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Dirt Never Hurt

Hi friends! Beep! Beep! It's my day to share a little Jaded Blossom inspiration with y'all. I had fun getting dirty with the new Off Road Mini Release.


For my project I cut the jeep parts from the Car Dies: Off Road Vehicle from army green  and black cardstock, and a silver foil cardstock that I aged with black soot archival for the bumper.  I cut a piece of vellum to glue behind for the windshield, then dirtied up my jeep with some "mud" using the snow pieces from the North Pole Sign die set.

For the background, I picked out a gel pressed background from my stash in brown colors, then added some dirt splotches using portions of the Coffee Stain Stencil. To muddy things up I spritzed some water on and did a bit of smooshing with some coordinating brown  inks.  I did a little extra smooshing for the sentiment. It's from The Road Less Traveled, embossed in brown, then cut with the coordinating The Road Less Traveled Outline Dies. A strip of torn brown cardstock grounds the sentiment, and I popped the jeep up on dimensional foam tape. The 4x4 on the license plate was done by performing a little stamp surgery to the "I like my 4x4 topless" sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day!


Spring Is Here Trio and Video

Hi friends! Today I'm popping in with a little more inspiration using the March Box of the Month from Not 2 Shabby. I really love the spring vibes in this collection, and I'm so glad that spring is finally here!


Today I'm sharing a trio of cards I made with the Tulips for Sale paper pad and the Full Bloom stamp set included in the March Box of the Month. For all of the cards I colored the images with Copic markers, then had a little fun playing with the patterned papers.


For this first card, I have uploaded a video where you can watch me create it. Check it out below or on my YouTube channel




After coloring the image, I added some white gel pen accents and a bit of glaze pen accents on the baby's breath type of flowers. I cut the image with my Brother Scan 'n Cut machine, then fussy cut the inner portions where the spout and handle are. There are coordinating dies available separately if you prefer. I matted my panels with midnight muse cardstock, stamped the sentiment on a tag die cut, then accented with some Colors of Spring Sparkling Enamel Dots.


This next card uses probably my favorite stamp in the whole release. I just love this sentiments and beautiful floral image.  I wanted to make it take center stage, so layered it front and center over a few different rectangle panels of patterned paper from the Tulips for Sale pad.  I used a bit of white twill tape for a divider and accented with some sparkling enamel dots from the Let's Get Cool and Brewing it Up collections. The butterfly is from the coordinating Tulips for Sale Ephemera and I added a few Copic marker accents, then some glossy accents and glitter to make it sparkle.


The final card in my trio uses similar techniques to the previous cards. I found an old tag and bow die in my stash and thought that would be a fun way to add the sentiment. I finished off with more glossy accents and some sparkling enamel dots.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to get out some of those pads of paper and use them!