Heart of Hearts

 This card combines a stencil from Brutus Monroe with a stamp from Hero Arts. I started with pink cardstock and then stenciled with a darker pink, red, and purple. I added white splatters for some texture. The text stamp is embossed with white embossing powder on a slightly darker pink cardstock and fussy cut, then popped up on foam tape. The “sending love” sentiment is white heat embossed as well, but it thankfully has a die to cut the words out.

Shiny!

 This is an entry into Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge. The theme this week was Anything Goes, so I pulled out some products I've been wanting to play with: Lindy's Magical Powders! You can't really tell from the picture, but the background is very shimmery. I first embossed the SSS Arches background stamp in white on watercolor paper. Then I wet the paper thoroughly and flicked on the powders. I combined Beach Ball Blue and Dip a Toe Teal. The sentiment is CZ Designs for Simon Says Stamp, and I used SSS Matte Silver Cardstock for the mat and sentiment. Both panels are cut with Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles. I then added a few silver sequins just for fun. 

Birthday Balloon!

 This happy birthday balloon is an entry in the current Inky Paws Challenge: Birthdays. I used paper from the Newton's Nook Birthday Party pad for the balloon and the background. I used the Frames and Flags die set from Newton's Nook to cut the background, and the balloon shaker is one of their dies as well. The shaker is filled with silver sequins and clear seed beads. I like to use seed beads in my shaker fill-I think it helps the pieces move around. the string of the balloon is cut from matte silver cardstock and the sentiment was silver heat embossed, then stacked up on several layers of cardstock. I backed the panel with Altenew foam tape and mounted it on some yellow paper from my stash, cut to A2 size.

Hooray! This card won an Inky Paws Birthday Challenge Designer's Favorite award!

Shake things up!

 I love to make shaker cards and I've had the idea for this one for a long time. The Lawn Fawn bunnies and eggs on the front were stamped and embossed in Ranger Fine Detail white embossing powder and then I ink blended over them. The large egg cut out is from Lawn Fawn's Outside In Easter Egg Stackables. On the inside, I stamped and white embossed again this time using the Simon Says Stamp Doodle Egg Background stamp. Then I used Altenew foam tape to put it all together and decorated the front with some Gina K. sequins. The shaker fill is Brutus Monroe's Spring sequin mix. I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire to mix it up and use products from different companies together. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. Happy Easter to all who celebrate and for those that don't I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Inky Paws Challenge #188- Color Challenge

 

The challenge for this card was to use the colors teal, kraft, silver, and white. I used the Newton's Nook Light Strings stencil with silver and white inks, then went back over the white lights with a glittery paste. The Snowflake Oval was stamped in teal ink and heat embossed with clear powder, then I stamped the sentiment in clear embossing ink and embossed it with silver embossing powder. Since I probably won't post again before the holidays, I wish everyone a very merry season!

Puns are fun!

 My family is full of very punny people, so this card will be perfect for someone's birthday. Made for Lawn Fawn's Birthday challenge, it features their Perfectly Plaid paper, Mermaid cardstock, Merman ink, and the Year Five stamp set.