The Paper Artist/Creative Card Design

  Create this beautiful card by blending a background to show off these  gorgeous fireflies and lantern on a card front.  Here we blended  a background, and added a little sparkle and pizzazz to it to make a gorgeous environment for these adorable fireflies.  The background was blended using a blending brush and a combination of Starry Sky, Orchid Oasis, and Fresh Freesia Inks.  I stamped some Starry Sky Ink on the corner of a stamp block and added a bit of water from a water painter. Dipped the water painter in the "mess" on the block then tapped the water painter against a pen overtop the blended layer.   I gave the layer just a mist of water from the Stampin' Spritzer.  When the layer was dry ( that only takes a minute or 2 ), I used a White Jelly Roll pen to add a few dots of white to the background. Then used a Metallic Silver Jelly roll pen to repeat the process. There is probably an easier way to create a more dramatic effect on the backgr...

  Create a card using a window sheet for a beautiful see thru effect  on the card front.  Later this week, we will learn to create this fantastic Father's Day card using a window sheet and the Gone Fishing Bundle from Stampin' Up. 

  Create Beautiful Quick & Easy Cards using the Fresh As a Daisy Designer Paper! Later this week we create a series of cards using this beautiful paper  as the focal point for our cards.  Be sure to check back for that. 

  Look who just made an appearance at the coop! Last year the crazy chickens from the Hey Chick stamp set made for some hilarious cards and later Hey Birthday Chick arrived on the scene as well. These hilarious chickens were my most popular and most requested cards for that whole year. People could not get enough of them! I'm thrilled to see the arrival of Hey Chuck ~ this wild and zany rooster! I'm sure he is going to be just as much fun! This card features an inverted die cut and some great gingham patterned paper. I feel like the "great gingham" is back  only in the form of Glorious Gingham. I love a beautiful country themed paper! Supplies Required to Create this Card:  ( click here to add all to cart  in my online store) Hey Chuck Stamp & Die Bundle Starry Sky Cardstock Glorious Gingham Designer Paper Basic White Cardstock Starry Sky Ink Pad Granny Apple Green Ink Pad Crumb Cake Cardstock Pecan Pie Ink Pad Mango Melody Cardstock Tinsel Gems Three Pack Stamp...