by Ericka Strange
Happy August! I hope you are all doing well. This month challenge over at The Flower Challenge is all about adding sparkle. Our Guest Designer this month is Darnell from djkardkreations so check out her blog for some beautiful inspiration along with the other Design Team members. For my card this month I used... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! I' m over on the Topflight Stamps blog with a panel I made using a variety of supplies including this beautiful set from Stamperia called Sea World Lady. I had a panel I had made using my gel plate with some paints and thought it would make an beautiful background for an embossed ... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! Today I'm playing with some WOW! Embossing Powders and Reverse Confetti. I love the soft gold look of the Gold Pearl. I started out making the flowers for my card. I took the Reverse Confetti Peony set and stamped out the images and heat embossed them with a mixture of the Gold Pearl... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! I'm over on the Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps blog with a fun dragonfly card using Distress Inks and embossing powder. I started out by smooshing some Distress Ink in Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, and Salty Ocean on my craft mat and picking up the color on a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock. Once... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! I'm over on the Topflight Stamps blog with a Fun Flower background card using Darkroom Door. I love these whimsical flowers and all the fun ways you can use this background. I created the background by first using the Hunkydory Prism Powders which are bright color powders with beautiful shimmer. I then used... Continue Reading →
Hello! Today I'm playing with WOW! Embossing Gold Pearl embossing powder. I love the soft gold look the pearl powder has on a background. I started by creating a watercolor background with Ken Oliver Color Bursts in Violet, Orchid, and Metallic Amethyst (which gives the background a little shimmer). Once the background was dry, I... Continue Reading →
Happy Wednesday! It's the 15th so its time for the reminder card for The Flower Challenge. This month's challenge is all about creating a flower card with the Summer or Winter theme. For my card today I used the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Sakura colored up with Zig markers and colored pencils. I started by... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! I hope you had a good week, I'm over on the Topflight Stamps blog creating Christmas cards. I made several cards using the Darkroom Door Snowflake Background stamp along with the Christmas Sentiment Strip. I started by using PaperArtsy Infusions, which are watercolor powders that are activated with water on watercolor paper. I... Continue Reading →
Happy Wednesday! I hope your week is going well. Today I'm over on the Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps blog with some ice cream cards because it is summer after all! For my first card I'm using the Ice Cream 3 Scoops stamp with some WOW! Embossing Powder. I started by stamping the image in Versafine... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday and 4th of July Weekend! Today I'm over on the Topflight Stamps blog playing around with a couple of stencils and techniques. For my first card I blended Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Seedless Preserve, and Mermaid Lagoon on Bristol Smooth paper. I then used transparent texture paste with the PaperArtsy PS143 Stencil... Continue Reading →
