Friday, March 18, 2016

Typewriter Hugs

Hi there! I'm up on the Ink Road Blog again with this fun all occasion card. Let's take a look.
The beautiful typewriter patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye My Story collection. I die cut a rounded slant from the panel with the dies from Simon Says Stamp called Stitched Slopes & Hills.
I gold heat embossed the glasses from the Clear To See stamp set from Lawn Fawn onto some patterned paper from Heidi Swapp, To fill in some negative space, I used the tiny heart stamp from the Winter Alpaca stamp set from Lawn Fawn and some Dew Drop Galaxy Gold pigment ink. 
I decided to make my own gold dipped faux chipboard for the sentiment. I die cut the sentiment using the Scripty Hugs die from Lawn Fawn 5 times from scrap cardstock and glued them together. 
I masked off the top part of the sentiment with some Post-It tape and smooshed the bottom part into the Versamark Ink pad. I sprinkled the gold embossing powder and heat set it before removing the Post-It tape. Voila, my very own gold dipped faux chipboard sentiment! I ended up toning down the gold glasses panel with a layer of vellum because it was too busy. I finished the card with some May Arts natural twine and some foam tape behind the panel for some dimension.

Here's a quick list of some products used for this card:
My Mind's Eye, My Story patterned paper
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Friday, March 11, 2016

Monster Card Set

Hello there! I'm up on the Ink Road Blog with this fun card set today. I'm always making birthday cards so I thought it would be nice to make a card set to give as a gift. Here's a look at the set. 


Aren't those monsters the cutest? Their little faces are so adorable! Now let me show you how I made the cards.
I used some Ranger Alcohol ink in Pool and an an inexpensive brush from Michaels. You can use whatever you have around, watercolors would work just as well. Just a quick tip, to clean my little paint dish and paintbrush I just used a little rubbing alcohol. I die cut the panel using Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles dies for a finished look. Let's move on to the next step.
I stamped the monsters using the Monster Love stamp set from Mommy Lhey in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I did some quick Copic coloring, the color combos are listed above. You can use whatever markers, colored pencils or watercolors you have available. I cut the monsters out and set them aside. I die cut a circle using Lawn Fawn Stitched Circles dies in 3 1/2 inch size. The polka dots are from a background stamp from Inkadinkadoo and Hero Arts Ombre ink pad Grey to Black

I used the Birthday Tags stamp set from Lawn Fawn for the sentiment and silver heat embossed it onto some vellum. I used the matching dies from Lawn Fawn, called Tag, You're It to cut the vellum. I cut some patterned paper from Pebbles, Cottage Living collection from  Jen Hadfield to go behind the vellum using the same Lawn Fawn die. Here's a fun tip. I trace the back side of the embossed sentiment with some Quickie Glue so your adhesive doesn't show, you get a clean look and your tag stays in place. 

Here's a list of some products used for this card set:
Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles Dies
Mommy Lhey, Monster Love

These amazing products are available at The Ink Road Shop. Don't forget to use the code MONICA10 for 10% off your orders. Use anytime, as many times as you would like. Thanks so much for visiting today. I'll see you soon.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Bonjour

Hello there. I'm up on the Ink Road Blog again with this simple, yummy card. Lets have a look.
Don't those macaroons look good enough to eat? Let me show you how I put this card together. 
I decided to use my Zig Clean Color brush markers for the macaroons because they're so easy to use. The trick is, Zig markers LOVE Bristol paper. So, I gold heat embossed the macaroons from the Avery Elle Bonjour stamp set onto some Strathmore Bristol paper.
I scribbled some color into the corners of the macaroons and pulled the color out with a paintbrush and a bit of water. I cut out the macaroons and set them aside. 
I die cut a piece of cardstock using Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Square Stackables dies using the 3"x 3" and gold heat embossed the sentiment. I used some foam tape for some added dimension. I die cut the plus signs from Studio Calico from some gold glitter cardstock for some extra shine. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye, On Trend 6x6 paper pad, cut to 5 1/4 x 5 1/4. The card base is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pretty simple.

Here's a quick list of some products used for this card:
These gorgeous products are available at The Ink Road Shop. Don't forget to use the code MONICA10 for 10% off your orders. Use anytime, as many times as you would like. Thank you so much for stopping by today. I'll see you soon.