Harvest Ink Blending

Hi crafty friends!   I'm stopping by today with a colorful Fall card that is super easy to make, plus is nice and flat for mailing!   Gotta love those!

I began by masking a circle on my card base.   Next, I cut some wave shapes out of some additional masking paper and fit them together, covering the circle.   I removed one piece at a time, adding color with Distress Inks.   I like how the colors blend into each other a bit, but not too much.   I stamped and heat embossed the wheat from CAS-ual Fridays' Amber Waves with gold embossing powder and stamped the sentiment (also from Amber Waves) by bending it slightly on my stamp block to get just the right curve.  I added a skinny strip of gold foil paper down the right edge of the card to give things a finished look!

I hope you've enjoyed my card today!   Just a reminder - you can always save 15% in the CAS-ual Fridays store by using my special code, KIMBERLY2017!  

Enjoy what is left of the weekend, and I'll see you again soon!

Winnie & Walter's 3rd Birthday Bash - Ink Smooshing Challenge

Hello there!!!   I've been busy in my studio creating a bunch of cards for Winnie & Walter's 3rd Birthday Bash - W&W is one of my favorite companies, and I love to participate in their challenges!   There are 10 fun challenges to enter for their birthday celebration, and the first one I was drawn to was Heather's Ink Smooshing challenge!

I used Distress Inks to create my watercolor background - I love how it turned out!   I die cut the watercolor piece with W&W's Audrey Cutaways and the In A Word: Wishes sentiment.   I added a heavy coat of Glossy Accents to the sentiment and stacked this cut with several others to add lots of dimension!   Before I mounted my watercolor panel, I heat embossed several of the roses from In Bloom: Julie's Roses with Wow glitter embossing powder directly on my card base.

Hope you've enjoyed my card today!   Stop by the W&W blog for details on how you can enter as well!

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release - Sun Soaked Christmas!

Hello there!    Today begins Newton's Nook Designs' holiday release, and we are starting with a super fun tropical themed Christmas set!   

I created a background using Distress Inks, and stamped the little palm tree scene right on top - no masking involved.   I chose to Copic color my images a little more muted than I'd normally choose to do, to go with the soft background, and I love the effect!    I added the white with my Dylusions white paint pen, heat embossed the sentiment, and added the panel offset  onto a card base I embossed with an embossing folder.

GIVEAWAY

Would you like to win the “Sun Soaked Christmas” Stamp Set?

This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, October 27th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 28th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Jess Gerstner

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Naki Rager

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Shenanigans!

Hi crafty friends!   Today I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog with this fun ink-blended card! 

To create it, I stamped the dotty border from Holly Jolly Borders and masked it while I did some ink blending with Distress Ink in each area.   The awesome sentiment is from Shenanigans!   

Hope you like my card for today!   FYI - Shenanigans is on sale at the CFS store right now!   Plus, if you use code KIMBERLY16, you'll save an additional 15% on your entire purchase!   Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

W&W WCMD - Color Challenge

I'm back with another card for Winnie & Walter's WCMD challenge!   This time I played along with Heather P.'s color combo of green, blue and teal.

I created the background by inking up a piece of cardstock with Distress Inks in an light ombre of Broken China, Evergreen Bough & Shabby Shutters.   Next I sponged a heavier coat of the same colors through the Leaf Effect stencil.   Next, I smooshed my Versamark ink pad through the Big Bang Circles stencil and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.   I stamped the word 'you', from The Big, the Bold & You onto a piece of acetate and heat embossed in white.   I fussy cut around the sentiment and adhered it to a strip of grey cardstock and added the rest of the sentiment, also heat embossed in white.  The strip was adhered across the card with foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my final card for Winnie & Walter's WCMD challenges!  

Hey There, Friend!

Hi crafty friends!   Thanks for stopping by!   Today I've got a CAS card that yields a lot of impact.  I used the awesome Girlfriend stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays along with Distress Inks to get the look!

I began by blending Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks onto the top of my focal panel.   I used sticky notes to mask off the area I was working with.   When I had a nice blend, I went in and stamped several images from the Girlfriend stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink.   I added some detail with a white gel pen.

I added a strip of Scor Tape along the edge of my inked panel and burnished some irridescent  prisma glitter onto it.   The sentiment, also from Girlfriend, was stamped right below the glittered tape.   

I hope you've enjoyed my card today!   If you'd like to shop over at the CAS-ual Fridays store, you can save 15% by using the coupon code KIMBERLY16.   While you're there, be sure to check out the 'Sale' tab for some great deals on some of CFS' earliest sets.   We're celebrating CFS' 4th birthday all month long!  Woo-hoo!

CHALLENGES

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes 

CAS(E) This Sketch #192

Get Your Twinkle On - DIY Galaxy Bottles with CAS-ual Fridays!

Hi guys!   I have a fun tutorial for you today - mini galaxy bottles!    These are so super cute - they'd make great party favors, or just something to give to a friend as a little reminder that they mean the world to you!   I enlisted my kids' help to make these, and they had a blast!

Here's what you'll need - Distress Ink re-inkers, glitter, cotton balls, a skewer, water and a bottle (any kind will do as long as it has a resealable cap - I've made these larger and they're awesome too)!   

Start by adding in a bit of water to the bottle and then squeeze a drop or two of Distress Ink reinker into your bottle.   Add a shake of glitter and mix it with the skewer.   

Next, add some cotton balls to the bottle.  I like to stretch mine out - I just like the way it looks better in the bottle, but you don't have to do this!   Push the cotton down into the water with the skewer.   Keep adding cotton until most of the water is absorbed.  Next, add some more water, a different color reinker and more glitter.   Add cotton and gently push it down with the skewer (so you don't mix the colors too much).   Keep going with as many layers of color/cotton as you like, till the bottle is full!

To make my bottles even cuter, I wanted to add a meaningful sentiment to them - but I definitely didn't want to cover too much of the fun galaxy!   I decided to stamp a sentiment from the CAS-ual Fridays 'Twinkle' stamp set onto a strip of acetate using Staz-On white ink.   **TIP**  Add a piece of removable adhesive to the backside of the acetate while stamping.   Staz-On & acetate are quite a combo, and the acetate wants to lift.   Repositionable adhesive keeps things in place while you're working!!  

I wrapped the sentiment strips around the bottles and adhered them with a glue dot.   Voila!   A sweet message that doesn't obscure the galaxy!  

My little bottles had a date code on the top that I wanted to cover up, so I did some quick distress ink blending (using the same colors I added to the water for my galaxy bottles) on a sheet off adhesive label paper.   I stamped some of the stars from 'Twinkle' with Versamark, added white embossing powder and heat set it.   I punched 1" circles from the label paper and adhered them to the top of the bottles.   

This was such a fun project!   I hope you give it a try!   If you'd like to do some shopping at the 

CAS-ual Fridays store, you can always use the coupon code KIMBERLY16 to save 15%!!   Woo-hoo!!

Happy Harvest

Hello!   Today I have a card to share using the awesome Falling Into Autumn stamp set from Newton's Nook.   To really let the stamps shine, I kept my background simple.

I smooshed several shades of Distress Ink onto a small stamp block and spritzed with water.   I pressed the stamp block onto my watercolor paper and carefully lifted.   I did this four times with a variety of Distress Ink colors.   Once the ink had dried, I stamped several of the leaf images as well as a sentiment from Falling Into Autumn with brown ink.

I finished the card by trimming the watercolor paper down and creating a 5.5 x 5.5 square card.  

Hope you've enjoyed my card today - thanks for stopping by!

Distress Ink Lifting

Hi there!    I've got a card for you today featuring CAS-ual Fridays stamps & Fri-Dies - the background is the Curtis background stamp, the sentiment is from Girlfriend and the die is Love Ya.  

This is a technique I picked up for Jennifer McGuire....isn't she amazing?!?!   I started by using Distress Ink direct to my watercolor paper.   Once it was dry, I stamped the Curtis background with Versamark ink and heat set it with clear embossing powder.   Then for the fun part!   I sprayed the whole piece with water and lifted some of the color with a paper towel.   I just kept repeating this spritzing and lifting until I was happy with the result!   

The background was pretty awesome, so I kept the sentiment simple - the love ya die was cut from black paper and the remainder of the sentiment was embossed with white onto a black cardstock strip and adhered with foam tape.

Hope you've enjoyed my card today!   Remember, as always, to save 15% off on your CAS-ual Fridays Stamps order, just enter code KIMBERLY16 at checkout.    Have a fabulous weekend everyone!!

Distressed & Blessed!

Hello and Happy Sunday!  Join me over at the Honey Bee Stamps blog today to find out how I made this card!   Those Distress colors are some of my favorites!  :)

CAS-ual Fridays Release Day 4

Okay, remember yesterday when I said if you liked the 'Thanks' stamp set you'd love what we have for you today?    Well here you have it!    Meet the 'Bravo' stamp set!    More of that awesome marquee font....these are so much fun to play with, I couldn't stop at one card, so I have two for you today!  (Also, be sure to stop by the CAS-ual Fridays blog for a TON of inspiration from the whole DT!)

First up is this fun card using the super cute High 5 image!   I began by stamping the image onto a piece of black cardstock with Versamark and coating it with sticky embossing powder.   Once it was heated up, I added some Glitter Ritz glitter being sure to burnish it firmly.   I was able to color the glitter with a Copic marker to get the fun aqua color you see!   I thought it would be fun to 'elevate' the high word (get it?   make it high?   - sorry, bad joke!)  so I stamped it again and heat embossed it with aqua EP.   I cut it out and added it on top of the original image with foam tape.   I stamped and heat embossed the remainder of the sentiment with white EP.   I die cut the image and set it aside to work on the background!

The background is the word Hooray stamped repeatedly.   Once I had it finished, I felt it detracted too much from the focal part of my card, so I layered vellum over top of it to soften it up.   I love  how this turned out!

I've got one more card  to share with you, this time using the Bravo Fri-Die!  

Oh how I love the way this turned out!    And I discovered a neat little trick along the way!   I began by die cutting 'Bravo' from masking paper.  I set aside the word for another use, and used the negative as a stencil.  I blended several colors of distress ink for a gradient look.   When I was through, I decided I wanted to die cut the ink blended word after all, so to try to line it up properly (these are closed dies) when I sent it through my Vagabond, I left my masking stencil in place and dropped in the die so that it fit snugly within the stencil.   When I removed the die, the alignment wasn't quite perfect, so there were bits of masking paper stuck on my sentiment.   I peeled them off and I love the look of the white along the edges!   

I added the My Friend sentiment from Mon Ami  and some of the Pretty Posies flowers & leaves (also inked with Distress ink and a blending tool) to the front of the card.   For a little added interest I used a white gel pen to doodle on the flowers and leaves a bit!  

So there is just one more day left of CAS-ual Fridays reveal week - I hope you stop back tomorrow to see what else I've got for you !   See you soon! 

CAS-ual Fridays New Release - Day 1

Hi there!   I'm super excited because today marks the start of release week for CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!   Today we are sharing projects made with the new set Pretty Posies and the coordinating dies.   

So this card is kind of fun because it is essentially one layer!   I used a leaf and the largest of the Pretty Posies dies as a stencil by die cutting them from acetate.   I was able to use the negative this created as a stencil and sponged on Distress Inks (Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet for the flower, Twisted Citron & Mowed Lawn for the leaves).   It was super easy to see where I wanted to place everything since the acetate is clear!   After I was done with that, I heat embossed the line images over top with gold embossing powder and added the sentiment from Pretty Posies with gold EP as well.   To finish off the panel I wrapped some fine gold thread around the top of the card and then mounted it to a lavender card base.  This will be super easy to go through the mail....gotta love that kind of card!

I hope you've enjoyed todays card - be sure to stop by the other DT members' blogs to see the beauties they've created with these fun new stamps and dies!

And remember, if you are inclined to do some shopping at CAS-ual Fridays, use my code, KIMBERLY16 to save an additional 15%! There are some awesome goodies in the 'Sale' category as well!   I'll see you back here tomorrow to show you some more projects created with the new release - while you wait, head over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog for a TON of inspiration from the whole DT!  I hear there's a GC up for grabs for a lucky customer!! 

A Rainbow of Smiles

Hi there, crafty friends!   Be sure to stop over to the Honey Bee Stamps blog today to find out how I made this colorful card!  

Honey Bee BEAUTIFUL LIFE Stamp Set HBST07	My Favorite Things ENGLISH BRICK WALL Mixables Stencil MFT ST82	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad FESTIVE BERRIES Ranger TDP39969	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad RIPE PERSIMMON Ranger TDP40118
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE Ranger TDP40200	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TDP47322	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MERMAID LAGOON Ranger TDP46790	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Ranger TDP47360
Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SEA BREEZE CUPPED Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM RASPBERRY Cupped Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM TANGERINE Cupped Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM LEMON DROP Cupped Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM PANSY PURPLE Cupped Sequins	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SHAMROCK Cupped Sequins

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