Hope For Our One World Video Hop

 We could all use some hope and encouragement as well as fun videos to watch and chances for prizes and that is why I am participating in the One World Video Hop from today until Friday May 1, 2020. I have donated a prize valued at about $40 full of dies and stamps that you could win by commenting on my video here in the next week and if you have a mailing address in the United States.

We could all use some hope and I love the stamps from Local King Rubber Stamps and Taylored Expressions I feature on the front of this card:

We could also use some fun surprises now too and I was inspired by this globe pop up card by Lois Bak to have this pop up when the tab is pulled:

This globe ball pops up when the tab is pulled and it also spins around. You are going to want to watch the video to see how fun it is to have the world pop up and how I made the card. We could all use a hug right now and the sentiment on the top is from Hero Arts. 

If you watch the video and follow the instructions to leave a comment before May 1st, you could win this card and my prize package of dies and stamps. Then hop on for more inspiration and fun!

The Reading Tree Dreams Card

Happy Monday everyone! It's my turn to post a card on Die-Version's blog and mine, and I am sharing a card I made with the brand new “Reading Tree” die from Die-Versions. I love this die with the lovely tree and the sweet kids reading under its branches. I started with a background that I stamped with the Dream stamp from Local King Rubber Stamp. I die cut the reading tree out of the stamped card front, sponged it with brown ink and inlaid the tree back into the stamped card front on a navy blue cardbase. I die cut the little girl and boy readers out of black pieces and used pop dots to attach them so they are raised for dimension. I believe reading gives kids (and everyone) dreams and the passion to “reach for the stars to change the world.” 

Come Rain or Shine- More Likely Snow:(

The challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "Come Rain or Shine" and I am sharing this card with some of my favorite raindrops from Designs by Ryn. But here in central Wisconsin, we are expecting a major snow storm with up to a dozen inches of heavy snow. We had gotten rid of all our snow and today I saw my first robin, but Spring is going to be delayed a bit more now:(

I started this card by stamping the Designs by Ryn water droplets along with a rainy day couple and rain lines stamps by Local King Rubber Stamps on water color paper. Then I sprinkled on a couple shades of blue Brusho Coloured Crystals and spritzed with water to release the gorgeous colors. I highlighted the water droplets with a white gel pen.  I layered the completed piece on white and then onto a black card base.

I am entering this card in the March challenge at Designs by Ryn as well as the SSS Wednesday challenge.

In Loving Memory Card

I recently used some NBUS stamps to make a sympathy card - something we all need to have on hand unfortunately. I stamped the gorgeous scene (stamp from Local King Rubber Stamp) on watercolor paper, sprinkled on some blue and green Brusho Crystal Colours and spritzed with water. I created a stitched oval frame with a die from My Creative Time and stamped the lovely sentiment from Rubbernecker.

 I am entering this card in the all about stamping challenge at Virginia's View and the Anything Goes challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

More New Stamp Companies to Share!

Once in a while I see a stamp on a blog or on Pinterest and absolutely have to have it. That happened with these waterdrops from Designs by Ryn and the shatter glass I featured on this blogpost  from Local King Rubber Stamp. Of course when I see one stamp I love, I have to search the whole website to find some more to order too:) At Local King I found a set called Walkin' in the Rain that I could not resist. I punched some hexagons out of a blue patterned paper, and stamped the lady with an umbrella and the raindrops. I stamped Ryn's water drops in blue in on a white cardbase and highlighted them with enamel accents from Inkssentials. I attached the hexagon pieces with a little white between them and then attached the die cut Thinking of You (Penny Black.) I am loving these new stamps especially the water droplets from Designs by Ryn, and will be posting more cards with them soon.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at 613 Avenue Create and Scribble and Scrap and the May challenge at Designs by Ryn.

Bister, Brusho, Color Burst Comparison

I love getting packages in the mail with new dies and stamps and this week I received this fun sentiment die from Cheery Lynn Designs and the shatter glass background stamp from Local King Rubber Stamps. I saw a card made with this stamp at this wonderful blog and knew immediately I must order the stamp. I have been wanting to do a BBCB comparison and decided to make backgrounds with the shatter glass stamp and each of the colored crystals. To start, I heat embossed the shatter background on three pieces of watercolor paper with white embossing powder. The first card above was made with my favorite colors of Brusho Colour Crytals which are turquoise and ostwald blue. I love the ostwald blue because it has purple and blue together. There are 24 colors of Brushos so the variety is awesome. I also like the ease and control of tapping the colors onto your paper or whatever you are working on though the hole you punch in the lid. Brushos are available in the U.S. at Dick Blick.

My second card features the same fun die and the shatter glass background heat embossed. I sprinkled black Bister powders and spritzed with water. I discovered Bisters first and am glad I did. There are eight colors of Bister powders and their black is the best of the three color crystal choices, so I decided to make this card black, white and red. There is a brown undertone to Bisters when spritzed and the result is unique every time you make a card with them. They are the least expensive of the three options and available for sale in the U.S. at I Brake for Stamps here. 

My last card was made with a double layer of the "live, laugh, love" die from Cheery Lynn, the white embossed background and a rainbow selection of Color Burst color crystals. There are 6 colors of Color Burst currently available, but we are hoping for more colors to be released soon. They are made by Ken Oliver in the United States and available at local stamp shops and various places on line. They are very bright and easy to use and like the other two, when spritzed with water burst with color (thus the name.) If you are local and coming to the Saynor stamp show this weekend, you might be able to get Color Burst at the Crackerbox Palace booth.

***Edited to add: Color Burst is now available on line at Crackerbox Palace.com and they are currently on sale! Check it out here: http://crackerboxrubberstamps.com/product-category/accessories

I like them all. I hope I gave enough information so you can check them out and decide for yourself which one (or ones) will be right for you. One thing I can tell you for sure- they are all fun and easy to work with to create great backgrounds and beautiful cards!

I am entering these cards in the Anything Goes challenges at Cheery Lynn Designs and Simon Says Stamp.