Simply Cardmaking with Laurel Beard

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Ice Cream Anyone?

The Hello Sunshine Collection from Catherine Pooler is here!!!! There are FOUR BUNDLES in this collection. You can purchase as a bundle, individually – whatever fancies your sundae.  Today I am using some products from the  I Scream You Scream Bundle. I love me some ice cream! My stomach and butt prove that point nicely!!!! Using Catherine Pooler Inks and the new stamps was a match made in heaven for this watercolored inspired ice cream cone!

Couldn’t get enough of the ice cream so I used it again. This time I paired it with some super duper fun patterned paper from the bundle!

I added some texture to the ice cream by tinting some glimmer paste with some Mint to Be ink….

I have more projects to share using some other stamp sets from the bundle so be sure to check back soon… I am part of a blog hop so be sure to hop along as there are prizes to be won!

Blog Hop:

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Giveaway:

One lucky commenter will win a $25 Gift Certificate Prize to the Catherine Pooler shop! Just leave me a comment below!

 

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Voices in my head

I always have things running thru my head…. So this new stamp set from Ellen Hutson was perfecto!!! I stamped lots of the sentiments onto a watercolored card panel with embossing ink, heat embossed in black and then did some simple watercoloring.

I definitely wanted to incorporate the girl with the bun so I stamped and heat embossed it onto some vellum, used one of the dies from the Speech Bubble stamp set and then adhered it to the top of the card panel.

Cards don’t have to difficult to make. Sometimes the simplest of techniques makes the greatest cards!

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*Video: 5 easy peasy ways to make Rainbow Cards

Oh giddy giddy gumdrops! I, along with a few other amazing crafters,  had the honor of collaborating with It’s Me JD for a fun colorful video hop! The theme is rainbows! I created 5 cards all incorporating some sort of rainbow color! And you know what? You already have what you need in your craft room more than likely!

I love color! Bright colors! Don’t you? Be sure to head to the video and leave a comment there! LOADS of giveaways I say!

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Floral 3 Ways

The May Hedgehog Hollow Box was my favorite box out of all time! It was so popular, more were ordered as it sold out so quickly!  So many lovely floral sets, plus more! The thing I like about this one as there is a space in the middle for a sentiment. Sure you can make a strip for a sentiment, but this set does it for you! Boom! I did the same layout in three ways…. The first, I colored with glitter markers.

 

The second, heat embossed.

 

The third, just stamped!

 

All three are gorgeous and fun. A great set to mass produce with, don’t you think?


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Stripes and Doodles

I adore the Painted Stripes( ELH ) stamp set from Ellen Hutson. It is a a very versatile stamp set that can be used with any kind of card. I paired it with the Everyday Doodles ( ELH ) stamp set and quickly this card was born. Instead of stamping the striped pattern, I heat embossed it with two colors of Wow Embossing powder. https://ldli.co/e/z06kpz and and the pink embossing powder from the Flirty Fuchsia by Catherine Pooler – WOW Embossing Powder Trio ( ELH ).

My favorite way to add shimmer is using the Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen ( ELH ). It comes in a two pack and it puts out an amazing amount of shimmer. The best glitter type pen I have ever used.

So what do you think? What is your favorite sparkle on this card, the embossed stripes or the sparkly doodles?  Let me know in the comments?

 

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