Instagram Tip With Layered Backgrounds!

My heart skipped a beat again today!!

***I HAVE ANOTHER TIP UP ON STAMPIN' UP!'S INSTAGRAM PAGE!!!***  It seriously makes my heart flutter when I open up Instagram and see that Stampin' Up! has tagged me.  Stampin' Up! has added SOOOOOO much to my life.  The fact that I can give back in such a small way is such a dream for me.  I love it!  So follow me on Instagram or Facebook (@designwithink or Design With Ink) or just follow along here! 

I used Pigment Sprinkles and Embossing Paste for this layered background.  But the possibilities are endless!! (Embossing folders, watercoloring, Designer Series Paper, stamping, punches, framelits, etc, etc!!!)   I truly 💕 LOVE LOVE LOVE 💕 the Pigment Sprinkles though!  And the Embossing Paste!

Colors: Melon Mambo, Mango Melody, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink Pads: Pigment Sprinkles: Mango Melody, Melon Mambo, VersaMark

Cardstock/Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

Stamps: Broadway Birthday

Tools: Stitched Rectangle Dies, Broadway Lights Dies, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Palette Knives, Heat Tool, Decorative Ribbon Border Punch

Accessories: Whisper White Embossing Powder, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Shimmery White Embossing Paste, Woven Threads Sequin Assortment

The steps I took here were to first just spritz a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper to get it nice and wet.  Then just tap some of the Melon Mambo Pigments Sprinkles onto the wet paper.  (*Note:  a little big goes a long way here!  So just open up the bottle, and tap the container over your project lightly so just a little comes out.) 

And some Mango Melody sprinkles next:

Spritz the paper a little more to get the colors to blend a bit and then either set aside to dry or dry it with the Heat Tool.

Once it is dry, use a Decorative Mask to add some Embossing Paste to the paper:

Lift up the mask and then let the paste dry:

Seriously there are so many options and I just love how gorgeous it looks!  And those Pigment Sprinkles are SO. MUCH. FUN!!!!  I'm in love!  😍😍😍

Here are a few more pics of the details of the finished card:

And one last look at the full card:

Hope you enjoy!  Let me know if you have any questions!

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So Very Thankful For The Love Of Felt...

The For the Love of Felt Stamp Set is designed to be used with the bright & fun "For the Love of Felt" Project Kit.  The kit is so fantastic, and luckily...the stamp set is just as fantastic on its own!  I went with the bright and fun theme and made this card:

Colors: Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White

Inks: Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, LIGHT Calypso Coral Blends Marker

Cardstock/Papers: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Brights Designer Series Paper

Stamps: For the Love of Felt

Tools: Stitched Nested Labels Dies

Accessories: Whisper White Baker's Twine, Woven Threads Sequin Assortment

Some Designer Series Paper, a fun focal point, sequins, Baker's Twine colored with a Blends Marker, and a Stitched Nested Label Die...why who could ask for anything more?!  😊

I plan on making more of these in more color combos because I loved making them a lot.

Hope you enjoy!!!

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TGIF Challenge 225...Bring on the Black!

Challenge, challenge, challenge time!  Whooooooo!!!! 🙌  Who is excited?!?!  I am!  Although...you ever have those moments where you have an idea in your head and it doesn't quite turn out like you thought?!  Well...that was what happened with this card.  I imagine one day I will do a "take 2" of this card.  But for now...here is my card!

Colors: Basic Black, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White

Inks: StazOn Jet Black, VersaMark

Cardstock/Papers: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo

Stamps: Tropical Chic

Tools: Subtle Embossing Folder, Heat Tool, Decorative Ribbon Border Punch

Accessories: Whisper White Embossing Powder, Iridescent Sequin Assortment, Granny Apple Green 1/2" Textured Weave Ribbon

I LOVE the Tropical Chic Stamp Set.  It's such a fun one.  I have always thought the images would be so much fun embossed on black.  And since this is the challenge...

...I thought it would be a fun time to try it!   

And sequins are always a good idea, am I right?!  😀

I hope you enjoy!  And now...it is YOUR TURN!!!!  What are you going to make for the challenge this week?!  Check it all out on the TGIF Challenge Blog! 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

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Shimmery Artisan Design Team Blog Hop...

Who is ready for another Artisan Design Team Blog Hop?!?!  🙋 I know I AM!!!!  First of all...I have to ask...have you noticed the SHIMMER DETAILED LASER-CUT SPECIALTY PAPER (item # 149611) in the Annual Catalog yet?!  If the answer is no....well you are about to!  Because that is what this hop is all about!  Yay!!!!  I LOVE this paper.  One one side, it is all shimmery and more vanilla color.  On the other side...it is white.  So either look you need...this paper has it!!!  Angela shared some amazingly fun projects on her blog, if you are coming from there.  So now I want to share mine!  😀

I love the fun details that these paper give!  These projects would be so boring without them!  Hee.  Although the watercolored pieces are pretty cool.  Here they both are before they were added to the cards:

But on to the finished projects in more detail!  Here is the standard sized card:

Colors: Granny Apple Green, Pineapple Punch, Mango Melody, Whisper White

Inks: Granny Apple Green, Pineapple Punch, Mango Melody, Gray Granite, Calypso Coral, VersaMark

Cardstock/Papers: Whisper White, Basic Black, Shimmer Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper

Stamps: Inspiring Iris

Tools: Heat Tool, Aqua Painter, Timeless Label Punch, Take Your Pick Tool (sequins placement), Brick & Mortar Embossing Folder

Accessories: White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Iridescent Sequin Assortment, Pineapple Punch 1/8" Grosgrain Ribbon

I just cut that lattice piece out of the laser-cut sheets.  Adhered it over the watercolor piece, and then added a few elements. 

(Should we talk for a second about how much I love the Timeless Label Punch-item #149516?!  I LOVE the shape, size, just everything! about it!  😀) 

I love how that shimmery lattice just pops with the watercoloring behind it. And those sequins!! 😍

And how can you NOT just love this little bird mini?!  This is a 3x3 card, and I just love it. 

Colors: Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Gray Granite

Inks: Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Gray Granite, VersaMark

Cardstock/Papers: Gray Granite, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black, Shimmer Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper

Stamps: Inspiring Iris

Tools: Heat Tool, Aqua Painter, Take Your Pick Tool (sequins placement), Country Floral Embossing Folder

Accessories: White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Iridescent Sequin Assortment, Nature's Twine

Once again...the watercolor background just makes that cute bird pop.  😍  I just love that little guy.  I also love the other fun touches.  That "crinkle" Baker's Twine (just pulled a few strands from the Grapefruit Grove color in the Nature's Twine pack - item #146342) is soooo cute.  And always love a white on black greeting.  😀

And once again...those sequins!  😍

I so hope you enjoy these cards!  Let me just tell you that you are in for a TREAT (and a healthy one at that!  Haha) with this blog hop! The projects are so fabulous!!!  Next up is Aurélie and you will love what she has to share with you today! Then check out a sneak peak of all the projects below! 

2019 Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team 

Angela Meiritz-Reid

Ashley Van Camp (me!)

Aurelie Fabre

Emma Goddard

Jackie Aitken

Jennifer Picard

Kaylee van Es

Lauren Alarid

Maike Beimler

Manuela Geiswinkler

Mikaela Titheridge

Narelle Farrugia

Rochelle Blok

Stesha Bloodhart

Sylwia Schreck

Tanya Rees

Amazing Watercolored Birthday...

The Everything Amazing Stamp Set is SO FABULOUS!!  Have you seen it?!  Here is the first card I made with it.  Even with a few techniques...it was such a quick and easy stamp set to use:

Colors: Granny Apple Green, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White

Inks: Granny Apple Green, VersaMark

Cardstock/Papers: Shimmery White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana

Stamps: Everything Amazing

Tools: Detailed Trio Punch, Heat Tool, Aqua Painter

Accessories: Whisper White Embossing Powder, Shimmer Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Iridescent Sequin Assortment

Loving these colors.  😍  Loving the watercoloring.  😍  Loving the sequins.  😍  Loving the splatter.  😍  LOVE-ING that new Shimmer Embossing Powder!!!  😍

It's so shimmery and fun!

Thank you so much for visiting!  Please let me know if you have any questions!

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Fabulously Foiled Feathers...

Have you seen the Noble Peacock Suite yet?!  It. Is. Stunning and oh so gorgeous!  There are two different kinds of foil included in the Suite...plain foil sheets and some printed foil sheets.  There are also some FABULOUS dies in the suite.  The plain foil and the peacock feather die were calling my name...

Colors: Lovely Lipstick, Blueberry Bushel, Old Olive, Pretty Peacock, Whisper White

Inks: VersaMark, Melon Mambo (splatter), Light Lovely Lipstick Blends Marker

Cardstock/Papers: Whisper White, Basic Black, Noble Peacock Foil Sheets

Stamps: Tropical Chic

Tools: Stitched Rectangle Dies, Detailed Peacock Dies, Heat Tool, Aqua Painter

Accessories: Whisper White Baker's Twine, Whisper White Embossing Powder

 

Look how GORGEOUS they are!  And one little tip...WHERE DID I GET that pink Baker's Twine?!  It's pretty awesome, right?!  😀  Well...I just colored the Whisper White Baker's Twine with the Light Lovely Lipstick Blends marker!  Swoon!!!

And I just LOVE how this foil shines...

The colors are so much fun as well. 😍

This whole suite is just gorgeous...

I hope you enjoy this card!  Thank you so much for visiting! Please let me know if you have any questions or if you need any help getting your hands on any of these gorgeous products!  💗

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Paper Pumpkin Obsessed...

Well what can I say?!  I am STILL making cards with some leftover pieces from the June Paper Pumpkin Kit.  I LOVE this kit so much!!!  I'm not sure that I have ever played with one kit so much.  Haha.  Here are three more cards I made using the stamps and die-cut pieces:

They are all very similar, but I love the different touches each one brings. 

I used a few fun techniques on this card that I love doing:

I colored that touch of ribbon on the top of the card with the Light Lovely Lipstick Blends Marker.  Did you know you can do that?!  It's so easy and so much fun!  

Then....do you LOVE that ombre Coastal Cabana piece as much as me?! Hee.  To do that...I just used a Sponge Brayer to add ink to Whisper White cardstock.  To get the ombre...just start brayering at the same end each time so it stays darkest there, and work brayer towards the other end (without re-inking) to get the lighter shade.  Then I just adhered a bunch of the sand dollar pieces that came in the kit over the piece. 

I also used a sponge dauber to add color to the Vellum coral pieces that are included with the kit.

And YES!  Those sand dollar pieces are shimmery!!!! 

More sand dollar fun with the stamp set this time!!!!  I LOVE the coordinating stamp set that comes with the kit!!!

Love these bundles of elements.  It is so much fun. 

This greeting is from another stamp set (the Strong & Beautiful Stamp Set) and the panel was done for another project that I didn't end up using.  So this card was super easy and quick to put together!  Hee. 

So what do you think of this past June Paper Pumpkin kit?!  I'm OBSESSED and LOVE it!  Check out THIS POST to see more cards that I made with it!

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Designer Series Paper For the Quick Win!

Need a set of note cards made, but don't have a lot of time to do it?!  Well...let your Designer Series Paper do all the work for you!

All you need is a set of Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes (Item # 131527), any pack of Designer Series Paper that you love--I used Follow Your Art (Item #149489) for these, some coordinating cardstock, and a greeting stamp!

Colors: Pacific Point, Whisper White

Inks: VersaMark

Cardstock/Papers: Pacific Point, Follow Your Art Designer Series Paper, Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes

Stamps: It Starts With Art

Tools: Heat Tool, Tailored Tag Punch

Accessories: Silver Metallic Thread

I did add some Silver Metallic Thread (Item # 138402) behind the greeting--from It Starts With Art Stamp Set (Item #149303) also.  But they are so simple and quick!

Both patterns of paper are so cute also.

I made a set of 8 of these note cards in about 20 mins, if that.  It really went so fast!

Thanks so much for visiting!  I hope you enjoy!  Please let me know if you have any questions!

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TGIF Challenge 223...Modern Colors With Modern Heart:

Yay!  Challenge time!  And not only challenge time, but it is COLOR CHALLENGE time!  I LOVE a good color challenge!  However...I have to say that I don't know how challenging it was...considering two of my fave colors were apart of it.  Hee!  But what do you think?!  Will it be a challenge for you?!  Can you guess what colors are in the challenge?! 

Colors: Melon Mambo, Coastal Cabana, Gorgeous Grape

Inks: Pigment Sprinkles, VersaMark

Cardstock/Papers: Gorgeous Grape, Basic Black, Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

Stamps: Modern Heart

Tools: Stitched Rectangle Dies, Heat Tool, Aqua Painter

Accessories: Whisper White Baker's Twine, Woven Threads Sequin Assortment, Whisper White 5/8" Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, Gorgeous Grape 1/4" Mini Striped Ribbon, Whisper White Embossing Powder, Gold Embossing Powder

I hope it wasn't hard to guess, but here you go with the official list!

I decided to make a little thank you treat for this challenge...and it was quite fun to do.  I just made a panel for the front of an Acetate Card Box.  I love how quick & simple it is to use Stampin' Up! products to make all sort of cute things...way more than just cards.  It's so much fun to brighten someone's day with pretty things!  😀

Here are a few details:

Will it surprise you to know that the ONLY ink pad I used for this card was a VersaMark ink pad?!  But wait!!!  How did I get that FABULOUSLY vibrant color?!  Why...I used the NEW PIGMENT SPRINKLES!  They. Are. The. Best.  I love them very much and have a blast using them.  Again...the colors just POP with vibrancy.  😍

I hope you enjoy this card and I hope you come play along with our challenge this week!  Hope on over to the TGIF CHALLENGE BLOG to see what the other designers made and to play along with us!!! 

Thank you so much for visiting!  Please let me know if you have any questions!!!

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June Paper Pumpkin Love...And EXTRAS!!!

Did you receive the June Paper Pumpkin Kit?!  If you didn't...I am so sorry!  Because it is my FAVORITE!  It's no secret that I LOVE the beach!  From the depths of my soul!  So of course I love anything beach themed!  Hee.  This kit spoke to my heart!  In case you aren't sure...here is what this kit made:

This is a mini note card set with a cute little pouch to carry them all around in!  Are you totally swooning?!  I LOVED making these!  They made my heart so happy!!!  And I just loved this kit so much...I made it just like you were supposed to.  😁  However...after I made all this...there were SO MANY EXTRA pieces!  Die-cut leaves, palm trees, SAND DOLLARS, coral, etc!  I just saw it all laying there and said to myself, "no way are those shimmery sand dollars going to waste!"  😀  So I started playing!  And today I'm going to photo overload you with some EXTRA cards I made from the kit.  I did add cardstock and some accessories to make these cards.  But...the fun die-cut pieces and stamps that I used were all from the kit!

How fun is that palm?!  I just LOVE the layered look with that fun vellum circle piece, the PALM TREE, and the GLITTERY SAND DOLLAR!  Oh my heavens!  Swoon!!!

And I love that sequin touch!  You will see that sequin touch a lot today!  😀

Next up...look at those star fishes!!!!

I just stamped them a bunch of times, only re-inking the stamp every few times that I stamped.  Then...guess what I did again?!  I colored ribbon with my Blends makers!!!!  I posted a little about that in my last post that you can SEE HERE! 

I just LOVE this sentiment...and I love how it packs a punch when you do some repeat stamping like this...

I just love this card!

But on to this next one.  This is another note card...so smaller than your typical standard card:

I have to admit...I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one!  I colored some coral with a sponge dauber and some Melon Mambo ink.  Then I used another sponge dauber to do that FABULOUS shading on the greeting!  That cardstock started out white!!!  Then I just sponged on some Mango Melody ink...starting at the bottom where it is heaviest and just working my way...giving me all that variety of color! 

😍 SWOON!!!! 😍  Paired with all those layers and sequins...and my heart wants to burst!!!

Fourth and final card was fun to make also...

How fun is that background?!  I made this background my just adhering all those leaves down onto Whisper White cardstock.  And then die-cutting it out with the stitched rectangle die!  Love it!  Then added a few elements and we were done! 

One cool thing I did to the card...was break out my trusty dauber again!

The card front started out So Saffron.  However...I added some shading with the Mango Melody ink...and I LOVE how it looks!  Not just solid color like the cardstock, but a more shaded variety. 

Maybe this was too much to take in and I should have shared one card at a time!  But...was more fun to share at once!  And just check it all out:

I still have lots of die-cut pieces left, so you may see more from me!  But for now...enjoy!  And thank you so much for visiting!!  If you need help getting your own Paper Pumpkin in the mail...let me help you! 

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