Big and​ small cacti cards

I would not lie if I said this cacti stamp set by Concord and 9th is one of my all time favorites. I'm not sure why I love it so much, it's just one of these sets that makes you happy.

I made this card using one of the large cacti while crafting with friends. I think it turned out pretty awesome. I used the Aqua Tint Brush pens to color it. They are so much fun and super pigmented.

These are the colors I used. Holly Leaf, Olive Jade, Smoked Quartz and Sterling Silver.



I also tested blending the Aqua Tints brush pens on a piece of watercolor paper and I liked this tiny part so I just diecut it and used as a background for this tiny cactus in the set. So cute! I didn't put down the colors used unfortunately because I love that combo. It looks so vintage-y.

Coffee and friends

In our house, there is a saying: Do not get between mom and her coffee. I really love my coffee. So this Coffee Love stamp set by Altenew was a must-have. I stamped up the images randomly and did some messy (very therapeutic) water coloring, using my Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers.

Coffee and friends really make the perfect blend. Especially if there are cookies involved, and maybe some crafting after that.

I used these colors to color my card: Chocolat, Charcoal, Desert, Lime, Begonia, Kingfisher, Navy

Ink blended diecut background

I have a confession to make. I love the big background dies that I see used everywhere now. Die cutting is so much fun and there's so much you can do with a background like this cover plate by Altenew. I just keep getting cheap and not getting them. I have another one by Winnie & Walter that is one of my favorite dies ever so I'm not sure why I keep being cheap. They are pretty pricey but so worth it. I splurged a bit and got this beauty and had a lot of fun fiddling with piecing these two cards together.



I think this white one is my favorite of the two. I used the speech bubble stamps by Winnie & Walter that I think is so fun! Black and white used together with bright colors are up in the top of the list of color combos in my book.

I will keep playing around with this die and maybe I'll get a few more after that. Now I want to create a shaker card using this one. I have a lot of ideas. I hope you will enjoy seeing more of this die ahead.

Sweet peas

I loved this Sweet Peas stamp set by Altenew right away, it looked super easy and fun to color. I used my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers for these. Colors listed below.



I started by making this pink one. I wasn't sure what to do with the background but I ended up ink blending the corners and that made it look kind of dreamy. I really like the effect. I do have a super hard time blending though. Everyone says the distress Oxides blend like butter, but not for me. I'm probably doing something wrong because I get streaks that takes forever to blend out. But I love the look so it's worth the effort.



Since I stamped up two card fronts at the same time, in case I messed up, I made a blue card too. I actually have no idea what colors Sweet Peas come in. I have a vague memory I planted some the first summer after we got the house and they were soft pink. Would have been. If they had bloomed. I put them so close that there was a dense mass of greenery, so heavy it tipped the support I put up. And not a single blossom. Probably because I planted so many of them. I don't have a green thumb at all.

Anyways. Here are the colors of Spectrum Noir Illustrators I used for these two cards: FS1, FS2, PV3, PP4, TB1, TB2, TB3, YG1, YG2

Light up glitter vellum window

I made this card as a tutorial for Chibitronics, I think it turned out pretty good. If you would like full instructions on how to make it, pop on over to this post.

This card is super extra. I used more lights than I ever did on a card before, I had so much fun with it. And I think the glitter vellum window makes it special.



I used regular vellum and embossed it with WOW Neutral Ultra Shimmer embossing powder. I also added Nuevo Drops that's clear with glitter in it as an embellishment.