Card #37 – Kites

A card using the ‘yay, kites’ stamp set from Lawn fawn®. I’m so glad to have bought the grassy border die set. It sets the mood for any card where we wish to build a scene. Supplies used: 1. 65lb Recollections® White Card stock paper 2. Clear stamps from Lawn Fawn® : Yay, Kites! 3. Color Box® Petal…

Card #36 – Make a wish!

I have watched various crafters do the smooshing technique and it looked rather easy. I put some distress ink on a spare piece of acetate, sprayed it with water and smooshed the colors around over and over again while drying layers in between. It did feel like I overdid some parts and have to start…

Card #25 -Happy Ant-iversary

Wanting to use this Lawn Fawn® stamp set and Koi® water brush purchased long ago, I decided to go for a card with water coloured background. Embossed the water melon image randomly over a piece of watercolor paper and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Used lots of water and hints of Crimson, blue hue and…

Card #17 – Congrats

I bought a few new dies and embossing folders and wanted to try them out. It resulted in this card. After embossing the white card stock with a 3D cane weave pattern embossing folder, I gave it a water color wash using distress inks. Supplies used: 1. 110 lb Neenah® Bright white Card stock 2. Tim Holtz®…

Card #15 – Hello

Today is a ‘Hello’ card with minimal supplies. I love the blue and bright yellow color combination which was chosen as a part of one of the blog challenges. Supplies used: 1. White and Yellow Cardstock 2. Tim Holtz® Distress inks – Salty Ocean (for the background) 3. Thinlits dies – Sizzix® 4. Glossy Accent from Ranger® 5. Clear…

Road trip!

It is the Labor day weekend and my husband and I have decided to go on a short road trip covering parts of Kentucky, West Virginia and North Carolina. Looking forward to the drive and hoping to get inspired! Oh wait, the very thought of the trip helped me with this 😜 All water colours and…