digital play

I have been on a kick lately enjoying the ease of printing digital papers at home to the exact size that I need them for my cards or other embellishments. I have been purchasing most of my papers online from different Etsy stores. This collection is from AMBillustrations and I have used it for cards and making flairs. I don't have any intention to go digital with my crafting, but it is nice to have an alternative every now and then.

my love for sequins

If you followed my blog for a bit, you can definitely see that I have a love for these little shiny things. They just make me so happy. I enjoy mixing colors and sizes and making my own custom sequin blends. I have even started to sell them in my Etsy shop.

Shaker cards are one of my favorite ways to use them, but it can be tricky to mail them when you use thicker cupped sequins. One of my tips is to use the flat ones. You still get the sparkle, but without any of the bulk. On this card, I used digital paper printed at 5x5 and die cut my shape in the middle. I also used very thin fun foam to die cut the same shaped and used it to make my shaker holder. The fun foam is a lot cheaper than the foam tape and works just as well. Since my sequins are only slightly cupped, they still move around when you shake the card. I finished with a few sprinkled onto the front of the panel along with a stamped sentiment and two enamel stars.

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I have been wanting to give water coloring with distress inks a try and I just fell in love with this new sentiment set from Kaleidoscope Creations Stamps. I think it is a perfect set to go with so many image stamps, but especially works well with flowers.

I heat embossed my floral stamp onto Ranger Watercolor paper using Versamark ink and a fine detail white embossing powder. I then wet my image with a number 2 round brush and dropped in color from my distress pads and allowed the color to dry naturally. I came back and added more color where I felt the flower needed it. Again, letting it air dry and then stamped my sentiment twice to get into all of the texture of the watercolor paper. I finished with some Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins. I love the end results and will definitely be using this technique again.

I didn't forget...

Even though it may seem like it, I didn't forget about my little blog. Life has been so hectic and so many things have been happening in our family that some things had to be prioritized and sadly, the blog fell last on that list. I am going to try to remedy that by working on getting at least one project post a week, probably on Mondays for now, and then work my way up to twice a week. Thankfully, I have continued card making and even started some scrapping during all of this time.

Today's card is a quick card perfect for a forgetful mind (like mine) or a great masculine card. It is using a new stamp set by Kaleidoscope Creations Stamps. I popped up the candle and tied a string around it to mimic tying a string around your finger to help you remember something. I then finished it off by adding a few tiny enamel stars and a sentiment from the same stamp set.