stamping with spray

My bottle of Heidi Swapp Patina Color Shine has been sitting on my desk since I created my last card and I'm pretty sure it has been whispering, "Use me, love me, I'm your very favorite shade of green...". And it's right. Even though ink sprays can be messy, especially in my hands, I just love it. And it coordinates beautifully with my favorite Distress color, Cracked Pistachio.

I created white rectangles on my card front by placing pieces of masking paper on my cardstock and then applying Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink with a blending tool.

The Essentials by Ellen Totally Awesome stamps create the perfect sentiments inside my white rectangles (I actually measured the masking paper to make sure but sometimes it's still a surprise when it works, LOL!)

And to add the abstract flowers, I misted the flower stamp with the Patina Color Shine and stamped. It's a little messy but I love the effect and I love the way it shimmers! To help contain the over spray, I mist my stamps in my paper wastebasket.

Thanks for stopping by and hope your Sunday is lovely!

Hugs!
Carly

supplies:
Heidi Swapp Patina Color Shine
Essentials by Ellen Totally Awesome
Concord & 9th Wildflower

come on over...

I'm over in The Classroom at Ellen Hutson LLC playing with ink sprays and Minc Reactive Mist. You know how much I love to foil!!!

Come on over!

xo,
Carly

summertime gingham with distress inks

This card started as an attempt to create buffalo plaid but became a summery gingham. I actually have a shirt that looks exactly like this (minus the totally awesome, LOL):

I used painter's tape on smooth bristol cardstock with a blending tool and Distress inks. I applied tape "stripes" one direction and inked. Then removed the tape, applied it in the opposite direction and inked. 

So easy! The only hard part was the spacing, sometimes my eye-balling is better than others.

And I like it so much, I made more in different colors...

The sentiments are die cut words coated in embossing powder (WOW! Yum Yum Bubblegum...fun to say & so pretty).

Thanks so much for stopping by!

xo,
Carly

supplies:
Essentials by Ellen Positive Words
Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio
Distress Ink Hickory Smoke
Distress Ink Abandoned Coral
WOW! Embossing Powder Yum Yum Bubblegum

Sparkly Sunglasses with WOW! Embossing Powder

I saw the cutest piece of art by Jen B Peters that I've been dying to recreate in card form. Check her out, she's awesome!

Jen B Peters awesome piece!

My Card

There are lots of ways to create glittery sunglasses but I have some WOW! embossing stunners just begging for attention so that's how I did it. I mean just look at these colors...

I coated these die cuts...

...with VersaMark and Turkish Nights embossing powder (and black for the "lenses").

I cut the circle into pieces to create the rest of the frames and assembled.

To add the dark pink to the top of my heart frames, I just applied a little pigment ink with a blending tool, then clear embossing powder and heat set.

And I love them! I think I might need to create more with my other WOW! colors.

Thanks for stopping by!

xo,
Carly

supplies:
Essentials by Ellen Make It Beautiful
Concord & 9th Love Always
Hero Arts Infinity Nesting Hearts
Mama Elephant Tutti Frutti Ink Pad
WOW! Embossing Powder Turkish Nights

today...

I'm over in The Classroom today at Ellen Hutson LLC using one of my favorite Pretty Pink Posh stamps sets and fashioning some DIY raindrop sequins.

Come on over!

xo,
Carly

BCRF Courage + Scrape Art

The Ellen Hutson LLC BCRF fundraising set Courage, is so lovely but my very favorite part of the stamp set is the beautiful sentiments! I wanted to create more cards highlighting the encouraging words and I've by excited to try "scrape art", a technique I've been seeing around the Pinterest neighborhood. Here is the result:

Without any pink acrylic paints on hand (shameful I know), I turned to my Nuvo Drops. And they worked beautifully for this easy & striking technique.

Apply drops of chosen medium to cardstock.

Use a flat edge like a squeegee or old gift card (or Disney pass, haha!) to apply gentle pressure to smooth paint into lines.

So easy right? Have a great day!

Have a great day!

xo,
Carly

UNITED WE CONQUER! Ellen Hutson BCRF Fundraiser

Too many of us have been touched by cancer, too many friends & family lost. I am honored and proud to be part of a company creating for the cause of ending this terrible disease.

In honor of three amazing mothers, Chaitali, Julie and Ellen, teamed up to find a way that they could make a difference and honor these very special women in their lives and actively contribute to finding a cure for breast cancer. Together they have created the Courage Stamp & Die Set.

 

$25 from the purchase price of each Courage Stamp & Die Set will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

The Courage sets are filled with beautiful flowers and powerful words of encouragement. I combined flowers & leaves stamped in pigment inks, with some embossed white cards to create a set of cards.

A little more info from Ellen, Julie & Chaitali:

We know that many of you are affected by this disease or other forms of cancer and we are turning to you for help. After much research our team made the decision to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. BCRF is the highest rated breast cancer organization in the nation. To learn more about BCRF please visit their website at https://www.bcrfcure.org

Through this fundraiser, it is our goal to educate and raise money for research and support services for patients and survivors battling breast cancer.

Won’t you join us?

Donate, stamp, share, create—there are many ways you can contribute! Visit the Ellen Hutson BCRF fundraiser page to find out how and to follow our progress.

Together we can!

Thanks so much for stopping by and keep hoping along! Your next stop is Chaitali's blog. And here's the complete list in case you have gotten turned around.

The CLASSroom 

Lisa Adametz

Sandy Allnock

Kelly Alvarez

Laurel Beard

Heather Campbell

Kittie Caracciolo

Darlene DeVries

Julie Ebersole

Lydia Fiedler

Sharon Harnist

Jennifer McGuire

Heather Meeson

Carly Tee Minner - You are here!

Chaitali Narla

Carolyn Peeler

Catherine Pooler

Nichol Spohr

Julia Stainton

Carissa Wiley

Big Hugs!
Carly