STAMPlorations Digi

I'm playing along again in STAMPlorations Hey, Love Linky Party.  Today I played with Copic markers.  I'm still new to Copic coloring and have just a small collection and am doing my best to get some depth to my images.  STAMPlorations is offering 3 free digi stamps in which to play in this linky party and I selected one to practice my coloring.  When I decided to get 2 for one and create spotlight coloring cards.  I layered up the panels with borders and some dimension before adding them to card bases.  I can't decide which one I like better.

Happy Stamping,
Dana M

Altenew and Stamploration Challenges

Today I'm playing along with 2 challenges, Altenew's Inspiration Challenge and Stamplorations Hey, Love Blog Hop & Linky Party.  I had such fun with both!

Altenew's challenge utilized colors that are a bit out of my comfort zone but I totally love the combination.  I stamped the background panel with the Leaf Medallion stamp set in die inks and trimmed it with a slim black border.  The sentiment was heat embossed black on white and white on black.  Initially I only wanted the thin black strip with "kindness" popped up on top but it got lost on the background so I added an orange and black strip to help it stand out.  The sentiment is from the Build-A-Flower Carnation stamp set.

Stamplorations is having a fun blog hop in addition to the linky party and the "Love" theme is so appropriate with Valentine's Day right around the corner.  I started by applying Pearl Texture Luxe to the Bubble Dance stencil.  I stamped, colored and die cut the adorable heart balloons from the Tweet Love stamp set.  I added a couple of pieces of 110 lb cardstock behind the embossed panel for a little bit of dimension, my trick to add dimension that is a little slimmer than foam tape.  The die was popped on top with some dimensional squares and the sentiment (also from the Tweet Love stamp set) was added in black.  I like the clean design and playful feel of this card. 

Happy Stamping,

Dana M

Thistles in Black and White

Today I'm playing along with the "it's all black and white" challenge over at Retro Rubber.  I used an older Stampin' Up set from 2016 for the 2 floral images and a sentiment from a Hero Arts set that I have had for at least 3 or 4 years.  I stamped and heat embossed the floral images multiple times on black card stock with white embossing powder.  I trimmed the panel down and adhered to a standard card base.  I trimmed a couple of very thin strips of black card stock and adhered them as well.  A final stamp of the sentiment and the card was complete!

Happy Stamping,
Dana M

Sunshine for Gina K Designs Challenge

I'm playing along with the Gina K Designs Challenge.  This month the challenge is "My Sentiments Exactly!"

I started by stamping and heat embossing the sentiment around the outside of the card base.  The main panel was also heat embossed in white and then I blended on the yellow.  I topped the card with sentiment on a clipped circle.  All stamps are by Gina K Designs.

Gina K Designs Monthly Challenge

Happy Stamping,
Dana