Monday, July 27, 2020

The Rabbit Hole Designs Guest Designer--Halloween Release



Good morning, everyone!  I am thrilled to announce that The Rabbit Hole Designs asked me to guest design for their Halloween 2020 release.  This cute stamp set is called Spellcaster Witch and there is also a coordinating die available:  Spellcaster Witch Die.

For this release, there are also some awesome giveaways:  To celebrate the next three days of release,  The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two saving vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post  @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post  at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-30-2020.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-31-2020.

To start my card, I used the awesome Aim For The Stars Stencil with a Cotton Tail Blender Brush.  I used Wilted Violet with a tiny bit of Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink to ink through the stencil onto a piece of heavyweight white cardstock.  These Cotton Tail Blender Brushes blend like a dream!  After my cardstock was inked, I cut it out with a stitched rectangle die and then lightly inked over my background with Speckled Egg Distress Ink.  The purple stars bled a teensy bit, but not enough to bother me and I think it actually kind of adds to the "magic" of the scene.  If it would bother you, you can sprinkle clear embossing powder on the stars and heat set them with your heat tool (as long as you used a pigment-based or hybrid ink like Distress Oxide), then the purple ink would stay put when you blended over it.  If you don't have a pigment-based ink, you could also blend with dye ink through the stencil, then blend VersaMark or another clear, sticky ink on top to do your heat embossing.


I stamped my witch with Copic-safe ink onto heavy weight white cardstock, colored her with Copic markers, then fussy cut her out.  After fussy cutting, I used a black marker all along the edges to make it look cleaner and like I cut her perfectly.  I added Glossy Accents to her glasses and Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle pen on her tights for a little glitter.  I then stamped the spider directly on my background, then stamped him again onto white cardstock, colored him in, and cut his body out and glued it on top of the other spider.  I used a Copic multi-liner and a T-ruler to draw in the spider web.  I then stamped the cauldron onto the same heavyweight cardstock, Copic colored it, fussy cut it out, used the same black marker to coat the edges, then added the sparkle pen and glossy accents onto select areas.  I used a small patterned paper strip for my "ground," then adhered everything with foam squares.  The final touch was heat embossing the sentiment, cutting it out into a strip, popping it up onto foam squares, and then adhering a scattering of hole-less sequins throughout the stars with liquid glue.  I like how the card looks clean-and-simple, yet special at the same time due to the little special touches of glitter and gloss.  Thank you so much for joining me today, hope it inspired you to create your own card using the Spellcaster Witch.  Head on over to The Rabbit Hole Designs shop and blog for more inspiration.

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Butterfly Reflections Ink--guest design


Hi everyone!  I'm up today on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog today with a guest design post using Concord & 9th stamps.  Head on over for detailed directions and supply links for the full card design.

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Lawnfawnatics Die Cut Beach Scene


Instagram:  @amypeach1978

I had some time to participate in the Lawnfawnatics Color Inspiration challenge today and decided to go with a (mostly) die cut only card--the only stamping is the birds.  I'm going to choose a sentiment for the inside of the card once I decide to give it to somebody.  :)
Supplies (all by Lawn Fawn, unless otherwise noted):
Palm Trees dies
Palm Trees & Hammock dies
Stitched Simple Wavy Border die
Stitched Hillside Border die
Stitched Umbrella die
Smooth Sailing stamp set (birds)
Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables die
Mermaid, Peacock, Paper Bag, Chocolate Bar, Noble Fir, Cilantro, Fake Tan, Narwhal, Fog, Guava, Sugarplum, and Ground Coffee card stock
Vellum
Mermaid, Peacock, Doe, Walnut, Noble Fir, Manatee, Guava, Cilantro, Jet Back, and Fake Tan ink pads
Other:  Foam tape, ink blending brushes

Saturday, June 22, 2019

Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer birthday card/Reveal Wheel Father's Day card



Instagram:  @amypeach1978

My girls and I made two of the Father's Day cards (on the left)--one for my husband and one for their dad, and a birthday card for their dad because his birthday was a few days after Father's Day.  I pretty much used the same design for the Reveal Wheel Father's Day cards that I used for the card I made for my friend and coworker a couple weeks ago.  Nobody does interactive dies like Lawn Fawn--they are so impressive and don't take too terribly long to make.  The "gravel" in the fish bowl was kind of covering up a mistake, but I ended up liking it a lot--I mounted the wheel just a teensy bit too high, apparently, and the very tip of the brad prongs was showing up in the fish bowl as you turned the wheel.

Supplies for fish bowl card (all by Lawn Fawn, unless otherwise noted):
Keep on Swimming stamps and dies
Reveal Wheel die
Critter Chatter: Pets stamps
RW Keep on Swimming add on
A Birdie Told Me stamps and dies (speech bubble)
Chocolate Bar, Moonstone, Chili Pepper card stock
Walnut, Jet Black, and Peacock inks
Knit Picky Fall Petite Patterned Paper Pack
Other:  Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110 lb cardstock, foam tape, Copic Markers

Supplies for birthday card (all by Lawn Fawn, unless otherwise noted):
Magic Picture Changer die
Magic Picture Changer add-on die
Birthday before 'n afters stamp set
White Embossing Powder
Just Stitching Double Rectangles die
Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables die
Knit Picky Fall Petite Patterned Paper Pack
Storm Cloud cardstock
Hippo and Moonstone ink
1/8" double sided tape
Other:  Copic Markers, Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock, foam tape



Sunday, June 9, 2019

Lawn Fawn Peas & Carrots--For My Husband


Instagram:  @amypeach1978

Very early in our relationship, my husband mentioned something about how cool it was that we "go together like peas & carrots," (from the movie Forrest Gump).  I just got the Stitched Garden Border die, so I had to make him a Peas & Carrots card with the Reveal Wheel.  :)
Supplies (all by Lawn Fawn, unless otherwise noted):
Stitched Garden Border die
Be Hap-Pea stamps and dies
Simple Puffy Clouds dies
Reveal Wheel dies
Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables
Perfectly Plaid Chill 6x6 Petite Paper pack
Reveal Wheel Friends & Family Sentiments
Moonstone, Noble Fir, Paper Bag, and Fake Tan cardstock
Moonstone, Noble Fir, Fake Tan, Jet Black, and Walnut ink
Other:  Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110 lb cardstock, Copic Markers, Glossy Accents, Foam tape

Lawn Fawn Hand-Tiled Baby Card


Instagram:  @amypeach1978

I had some time to craft yesterday, so I spent a million years inlaying the "tiles" into the Fancy Lattice Backdrop.  :D  I was originally only going to do it to the top half of the panel, but then decided to finish it up, cut it in half when I was finished, and now I have enough for two cards.  I love the way this card turned out!
Supplies (all by Lawn Fawn, unless otherwise noted):
Fancy Lattice Backdrop
Rub-a-dub-dub stamps and dies
Lacy borders die ("chair rail")
No. 2 Pencil cardstock and ink
Blue Jay cardstock
Mermaid cardstock and ink
Peacock cardstock
White Embossing powder
Mini Picture Frames die
Stitched Rectangle Frames
Really Rainbow Scallops Petite Paper Pack
Other:  Copic Markers, Neenah 110 lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Glossy Accents, Black Glaze pen