Naughty or Nice?

Hello!  It's Lisa here with you today and I have a cute little Christmas tag to share with all of you today...

To create this tag I used the super cute Dear Santa Stamp Set.  I just love this little round Santa and the Reindeer in it too!  Anywho, I started by die cutting my scallop and circle shapes. I then stamped the Santa, present, and sentiment onto the kraft cardstock with Memento Ink.  I used my Prismacolor pencils this time to color Santa and the present in ( I also have to mention that my daughter helped pick out my color pallet, I'm very scientific like that hehehe! ).  Next I used white enamel gel at the top, that I was hoping to have represent snowflakes, but when it dried it looked clear.  So instead it just added some texture to the background, and I have to say it has kind of grown on me and it doesn't look too bad.  To finish the tag off I tied the top off with red and green twine.

Thanks so much for popping by today and don't forget to share your Mint Owl Studio projects with us on any of our media feeds!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

One-Layer Card featuring Ice Cream, You Scream

Happy Thursday, friends!  It's Tara and today I thought I'd take a break from Halloween and fall card making to create a fun and colorful anytime card!  I just love the Ice Cream, You Scream stamp set and I hadn't had the chance to use all of the super adorable little smiley faces that are included so I really wanted to stamp out some smiley ice cream cones!

I kept this card nice and simple by doing some easy masking to create a one-layer design.  I first stamped all three of my ice cream cones and my sentiment.  Next, the cutie little smileys were added. I created one mask of the ice cream cone and used a circle die to cut a piece of mask paper to create a reverse mask - I didn't use the circle but rather the remaining mask paper so I could ink up inside the circle. 

By first masking the ice cream cone and then placing my circle reverse mask over the top I was able to create the fun spotlight effect behind each cone!  I overlapped my colors to add more dimension but you don't have to do that if you don't want to.  Here are a few tips I picked up while doing this technique that I'll remember for next time: 1) Let the ink on your mask fully dry before applying ink over the top to avoid black smudges, 2) don't use a stitched die for your circle unless you want ink to show through the stitching detail, and 3) Mama Elephant pigment inks are GORGEOUS and blend really easily!!  It's all just trial and error and I love to learn from my mistakes so that I can avoid them next time!

I used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol to color in my ice cream so that they would have the same smooth, blended look at the background circles.  Every time I use this technique I just love it and wonder why I don't use it more often!  Need to log that away for future projects!

I hope you enjoyed this bright and cheery card!  Don't you just love that sentiment?!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll catch you next time!  Bye!

Autumn Birthday featuring Outrageous Owls

Hi all and happy Thursday!  It's Tara and today I am sharing a birthday card that is perfect for all the fall babies out there!  I used one of my all time favorite Mint Owl Studio stamp sets - Outrageous Owls!  And, of course, some Antique Gold heat embossing on kraft card stock!  That is rapidly becoming my signature move of the season. 

To create a patterned background I used the adorable little acorn in the stamp set to create my own patterned paper for the background using heat embossing. I die cut a circle for a shaker window and used some adorable autumn patterned paper from Echo Park for the background.  The color scheme from that patterned paper is what I used as my inspiration to color my cute little owl.  

I used Prismacolors on kraft card stock to color him in and then fussy cut him out.  Once my shaker was filled with amazing sequins  that matched my theme I was ready to pop the little owl and sentiment banner up with some foam tape.  I added some sequins to the outside and this card was done!

Thank you so much for joining me today to see how you can create a birthday card to coordinate with the season!  See you again soon!  Bye!

VIDEO: Prismacolors on Colored Card Stock featuring Happy Moments & Love for Mom

Hi there and happy Thursday!  It's Tara and today I want to share a new way to use your stamps with colored card stock. I feel like I've been creating a ton of really complicated stuff lately - shaker cards and lots of coloring and details and hours of work - so I wanted to just create a little card making zen with a nice, clean and simple design today.  And this new Happy Moments sentiment stamp set from the July release made it so easy!

First, I heat embossed the giant happy onto some blue card stock.  I love how many complimentary sentiments there are to pair with the happy in this set!  I heat embossed my small sentiments onto black card stock and trimmed them down to small strips.  Using Post-It tape I masked off the top of my card front and stamped the sweet daisy from the Love for Mom stamp set in white pigment ink.  Using the white ink allowed me to get a fun no-line coloring look when I used my white Prismacolor pencil to color in the petals.  I love how the white just pops on this beautiful blue card base!

Finally, I added some black splatters and dashed lines to tie in my black sentiment strips.  As always, I needed a few Sparkling Clear sequins to finish things off.  You gotta have some bling!  Then I rounded the bottom two corners of each card.  I love how simple and sweet these cards turned out!  They are just cheerful!  

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed this return to clean and simple card making!  I'll see you all next time!  Bye!