SHARING THE ART OF HANDCRAFTED CARDS...BY LORI PINTO
I played along with the #tic tac toe challenge this week for my Love Card #3 (Countdown To Valentine’s Day Giveaway)! I chose the top line across – Sentiment/Red/Heart! Heart Happiness Stamp Set! Count down to Valentine’s Day with me and enter for your chance to win this stamp set. This stamp set is the …
Oops! I missed posting another Countdown to Valentine’s Day post yesterday! The day just plain got away from me. We spent the day moving my studio from an upstairs loft to a downstairs family room. I had no idea I had so much stuff… but love all of it! 🙂 This was a good test …
This is another set where the DSP steals the show….. This beautiful DSP with Gold Foil strands throughout each of the designs is truly a show stopper! I used Gold Emboss Powder and a sentiment from the stamp set, Petal Palette (which is another (2-box) set beauty)! Perfect for Valentine’s Day! I picked up the …
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and now I wish you a Safe, Happy and Healthy New Year filled with all things good! You can probably tell from last weeks’ posts that I am obsessed with this Petal Palette Stamp Set and Bundle! Please bear with me for just a couple more …
This was another one of the cards I used as samples when I did the YouTube video with tips and tricks for using the Stampin’ Up! Embossing Paste. This was a quick and easy masculine card that just took minutes to put together. I mixed Dapper Denim ink from a re-inker in with a little …
This card has one of the last backgrounds I did using the shaving cream technique that I describe HERE on a prior blog post. This is a truly addicting technique, so be sure to have enough supplies on hand because you will want to keep going! I used the Garden In Bloom stamp set and …
Since my all time favorite color – Mint Macaron is retiring very soon, I am torn between using it or holding on to it (like a hoarder) for no other reason than not wanting it to be gone forever. A little crazy, I know. 🙂 My kids are always telling me I don’t …
I couldn’t decide between my two latest favorite stamp sets – Hey Chick and Sealed with Love, so I incorporated both! My little chick is all ready for Valentine’s Day! I started with a Whisper White card base and layered Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler. I ran the Cherry Cobbler sheet through the Big Shot …
The Falling in Love DSP has so many beautiful designs, but for this card I wanted to choose something very subtle and muted. So I chose the Tip Top Taupe with an Ivory floral pattern. I cut a Tip Top Taupe card base and also a piece of vellum to go over the patterned DSP. …