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Warm Wishes Slimline Card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone! I have a holiday slimline card to share today featuring one of my favorite things from the last release… the Warm Wishes Word die. I have always loved adding a bold greeting to my cards. I’ve put the Warm Wishes die cut front and center on this slimline design and then added a few cute critters and snowflakes. I started with my slimline card base that measures 3.5″ tall by 8.5″ wide. I die cut a large heart from pink card stock. To darken the edges of the heart, I sponged on some Candied Apple Distress Ink....

Warm Wishes Snowman Card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone! I have some tips to share with you today on how to add details to die cut elements for your cards. The card I’m sharing today features lots of die cut elements including Warm Wishes Words and the snowman from Winter Woods Overlay. This card is A2 size. I started by preparing the card front with a light blend of Tattered Rose and Candied Apple Distress Oxide Inks. I gradually blended lighter towards the center to create a spotlight effect. I also used the same Distress Oxide Ink blend for the die cut Warm Wishes. I applied...

Snowy Sky Snowball Fight Card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone! I hope you all have had a chance to shop the new release. There’s so many fun wintertime and holiday stamps plus some fabulous supporting stand alone dies. I have a card to share today that combines both. My card features the absolutely adorable images from Snowball Fight with the Snowy Sky Scene die. I started by die cutting the Snowy Sky Scene which is exactly A2 size. I used white card stock so I could do some ink blending on the sky and snow hills. I then adhered the inked scene pieces onto a white card...

Little Haunters Halloween Tags with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello crafty friends! I have a fun project to share today. I love creating tags to add to small gifts or goodie bags. Halloween is the perfect occasion for making tags to add to treat bags. For today’s fun Halloween tags I’ve used the new Little Haunters stamp set. First I started by preparing the tag base. I used the tag die found in the Stitched Tag Builder die set. I then used Ripe Persimmon and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink to create candy corn like stripes on each tag. I then splattered the tags with a little thinned...

Back 2 School Card with Leanne

Posted by Leanne West | Aug 14, 2019 | Uncategorized

Hello crafty friends! It’s that time of year again for kids to go back to school. My kiddos start next week. I thought it would be fun to make a card to mark the occasion and give to my son’s fifth grade teacher. I pulled out one of my favorite fall stamps sets from last year to create fun little scene. I started with an A2 size white card stock panel. I blended on some blue ink (a combo of Tumbled Glass & Blueprint Sketch Oxide Inks) around the top and sides. I used the new Buffalo Check Background...