Sparkly Diamonds

Code Word: Diamonds

Today I'm playing along at the Less is More challenge. I used a cube creator stencil from Altenew for the diamond-shaped goldfish, swimming into a net of "diamonds" created by using a generic fishing net die as a stencil. The ink is Distress Oxide in Spiced Marmalade and Mermaid Lagoon. I smooshed some GinaK clear Glitz glitter gel on the goldfish to make them sparkle, then gave them sparkly blue eyes. Thanks for looking!

Rainbow Swirl

It's been well over a year since I replaced card making with mask making! Now that I have a good mask inventory to share with people (should they be needed!) I'm getting back to my favorite craft/art, card making. It feels good.

Stencils and dry embossing are lots of fun, so I've tried both here. I masked off a 1" strip on the left of a piece of Neenah Classic Crest, and blended on distress oxide inks in rainbow colors. Once the ink was dry, I ran the card through my embossing machine using a Hero Arts stencil. I love the result! I added a sentiment using one of CZ Design's word stamp sets, then dressed it up a little with just a few pieces of bling. I kept it CAS to enter AAA Card's current challenge.

Stenciled Rainbow Dahlias

I created this card with Altenew's Dahlia stencil and distress oxide inks. It needed a little something more, so I ran it through my embossing machine using one of my favorite texture plates. Then I added some "dew drops" using crystals to match the rainbow colors of the petals. Easy, simple! Thanks for looking.

Birthday Flower

Another 11th hour entry to the One Layer Card challenge over at Less is More! I know a lot of people don't look forward to the OLC challenges, but I'm finding that I'm enjoying the simplicity.

For this card I started with a simple flower from Simon Says Stamp's Beautiful Flowers set, stamped with Gina K's black amalgam ink that's alcohol ink-friendly. I then colored the flower with alcohol pens, and stamped the "Happy" sentiment (also from the Beautiful Flowers set). I wrote the birthday sentiment using my Kuritake brush pen.

Happy Birthday Balloons

 

A last-minute entry to the Less is More OLC challenge, Focus on the Sentiment. 

I began with a balloon stencil I made with my Cricut back when I was taking an online card class. With Distress Oxides I colored the balloons in Mermaid Lagoon and Squeezed Lemonade, creating a fun green shade when the two blended.

When the inks were dry, I simply stamped the sentiment, from Simon Says Stamp's Sketched Flowers set, in Gina K's black amalgam ink and heat embossed with Ranger clear embossing powder. I free-handed a little string to one balloon and that's it!

 

Friend Grid

Another grid pattern card, this one using Altenew's Grid Stencil with Distress Oxide inks in Mermaid Lagoon, Peeled Paint, and Squeezed Lemonade. I stamped over the grid with an old favorite from Stampin' Up! and added a die cut Prim Poppy from Memory Box. 

 

Grid Pattern Heart

Playing along today with Code Word "GRID" over at Addicted to CAS. I kept this simple, using a grid I'd made with my Cricut as a stencil with Distress Oxides in Worn Lipstick. The sentiment is from Honey Bee, stamped with Versafine Onyx and heat embossed with Ranger clear embossing powder. 

I die cut the layer with Lawn Fawn's Large Cross-Stitched Rectangle dies and adhered it to a card of 110-lb. Neenah solar white card stock.