Hello crafty friends! We are back with a new card project that embraces the upcoming fall season. Here in Western NY, it has felt more like autumn than summer this past week so today’s card seems fitting. Focal Point: A stamping platform was used so that some of the images could be stamped multiple times. Starting with the pitcher, the first layer was stamped with a light teal…
Have you ever heard of or tried the die-cutting eclipse technique? We think this is such a fun technique that creates dramatic results. The new Be Bold Color Block dies by Spellbinders are a collection of large word dies that are great for eclipsing. Background Panel: We chose to use the Birthday word die for our project which measures 3.5” x 8.5”, so we cut a piece of…
Hello friends and Happy New Year! We hope you were able to enjoy time with family and friends this past holiday season. It was definitely a very busy time for us. In addition, our family has several birthdays to celebrate the first week of January. One of those is half of this Kreative Kinship team (Happy Birthday Michele!). So, when it’s your sister’s birthday and she happens to…
One of our favorite paper crafting techniques is die cutting. We simply find the process of cutting and gluing small pieces of paper together to create something beautiful so relaxing and enjoyable. Our card project today was created mostly with die cuts – there was very little stamping involved. We are pleased with how it turned out and hope you think so too! Focal Point: The deer was…
Welcome! Have you experimented with alcohol inks to make fun colorful backgrounds? If so, how often do you actually put them to use in your cardmaking? Admittedly, we haven’t mastered that step yet, but we are trying! Today’s card is the result of using one of those backgrounds and we think it worked perfectly. Focal Point: Using the solid maple leaf die, cut one leaf from a Yupo…
There is no doubt that sympathy cards are the hardest types of cards to make. Unless, of course, you need to make a pet sympathy card. Those are absolutely THE WORST! A dear friend recently lost their 15-year old furry family member. We envisioned a puppy angel for this card so we started hunting through our stash and found the perfect puppy image and a set of wings…
We think flowers go with any occasion, wouldn’t you agree? Seriously, do you know anyone who hates flowers?? We wanted to send a card to congratulate a fabulous couple on their recent engagement, and decided that flowers were best. We selected a floral stamp set that had a more playful feel and went with a gray monochromatic color scheme to take some of the femininity out of them.…
Welcome friends! What is your favorite season? For us, it is definitely Summer and we think our card today captures it’s essence perfectly. We used the Small Butterflies product bundle (stamps, stencils, dies and hot foil plates) for the first time and we love all the options it provides! Floral Wreath: We started by using all stencil layers to create the wreath using a pair of blue inks…
Hello friends! We are back as guest designers for the Dare 2B Artzy blog to share the second card we created using their “Friends” stamp set. To create our project, we used the smaller of the two leaf cluster stamps and the individual flower stamp from the set. We started with a piece of smooth white 80 lb. cardstock measuring 4.25” x 5.5” and stamped the leaf cluster…
Hello friends! We are thrilled and honored to be guest designing for Dare 2B Artzy this month! Today we are featuring our first of two cards using the “Friends” stamp set. This set includes two large leafy floral lemon tree branches, as well as a single blossom and five versatile friendship sentiments. We started by stamping out both large leafy branch images as well as four single blossoms…
