Quick and Easy Cards with Joni

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing some inspiration using you stamps and dies on a simple way. I've got two cards to share with you today. First up, features the He Is Risen stamp set and the Basic Greetings Die.

To begin, I first stamped the image on blush colored cardstock with Versamark Ink and then heat embossed the image using white embossing powder. Next, I colored the open spaces of the flowers with Copic Markers. This technique is so easy to do and adding that little bit of color really makes it pop.

Next, I cut some small strips of cardstock to create a mat for my greeting. For the final touch I added the "thanks" from Basic Greetings Die.

I love how soft and ethereal this card came out!

For this next project I used new Tossed Floral Background Die, which is really gorgeous!

For this project I die-cut it once from blush and one from white cardstock. I used the positive die cut from the white and the resulting left over outer frame from the blush.

I die cut "hello", again using the Basic Greetings Die for a simple finish to a simple, yet elegant card.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Basic Greetings Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Kraft Cardstock Shop at: WP9
He Is Risen Shop at: WP9	Tossed Florals Background Die Shop at: WP9	Cashmere Cardstock Shop at: WP9

Modern Thanks ft. Modern Peonies w/Kara

Hey Guys! It's Kara and I have another project featuring the big, beautiful Modern Peonies. Last time, I colored them with Distress Inks, this time I colored them with my Copic markers.

I used my favorite color combination of R59 and R29 for flowers and YG63 and YG67 for the leaves. Once all of my images were colored I started to prepare the card panel. I die cut a piece of white cardstock with the 4 Bar Stitched Rectangle die. Then I pulled out another old favorite, this circle from the Dreamcatcher Dies. I positioned it slightly to the left on the card panel because I knew I wanted to adhere my flowers slightly to the right and this would balance it out.

I die cut the circle again from black cardstock and inset the black ring into the card panel window. I started playing around with positioning of my flowers and leaves and settled on this composition.  The 'thanks' die from Basic Greetings was the perfect size to span the width of the circle window.

I wanted to back the panel with black, but didn't want the black behind the window to blend in and obscure the 'thanks' sentiment. I used the negative space white circle and adhered it onto the black panel so that it would be behind the window when I adhered the white panel on top. Finally, I adhered the card front to the back panel with dimensional adhesive.

Quite simple, but I really love the interest that the window adds.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Modern Peonies Stamp Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Modern Peonies Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Basic Greetings Die Shop at: WP9

Holiday Thank You Cards With Kara

Hello! It's Kara and I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season. As we approach the new year I like to send out my holiday thank you cards. I don't send out a ton of them, but I especially like to send a thank you to family and friends far away who have sent me a gift. I'm not able to give them a hug in person so a handmade card is the next best thing!

I couldn't resist making another window card scene with the adorable Holiday Houses stamp set. I started by die cutting two white panels with the same size rectangle die. In one panel ;I die cut a window using the large oval from Basic Labels Dies. I positioned the window panel on top of the second panel and traced the inside of the oval with a pencil very lightly. This way I knew exactly where to apply my distress inked evening sky.

Once my sky was compete, I die cut a few pieces of cardstock with the Landscape Border Die to create my snowy hills. I adhered them together with thin dimensional adhesive so as not to add too much bulk, but still create dimension. I was then able to tuck in all of the tiny houses and trees to create my village.

I used the Basic Greetings Die to die cut the word Thanks several times and adhered them together to create a chipboard-like embellishment. I used a few more bits from the Basic Labels stamp and die set to create the secondary sentiment.

Thanks you so much for stopping by today. Happy New Year! See you in 2018!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Basic Greetings Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Holiday Houses Stamp Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Holiday Houses Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Basic Labels Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Landscape Border Die Shop at: WP9

Watercolored Hellebores with Dawn ft. JoiArt Watercolors

Hello, and Happy December! I know, it's already the 7th. But I kind of just realized it's actually December. Sad, I know. But to be fair, we've been in "Christmas" mode here in the crafty world for a bit now. So it feels like it's been December for months. KWIM?

But now, it truly is. And I truly need to get my Christmas prep and shopping completed. How about you?

So today, I am taking a break from the Christmas crafts and sharing an "all occasion" card using a Christmas stamp set, the Christmas Rose Bouquet.

I personally have an issue with spending money on a one trick pony, which is why I often try to throw in some images that can stretch a classic holiday set through the year. It just makes it feel like a long term investment. ;o)

I have fallen head over heels for the Hellebore flower. I comes in so many different colors and varieties, so I don't foresee myself getting tired of painting them for quite awhile. For this card I painted several of them in violet, rose, green and blue. I used a new to me watercolor set - JoiArt Watercolors. I am really enjoying them, and they will most likely become my "go to" craft watercolors.

I stamped all of my images onto Fabriano Artistico Extra White Cold Pressed watercolor paper using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen. You can purchase the paper in smaller blocks, but I prefer to buy larger and cut them down as it comes out to cost less per card front (plus I can use the larger sheets for fine art pieces).

For my color palette, I ended up using Rose, Violet, Lemon Yellow, Hookers Green, Emerald Green, Prussian Blue and Payne's Grey. I share all of the painting in the video below if you'd like to take a look at the process. Watercolor is definitely one of those processes that is much easier to "show how" than "tell how"!

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

Once I had painted all of my florals, I die cut each using their matching companion dies and created a vertical arrangement. To frame the focal image, I cut a smaller panel and heat embossed the edges in gold.

I kept the sentiment simple and used a stacked hello die cut from our Basic Greetings Die. I cut 4 and glued them one on top of another for a chip board like weight.

When adhering the bouquet, I used the Press'n Seal trick, adhering at varying heights with liquid adhesive and foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping in today. I hope you enjoyed today's project!

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