A Creative Touch

Monday, January 11, 2016

A Ton of Love with Paperie Ink

Happy Monday!! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!! It was a bit gray here but I liked it. Made me want to stay home in my cozy house. Love these kind of weekends!!

Today I am sharing a card I created for the Paperie Ink blog. I combined two of their stamp and dies sets-"Tons of Thought" and "Christmas Carolers."

I started off the card by creating the background. I die cut a heart mask and blended "Spun Sugar" and "Worn Lipstick" Distress Inks for the background. Next I misted Distress Stain in "Festive Berries" and "Picket Fence" onto the card. I dried the card using a heat gun and stamped the sentiment from "Tons of Thought" using black dye ink.

I then stamped and die cut the sun and the fox. I colored each in with Copic Markers and adhered them to the card front using foam adhesive.

I added some red Stickles to the fox's nose.

I also used Wink of Stella on the sun for an added touch of sparkle. The last touch was to adhere a few heart sequins randomly around the little fox.

This card was so fun to make!! I have not colored in AGES and making the background I was able to play a little!!

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by today. Please stop by the Paperie Ink Blog and become a follower. You won't want to miss the fabulous projects created by the design team!!

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Saturday, January 9, 2016

Saturday with My Favorite Things

Hello friends!! It is Saturday here in blog land. I meant to be a better blogger and crafter this year but this first week back to work after the holidays KICKED MY BUTT!!! Between shuttling Charlotte around for her activities, getting back to a gym routine and doctor appointments, by the time I got home and ate dinner, all I felt like doing was stumbling to the couch and relaxing in front of the television. I don't know how all of you keep up your crafting with your hectic schedules!!

Today I am sharing two cards with you that I created last week but was too tired to post.

I created the first with the other two sympathy cards I made last week using My Favorite Things "Fall Florals" stamp and die set. Once again I utilized purple and gray as my color scheme.

I created the background by stamping the "Etched Flower" stamp in white. I love how it looks on the purple. Not too bright but enough to be seen!!

I added silver Stickles on top of my silver sequins to give a touch of shine to this card.

On a different note, here is another card I created last weekend using the "Hug in a Mug" stamp and die set from My Favorite Things.

I cannot tell you how happy this card makes me!!! I stamped the background with the "Canvas" stamp by Hero Arts in gray. I blended Vintage Photo ink on the whip cream and then misted it with water to get the look I wanted.