Sympathy Bouquet 2 - Whimsy Stamps

Sadly, I have found myself in need of some sympathy cards, but I am so thankful that Whimsy Stamps has some gorgeous Quick Card Fronts that I can use to make several cards in a very short amount of time. 

This tutorial walks you through my first go at using the Quick Card Fronts and I think you will fall in love with the time saving aspect of these beautiful cards as much as I did. 

If you would like to make some of these cards as well, below are my affiliate links to the products I used in this video. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a very creative day. 

Tami 

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Whimsy Stamps. The links below send you to their stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Distress Watercolor Pencils - Sets 4, 5 and 6

 

My love for the Distress Watercolor Pencils runs deep. I have the pencils and their respective shavings palettes on my work counter within reaching distance. I even took them with me on my last two vacations. 😂 They’re part of the family. 

This card was made with only Distress Pencils. I didn’t use any inks, oxides, or paints. I could have, but I wanted to try and make something with only Distress Pencils to see if it was possible. You know to answer one of those…”if you could take only one medium with you on a deserted island, what would it be?” kind of questions. Well now I can say Watercolor Pencils. They are easy to take with me, compact enough to keep on my work surface, and versatile enough that if I had to, I could use only pencils and still achieve a lovely card. Thankfully they play well with other mediums, but now I know I could use only pencils if I had to. 😊

I also made this card on launch day with the Distress Watercolor Pencils, a heart stencil and 

Have you gotten the complete palette yet?

I have links below for easy shopping if you are looking for any of the products above that I used to make these cards.

Have a creative day, 

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to their stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Love Notes Pillow Box Treats

Happy Valentines Day! I made these fun treat Pillow Boxes with the new Tim Holtz Vault 1 Pillow Box die and Love Notes stamp set. They were fast and easy to put together for friends at work. 

Here is my video tutorial for making this quick and easy treat boxes.

I think the Love notes stamp set is tuch a fun one! Stay tuned for other makes with this set that aren't Valentine's Day.

I actually broke out my Distress Oxides for this make. I don't know why I don't reach for them more often, but I don't. Glad I did for today's make.

Of course you need some yummy Valentine's Day candies to put ino the adorable pillow boxes when you are finished.

I hope you enjoyed the quick tutorial. If you haven't fotten your Vault dies or Love Notes stamps yet, I have links below to help make shopping easier than ever.

Thank you so much for visiting, and have a creative day!

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to their stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Love Notes Archival Resist Cards

Meet Love Notes CMS477 a special Valentine Stamp Set brought to us by Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. And guess what? Simon Says Stamp has also made a set of dies to go with them.

I made some cards using a long-time favorite technique called Archival Resist. I hope you enjoy the tutorial. 

Thank you so very much for stopping by.

Have a creative day! 

Tami 

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to their stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Boo! We Scare - The Sassy Club

These are rthe last two Sassy Club cards I have finished from my road trip coloring crafty time over New Year Weekend. The Boo card was made with images from the Fur You stamp set and the little monster and background are from the We Scare stamp set. The purple background is a piece from the Safari Paper Pad.

To make the backgrounds on both of these cards I stamped the door from We Scare multiple times in rows across pices of A2 watercolor cardstock in Black ?Soot Archival Ink.

Here is one of the backgrounds colored with Distress Watercolor Pencils.

I cut a rectangle out of vellum to place behind the stamped focal images so they stood out on the busy background.

I stamped the BOO! sentiment and then backed the sentiment and background with a piece of the purple sky paper from the Safari Paper Pack.

Aren't these images super cute?

of course I sewed around the edges. It just makes me feel like the card is finished.

Same background technique on this card as the previous one.

I stitched on the vellum shape and around the background piece on this card.

I left the paper on the clipboard blank so I could write in something for whoever I decide to give it to.

The paper behind the doors is from the Enchanted Paper Pad and I thought it pulled in the yellows, teals and purples from the images and the doors.

These are the last of the cards from my recent creative road trip time, but I hope to make more post cards to give to cast members when I visit Disneyland.
 

Have a creative day, 

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of their stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

We’re All Mad - The Sassy Club

A Girl in Sassyland from The Sassy Club is the stamp set that inspired this card. I paired it with some paper from the Tiny World Paper Pad. The links take you to the site to purchase the stamps but I am not an affiliate with The Sassy Club.

The images were all stamped with Black Soot Distress Archival Ink onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock and then colored with Distress Watercolor Pencils.

I hand cut around the We're All Mad Here sentiment.

I cut some vellum from a Tim Holtz Sizzix die to place behind the images to soften the backgound.

The striped and numbered papers are from the Tiny World Paper Pack.

 I used Distress Water Color pencils that I thought best coordinated with the paper. The tea cuts and girl are all popped up with foam squares to add dimension.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like this card!

Have a creative day, 

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of their stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!