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Hello friends and happy Monday! Welcome back from the weekend. Today I am on the Birch Press Design blog and I'm excited to be sharing STAMPED projects with you today and not the usual beautiful layering dies that Birch Press Design is most known for. Do you even know that Birch Press Design also sells stamps?! Surprise, they do!   Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. This is my go-to white cardstock for everything. Using the Delfina Layer A die, I die cut the lattice background from white cardstock. I adhered this directly to the card base. I stamped the flowers from the All the Happiness stamp set in Versamark ink on Distress Watercolor cardstock and heat embossed the image with gold embossing powder. I then watercolored the flowers using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers in Scarlett Red, Bright Yellow, Persian Blue, Pale Green and Light Green.  Once the watercolor was dry, I die cut the image using the coordinating All the Happiness dies. I adhered the flowers in the lower right corner of the card using 3M foam adhesive. I stamped the sentiment "celebrate today" from the Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set. I punched the sentiment out using a label punch and adhered it to the card with 3M foam adhesive.  Today's second card is also made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using Layer A from the Delfina Layering Dies, I die cut the lattice background from white cardstock. I adhered the lattice background directly to the card. I stamped the flowers from the All the Happiness stamp set in Versamark ink on Distress Watercolor cardstock. I heat embossed the image with gold embossing powder and then I watercolored the image using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers (the same colors are listed above).  I die cut the flowers using the coordinating die and adhered the flowers to the card using 3M foam adhesive. I stamped the sentiment "celebrate today" from the Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set in blue ink on white cardstock. I punched the sentiment out with a 2" circle punch. I also adhered the punch to the card using 3M foam adhesive. I am so in love with this beautiful flower stamp set and I'll be using more stamps from Birch Press Design in the future! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, Crystal
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What could be more wonderful than receiving a beautiful handmade card with an uplifting sentiment like "to one of the loveliest people I know? In fact, that reminds me to send cards more often. . . just because. I am great at sending sympathy and get well cards or cards for birthdays and calendar holidays, but I don't send nearly enough cards just because. So, let today's card serve as a reminder that we could all use a little more happy mail in our lives, and in our mailboxes!  Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using a lattice die, I also die cut the lattice background from white cardstock and adhered it directly to the card base. Using a camera frame die, I cut the frame from raspberry cardstock. I printed the camera image from the Pamper Yourself digital stamp set. I colored the image with Copic markers and fussy cut it out. I adhered the camera to the card, at an angle, using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I printed out the sentiment "to one of the loveliest people I know" from the You Make Me Proud digital stamp set. I die cut the sentiment using an oval die and I adhered the sentiment above the camera. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the camera and flowers for added sparkle.    I hope you have enjoyed today's card. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! For more inspiration, you can visit me on Instagram, Facebook and on my YouTube channel. XO, CrystalHello! Thank you for taking the time to visit my website today. If this is your first time here, welcome! You can check out my card gallery for lots of crafty inspiration. If you are a regular visitor, then thank you for continuing to come back. I hope each visit brings something new and inspiring! Today I am sharing a card I designed for Joy Clair Designs using the beautiful Spring Rose digital stamp set. If you are interested in learning more about working with digital stamps, please read this post. Over the past two years, I have really enjoyed working with digital stamps mostly for the simple ability to resize them, as I did for this card.  Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using the Waffle Flower Angled Strips background die, I die cut the background from white cardstock. I printed the sentiment from the Joy Clair Designs Spring Stamp set onto 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and die cut it using a 2 1/2" Scalloped Circle Die from Lawn Fawn. I printed the flowers in two different sizes and colored them using Copic markers.  I adhered the sentiment circle to the upper right corner of the card using 3M foam adhesive. I added the two roses to the card also using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.   I love how this card turned out, simple and elegant. I might even make the same card in a few other colors! This card would work well for a variety of occasions from birthday and get well soon, to sympathy and thinking of you. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalList of supplies:
Hello, today I am on the Joy Clair Designs blog sharing a monochromatic peach card featuring the beautiful Spring Rose digital stamp set and an alcohol ink background. I LOVE working with alcohol inks because they offer such depth and texture to the backgrounds, despite the occasional mess and unpredictable end result you get each time!  Card details:For the base of this A2 sized card I use 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. On a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Yupo paper, I created the alcohol ink background by "ink blowing" Ranger Adirondack alcohol inks in Peach Bellini and Gold Mixative. When I say "ink blowing," I essentially dropped small amounts of the ink onto Yupo paper, added a bit of 80% isopropyl rubbing alcohol and used the Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Air Blower to move the ink around. Once the ink dried, I splattered the background with white acrylic paint. Once the acrylic paint dried I then adhered the background to the card.  I printed the Spring Rose digital stamp set onto 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. This is my go-to white cardstock for everything from die cutting and card bases to Copic coloring and distress oxides. I printed one of the roses at 60% and the other at 80%. I colored each rose with Copic markers and adhered them to the card using 3M foam adhesive. I printed the sentiment on the same white cardstock and used an oval die to die cut the sentiment out. I adhered the sentiment to the left of the card also using 3M foam adhesive. Lastly, using a Uniball white gel pen, I made small white dots, in groups of threes, on the flowers to add a little more texture.   I hope you have enjoyed this card. Thank you for visiting and happy creating! XO, CrystalHello and happy Monday! I hope you are all enjoying a nice long three day holiday weekend! It was quite unseasonably cold (and wet) here in Massachusetts, so there was some unplanned time spent in my craft room which was a happy bonus! Today I'm happy to announced that I have joined the Joy Clair Design Team under the ownership of Martha Lucia Gomez, who I had previously known from the 88 and Clear Design Team that we were on together. I couldn't be more excited for her and that she followed her dream of operating a stamp business and I'm happy to support her by designing with her beautiful stamps and products.  Floral images are among my favorites when it comes to stamping and today I'm sharing my first design using the Spring Rose digital stamp set from the most recent "Ray of Sunshine" release.  Card details:*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post. This A2 sized card is made from a base of 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. Using the Lawn Fawn quilted die, I die cut the background also from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I printed one of the roses from the Spring Rose stamp set using an inkjet printer onto Neenah white cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers using Y04, Y06 and Y08 for the flower bloom and YG11 and YG 13 for the stem and leaves.  I fussy cut the flower and then adhered it to the white quilted background using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I printed the sentiment "today is your day" from the same Spring Rose digital stamp set. I notched the left edge of the sentiment before adhering the sentiment strip over the rose. I always add a little extra dimension with small white dots from a Uniball White Gel pen. Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the flower for added sparkle.    I hope you have enjoyed my first card for the Joy Clair Design Team! You can always find me on my website, Facebook or Instagram! Thank you for visiting and happy crafting! For more inspiration from the team and our fans check us out on social media: –Joy Clair Designs Facebook Page –Joy Clair Stamp Project Facebook Page –IG XO, CrystalList of supplies:
Hello friends and happy Friday! Yay for long holiday weekends and to the official start (hopefully) of a MUCH better looking summer than 2020! Today I am sharing a slimline card created using two brand new digital stamp sets from 88 and Clear. Both the "Love Sent" and "Strong Enough" digital stamp sets will be released and available for purchase in early June. So, I hope you enjoy this special sneak peek!  Card details:This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2." The base is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using a piece of patterned yellow miscellaneous paper, I die cut the first mat to 8 1/4" x 3 1/4." I printed out the images from both the "Love Sent" and "Strong Enough" digital stamp sets on Neenah White cardstock. I used Copic markers to color the images and then fussy cut them by hand. I die cut three scalloped circles from white cardstock and placed them vertically down the center of the card.  I adhered the flowers to the left or right side of the scalloped circles using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I added the butterflies over the flowers. I printed the sentiment on a thin strip of white cardstock and angled the left edge before adhering it to the lower half of the card. I added a couple randomly placed black rhinestones on the card. Lastly, I added a coat of Dazzling Pat to the images for added sparkle.  Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative extra-long weekend! XO, CrystalList of supplies:
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I have a really funny story to share with you about today's card. I had this card sitting on my craft desk waiting to be photographed and my husband walks into the room and says, "Who's Rich?" I look at him all confused. "Who is Rich?" he asks again. Blank stare. Clearly, I am not following. So, he proceeds to hold up this card to which I respond, "No, rich beyond measure." It's a figure of speech. Now he's the one who looks confused. Then he questioned why "Rich" was in capitalized bold font and not feeling the need to explain my card, I had to kick him out of my craft room because he was beginning to stress me out!  Card details:This A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using a piece of Black Taffy cardstock, I heat embossed the Leafy Wall background stamp from 88 and Clear with black embossing powder. I adhered this embossed background directly to the card base. Using the Rich Love digital stamp set from 88 and Clear, I printed the images onto the same 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and colored the images with Copic markers. I used my Brother Scan and Cut 2 e-cutting machine to cut the images, in lieu of fussy cutting.  I adhered the cut images to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. The sentiments were already printed in black toner ink from the digital file, so I simply cut them to size to fit in the top upper righthand corner of the card. Lastly, I added some clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.  You can really see in the below photo how that black heat embossed background shines in the light:  Here is the Rich Love stamp set by 88 and Clear that I used to create today's card:  The Rich Love stamp set is part of the the monthly Card Club Subscription with 88 and Clear. Card Club Subscription $15.99 / month Kit includes, Exclusive Digital Download, link to the class, Instructions, 4 kits to create 4 beautiful cards, along with RG. Subscribe, Receive and Create! It’s that simple! Live Virtual Class with step-by-step instruction. Classes will stay recorded so if you can’t make the Live class, not a problem you can access it anytime. Come and play when you want! *Live class is held every 3nd Wednesday of each month* *Subscription is billed every 1st of the month* Receive your Exclusive Download instantly after checkout and start creating! Exclusive Digital Download included with files in 4 formats; Regular PDF, Digital Die Cut Machine Outlined PDF, SVG & JPEG. You will also receive a printed digital each month to create your projects. Here’s what you receive in each monthly Kit! – Exclusive Digital Download and a printed copy with your kit – Exclusive Digital Downloads in 4 formats! (Regular PDF, Digital Die Cut Machine Outlined PDF, SVG File and JPEG File) – One on one education! Live virtual education class. The recording will always be available so you can tune in at your convenience! – Learn Design Trends First! – Tips, Techniques and methods! – Design and composition! Click HERE to subscribe now! Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalYou might also enjoy:
Hello friends and happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend. The weather was absolutely beautiful here for the first time really this spring, so in between crafty projects, I was able to spend some time outside. Today I am sharing a floral card using the "Big Happy" digital stamp set from 88 and Clear. I must be on a floral kick right now, because after looking at my recent posts and seeing what I have to photograph for upcoming posts, you are going to be seeing a LOT of flowery cards!  Card details:The base of this A2 sized and is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using the Reverse Confetti Diagonal Stripes Cover Panel, I die cut this striped background die from white cardstock. I colored the Big Happy digital stamp set from 88 and Clear using Copic markers and I fussy cut the large image out. I adhered the bouquet to the center of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and adhered the sentiment to the lower left side of the card. Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.    I hope you have enjoyed this sherbet colored card! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalYou might also enjoy:
Hello and welcome back from the weekend! I hope you all found a little time to do something crafty. Last week I shared some cards that were made using pre-created Distress Oxide ink backgrounds after I had taken an online class with Jenn Shurkus. Today's card uses another of those backgrounds, which made this card come together really quick and easy!  Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. On a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of the same white cardstock, I ink blended Distress Oxide inks in Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar using the Tim Holtz Mini Round Ink Blender. Over that background I laid the Music Stencil from Newton's Nook and sponged more Picked Raspberry ink through the stencil. I removed the stencil and spritzed the paper with a little bit of water. I set this background aside to dry. Using the digital Bloom Book stamp from 88 and Clear I printed the stamp out on Neenah white cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers and then I fussy cut the flowers out. I adhered the flowers to the card with 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink on a thin strip of black cardstock and then heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. I notched the left side of the sentiment and adhered it to the top right of the card using 3M foam adhesive. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.    Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalList of supplies:
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Hello and happy Friday! Friday's always make me smile. I hope today's card will make you smile too with it's fun sherbet-like colors and cheerful spring peonies!  Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. On a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Distress Heavystock paper, I watercolored the background using a small paintbrush and Distress Oxide Inks in Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin and Squeezed Lemonade . I set this piece aside to dry. Using the digital Rich Peonies stamp set from 88 and Clear, I printed these digital stamps out on Neenah white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers. I used my Brother Scan and Cut 2 e-cutting machine to cut the images out in lieu of fussy cutting. I adhered the flowers to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I added a little bit of linen thread in the middle of the flowers and placed the sentiment stamped in pink ink on white cardstock over the thread. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.    I hope you have a great weekend and that you find the time to do something crafty! Thanks for visiting, XO, CrystalList of supplies:
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