Hi everyone! I am super excited to share with you a new release from Rachel Vass designs, Succulent Background! I love background stamps and this one is a beauty to color. This is one of the new release stamps – you can find this stamp, along with many other beautiful stamps at Rachel’s etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/rachelvassdesigns I am also entering this into the Flower challenge #42 – the theme is Anything Goes. You could even win some of Rachel’s digital stamps! YEAH!

I started by printing this stamp on Bristol smooth paper. I usually wait for 24 hours when using my water based markers to ensure my image is dry, I generally have no difficulties using my water based markers this way! I love plants and succulents so this was so fun to color. I used my Tombow dual brush pens and using colored pencils for the nooks and crannies. I chose to color the succulents in more realistic colors, but wanted to do 2 main colored plants. Once I was done coloring I cut the image using an A2 card based panel using a Gina Marie die. I then cut my image again using the next smaller sized die. I wanted to position one layer of the background using foam tape. I then chose a sentiment from the set as well.

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I mounted the card outer frame on an A2 sized card based panel in black and then used foam tape for the center portion of the card. Once this part of my card was complete I felt like I needed a little more. So I decided to add a strip of glitter card stock to the middle section of my card. I used foam adhesive on my sentiment as well and my card was completed!

I hope you enjoyed this card and seeing this beautiful new release from Rachel Vass!

Be sure to visit Rachel’s Etsy store for this beautiful new release and more.

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Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Succulent Background March Release 2020
• Coloring Medium – Tombow Dual bursh pens, Arteza 120 colored pencils
• Paper: Bristol Smooth, Recollections 120lb for card base

Have a great week! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Hi everyone! I am so EXCITED to share with you my first card as a design team member with Brutus Monroe! I am so excited to be a part of their team and to learn more! For my first design team post I am sharing with you the Stamp of the Month!

For my first card I started by stamping this little cute pig 3 times on Bristol smooth card stock using Brutus Monroe – Raven Detail Ink and then heat set it using a clear embossing powder. I colored the pigs in using my zig water brush markers and added some colored pencils as well. I then used my scan and cut to fussy cut my images. On the caps of each hat I used Rainbow Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe This powder is so pretty and sparkly, I thought it was perfect way to highlight their rainbow colored hats! I did add in an inked background and used washi tape to create the small rectangle strip across the bottom section of the A2 card panel. I chose a sentiment from the Brutus Monroe – Super Sentimental set. I love the sentiments included in this set and the amazing fonts!

I wanted to create a second card using the Stamp of the Month. I started by stamping the image using Detailed Raven Ink on Bristol Smooth card stock. I then heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder. I then used my Circle Foundation dies from Brutus Monroe to cut out a circle image around the piggie. I colored in my image using my zig clean color brush markers. I chose bright colors for this card. I chose a piece of aqua card stock from my stash and then used the Circle Tone stencil from Brutus Monroe. I used glitter glaze on top of my stencil! I love all the added sparkle! It was so fun to work with! I chose a happy birthday sentiment from the Super Sentimental set.

I hope you enjoyed both of these cards using the Stamp of the Month! If you enjoyed seeing my cards, I would truly appreciate your support if you like these items by using my affiliate links. I would greatly appreciate your support! I hope you have a great day and a healthy week ahead.

Sending you crafty hugs,

Natasha

Hi everyone! I am so excited to share the beautiful new release from Alex Syberia – Lemon Blossom. This new release is a beautiful bundled set, including a background stamp, stamped images, as well as more! A direct link to this beautiful new release and more can be found here at Alex Syberia. I truly love Alex’s work and her eye for color is beyond amazing! In today’s post I am sharing the 2 cards I created for this new release, I will be posting them at different times on Instagram.

For my first card I used the beautiful background stamp in the set! I love a beautiful background and this one is so beautiful! I love anything with lemons, so this was just so much fun! I find lemons so cheerful and bright! They make me happy! I started by printing the background in Bristol Smooth card stock. Once my card stock dried for 24 hours I started to color. I used my zigs for this project, along with some colored pencils. Once my coloring was complete I chose a sentiment for my card and heat embossed this on vellum using gold embossing powder. I then mounted the background on some patterned paper and mounted this on an A2 card base.

For my second card I chose to work with the beautiful lemon stamped image. For this card I wanted the lemon to be the focal point for my card. I started by printing the image on bristol smooth card stock as well. I colored this using my zig markers and added some colored pencils. The addition of colored pencils is just so amazing how it changes the coloring! I love it!

I then used patterned paper and an embossing folder on white card stock for my background. I looked through my stash and found an adorable sentiment from a lemon set called Pucker Up from Sugar Pea Designs. I hope you enjoyed these cards. These cards do sure brighten my day, it has been a tough week. I hope these brighten your day a little bit too!

Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Lemon Blossom (Alex Syberia), Sugar Pea Designs (Pucker Up)
• Coloring Medium: Zig Clean Color Brush markers
• Paper: Bristol Smooth card stock

Wishing you a great week and thinking of you!

Hugs, Natasha