Hello Everyone!

Come join the fun...  I received my first month of Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin and I immediately fell in love with the products!

Our kits come with everything, and I mean everything you need to complete the projects they created and even give you inspiration to create more.

But then your inspiration comes in!  Took their idea for the bag and put it on a card.  You can even put a nice surprise in the bag for your recipient!

If you want to be part of the fun, contact me or click here and just sign up and get creative!

ENJOY!
Be Inspired, Be Creative and Let's Get Inky and Stamp!
​~Desiree

Hello Everyone!

The new catalog is packed with amazing stamp and die sets and new fails with new inspiration!

When I saw the 'Text Ya Later' stamp set I just knew it was a shaker card with all the icons and sentiments becoming the main element in the shaker...

If interested to know more, just contact me and I will let you know how you can add this stamp set to your collection...

Be Inspired, Be Creative and Let's Get Inky and Stamp! ~
~Desiree

Hello Everyone!

Who does not love a shaker card!  There is always one designed from my kits I get!

Here I used the individual stamps to build my floral bouquet on my card.

​They were then colored using my prismacolor brush tip alcohol markers - no I am not a copic user!  I know amazing, but I love the prismacolors... and I do have a few copics and they blend together beautifully! I added white dots with my gel pen for a small accent!

I used a heart shaped die I had in my stash and this became my opening for my shaker card.  Cut a piece of acetate to cover the opening and surrounded the edges with a double layer of foam tape. I cut a piece of the pattern paper for the backing and set it in place after filling the area with my sequins and seed beads.

Created my sentiment and popped my card design onto a top folding
4  1/4in x 5  1/2in card base.

You have to give a shaker card a try, and remeber you do not need ot use sequins, you can use all kinds of small embellishments to fill in the openeing...

Enjoy and share what you create!

Be Inspired, Be Creative and Let's Get Inky and Stamp! ~
​~ Desiree

Hello Everyone!

I am in love with this card!  I have never used metallic paints, not sure how that happened, but I have been missing out....

I took a chance and used general black card stock to paint on...

I have the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors and here is a tip when painting with them.  Make sure you spray a little water into the color pans you are going to use and let it set for a minutes.  The pigment will move freely by doing this!

I stamped the large floral design from the kit in VersaMark Ink and embossed in gold.  I then used the Red Gold, Yellow Gold, Champagne Gold and White Gold.  These pictures do not do this card justice to show the colors correctly and how it just shines and glitters!

​I set this panel aside to dry and cut a strip of pattern paper and white card stock.  The white card stock I blended a touch of the Oxide Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick and white embossed the sentiment chosen. For an embellishment I used my Ranger Enamel Liquid.

I also played around with the envelope that was provided and gold embossed the large floral image on the back flap for an added touch!

​Try this out, you will not be disappointed in the Gansai Tambi Pigments... 

Enjoy what you Create!

Be Inspired, Be Creative and Let's Get Inky and Stamp! ~
​~ Desiree

Hello Everyone!

​I must say this card kit really pulled out many techniques...  I used the Oxide Distress Ink as a watercolor on card #4!

​Canson XL Watercolor really became my friend throughout this series...  Used as the base, I stamped the large floral image and sentiment chosen with VersaMark Ink so the image could be embossed in gold.  I then pulled out my Vintage Photo Oxide Distress Ink and splattered over the image and the rest of the background.  Using my craft mat I smooshed (technical term) the Worm Lipstick Oxide Ink and added some water and painted within the embossed image.

I used a cream card stock, top folding standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" size.

Enjoy what you create and talk soon!

Be Inspired, Be Creative and Let's Get Inky and Stamp! ~
​~ Desiree