I've Got Tropic Fever

I don't know about you, but I'm kind of obsessed with all things Tropical. I especially love the deep yet vibrant hues found in lush tropical foliage. I just makes me happy. I especially love it in a good pattern.

I've also noticed a lot of bold geometric patterns paired with tropical themes in fashion and print. This is what inspired our new Tropic Fever stamp set.

The full background image included in this set is amazing stamped in any color, used with ink resist and ink blending, and equally amazing in solid black.

I heat embossed the floral images in this set in white and did simple ink blending with Distress Inks over each. I used the companion die to cut out all of the images and then created little floral clusters to arrange on my card front.

The bold black pattern in the background sets these bright colors off perfectly. I chose Distress Inks in Spiced Marmalade, Lucky Clover, and Twisted Citron for my color palette. I love how intense and bold this card turned out and would love this in a fabric pattern!

I finished it off with a heat embossed sentiment from our new Birthday Wishes stamp set and some Nuvo Drops in Apple Green. I think I'll be creating a set of these swapping out the hibiscus in different colors. These will be perfect to have on hand in a pinch and come together incredibly quickly since the coloring is simple ink blending. Win-Win.

That's it for today, but I will have more from this set coming up. I told you I am digging the tropical patterns....and this set is PERFECT for stamping your own.

Thanks for stopping by!

Featured Supplies

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Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS | EH	Ranger Embossing Powder LIQUID PLATINUM Shop at: SSS
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts Shop at: SSS	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Ranger Multi-Medium Matte Shop at: SSS	Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit Shop at: SSS | EH	EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors Shop at: SSS	Tombow MONO Adhesive PERMANENT Tape Dispenser Shop at: SSS	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size Shop at: SSS
Sizzix Magnetic Platform Shop at: SSS	Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz 4.25 X 5.5 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Shop at: SSS	Tropic Fever Shop at: WP9	Tropic Fever Die Shop at: WP9	Birthday Wishes Shop at: WP9
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Shop at: SSS	Tonic APPLE GREEN GLOSS Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS

Oh My Gostrich!

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I wanted to share another new set with you from our May 2018 Release. This is such a fun set, Stephany Zerbe did a fantastic job illustrating it! Again, I created several cards with this one, but I have two to share with you today.

I decided to create a fun shaker card first. I wanted to create a little party of ostriches. Or is the plural of ostrich, ostrich? One sec, BRB.

Well, thank you google. Apparently either is correct. I think I'm gonna go with "ostrich". Just sounds better to me.

So, for this Ostrich Party, I started by stamping the image of the two ostrich several time on my panel. I then masked them off and stamped the background in Queen Bee PURE COLOR dye ink using the Big Top Background stamp. I colored my guys and there accessories with Copic Markers.

For the shaker frame, I used our 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles die to cut a window. I stamped and heat embossed "birthday" onto the acetate window using the new Birthday Wishes stamp set.

I piled all of my little sequins and bits inside and then adhered everything together. I think this is a fun little party-in-a-card that is perfect for boys and girls of all ages!

Next up, I wanted to create something appropriate for those men in our lives over 21. This could easily be created for a woman as well, but I usually have a difficult time with masculine cards, so I thought this was a perfect set to explore some of those options without defaulting to the "typical" guy themes.

I stamped the ostrich and colored them with Copic Markers. Then I used the companion die to cut out the circle and heads. The die for this is perfect and cuts a negative circle out and around them. Again, perfect for a shaker card. But instead, for this one, I used the confetti image from our new And Many More! stamp set to stamp the confetti on the background panel. I also used the same set to stamp the circular sentiment around the window opening. The full sentiment reads "Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday Dear Friend! Happy Birthday To You! And Many More!"

I finished these guys off with a few accessories and a banner and sentiment, all included in Oh My Gostrich!.

Hope you enjoyed! I do have a few others to share with you, but I'll have videos of those. I just need to voice them over. In addition to our May Release, I just turned the big 4-Oh and my husband's birthday was yesterday. Add in Mother's Day as well, I've been stealing time where ever I can! LOL So, if you are not yet subscribed to our YouTube Channel, be sure to head over there and subscribe. That will be up in the next couple of days.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and Memorial Day Weekend for those in the states!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS | EH
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts Shop at: SSS	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Ranger Multi-Medium Matte Shop at: SSS	Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit Shop at: SSS | EH	Wplus9 Queen Bee Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Bo Peep PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors Shop at: SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets Shop at: SSS	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size Shop at: SSS	Sizzix Magnetic Platform Shop at: SSS	Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER Shop at: SSS	Inkadinkado STAMPING MASK PAPER Shop at: SSS	Oh My Gostrich! Shop at: WP9	Oh My Gostrich! Die Shop at: WP9
And Many More! Shop at: WP9	Birthday Wishes Shop at: WP9	Big Top Background Shop at: WP9