It's been a while...

I know, I know...it's been a while since I've posted a card...so to compensate, I'm posting TWO...lol. This first one, I played around with only using one stamp. I masked off the sentiment with scotch tape before inking to make the background row of flowers. I like it. I may have to try it again with another floral stamp I have.

I even played around with the ink around the edges, this time around I inked first with purple then went back over it with pink. I think it really gave the edges more depth.





Next up, a card using the mitten from the Hug a Snowman set that I designed for my little etsy shop Lilac City Designs.

The background layers are mostly inking, I used a dauber to sponge the white and purple paper. Then I stamped the doodled snowflakes in Palette Charcoal ink, and sponged over it with a Studio G light purple pigment ink. Then I decided I wanted the sentiment on that layer too so I stamped it in Palette Noir.

The mitten layer was nearly tossed...I bought a Memories black dye stamp pad to see how I liked it. While it's a nice stamp pad, it was a poor choice for what I was playing with...are you ready for this news? I snagged 12 copic sketch markers for a good price off ebay and wanted to play with them. The Memories ink started to smear slightly so dont enlarge....lol. After coloring I added the necessary glitter all over, and the dots...then decided to add ribbon...you get the picture. My cards just sorta happen, and usually I do things way out of any logical order. Sometimes I take my cards apart and put them back together a few times before they are done.

Dont forget, I will be listing more of the winter set as soon as my supplies get here and I can make more sets! Just be patient with me, I'm still trying to get a feel for anticipating the demand...lol