Texturize It!

Hello friends!  Hope your week is off to a great start.  I love adding texture to cards!  Whether it's bricks, wood grain, pebbles, or tree bark, the new Texture Tiles 2 stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is a must have for creating that perfect texture.  These cards are being shared over on the SNSS Blog as well.

Creative Nugget:  The brick tile from Texture Tiles 2 was stamped on a Gelli Print scrap found in my scrap file to create the brick wall.  Check out how realistic it looks!  The flowers are from the Pretty Potted Florals stamp set and were Copic colored, cut out, and popped onto the wall.  A sentiment was added from the Scripty Thoughts stamp set along with some sequins to finish the card.

Creative Nugget:  How about some tree bark?  Drag several shades of Distress Ink down the length of some card stock and stamp the wood grain tile with a darker shade.  A background was created with Distress Oxide inks and the pebbly tile from Texture Tiles 2.  The adorable birdie, clouds, and sentiment are all from the How Tweet stamp set.

These cards will submitted for the following challenges:

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #25 - Photo Inspiration

Alphabet Challenge Blog - G is for Great Outdoors

Always Happy Birthday June Challenge - Anything Goes (Optional Summer Birthday)

Color Crazy Challenge Week 25 - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket Challenge #49 - Birthday

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope I've inspired you to try stamping some texture on your next creation!

Hugs,

Cathy

That's Flamazing!

Hello friends!  Today I am sharing some flamazing cards using the new I'm a Flamingo stamp set over on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog and thought I'd share here as well.  The flamingo in this set is just too cute!

Creative Nugget:  The water on the background was white embossed using one of the stamps from the Texture Tiles 2 stamp set.  The scene was masked and sponged with Distress Inks.  The flamingo and leaves were colored with Copic Markers and the wing on the flamingo was paper pieced.

Creative Nugget:  The leaf from the Be a Flamingo stamp was white embossed repeatedly over a panel of watercolor paper and then watercolored.  Then the leaf was stamped over the panel with Archival Ink.  Three tags were die cut from this panel.  A masked off strip on the background...hard to see behind the tags...was stamped using one of the Texture Tiles 2 stamps.  The Copic colored flamingo and hibiscus were cut out and popped onto the tags to finish the card.

Be sure to check out the SNSS Blog for more details on these flamazing stamp sets!

These cards will be submitted for the following challenges:

Try Stamping' on Tuesday - Color Challenge #3

The Flower Challenge #21 - Use a Previous Challenge (#11: Background Stamping)

Inspiration Destination Challenge #152 - Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu - It's June and Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - Let's Go Tropical

Creative With Stamps Challenge #27 - Cute Animals

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cathy