Distress Oxides Embossed Background

Hello and welcome. Aren’t these backgrounds just gorgeous? I used Distress Oxide ink briefly in one of my earlier post and wanted to play with them more so I decided to do some background by blending Distress Oxide ink.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Fun in the Sun

I made 2 cards for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge with the theme Fun in the Sun using Mama Elephant product. When I think of Fun in the Sun, I thought of the beach or the park so I created these 2 cards based these scenes.I used primarily the images from Mama Elephant Little Boy Agenda, Little Girl Agenda and Little Cat Agenda.

Little Agenda & Distress Oxides Ink

I have been wanting to try Distress Oxide since I heard how well it blends with its dye and pigment properties. Ink blending has always been a challenge to me as I always find myself too heavy handed. As you can see in my cards here, the oxides ink blended very well and see how smooth they looked.

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Pop Up Card - Birthday party theme

I absolutely adore this pop-up box card die. It is so much fun and there’s so many scenes you can create with it. I did a simple birthday theme for my first attempt using this die and I know I will use this die again many times in future. 

Heart border die

Doesn’t this border die look absolutely lovely. This is the Memory Box Cherish Border die.

Border stamp & Heat Embossing

I am a big fan of heat embossing! It did take me a while to get a heat gun and it’s not even a craft heat gun. I couldn’t find one locally within a reasonable price. While searching online, someone said they used a DIY heat tool for their art project and it worked well so I finally got a DIY heatgun.

All About Food

We all love food, right? Whether they are healthy or sinful option, there’s something for everybody.  Who can resist a card filled with all sorts of foods! 

I made this card for a friend who really enjoys food, be it cooking, eating or even critique about it.

I looked through all my stamps and took out all those with food images. There were images from a variety of companies on this card; Sweet Stamp Shop Fruity, Bacon Break, Just Icons, Fall into Christmas (discontinued), Mama Elephant Lunar Extras, Lawn Fawn Just for You and MFTStamps Mon Cherie. 

The images were then coloured with glitter gel pens to give it shine and interest. The sentiment strip was cut from white card stock and stamp with a sentiment from MFT Beary HappyBirthday.

This card was easy to pull together and made use of small images that you have in your stash. Hope this card inspires you to use some of the less used stamps you have.