Gnomes

I am in love with this gnome set from My Favorite Things. I always find myself drawn to these adorable little characters, so naturally I had to color some up.

I stamped them with Versafine ink on some Canson watercolor paper and I used Zig real brush markers for the coloring.

It just turned out that I gravitated for autumn colors that day, which happened to match perfectly with the Woodland Forest paper pad by Pebbles.

For the card layouts, I just paired several patterns from the paper pad in different arrangements. I used my Fiskars 9" paper trimmer to get the different shapes, as well as my corner rounder.

Sometimes I think I think to hard about a card when really some cute layered patterns and adorable images do the trick.

I know a lot of times with all the options out there like distress inks/oxides, dies, masking, embellishments, etc., I can get a little overwhelmed. But it was nice to just make up some cards relatively quickly and I'm super jazzed about how they turned out! :)

Once I had the front panels complete, I just attached them to some premade Recollections card bases with my ATG gun.

For this last card, I colored these images with my Blick Studio brush markers and layered an extra panel of 65 lb black cardstock to bring the whole card together.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jenni

Beautiful Flowers

The minute Simon Says Stamp released this Beautiful Flowers stamp set I knew I had to have it! It is such a versatile set and the flower images are gorgeous.

For this first card, I stamped the flower image on Canson watercolor paper with Versafine onyx black ink and used Zig brush markers to make light washes over the flowers and leaves.

I used Lawn Fawn's stitched rectangle stackables and layered the image on black and white cardstock. I looked in my ribbon stash for a coordinating ribbon, the one I used was from the Dollar Tree. I layered the panels and used a glue dot to attach the bow.

The next two cards were also stamped with Versafine onto Canson watercolor paper.

I used a variety of Zig brush markers to make washes and colored in the image. I then sprayed the entire panel with Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist.

I did the same process for this card as above, but added iridescent sequins and seed beads for embellishments. I also used slightly less watered down colors.

This card was stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with black sparkle embossing powder, as well as the sentiment.

I kept the rest of this card pretty simple by adding black sequins and seed beads.

This last card was made using Gold Tinsel embossing powder by Ranger. I stamped the sentiment with Versafine, added gold sequins, and Ranger liquid pearls.

Lastly, I layered the panel onto a piece of black cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jenni

One In A Melon

Hi there!

This card was inspired by the awesome Jenn Shurkus. I seen her card and knew I had to give it a try.

For mine, I used a navy blue and a light blue from the Gansai Tambi watercolor set on some 110 lb. cardstock. I made some very loose lines across the cardstock and set it aside to dry.

For the watermelons, I used an older Recollection's set from Michael's. My first stamping attempt did not go that well; I pushed too hard on the acrylic block and the images came out a little uneven and bold, so I restamped them. Instead of tossing it, I figured I would just use them to test out some color combinations.

I had stamped the watermelons on Canson watercolor paper and used my Zig brush markers to color. So as I was practicing, it turned out I really liked the look of the bolder images and the unblended colors, and those actually ended up on the card.

To add a little something extra, I used my clear Wink of Stella on the rind of the watermelons.

I die cut the background panel with the largest Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle stackable, glued down the larger watermelon image, and popped up the smaller slice on top of that with a piece of Scotch foam tape.

Finally, I added the adorable sentiment to the right of the images, with Versafine ink to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jenni