Membership Wednesday ~ April 2023 BOM Linen & KOM All the Wishes ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's Membership Wednesday again!! I'm back with one more card featuring the awesome new April 2023 Background of the Month stamp called Linen along with the awesome hot air balloon from the new April 2023 Kit of the Month called All the Wishes. I did say last week that I'd be featuring the April 2023 Whit Kit but time got away from me this week and I still had this fabulous background piece leftover from the card I shared last week. So here we are...

 

As I mentioned last week for my sweet mouse card, I ink smooshed the background using Abandoned Coral, Crushed Olive, Antique Linen, and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide inks onto white card stock. I stamped the ink smooshed background with the awesome Linen Background stamp. And then I die cut the background with the Fall Out Hearts {background die}.

I die cut a piece of white card stock with the largest die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. I adhered the die cut heart background onto a 3-9/16 x 4-13/16" piece of True Black card stock from Papertrey Ink. I then adhered the panel to the white scalloped rectangle layer. And then I adhered the combined background layers to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of True Black card stock that was adhered to a white top fold card base measuring 4-1/4 x 11"; scored at 5-1/2".

The beautiful hot air balloon was stamped with Black Amalgam ink and I colored it up with the following Copic Markers:

Balloon ~ BG000, BG11, BG23

Basket ~ R00, R12, R05

Leaves ~ YG11, YG03, YG91, YG95, YG97

Ballasts ~ YG11, Y06

I fussy cut it leaving a bit of a white border around the edges. I popped up the hot air balloon with lots of thin foam tape.

I stamped the sentiment with Sugar Cube Pigment ink from Taylored Expressions and heat embossed Alabaster White Embossing powder from Brutus Monroe that I melted with a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I trimmed the sentiment and taped it directly to the background.

Here's a look at the beautiful Background of the Month for April from Unity. Love it! 

And a look at the fabulous Kit of the Month for the month of April... isn't it wonderful! I have ideas for cards for just about every image. Just wish I had more time to play.

I hope to see you next week for another Membership Wednesday blog post. I will definitely be sharing inspiration for the awesome Whit Kit membership. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Inky Paws Challenge #196 ~ Birthday Theme Challenge

  Hello there crafty friend!

It's time to get our paws inky with a fun Birthday themed challenge! I have been slowly building my birthday stash of cards this year so I'm super excited for this theme. You have until Friday, April 28th to get your entries in for the #196 Birthday Theme Challenge and a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Inky Paws Challenge #196 - Birthday Theme

I am a huge fan of pun stamps. I love to laugh and what's better than a punny birthday card?!

A very simple but punny birthday card featuring the awesome Fabulous Fungus stamp set. It was so hard to chose a sentiment but I finally decided on "Hope your day is so MUSH fun!".  

Hee hee... love it!

My card design was inspired by Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 10. Love how easy my card came together with this sketch and the fabulous Birthday Party 6x6 paper pad!! Easy peasy!

I die cut the green paper and rainbow papers with dies from the Frames & Flags die set. The blue balloon paper measures 4-1/4 x 1-3/4". The sentiment strip measures 4-1/4 x 5/8". All my layers are adhered to a white A2 top fold card base measuring 4-1/4 x 11"; scored at 5-1/2".

I stamped the cute mushroom with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it up with the following Copic markers:

Mushroom Top ~ R20, R14, R27

Dots ~ C00, C1, C3

Mushroom Bottom / Stem ~ W00, W1, W3

Grass / Ground ~ YG11, G14

I die cut the mushroom with the circle die from the Frames Squared die set. And then I die cut a piece of Lemon Lime Twist card stock from Stampin' Up with the second smallest circle die from the Circle Frames die set. The perfect mat for my little mushroom layer! I adhered the layers together and then popped up the mushroom circle with a thin foam tape.

Now it's your turn to get your paws inky with your Newton's Nook Designs products and create a project with a Birthday theme. Be sure to link up to the Inky Paws Challenge! Can't wait to see your projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 32 ~ Sugar Cookie Christmas ~ Prima Marketing Inc.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm sharing another Christmas card for the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 32 for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. I had a fun idea for a vintage style card filled with sweet ephemera and pretty papers from Prima Marketing Inc. called Sugar Cookie Christmas.

I've had these beautiful papers in my stash for quite awhile. It's been a long time since I've played with them though so I grabbed them. This is a large card... one that wouldn't fit in an envelope unless I made one. But I'm thinking this one will go in a package or maybe I'll hand deliver it. The Vintage Cream card base measures 8 x 10" and it's scored at 5". So it's a 8 x 5" card.

I just couldn't cut that paper... I wanted the girl and the roses on the other side. I did cover up some of the roses with the Santa paper and the ephemera pieces but still. I couldn't cut into it. 

There's a lot of dimension here too. I added foam tape between the Santa ephemera pieces. And then I added more foam tape to the combined Santas doubling up the foam tape on the Santa in the front so that he'd lay flat. The holly ephemera was just stuck to the back of the foam tape and then I added liquid glue to adhere the whole piece onto the die cut circle. The Santa paper is also in the paper pad. I die cut it with one of the circle dies from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity.

The bottom piece {with the lines on it} is also a piece of ephemera along with the sentiment and the mint heart. I adhered the die cut circle to the bottom ephemera piece and then I added another layer of foam tape so the whole thing is popped up. 

I wrapped the front of the card with some of the Sugar Cookie Christmas Trims... it's like a glittery eye-lash string or ribbon. I wrapped it around three times and adhered it inside the card with some scotch tape. I cut a 4-7/8 x 7-7/8" piece of Vintage Cream card stock from Papertrey Ink and adhered it inside the card to cover up the trim and tape. Love how this big vintage style card turned out!

Here's a look at {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge #32 for the month of April. I hope you'll join us and play along with the sketch! If you're interested in seeing a bit more inspiration for this sketch, check out the amazing inspiration from the design team over on the {BYSH} Cardmakers blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Ink Smooshed Birthday Cards ~ Eiffel Grunge ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

So glad you've stopped by! Today I'm sharing a couple quick ink smooshed birthday cards I created with a just a bit of stamping for a simple CAS grunge look. I'm featuring the recently released Eiffel Grunge stamps from Unity Stamp Co. 

I started off just making one card but I couldn't waste the ink so I ended up making two, but really two cards for my birthday card stash is great! My color choices were inspired by a fun color challenge to use Peach & Kraft is the combo and I love these colors together! So soft and romantic! They work well with this stamp set.

Card #1 - both of the cards are very similar. I used Dried Marigold, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide inks for the ink smooshed backgrounds.

I stamped the Eiffel Towers with Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs. And then I used a combination of the Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Oxides for my background stamping.

You may recognize the sentiment... it's one that I've been using lately on almost all of my birthday cards. It's from the So Kind, So Caring, So You {Front & Center Stamps} also from Unity. I stamped it with the Dried Marigold Distress Oxide ink. Trimmed it up and adhered it directly on the card.

To finish off the cards I used a bit of white prismacolor pencil on the flower petals. This lightened them up a bit so they weren't lost in the background. Both panels were trimmed down to 3-3/4 x 5" and adhered to a white A2 top fold card base. 

You can check out my process video here... Ink Smooshed Birthday Cards | Eiffel Grunge | Unity Stamp Co.

I'm also playing along with the Color Hues Challenge #61: Peach & Kraft

So excited to add two more birthday cards to my stash!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Wednesday ~ April 2023 BOM Linen ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's Membership Wednesday and I'm sharing a card featuring the awesome new Background of the Month stamp called Linen along with the adorable mouse from the new April 2023 Kit of the Month called All the Wishes. I am in love with the memberships this month!

 

I ink smooshed a background using Abandoned Coral, Crushed Olive, Antique Linen, and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide inks onto white card stock. I stamped the ink smooshed background with the awesome Linen Background stamp. And then I die cut the background with the Fall Out Hearts {background die}.

I die cut a piece of Kraft card stock with the largest die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. I placed the die cut background onto the Kraft scalloped layer and then I adhered some of the hearts. I set the background aside and stamped the mouse with Black Amalgam ink. Here's a quick list of the Copic Markers I used to color up the mouse:

Mouse ~ W00, W1, W3, R20, E00, C00, C1

Dandelion ~ C00, C1, C3

The Kraft layer was adhered to a black mat measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". I grounded the mouse with a strip of black card stock across the card. I added a circle of vellum die cut using a die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. It almost looks like the little mouse is on a dandelion puff ball.

I stamped the sentiment with Sugar Cube Pigment ink from Taylored Expressions and heat embossed Alabaster White Embossing powder from Brutus Monroe that I melted with a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I trimmed the sentiment and popped it up on the card with thin foam tape. To finish off the card, I added a few black enamel dots from the Farmhouse Summer Enamel Dots from Carta Bella.

Here's a look at the beautiful Background of the Month for April from Unity!! Love it! 

I hope to see you next week for another Membership Wednesday blog post. I'll be sharing inspiration for the awesome Whit Kit membership.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Rainbow Ink Smooshed Birthday Card ~ Technique Tuesday ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with another Technique Tuesday! On the 2nd Tuesday of each month I'll be sharing a bit of inspiration and a video featuring a fun technique. I hope that you'll be inspired to get inky and play along with some of the techniques that I share.

Today's technique is all about getting inky rainbow style!! Rainbows are so beautiful and I've been wanting to give this technique a try. It's really just ink smooshing but in more of a controlled way so that your background becomes a beautiful rainbow.

What do you think?! Fun, right?! I love how these turned out!

For my first card I did more of a horizontal rainbow with the ink smooshing. Both backgrounds were die cut with the largest die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. This sweet card features the adorable bunny from the Hoppy & Hedgie kit. 

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used to color up Hoppy:

Bunny ~ W00, W1, W3, R000, R20

Clothes ~ V000, V12, B00, B02, R20, R14

Balloons ~ R000, R20, R14, YR000, YR15, YR16, Y000, Y11, Y06, G0000, YG11, G14, B000, B00, B02, V000, V12, V15, Colorless Blender 

I fussy cut Hoppy leaving a bit of a border around the image. And then I popped him up on the card with lots of foam tape.

For my second card I did more of a diagonal rainbow. I did also leave some white in the backgrounds so that the white in the background and the white in the balloons would all pop together.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used to color up Hedgie:

Hedgehog ~ C00, C1, C3, R000, R20

Clothes ~ G0000, YG11, G14, Y11, Y06

Balloons ~ R000, R20, R14, YR000, YR15, YR16, Y000, Y11, Y06, G0000, YG11, G14, B000, B00, B02, V000, V12, V15, Colorless Blender 

I heat embossed the sentiments using a white pigment ink and white embossing powder. It's hard to see in the photo but both of the sentiments were die cut using the Banner Nesting Die that was in last month's Whit Kit.

You can check out my process video here... Rainbow Ink Smooshed Birthday Card | Technique Tuesday | Unity Stamp Co.

The Rainbow Ink Smooshed Technique was so much fun and I just love how these cards turned out! If you give this fun technique a try, I'd love to see what you create so please share your cards in the Unity Show & Tell group and tag me. Have an ink-tastic day!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Inky Paws Challenge #195 ~ Sketch Challenge Reminder

 Hello there crafty friend!

 There's still time to play along with the Inky Paws Challenge #195 Sketch Challenge!! You have until Friday, April 14th to get your entries in for this fun challenge and a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Inky Paws Challenge #195 - Sketch Challenge

I had a super fun and creative idea for my second card for the current Sketch Challenge over at Inky Paws Challenge. I created a scene card using papers from the new Spring Blooms 6x6 paper pad along with the Sky Scene Builder die set. Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used to color up the sun and clouds ~ Y11, Y06, Y35, Colorless Blender, BG000

And my card features the adorable bicycle girl from the Loads of Blooms stamp set. I stamped her up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her up with the following Copic markers:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E11

Dress / Shoes / Leaves ~ YG11, G14

Flowers ~ C00, C1, C3, Y11, Y06, RV10, RV13, RV14

Flower Centers ~ Y11, Y06, Y35, YR04

Bicycle ~ B000, B02, B05

Tires / Pedals / Handles ~ N0, N2, N4, N6

Basket ~ RV10, RV13, RV14

This time I mat each of my pattern paper blocks. The square pattern paper measures 2-3/8" squared with 2-1/2" squared white mats. And the rectangle pattern paper measures 1-1/8 x 2-3/8" with 1-1/4 x 2-1/2" white mats. I adhered them all to a green pattern paper from the paper pad and then adhered my card front to a white A2 top fold card base measuring 4-1/4 x 11"; scored at 5-1/2".

I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of white card stock. Trimmed the edges and cut a flag on the right side. Before adhering the sun and clouds to each other I laid them out on the card and marked the one cloud on the right so I could I trim it with my cutter. I die cut a piece of vellum using a circle die from the Circle Frames die set. I wanted the bicycle girl to be the focal image and I think the vellum helps to bring her to the front.

Now it's your turn to get your paws inky with your Newton's Nook Designs products and create a project using the fun sketch. Be sure to link up to the Inky Paws Challenge! Can't wait to see your projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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