Highlander Travels through Standing Stones

Hello friends!

I am excited to show off the new Kindred Stamps Highlander Travels Stamp Set. This is such a fun set and the people are so fun to color up. I colored each of them up with a combination of PrismaColor and Chameleon colored pencils. I don't use gamsol like a lot of folks, but I do occasionally use a PrismaColor Blender pencil.

The first gentleman, I turned into a English Captain with the fun hat that is included in this set. Next, I used the Kindred Stamps Distress Brick Stencil with Catherine Pooler Twilight and Black Jack Inks. For this card, I used i-crafter's Flip Card, Dashed Circle die. I used the small circle to die cut a piece of the brick paper. 

I used a sheet of paper that has text on it for one side of the flip and then for the other side a sheet that looked like a fancy wallpaper. Next, I added the word "legendary" on the front.

My final touch was a sentiment from Kindred Stamps Villainous Sentiments underneath the flap.

My next card is a little simpler, I used a fancy oval die to cut out the new Kindred Stamps Standing Stones Craft Die then ink blended using Catherine Pooler Inks. I added a second oval out of a dark blue patterned paper that looks a night sky. I stamped and heat embossed "dinna fash" from the Kindred Stamps Highlander Travels Stamp Set which means "don't stress" or "don't worry".

My last card had this beautiful family from the Kindred Stamps Highlander Travels Stamp Set in front of the Kindred Stamps Standing Stones Craft Die! 

I created a blue sky with fluffy clouds using The Stamp Doctor's Cloud Dies and green grass using their Grass Edger Dies. All of this was layered over a sheet from an Echo Park paper pad that reminded me of burlap. 

My last touch for the card was stamping the "Anything is Possible with Family" sentiment from Kindred Stamps Highlander Travels Stamp Set on the same burlap looking paper, and layering that with the same green from the grass for the interior of the card!

The entire Kindred Stamps October release will be available Friday, October 30 at 8am PST/11am EST. Be sure to subscribe to the Kindred Stamps blog to see a daily line up of sneak peeks from our amazing Design Team and see the full product release on Friday! Come join the Fan Club and release event to be part of the release fun, and you may just win some Kindred Stamps credit!!

Thank you for visiting today, I hope that you enjoyed my take on this set.

~R. Winn

Ink! Pink 2020

 Hello Friends!

I am honored to guest blogging on the Pear Blossom Press blog for today's Ink! Pink 2020 Cardmakers for a Cause Instagram Hop. Head over to see all the details about my card and learn how you can join the hop now.

I am really proud of this card and love the solidarity found in this hop.

~R. Winn

Annie's Adventures: Happy Hanukkah

 Hello again friends!

Today, I am sharing my project for the Kindred Stamps Monthly sets. I used the new Annie's Adventures Happy Hanukkah stamp set. 

I started by coloring up Annie using Prismacolor and Chameleon colored pencils. I wanted a soft look and really find that colored pencils give me just that. I used a circle die from The Stamp Doctor's Circles #1 set to cut her out and layered it with another circle from the set and used a die from Stitch Circles #2 to add a bit of detail to the bottom layer.

Next, I placed the Kindred Stamps Blizzard Stencil on a sheet of blue cardstock and covered it with a layer of the DecoFoil Blanco Transfer Gel with my Stencil Pal. This I foiled with a Heidi Swapp Iridescent Silver Foil. I cut this down and layered it onto a white card base.

 I used an extra piece from The Stamp Doctor 's A2 Card in a Box to cut out the sentiment "Happy Hanukkah" from the Annie's Adventure's set. To add a bit of  interest to the die cut piece, I used i-crafter's i-brush Blender Brushes and Skysail Blue Hybrid Ink around the edges of the rectangle.

I'm excited to send this off to my friend Laura this holiday season since I colored Annie up in her likeness! Be sure to check out all of the new monthly sets available on the 16th at Kindred Stamps!

~R. Winn 

Pear Blossom Press & Pink & Main Collaboration

 

Today's card is part of a collaboration with Pear Blossom Press and Pink & Main! I am superrrrrr excited to share my card!

I started by stamping out the mugs on Pink & Main's Need to Venti stamp set and cutting them out with the matching die set. I stamped with Ink On 3 Black Out ink and colored with Copic markers.

Next, I used the Pink & Main Leafy Slim Line Die with a Sparkle Sheet in Construction, I backed this with vellum. I also cut the Leafy Slim Line die out with a deep blue card stock, I filled in the exterior pieces surrounding the leaves with these.

After that, I worked on getting the "guts" built. I started by laying out the EZ-Lights, I back them and the Power Pack base with Glue Dots. In order to keep the wires from showing through the vellum, I used a black washi tape to mute the colors and secure the wires, of course! 

I used the Double Thick Foam Tape that Pear Blossom Press carries (life changing!) to back the card, normally I use it as is, but because the lines of this die are SO thin, I cut it down into super skinny strips. In order to kinda trap the light in the areas I wanted them, I also enclosed each area so that no light escaped.

Next, I stamped the little leaves from Need to Venti out in a dark yellow ink, on a lighter yellow cardstock and die but them. I also stamped out the sentiment "Thanks a latte" (so cute!) on The Stamp Doctor's Tag #1 Stitched Dies in a brown ink. I stamped out "Push Here" from a Lawn Fawn stamp set on the yellow cardstock and used one of the small leaf dies to cut it out too!

Tada! I'm obsessed!

Lit up with the lights on!

Lit up with the lights off!

I move the card part way through the video so I apologize!

Thank you for hopping along with us for the Pink and Main & Pear Blossom Press Collab Hop! For more inspiration, check out all of the stops in the hop!

Annette Allen

Niccole Kulig

Kathy Schweinfurth

Renee Moran

Amanda Wilcox

Carol Hintermeier

Ilina Crouse

Cassie Trask

Lynnea Hollendonner

Rachel Winn (You are here!)

Pear Blossom Press

~R. Winn

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.

The entire Kindred Stamps August release will be available Friday, August 28 at 8am PST/11am EST. Be sure to subscribe to the Kindred Stamps blog to see a daily line up of sneak peeks from our amazing Design Team and see the full product release on Friday! Come join the Fan Club and release event to be part of the release fun, and you may just win some Kindred Stamps credit!!

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

Pixie Dust

It's release week at Kindred Stamps and I have 3 cards that I am so excited to share with you! 

My first card shows off the new Pixie Dust Slimline Stencil paired with the Kindred Stamps Happily Ever After Glitter Gloss. I used Pixie Spray to hold my stencil down while I added the Glitter Gloss which allowed me to easily reposition the stencil from the top edge to the bottom edge. 

I used Catherine Pooler Blue Suede Shoes ink to stamp a sentiment from the new Pixie Dust stamp set and placed it in the center of the trails of pixie dust. 

For the adorable fairy from the Pixie Dust stamp set, I colored her up with Copic markers and added blue Wink of Stella to her wings which made them SO sparkly! I stamped out the "I believe in you" sentiment onto dark blue paper, and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. Then I added the "pixie dust" above that and mixed a sparkly embossing powder with WOW Opaque Bright White powder. I positioned my fairy over the dust.

Next, I started to build my TV using the amazing new TV Time Die from Kindred Stamps. I began by blending brown ink over a burgundy piece of card stock to darken the paper to a "cherry wood" color. Then I used a darker brown ink smudged into a Tim Holtz 3D Woodgrain Embossing folder and put it through my die cut machine. I was REALLY happy with the end results.

Next, I used roughed up some gold foiled paper to make it look aged. I used this for the "dials" and other details of the TV. For the TV antenna, I pushed the ball end of the i-press in small circles on the back which made the paper kinda rounded like an old timey antenna! I went a head and repeated that process the entire TV, 

I wanted this to pop up on the inside of the card the i-crafter Hello Sunshine wiper die and mounted the TV to the front of it.

Next, I used these two adolecents from "Pixie Dust" for a slimline card using the Kraftgali Stitched Scallop Slimline dies I created a starry sky using Color Burst Powders and Crafter Companion glittery watercolors for them to fly off into.

For my last card, I paired the Kindred Stamps Dragon Scale Stencil with the crocodile from the Pixie Dust stamp set. To start, I dry embossed a bright green cardstock using the Dragon Scale stencil, then ink blended 2 darker shades of green over top.

I colored the crocodile from the Pixie Dust stamp set using Copic markers and put him on a circle die cut from The Stamp Doctor. I layered this over a 1.75" strip of dark brown that I had heat embossed "after a while crocodile" from the Pixie Dust stamp set.

I wrapped a bit of plain white twine around the brown strip. To finish the card off I used a few Hazelnut DoubleClickSkittles sprinkled across the stenciled scales!

The entire Kindred Stamps July release will be available Friday, July 24 at 8am PST/11am EST.  Be sure to subscribe to the Kindred Stamps blog to see a daily line up of sneak peeks from our amazing Design Team and see the full product release on Friday!  Come join the Fan Club and release event to be part of the release fun, and you may just win some Kindred Stamps credit!!

I hope you enjoyed my cards as much as I enjoy this set! See you next time.

~R. Winn

Chase Your Dreams

Today is the Kindred Stamps June Release! This release has so many amazing things awesome stamp sets, a new die, and fantastic embellishments. The today's card is featuring the Happily Ever After Sentiments Stamp set!

I already had these lovely ladies from Rags to Riches watercolored and cut out, they just needed a card! I kept the card fairly simple with a background from the Day in the Park Paper Pack.

I used a frame die that I cut down to a simple rectangle with the ornate interior cut out and backed that with some shiny, mirrored paper, this was given to me from someone else's stash, I think it may just be shiny gift wrap! Next, I tucked the princess into the mirror so that she was the reflection. 

I added my girl dressed in rags close to the mirror so it looks like she is looking into the mirror. She is on some thin foam tape that I was gifted, giving her just a touch of dimension.

Next, I heat embossed the "Chase Your Dreams" sentiment from the Happily Ever After Sentiment set using Ink on 3's Juicy Ink and Black as Night Embossing Powder.  

I finished the card off with some Crystal Stars, just sprinkled across the front of the card. Hopefully you're inspired to go and grab this beautiful sentiment stamp set for your own stash!

~R. Winn

Happily Afterlife!

Hello Friends!

I am so excited to show you my card for the June Kindred Stamps Release! I used the new Happy Afterlife set and the Manor Haunts set for a really fun light-up card. 

I started by coloring up the ghosties in the car from Happy Afterlife. Normally, I don't write down my "recipes" but for this one, I did. Just for you guys. I used Copic Markers.

Ghosties:

BG32 - BG11 - BG10 - BG000 - BG0000

Car:

Exterior Black 100 - W10 - W7 -W5 - W3

Interior Special Black 110 - N7 - N4

Handle Bar Black 100 - C10 - C7

Next, I colored up the maid in the Manor Haunts, I did a dark blue-green blend for her dress and drew in some stripes. 

I also colored up a couple people from Science Geeks, this gal looked like a girl on her honeymoon, and the guy looked like he might be in love with her. I paper pieced both of their shirts from the Kindred Stamps Day in the Park Paper Pack.I added an adorable headband from Park Cuties to finish her off. For him, I added some Tonic Nuvo Glaze to his glasses to make them glossy.

Then I started to build! I knew that I wanted to make the ghosties light up, so I broke out a set of EZ-Lights. I stamped the Happy Afterlife image in black ink on my black paper, then cut out where the ghosts faces landed. I outlined where they would land on my card base and then built pockets around the lights using doubled up foam tape. This made sure the lights would be shining directly through the faces. 

Next, I used the purple damask style paper from the Day in the Park Paper Pack and cut about a 2 1/4" x 4 1/16" piece for the right side, and added a small strip of black to the bottom so it gave a floor and wallpaper effect. I placed my happy couple on the right side in front of the wallpaper, and the maid to the left of them, waiting for the car to come up.

Next I added a black banner with the sentiment "Happily Ever Afterlife" on it above my happy couple and a "press me" button over the button for the EZ-Lights. I finished the card off with a few sequin bats that I got in the dollar section of Target years ago!

And then... the magic of the ghostly glow...

The entire Kindred Stamps June release will be available Friday, June 26 at 8am PST/11am EST. Be sure to subscribe to the Kindred Stamps blog to see a daily line up of sneak peeks from our amazing Design Team and see the full product release on Friday! Come join the Fan Club and release event to be part of the release fun, and you may just win some Kindred Stamps credit!!

Beware of ghosts!

~R. Winn