You Rock Spellbinders Rebel Skull :D

For this cool skull card, I used a whole mish mash of different styles of Spellbinders dies to give the more realistic style of the skulls a more cartooney feel :D As soon as I got this rebel skull banner die, I just knew I had to use my ProMarkers to add colour to the different areas, and with the foliage flourishes as part of the die, I thought why not add in some gorgeous red roses and daisy flowers :D And doesn't it look so cute adding a tiny red flower to one of the skulls too :D I used the cute little You Rock sentiment from the Die D-Lites Gems set, as skulls always remind me of rock bands, so I thought You Rock would be the perfect sentiment :D I also recently got the Fabric Weave 3D embossing folder, and my gosh does it look STUNNING!! It's insane how much this looks like a crumpled bit of fabric, and just adding a hint of Antique Linen ink blending makes a perfect neutral background for my focal element cluster :D :D :D Hope you liked this weeks card for my Spellbloggers post :D :D

Spellbinders Products used in this video :D
Shapeabilities Rebel Skull Banner Die
Tribe Vibe Wild and Free Dies 
Shapeabilities Die D-Lites Gems Die Set 
Shapeabilities Decorative Flower Basket Die Set
A2 Matting Basics B Die Set
Celebrations Fabric Weave Embossing Folder
Platinum 6 Die-Cutting Machine
Standard Cutting Plates
Main Attraction Tool

Other products used in this video :D
Coconut White Foundations Card
Cosmic Shimmer Glue
Mini Ink Blending Tool
Antique Linen Distress Ink
ProMarkers
Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle Pen 
3mm Red Gems
Anita's Clear Gloss (in a fine tip bottle)
White Card Blank

To see the process behind this card, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel CRaFTi PoTeNTiAl :D

Lots more photos below :D

Have a Claw-some Father's Day :D

A punny Father's Day card for my God Daughter's Grandad :D This is the last Father's Day card now, I promise lol :D I love this cool Claw-some stamp set, and I have lots of ideas of different ways to use it, just need to get round to actually making the cards lol :D

Main products used in this video :D
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die-Cutting Machine
Distress Oxide Ink Pads - Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Wilted Violet and Worn Lipstick
Mini Ink Blending Tool
Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink Pad
Lawn Fawn Woodgrain Backdrops Stamp Set
Lawn Fawn You're Claw-Some Stamp Set
Lawn Fawn Little Bundle Stamp Set
Lawn Fawn Dad + Me Stamp Set
Lawn Fawn Plane and Simple Stamp Set
Coconut White Card
White Card Blank

To see the process behind this card, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel CRaFTi PoTeNTiAl :D

Loads more photos below :D

Friends Are Flowers That Never Fade :D

 

A purple and mint friendship card using the Cottage Garden freebie from issue 149 of Papercraft Essentials :D This issue hit the shelves yesterday, and you can grab your copy from CraftStash (link below) :D :D :D I have to admit I did struggle a little when making the cards for the magazine, as I wasn't sure how to show off the versatility of the die, but as I got half way through this video I suddenly realised why don't I just emboss the die into the card!?! That never crossed my mind when I was making the cards for the magazine lol :D And it works perfectly for the bottom of a heart shape too :D Hope you liked the video :D

Main products used :D
Papercraft Essentials Issue 149 - Cottage Garden
Apple Blossom Banners and Blooms Die Set
Creative Dies Nesting Hearts 
ProMarkers
Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die-Cutting Machine
Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle Pen
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Coconut White Foundations Card
White Card Blank
Iridescent sequins
Black Pearls

To see the process behind this card, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel CRaFTi PoTeNTiAl :D

Lots more photos below :D 

Enjoy a Lazy Day Distress Crayon Resist :D

I love this gorgeous little gnome from this A4 Garden Retreat stamp set, and I didn't get to use it on the cards I made for the magazine, so I just had to make a video with it :D I added in an adorable little fish from a Lawn Fawn stamp set, and created focal circles all over the card to help make the tiny gnome image fill the card :D For the background, I tried a new technique with my Distress Crayons, I've seen Barbara over at Joggles.com using some art crayons with a mini ink blending tool on her ATC's and Art Journals, and I just had to give her technique a try! So for this card I just used my white crayon through a Heidi Swapp stencil and then ink blended Distress Ink over the top :D Hope you liked the card and video :D

Main products used :D
Creative Stamping Issue 46 - Garden Retreat
Lawn Fawn Duh Nuh Stamp Set 
Distress Inks - Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough and Forest Moss
Tim Holtz Stamping Platform
ProMarkers
Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink Pad (very similar to memento)
Mini Ink Blending Tool
Distress Crayon - Picket Fence
Crafters Companion Clear Overlay Sparkle Pen
VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad
Circle Dies
Lawn Hippo Ink Cube
Cosmic Shimmer Glue
Coconut White Card
White Card Blank 
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die-Cutting Machine 

To see the process behind this card, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel CRaFTi PoTeNTiAl :D

More photos to follow :D

Distress Oxide With Tonic Cerys Fairy :D

A best wishes card experimenting with Distress Oxide ink blending and using the gorgeous Cerys Fairy stamp and die along with Nuvo Alcohol pens to create my focal element :D  I got these gorgeous fairy stamps and dies a while ago, and I've used one or two of them, but I have been dying to colour one with my Nuvo Creative Alcohol Pens, and I've finally gotten round to it :D And as I had the coordinating die (this also has a stand alone intricate inner die too) I thought I might as well create one of my inky messy backgrounds, so I used a couple of colours of Distress Oxide and a Tonic stencil to create a washy orangey pink background :D I added some dangling hearts using one of the leaf stamps from the Modern Buttonhole stamp set, and some hand drawn ones too, then I finished it off with the Best Wishes sentiment and a scattering of pre-made black and white Nuvo Crystal drops :D Hope you liked the card :D

Tonic products used in this video :D
Cerys Fairy Reflections Stamp Set and Die Set
Nuvo Creative Pens
Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss Pen
Nuvo Aqua Flow Obsidian Black Pen
Best Wishes Miniature Sentiment Die
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss White and Ebony Black
Beveled Diamonds 6x6 Stencil
Modern Buttonhole Stamp Set
Funky Tape Runner
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
Basic Mixed Layering Rectangle Dies 

Other products used in this video :D
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die-Cutting Machine
Coconut White Foundations Card
Distress Oxide - Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade 
VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
A6 White Card Blank

To see the process behind this card, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel CRaFTi PoTeNTiAl :D

 

A few more photos below :D

Spellbinders Feather Scripty Greeting Quartet :D

For this weeks Spellbloggers video and blog post, I decided to do a quartet to feather cards, using the stunning stamps by Stephanie Low!! :D And I took my inspiration for the colours from the two sets of sequins in the Spellbinders celebrations range :D :D I LOVE LOVE LOVE this feather stamp, and I hope to own the others in the collection at some point too as they are just GORGEOUS!! :D I combined these gorgeous Spellbinders stamps with some sentiment stamps from Avery Elle, I love the long extended ends of these stamps, and I think it works perfectly on this card, as it looks as though the feather has written the scripty sentiment :D I had so much fun colouring in these images with my ProMarkers, but I also have ideas for heat embossing and watercolouring, or perhaps even paper piecing too :D Hope you liked the video :D :D :D

Spellbinders products used :D
Platinum 6 Die-Cutting Machine
Standard Cutting Plates
A2 Matting Basics B
Stephanie Low Feather Fireflies Stamp and Die Set
Stephanie Low Sparrow Stamp and Die Set
Celebrations Sequins - Sweet Dreams (Pink, Purple, Blue)
Celebrations Sequins - Hip Hooray (Yellow, Orange, Green)

Other products used :D
Avery Elle Sentimental and Sentimental Too Stamp Sets
ProMarkers
Cosmic Shimmer Glue
VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
Coconut White Foundations Card
Crafters Companion Clear Overlay Sparkle Pen
Anita's Clear 3D Gloss

To see the process behind this quartet of feather cards, please watch my YouTube video below, or over on my channel CRaFTi PoTeNTiAl :D

Loads more photos below :D