Happy SummerWeen!

 An absolutely must-have adorable collection is dropping today at Hero Arts called Summerween! If you're new here, Halloween has always been my favorite holiday to craft for. I have a few cards to share today and a few more later in the week, so stay tuned!

How cute is this ghostie?! She's a whole vibe and I'm here for it. This fun beach card features the new set called Beach Boos. I wanted to put together a full scene with some of the fun images, so I paired these beachy stamps with this older Beach Floor stencil.

I just imagine her floating around the ocean meeting other floaty ghosts along the way, saying "Trick or treat!?" and getting handed a tropical cocktail. Queen ghost stuff right there 😂

This card features the Beach Boos set with the two ghosts and their darling accessories. I also used the new Flower Power layering stencil in this Summerween collection. I must assume they got tired from shopping on Rodeo Drive and grabbed a snack on their way to the beach 😁

This card features the new Ghoul Summer set and the Flower Power stencil. These poor flaminghouls don't have much of a story, as they're stuck in a front yard as Halloween decoration at a Los Angeles home (remember, all these ghosts are hanging out in Southern California). 🦩

Another card featuring the same Ghoul Summer set and Flower Power Stencil! The images really are so adorable you can just keep creating and creating. I used the final layering stencil alone, which is the center of the flowers. I thought it looked like fizzy bubbles and matched perfectly with the boo-bly tea! 

That's it for today! I'll have more to share with this Summerween collection later in the week!

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Season's Greetings!

 It's time to get those holiday cards prepped! A beautiful new press plate and foil collection just dropped from Spellbinders, and I'm excited to share my Season's Greetings card...

Since I'm using my BetterPress, I did use a die cut piece of watercolor paper which helps the plate absorb better. The Season's Greeting sentiment was inked in dark blue and I ran the BetterPress through my Platinum 8 die cutting machine.

I paired the lovely sentiment with this darling penguin from the October 2024 Small Die of the Month (which is still available!). I draped the lights throughout the sentiment and added some sparkle to each bulb with my glitter pen.

A super simple one today! Thanks for stopping by!

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Sketchy Outdoorsy Watercolor Cards

 I have something very different to share today and I can't wait! I was fortunate enough to get three of the gorgeous new sketchy stamp sets by Josh Griffiths. They are such a new-to-me item where the sets are filled with a variety of elements and you can really build your scene however you want. It made me put my creative brain to new use! Plus it was so fun to pull out my Distress Inks again... It has maybe been a year since I've used them?!

All 3 of my cards feature the new stamp sets, Into the Wild, Words for the Wild, and Wild Friends.

I was determined to keep everything as one-layer, so some simple masking was used for all of the cards I'm sharing today. To get a sense of what would be masked or not, I first put together a mock-up layout of how I'd want the stamps...

While this isn't the exact layout I used, it was close enough! I also highly recommend these fine point Sharpie pens, which helped to draw in grass lines or help extend some branches and rock lines. 

The sketchy look of the stamps is just screaming to be watercolored! Each card was watercolored using a variety of Distress Ink colors. I simply press the ink pad directly on my glass mat and use my favorite watercolor brushes by Winsor and Newton. I'll list the Distress Inks used at the bottom of the post.

This card has a simpler feel to it, and I really reeeally wanted to use the cute possum stamp! Similar Distress Inks were used to watercolor the scene. 

It is showcased using the Arches Infinity Dies to create the window, and the cardstock was embossed using a woodgrain embossing folder. That Sharpie pen came in handy to fill in the sentiment that couldn't stamp fully on the woodgrain.

My last card required a full masking of the fox, so I stamped the fox on post-it tape, fussy cut the mask, and placed it on top of the stamped image. This allowed me to stamp the trees and the grass without stamping over the fox image.

This card is more simple so the lovely sentiment could be the star! 

SUPPLY LIST:

Words for the Wild stamp set

Wild Friends stamp set

Into the Wild stamp set

Winsor and Newton watercolor brushes

Versafine Clair Black Ink

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

MISTI

Sharpie Fine Point Pen

Spellbinders Platinum 8.5 Die Cutting/Embossing Machine

Bearly Arts Glue

Post-It Tape

Arches Infinity Dies

Distress Ink used for grass and trees: Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bough

Distress Ink used for rocks: Hickory Smoke

Distress Ink used for wood: Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain

Distress Ink used for animals: Tea Dye, Scattered Straw, Aged Mahogany, Hickory Smoke

Distress Ink used for sky: Tumbled Glass

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