AmiraInOz

Hi everyone, As soon as I saw the cute critters in Photoplay's  'Wild Love ' paper collection, I knew that I had to make cards that featured them. I really wanted to make mixed media cards using the extras I picked up along with the core products (see my unboxing). So I grabbed these and my Ranger  Distress Oxides  as well as the  journaling cards     and the  sticker sheet   as main elements. One more element that I used to make the card front was this  Letter It card stock  from Ranger. I am delighted that it held up to mixed media and stamping use! Mixed Media Technique 1 - Stencilling and Distress Oxide For this card, I used the Kaisercraft stencil and 4 colors of Distress Oxide on the card stock (which I trimmed to 4" wide) : - Iced Spruce, - Salty Ocean, - Picked Raspberry, - Peacock Feathers, I then fussy cut the journaling card with the cute bear and attached that to the ...

Hello crafty friends! Love & Art !! Yup!  Valentine's Day is right around the corner. And speaking of love, can I just say how much I LOVE the Carta Bella 'Hello Sweetheart" paper collection in the February Kit!! I loved the flowers in this paper so I knew I wanted to fussy cut them out and use them somehow. I loved a few elements from this journaling cards paper- namely Zoro and the salt and pepper shaker. Loved the ombre hearts here and I wanted to incorporate them somehow. The VIKING!!! And the striped black and white!! No more needs to be said! And since it's almost Valentine's Day, I thought I would do a memory keeping layout of my own resident Viking (shhhh don't tell HIM that!). I started off in a DIY Traveler's Notebook Insert that I made myself. I choose a page that picked up hubby's blue shirt as a good starting point. Next, I created layers underneath the picture using the...