two more cards

I made two more cards today using some of the newly released Cuttlebug folders.

For this first card I embossed some navy ruche paper with the new Fleur de lis diamonds folder. I then sprayed that with some Coffee Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels for some added sparkle. The stamped sentiment is by Hero Arts and stamped using Memento dye inks. The Eiffel Tower die cut was made using a QuicKutz die.

For this card I decided to go long, narrow, and monochromatic. I used the new Stars embossing folder for this one. The USA die cut is by QuicKutz and I set it off by popping it up off the card front. The decorative scores were made using the Scor-It.

By the way, it looks like HSN (Home Shopping Network) is currently sold out of the new bundle of embossing folders. It was a special event sale, so I'm not sure if they'll offer them at that price again. From what it sounds like, the folders went very quickly. I know that there are quite a few online vendors who are taking preorders on these folders, so they should be more widely available once they're officially released.

mistake, or not?

I've mentioned the granite-like look that I got by spraying Perfect Resist by Stampinback on glossy paper. I'd planned to use this for a challenge that had called for stone, but never got around to posting it for that. I still like the card though, so here it is.


The images are all by Tim Holtz and stamped using Brilliance black ink. I'd also spritzed my cardstock with Glimmer Mists by Tattered Angels.

I kept trying to decide whether this card needed more. I left it as is because I really couldn't think of what to add to it, or where. It seems to have plenty going on as it is. I couldn't help but think that my creativity was asking me to call it quits. Dunno if that was a mistake or not. :-)

Happy 4th of July

We're spending a nice mellow holiday here. Mild weather. Sunny skies. We've slowcooked ribs on the grill. Ahhhhh!

I also managed to do a little cardmaking. Not a holiday related card, but still. Can a day get much better?


I stamped the background the other night with silhouette stamp images from Inque Boutique that I'd inked with Perfect Resist by Stampinback. I should have mentioned before that Stampinback is a company based in Norway, but I'd ordered my Perfect Resist through I Brake for Stamps, a great online shop that also carries some of Stampinback's line of rubber stamp images. The sentiment is also by Inque Boutique. The background was colored with EZ TintZ by Fiber Scraps. The butterfly is a Spellbinders chipboard die cut spritzed with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels.

Hope everyone celebrating the 4th of July today enjoys a safe and happy holiday. :-)

granite resist

I finally got my hands on some Perfect Resist by Stampinback the other day. I'd been wanting to try this stuff since I first heard of it. I put some in a mister and gave it a go. It was fun! Here's what I have to show for my first attempts.

This first resist was spritzed on glossy and allowed to dry. I then added color DTP using my Memento dye ink dew drops. I love how it turned out! It was similar to a polished stone look, but more like granite than marble because of the speckling. I then stamped the butterfly image by About Art Accents using more Memento inks in various colors, and stamped over them again in black. The purple layer was embellished with the floral lace Martha Stewart/EK Success edge punch and embossed with the Perfectly Paisley Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder. The flowers are Primas. The sentiment is by Impression Obsession and stamped with Tuxedo black Memento ink.

These next two backgrounds were also made by spritzing Perfect Resist on glossy cardstock and allowing it to dry. This time I added color by spraying over that with two complementary colors of Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels.

This ATC was stamped with an image from I Brake For Stamps.

The dragon in this card is also from I Brake For Stamps. The sentiment is by Inque Boutique. The edging was done using Martha Stewart/EK Success edge punches.

Can't wait to see what else this resist can do!