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Hey friends! It’s Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the new Layered Candy Corn stencil.

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The Layered Candy Corn stencil is a 3-piece layering stencil. I’m going to ink blend distress oxides inks to create my background using Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, and Antique Linen.

Next, I’m going to stamp a sentiment from the Halloween Critters stamp set. I love that Pretty Pink Posh has a coordinating die for the larger sentiment. I heat embossed it in white onto black cardstock and die cut out. Be sure to watch the video for a fun tip I’m sharing about trimming down small sentiments.

I wanted to add the new Spider Web to my card but not make it too creepy so I die cut it from white glitter cardstock and 2 more times from plain white cardstock so I could layer it up. Creating dimension with the layers is going to help separate it from the busy background.

I had trimmed the candy corn background down to 3 ¾” x 5” and added to an orange card base. This helps pull out the orange in the card. A yellow or even purple card base would work here too to keep with the Halloween theme.

I added the Spider Web with liquid glue and then popped up the die cut sentiment using foam tape.

I love creating Halloween cards and can’t wait to get spooky with this new release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here. I LOVE to make SHAKER CARDS and today I’m sharing this fun Halloween shaker card using the Cauldron Shaker die. 

If you would like to see how I made my card, you can watch my video here.

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I started off by creating the candy corn background for my card. I cut a piece of white cardstock to 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ and used the Layered Candy Corn Stencil with the following inks: Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink, Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink, and Scrapbook.com Fog ink. 

Next, I cut a Scallop Circle die from orange and white cardstock. I used the orange scallop frame and the white inside piece for the circle on my card. 

I used the Cauldron Shaker die and made a shaker for the centerpiece of my card. Be sure to watch my video to see how I made the cauldron shaker! 

I added the Halloween Party Clay Confetti to the inside of the cauldron. The confetti pieces are so much fun with pieces that look like real candy! My favorites are the ones that look like real candy corn! I glued some of the confetti pieces above the cauldron so it would look like the pieces are boiling out of it. 

I used a sentiment from the Halloween Envelopes stamp set and die cut it with the banner die from the coordinating die set. I tied twine around the lower portion of the card layer and then added it to an A2 size orange card base.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Lisa Mears

Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here. I love to make scene cards and today I’m sharing a scene card featuring the Layered Roads Stencil and the Across the Miles stamp set. If you would like to see how I made this card, then watch my video here.

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The Layered Roads Stencil is a three layer stencil that will make a road background for your cards.  I added Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink for the grass, Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink for the road, and a white pigment ink for the dashes in the road. 

Once my stencil was complete, I colored the vehicles from the Across the Miles stamp set using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. The colors I used are as follows: Bright Yellow, Yellow, Carmine Red, Light Blue, Emerald Green, Gray, Blue, Violet, English Lavender, and Orange. After coloring the stamps, I die cut them with the coordinating dies and adhered them to my card front. I also added the sentiments “Vroom!”, “Beep”, and “Sending Smiles Across the Miles!” to the front of the card. I added the card panel to an A2 size card base.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Lisa Mears

Hi friends! It’s Mindy with you today to share some inspiration using the Layered Clouds stencil. When all else fails or I’m in a slump, I will normally go for a rainbow. Rainbow never fails!

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The Layered Clouds stencils is a two piece stencil. Starting with one of the layers, I’m going to ink blend a rainbow of colors using blending brushes. I’m using colors from Simon Says Stamp but anything in your collection will work for this.

The colors I’m using are Bubblegum, Grapefruit, Sunbeam, Sprout, Surf, and Lilac.

After I blended this first layer on, I’m going to place the second layer of the stencil on my background. This will slightly overlap some of my previous clouds.

I’m going to repeat my same steps as before using that rainbow of color.

After I remove the second layer of the stencil, I’m going to lightly go over the whole background with the left over ink on my blending brushes, following the rainbow down the front of the card.

I trimmed the panel down to 4” x 5 ¼” and added to a white card base.

For my sentiment, I’m using the Just A Note Script die. I die cut it once from gold mirror cardstock and twice from white cardstock to layer together for dimension.

Truly a simple card that has a strong, happy vibe. Hope you enjoyed today’s card project!

Mindy

Hi friends and welcome back! It’s Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the Layered Roads stencils and Across The Miles stamp set.

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I love how these layered roads come together. The layering of the stencil makes it super quick and easy to create a background.

I’m using Twisted Citron & Mowed Lawn distress oxide inks for my hills, Pumice Stone and a hint of Hickory Smoke distress oxide for the pavement and a bit of white paste for the lines of the roads.

Don’t let coloring the images intimidate you! Do a little emboss resist to quickly add color to the images from the Across the Miles stamp set.

I have a secret to share …… these two mini slimline cards were a happy accident. I meant to create one card but I trimmed the background down incorrectly. Since I put a lot of effort into the background, I was not going to let it go to waste.

I did sneak in one additional sentiment that came from the Birthday Scripts stamp set.

I think these sets are super versatile because not only are they great for little kids, but I think adults too!

Hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration.

Hi there! Laura here and today I have a colorful project to share featuring the adorable, new Construction Trucks products. Never thought in a million years that I’d be gushing over construction truck, but here I am, gushing at them in rainbow goodness!

Here is a video showing how I created this card.

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For the background I used the Layered Construction Trucks Stencil Set. This set has three stencils that allow you to build your construction trucks in tons of colors. Get it? Tons. See what I did there?

I used the Construction Trucks coordinating dies to cut out the blended trucks and pop them up onto a cream panel. For the sentiment I embossed the Loads of Love from the Construction Trucks Stamp Set in white onto a simple, black die cut circle.

This colorful, dimensional background idea can be easily adapted using the Across the Miles images as well as the Dinosaur Additions products. Thank you so much for joining me today!

Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here.  Today I’m sharing a card featuring background stamping with the Spring Flowers stamp set.

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One of my favorite techniques is to do background stamping on a card front, but instead of using a background stamp, I used smaller individual stamps to create the background. I used the Spring Flowers stamp set and randomly stamped the flowers and leaves on a card panel that measures 5 3/8” x 4 1/8”. I like to think of this as creating my own pattern paper. After I stamped the images, I colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. The colors I used are as follows:  Deep Violet, Lilac, English Lavender, Bright Yellow, Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Brown, Olive Green, Light Green, Deep Red, Pale Rose, Sugar Almond Pink, and the Blender.

For the sentiment, I used the Celebration Scripts stamp set. I stamped out Happy Anniversary onto white cardstock and then used the coordinating dies to die cut the word “Anniversary.” I felt like the white cardstock from the sentiment blended into the background too much, so I decided to color the sentiment with the Yellow and Lemon Yellow Zig pens.

Next, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 5 ½” x 4 ¼” to be used for the bottom layer of the card. Because I wanted to bring out more of the yellow from the sentiment, I used my Yellow Zig pen to color the outside edges of the cardstock to match the sentiment. Finally, I added the panel to an A2 card base and added some of the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix for some sparkle.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Lisa Mears

Hello friends! It’s Mindy with you today to share a card using the Layered Letters stencil.

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There are so many ways to color up this stencil. So many in fact, that it was overwhelming me so I googled clipart mail to narrow down a color combination I liked best. I often do this when I just can’t seem to get a start.

I liked the brown letter look as it reminded me of packages and getting packages in the mail is fun!

The Layered Letters stencil is a 3-piece stencil. I started with the most open area stencil and ink blended on a light brown which in my case is Sandy Beach from Gina K Designs.

The next layer of the stencil that I’m going to use has the details of the letters and a little postage mark. I masked off the postage mark with post it tape and ink blended a darker shade of brown, Kraft ink, using a blending brush.

I’ll wipe off the excess ink, remove the post it tape and using a small blending brush, ink up the postage areas with Blue Lagoon ink. Those small blending brushes really help get in those small areas without having to mask everything else off.

For the third layer of the stencil, I’m going to jazz it up a bit by using Red Velvet Glitz Glitter Gel.

Since this background is pretty much my focal point, I’m going to keep the sentiment small.

I’ll be using the Simple Sentiments stamp set. I picked three that I thought went together well and heat embossed them in white embossing powder onto Blue Lagoon cardstock.

After trimming the sentiments down to a thin strip, I can add them to the front of the card using liquid glue which holds up nicely against a textured background.

Hope you enjoyed today’s card and it has inspired you to create! Have a great day!

Mindy

Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here. Today I’m sharing a clean and simple card design featuring the Floral Arch die set.

For my card, I started by using Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to make a watercolor background. I love how easily these pens blend together while adding a touch of glitter and shine to the background! Next, I cut the panel to 3” x 4”. I die cut the Floral Arch twice from white cardstock and added the die cut to the top right corner and the bottom left corner of the watercolored background. I die cut a Scallop Frame die from white card stock and added it to the top of the watercolored background. Using the white die cuts on the blue watercolored background really makes the card pop!

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I used the Praying For You Script die for the sentiment and added the “For You” stamp from the Birthday Scripts stamp set. Finally, I added a few pieces of confetti from the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix to the card.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Lisa Mears