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Two Cards for the Price of One!

Hello! Today I’m excited to share some techniques to get two cards for the price of one! I’m using some new products from Miss Ink Stamps, including the adorable Highland Cows stamp set.

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Just how cute are those Highland cows!!? I just love them.

To start, I used a fun stencil technique, where you ink on a light color, then move the stencil a bit and ink on a darker color. For the first card I used a light green then moved the stencil and used a darker green over the top. On the darker cardstock (Desert Storm cardstock) I used WHITE PIGMENT INK first, then inked on Pine Needles Distress Oxide over the top after shifting the stencil a little. This creates a real POP in the color! Try this with any dark cardstock and white pigment ink…then a darker shade of Oxide over the top.

Once the stenciling was done and the ink was completely dry, I die cut the “HI” sentiment out of both cardstock pieces in approximately the same place. Then, you can switch the sentiments, add the shadow die and glue them back on top of where you cut that HI out of the panel! Such a fun technique and allows you to create 2 cards so fast!

That Hi Swirl Frame die set also includes all these beautiful flowers and leaves. I layered some up and created a spray of flowers for one card, and a small splash of flowers on the other card.

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!






I hope you enjoyed this double project today! Thanks for stopping by.

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The Tigers are Loose!

Hello! Today I am excited to share a circus animal card using some awesome new dies from Heffy Doodle! The tigers are Loose, and there’s an elephant on the loose, too.

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The circus tents dies are really quite spectacular…you can create many color schemes with these. Today I chose a classic Circus set of colors: blue, red and yellow.

I put together those dies so quickly…and with two tents, it really fills up an A2 card perfectly.

The animals are from the Two by Two Zoo Animals and they look adorable colored up with some detail dots in Copic markers.

I used a very happy background stencil for that detail Layer…and some patterned paper that I inked in red for the background.

Each layer has another level of dimension. I love a card with dimension! I finished it off with some Ringmaster Sparkle Mix.

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!






I hope you enjoyed this project today! See you next time!

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Coloring an Appaloosa

Hello, today I’m excited to share a video and how I Copic colored an Appaloosa. I was so happy to see this new stamp set from Miss Ink Stamps, and I chose 3 of my favorite images to create this card today.

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I loved creating this ink blended sunset background for this card. I show you just how I did it using Masking Magic paper in my video.

I used the new EIEIO placement guide stencil for lining up those alpha dies, and boy is it cool!! You have to check out their new placement guides!

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!






I hope you enjoyed this vibrant project today! See you soon with more cards!

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Independence Bear (fuzzy coloring)!

Hello! Today I’m excited to share some fuzzy coloring with the new Independence Bear stamp set.

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Isn’t this duo of critters just so cute?!? I hope you enjoy the video.

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!






Enjoy! See you soon!

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Alice in Flowers

Hello! Today I am excited to share this sweet card of Alice in Flowers. I just love this new Daisies Layering Stencil and I knew right away I wanted to add little Alice to the scene!

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The new layering stencil looks so cool when you turn the stencil around and add even more flowers. It creates such a FULL Bouquet!! Be sure to watch the video so you can see just what I mean.

What do you think of Alice with a polka dot dress!? I kinda like it for a little bit of a variation…and I think I might make more Alice in polka dots!

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!






I hope you enjoyed this Wonder-full card today (wink*). Thanks for stopping by!

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