hello my fellow crafters and welcome to Inspiration for cards! This time I am. again, working with the Elizabeth Craft Design Classic Christmas set. This set is so versatile that you can keep making cards with it and they are all different. This time I am using a glossy texture paste to create the shiny background. I spread this over a stencil I made out of yup using the background die from the set. It really brought out the colors that I used. The Tim Holtz mica stain sprays are… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to inspiration for cards. In today’s project I am testing out the Ranger Gel plate for the very first time. what are my thoughts? do I like it? how does it work? well let me tell you… it was way to much fun. some things did not work out. I tried stamping with a beautiful Tim Holtz stamp but that was a fail. However the soft look and the beautiful blend it gives are just stunning. and its different than anything else I have tried… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to inspiration for cards. Last week I shared my introduction to Planner Essentials and how I fell in love with it. Working with the stunning Elizabeth Craft Design Planner Essentials Mason Jar set inspired me to make this card. I took some elements of this set and turned them in to a beautiful winter scene. I love this collection even more now… it is so versatile and you can use the loose elements for anything. no matter if that is art journalling, planner or… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters! Welcome to my blog. Sometimes the simplest cards are the nicest. This one was not the simplest to make but the clean look of this silver and whit card is so classy! And was fun to make. And this set from Elizabeth Craft Design makes it so easy to come with new ideas, I love it. this set is extremely versatile and can make you a big variation of different cards without being to complicated. If you want to know more hop over to my YouTube… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to Inspiration for cards. I discovered a new addiction and that is making planner pages. Paper crafting is so much more than just making cards and I always knew that. However I never did anything other than making cards. When I was contacted by Esther Glas, the designer behind the Planner Essentials collection at Elizabeth Craft Design i was intrigued. She send me some of the Planner essentials sets and I started playing. I LOVE IT. by the time I am writing this I… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to my blog. I had to much fun playing around with alcohol inks and making these backgrounds. Alcohol ink is such a forgiving medium to work with. The end results are just stunning! I love the soft movement and depth that is in there. and in the end these were made in just a couple of minutes. I turned these in to cards using just 1 big and beautiful sentiment from Elizabeth Craft Design resulting in these stunning Christmas cards! Please hop over to… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. For today’s Christmas card I am putting on my vintage hat again. I am absolutely in love with this card and how its turned out.Using the texture paste really gives this card dimension and makes it pop. The different colors of embossing pores really finish it of! If you want to see a step by step making of, please hop over to my YouTube channel: At the end of this blog you will find a full list of supplies that I used… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. today I am playing around with a lot of different inks to create two different backgrounds. the ink smushing technique is a lot of fun and packs a punch! it can really create a lot of depth. Especially when using different sort of inks. in this case I am using ink stains, mica stains, oxide inks and sprays and that really helps to create a layered effect as these all have different opacities. Now this die set form Concord and 9th makes… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. For this blog I need to give credit to Gina K. I got inspired by her Wreath builder however, as I can’t buy that here in the Netherlands, I made one myself with my Cricut. That’s the one that I am using for this card. Now to make this beautiful wreath I am, again using the S.A. Tim Holtz Winter watercolor 2 set. This set is so versatile that it can be used in many ways. I am so happy that the… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. In this video you can see me struggle with a layering stamp set. As easy as it seemed, it turned out a bit harder. However, I am sure it was user error ;). I Am also using a Sizzix embossing folder. That was a bit small for the cardstock I used but by turning the cardstock around and emboss it again I managed to get a good impression. I am also using the Hero arts die inks for the first time. I… Read More
