Weirdos Unite!

 Hello again friends!

I am excited to share today's cards using the new Kindred Stamps Weirdos Stamp Set and Mystic Moons Stencil! I created 4 cards to share and they each have a fun bit of personality to them. I colored each witch up with Copic markers, and fussy cut them out by hand.

I started with this "bad" girl, building a card with a bit of attitude and edge. For the background, I used a sheet of gray cardstock and the Mystic Moons Stencil with Violet Inka-Gold and Cosmic Shimmer Ocean Teal Gilding Polish; to me, magic seems to have blues and purples as the colors that are associated with it. The Inka-Gold had to be softened a bit with water and ran a bit, but I really love how it turned out.

I mounted this on a sheet of black cardstock, and added a panel with the sentiment "Witch Please" from the Weirdos stamp set that I  heat embossed in Chrome Embossing Powder from Ink On 3.  I placed my bad girl below the sentiment and added a few sequins from a retired Kindred Stamps Shaker Pack to finish the card off.

My next card I foiled a Gina K Foil-mate Dots & Strings backgound with Deco Foil Lapis Watercolor, it just felt... magical to me! I backed this with a sheet of gray cardstock and added mounted this on a soft pink mini card (3.5"x5") that came with some kit of the past.

I stamped the sentiment "Blessed be" and the moon phase stamp on a tag from a past kit and cut off the "head" of the tag with Gina K Amalgam ink. 

Last I added this chic witch from the Weirdos stamp set popped up with a thin foam tape. I love how it all came together!

This next card with Wierdos may be my favorite background everrrrrr. Again, I use the Mystic Moons Stencil, this time I foiled it with Deco Foil Transfer Gel and a Silver Transfer on to black cardstock.

The sentiment I stamped onto a royal blue scrap of cardstock with Gina K Amalgam ink and then restamped with Delicata Silver Ink. I cut this out with a banner die from The Stamp Doctor, layered with another banner in silver.

I didn't want a ton of embellishments, but added an acetate cluster of crystals from a past VillaBeauttiful kit, backed with the same silver cardstock on the bottom banner layer to break up a little of the empty space. Then I mounted this witch on a piece from a past kit to let her stand out, since she was getting lost in the gorgeous background!

My last card I used a small (3.5"x5") cardbase from a past kit (my hoarding really came in handy this month guys!) that had a diffused oval that I felt was perfect for the simple card I had in mind. I used an oval die from The Stamp Doctor to cut an almost perfect match to the pre-diffused oval of the leftover silver foiled Mystic Moons cardstock. I popped that up on my thin foam tape.

The sentiment "Love and Light" from the Weirdos Stamp Set, I stamped in Catherine Pooler's Queen for a Day ink. I added my witch and finished the card off with a shaker pack from Kindred Stamps.

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I hope you've enjoyed my cards and I really look forward to seeing what you make with Weirdos and the Mystic Moon Stencil!

~R. Winn

Kindred Stamps and Sassy & Crafty Under Water

Hello friends!

I'm excited to show off a few projects using Kindred Stamps "Seas The Day" stamp set and Sassy and Crafty's "Salty but Sweet" stamp set. 

I started by stamping out each of the seahorses from "Seas The Day" and the mermaid from "Salty but Sweet" and then several of the seashells from each set. I colored them up with Copic Markers. For the mermaid, I covered her tail in Liquid Pixie Dust from Ink on 3 to give her an extra magical finish.

For the background, I used a Gel Press and alcohol inks with Sassy and Crafty's Mermaid Tails Stencil.  It took me a few times to get be happy with the results, this was really only the second time I've used my Gel Press! When I was happy, I used the Kindred Stamps Waves Craft Die on two of my prints and a light blue scrap paper to create 3 layers of waves for my seahorses and mermaid to swim in.

Next, I used a combination of DecoArt Texture Sand, Picket Fence Studios Brown Dahlia Paper Glaze, and Deco Foil White Pearl Metallix Gel on the bottom layer of the waves to create an ocean floor. I added a ton of  my colored up shells and included just a few starfish from an old embellishment pack. 

The end result is fun, and makes me happy to just look at!

I did manage a second "bonus card" using the Kindred Stamps "Seas The Day" stamp set and the Sassy and Crafty's "Salty but Sweet" stamp set too! I took the left over shells, and a Sassy and Crafty's Mermaid Tails Stencil "mess" up Gel Press print, and created a 3"x3" card. 

"Salty but Sweet" has these fun sentiments that can be build-able, or stand-alone. I stamped the "what the shell" sentiment on to the Gel Press print using Stazon Pigment ink to start the card. 

Then I added my shells that I had covered in Ink On 3's Liquid Pixie Dust and topped with Nuvo Crystal Glaze to add extra dimension to the shells. I sprinkled them across the card front, and mixing them with the shellfish embellishments. 

Again, the end result makes me smile, and they both could be used for a variety of occasions!

Be sure to head over to the Kindred Stamps blog to see the rest of the projects created by these two talented teams! Follow these links to grab the awesome stamp sets, (and lots of other goodies too): 

Kindred Stamps "Seas The Day" stamp set 

Sassy and Crafty's "Salty but Sweet" stamp set

Until next time,

~R. Winn