Be Badass

Hello there! I'm up on the Ink Road Blog again with a simple shabby chic faux chalkboard card to motivate someone you know to keep being amazing!

I was inspired by Lara's Bun Intended stamp set, the sentiment is so much fun! Let's get into how I put this fun card together.

I used some lined acetate to line up the alphas from the Block Party Alphas, Outline stamp set from The Ink Road. I white heat embossed the sentiment onto some black cardstock.

I wanted the letters to really pop so I ended up giving them a quick ombre effect with some watercolor. I used the No.95, which is the silver color from Gansi Tambi. I concentrated most of the color on the bottom of each letter and blended upward to about half. I made a quick frame using patterned paper from the Pink Paislee C'est La Vie collection and the Stitched Rectangles from Simon Says Stamp. I dressed up the card a touch with a bit of natural twine from May Arts and a few dusts of powder from my anti static pouch for that chalkboard look. I hope you give this a try. Thanks for visiting today, see you soon!

Coffee Pillow Boxes

Hello again! I'm here with a fun gift idea for your favorite coffee lovers. I'm up on the Ink Road blog as part of the Friday Feature for The Struggle is Real stamp set. Let's take another look at the boxes.

I loved making these! These pillow boxes are just the right size for some coffee and a sweet treat. Let's get right in to how I put these pillow boxes together.

I give the patterned paper full credit for my inspiration for this project, it is GORGEOUS! The paper is from the Turn the Page collection by Pink Paislee. I cut the 12x12 sheet of paper into 4, 6x6 pieces. I followed the steps using the We R Memory Keepers Pillow Box Punch Board to get the 4 boxes. I put the boxes together with some Scor-tape to make sure they wouldn't come apart.

I gold heat embossed the sentiment from The Struggle is Real stamp set from The Ink Road onto some navy cardstock. I used a circle die and a scalloped circle die from Sizzix to put the tags together. I added a gold glitter heart to the tag from the Crate Paper Cute Girl embellishments collection for some bling. Next, I added in the coffee and chocolate. I tied the box closed with some natural twine from May Arts and adhered the tag onto the box. I hope you give these a try, thanks so much for popping by today. See you soon!

Beautiful Soul

Hi again! I'm up on the Ink Road Blog sharing this colorful card with a sentiment that I absolutely adore.

I love how bright and cheery this card came out. Also, a lot easier to color than it looks. Let's jump right in to how I put it together.

I white heat embossed hearts from the Blended stamp set from The Ink Road onto some Canson cold press watercolor paper.

This is where all the fun is, watercoloring! I used the Jane Davenport Brights Watercolor Set. I just filled a few triangles from each heart with full pigment on the brush and then watered down my brush as I filled in more of the heart until it was done. No blending, just fill, water down, fill...fun, right? 

I wanted to add a bit of dimension to the hearts so I watercolored a quick shadow on the left side of the heart using that gorgeous light blue. The sentiment is from the #Beautifulmess stamp set from The Ink Road. I white heat embossed the sentiment onto some black cardstock and used the Stacked Pierced Banners from Create a Smile to die cut it. I used the Finished Frames dies to cut the watercolored panel and called it a day. I hope you give this a try, thanks so much for popping by. See you soon!