Foiled Peony with Ink Blending and Dry Embossing

 Full disclosure: I did not set out to make this card.  It was actually an experiment that went really right!  I used the Peony Coverplate die from Papertrey Ink and die cut it to see if it would work as a stencil for the Deco Foil transfer gel.  After using the gel and letting both pieces dry, I ran both through my laminator and was ecstatic with the results.  I used a textured cardstock I've had in my stash forever because it's a little heavier and that texture gave the foiled piece a really cool, vintage vibe that I liked better than the stenciled piece.  I used Amethyst Watercolor foil with it, so it has variegated purple tones and it just stunning.  I HAD to use it on a card.  I wanted to keep the ink blending really soft so that the foiling would stand out and to give it another texture.  And for one more element of texture, I dry embossed the white cardstock that I then ink-blended.  If you watched my alcohol ink video using this same die, then you'll be familiar with how I used the diecut to guide where I placed my colors of ink.  To finish it off, I added a die-cut sentiment in a medium teal and my card was complete. Click here to watch my video tutorial over on my youtube channel.  Supplies are listed below.
Supplies:

PaperTreyInk Peony Cover plate die
Mama Elephant Smile die
Scor-tape 
Neenah 110lb Cardstock (base)
Damask embossing folder
Sizzix leather paper (cardstock is fine)
Deco Art Transfer gel
Deco Art Amethyst Watercolor foil
Simon Says Stamp inks
Teal
Fern
Lawn Fawn inks:
Ballet Slippers (really soft pink)
Peachy Keen
Minty Fresh
Hero Arts ink: Tide Pool
Delicata White Shimmer ink
Scor-tape/ Be Creative tape (same product)

6 cards with the Brutus Monroe Unicorn Inspiration Box

Lots to talk about today!  If you haven't tried one of Brutus Monroe's Inspiration Boxes, you are missing out!  Brutus Monroe always has images that are different and a bit funky and original.  They're attractive and versatile, making them suitable for both genders.  Masculine cards are something that tend to be difficult, so finding a stamp set and card kit that lend themselves to guy suitable cards is a rare find indeed.  These kits include a stamp set, cardstock, patterned paper, ink, foilable panels (toner printed panels ready to receive foil), and embellishments.  I have lots of leftovers to play with as well.  So lets get to the good stuff; the cards! I've made 5 cards, each with a different image and sentiment from the stamp set and a sixth card with leftovers from creating the others.  Here's the video with each card so you can re-create them at home or better yet, find more inspiration for your own designs.

Supplies: Hello Sunshine
Brutus Monroe Unicorn Inspiration Card kit
Copic Markers
BG01, 02, 05, 07
Y11, 13, 18
G03, 05, 07
RV02, 04, 06
V01, 04, 05
E50, 51, 21
R81, C6
Bristol Smooth Cardstock
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
MISTI
Rainbow Deco Foil
Brutus Monroe Gilded Embossing Powder
Versamark
Scor-tape
Foam squares

Supplies: Made with Love
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Bristol Smooth Cardstock
MISTI
Zigs: 64, 26, 92, 62, 28, 36
32, 91, 84
Copic B0000
Stitched Rectangle die
Versamark
Nuvo Black Embossing Powder
Scor-tape




Supplies: Yoga Unicorn
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Bristol Smooth cardstock
MISTI
Zigs: 36, 32, 31, 38,
91, 26, 71, 62
Summer Rainbow Deco Foil
Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday die
Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen
Scor-tape



Supplies: Rock On
Rainbow Deco Foil
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Bristol Smooth cardstock
MISTI
Hero Arts Acetate
Scor-tape
Little Things Embellishments:
Jewels: Clear Iridescent
Garden Flowers: Peony and Hyacinth
Itty Bitty Stars: Clear Iridescent and Gold
Vellum
Stick-It
Foam Squares
Brutus Monroe Gilded Embossing Powder
Versamark
Neat & Tangled Scalloped die set (banner)
Lawn Fawn Puffy Stars dies
3M Foam Tape
Copics: E21, 50, 51
RV00, 52, 63, 06; C8, 9


Supplies: Superhero
Bristol Smooth cardstock
MISTI
Rainbow Deco Foil
Copics:
C00, 0, 2; R20
B04, 05, 06, 18, 28, 29
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen
Neat & Tangled Scalloped dies (banner)
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Peek a Frame
Versamark
BM Gilded Embossing Powder
Foam Squares
Scor-tape


Supplies: Star Shaker
Rainbow Deco Foil
ME Postage Creative Cuts
Lawn Fawn Puffy Stars dies
Simon Says Stamp Hello die
Stick-It
Glitter cardstock
Little Things:
Clear Iridescent Itty Bitty Stars

Clear Rainbow Mini Stars
Jasmine Garden Flowers
Hero Arts Acetate
3M Foam tape
Scor-tape
BM Glass Slipper Bottle Cap sequins

 Whew, that's a lot of cards!  So much color and excitement though, and I love each and every one.  Who can say no to a rainbow?  Thanks for joining me today!  I hope you enjoyed it and got lots of new ideas for your card making.

For Christs glory and much love,
Jasmine

Brutus Monroe and Arteza Brush Pens Watercolor

 Is that a gorgeous rose or what?  Sometimes it's nice to get a little lost in coloring and the Enchanted Rose from Brutus Monroe is nice and large, so it allows you to take a little time and wander through a rose garden of your own making.  I've always loved coloring because you can do what you want.  Blue horse? Sure, why not?  While this rose may never appear in nature, it's lovely and wonderful and fun.  I had fun trying out the Arteza Brush Pens on this project.  They're a water based ink and are very similar to Zig clean color markers and you can use them interchangeably as well as together, which I did in the lavender rose in the top left corner.  Because there's lots of lovely bright color going on in the rose, I kept the rest of the card simple.  Head over to my youtube channel for the video tutorial and my supplies are listed below.

Supplies:
Arteza Brush Pens
Brutus Monroe Enchanted Rose background stamp
Bristol Smooth cardstock
MISTI
Archival Jet Black ink
Zig Clean Color Brush markers
Mama Elephant Smile die
Stitched Square die (4.5")
Cream cardstock (5"x10")
Black cardstock
Doodlebug White glitter cardstock
Tombow Mono Multi glue
Neat & Tangled Like Magic sequins
Scor-tape

Arteza was kind enough to give me a discount code for my viewers as well: XBH-QDU-800 for 10% off!

Thanks for stopping by and I'll catch you next time!

For Christ's glory and much love,
Jasmine

Save the Crafty YouTuber Video Hop

The quick and dirty of it is that YouTube changed their perimeters for how people earn money with their channel.  Starting 2/20/18 if your channel doesn't have at least 1k subscribers and 4k hours of view time over the past year, you will lose monetization eligibility, meaning that YouTube will no longer pay creators who fall short of the new perimeters for advertising on their content.  Once their threshold is reached, they may apply for review to restore or gain monetization (but they make no promises).  So Justine Hovey (bless her) decided to organize a blog hop with many of the smaller channels and the more well known ones to introduce us smaller names to more viewers and many of the companies we love joined her to sponsor and donate prizes.  Every single video on the hop has multiple prizes to give away.  I am BLOWN AWAY by kindness and generosity of everyone involved and it demonstrates the love and consideration we can have for the people around us; people we've never met.  There are over 50 videos and channels in the hop and I know that's a lot.  However, the more videos you watch, subscribe to and comment on, the better and better your chances are to win.  I have a $25 gift card to simonsaysstamp.com and 2 Catherine Pooler ink pads to give away.  If you haven't tried her ink pads yet, you should because they're awesome and her colors are killer.

 If you are unsure with how YouTube works, every single like, comment and minute you spend viewing a video helps that channel, so if you want to support a certain artist or crafter on YouTube, subscribe, comment, share and like the videos.  I can promise you it means the world to us when we hear from you about a video or technique or product.

Ok, enough business, let's get onto the fun!  I have an easy, fun and fast technique for you today that is a play on ink smooshing.  We are going to play with Alcohol Inks and make watercolor look backgrounds to put behind a Peony die cut.  You can do this with any colors you like, including the metallic mixatives and there are a variety of die cuts on the market that this will work with.  Here's the video on my YouTube channel.
Here's what I used:
PaperTreyInk Peony Cover plate die
Ranger Matte Cardstock
Ranger Alcohol Inks:
Indigo/ Denim/ Sky/ Snowcap
Botanical/ Lettuce/ Teal
Flamingo/ Sunshine/ Sunset/ Purple Twilight
Ranger Alcohol Ink Blending Solution
DCWV Glitter and Shimmer stacks
Stick-It Sheet Adhesive
Sizzix Shimmer paper
SSS Small Hello die
SSS Blessed die
Mama Elephant Smile die
Scor-tape 
Neenah 110lb Cardstock

The complete hop list is here and winners will be posted there as well.  The next stop on the hop is Monica, so head over to her channel to see another awesome project and another chance to win one of the prizes.   Thanks so very much for stopping by and I'll see you next time! 
For Christ's glory and much love,
Jasmine

Handmade Christmas 2017: Gerda Steiner and Chibitronics Light Up Rudy

 Please forgive my thumb in the photo; I didn't have another way of demonstrating the fact that Rudy's nose lights up.  And it's the point of the card and video, so it was kind of important.  I've had a box of Chibitronics sitting in my studio since last Christmas that I never got around to playing with but I'll be honest, building electronic circuits was intimidating.  However, all the instructions and easy to follow blueprints make it really simple and fun.  I made three for the series this year only because I ran out of batteries.
I had the Peeking Friends stamp set from Gerda Steiner designs and my idea was to create a scene with Rudolph and Santa peeking in a window.   I also had an alcohol ink background that reminded me of a night galaxy sky.  Things were starting to take shape.  I dug out the window die I knew I had somewhere; add the glowing nose and all that was left to do was put everything together.  Here is the video tutorial on my YouTube channel and my supplies are listed below.  Here is the link to the video with the alcohol ink background.

Supplies:
Gerda Steiner Designs Peeking Friends stamp set
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Bristol Smooth cardstock
MISTI
ARC Cherry Veener paper
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Peek A Frame
Stick It Sheet Adhesive
Chibitronics
3M Foam tape
White cardstock
Yupo
Alcohol Inks
Staz-On Cotton White ink
Neenah Classic Cream cardstock
Hero Arts Acetate
Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle (2.75"x4")
Copics:
Rudolph: E17, 19; E23, 25, 27; R27, 37, 39, 20; C6
Santa: E00, 50, 51; R27, 37, 39; C0, 00, CB

I hope you have a wonderfully creative and happy Christmas season!

For His glory and much love,
Jasmine

Fantastic Halloween with Copics, Glitter Paste and Alcohol Ink Background

Last, but certainly not least, is my final card in what has turned out to be my Halloween series for 2017.  As much as I loved my Unicorns and pumpkins, this card is my favorite.  It's also the design that required the least thought; it just came together on it's own.  I had the background hanging out in my studio for a while, added glitter paste through a stencil and it fit "purrfectly" with the vampire kitty.  I love it when that happens.  I die cut the background before I added the glitter paste.  You can add it and then die cut (after it's completely dry), but the pressure from the die cutting can distort the shape of the dried paste as well as ruin the dimension. 

Here's the link to the video tutorial on my YouTube channel and my supply list is below.  Here is the link for the alcohol ink background.  Have fun!

Supplies:
Ranger Alcohol Inks:
Raspberry/ Flamingo/ Valencia
Yupo or Gloss cardstock
Bazzil Black Licorice cardstock
Neat & Tangled Scalloped die set (label die is in this set as well)
Nuvo Black Diamond Glitter paste
Star Stencil
Mama Elephant Plushoween stamp and die sets
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Bristol Smooth cardstock
MISTI
Ranger Sparkle Black embossing powder
Versamark ink
Copics: BV13, V17, RV10, C00, C8, C9
Distress Inks

• Carved Pumpkin
• Picked Raspberry

Scor-tape
Foam Squares

Thanks for joining me today!  I hope your Halloween is exciting and sweet!  Happy Halloween!

For His glory and much love,
Jasmine

Boo Crew Halloween with Ink Blended Background and Copics

 Here is the fifth card in what has become a Halloween series this year.  These guys are from the Plushoween set by Mama Elephant and they aren't just for Halloween.  These guys would make adorable birthday cards too.  You could mask out the face on the pumpkin and turn it into an ornament for Christmas as well.  I colored the guy in the middle as a cat in a bunny costume, but I realized after coloring him that he is supposed to be a fox.  Don't care; still cute! LOL!  At any rate, this was a lot of fun to play with.  I used my cat Pixie as inspiration for the vampire cat and my childhood cat Spunky for the coloring on the would be fox.  The bear I kept simple.  I had a sunset in mind for the background, so I used 3 colors of Distress inks with the ink blending technique; Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Rasperry, and Carved Pumpkin.  When it was dry, I added some Shimmer Spritz.
Here is the link to the video tutorial on my YouTube channel and my supplies are listed below.

Supplies:
Mama Elephant Plushoween S&D
Bristol Smooth cardstock
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Copics:
Vampire Cat: BV13, V17, R20/ C00, 0, 6, 8, 9
Pumpkin Bear: E23, 25, 27; C9
G19; YR07, 04, 15; Y13, 35
Bunny Fox: E000, YR20, Y17, R20, RV10, 20
Spider: C8, B29
Versamark
Ranger Holographic embossing powder
Distress Inks

• Mermaid Lagoon
• Picked Raspberry
• Carved Pumpkin

Sparkle Shimmer Spritz
Gelly Roll Sparkle Pen
Foam Squares
Neenah Classic Cream cardbase
Scor-tape
Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die

I had a lot of fun with this project and I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Always happy to answer questions too.  See you next time!

For His glory and much love,
Jasmine

One Layer Beauty with Zig Clean Color Markers

 Hello and Happy Easter to you and yours.  Todays project is lovely, simple, easy and one-layer. Watercolor paper is my first choice when using just about any water-based medium because it doesn't warp easily.  I wanted to layer the sentiment over the flowers, so I stamped the floral image and heat embossed over it, then added color.  I did it in that order so that I wouldn't have to wait for the flowers to dry before stamping and heat embossing.  If the flowers were still wet at all, I may not have achieved a clean stamped sentiment and the powder would have stuck everywhere, effectively ruining the project (no bueno).

Here is the link the video tutorial on my YouTube channel and my supply list is below.
Supplies:
Canson XL 140 lb watercolor paper
Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die
Archival Jet Black ink
MISTI
Penny Black Divine stamp
Mama Elephant His Love stamp set
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen
Versamark
Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder
Zig Clean Color Markers

• 83 Lilac
• 81 Light Violet
• 42 Turquise Green
• 44 Deep Green
• 51 Lemon

Scor-tape
Neenah cardbase

Thanks for stopping by and hanging out with me.  As always, I'm happy to answer any questions and would love to know what you think.

To His glory and much love,
Jasmine

Easter Triple Play

Todays post and video are done in a bit of a different style than usual.  I have 3 cards, all of an Easter theme celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus, utilizing experiments.  When I get new products, I like to play with them and experiment so I have a bin in my studio with several random bits.  These cards were created using a few of those panels.  I chose to do it this way because Easter has devolved into chicks, bunnies, toys and candy.  I wanted to convey it's true purpose and true meaning and I hope you enjoy.

Oh Happy Day Supplies:
Nuvo Glimmer Paste
Tanzanite Lavender
Peridot Green
Neat & Tangled Scalloped stencil
Bristol Smooth cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Cross die
Simon Says Stamp Oh Happy Day die
DCWV Gold Foil cardstock
Stick-It Sheet Adhesive
Neenah 110 lb Solar White cardstock base
Scor-tape

Start with a Bristol Smooth panel cut to 4"x 5.25" and tape the stencil down on the corners.  Smooth the lavender Nuvo paste over the top half and the green over the bottom half, blending the two colors in the middle.  Remove stencil while paste is still wet.  Set aside the panel to dry and immediately wash the stencil and palette knife.  The panel will take an hour or so to dry completely, but I let mine sit for several hours.  Once dry, center the cross die in the middle of the panel so that the pattern is even in the die and run it through your die cutting machine.  Give it a few passes; you may have to use your craft knife to help complete the cuts in a few places.  Cut the gold cardstock to 4.25" x 5.5" and adhere to the card base using Scor-tape.  Center the glitter paste panel and center it over the gold.  Apply Stick-It to the back of some gold cardstock and run the Oh Happy Day die with the gold cardstock through the die cutting machine.  Remove the die cut from the rest and remove all the little bits and pieces.  Arrange the die cuts over the glitter panel, remove backing paper and press down.  I started with Day because it was at the bottom and wanted to make sure it didn't hang off the edge of the glitter panel.  The card is complete.

Loved You Supplies:
MISTI
Bristol Smooth cardstock
Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste
Neat & Tangles Scalloped stencil
Lawn Fawn inks

• Minty Fresh
• Moonstone
• Fresh Lavender 
• Ballet Slippers
• Peachy Keen

My Favorite Things Wonky Stitches dies
Penny Black Faith stamp set
Mama Elephant His Love stamp set
Wplus9 Oatmeal cardbase
Vellum
Stick-It sheet adhesive
Sizzix rectangle frame die
Versamark
Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder
Scor-tape

In order listed above, I used the ink blending technique to add color to my panel.  Next, I applied the glimmer paste using the stencil and let that dry.  Once the paste was dry, I ran in through my die cut machine with the largest of the MFT Wonky Stitches dies.  Using vellum with Stick-It on the back, I stamped and heat embossed my images followed by die cutting them.  To finish up, I adhered the colored panel to the cardbase with Scor-Tape and layered the vellum images on the front.  Card completed.

His Love Never Fails Supplies:
MISTI
Glossy cardstock
Alcohol Inks

• Pearl
• Flamingo
• Patina

Alcohol Ink Blending Solution
My Favorite Things Wonky Stitches die
Mama Elephant His Love stamp set
Versamark
Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder
Die cut Cross from the first card
Ellen Hutson Natural White cardbase
Scor-tape
3M Foam tape
Here is the link to a previous video demonstrating the alcohol ink technique on my YouTube channel so you can see how I created the background. 

Here is the link to the video tutorial with these three cards on my YouTube channel.  It was a joy creating these cards to share my faith and I sincerely hope you can share in the joy and promise of Easter as well. 

To His glory and much love,
Jasmine

Handmade Christmas Series 2016: Card 5 Happy Hanukkah

For all my Jewish friends out there, Happy Hanukkah!  I'll admit that I do not know that much about Hanukkah, but I have noticed a serious lack of Hanukkah cards out there in social media and tutorials.  When I saw the Star of David set by Casual Fridays, I thought I should do my best to create some Hanukkah cards and get them out there for those that maybe have Jewish friends or are Jewish themselves and want to celebrate too.  I have always love the six pointed Star of David and was happy to be able to use it.  I utilized the traditional colors of Hanukkah, using blue and gold, and chose a dark blue to really emphasize the contrast between the muted navy blue and shiny Gold.  I created the background using IndigoBlu Megaflake in Lancashire Rose and Cosmic Shimmer glue on plain white cardstock.  I die cut the navy frame using a Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Peek a Frame die.  The star pattern strip and sentiment are both from the Casual Fridays Star of David set.  The star strip was stamped on Vellum and heat embossed using Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder in Slate Blue Twilight.  The sentiment was stamped on SSS Soft Navy cardstock and heat embossed using Ranger Gold ultrafine embossing powder and die cut using a Sizzix frame die.  Here is the link to the video tutorial on my YouTube channel if you want to see start to finish how I created this card and my supply list is below.

Supplies:
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Peek A Frame die
Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy cardstock
Cosmic Shimmer glue
IndigoBlu Megaflake in Lancashire Gold
Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock
Casual Fridays Star of David stamp set
Vellum
Stick-It sheet adhesive
Sizzix label die
Ranger Gold superfine embossing powder
Versamark
Lindy's Stamp Gang Slate Blue Twilight embossing powder
Scor-tape

Foam squares

Please feel free to ask if you have any questions and I'd love to know what you think.

Happy Hanukkah and much love,
Jasmine

Snowflakes and Cupcakes with Infinity Engraving

 Merry Christmas!  This little baker image by Sasayaki Glitter is quite versatile and can be used for just about any theme or topic you want.  All you need to do is change the colors and sentiment to whatever you want: birthday, thinking of you, feel better or even sympathy.  To use digital stamps, all you need to do is download the image and resize it in Word, then print it out.

I have a few techniques in this project, but none are difficult.  I colored my image with Copics and die-cut the image panel and the red panel to create an in-laid die cut look.  I created a mask to go over the image using copy paper and then stamped the background using a large snowflake background stamp and Versamark.  At this point I removed the mask.  I covered the Versamark with Judikins Sticky Stuff and heat set that.  Judikins Sticky Stuff is a powdered adhesive that becomes sticky when melted.  When using it, remove the heat as soon as it turns shiny.  Using red and green micro-fine glitter, I added it to the adhesive to create and snowflake background.  To create the sentiment, I die cut it from white card stock and heat embossed it using green glitter embossing powder and added two layers.  The green snowflake on the top left corner is a chipboard die cut from Infinity Engravings.  Here is the link to the video tutorial on my YouTube channel if you want to see how I created this card from start to finish.  My supply list is below, with links to the digital image and chipboard snowflakes. 

Supplies:
Sasayaki Glitter Baking Time image
Infinity Engraving Snowflake chipboard
Crafters Companion Spectrum Noir cardstock
Copic Markers
Mama Elephant Peek a Frame Creative Cuts
Hero Arts Snowflake background stamp
Versamark
Judikins Sticky Stuff
Elizabeth Crafts Microfine glitter in Green and True Red
Doodlebug Ladybug Velvet cardstock
Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Die
Stampendous Green Glitter embossing powder
Tombow Mono Multi glue


This project was a lot of fun to create and I love how it turned out.  The snowflakes remind me of fireworks and the girl looks like she is having a great time baking Christmas treats.  
 
Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you had fun and get the time to get creative!

Merry Christmas and much love,
Jasmine

In-laid Smile

Sometimes playing around turns out really pretty!  The background is a piece of Distress Watercolor paper and I used Dylusions ink sprays in Bubblegum, Sunshine and Distress Mermaid Lagoon.  I spritzed it with water and Heidi Swapp Color Shine mist in Gold to get the colors moving and blending. 

Once dry, I die cut it with a Simon Says Stamp Surely Stitched Heart die.  I used the same die on a piece of black pearl cardstock and fit the pieces back together for an in-laid die cut panel.  I mounted it to a white Neenah 110 lb card base.  I finished it off with a Smile die cut by Mama Elephant cut from a scrap of purple cardstock and a lavender Doodlebug enamel dot. 

I love the clean and simple yet colorful and happy design of this card.  Thanks for stopping by and spending a little time with me.  Feel free to leave any questions or comments.  Much love!