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[VIDEO] HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WITH MARINE

Posted by Marine Simon | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hello crafty friends, I’m so glad to be back with a new slimline card featuring the gorgeous Flying High stamp set ! This set is perfect in any occasion, and today the balloons are red, white and blue to celebrate the 4th of July. . . I started by stamping my images using extreme black ink by My Favorite Things, I cut them all using the coordinating dies and then colored everything using my alcohol markers as always. Once everything was colored, I assembled all the different elements on each balloon using liquid glue. . . For the background I...

[VIDEO] Word Buddies Jungle & Woodland with Marine

Posted by Marine Simon | May 23, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hey crafty friends, Marine here, today I’m back to share two cards featuring the adorable Word Buddies Jungle and Word Buddies Woodland from the latest release. I worked on both cards using the same template: a bold background, a giant sentiment, and some super cute critters. I started with the jungle themed card featuring Word Buddies Jungle. Stamped some koalas and sloths as well as a toucan bird, balloons, hearts and leaves using alcohol marker friendly black ink and colored those images using my Spectrum Noir and Graph’it Brush markers. The flower and tropical leaves I used on this card are...

[VIDEO] Simple Stripes Background with Marine

Posted by Marine Simon | Apr 7, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, today I’m showcasing the Simple Stripes Background stamp on a tropical themed card. As always I started with the coloring, and stamped all the images on 80lbs Neenah solar white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all and then my alcohol markers to color everything. . On this card I also used: – Jungle Littles, for the flower and some leaves – Portrait Pals, for more leaves – More Jungle Littles, for a leaf – Silly Birds, for the toucan and flowers . . Once the coloring...

[VIDEO] Pathway Background Stamp With Marine

Posted by Marine Simon | Feb 27, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hey crafty friends, Marine here, I’m so happy to back on the blog with this cute card that features the Pathway background stamp. I used this stamp as well as other images to create my scene on a mini slimline card. It’s a new trend going on at the moment and I wanted to try it. So I simply cut a Neenah solar white panel measuring 5 x 3 inches, and I stamped a part of the Pathway background on that panel. And like always I used my alcohol markers to color the entire panel. And once my mini panel was...

[VIDEO] A VALENTINE SLIMLINE CARD WITH MARINE

Posted by Marine Simon | Jan 24, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hi craft friends, I’m glad to be back today with a very bright and joyful valentine slimline card. As always I used several stamp sets to create my card: – Greeting bear for my sentiment, tiny bird and heart – Spring gatherings for a heart and a flower – Rainy day for a tiny heart – Party on the farm for a bow tie and heart – Oh nuts for the branch – Garden party for two birds, a mouse and music notes – Field mice for a second mouse I started by stamping all my images on...