Vellum Window Fall Card

 Happy Fall! Today I am posting this fun vellum window fall card for CutCardStock. I enjoy Fall weather and love creating cards with leaves and fall colors!

I love how the inside leaves shine through the vellum adding additional layers.

Make Your Own Ephemera!

 Hello friends. I'm posting for The Funkie Junkie Boutique today. This Saturday Spotlght post is all about creating your own Ephemera using some of the new Sizzix dies including Vintage Labels, Collector and Specimen sets. In the end I created a journal cover, and I will walk you along creating the collection of ephemera pieces.

Check all the fun layers of Vintage Goodness here! 

Halloween Decor Tag with The Snarky Cats

 Hello friends. I hope you are all well. I had a blast playing with my favorite characters - Snarky Cats! Posting today for The Funkie Junkie Boutique. We have a fun challenge this time called Stamped with Love. Get out your old or new favorite Tim Holtz stamps to create something special! The deets are here on our blog - you may win a prize or be asked to be our guest designer!

Use Multiple Stencils for Greater Impact

 Hello my friends. I hope you all are well. I am posting today for The Funkie Junkie Boutique. The new challenge is to use Your stencils creatively. Check the deets on their blog. You could be our next guest designer.

Holiday Tags - How is Your Tag Supply?

 Now is the time to be sure you have all your holiday supplies ready. Do you have enough tags for all those gifts? I'm presenting for The Funkie Junkie Boutique today and hope to inspire you to make your own tags and enter them in the challenge on our blog. Check all the details there.

Check out the variety in colors and themes!

Layered Triple Frame Mushroom Tag

 Hello Friends! Posting for The Funkie Junkie Boutique. The DT Challenge this week is Hot Hot Hot and challenges us to use three of anything in honor of triple digit temps in the Mid West.

Snarky Decor Tag

 Welcome back Funkie Junkies. Today I am sharing tag #2 in my series of fun and colorful tags for The Funkie Junkie Boutique! I love Tim Holtz's Snarky Cats - the snarkier the better!

Funkie Junkie May Challenge - Anything Goes

 

Hello Crafty Friends! I am thrilled to be a new Design Team member for Funkie Junkie Boutique. The May challenge is Anything Goes. I just picked up Salvage Patina Distress Inks and have been anxious to give it a whirl! 

I started with White Heavyweight Distress Cardstock which handles water very well. Ink smooshing is one of my favorite techniques, so of course it started there! Salvaged Patina mixed with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink makes a great pairing.

After smooshing, drying and smooshing again, I decided the base needed more interest so I pulled out the Stampers Anonymous Architecture Stamp set and white heat embossed the cathedral image over the background. I ink blended the edges with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.

The Sizzix Deckle Edge Trimmer has become one of my favorites. I used it to trim the edges down 1/8 inch on all sides.

Next project was to created the butterfly. I used the Sizzix Perspective Butterfly Die which is a large die. The entire butterfly will not fit on an A2 card which provides a great opportunity to use only a portion of it.  I die cut most of the right wing with the body and antennae on White Heavyweight Distress Cardstock.

Ink Blending added a perfect amount of color. The center is Rusty Hinge Distress Ink and the wings are blended with Salvage Patina.  The darker edges are achieved by rubbing an embossing ink pad over the ends and adding Broken China Embossing Glaze. Isn’t it a gorgeous effect?

The last piece needed was sentiments.  I love the Stamper’s Anonymous Tiny Text Stamp. Now I have sentiments for any possible theme. I chose With brave wings she flies and Don’t forget to fly stamps. Stamped on white cardstock in black ink, they are perfect to cover with Broken China Glaze and heat set.  The Believe in Yourself strip is white heat embossed on black cardstock.  The strips have an additional 2 layers of cardstock to add dimension.

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