Embossed Bird Shaker Card {Ink Blot Shop, LLC}

I don't know if you have tried shaker cards yet or not, but if you haven't - just be aware that they are a little bit addicting to create!

For today's card, I embossed this cute bird image from the new Flopsy Birds stamp set on the shaker window. (Perfect for the current SSS embossing challenge.) I kept it clean and simple, and I love how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Stamps: Ink Blot Shop, LLC (Flopsy Birds);
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Smokey Shadow); Discount Cardstock (Brilliant White 130#);
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye (Cut & Paste - Adorbs 6x6);
Ink: Tsukineko (VersaMark Watermark Ink);
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts (White);
Clear Film: Grafix (Dura-Lar Clear Film); 
Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh (Silver Heart Confetti, 4mm Charcoal); Martha Stewart (Glitter - Sugar Cube Hearts);
Dies: Spellbinders (Wonky Squares);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board); Wagner (Precision Heat Gun);

Growing In Unity - Day 3: Shaker Card

I am back again for day 3 of my week as a Growing In Unity gal!

If you haven't already, please be sure you are following me on Facebook and on Instagram. I'd love to keep in touch with you there.

I thought it would be fun to create a shaker card for today's post...so I did!

I heat embossed the floral image from the Blossomy Condolences stamp set using black embossing powder on clear film. I then added some doodling around the die cut window. I layered that over some patterned paper, enclosing some sequins into the shaker portion of the card. A sentiment can be stamped inside to fit the occasion whenever I am ready for it. 

Be sure to leave a comment on each of my Growing In Unity posts for the week to be entered to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

(I'll choose TWO winners when the week is over.)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Core'dinations (Smooth White - 110#);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Blossomy Condolences);
Ink: Tsukineko (VersaMark - Watermark);
Embossing Powder: American Crafts (Zing! Embossing Powder - Black);
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye (Indie Chic - Nutmeg 6x6);
Sequins: 28 Lilac Lane (Blues);
Pen: Faber-Castell (PITT Artist Pen - Black);
Dies: Spellbinders (Circles);
Other: Grafix (Clear Dura-Lar Film);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board); Wagner (Heat Gun);

The Twinery/CardMaker {Blog Hop}

The Introduction:

If you are hopping along with us today: You should have come here from Rebecca VanDeMark's blog. If you did, you are in the right place! Welcome!

If you aren't already a follower, I'd love to have you follow my blog!

If you are on Facebook, please "like" Ink Blots by TRD.

If you are one of my regular readers: Thanks for coming back! I love having you! Please join along in the hop - you can start at the CardMaker blog.

The Hop Order:

CardMaker
The Twinery
Monika Wright
Jeanne Jachna
Amy Crockett
Jaclyn Miller
Mae Nazareth
Rebecca VanDeMark
Tifany DeGough <<< You are here
Noelle McAdams
Stacey Schafer
Melyssa Connolly
Penny Ward
Katarina Damm-Blomberg
Tobi Crawford
Piali Biswas
Suzanna Lee
Denise Hahn
DoBea Alberts
Theresa Momber
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Anita Mulcahey
Andrew Roberts

The Prizes:

The Twinery is giving away 4 fabulous spools of twine - perfect for fall projects:

The Projects:
In my neck of the woods, we seem to have gone swiftly through fall and straight on to winter, but I still enjoyed creating a couple of fall cards for today's hop.
I've been having fun with watercolor paints recently and decided to give it a go on this Fall Greetings card:

After I added the stamped/watercolor flower panel and stamped the sentiment, I finished off my card with some of The Twinery's Solid Cappuccino twine. 

The second card I created is simple - just a bit of embossing, a little stamping, and some twine:

For this card, I kept the palette very simple by finishing it off with some of The Twinery's Solid Honeydew twine

The Twinery's twine is the perfect accent for cards - it ties everything together perfectly. (Literally.)

Thanks for stopping by today!

The Next Stop:

Noelle McAdams

Fall Greetings Card Supplies: 

Twine: The Twinery (Solid Cappuccino); 
Cardstock: Canson (140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper);
Cardstock: My Favorite Things (Replenishments Cardstock);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Flowers from Hey Girl - KOM 5/14; Sentiment from Pumpkin Greetings);
Ink: Ranger (Archival - Jet Black); 
Paint: Master's Touch (Watercolors - Yellow, Orange, Deep Vermilion, Magenta, Blue Green, Yellow Green, Green, Skin Tone, Indian Yellow, Carmine);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Thanks Card Supplies: 

Twine: The Twinery (Solid Honeydew); 
Cardstock: My Favorite Things (Replenishments Cardstock);
Vellum: Papertrey Ink (Vellum);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Thanks from Sentiments O'Simple);
Ink: Tsukineko (Chalk Ink - Tea Leaves);
Embossing Folder: Craftwell (Teresa Collins Collection - Love Triangles);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board); Tim Holtz (Tiny Attacher);

Celebrate BIG & Warm Wishes {Craftwell Guest Designer}

{I am today's Guest Designer for Craftwell - check it out!}

I am so excited to be a Guest Designer for Craftwell today! 

Craftwell sent me the Love Triangles embossing folder to work with (from the Teresa Collins Collection) and I had so much fun with it! I created two cards to share with you today:

Both cards used the embossing folder in the same way (I used it to emboss vellum for an overlay), but the results for the cards are very different. I wanted to go bright and fun with the Celebrate BIG card, but keep it warm and cozy with the Warm Wishes card.

The embossed vellum overlay on the Celebrate BIG card is placed over a background that I created using watercolor paints. I punched out a portion of the vellum to highlight the sentiment, then I wrapped the card with twine and added some enamel dot "confetti" to finish it off.

The Warm Wishes card makes me think of a snowy day, sitting in the warm house and drinking some hot chocolate. It is a simple, neutral color palette, but the embossing adds some great texture. 

Thanks for visiting today - have a great day!

Celebrate BIG Card Supplies: 
Embossing Folder: Craftwell (Teresa Collins Collection - Love Triangles);
Cardstock: Canson (140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper);
Vellum: Papertrey Ink (Vellum);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Celebrate Big);
Ink: Ranger (Archival - Jet Black); 
Paint: Master's Touch (Watercolors - Magenta, Orange, Yellow);
Twine: The Twinery (Solid Charcoal); 
Other: Studio Calico (Enamel Dots);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board); Tim Holtz (Tiny Attacher);

Warm Wishes Card Supplies:
Embossing Folder: Craftwell (Teresa Collins Collection - Love Triangles);
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Rustic Cream);
Vellum: Papertrey Ink (Vellum);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Retro Warm Wishes);
Ink: Tsukineko (Chalk Ink - Sahara Sand);
Twine: The Twinery (Solid Natural);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Wishes Come True

Today I've got a card to share using the technique from my marbled cardstock tutorial. It's a fun technique and a great way to get a great background look with those Distress Stains.

To finish off the card I stamped and heat embossed the image and sentiment from the True Wishes set that I designed for Unity Stamp Company. 

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Discount Cardstock (Brilliant White 130#);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (True Wishes);
Ink: Tsukineko (VersaMark - Watermark); 
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts (White);
Color Media: Ranger (Distress Stain - Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Broken China);
Other: Barbasol (Shaving Cream);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

BIG and small {Growing In Unity: Day 3}

Welcome to day 3 of my week as the Growing In Unity gal!

Stay tuned each day this week as I show you something I've created using stamps from Unity Stamp Company...and be sure to comment on all five of my Growing In Unity posts this week if you want a chance to win some free stamps!

If you are new here or aren't already a follower: I'd love to have you follow my blog!
If you are one of my regular readers: Thanks for coming back! I love having you!

I've got two projects to share with you today. The first is this tag created with Celebrate BIG and Grandma's Doilies:

I started by cutting two tags from white cardstock, one large and one small. I stamped Grandma's Doilies on the large tag and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Once the embossing was set I misted over it with two colors of mist and then wiped off to reveal the resist. I then layered the smaller tag on top which I stamped with my Celebrate BIG sentiment. I used an eyelet and twine to adhere them together.

Next up is a small card.

(It is approximately 2 1/2" x 3".)

The card base is created using the zebra frame from the {aBIT} of Insta-Frames kit that I created. I cut out the center picture-portion of the frame and added some vellum. I then stamped the hearts from the Jars of Love x 3 on the vellum. I love making mini cards, and the Insta-Frames are perfect for that.

Thanks for stopping by today - and don't forget to leave a comment so you can win some stampy goodness!

And, of course, I'd love it if you sign up to be a follower!

At the end of the week I will randomly choose someone to win any two Itty Bittys (winner's choice!) from Unity Stamp Company - to be sent to a domestic address only, please.

Celebrate Big Tag Supplies:
Cardstock: Discount Cardstock (Brilliant White 130#);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Celebrate BIG, Grandma's Doilies);
Ink: Ranger (Archival - Jet Black); Tsukienko (VersaMark - Watermark); Tsukienko (Aquatic Splash);
Mists: Studio Calico (Mr. Huey's - Boss Lady, Mint Julep);
Other: American Crafts (Zing Embossing Powder - Clear);
Twine: The Twinery (Solid Caribbean);
Other: Stamp Studio, Inc. (Eyelet - Silver);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); We R Memory Keepers (Crop-A-Dile); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Mini InstaFrame Card Supplies:
Cardstock: Discount Cardstock (Brilliant White 130#);
Paper: The Paper Company (Vellum);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company ({aBIT} of Insta-Frames, Jars of Love x 3);
Ink: Ranger (Archival - Jet Black); Tsukineko (Pink Grapefruit, Persimmon, Mango Madness);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors, Craft Knife); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Paint The Town {Market Street Stamps}

It's time for another Paint the Town challenge at Market Street Stamps!

Here is the color palette:

And here is the card I created using the palette as my inspiration.

{I used the Doily stamp (inner circle) for the background and finished it off with a sentiment from Simple Salutations.}

Be sure to head on over to the Market Street Stamps blog today to see inspiration from the Design Team and get in on the challenge!

Thinking of You

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill (White, Raven); Georgia Pacific (White);
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Ranger (Jet Black Archival); Tsukineko (VersaMark - Watermark);
Markers: Copic (YG05, RV04, Y08, C3); ShinHan (B67);
Stamps: Market Street Stamps (Simple Salutations); Hero Arts (Large Flower Pattern);
Embossing Powder: American Crafts (Zing! Black);
Other: KaiserCraft (Aquamarine Rhinestone);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Block Party {Market Street Stamps}

The NEW March release stamp sets are now available for purchase from Market Street Stamps!
{And even more exciting...they are debuting at 15-25% off!}


The shipping is super speedy...but while you wait - be sure to join in on the Block Party!
{Be sure to head on over to the Market Street Stamps blog to get all the details about how you can join in on the Block Party...where you can win some fabulous free stamps and have a shot at being a Guest Designer for Market Street Stamps!}

You can create ANYTHING for this challenge...no color requirements, no specific project types...just have fun.


This card uses the exclusive doily stamp from the February Market Fresh Kit and the newley released Market Mini - Blessings In Disguise.

Thanks for stopping by today!


Supplies:
Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (White); The Paper Company (Kraft);
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye (Stella & Rose - Mabel 6x6);
Stamps: Market Street Stamps (Blessings In Disguise, Doily);
Ink: Memento (Rich Cocoa, Cantaloupe); Tsukineko (VersaMark);
Embossing Powder: American Crafts (Zing! - Chestnut);
String: May Arts;
Other: Wood Button;
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Winter Wishes

This card was created using a few different Unity stamps.
The sentiment was included with one of last year's issues of Paper Crafts magazine. The ornament was one that I received as a bonus free stamp with a Unity order - so I am not quite sure which set it comes from. The background is called Worn Grid.

I did embossing with white embossing powder on all the stamped images and I love the look it gives on kraft cardstock.


Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (White); The Paper Company (Kraft);
Stamps: Unity (Ornament, Sentiment, Worn Grid);
Ink: VersaMark (Watermark); Tsukineko (Pink Grapefruit, Mango Madness, Thatched Straw, Key Lime, Aquatic Splash, Sea Breeze);
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts (White);
Twine: The Twinery (Blossom, Honeydew);
Other: (Button - White);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Martha Stewart/EK Success (Scoring Board); Ranger (Heat Gun);

Circles, circles, circles... (#2)

This card was created for the Unity Stamp Company Circle Challenge.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Georgia Pacific (White); (Black);
Stamps: Unity (Distressed Dots, Rose);
Ink: VersaMark (Watermark); Memento (Tuxedo Black);
Embossing Powder: American Crafts (Black);
Markers: Copic (R27, RV02, G07, C0, C3);
Ribbon: Maya Road (Pleated Satin - Black);
Tape: Pink Paislee (Houndstooth);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Martha Stewart/EK Success (Scoring Board);

Circles, circles, circles... (#1)

This card was created for the Unity Stamp Company Circle Challenge.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Discount Cardstock (Orange); Georgia Pacific (White);
Stamps: Unity (Distressed Dots, Hot Air Balloon);
Ink: VersaMark (Watermark); Memento (Tuxedo Black);
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts (White);
Markers: Copic (YR68);
Ribbon: HugSnug (Seam Binding - Chalk White);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Martha Stewart/EK Success (Scoring Board);