To complete the card, I stamped a sentiment from the clear stamp set Driving...

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Sunflower Stamped Card

Posted by on May 12, 2022 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Sunflower Stamped Card

Hello friends, today I am featuring the Sunflower Trio rubber stamp from Crackerbox Stamps. I made a mini slimline sunflower stamped card in white smooth cardstock.     I first created the card base and the second layer with white smooth cardstock. I die cut the top layer with the large size of the Scalloped Stitched Rectangle Mini Slimline Dies available at Joy Clair Designs. I love this set of dies because if you noticed they have a special design on the stitching part.     With Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, I stamped the...

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Through The Garden Gate Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn

Posted by on May 11, 2022 in 3D, Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Spellbinders, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Through The Garden Gate Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn

Hello there!  I’m thrilled to be back today to share a floral card using the new Through The Garden Gate Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn.  The gorgeous new flower dies and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create one more time a 3D Card.     The Hollyhock Die Set creates such a beautiful stalk of bright blooms that is perfect for all type of cards, including the slimline and mini slimline cards.  Here I added a single stalk of coral hollyhocks to a pretty embossed background. To emboss the white layer, I...

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Mini Slimline Card with Joy Clair Designs

Posted by on May 10, 2022 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Mini Slimline Card with Joy Clair Designs

Welcome friends! Today I have a mini slimline card with Joy Clair Designs. I am featuring the Wonky Stitched Rectangle Mini Slimline Dies and the You Are Loved Digital Stamps.     First, I resized and printed onto white smooth cardstock the flowers included on the You Are Loved digital Stamps. You know that I love to work with digital stamps. Because, I can resize them and adapt to my ideas for the cards. Additionally, I can work with several digital stamps at the same time. And if this is not enough,  combine them easily with clear...

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