Hi all! Today is Day 3 of Stencil Month! For this video I played with stencils and watercolor, specifically how to use watercolor powders with stencils. I tried out Nuvo Shimmer Powders and Lindy’s Magicals watercolor powders. Both products are great! I played with some specific stencils: Quilted Hearts from Waffle Flower (discontinued, see similar), and Waves, Geo Leaves, and Animal Print from Simon Says Stamp. The key to making watercolor work with stencils is Pixie Spray and a liberal amount of it applied to back of the stencils. As long as you have that, you will get great results! (Wond ..read more

For Day 2 of Stencil Month, I broke out Simon Hurley Solar Paste and played with the all the different colors of the pastes. At first I tried them with the Spring Boho stencil. After seeing how amazing the pastes looked scraped onto the cardstock with only a palette knife, I played with the pastes on their own. So fun! To finish off the cards, I used the Bold Smiles stamps and dies from Simon Says Stamp. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used whe ..read more

NOTE: This post is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! Hi all! I loved having a theme for the month so much that I decided to do a theme for April as well! So today is Day 1 of Stencil Month! I’ll be playing with stencils all month long. :) For today’s card, I used Simon Says Stamp’s Hearts in a Heart stencil set. In the past I’ve loved the tone-on-tone ink blending technique where the thru-stencil blending is more intense than the lighter application all over the area. To change it up a bit, I applied the same colors through the layered stencils slightly offset so that I’d get ..read more

It’s Day 12 of Color Month 2024, so that means it’s the last day for Color Month. But shhh! Color Month might come back again in the near future! ;) Today I used the new Flower Block stamps and coordinating dies from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release (also available as a bundle). This is such a great stamp set for using different colors of inks! Super fun and easy. I used two combos from Sarah Renae Clark’s Color Cube Volume 2. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affil ..read more

Hello! For Day 11 of the Color Month 2024, I created an interactive card using Lawn Fawn’s new Give It a Whirl dies. The first scene on the card is in black and white, and then when you “whirl” it, the second scene is in color. For the colors on the second scene, I used a card from Sarah Renae Clark’s Color Cube Volume 2. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible). I had an idea in my mind for my card, so I created the initial greetin ..read more

Hi all! For Day 10 of Color Month I was live on YouTube again, and created a card with Simon Hurley’s new Neon Lunar Pastes! I used a color combo from the Color Cube Volume 2 and many stencils from Simon Says Stamp: Retro Arcs, Bold Geometrics, Abstract Triangles, and Funky Flowers. To finish of the cards, I diecut greetings from CZ Design’s Scripty Thanks and C9’s Pop Heart dies. You can choose to watch the full length replay, or the edited replay. Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the tex ..read more

Note: This post is part of a blog hop! You might have just come from Barbara Tarayao. Welcome! Head to the end of this post for new release discount codes, a giveaway, and a link to the next stop in the hop! Hello! For Day 9 of the Color Month 2024, played with two new stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release: Pretty Petals and Airy Greetings. You can see the entire release HERE. For this card, I choose to play with overlapping colors of ink. Such a fun way to achieve new colors! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the ..read more

NOTE: This post is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! Hello! Today is Day 8 of the Color Month 2024. Today I have some card inspiration for you featuring the Wild & Free Flowers stamp set that is included in Simon Says Stamp’s April 2024 Card Kit! I chose to stamp and gold heat emboss the large floral images from the stamps on watercolor paper, and then paint the flowers. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible ..read more

Hi all! For Day 7 of Color Month I was live on YouTube again, and created a card with Simon Says Stamp’s Checking In stamp set. I used a color combo from the Color Cube Volume 2 and painted with Mijello Mission Gold paints. You can choose to watch the full length replay, or the edited replay. Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible). Supplies Compensated affiliate links used when possible. Items marked with an asterisk (*) w ..read more

Hello! Today is Day 6 of the Color Month 2024. Ever since I saw Concord & 9th’s new Just Calling dies and stamps, I’ve been wanting to try them out and today is the day! This super cute interactive card features a rotating spinner on the phone which changes the messages displayed. So clever! I used combos 89 and 90 from the Color Cube Volume 1 for these cards. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible). Supplies Compensated affilia ..read more