As I get older, I find myself needing to make more sympathy cards. After watching a recent Gina K Designs YouTube video, I decided to try one of the techniques she showed using Bokeh as a background. I first cut my card stock down using Gina K’s Master Layouts 1. Instead of using Masking Magic, […]
Starry Birthday Wish
Yes, another masculine birthday, although a little younger one. For my card, I used Hocus Pocus stencil from Tim Holz. Instead of using ink, I added Silver Lining Lunar paste. This really gave the black card stock some shine and a little bit of depth. I used several images from Catherine Pooler’s The Universe is […]
A Little Fishing Birthday
It seems like the at the beginning of the year we have a lot of masculine birthdays in our family. For my card this time, I used Fishing Squidgy from Stamping Bella for another nephew’s card. He loves to fish so I thought this image would be perfect. After stamping the image in Memento Tuxedo […]
Cosmos Make For A Happy Birthday!
A little something different again today. The image today is from Spellbinders Betterpress system. I used Cosmos Backdrop Betterpress plate and the co-ordinating stencil. This is a really beautiful set. Once I had my image created, I used some Gina K inks to color my image. I used Gina K’s Master Layouts #1 to trim […]
Birthday Wishes
And those birthdays keep coming. This time, it is for one of my nephews, so yes, I had to come up with another masculine birthday card. I recently watched a YouTube video by Gina K where she created a background using shaving cream and re-inkers. If you have never tried this technique, I encourage you […]