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…
Hello friends! Today we are back with another card project we created as guest designers for Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps. We created this card using the beautiful Mason Jar Bouquet stamp set shown below. Focal Point: The large floral image from the set was stamped onto a panel of medium weight white cardstock with black archival pigment ink. The stamped image was colored using colored pencils and then…
Hello crafty friends! We are honored and excited to be guest designing this month for Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps. Today we are sharing our first card project featuring the adorable images from the Let’s Get Cozy stamp set. Focal Point: Several images were stamped onto mid-weight white cardstock using alcohol-friendly black ink. The images were colored with alcohol markers, fussy-cut and set aside. The sentiment was stamped…
Hello Friends! We are honored to be participants in a blog hop today to celebrate the new Joy Clair release. This hop is filled with talented artists who have created amazing projects to share with you! Please hop along with us to check out the beautiful new designs and be inspired to create along the way!! Our project today is an elegant floral card featuring gorgeous flowers and…
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…
Hello Friends! Have you ever tried the diecut inlay technique? It’s really just a fancy name for paper piecing, but we find it relaxing and enjoyable – somewhat like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. It’s definitely a great way to use up small scraps of cardstock. We have an autumn-themed birthday card to share with you today using this technique. Focal Point: We selected a rust-colored cardstock to…
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…
