Hey there crafty friends, Welcome back to the SN blog, after a bit of a break Sunday card share is back. For today’s card, I chose to go with an easy technique for getting a watercolour look using Distress Oxide Inks and a pack of Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Watercolour Resist Cards I’ve had sitting in my […]
Hey there crafty friends, Welcome back to another card share, today it’s all about Distress Oxide Inks. These inks are so easy to blend and I’ve tried the oxide inks on several different kinds of paper. In fact, the panel on this card was made with a cheap index card and it looks great. Because […]
Welcome back, It’s Joy here today for the SN card share. I love adding foil to my projects and while we were at CHA back in January we were able to see Gina K work with her new products with Deco Foil. Gina’s collection has Fancy foils, foils that match the ink and paper in […]
Happy Sunday! Today’s share is all about foiling mixed with some product information. If you’ve followed us for a while, you’ll know the Nerds love Deco Foil. Thermoweb released a new product call Transfer Gel and it recently hit our shelves and my crafting desk, I’ve created a video and a few cards to […]
Hi there, Joy here with you today for our card share. Today’s card really focuses on the beautiful Mandala stamp from Studio Katia. I love to colour the Mandala, the look changes every time and I’ve used several different mediums. The card today is a gate fold card, it’s been a long time since I made […]
Hello crafty friends, Today’s share has a lot of stamping using just one stamp set. The SK Brush Strokes stamp set is very versatile and it’s a great basic stamp set. I started by stamping the brush strokes on a cream background and I used second generation stamping to get a lighter version of each of […]
Hello crafty friends, Shaker cards are a fun way to create an interactive element for the recipient of your handmade card creations. Today’s share is a simple shaker with a pattern paper background. The shaker element was created using the Studio Katia Stitched Nested Squares die, white cardstock and double-foam tape. Studio Katia sequins & seed […]
Happy Sunday friends! I have another masculine card for you today. I went through my stash and grabbed some Crate Paper Boys Rule papers, some dies, and pop dots. I used some paper scraps for some layering and before gluing things down, I inked the edges of all the papers with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. […]
Hello SN friends, I’ve got some masculine inspiration for you today using some Therm-o-web Deco Foil. I die-cut the start from some Toner Paper so I could add foil to the top using a laminator machine. The stars were cut again out of some black cardstock so I could use the leftover/negative piece leftover. I […]
Hello my friends, I’ve really been enjoying water colouring and the new products from Studio Katia over the past few weeks. The SK sequins are great for embellishing and for making shaker cards. Today’s share has me thinking of Spring with the beautiful flowers and the colours I used. The sequins were my inspiration. I heat […]
Welcome back friends, I’m back to share some projects that I created using some of my favourite things. 1. Making my own background papers 2. Paint! 3. Dina Wakley stamps I started with a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper that I created with paint, stamps and stencils. Then cut it down into several […]
Happy Sunday friends, Thank you for stopping by for another card share, this week we’re featuring a beautiful stamp set from Studio Katia called Together We Bloom. This beautiful floral set is so trendy and has a lot of flower images to choose from. I’m really into heat embossing right now so I grabbed some […]
Hello crafty friends, Today I want to share a bright & cheerful card with you using the new Studio Katia Mandala stamp. This stamp is so versatile and is great for colouring with alcohol markers, watercolour products and distress inks. I started by heat embossing the Mandala with white embossing power on 110lb smooth white […]
Hello, It’s Joy here today sharing a new mixed media project with you. We recently started a new card swap over on our Facebook Friends page and the theme for this swap is birthday cards. I decided to make a masculine card with a bit of a watercolour background and some stamps. I created a […]
Welcome and happy Sunday. I’m excited to share my card with you today, I have been working with some new supplies from Avery Elle and Studio Katia and they just make me happy. My card share today is easy to make and has just a little bit of sparkle. I think this card took me […]
Hello everyone, I sometimes forget how nice heat embossing looks and the little jars sit in a drawer and don’t get used. The sentiment in the stamp set that I used for this weeks card made me want to emboss the heart stamp in gold and I love the way it turned out. I think I […]
Welcome! Have you ever created a project from leftovers? The card I’m sharing today started with things I had sitting on my desk from other projects that didn’t make the cut then but were still really great for other projects. I had two pieces of paper, on one I had stamped an image on some […]
Happy Sunday everyone, It’s Joy here with another card share and today’s share uses distress inks to create a blended background. Whenever I use distress ink in this way I always like the results and, I like to use some water for that splatter effect you see. I used the same distress ink, Salty Ocean, […]
Hello friends and welcome back, You might not know it but I love cute dog stamps… well you might know it if you’ve been following the SCS posts. Before the holiday break I posted a holiday card (see post here) using the same stamp Happy Howl-iday’s from Avery Elle that I used for today’s […]