More Stacked Snowmen

Today’s card is a repeat of my the stacked snowmen from Lots of Cheer stamp set. I pulled out two more colored snowmen and tried to decide how to feature the image. I landed on a watercolored piece of paper to serve as a backdrop. From there I layered more cardstock and a piece of scrap DSP to create my base. I added a tone on tone sentiment, popped up the snowman on dimensionals, and finished the card with a glittery chipboard star.

• Stamps: Lots of Cheer

• Ink: Cherry Cobbler; Old Olive; Various Stampin’ Blends

• Cardstock: Under the Mistletoe DSP (retired); DSP scrap; Granny Apple Green; Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White

• Accessories: Glitter Chipboard Stars

• Tools: Oval Dies

Big Purple Flower

Today’s card features another watercolor image. I previously colored the large butterfly image in the Beautiful Day stamp set and thought today I would color the large flower. Of course I had to make it purple and feature my favorite retiring color, Fresh Fig. I kept the rest of the card pretty simple to highlight my flower.

• Stamps: Beautiful Day

• Inks: Fresh Fig; Basic Black; Pear Pizzazz; Rich Razzleberry; Peekaboo Peach (retired)

• Cardstock: Fresh Fig; Whisper White

• Accessories: Fresh Fig Ribbon (retired); Clear Enamel Shapes (retired)

• Tools:

Unicorn Rainbow

Today’s card is a fun watercolor background. Every once in a while, I love to get out a ton of ink and make some watercolor backgrounds. For this one, I created a rainbow using nine different color inks. I love how it all blends together. Once I created my background, I stamped and colored a fun colorful unicorn to add on top of a piece of ribbon and a sentiment.

• Stamps: Magical Day (retired)

• Inks: Basic Black; Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, Peekaboo Peach, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzaz, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, and Sweet Sugarplum Reinkers; Various Stampin’ Blends

• Cardstock: Watercolor Paper; Basic Black; Whisper White

• Accessories: Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon; Exopy Shapes (retired)

• Tools: Magical Mates Framelits (retired)

Rainbow Resist

Today’s card is being featured at my Coloring Class. I love all the different ways you can color a card. For this one, I used one of my favorite technique, emboss resist, combined with watercolor. The Lots of Love Stamp Set is perfect for a smattering of images to emboss. From there I added some great colors to create a rainbow effect. After coloring, I added a few embellishments to finish off the card. 

• Stamps: Lots of Love
• Inks: Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Versamark
• Cardstock: Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, Watercolor Paper
• Accessories: Black Shimmer Ribbon, Rhinestones
• Tools: White Emboss Powder

#5 Watercolor Greeting

Today's sketch comes from December 2015:

Here's what I did originally and I still really love this card!

For this year's car, I went back to the horizontal orientation of the sketch. I saw someone else color the Merry Music DSP and loved the idea! I inked up my brayer in Emerald Envy and rolled it across my paper a few times. To add some more interest, I stamped on a few snowflakes in Emerald Envy. For my main greeting, I colored my circle with my aqua painter and Real Red reinker. After it dried, I stamped my main greeting. I love the tone on tone look of both the background and the sentiment. Finally I added a silver snowflake and some silver enamel shapes.

• Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments
• Inks: Real Red; Emerald Envy
• Cardstock: Merry Music DSP; Emerald Envy; watercolor paper
• Accessories: Silver Foil Snowflakes; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

A Birthday Twist

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a birthday card. I love the new Lemon Lime Twist color! It's perfect for making fun bright cards. For this card, I did a simple watercolor background on which to put my die cut ice cream cone. It's a simple card, but I'm loving it!

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Lemon Lime Twist; Tranquil Tide; Crumb Cake
• Cardstock: Lemon Lime Twist; Whisper White; Watercolor Paper
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Frozen Treats Framelits

SSINKIC46: Under the Waves

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the image below as inspiration.  

I pulled out my trusty Seaside Shore stamp set and started layering on some pieces. I stamped the seaweed and fish separately, colored them, and cut them out. I was going to adhere them to an embossed piece of white or Pool Party paper but it just wasn't right. After staring at the card for a while, I finally figured out how to make the background piece: watercolor it! I did a simple watercolor wash using Pool Party ink before stamping on some bubbles, starfish, and a sentiment. I layered it on a piece of Pool Party to repeat the color and them adhere it to a Lemon Lime Twist card base to repeat the seaweed color. Such a fun card!

• Stamps: Seaside Shoer
• Inks: Lemon Lime Twist; Flirty Flamingo; Powder Pink; Pool Party; Dapper Denim
• Cardstock: Pool Party; Lemon Lime Twist
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Places You'll Go

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a masculine card. Somehow I bought the Places You'll Go Stamp Set and never used it! Que horror! Thankfully I grabbed it to make a fun around the world adventure card. I was going to just stamp the globe, but then I decided to make a simple watercolor background. From there I found a great simple pattern paper to layer. The card was still missing a bit of something, so I added a great embossed piece of Island Indigo cardstock and some fun gold metallic shapes. 

• Stamps: Places You'll Go
• Inks: Basic Black; Pear Pizzazz; Pool Party
• Cardstock: Urban Underground DSP; Island Indigo; Watercolor Paper
• Accessories: Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Lucky Stars Embossing Folder

Botanical Garden

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Saint Patrick's Day card or a green card. I opted for a green card. This was such a fun card to create! And it's a very versatile card. Change the colors, the DSP, and/or the sentiment to create a very different looking card. For this one, I heat embossed my sentiment before creating a watercolor wash. I stamped on a bit of background pattern using tone-on-tone stamping. I layered small piece of DSP to give a bit of visual interest. And finally I die cut and layered some flowers. Seriously, I am in love with card!

• Stamps: Kinda Eclectic; Botanical Blooms
• Inks: Old Olive; Versamark
• Cardstock: Succulent Garden DSP; Rose Red; Old Olive; Pear Pizzaz; So Saffron; Watercolor Paper; Basic BLack
• Accessories:
• Tools: Botanical Builder Framelits; Aqua Painter; Copper Embossing Powder

Stamp Sets to Use:

• Birthday Blooms
• Celebrate Today
• Build a Birthday
• Love and Affection
• Foxy Friends
• No Bones About It
• Watercolor Wings
• Papillon Potpurri
• Jar of Love
• Petite Petals
• Seaside Shore
• Suite Sayings
• Friendly Wishes
• Flower Shop
• Timeless Textures
• Playful Backgrounds
• Work of Art
• Blooms and Wishes
• Botanical Blooms
• Kinda Eclectic
• Labeler Alphabet
• Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Paisleys and Posies
• Endless Birthday Wishes
• Dragonfly Dreams
• Cool Treats
• Bookcase Builder
• Birdcage Builder
• Tasty Trucks
• Hey Chick
• Designer Tee
• Reverse Words
• Four You
• Four Feathers

Birdcage Triptych

As part of my birthday month celebration, I'm going to try and make a cards with every single Stampin' Up stamp set I currently own. Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a quick and easy card. This card may not look quick and easy, but I assure you it is! Start with a simple watercolor wash on a piece of watercolor paper. I usedWatermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach, and Daffodil Delight reinkers to paint my background. The longest part of the card comes next: letting the piece of watercolor paper dry completely. From there I quickly created three different birdcages, cut the paper in three, and glued onto a layer of Basic Black before adhering to my card base. Simple but very striking!

• Stamps: Birdcage Builder
• Inks: Basic Black; Watermelon Wonder; Peekaboo Peach; Daffodil Delight
• Cardstock: Watermelon Wonder; Basic Black; Watercolor Paper
• Accessories:
• Tools: Aqua Painter

Stamp Sets to Use:

• Birthday Blooms
• Celebrate Today
• Build a Birthday
• Love and Affection
• Foxy Friends
• No Bones About It
• Watercolor Wings
• Papillon Potpurri
• Jar of Love
• Petite Petals
• Seaside Shore
• Suite Sayings
• Friendly Wishes
• Flower Shop
• Timeless Textures
• Playful Backgrounds
• Work of Art
• Blooms and Wishes
• Botanical Blooms
• Kinda Eclectic
• Labeler Alphabet
• Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Paisleys and Posies
• Endless Birthday Wishes
• Dragonfly Dreams
• Cool Treats
• Bookcase Builder
• Birdcage Builder
• Tasty Trucks
• Hey Chick
• Designer Tee
• Reverse Words
• Four You
• Four Feathers