Sandy’s Craft Bag

I worked on multiple cards this weekend, all inspired by this video by Jennifer McGuire. I started out with 4 different metallic cardstocks but only 3 turned out well enough to use.   For the striated silver cardstock I used the Altenew Floating Foliage 3D embossing folder and Catherine Pooler Seafoam ink. The sentiment was made using The Ton Script Word dies.  The frame is from the Altenew Mix and Match Frames die set.   For the Navy shimmer cardstock, I used the Altenew Charming Mandala 3D embossing folder and Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink.  The sentiment is from an old Happy Birthday die from my stash.  For the other components I used a Leafy Branch background die and Crystal Frames die from Memory Box.   For the silver cardstock I used the Typewriter 3D Texture Fades Sizzix embossing folder and Soft Granite ink from Hero Arts.  The sentiment is from The Ton Script Word dies.  The frame was made using a double stitched frame set from my stash.   So here we go.  Three more birth

I had some backgrounds I created last year and never used so I decided to use them for my Easter cards.  The technique was one I used for Valentine’s Day last year.  It’s from a tutorial by Bibi Cameron .  This time I used blues with neutrals and as a final step swiped over the top with Champagne Delicata ink.  The embossing folder is the Memory Box 3D Blooming Sweet Pea.  The inks I used were Distress Oxide inks in, I believe (it was last year) Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, and Black Soot, and sprays in Antique Linen and Speckled Egg.   The Easter Lily stamp and die were from Newton’s Nook .  I stamped them on Neenah Solar White cardstock using My Favorite Things Extreme Black hybrid ink and colored them in using Copic markers.  Next I die cut them using the matching die.   The sentiment is a die set from my stash.  I cut the words from champagne glitter and white cardstock so I could layer them to create some depth.  The shadow was cut in white. I glued them together using Bearly Art