Summer Sugar Skull Card

Hello friends. You all know by now I love sugar skulls. So today I pulled out one of my favorite stamps sets to use for this card.
I am using the Calavera Cling Stamp.
I took a piece of white cardstock and stamped the image a few times on the front using Versamark ink. I then heat embossed the images using a detailed white powder.
I grabbed four of my favorite Distress Ink colors and blended them all over the card.
I used Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed and Squeezed Lemonade. I blended each color into the next until there was not a harsh line.

I love using these colors for summer and I think they went with the sugar skull nicely.
I then used the Hola sentiment from the set Calvaras and Corazons set to stamp directly onto the card using Versafine Onxy Black ink. 

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a wonderful day.

Larissa Pittman 

www.muffinsandlace.com

Celebrate

Hello friends.
It is almost time to celebrate the 4th of July. So to celebrate I used the stamp set

Frothy Concoctions Clear Stamp 

I stamped the image three times across a piece of watercolor paper. I then colored the images with Spectrum Noir AquaBlend Pencils and smoothed the color out with a small paint brush with water.
I colored over the entire image with the Clear Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen. To finish off the card from I added a die cut "Celebrate" word to the front out of glitter paper. 

Products Used:
Paper Wings Productions Frothy Concoctions Clear Stamp 

Watercolor Paper
Spectrum Noir AquaBlend Pencils
Small Paint Brush
Versamark Onyx Black Ink
Black Glitter Paper
Celebrate word Die

Real Red Cardstock for Mat

White cardstock for card base

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen Crystal Clear

Hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a wonderful day and 4th.

Larissa Pittman 

www.muffinsandlace.com

where flowers bloom

Hey guys! Ashley here today sharing a fun spring card today. I haven't played with my distress inks in a while so I got those out today. I used the Mini Flowers rubber stamp set to make my background. I stamped the flowers with Versamark and heat embossed them. Then I used distress inks to color my background and make my heat embossed flowers stand out.

Next I stamped the sentiment from the Flower red rubber stamp set and heat embossed it with fine gold embossing powder. I wanted 'hope' to stand out more than the rest of the sentiment, so I used some washi and masked off the 'hope' word first. Next I masked off the other words and stamped 'hope.' I used a sparkly gold embossing powder on 'hope.'

So my finished card...

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I've Bean Missing You

Hello friends. Larissa here today with a coffee them card using

Play with Your Coffee clear stamp set,

I stamped one of the images from the stamp set across the entire card making sure to move it over a little each time until the entire stamp is on the card. I then colored in the to go cup on each row using Copic markers RV13 and RV14. 

I stamped one of the sentiments using a pink ink. The card front is matted onto a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock and then adhered to a white card base.

I hope you enjoyed my CAS card today. Have a wonderful day friends.

Larissa Pittman
www.muffinsandlace.com

the masterpiece of nature

Hello! Ashley here today and I'm sharing a card using the Build a Wreath stamp set and a sentiment from Kind Words.

I used many of the stamps from the Build a Wreath stamp set to 'build' my wreath. I inked the stamps with Versamark and heat embossed them to make my wreath. Then I used the sentiment: A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. I felt like playing on the nature theme.

Here you can see a close up of the wreath. I tied on some twine at the bottom to add a finishing 'nature' touch. :)

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Thank you

Hello friends. Larissa here with you today. I have a fun card for you. I actually had a video I was taping during the process to share with you but I noticed after I was done and went to turn it off the phone had died. Soooooo I will just tell you. 

I used watercolors for this card. I stamped the images from the Floral Cling Stamp set  using Versamark ink on a piece of watercolor paper. I poured white embossing powder over the top and heat embossed them. I then took a piece of plastic from the stamp set and added different shades of red and orange to it. I also added lots of water. Then I smooshed the card into the plastic a couple of times. I wiped it off and did the same thing with the green and blues and added it to the middle.
I spritzed a few drops of purple and red onto the card as well.
I die cut the Thank You out of black cardstock 4 times to give it some depth.
I adhered it to the card with Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive. I also used it to adhere the card front to the white card base.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and I promise to have my battery fully charged next time.

Have a wonderful day.
Larissa Pittman
www.muffinsandlace.com