Stamptember 2026 Blog Party!

 Hello and happy Stamptember everyone!   Today there is a big blog party, not a blog hop, going on with Simon Says Stamp offering different codes for deals all day long!   You can find the entire blog party list on the Simon Says Stamp blog.   Simon Says Stamp was so kind and sent me several products from the release.  I'm going to share a couple of cards that I made with those products.  But first up I will be sharing the special code that I have for an exclusive product.  You can get a set of SSS nesting star dies with a purchase of $30 and the code found in the graphic.  See the entire release right here.

Now on to what I created!

This first card features the fun Wavy Rainbow die set, as well as the gorgeous Opulent Happy die set.  I think this card may be going to my pink loving great niece who has a birthday this month.  I used Simon Says Stamp pink and white glitter cardstock for the die cutting of the Wavy Rainbow.  I then alternated the pink and the white and adhered it to a cardstock base.  I die cut the happy from glossy black cardstock and the shadow from heavy weight vellum.  The birthday sentiment is from a CZ Designs/Simon Says Stamp birthday sentiments set.   Very simple, but I think rather impactful.

This next card uses the super fun Layering Christmas Trees stamp set and the A7 Notched Rectangle dies set.  I don't often make A7 sized cards, but I think these dies will come in handy for other sizes of cards.  And maybe this will spur me to make a few A7 sized cards.   There are a whopping 15 dies in this set!  I used three to make this card.  One for the base and then two for the layers.   The Layering Trees can be used with two shades of ink, but for my card I actually just used one.  The first layer was very light and then I stamped the top layer several times to get the darker shade.   The little circles or ornaments come as a single stamp.  I simply cut them apart so I could stamp them randomly around the tree.  I did use a rather dark ink, but for some reason the glossy accents changed the color when it was applied.   I finished with the split sentiment. 

Well, that's it for me.  Enjoy the Stamptember blog party and happy shopping at Simon Says Stamp!  

It's a STAMPtember Blog Party!!

Hello, hello!  Can you believe that it is already September?  And with the arrival of September that means STAMPtember has also arrived!!  Today I'm participating in a BLOG PARTY hosted by Simon Says Stamp to celebrate the start of STAMPtember. And because it is a celebrate there are party favors!  I have a code to share that allow you to get a free word die with ANY PURCHASE!  Check out all the deets in the banner at the end of this post.  Simon Says Stamp was so kind and provided me with the super adorable Best Witches stamp set to create with.   You can kind all the new STAMPtember products right here.  Let's have a look at what I created with the Best Witches stamp set.

When I pulled the stamp set out of the mailer it arrived in, I saw the stack of books and thought how fun it would be to create a little scene with one of the critter witches (that's what I call them, lol) sitting on top of the stack.   I love this card turned out.   A little side note, thanks to Simon Says Stamp I have done more masking and coloring of images in the last two months than I have done in the last FIVE years!   I figured out my scene, created my masks and then stamped all the images.  Once stamped I colored everything with Copic markers and then die cut the panel with a SSS A2 Rectangle frames die. I stamped the little book in the magic spell (or at least that is how I see it, lol!), colored it and then trimmed it out.  To finish the card I placed the masks back on the images and then used some distress mica spray in Harvest Moon in the approximate spot where the little book would be floating.  Once everything was dry I stamped the sentiment and then added the little book.   

As you can see, there is a bit of similarity between the two cards.  This card is the one that I actually made first and it gave me the idea to keep going in the same vein with the card shared above.   I created the tag using the largest Simon Says Stamp Label Tag die.  I stamped the little critter witch on the tag and colored it with Copic makers.  I then made a mask of the little critter witch, covered up my coloring and spritz the tag with distress mica spray in Bubbling Cauldron and Fortune Teller.  I stamped and colored the bubbling cauldron with Copics, trimmed it out and then adhered it to my tag.  To keep the sparkle going I trimmed down strips of purple, bright green and black glitter card stock and adhered them to my rectangle panel.  The tag was added to the card front along with a bright green twine bow.  I stamped the sentiment, die cut it with a sentiment strip die and adhered to the card front. 

That's it for me!  Make sure you check out the full release at Simon Says Stamp.  There is a link in my sidebar that will take you directly to Simon Says Stamp.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Happy Monday!

 Hello everyone!  Popping in to share a card and a tag that I made with a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp's Stamptember release.  I was supposed to be part of a blog party today, but for some reason Blogger flagged the post as against community guidelines.  I got it republished, but then they flagged it again.  So, I finally deleted the post.  So very frustrating to say the least as I was never in violation of their community guidelines!  Anyway, I did want to share what I had made so here they are.

The stamp set they sent me is called You Matter and it has two pretty floral images and several individual images.  One of the image is rather long and so I decided to make something other than a A2 sized card with it.  At first I was going to make a slimline card and then I decided not to as I honestly don't like making slimline cards.  So I got out a #8 distress heavy stock tag and created what you see.  I got some of the new distress spritz sprays in a Simon Says Stamp card kit so I used those on the tag.  I laid the image on the tag so I could figure out where to spray each color of spritz, removed the image and sprayed the tag.  I let it dry and then stamped the image and the sentiments with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink.  I applied clear embossing powder and heat set.  A piece of cream heavy stock was also spritzed with each color, dried and then stamped with the individual images with Nocturne ink, embossing powder applied, heat set and trimmed out.  I layered those images on the tag, added the ribbon and I was done.

For my card I placed the smaller image in my MISTI toward the bottom of the panel and stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I then flipped the panel and stamped the image again leaving a nice opening in the center of the panel. I stamped individual flowers on a piece of cardstock with the Tuxedo Black ink and then colored all the images with Copic markers.  The individual flowers were trimmed out and popped up.  I stamped the sentiments, trimmed out the "you" and then die cut the "matter" with a sentiment strip die.  Those were popped up in the center.  So glossy accents were added to the flower stamens and to the little berry like images.   Going to add this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day.

It's STAMPTEMBER!

Hi everyone!  September has arrived and that means that STAMPTEMBER has arrived, as well.  If you haven't heart of Stamptember I will fill you in.  Stamptember is Simon Says Stamp's celebration of all things crafting.  The month is filled with special collaboration releases from many of your favorite stamp companies, special edition crafty kits and so much more.  Today Simon Says Stamp is kicking things off with a blog party (not a blog hop)!  You can see the list of all participants on the Simon Says Stamp blog.  Each participant has a special code to share.  Using my code will allow you to get the Fancy Love die set for free with purchase!   See the graphic below for the code:

The code is good until September 3, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET.  

Simon was so kind and sent me the super cute Happy Hauntings stamp set to create with.  I'm not a huge fan of Halloween, but I now have one great nephew and three great nieces and the cute little dragon images are perfect to use to create Halloween cards for all the littles in your life!   Take a look at what I created.

There are four images in the stamp set and lots of fun sentiments.  I stamped all the images using VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink on watercolor paper and then watercolored them with my Jane Davenport watercolors.  I was going to color two of the dragons purple, but loved the first two so much in the bright green that I did all four that way.  How cute are these two little witch dragons?  I just love the one with the balloon.  I have never seen the Nightmare Before Christmas, but I'm very aware of the main character Jack Skellington and the balloon face reminds me of him!  

I love pumpkins so I was happy to see two of the dragons carrying pumpkins.   Once all the images were colored and dry I die cut them with a small rectangle die and then moved onto creating the backgrounds.  I used the SSS Ticking background stamp from the July release and stamped it using Spiced Marmalade distress oxide ink.    I distressed the edges of the rectangle using Peeled Paint distress oxide ink and a very light distressing of  Black Soot distress oxide ink.  I layered the backgrounds on lime green cardstock.   For a little more interest I stamped the spider web in the corner of each piece and then added some silver stickles (which you can't really see in the photos).   I love how they turned out!

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy the Stamptember release blog party!  Don't forget you can see the entire release right here. 

STAMPtember Blog Party!

 Hello everyone!  Stamptember is here.  Have you seen all the fabulous new products?!  Simon was so kind and sent me the super adorable Holiday Ornaments stamp set.  I have created two cards using this sweet stamp set.  To celebrate Stamptember Simon Says Stamp is having a blog party.  There is a full list of participants on the Simon Says Stamp blog.  Each stop on the hop will have a code that you can use at Simon Says Stamp for something fun.  Please see the banner below for the special code I have to get a free stamp set with a $30 purchase!  (A list of affiliate linked products is at the end of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

For my first card I pulled out some very old patterned paper call Santa's List by Teresa Collins.  I now only have two sheets of this sweet paper left.  I stamped the ornament on one piece and trimmed it out in full.  I then stamped just the bow portion of the stamp twice on a different patterned paper.  I trimmed out the full bow from one and then just part of the bow on the second.  There were then layered on the main image.  There are cute little candy stamps in the set and I stamped those on the patterned paper and then colored them with Polychromos pencils in red and white.  I added the strings and then the sentiment.  The main ornament was popped up with thin foam squares.  I finished off the card with the little red twine bows.

For this card I used the snowman ornament.  I stamped him on watercolor cardstock with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then colored him very simply with a light gray and light blue watercolor.  The nose was colored in orange, the cheeks pink and then I added some black to the eyes.   I also used the gray for the ornament topper and then added white shimmer watercolor over the top.  After everything was dry I trimmed it out.  The background was created by using the SSS Delicate Snowflake stencil and Tumbled Glass distress oxide on white cardstock.   I then added Ranger clear embossing paste over the top for a shiny finish.  Once the embossing paste was dry I added a little bit of the Tumbled Glass around the edges of my die cut rectangle.  I die cut a medium blue cardstock for a mat and added the snowflake panel to that.  I popped up the ornament with thin foam squares.  The sentiment was heat embossed in silver on vellum and then added to the panel using Bearly Art glue.   I finished with a little bow that I created using the little bow from the Flower Bundle die set.  

Affiliate linked list of supplies used:

Stamptember release

Holiday Ornaments Stamp set

Holiday Ornaments Die set

Holiday Ornaments Stamp and Die bundle

Spellbinders Plantinum 6

Wagner Heat Tool

Watercolor cardstock

Jane Davenport watercolors

Polychromos Color Pencils

VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink

VersaMark watermark embossing ink

Ranger Silver embossing powder 

Ranger Texture Paste Transluscent Gloss

Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink

Bearly Art Glue

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L thin foam squares

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the blog party and don't forget to shop the release!

Stamptember Blog Party!

 Hello and happy Stamptember everyone!   I'm so excited to take part in the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember blog party this year!   This isn't a blog hop, but an opportunity to see what many different papercrafters have created with Stamptember products.  The full list of participants can be found on the SSS blog .  I have two cards to share with you, as well as an opportunity to get a free product from Simon Says Stamp with any purchase from Simon Says Stamp.  Check out the graphic below for more details.  Gotta move quick though as the offer expires tonight at 11:59 pm EDT!   You can find the entire Stamptember release right here.   (Compensated affiliate links used where possible.  When you use my links I earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

Simon Says Stamp kindly provided me with the fun CZ Designs Love that Student stamp set to create with.  I shared this card over on Instagram on the 1st.  Super simple design.  I found blue, red and green cardstocks and trimmed a strip from each.  I didn't want them to all be the same width so the red one is slightly smaller.  I adhered the strips to a white cardstock panel and then die cut the panel with a rectangle die so that everything would have a nice finished edge.   The sentiment was created by using the large word student from the sent along with the smaller sentiment.  I first stamped the large word on vellum with VersaFine watermark ink and heat embossed in black.  I trimmed the strip down leaving room to make sure I could stamp the smaller sentiment.  I adhered the sentiment with thing foam strips.   The apple was embossed on vellum in red, trimmed out and popped up.  

I really had fun making this next card.  I don't often make backgrounds using small stamps, but that little pencil in the Love that Student set really got me thinking about different ways to use it.  I tried out a couple of ideas that didn't really work, but loved it when I did a test run of a background.  I stamped the pencil on the yellow cardstock with VersaFine Clair Acorn ink.  I then colored in the erasers and the pencil tips in red and black.   The sentiment was stamped on vellum with watermark ink, embossed in red and then die cut with the rectangle die (a very old die from Simon Says Stamp that is no longer available.).   I popped up the sentiment with strips of foam tape and then added the little stars to the corners.  The larger red stars were created using one of the stars from the stamp set that I embossed in black on vellum and then filled in with Nuvo Crystal drops in Berry.  Adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to stamp it!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed my projects and that you get a chance to check out the entire Stamptember release!  Have a lovely day!

STAMPtember Blog Celebration!

(To see my A Jillian Vance Design card, please click here.)
Hello and happy STAMPtember everyone!  Can you believe that we have rolled around to another one?!  I'm participating in a blog celebration (or party) put on by Simon Says Stamp to celebrate this yearly event.   This isn't a blog hop per se, but a large gathering of lots of crafters sharing tons of inspiration.  You can start at the beginning by heading to the Simon Says Stamp blog.  And since this a party you have to have prizes and surprises, right?!  Well check out the banner for your opportunity to get a free stamp set for a $100 order using the code!  The are other codes and offers to be found so make sure you check out the whole blog party!  I have two cards and a set of tags to share with you today that I made using the beautiful Prismatic Snowflakes.  You can find the new release here.  I also used the Holiday Snowflake Tag die set, as well as sentiments from the Frozen Fractals stamp set and Stained Glass Greetings stamp and die set. 



First up is a set of tags that I made with the two largest snowflakes from the Prismatic Snowflakes set along with the Holiday Snowflake Tag die set.  I stamped the snowflakes on white cardstock with VersaMark watermark ink and then heat embossed them using pewter embossing powder.  The smaller snowflakes were then inked with Speckled Egg and Tumbled Glass distress oxide inks and the larger snowflakes with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean distress oxide inks.  I trimmed out the snowflakes and layered them on tags that I die cut from white cardstock and Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass cardstock.  I also die cut the snowflake from the tag set from Memory Box glitter cardstock that has a light blue tint to it.  Those were layered on the tags and the snowflakes layered on tope.  I finished off each tag with different embellishments.   Large jewels from Pretty Pink Posh for one set of tags and small snowflake sequins and Pretty Pink Posh jewels for the other.   Love how they turned out!

The next project is a card that was inspired by some of the beautiful cards that the super talented Yana Smakula creates!   She is so good at creating dramatic backgrounds using stamps and then filling in the spaces with jewels or sequins.  I'm not so great at creating background with stamps, but was able to pull this one off because there are so many snowflakes in the set making it easy to arrange the background.  I simply placed the largest snowflake in the center then around additional snowflakes around the top and partway down the sides.  I stamped the images with VersaMark watermark ink, then flipped my cardstock panel around, removed the large center snowflake, left the others in place and stamped.  I applied gold embossing powder (from WOW Embossing) and heat set.  Once that was done I used Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot distress inks to darken the edges of my dark blue panel leaving the center uninked.  The panel was then trimmed down slightly with a rectangle die.  I stamped the word peace from the Stained Glass Greeting set on vellum with watermark ink, applied gold embossing powder and heat set.  This was then wrapped around the panel and secured in the back.  I stamped the sentiment (also from Stained Glass Greetings) on the same dark blue cardstock with watermark ink and heat set with gold embossing powder.  This was trimmed down and popped up on the vellum strip.  Then I filled in most of the gaps using some pretty gold pearls that I had left over from making Christmas cards with my Glimmer and a Spellbinders card kit.   I absolutely love how this card turned out!

The last card was something that I just decided to do well... at the last minute.  Originally I was only going to do the card and tags, but was enjoying making things with the stamp set and just couldn't stop!   I used a sentiment from the Frozen Fractals stamp set and one of the dies from the Christmas Foliage die set.  I stamped the large snowflake on vellum with watermark ink and then heat embossed with a sparkly white embossing powder from WOW Embossing.  The snowflake was then trimmed out and a large Pretty Pink Posh Jewel added to the center.  I then die cut the leafy sprig from some of the same Memory Box glitter cardstock I used on the tags.  I die cut a panel of Sea Glass cardstock and arranged my snowflake and the leafy sprigs on the front.  I didn't adhere everything down at that point as I still needed to stamp the sentiment.  I placed the sentiment where I wanted it, removed everything and then stamped it using VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink.  Everything was then glued in place and the panel adhered to a white cardstock base.   I finished off the design with additional jewels.

Thanks for stopping by and happy STAMPtember!

Happy Stamptember!!

Hello everyone and welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember 2019 blog celebration!  This isn't a traditional blog hop, but an opportunity for you to find lots and lots of inspiration and ways to use all of the newly released Stamptember products.  The complete list of all participants can be found on the Simon Says Stamp blog.   Each blog will also be offering a special code that you can use to get something fun from Simon Says Stamp!  The code is found in the banner on my blog and only good until August 34rd at 11:59 pm EDT so make sure you place your order by then if you want the free item!  Simon sent me the School Days Grow stamp set to create with and I just fell in love with the sweet little flower images in the set.  They have tiny faces.... so cute!!

My first card uses those sweet little flowers for a clean and simple design based on the sketch from Fab Friday so I will be posting my card there, as well as with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.  I stamped the flowers in a row using VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then colored them very simply with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils using the colors from Color Throwdown.  I think there is just enough time for me to add my card to their gallery, as well.   I then trimmed down my panel to fit my cardstock base.  I stamped the sentiment on SSS fog cardstock with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then trimmed it down.  The polka dot strip is some patterned paper from Moda Scrap that came in a Simon Says Stamp card kit that I purchased several months ago (apologies, but I don't remember which month!).  I layered those on per the sketch and then added the little twine bow.  The panel was then adhered with foam dimensionals to the cardstock base.   Super clean and simple!

The second card is also pretty clean and simple.  This time I used another piece of Moda Scrap patterned paper (all the papers were just so beautiful and made creating my cards so easy!) that I trimmed down and die cut with the SSS Flower Cluster die. I have had the Flower Cluster die for quite sometime, but this is the first time I have used it!    I adhered the die cut patterned paper to a light pink cardstock base and stamped the sentiment using Memento Bamboo ink.   The flower cluster was die cut two more times from white cardstock, all the little bits removed and then placed back inside the negative space finishing with the patterned paper die cut on top.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Please make sure to check out all the blogs participating in this celebration and pick up some of the newly released products.  You can find all of them here.

Supplies:  Card #1:  Cardstock:  MFT white, SSS fog; Patterned paper:  Moda Scrap; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Inks:  VersaFine CLAIR; Coloring medium:  Faber-Castell Polychromos color pencils

Card #2:  Cardstock:  Reverse Confetti pink; Patterned paper:  Moda Scrap; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Die:  Simon Says Stamp; Ink: Memento Bamboo

thank you for helping me grow...

Hey there!  Happy Stamptember!  If you don't know what Stamptember is then you need to head over to Simon Says Stamp to find out what exactly it is, lol!  Today is the first day of Simon Says Stamp 10 anniversary celebration of Stamptember and there will be lots of fun things happening through out the month.   Tomorrow I will be participating in a blog celebration and sharing two cards that I made with the School Days Grow stamp set that Simon kindly sent me.   As a little lead up to tomorrow I'm sharing two other cards that I made and have shared on my Instagram.   Both cards are super simple designs and were made using patterned papers from Moda Scrap that came in a Simon Says Stamp card kit that I purchased several months ago.  (Sorry, but I don't remember what monthly kit it was!)  The first card was so easy to put together.  I stamped one of the pretty sentiments from the set on vellum with white embossing powder, trimmed it down and then adhered it to a piece of patterned paper.  I adhered that to a SSS fog card base and then added lots and lots of Pretty Pink Posh iridescent white jewels.

The second card is another simple design and was created using the SSS Circle Leaf die, the Moda Scrap patterned paper and a sentiment from the set.  I die cut the Circle Leaf from the patterned paper, trimmed down the opposite side and adhered it to a green cardstock base with foam dimensionals.   I then stamped the sentiment on a strip of white cardstock, trimmed it to fit the card front and adhered it to the card front.  I then added lots and lots of Pretty Pink Posh jewels in green and iridescent white.  The layout for this card is based on the Sunday Stamp sketch so I will be posting the card there, as well as at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge since this week it is anything goes.  Make sure you head over to Simon Says Stamp to check out all the new goodies that Simon released today.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Simon Says Stamp fog; PTI New Leaf, Vellum; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Dies:  Simon Says Stamp; Patterned Paper:  Moda Scrap; Ink:  VersaMark, VersaFine; Embossing powder:  Hero Arts white

STAMPtember Blog Party!!

Hey friends!!  Simon Says Stamp's huge month long party called STAMPtember has arrived and today I'm part of a huge blog party being hosted by Simon Says Stamp.   Now this blog party isn't a hop, but each person participating in the party has a special code that you can use to get free items or discounts.  Make sure you hit as many blogs on the list (available on the Simon Says Stamp blog) as you just never know what you might find.  Think of it as a sort of treasure hunt!  As you can see I have a code that you can use to have a free set of Doodlebug Breakfast Buddies shape sprinkles stickers added to your order.   This code is valid through 11:59 pm EDT on September 4th.  You can find the new release here.

Simon Says Stamp generously supplied me with a gorgeous new mandala stamp called Nature Mandala designed by the crazy talented Stephanie Low!!   I love her designs and just purchased a stamp set she created for the last SSS release.  I can't wait to get it, but in the meantime I have some cards to share that I made using Nature Mandala!   For the first set of cards you see I did some heat embossing.  The card on the bottom I stamped on kraft cardstock and then heat embossed the image using some sparkly gold embossing powder.  It is really pretty in person, but hard to see in the photo.  I did take a close up so you can see the sparkly embossing better.  On the top card I embossed the image in white and then did the emboss/resist technique using Distress Oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey.     Because I wanted the image to be the focus I kept things simple with my sentiments.  For the bottom card I stamped a sentiment from the SSS set Mom Flowers on some kraft cardstock in black and then trimmed the strip down.  A strip of gold glitter cardstock was added to one side of the card base and then the main image panel was adhered along with the sentiment.  For the second card I used a sentiment from the SSS Take Heart set along with the layered heart die set that works with the Take Heart set.

For the second card I pulled out some patterned paper from Pink Fresh Studio that came in the Simon Says Stamp June card kit.   I found a yellow ink that worked well with the pattern on the paper and then stamped the full image on the paper.  I then trimmed the paper into two pieces.  I used sentiments from the SSS set Handwritten Floral Greetings and stamped them in VersaFine Vintage Sepia.   I added a strip of dark brown woodgrain cardstock to the bottom of each panel and then adhered them to the card bases.   I finished things off with some yellow sequins from Simon Says Stamp.   I really like the subtle look that stamping on the patterned paper gives the image when stamped with a complimentary color.   Going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the blog party!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  kraft, white, black, gold glitter, dark brown woodgrain; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Inks:  VersaFine Vintage Sepia, VersaMark watermark, VersaFine CLAIR Nocture,  Distress Oxide inks; Embossing powder:  glitter gold, Hero Arts white; Sequins:  Simon Says Stamp

a stamptember sneak peek...

Hey there!!  I'm popping in with a sneak peek of a couple of cards that I have made using a brand new stamp that Simon Says Stamp will be releasing on September 1st as part of Stamptember!   So thankful that Simon Says Stamp reached out to me to be a part of their new releases a few months ago and I'm super excited to be a small part of Stamptember!    I can't say much about Stamptember other than there are lots of fun things in store!   The new stamp that SSS sent me in absolutely gorgeous and so very intricate.  Every time I look at it I see something new!  For both cards I did some embossing.  On the top one I embossed the image on white cardstock with clear embossing powder to do the emboss/resist technique with some Distress Oxide inks.   For the bottom card I used some sparkly gold embossing powder on kraft cardstock.  I will be sharing both card in full at a later date so stay tuned!

Have a wonderful day!