Foiling Scrapbook Paper from Wild Whisper!!

Hey there friends! I hope you've had a really awesome week! I'm super excited today to be on the Wild Whisper Blog with a very exciting foiling technique!! I decided to try running some of Nicole Wright Designs Fanciful Floral Papers through the laminator with some DecoFoil - and what do you know... it worked!! I wasn't planning on making a video, but this was too cool not to share - so be sure to check out the closeup details on the Thanks card I made and some of the other samples from the paper pack I played around with. Here's a look at the pretty foiled Thank You card I ended up with. I even used some Dina Wakley Gloss Spray Paint to add some fun pops of colour on my inked background.

And here's the Video - 

Thanks so much for stopping by! *Be sure to use the code DTKARLA to save 10% in the Wild Whisper Shop - you can find all the details and links on the Wild Whisper Blog. I hope you have an amazing weekend!!

Linked to:

SSS Monday Challenge - Play With Paint

Your Next Stamp June New Release Preview!!

Hello friends! I'm super excited to be guest designing this month for the fabulous Your Next Stamp!! I absolutely love working with this company and I'm always wowed by their fun and creative stamps, dies and accessories. Today is a special Sneak Peek Preview Day where you get to see what all the designers are doing with the awesome new stamps - before the big reveal Blog Hop on Thursday! Today, I'm using the super sweet Card Buddies stamp set to create three different cards. This stamp set is so versatile with so many different accessories!

The first card is a cute teacher thank-you card using the bunny and puppy in the set. I coloured all the animals and accessories in with Copic Markers and then mixed and matched them to fit each card. I thought the glasses, bowtie, book and apple were just perfect to set the scene for a teacher card! I used a thanks sentiment from the YNS Whatnot Sentiments Set Four stamp set and embossed with Emerald Creek Glacier White embossing powder on black cardstock. The stars are from a new set Cool Tees stamped with Distress Oxide Ink. (I'll be using the Cool Tees set on Thursday!!)

I used various papers and embellishments from the Scrapbook & Cards Today Sampler Packs from the last couple months. These are always fun to dig through to create something! I added a little Glossy Accents to the bunny's glasses - I love those glasses!!

For the second card I decided to create a wedding or anniversary card, using some soft floral paper in the background and the bear and pig stamps. I cut out the stitched frame border using the YNS Photo Booth Panel Die.

I added layers of foam tape to the animals and their arms and accessories to give them dimension. A bit of white gel pen adds detail to the images at the end.

And for the third card, because I just had to use all the images... I used the raccoon and cat to create a birthday card. I again used the YNS Photo Booth Panel Die, but instead of layering it on top of a full background piece, I used to the die to cut out focal cake images and placed them into the diecut on the cardbase. I added sequin embellishments from some Wild Whisper Designs sequin packs by SpiegelMom Scraps.

I added some Distress Oxide Inks to the Hooray For Cake diecut ephemera piece and popped it up with foam dots. I just love these little guys, and I still have so many more accessories to create with!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Your Next Stamp Blog to see what all the other designers have come up with using this month's New Release goodies, and don't forget to pop back Thursday morning at 11 am EST for a fantastic and fun blog hop with a special sale code, a giveaway and lots of inspiration!

Have a wonderful week my friends!!

Kitty Bee Designs #126 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist Animals!

Hi Friends! I hope you've been having a lovely week so far! I've had lots of fun creating projects lately and here's one more for you!  It's time for the midweek inspiration for Challenge #126 over at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge Blog - Aloha Friday!

Challenge #126
Anything Goes w/ Optional Twist Animals

Super big thanks to our sponsor for this challenge

Limited Runs - http://limitedrunsstamps.blogspot.com/

and

Sparkle N Sprinkle - https://sparklensprinkle.net/

For this week's challenge I'm using the super sweet Puppy Love digi image by Limited Runs. Is he not the cutest?!!  I coloured him in with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, both alcohol based, and added a few white gel pen details. 

I used a Hello Bluebird die set that comes with the stitched frame and the hello diecut along with that tiny heart and layered them over the background sponged with Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink. The SMILE and 'You've got mail' sentiments are also from Hello Bluebird Stamps and I love how they fit with the Happy Mail feel of the card.

Inside, I stamped a thank you sentiment with another Hello Bluebird Stamps set using Archival Ink and adding a tiny flower diecut, also in the die set above.

 I'm going to send this card to my daughter's teacher to thank her for a wonderful first week of school! Both girls have been over the moon about their teachers and starting a new year - so what could be better than that!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge to see all the inspiration from the other awesome Design Team members - and enter your own project HERE for a chance to win!! Have a wonderful weekend!

FCCB #322 - AG with Optional Sequins!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another FCCB Monday challenge!

Challenge #323-Anything Goes with optional twist: Sequins
Make any Cricut project with optional Sequins

This Weeks Sponsor

 Spiegelmom Scraps!

 The prize is this wonderful sequin collection-

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.  If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

I decided to make a Thank You card for my project using this Floral Emblem from Cricut Access in Design Space. I used floral papers from the Maggie Holmes Bloom paper pad to layer on the cardbase as well as to diecut in my Cricut Explore. Because the papers were so soft I added a little Distress Inks sponged around the edges of the cuts. In order to place all the cut elements just right, I first laid the negative image on top and then glued each cut into the open areas. After I pulled off the negative I was left with perfectly placed diecuts!

I added a handmade paper flower from Little Birdie Crafts to the center of the floral emblem diecut and used the SpiegelMom Scraps Southern Bluebells Sequin Mix to add a little sparkly bling to areas on my card. I really love the look of sequins on a card!

Inside, I used a Many Thanks sentiment from the Jasmine cartridge. I cut 3 of them at once and layered them to create a thicker embellishment. I added a few more sequins, and you can see how they just add that extra detail! 

You can use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off your purchases at the SpiegelMom Scraps shop!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have an awesome week ahead 💓Be sure to stop by the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog to see what all the other Design Team members have come up with and enter your own for a chance to win a sparkly prize from our amazing sponsor, SpiegelMom Scraps!!  

Linked to:

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper challenge - AG

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Challenge - April AG

Kitty Bee Designs #108 - Thanks!

Hi Friends! I hope you've been having a lovely week so far! I've had lots of fun creating projects lately and here's one more for you!  It's time for the midweek inspiration for Challenge #108 over at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge Blog - Aloha Friday!

Challenge #108
Thanks

Super big thanks to our sponsor for this challenge

Lemon Shortbread - http://lemonshortbread.etsy.com/

and

Sasayaki Glitter - https://www.etsy.com/shop/SasayakiGlitter

For my card today I'm using this adorable koala digital stamp - Winter Kiddles from Sasayaki Glitter. He'd also be super cute on a Christmas card! I pulled out some pretty wintery paper from my stash and coordinated the blues and greys on the image coloured with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers (alcohol based). I found some little diecut snowflakes and SpiegelMom Scraps sequins in the same colour scheme and used them on the card along with some pretty lace and bakers twine. I had a diecut thank you sentiment in my stash that someone sent me in some happy mail and thought it would be perfect as a wintery thank you card! 

I used one of my favourite embossing powders - Winter's Mistake, from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies to add some glittery snow around the edge of my matted diecut, cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities die and on top of the diecut greenery branches. The silver brad in a Bobunny flower matched just perfectly too!

Inside, I used a wonderful stamp from Pretty Pink Posh, some more snowflake diecuts and SMS sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge to see all the inspiration from the other awesome Design Team members - and enter your own project HERE for a chance to win!! Have a wonderful weekend!

SpiegelMom Scraps - Quick and Easy Artsy Card!

Hello! I'm back today to share a card that I'm featuring over on the SpiegelMom Scraps blog. Our theme this month is 'artsy' - which I love! When I think of artsy, I think watercolours - so this watercolour paper pad I picked up from Michaels recently was the perfect background paired with some of this month's newest releases from the SpiegelMom Scraps shop - Painted Gardens and On Pointe and a Wild Whisper stamp from their Out & About set.

Be sure to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off all your purchases at the SpiegelMom Scraps shop!  You may want to check out the 'last chance goodies' section as well for some really great deals!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget to head over to the SpiegelMom Scraps blog to see all the details, closeups and inside of this artsy Thank You card!! Wishing you a fabulous, crafty week!

Linked to:
FFC 204 - AG

DL Art - Thankful Thursday Sept Challenge

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It (Wild Whisper circle stamp used with Distress Oxide Ink)

SSS Monday Challenge - Stamp It 

Your Next Stamp - June New Release Hop!

Hello! I'm so happy to be sharing some of the New Releases from the Your Next Stamp store with you today! I'm Guest Designing with the amazing team at the YNS blog this month, and I'm so excited to be working with their amazing products! I shared a sneak peek with you yesterday HERE, and today I'm using the fabulous new clear stamp set Whatnot Sentiments Ten! As soon as I saw these gorgeous scripty words I knew I wanted to pair them with some watercolours. I can tell you I'll definitely be using this set a lot!!

I'm going to be giving these cards to my daughter's preschool teachers - and the sentiments were perfect to show my appreciation for their kindness all year. These sentiments would make a wonderful friend or birthday card as well for someone special - and would work great inside and outside! I'm even thinking of making some pocket page cards using them for my scrapbook album!

I started off by heat embossing the sentiment with white embossing powder on plain white cardstock. Then, I smooshed Distress Oxide Inks onto a craft mat and spritzed them with water. I used a paintbrush to pick up the watered down ink and painted on three colours at a time. After drying with a heat gun I laid the panel into the remaining droplets to add layers of watercolour. I love the way the embossing powder resists the colour!

I even used the sponge and the Distress Oxide Inks to colour in my off white crochet trim and the smallest flower on each card, which was originally white. I was pleasantly surprised at how well both the trim and paper flower took the DOX Inks!

Inside, I used the Thanks sentiment, included in the stamp set, and stamped it with a coordinating colour of DOX Ink. I don't think you can ever have enough Thank You cards on hand - and I'll be using this sentiment a lot!

I added some of the new Gumdrops from the red/white/and blue package onto my cards and in the center of the flowers. They are so pretty and sparkly!! I love how they coordinate with the SpiegelMom Scraps sequins too. 

The pretty Wildflower paper from Kaisercraft is one of my favourites right now and looks beautiful with the watercolour panel.

Inside:

The Fabulous sentiments is one of my favourites from this set! I think I may just need more of these cards in my stash....

 A black sentiment would look great on the front card panel too!

Inside:

I'm sure my daughter's teachers are going to love these cards, and I hope it lets them know just how much we appreciate all they've done all year!

Here's a look at the Whatnot Sentiments Ten stamp set and new Gumdrops I used today on my project:

BLOG CANDY!!

Since this is a Blog Hop - there is a sweet prize!! A $25 YNS gift certificate will go to one lucky commenter! The more blogs you comment on - the greater your chances of winning <3 (Comments open until June 13th at 12 midnight EST)

And here's a special sale code for you to use to save! WooHoo!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win and check out the linky below for the list of all the amazing designers who are sharing their own New Release projects with you! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Linked to:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June Linkup

FFC #192 – AG

Word Art Wednesday – AG

PDE – 176 Cards