Sparkle and Shine

Hi all!  Here's a card I made using the TAWS sets Feeling Groovy and Say It Don't Spray It.  I love how versatile the Feeling Groovy set is - those 'starbursts' or whatever they're called, really make a cool looking background!  A few gold sequins add some sparkle.  :)  The white card stock is MFT's primitive white.  I like it because of the flecks that are in the paper, just adds a little something to it.  The sketch is the FMS182 and the color combo is from the CTD338.  The sentiment was cut out with the newly release YNS stitched rectangles dies.

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Your Next Stamp April New Release Blog Hop!

Hi all!  Welcome to the YNS April New Release Blog Hop!  We have SO much in store for you so let's get to it!

I am beyond excited for this set because it just PERFECT for masculine cards - it is called For the Boys, after all!  ;)  Because these are masculine cards, I kept them pretty CAS, only adding gumdrops for embellishments.  I love the new Stitched Rectangles dies, so I also used them a lot on these two cards.

How fun is that pitcher of beer?  Lol!  I went for more of a Shiner Bock beer (color wise), rather than say, a Coors Light. ;)

The hop only lasts until 17 April so be sure to comment before then for your chance to win!

And look!!!  Here's a code for 20% off your entire order!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!!!!

You are so beautiful...

Hi all!  Here's a CAS card I made using one of the images from Phone Home and a sentiment from Say It Don't Spray It.  The background was done using a technique Jennifer McGuire showed on her blog a few weeks back.  I used an MFT stencil, sponged on sweet tooth pigment ink, heat dried it, then off set the stencil slightly and sponged it with grape jelly ink.  

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Your Next Stamp - Sneak Peek Day!

Hi all!  It's Sneak Peek time for this month's YNS New Release!  I am sneaking the new Waddles - Happy Brrr-thday set that have matching dies!  YAY!  I truly adore these little penguins!!!  I colored them with Copics then used the matching dies to cut them out.  Seriously, look at these guys! What's not to love??! I also used a few different gumdrop colors - lemon, pumpkin and blue raspberry.  And the orange dp was cut out using the NEW Stitched Rectangle Dies!  Double YAY!

Thanks for stopping by!  Go check out the YNS BLOG to check out the rest of the Sneak Peeks!!!

Greetings Earthling

Hi all!  Here's a card I made using the TAWS set Phone Home, along with two of the stars in the mini Blast Off set.  How cute is that little blue guy?  He's popped up on foam adhesive so it looks like he's hovering over his home planet.  The planet was done using reinkers, swirling the ink around with water and a paint brush, heat setting it, then spritzing it with a little more water, then heat setting one more time.  The stars are stamped in sweet tooth ink, as is the sentiment.

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Groovy, baby!

Hi all!  Here's a card I made using the newly released TAWS sets - Feeling Groovy and Far Out which is the FREE when you spend $40 set for this month!  I love how the guy from the Feeling Groovy set goes with the girl from Far Out.  I colored her dress and his shirt and bandana so that they looked tie-dyed.  :)  I used dp and card stock that had a 70's feel.  This couple totally reminds me of my mom and stepdad.  The sentiment is embossed with white EP.  The sketch is from the SSSC263.

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Hello

Hi all!  I wanted to share a card I made for a couple of challenges just FOR FUN!  ;)  The sketch is from the MFTWSC222 and the colors are based on the MFT CC18.  I dropped a trio of reinkers onto some damp watercolor paper then lightly swirled it around.  Once I was happy with it, I blasted it with my heat gun.  Once dry, I spritzed more water on top, let them set for several seconds, then soaked them up with a paper towel then blasted it again with my heat gun.  I just LOVE how it turned out!  I used the circle element from Blueprints 12 to cut out the watercolored circle and to get the stitched design on the larger primitive white layer.  The hello die-namic was cut out with primitive white card stock twice and kraft card stock once.   Then I layered them, while slightly off-setting the colors for a shadowed effect.  The 2 smaller stars are from Blueprints 13 and the larger one is from the stacking stars die-namics.

You may be able to see in this pic that I added some sparkle to the stars using my clear Wink of Stella marker.

Thanks for stopping by!