My Creative Journey

Hi there! Today I’m sharing two cards using the same stamp set and same basic design. It’s great to create two cards at once especially when all the supplies are out. In this case, I fell in love with the colors of the ink blending and just had to create two cards. So, let’s get started! To start, I inked up the STAMPtember Avery Elle Holiday Wishes Frame with some Versamark and stamped it in the center of the white panels. Next, I added some Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder and then heat set with a heat gun. Now we are ready for the ink blending! I took Crackling Campfire, Picked Raspberry, and Seedless Preserve Distress Oxide inks and blended them on the panels. One panel is blended from top to bottom and the other is blended left to right to give me one portrait and one landscape panel. I really love to ink blend over white embossing because it is so fun to see the image pop against the colors! I wanted the two panels to be a little more different, so I misted the landscape

Hello there! Today I am sharing a simple mixed media tag that measures 4 ¾ inches tall by 2 ⅜ inches wide. I am not sure what kind of paper it is and think it might be a Dina Wakley mixed media tag. Either way, it has a smooth finish and is thick enough for paint and water!  I started off by adding some Dina Wakley paint, Night and Rosy, to my palette and a ton of water to my ¾ flat brush. Then the fun began!  I simply dipped the brush in the Night paint and used a zig-zag motion from top to bottom. Next I took the Dina Wakley stencil Branches and painted Rosy through the negative long steam branch.  Then, I selected some elements to create a focal point by rummaging through my box of die cuts and images that had not made it to a final project. I selected a fun Spellbinders rose die cut from some Tonic Studio specialty paper, another Spellbinders branch die cut from some pattern paper, and a colored fairy from a Hero Arts MMH kit. I took a few minutes deciding the best placement for th