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Repeating Patterns and Yoga Frogs

By on July 9, 2023 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a card using Repeating Patterns and Yoga Frogs. I love these happy frogs from the Be Hoppy stamp set from Heffy Doodle. A Couple of the frogs look like they could be meditating or practicing yoga.

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How happy are those little frogs?! And they must have some great balance, since they are practicing yoga on some lily pads! LOL.

The Polka dots are the repeating pattern here: stenciled on the background panel and colored onto the frogs body and bellies! I just love a polka dot frog.

The Build A Pond die set is so great…with a couple sizes of ponds you can use, as well as lily pads and flowers like I used here. There are also grasses and cattails and vines to build any pond scene or lagoon.

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! 








		
		
			
			
		
	





Thanks for stopping by today! Yoga anyone?

	

	

		
   
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Magnolia Card
By  on July 8, 2023  in Paper Crafting   

	

	    

Hello! I am so excited to bring you a sneak peek of a new Magnolia Layering die coming soon! This die set comes with a beautiful frame die also and I share it all with you in my video below:














		
		
			
			
		
	






		
		
			
			
		
	





These new sets will be available next week on July 15th! I will link everything as soon as it releases.





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! 












		
		
			
			
		
	





Thanks for stopping by today! I’ll be back soon with more cards to share.

	

	

		
   
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Two Cards for the Price of One!
By  on June 24, 2023  in Paper Crafting   

	

	    

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!
By  on June 11, 2023  in Paper Crafting   

	

	    

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
By  on June 10, 2023  in Paper Crafting   

	

	    

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.





Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:













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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