Triple Greetings

More of the fun Hey Birthday Chick bundle. The sentiment is from Sweet Strawberry stamp set and the background squares are from Tasteful Touches. The chickens were colored with Ohuhu alcohol ink markers. The chickens are a great all occasion greeting!

 

Rustic Donkey

A simple presentation of the Darling Donkey - a 2021 saleabration set. The wood panel background is stamped with Hardwood background stamp in Dapper Denim, and then I used the blending brushes to add a little Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Ink. The fence panel is a die cut from the Hey Chick dies and the sentiment is from the Sweet Strawberry set. The donkey was colored with Copic markers.

 

Plaid Chick

I can't seem to get enough of the Hey, Chick and Hey Birthday Chick bundles. I opted for a more colorful background on this one. The Cucumber Green background panel is embossed with the old Tulip Frame ef. I created the plaid background panel with a paint brush and distress oxide inks on watercolor paper (Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles and Twisted Cirtron). The chickens are colored with Ohuhu alcohol ink markers.

 

Simple Hey Chick

Another card using the Hey Birthday Chick bundle and the Hey Chick bundles. I thought I'd leave more "white" and let the cute chickens do the work! 

 

Distress Oxide Ink Gears

Smoky Slate Cardstock & Distress Oxide Inks

I created this quick video to show you how you can take a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock and turn it into a mottled, grungey, oxidized looking piece for die cutting the Garage Gears thinlits. I used the Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Hickory Smoke, Frayed Burlap and Tumbled Glass. To finish off the piece, I added some of the Ranger micro distress glaze. 

https://youtu.be/cLKWXAH4tq0

All of the embossed panels were made using the different distress oxide inks, in the same way as the garage gears, just different colors.

Happy Birthday Chick 2

Still playing around with the Hey Chick and Hey Birthday Chick bundles. I decided to focus on Soft Sea Foam Green for this card. The background panel is Soft Sea Foam Green, as well as the body of the chicken and the egg shell of the baby chick using Stampin' Blends in the Soft Sea Foam. I love that each chick looks like they are doing a little dance of celebration! The background behind the die cut fence was applied using the blending brushes and Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink. 

 

Watercolor Strawberries

I CASE'd this card from pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/346284658855641742/

After stamping the strawberries from Sweet Strawberry stamp set, I colored with watercolor paints and aquapainter brush. The dots were from Waterfront stamp set. I love the freedom of the watercolor, where it's okay to color outside the lines! The watercolor set I used is Giorgione 48 color. 

These cards will be sent to some ladies that attended one of my workshops that had never been exposed to stamping and papercrafting! 

 

Blueberries of Hope

This blueberry image is from the Berry Blessings SAB set. The two step stamping makes it come out beautiful. I added a little watercoloring in a different blue on top of the berries for a small contrast. Jeremiah 29:11 is one of my all time favorite verses. A reminder that God is for us, He is with us, He has a plan, and we have hope! The blueberries are stamped on Soft Seafoam Green CS in Cucumber Crush and Night of Navy. The blueberry fill color is Dapper Denim. 

 

Vintage Birthday

My goal was to come up with a card that could be masculine. I was in the mood to play around with oxide inks, and I love that the results are never the same when working with these inks. I did the oxide ink smooshing on my craft mat, sprayed with water in various colors of Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Iced Spruce and Tumbled Glass. I applied and smooshed until I got a beautiful, mottled background. Then I stamped the World Map stamp on the large backgrond piece, and embossed the other two panels with square lattice and a license plate ef. The little truck is from an old stampin up set (loads of love?). I stamped the truck on kraft paper, then smooshed in the various oxide inks. 

 

Happy Bithday Chick

A fun birthday greeting using the Hey Birthday Chick bundle. I lightly stenciled the background in Smoky Slate with the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks and the Blending Brush. A fun card for any age! 

 

Hey Cupcake

The chickens in the Hey Chick and Hey Birthday Chick stamp sets make me smile. They are so fun and great for adult or child card. I stenciled the background with Basic Pattern Decorative Masks and a blending brush in Sweet Sugarplum and a little Flirty Flamingo. The chicks were colored with watercolor paints and the aquapainter brush. I do not know the brand for the sentiment, it's just in an old stash that I have. 
 

Hey Chick Bundles

 I am so excited about the release of these Hey Chick & Hey Birthdday chick bundles - with coordinating dies. They are just to die for! Available now through June 2021. 

The Hey Birthday Chick set is listed on page 52 of the 2021 Mini Catalog. 

• Hey Birthday Chick Bundle: #158631
• Hey Birthday Chick Stamps: $154464
• Birthday Chick Dies: #158200
  
  
  

And they have resurrected the first Hey Chick set! Also with coordinating dies!

• Hey Chick Bundle: #158627
• Hey Chick Stamps: #158190
• Chick Dies: #158199

If you would like to order, click here

More Sweet Strawberry Cards

I am enjoying playing around with this Sweet Strawberry bundle. The strawberries just stamp out so nicely! The two step stamp process makes the image so beautiful. The blending brushes also add such a soft touch of ink to the background. I softly blended Flirty Flamingo ink with the blending brush for the top card. I found that I really like the Watermelon Wonder ink for the body of the strawberry.

For this card I softly blended Bashful Blue ink with the blending brush for this card. The background vine is stamped in Smoky Slate. I love the sentiment from Philippians 4:13. Such a great reminder any time that I can do all things though Christ! 

 

Sweet Strawberry Builder Bundle

Sometimes matching the punch to the stamped image can be tricky. This is an easy way to stamp all four images from the Sweet Strawberry set to align with the Strawberry Builder punch. This coordinating Sweet Strawberry bundle is available for purchase through June 2021. To purchase the stamps and punch: www.tracyhenry.stampinup.net Sweet Strawberry bundle 156214

Simple card just playing around with the set. I used the blending brush to add a little pink before I stamped the strawberries.

I ended up with a few more white flowers - I only wanted 3 but ended up with smudges at the end.

Darling Donkey CASE

Another card using this Darling Donkeys saleabration set. Their expressions never get old! I CASE'd this card from an Artisan post from Janneke Dijkstra - de Jong.  

I love the simplicity of the card and the soft blended color in the background.

Photo of the card I CASEd: 

Darling Donkey Z Fold Card

 I love this Darling Donkeys stamp set. Purchase $50.00 in any Stampin Up product to earn the set for free during Saleabration through Feb 28, 2021! The expression on the donkey's faces are just adorable! 

SUPPLIES:

• Darling Donkeys sab set 155264
• Stitched Shape framelits 145372
• Distressed Dots background stamp
• Rich Razzleberry cs

I colored the donkeys with a combo of Copic markers and Stampin Blendabilities. 

The stitched rectangles on the front are from thestampsoflife.com. The black background paper is an old pad of patterned paper and I don't know the brand.

For the Z Fold, score your main cardbase at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4". 

Cut the white background panels at 4" x 5 1/4", and two at 1 7/8" x 5 1/4". 

Cut the patterened paper (in this case black floral) at 4" x 3" and two at 1 7/8" x 3". Cut the embossed strips that lay over the patterened paper at 4" x 1 1/4" and two at 1 7/8" x 1 1/4".

For the two donkeys on the inside panel I used the squares from Stitched Framlits. 

For the front panel donkey I used rectangle dies from Stamps of Life.

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Custom Color Your Paper

Have you ever wished you had a specific color of cardstock to match your project, but didn't have just the right color? Well today I wanted Flirty Flamingo cardstock, and did not have any...so I decided to make my own.

Using the blending brushes (I don't have the SU brand yet), I applied flirty flamingo on white cardstock; then embossed with the wrapped in texture EF. I was pretty happy with the result.

I also die cut 4 of the tags and glued together so they appeared more dimensional. 

link to my youtube video on making this card: https://youtu.be/-JZNa8xq5DQ

Hydrangea Slimline Card & Envelope

Super easy CAS slimline card featuring the hydrangea flower image from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set. I love the shape of the slimline card, and making your own matching envelope couldn't be easier! 

I used the small floral background shadow to randomly stamp and create the color on the hydrangea using Flirty Flamingo and Rich Razzleberry.

link to  my youtube video: https://youtu.be/f31K664ZM6w

Here are the measurements:

Slimline Card:

Base 8 ½" x 7" (folded to 8 1/2" x 3 1/2")

Card front 3 ⅜" x 8 ⅜"

Slimline envelope:

Score at 2 ½” & 6 ½”

Flip cardstock and score at 1 ½” & 10 ½”

Cut out tabs on all four corners, then fold and glue.

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Quick Card Backgrounds

Such a quick and easy way to make card backgrounds in under one minute! Add a sentiment and embellishments. Super simple! 

Hydrangea Haven Workshop

Two cards I will be making at an upcoming workshop. A beautiful and simple presentation of the Hydrangea Haven stamp set. I precut several of the flower petals for the card below to save time at the event. I love the seafoam green cardstock - maybe I am wishing for spring to arrive!

 

Saleabration 2021

 It's the most wonderful time of the year! Time to saleabrate and earn free goodies. 

Spend $50.00 and earn a free item from the saleabration catalog. Spend $100.00 and earn some bundles from the salebration catalog!  You can spend $50.00 on any products from the Main catalog and the Mini catalog. Shop now: www.tracyhenry.stampinup.net