Monday, March 18, 2024

Divinity Designs LLC - Blessings Box - More Inspiration

Hi, everyone! Today I will be sharing three more projects created with the January Blessings Box from Divinity Designs LLC! This has been one of my favorite packages so far.....I will be using these sentiments and butterflies a LOT in the future!!
My first card is for my Mom's birthday.  I used silver metallic paper for the butterflies and hearts since it looked great with the pink/gray combination.  These are the items used for this card:
Stamps: Beautiful Day
Paper: Rose A2 Card Fronts
Dies: Butterfly Layering Combo 3, Ornate Hearts, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer
Misc: Foam Mounting Tape and a Glitter Pen (for the sentiment's hearts).
Next is a fun design for a friend who is a Leap Year Baby.  She just turned "20" and is almost old enough to have a legal drink! :)  Her favorite color is purple, so I used purple foil cardstock with some dark ivory shimmer cardstock.  Here are the items used for this card:
Stamps: Beautiful Day
Paper: Watercolor Flowers A2 Card Fronts
Dies: Butterfly Layering Combo 3, Long and Lean Numbers, Pierced Circles, Circles, Pierced Rectangles, Squares, Square Card Base with Layer, Lacey Square Frame, Lavish Layers
Misc: Foam Mounting Tape, Blending Brushes, Glitter Pen, and sparkly gems.
For my last sample for today, I used the same designer paper and silver metallic as on the first card.  Here are the items used:
Stamps: Beautiful Day
Paper: Rose A2 Card Fronts
Dies: Butterfly Layering Combo 2, Ornate Hearts, Ovals, Pierced Ovals, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer, Beautiful Border 1
Misc: Blending Brushes, Foam Mounting Tape, Glitter Pen.
Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Da Brains Go In Here

Hi, everyone! This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Michelle aka mcstamperNE....congrats, Michelle! I absolutely loved the triple window slimline design of this awesome card....so fun!  I stuck with green and purple but used different shades and flipped the slimline to landscape instead of portrait.  My card is for one of my sisters, who loves horror movies. The images from 'Zombie Boy' by Whimsy Stamps were stamped onto watercolor paper with Stazon Jet Black, then water-colored with an aquabrush. A clear glaze pen was used on the jar, tongue, and eyeballs.  The following dies from Divinity Designs LLC were used for the card base and framing: Slimline Rounded Window, Sentiment Strips 2, and Slimline Card Base.
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Blessings,
 

Saturday, March 9, 2024

CAS Blue Floral Thank You Cards

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast (and my MISTI) helped me to make a group of thank you cards very quickly. I chose this beautiful navy blue floral bedspread for my inspiration piece. I chose the Flowing Flowers set from Stampin Up and Stazon Navy Blue ink. I am hooked on permanent inks for designs like this since the ink dries instantly and doesn't smear. I absolutely hate ruining a card with ink blobs or smears, dont you?! :)
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Blessings,

Friday, March 8, 2024

Divinity Designs LLC 'Birthday Flower of the Month - March'

Hi, everyone! It's time to reveal this month's Birthday Flower of the Month, the Daffodil!!  I am loving these mini stamp sets, especially since there are dies for each stamp, including the sentiments!!  Find out how to get yours HERE!
For my first sample today, I paired the Birthday Flower of the Month - March Stamp/Die Duo with the fun Polka Dots & Gingham Slimline Paper Pad and the following dies: Ovals, Scalloped Ovals, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, and the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.  The Daffodil image was stamped onto white vellum, colored with Blending Brushes and markers on the underside, then adhered to white cardstock; this helped the white to appear brighter.  It looks amazing in person!  Some clear gems were added as a simple embellishment.
For my next card, I created two coloring stencils by stamping the image onto Yupo paper, then fussy cutting around the outside of the image, one for the whole flower and another for the center. The stamens were colored with a marker, coated with a clear glaze pen, then the color blending began.  I love to color with blending brushes in order to get a smooth, blended look, since I don't have Copics.  The Fence Die and daffodil were popped up with Foam Mounting Tape over a fun design from the Spring Flowers 2 Slimline Paper Pad. 
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Blessings,

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Hee Haw, It's Your Birthday!

Hi, everyone! This week's Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast is focused on Leap Day....anything that leaps. I needed a couple of boy birthday cards, so I used this fun set, Darling Donkeys, from Stampin Up. The scene was sponged over scratch paper and the images were colored with markers. The clouds on one of the cards were sponged over a stencil made with the Clouds and Raindrops Dies by Divinity Designs LLC; the other just has random sponging. The cards are mostly the same, other than the color of linen thread used at the top.
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Blessings,

Friday, February 23, 2024

Happy Birthday To One Fungi!

Happy Friday, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use die-cut letters.  This birthday card for my brother-in-law has plenty of them.....it would have been a fairly easy card to make, but gluing all of the letters in place took a while.....why do I keep forgetting to use adhesive sheets?!  I used one sheet of designer paper from the Mushroom Medley Paper/Die Duos pack to cut out the A2 Pierced Triple Window frame, plus one mushroom image to add to the center.  The cut-outs were inset and the frame was popped up with Foam Mounting Tape. The small letters are from the Letter Board Dies set and the large letters are from Alphabet Caps.  Other dies used are: Matting Rectangle and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Divinity Designs LLC - Blessings Box Inspiration

Hi, everyone! Today we are sharing more beautiful samples featuring the January Blessings Box from Divinity Designs LLC. You can see them all on Instagram HERE
My first sample features the Butterfly Layering Combo 2 Dies, a copper-embossed sentiment from the Beautiful Day set, the Watercolor Slimline Paper Pad, and the following dies: Leafy Edged Border, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, Scalloped Circles, Circles, and the A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer.  The copper cut-outs from the Leafy Edged Border Die reminded me of angels, so I used two of them for corner embellishments.  A Blending Brush was used on the embossed edges of the sentiment panel and Foam Mounting Tape was used to give the sentiment panel and butterfly extra dimension.
My second sample features the Butterfly Layering Combo 3 Dies, a soft pattern from the Watercolor Wildflower A2 Card Fronts pack was chosen since it looked good with the Rose Gold foil cardstock.  The sentiment from Beautiful Day was stamped with a dark plum ink directly onto the designer paper.  Other dies used: Ornamental Squares, Ornate Hearts, Pierced Squares, Square Card Base with Layer. Foam Mounting Tape was used to pop up the butterfly and frame.
Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,