Hello everyone, I have a new video for you over on my YouTube channel. I have two simple projects using the NEW MFT June Release. You can (CLICK HERE!) to visit the MFT online store and check out the entire June Release.
The first project uses the new Sunny Vibes stamp set and Inward Elements stencil to create a cute card to capture that summer energy.
I also have a fun project using the new Baby Shark Die-namics. My son loved this project so much. He had a blast creating baby shark popcorn holders so I decided to share it with you.
The video will be linked below when available. To find much more MFT inspiration (CLICK HERE!) and visit the MFT Stamps website.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I hope that I've inspired you to create something today.
Hello everyone. Today I have a video that takes a look at some of the products from the NEW Simon Says Stamp Crafty Hugs Release. In the video, I get to check out a few of the products from the release as well as create a fun, crafty, and cute card using some of the new products.
I hope that you will take a look at the video linked below.
Hello everyone. Today I have a video using Colorado Craft Company’s NEW August Release of their Big and Bold collection. These stamp sets feature larger images in a hand drawn style with fun sentiments to boot. These sets fit well with their other collection called Lovely Legs.
To check out the NEW Release from The Colorado Craft Company (CLICK HERE) to see their brand line up over at Simon Says Stamp.
I am doing a giveaway for this release. Six winners will be chosen from the comments section of the YouTube video that coordinates with this blog post. Leave me a comment letting me know which of the three cards featured is your favorite out of the group. I will pick randomly six winners in three days time so check back in the description box of that video for the winners to be announced. I will post them on Tuesday August 6th . The six people chosen will each receive one of the six stamp sets from Colorado Craft Company that is being released this August. I hope I have encouraged you to enter and Good luck in the giveaway.
As for the cards, most of them will be shown in the video over on YouTube. All except one. Somehow the down facing camera footage was corrupted and I couldn’t show you how that was made. Good thing it’s super simple and I can just tell you all about it here.
The Big and Bold collection from Colorado Craft Company are just that… Big. I wanted to feature the entire dress on the front of a card but in order to do that, I had to make a card slightly larger than cards I usually make.
This card measures half the size of a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. I made the Simon Says Stamp Fog card base by simply folding a sheet of it in half and scoring it with my Teflon bone Folder.
Then I cut a sheet of Simon Says Stamp Black cardstock down to . This piece is going to be my front panel.
I quickly aligned the front panel into my original MISTI and stamped the sentiment “you’re fabulous darling” toward the bottom center of the panel. I stamped it with Nuvo Clear Mark embossing ink and used Ranger White embossing powder to heat emboss it. I added this panel to the Fog card base using black craft foam and tear tape adhesive.
As for the dress, I stamped it the same exact way as the sentiment was stamped above, only this time I fussy cut it out with my scissors. It doesn’t matter that the cutting edge isn’t perfect. It will end up disappearing into the background. Once I was finished cutting it out I threw it into my splat box and sprayed it with my three favorite shimmer sprays. Imagine crafts Frost and Sparkle shimmer spray as well as Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer spray. After all three were dry, I added some Tonic Studios Foam Squares to the back and mounted it to the card panel centered above the sentiment.
That was it, but my camera didn’t record all of it. So, sadly, it’s not in the video. But there are two more cards being made in the video that I didn’t mess up… So, here is a link to the video._
Also, I’ve listed all of the materials I’ve used to create these projects here on my blog in the following Airtable spreadsheet. Affiliate links are used when available.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. I hope I’ve inspired you to create something with these fun NEW products from the Colorado Craft Company. (CLICK HERE) to check out their awesome stamps or follow the links below.
I have an awesome NEW video for you today. Memory Box reached out to me and asked me if I wanted to play with a few of their products so that my followers could see some of their stuff. Of course I said yes. I have loved using Memory Box products as well as their sister companies Birch Press Designs and Poppy Stamps. I couldn't wait to get my hands on these Fish Tales stamp sets to make a card.
To find out more about what Memory Box has to offer (CLICK HERE!) but be warned!!! You will immediately fall in love.
I have a video project as well as another card that I created off camera. I still have so many ideas, be on the look out for more card projects featuring these items.
Here is a link to the video I created showing off all of the supplies that were sent to me. Some of them I picked out myself and some of them are newer products that they thought my followers would enjoy seeing. I loved everything that was sent to me and I want to personally thank them choosing me for this collaboration.
As for the second project I created, I started with four pieces of Neenah 110 lb cardstock cut to 4 1/4 by 5 1/2. I usually keep these close by because it is my most used cardstock. I decided that I was going to ink blend on these panels. I wanted the blend to be as smooth as possible and I wanted them to be as alike as possible.
I choose Distress Oxide ink in Brushed Corduroy, Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Mermaid Lagoon. This combination is similar to the ink colors used on the project in the video above, only with this one, I used Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy, these are my favorite "sand" colors.
I made sure to ink blend all four panels as similarly as possible. To get a very smooth blend I used Ranger Ink Blending tools for this, and I love the way these look and I think it will set the perfect seascape background. They were each cut down to 3 1/2 by 4 3/4.
Once the backgrounds were well dried (only a few mins needed), I used the Underwater Collage, Seaweed Collage, and Coral Collage dies to cut from the panels. I lined them each up towards the center of one of the panels, leaving the fourth panel alone to serve as the background for the others to be built upon.
I used a Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock card base cut to size A2 in top folding orientation. I adhered the background panel first with Scotch double sided tape. I then used Scotch foam tape to pop up each additional panel stacking them and lining them up the best I could. I makes the perfect little dimensional scene for your critters to live in. The coral, seaweed, and bubbles all add to the theme of the card.
For my images, I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp several of the lined images from the Memory Box Fish Tales stamp set. I used my We R Memory Keepers Precision Press to stamp them. I used an alcohol marker friendly ink because I wanted to play with my new to me Nuvo Alcohol Markers. I chose 5, three color blends to color my fish. I have made a Nuvo Alcohol Marker Color Map so that you can see the makers I used plus a close up of the card for reference.
I adhered the fish on the interior sections using Nuvo Deluxe Liquid adhesive. To pop up the fish on the outside of the die cut panels I used the same Scotch Foam Tape.
I also used foam tape to pop up the sentiment strip. I stamped the sentiment "let minnow how things are going" with Nuvo Clear Mark embossing ink onto a piece of Lawn Fawn Black Licorice cardstock and heat embossed it using Ranger White embossing powder. I cut it down using my Fiskars wire guide paper trimmer.
To see more from Memory Box (CLICK HERE!). All of my supplies used on these projects are linked below using Affiliate links when available, at no cost to you. Thank you for supporting our crafty community.
I hope that you enjoyed my projects today. I hope you all are having a wonderful Memorial Weekend with your families. Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Hello fellow card makers. Today I am playing along with The Paper Players #335 (see image below). This week is a color challenge, use green and white. I used MFT's Lucky stamp set and coordinating dies. I also used the Stitched Rounded Rectangles by MFT to make the shaker portion of my card. I created my background with Lined Up Dots background stamp. I did add a touch of gold to my project, gold is a neutral right? I started to add some banner flags to complete two challenges at once, but I didn't end up liking the way it looked, so I dropped them out. Photos of my project, a link to my YouTube video, and a complete list of supplies is located down below.
Hello fellow card makers. Today not only am I sharing with you my latest card but I am also allowing my husband to do the voiceover for my YouTube video for this card. He is such a good sport. I hope you enjoy both the card and the commentary. Unfortunately I forgot to turn on the camera when I began adhering my pieces together. Rookie mistake! To make up for the lost footage I created a Copic Color Map and I attached a photo sharing the dimension of the card. I used a piece of craft foam on the front panel and popped up the silly monsters with foam tape. Below are photos of my card, the Copic color map I created, a link to my YouTube video, and a full list of supplies.
Supplies:
Stamps:
Your Next Stamp, Silly Monsters, Silly Monsters Two, Lots of Dots Edge
Dies:
Your Next Stamp, Dripping Goo die
Ink:
Memento, Tuxedo Black
Hero Arts, Unicorn White
Taylored Expressions, Poppy Seed
Cardstock:
Neenah Solar White 80 lb
Taylored Expressions, Poppy Seed
Papertrey Ink, Limeaide Ice
Simon Says Stamp, Black
Other:
Doodle Bug Sprinkles Erie Eyes and Matte Boys Assortment
Copic Markers (listed above)
Hello fellow card makers. Today I am sharing with you a new haul, a Your Next Stamp Haul! I love YNS stamps. They are so fun and great quality. I live on the east coast of the United States and YNS is based in Canada. My order took less than a week to arrive and I couldn't be happier. Below is a photo and a link to my YouTube video for your enjoyment.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, have a great day!
Today I created a standard A2 top folding card. I used some new-to-me stamps from Sweet Stamp Shop to create my card. I used Wizards and Grand Wizard stamp sets together. I used my Prismacolor pencils to color the focal image and even created a color map to go with it. A photo of my project, the color map I created, as well as a link to my youtube video and a full list of supplies are below.
Supplies:
Stamps:
Sweet Stamp Shop, Wizards and Grand Wizard
Hero Arts, Sparkle Background (old)
Ink:
Hero Arts, Black
Versamark
Distress Ink, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, and Faded Jeans
Hello fellow card makers. Today I am sharing another card and yes, another video. I'm still learning, but I am enjoying myself and to me, thats all that matters. My card has a mid century feel to it. I used some pattern papers I have been hoarding for a few years. this pack of 6x6 patterned paper is by Basic Grey and it's called Hipster. I used the colors from these papers to pick my ink colors for the stamping. I love stamping. I mean, stamping with no coloring, I need to do more of this. I am using Simple Flowers by Altenew. Here is my card and a full list of supplies are listed below.
Supplies:
Stamps:
Altenew, Simple Flowers
Dies:
MFT, Thanks
Ink:
Taylored Expressions, Dijon, Potato Chip, Sweet Basil, and Poppy Seed
Hero Arts, Neon Red, and Wet Cement
PTI, Aqua Mist
Cardstock:
Taylored Expressions, Poppy Seed (card base and sentiment)
Stampin' Up! Speckled (front panel)
Hello fellow card makers. Today is a special day. For the first time in a REALLY long time, I have made a video to go along with my card! I'm pretty excited about it. Today I am using MFT's Beary Special Birthday and some various MFT Die-namics to create my card. I hope you like it, and enjoy the video. Make sure you watch until the very end for a special guest appearance.
Supplies:
Stamps:
MFT, Beary Special Birthday
Stampendous, Birthday Block
Hello fellow cardmakers, today is very exciting... not just because I'm playing in this week's Color Throwdown, but also because I made my very first card making video today. It's something that I've wanted to do for a long time, but never conjured up the courage to do it. Oh yeah, and Happy Valentines Day! As I mentioned in the video, I have been obsessed with rainbows lately, and as such, I have pretty much colored rainbows on every card I've made in the past few weeks, so why not this one too? I made two cards with the same layout but using different techniques for the rainbow die cut. The first using fun foam and the second using an inlaid die technique, which I showed in the video.
Today I am playing in Color Throwdown #379. This weeks colors are Pink, Purple/Mullberry, Metallic Gold, and Hot Pink. My supplies are listed below.
Constructive criticism number one, better lighting. Oh and I need to turn off my TV when filming, hahaha!! Enjoy!
Cardstock:
PTI- Stampers Select White and Plum Pudding
Avery Elle- Magenta and Pixie
Stampin' Up!- Gold Foil
Simon Says Stamp- Black
Ink:
Versamark
Hero Arts -Black Dye Ink
Embossing Powder:
Ranger- Liquid Platinium
Stamps:
PTI- Beautiful Butterflies and Beautiful Butterfly layers
Dies:
PTI- Beautiful Butterflies
Paper Smooches- Rainbow
Have a wonderful week and stay warm! Thanks for being here.
Hello. My name is Koren Wiskman, but many people call me Kori. My husband Tim and I run two businesses and have four kids. If this doesn’t immediately scream insanity, just keep reading…Tim and I grew up in the same waterfront town of Pasadena, Maryland. We graduated High School together in 1998, and about 15 years later we started dating. It would make an excellent love story, but we are not quite finished writing it yet. I became a Mother almost 20 years ago with my daughter Cailin. I’ve been crafting since birth but I discovered stamping when I was pregnant with my first son Hayden over 18 years ago. I fell in love and I have been card making ever since. Since then my joy for paper crafting has grown right along with my family. I now have a step-daughter Olivia who will be 13 this year. You can find me on YouTube and many of the popular social media sites. Thats where you will also meet Dexter my youngest, he is seven, and he is the perfect combination of me and Tim. See many of our family outings and shenanigans as well as plenty of crafting goodness.
