Here is one of many Valentine Slimline cards that I have been making from my hospital bed in our living room due to me recovering from major left foot surgery..
I used a 12 by 12 Valentines Paper Pad by Recollections that I bought last year. I also bought all of the accessories from Michael's Craft store. The size of the slimline card base is 8 1/2 by 3 1/5 and the Valentines card stock is 8 by 3 which is on top of a red shimmer card stock that is the same size as the card base. I am going to try and do better about keeping my blog up to date.
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I created this A2 size Christmas card yesterday as most of us crafters kick of Christmas cards in July.
I used the Mini Sweater and Cocoa stamp set by Gina K to create this card. I used gold embossing powder to do my emboss resist technique. I then used Gina K's sea glass ink for the snowflake side, then I used Simon Hurley creates fake Plant for the sweater and then I used Tim Holtz Distress ink Candied apple for the hot cocoa side of the card. I also used Gina K's Master Layout 4 scallop and the mini scallop for the sentiment with red embossing powder. For the background I used a black card stock and then I put it all on a red card base because I just thought that it all went together and the red and black made the other colors pop more. Happy crafting everyone. Today I made a Manatee birthday card for my Step brother-law. This Manatee stamp and die set is from Hero Arts and I also used the Hero Arts Fish Tank stamp and die set on the inside page. For the front cover I used ocean waves that I used from my ocean dies to make ocean waves with and then layered them with alternating shades of blues. I then stamped my Manatee and three of the fish that came with the Manatee set. I used my Spectrum Noirs alcohol markers to color my stamps. I then cut them out with the coordinating dies and the little fish I had to fussy cut myself. I popped up the three fish with foam squares. As you can see I laid the Manatee on his back to make him look like he was wading in the Ocean.. I also put a hat on him too that came with the stamp set. On the inside page I stamped and colored with my alcohol markers and then cut everything out with the dies. I then cut a fish bowl out of a piece of acetate to put on top of the fish bowl and cut two strips of acetate to glue on the two fish, but I did not glue the fish onto the bowl. I glued the piece of acetate down but left a small hole for the strips of acetate to hang out so the fish could swim. I had fun making this card. For stamping, I used my Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I made a Sympathy card for a my local King Soopers Pharmacy because they lost a fellow employee in the Boulder, Colorado Table Mesa King Soopers shooting which started in the pharmacy. I used my wow white embossing powder on white card stock and then used my heat gun to heat the embossing powder. I then used seven of my Simon Hurley inks from Ranger. The colors that I used are as follows: Midnight Snack, Fake Plant, Crown Me, Prom Queen, Guppy, Piggyback, and Sike. After I blended my inks, I then used my Tim Holtz sprayer with water and perfect pearls to give it that cool affect. I just love the Ink embossed look. I then added a little shaker heart to it too because there was a tiny boo boo and I was not going to throw this card away either. This stamp set is by Hero Arts too. I also used Bearly Arts glue, the best craft glue to use. I highly recommend that glue.
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