Birds

Lately I made a card with birds for a birthday of a man. I think birds are perfect for a mail birthdaycard.
For this card I used an Altenew stamp set with the name:

“Birds of a Feather”.

Added some clouds and a sun  with a stencil. And some little flowers from a Hero Arts stamp set because of Spring.

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Ink smooshing technique

I recently saw some cards with the ink smooshing technique.

And that did me want to play with this technique myself. Here is the result of plating with inks and smooshing around.

The flowers are cut out using my cricut machine and the “mothersday bouquet” cartridge.
The background die I got once from a friend. The “happy” word is also cut with Cricut and the “birthday” word is from a “Altenew” stampset.

To see more of the smooshing technique you can visit my friend Virginia’s blog 

here.

I always admire her style of cardmaking!

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Birthday Wishes

I always love to make birthday cards. Here is one I like to share today.
The frame is a SSS die cut. The flowers are from Hero Arts and Altenew stamp sets. And the little envelope is also of Simon Says Stamp. 
Used Copic Markers to color the images.

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Bloomville

Bloomville is the name of the beautiful papers of “Mintaypapers”. Lovely designs of flowers, birds and butterflies. Here I used it to frame my stamped butterfly.
The butterfly is a stamp by Unity Stamp Company. Stamped it with several Distress Inks. The background is a Hero Arts stamp “Old Letter”. The wish is a stampset by Magenta.

Here a closer look on my card.

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Dainty Sprig

The stampset I made this card with is a collaboration stampset of Simon Says Stamp and Altenew. 
It is a fun stamp to work with. For this card I stamped the image with Fadeout No Line coloring. I used it before and it worked good. But this time the stamped lines piked up the Distress Inks, and there the lines appear. What did I wrong? 

But the final result is fine and I am satisfied anyway.

Added some splatters and enamel dots. 

And yes, a fine friendship is something to be thankful for!

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Stamp Layering on dark cardstock

For the cards on this blogpost I used a stamp technique of Jennifer Mcquire wich she explains here.

This card was made with an Altenew stampset, and gold emissiehandel powder.

Made two more cards with this technique, with different colors of cardstock. The sentiment is from a SSS stampset. I used this sentiment because I wanted to encourage some people in this  confusing time.
And the last one. This is my favorite.

For me it was a challenge to choose the right color of cardstock with the right color of ink!

But finally I was satisfied with the result. And got some lovely appreciation for it!

Used: SSS101867SketchLotusFlowers and Altenew: “Beautiful Day”.

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Psalm 103

Made a card for someone who is ill. The text in de background is from the Bible. 
The swirls you see are made with a stencil.
The flowers are from a stampset by Pretty Pink Posh.

First colored the flowers with Distress Inks, and after drying added some extra color with pencils. And some gold in the center of the flowers.

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