by Ericka Strange
I recently came across a "new to me" stamp company called Studio Katia and love all the beautiful flowers and cute critters they have for sale. I recently purchased this beautiful Mandala and decided to make some cards and a bookmark. For the first card, I stamped the Mandala in Versmark ink on some gray... Continue Reading →
I love coloring flowers and I also love playing with colors especially when it comes to Ken Oliver Color Bursts. The Ton has a awesome variety of floral stamps and with every release my wish list keeps growing. I'm hoping that soon, I will win the lottery or find a genie in a bottle, and... Continue Reading →
I'm playing along today with the Reverse Confetti July Challenge. I wanted to use some bright pattern paper and selected Spring Flings pad from Pink & Main. The Avocado Reverse Confetti cardstock matched great so I used that as the card base. I took the pattern paper and a square die cut to make a... Continue Reading →
I'm playing along today with The Ton Challenge for June. I decided to play with the Brushed Hugs stamp and made two cards. This is a gorgeous stamp and I love how large the sentiment is on the card. I first started out using my MISTI and inked half of the stamp with Worn Lipstick... Continue Reading →
I’m playing along with the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and love seeing all the gorgeous cards. The theme is Spring and of course you need to use coffee, tea or cocoa image on your project. The hop will run from March 24-31 and is full of inspiration and prizes. On my card I’m using this beautiful […]
We have a special wedding to go to this week so I made a card to go with our gift using the beautiful cake set Happy Day from Concord & 9th. I started out making the background for this card by using some Tattered Rose Distress ink and blending it on some Bristol Smooth paper.... Continue Reading →
This is my third card for the 2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. For this card I decided to use a background I had created in an earlier post using alcohol inks and Yupo paper you can find the post here. This one is using a silver paper from Ranger for alcohol inks. I love... Continue Reading →
I'm playing along with the Ellen Hutson June Pin-Sights Challenge today. I made two cards using the color prompts of the challenge. For my first card, I used the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Peony and the Concord & 9th Happy Words & Stripe Builder on Strathmore Watercolor paper. I first stamped the stripes in Picked... Continue Reading →
Creating masculine cards is always a challenge for me, so I decided to play around with alcohol inks to create some masculine backgrounds (and maybe a couple of girly ones too.) To use alcohol inks, you need a glossy paper, so I used some Yupo paper and got to work. First I just dropped ink... Continue Reading →
