Hello everyone! I’m back with another project using the versatile Sketchy Alphabet stamp set. I love how you can create whatever sentiment you want. This time I simply stamped the letters onto a die cut circle using Distress Ink gathered twigs. 
After coloring them in with a marker, I sponged the circle with Distress Oxide fossilized amber, leaving the center white. The edges were sponged with the gathered twigs to help add definition over the background. Leaf images work well for both masculine and feminine cards, but this one is for a male relative. Color combinations that might not work for clothing can make beautiful cards. Here I used Distress Oxide fossilized amber, cracked pistachio & twisted citron. 
I assigned a color to each of the leaves in the Fall Colors stamp set & simple rotated them around the edge of a square card. If you look close you will see I did first and second generation stamping each time. 
To be sure the circle tied in with the background, I sponged the card edges with fossilized amber and gathered twigs before adding the brown splatters. Keeping with the masculine theme, I just tied on brown twine & added a wooden burst. The circle was mounted with thin fun foam giving a bit of dimension. 
Hope I’ve inspired you to use beautiful leaf images all year long and maybe try out some different color combinations.
The PRS Store now has inks, so be sure to check them out. This month with a qualifying $30 purchase, you will automatically get 10 stamp storage pouches included in your package–how great is that?! Happy crafting and I’ll see you soon.
Earlier in March it seemed like spring had arrived in the Pacific Northwest, but it is now April and our warm spring-like weather seems to have left… I hope it comes back soon, lol! In the meantime I thought I would bring a bit of spring to the blog today with my project. I started by looking through my stash of patterned paper and came up with the yellow striped paper. I stamped one of the flowers from the 
To begin, I created a tag using the partial die cutting technique with a circle die to fit a 
I had enough of the cardstock left to cut 3 thin strips for the bottom of the tag. Yellow and white twine was tied in a bow & attached with liquid glue to finish it off. Before adhering the tag, I stamped a few solid and open hearts from the 
