Handmade Paper Hugs

Hello everyone! Until a few days ago I didn't even know there was an epilepsy awareness day. But when I found out that through Time Out challenge blog that March 2th is just that, I had to join. You see, my Bonita (the doggie we just lost) had stress-induced epilepsy. I hope to never see another epileptic cramp again 🙏 But did you know not all seizures are visible? Some seizures puts the patient in a sort of trance, and some go by unnoticed for years. Either way, it's scary. Purple is the color for epilepsy and the sea horse is a symbol of it, because the seizures take place in the brains Hippocampus, which in latin means sea horse. So I stamped the Hero Arts layered Sea horse using Altenew purple inks. I used the same inks to ink smoosh the background. I also stamped a few more sea horses and stenciled through Taylored Expressions Splash stencil. I didn't move the stencil. Instead I added a bit of Nuvo Moonstone glimmer paste for a little sparkle. The sentiment...

Hello Everyone! I'm up on the Newton's Nook blog with these 2 cute kitty cards! For the boys a fairly simple card with stenciling and blue, teal and greens tones. Copics used: Kitty: W5, W3, W1, W0 + RV11 + C7, C5 Present: B97, BG09, BG57, BG53 Balloons: B05, B02, B0000 / G05, YG06, YG01 / BG49, BG15, BG23, BG10 For the girls a sparkly background and pink, purple and violet tones. Please visit Newton's Nook blog for details. Copics used: Kitty: C3, C1, C00 + RV11 Present: RV09 RV06, RV04, RV02 Balloons: RV66, RV55, RV52, V000 / BV04, BV13, BV02, BV000 / V17, V15, V12, V000 Thanks for stopping by, and happy crafting!

Hello everyone! This week Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge says Bling it on and asks to feature Stamping Bella. Well recently I have found a new love. Stamping Bella. And by now you know I love anything sparkly. So I had to join this one! I stamped the image, colored with Copics and fuzzy cut the image. Copics used: Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000 Hair: E23, E25, E59 Dress + shoes + poppy: R29, R24, R22 Leaves: G28, G07 Hat: C3, C00 Apron: C3, C1, V17, V15, V12 Utensils: C3, C7, R20, R000 Rolling pin: E50, E21, E31, E23 Tray: C5, C1 Cake: YR27, YR23, Y21 Icing: R24, R22, R11 Cherry: RV69, RV29 For the background I inked a panel with Worn lipstick, Abandoned coral, Candied apple and Dusty concord oxide inks. I spritzed a few times with water and dried off the excess with a paper towel. After it dried I used the Newton's Nook Tumbling hearts stencil with Nuvo Plum spinel glimmer paste. How's that for bling?! I offset the stencil a...

Hello! Eeeeeek! The Taylored Expressions Be a mermaid stamps and dies just arrived! I was so excited to play with these! I also got a couple of new stencils, because i LOVE! stencils! So versatile and adds so much to a card. There are so many possibilities with these new godies, but I started out with these simple yet impactful cards. For the first card I used the TE Sweet scallop stencil. I placed the stencil over watercolor cardstock, flipped them over and taped them together on the back. I wanted to use Nuvo glimmer paste in Blue topaz, but I thought I'd try ink blending the background. I used Cracked pistacio, Mermaid lagoon and Wilted violet  Distess oxide inks and I wasn't too careful blending the colors, because I honestly didn't think it would show this much. But I'm so glad it does! I smeared over the glimmer paste and set it aside to dry.  On a piece of regular cardstock I ink blended 2 areas large enough to fit the mermaid...

Hi there, I'm back after a family vacation with 2 birthday cards for her,  since I decided to use both negative and positive die cuts. First I used the largest My favorite things wonky stitched rectangle to cut out an alcohol ink panel I had already made. Then I used MFT Cheers and Birthday Girl word dies on the panel - I removed all the letters and was really careful to not loose the inside "bubbles" of the letters.     I carefully glued a piece of acetate to the back and glued on the loose bits as well. I hand cut a hole in a frame of white cardstock and placed the alcohol ink panel on top. Then I build up the shaker with crafting foam, used my antistatic bag and filled the tub with sequins, tiny confetti and glitter in colors of  silver, pink and purple. I then cut the MFT layered champagne glass twice. The glass itself is colored with Spun sugar Distress oxide ink and I colored on a couple of details with my Copic ...