Helloooooo my sweet and crafty friends! How are you this fine day?! I hope you had an awesome weekend, and cheers to a good week to come! I have two posts this week! Yay! The other one will be on Friday! What's new with you? Are you creating a lot? Are you starting to get out and about some more? How are things where you live? We had a streak of 100 degree days but today it cooled off a little. I'm grateful for that! Seemed to early to be so hot already! My husband and I met 28 years ago on June 4th and we always celebrate that day as an anniversary!! So on Friday night we went out and had the yummiest, best dinner together! We went to a nice restaurant for the first time in almost two years! It was lovely and wonderful to be out, and dressed up, on a Friday night again! The restaurant was lively and full and it made me feel better to see all the happy faces. Maybe, just maybe, things are going to take a turn for the better! California has been locked down tight this whole time. We are ready to party!!
My post for today is showcasing some brand new stamps from a new company owned by my crafty friend Ivana! It's called Pigment Craft Co! I actually squealed when I saw this new release and I was online at exactly the moment these stamps went on sale to buy them!! I've been stamping for 27 years and it's pretty rare for me to get SO excited about a new release!! These stamps are modern, pretty, sweet, retro, and happy all at the same time! It's like she read my mind!! LOL. My stamps came and I promptly sat down and made these two cards!! CLICK HERE for my supply list for today!
The first card is good enough to eat! (On a picnic! LOL) The finished card is a cream A2 card base….layered with gingham of course and more cream cardstock. It has a vintage feeling to it – using distress inks to edge everything – and a big bold look!
I used bright red, pink and green inks to stamp the strawberries and leaves! I used my MISTI for a good impression. I ended up stamping everything twice for a rich inked look. So easy with the MISTI to do this. I stamped two strawberries with the tops, and one big leaf cluster. After stamping everything, I used two colors of Distress Inks to edge in brown around all the pieces.
I stamped the sentiment onto a small scalloped circle and inked that part also. I used twine and a button from my stash for some design elements!
I splattered white ink/paint onto the strawberries and leaves (just because!) and added green enamel dots to the tops of the berries.
Here is the berry/leaf cluster before I placed it onto the card. It's a big mama!!! SOOOOO pretty! This would be beautiful as a bag tie on, or on a package with some pretty gingham ribbon, or at the top of a glassine treat bag…. Lots of ideas!
I layered a stitched rectangle (in cream cardstock) and edged it with brown inks. Everything is affixed with foam tape for dimension. I added a couple of pink hearts to finish it off!
Hey sweets!!! OMG I love this so much.
My second card is also an A2 card base, but in bright white cardstock. I layered aqua and pink for that perfect retro/modern look. I love pink and aqua together….and a pop of red too! Yummmmm. I used the same ink pads for both cards. CLICK HERE for my supply list!
I stamped the Berry Patch berries, stems and leaves in pinks and greens… I stamped extra leaves so I could layer three different green colors. I used Copic Markers to add some little extra touches in a darker color (on the left side of the berries and on the leaves).
The background die that makes that pretty retro design is from Lil Inker Designs and is old – and sadly they're no longer around…. You could use an embossing folder or another background die for this part…anything from your stash!!
I stamped the sentiment in aqua and die cut it with the matching die. In this photo you can see the layers of the leaves. I used my MISTI to stamp all of these parts. Just makes it so easy and perfect.
That's it for today! I eat strawberries almost every single day during the Summer. They just say Summer to me – and in crafting too! We have awesome strawberry stands by our house and we get them straight from the ground and there is nothing sweeter. I tried to capture the feeling of Summer in my cards today! Have a good week and I'll see you soon! XO
CLICK HERE to visit Pigment Craft Co website! Pigment is based out of Canada! My shipping experience was great! It took about 8 days to arrive to California and it was beautifully boxed and packaged. They also have free shipping over a certain amount!
CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today's cards (Affiliate Links Used).
