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Lynne Forsythe here with a little ditty I created……

I began with a Die~Namites “Daisy Bunch” die.

I cut (2) full images from a piece of Canvas Corp ~ Handmade Paper.
I colored one with Dylusions ~ Black Marble Ink Spray.
The other I colored with Rain Forest ~ Twinkling H20.

I then cut (2) each of the “Daisies” from the same Handmade Paper.
I colored the flowers with various amounts of
Love Struck, Just Peachy and Mango Freeze ~ Twinkling H20′s.

Well here’s a little something that Carolyn Dube created.  She called it an “oops” but I think it opens up many new opportunities (isn’t that what an “oops” really is???)

Take a look at this “lady”.  So pretty. She could be on a card, a canvas, a layout, even done as a quilt project (think fabric instead of paper.)

For all of the how-to details, go here.

And feel free to post your creations here: https://www.facebook.com/TheCraftersWorkshop

Have you seen Donna Downey’s Inspiration Wednesday video? Do you see those wonderful Tiny Circles by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer?? TCW361!!

Gorgeous, right? I love the way that lemon yellow sits on top of the surface like that. You can watch Donna’s video here or below. But make sure to stop over at her blog to read the whole shebang!

It’s super-simple, and easy to adapt to any template or style. Here’s what you’ll need to do.

1. Lay your template over a black piece of cardstock (do you like my glittery, paint covered spray box?):

2. Spray over the template with a spray ink such as Mr. Huey from Studio Calico (I used Calico White):

3. Depending on your preferences, use a lighter hand. As the white ink is absorbed quickly into the black cardstock, I used three passes of ink for a more complete coverage:

4. Remove the template carefully.

5. After you let the paint dry, grab some colored pencils or pastels, and color in some of the shapes left by the template. I stuck with a palette of yellow, white, and pink. Lighter colors look especially smashing against dark cardstock:

6. After you’ve colored to your little heart’s content, admire your work!

7. Then just use your background as you would normally use a piece of cardstock or patterned paper. You could cut it apart, die cut it, use it on an art journal page, make it into a card, wallpaper your room… you get the idea:

You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed this idea. I’d love to see what you create using your templates.

Materials for the first card:

You will need: stencils, white cardstock, a card base, embossing ink pad, clear embossing powder, craft sheet, heat gun, ink pads and a pen.

1. Place a stencil over the white cardstock and press embossing ink over the mask into the paper. While you are at it, cover the whole paper up, so you can use the other images for later projects, if you like.

2. Remove the stencil, cover the embossed areas with clear (or white) embossing ink and heat them with the heat gun until the powder starts to melt (don´t burn your fingers!).

3. This is what everything looks like after you are finished heating the powder.

4. Now add ink over the images with an ink blending tool. I used Distress Inks (bundled sage, wild honey and worn lipstick) from Ranger Inc. You could also use a spray ink here too.

5. After inking, I outlined the stencil images with a black pen for more contrast, but you could also skip this phase, if you prefer the original look.

6. After that just use as much or as little of the embossed and inked paper for a card (or on a layout) and decorate/embellish to finish your project. I used a wide chevron washi tape to create a flower. Just first fold the washi in half and then fold it again lengthwise to create a flower. Fast and easy and adds nice contrast to the card.

Now for the second card. Since I had leftover pieces of that previously embossed paper, I used them for this quick project.

I punched butterflies out of the leftover pieces and layered them over each other and  added a rhinestone on top. Then I used  the “Tiny Circles” stencil, placed it on the card and dabbed some white acrylic paint with a sponge over it. This creates a really nice background for the colorful butterflies – I really like this stencil a lot! Finally just decorated and glued all together. Really fast and easy!

Materials for card number 3:

You will need: craft sheet, Mini Elevator Stencil, card base, embossing ink, embossing powders (white or like me holographic, cream, yellow and orange), heat gun and embellishments of your choice.

First place the stencil over the card and add embossing ink. Then take orange embossing powder and add a wide strip over the card. Dab off the residue, then add in the same manner yellow, cream and the lightest color. Next heat the powder with a heat gun. Now your ombré card base is done. You can create gorgeous backgrounds just by changing the colors and stencil patterns! You could now either outline the images or even add spray ink or stamp ink over the white areas, if you´d like to experiment more, but I wanted to leave the image as it is. Then just add the embellishments and your card is finished!

For the last card you will need:

Card base (I prepared the background with Distress Ink – scrattered straw – and a background stamp), “Honeycomb” stencil, twine, needle and a black pen. And later coloring pens – I used Copics.

 First place the stencil over the card and outline the image with a waterproof black pen. Then grab your coloring pens and color the pattern. After that punch holes around the hexacon images to be able to stitch through the card with twine. Finish the card with a sentiment and embellishments. I used a hot air balloon stamp and a rub-on, then glued everything down with foam pads for a more dimensional effect.

I hope you have enjoyed the tutorials and got inspired by them! Thank you TCW and Jaime for having me here – looking forward to my next post later in May!! See you!

xoxo, Sanna

Wonderful, right? I love the subtlety of white on white with a little color sprayed onto the peaks and valleys.

To see more photos, and a listing of what products were used, click here.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Cubist Template (TCW248)
• Smooth white cardstock trimmed to 4×5-1/4″
• Blue notecard folded to 4-1/4×5-1/2″
• 3 coordinating colors of acrylic crafters paint with dauber top (I used plum, turquoise blue, and yellow)
• Bakers twine (I used yellow and white)
• Button (I used blue)
• Sentiment stamp (I used “Thinking of You” by Paper Smooches)
• Small bit of yellow cardstock
• Glue dots
• Adhesive
• Square punch
• Flower punch
• Black stamping ink (I used Versafine)

Once you have all your materials together, you’re ready to crank!

(Click above to watch video on Vimeo, then afterwards, come back here!)

And there you have it. A cute custom card in just a few minutes!

I hope you enjoy this little tutorial. For more project ideas like this, come visit me at LayoutaDay.com!

P.S. Leave a comment and let me know if you prefer photo tutorials or video tutorials. I aim to please!