Welcome to the monthly Stampin’ UP! trip achievers blog hop. I am so happy you are here.
If you’ve just come from someone else’s blog and never been here, welcome. If you are one of my regulars… welcome back.
Today I have a treat for you. I spent several hours making these cards, mostly because I had to keep pausing for interruptions while crafting. I am sure none of you know what that’s like. Right?
These cards feature the new Crafting Forever stamp set. Which happens to be one of my favorite sets in the new annual catalog.
I used the awesome Stampin’ UP! watercolor pencils to do all of my coloring. Stamping in Staz On Ink and coloring the images was the first step.
The next step was to have patience and let all my stuff dry.
For the chalkboard and table in the card above I just drew in lines using a ruler and then watercolored them. Once the chalkboard was really dry I was able to stamp in versa mark ink and heat emboss.
You might be thinking how did I get all the cups holding the brushes to look so fun and different.
After they were dry I just used the Signo Uniball White Gel Pen to draw patterns on them. So fun.
I really hope you enjoyed my cards today.
You can purchase the Crafting Forever stamp set beginning June 1st. The other supplies I used can be purchased now. Please use my current host code to get 3 free card kits from me and 12 free printable tutorials (order minimum for these gifts is $50)
Make sure you hop along and visit my friends. Leave us a comment, we love to hear from you.
Supplies for the cards are listed below
Linda Dalke says
one of my favourite sets in the new catalogue! Love it!
Wendy says
Thank you
Cynthia Millan says
Wendy you have really turned this into an art piece! Love the added perspective of the corner! Great job on these cards. they make me smile. Hope you’ve had a wonderful Spring. God Bless, Cynthia <
Wendy says
Thank you so much. God bless you too 🙂
Cynthia McQueen says
So creative to use the white gel pen, I love that idea. Great job!
Anita says
Love the cards as a former teacher I would have loved to receive one of these!
Lea Denton says
I absolutely LOVE this stamp set and the cards you have made with it are just BRILLIANT!
Vanessa Webb says
Wow! Stunning cards Wendy – I particularly like the black back-ground on the Crafting forever Card.
Gloria Sperring says
Awesome cards Wendy. I’m waiting for my order to get here. Now I know the first stamp set I want to play with. At first I was a little bummed that we didn’t have a set of dies for this one. Now, I’m glad we don’t. With too many dies or punches, ( not that we don’t love and use them all), we forget to enjoy the [pleasure of fussy cutting. Yes, it can be enjoyable. Tedious sometimes, but still enjoyable. You can just let your mind free and follow the stamped lines.