Pumpkin Pie??

I know we are in the midst of summer but I always love to see the fall colors in the leaves appear.  Don't get me wrong, I love summer and the beach but also really like fall's flowers which are the beautiful colors in the leaves that remind us of the fall. My husband and I always take a "Leaf Peeping" trip to North Georgia, where the leaves are beautiful.  My camera gets a workout that day!

So to the card, I cased it from Pinterest and Elizabeth Price.  The colors are Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie ink all over the front panel of Shimmery card stock. Once it was dry, I spritzed with frost white shimmer paint to give it a really shimmery glow.  Then I stamped the skeleton leaves in a random layout.

I then stamped the Thinking of you on a die cut and added Dazzling Diamonds Glitter for more sparkle.  What ya think?  I love the sparkle as it gives it a really interesting look.  I then added other little embellies to give it even more interest.  Hope you like.

 

 Now back to summer...

Inky Hugs,

Alicia

Sweet Wishes

These are some quick tags that I made with the Hello Cup Cake stamp set.  Like to have some on hand as you never know when you might need one.

I stamped and die cut the Hello Cupcake images in:  Bermuda Bay,Mango Melody and Flirty Flamingo. The cake stand is die cut with Bermuda Bay card stock and the dome is cut out of an Acetate Window Sheet.  I layered these onto white thick card stock tag with some Daffodil Delight Gingham paper on the bottom. .  I wanted the dome to extend above the top of the tag so I could make a hole to tie some twine in to attach to a gift. 

These are quick and simple to make. You could make them in very little time to add that special something to a gift.

Until next time,

Inky Hugs,

Alicia

Hello Cupcake!

With Hello Cup Cake stamp set I added the Lovely Lipstick/Grapefruit Grove Foil Paper cut with the Rectangle Stitched dies, Well Written dies and a few ink pads, shimmering embossing paste, sequins and mini candles.  I put the paste on the "ice cream" part of the stamp and added some fun sequins.

This is one of my favorite cards that I have made as it just says lets have some fun on my birthday!
All supplies are Stampin Up.

Hope you enjoy!

 

Until next time,

Inky Hugs,

Alicia

Happy Birthday!

One of my favorite cards to make is a birthday card.  So I found this one on one of my favorite creators blog, Seeing Ink Stamps, and here is my CASE.

This card came together fairly quickly even though it looks more complicated.  A piece of Lemon Lime Twist gingham paper was attached to a Gold Foil Edged Card.  Using the Well Written die cuts, I die cut the happy with Lemon Lime Twist and the birthday with Sparkle Glimmer Paper. The birthday is sponged with black ink.  A few other products were Swirly Scribbles Die Cut, Silver Mini Sequin Trim and the Corrugated Dynamic TIEF.

It is a fun birthday card!  Hope you enjoy!

Until next time,

Inky Hugs,

Alicia

Should we water them?

Hi all! I am back with another card made with the Climbing Orchids stamp set.  As I told you in my last post about these stamps, it is easy to want to make more so I found this on Pinterest and here is what I have.
These are made with watercolor paper and the paper really does all the work.  In case you want to try these are the how tos:

Stamp the leaf and large flower and flower center with Lemon Lime Twist on watercolor paper.  With a damp(not loaded ) brush go over each image with a light touch to spread the color.  While the flower is still damp add some Crushed Curry by just touching the center of the flower and let the color bloom.  Now introduce Sweet Sugar Plum ink to center and let that color bloom.  Let them all dry naturally.  The leaves are done the same way with Lemon Lime Twist ink. I wanted to add some sparkle so I used the clear Wink of Stella on each.

I attached the flowers to white card stock that is attached to Lemon Lime Twist card stock for front of card.  Those were attached to a white card stock card.  All supplies are Stampin Up.

Until next time,

Inky Hugs,

Alicia

Climbing Orchards

This stamp set creates such beautiful flowers.  It is really easy to get carried away and make a bunch of them in different colors! 
The orchids really steal the show here.  They were stamped on Powder Pink card stock in Berry Burst ink, and then die cut with the Orchid Builder dies.  A good trick to get the orchids to look more realistic is to use a bone folder and very gently pull the card stock in between the bone folder and your finger.  Do this to all your blossoms.  Then gently sponge the centers.  I also used quite a few  dimensionals to vary the heights of the petals.  I liked the end result so much that I made another card with light blue card stock and Night of Navy ink.  All supplies are Stampin Up.

 

Until next time,

Inky Hugs,

Alicia

Lasting Lily

As life tends to do these days, time has moved much too fast.  I had every intention of posting this for Mother's Day and well, you see when it is!!  But I liked this so much I wanted to share .  I love making a bouquet of flowers for a card.  Yes, it is more work but I really love the effect.
The card is made with the Lasting Lily SU stamp set and die cuts, which have been retired.  But if you are interested, I do have my set that I will sell if you want.
The lilies are stamped in Pineapple Punch and Flirty Flamingo ink.  The stems are stamped in Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist. 
Even though I am bit late with this, hope you like.

Until next time,

Inky Hugs,

Alicia