Hello fellow crafters!
I am pretty darn excited for this new Kindred Stamps set, “Stay Wild”. I had themed my one year anniversary photo session after two little fur balls a lot like these!
My best friend, and fellow Kindred Stamps Creative Team member has been encouraging me to step out of my comfort zone with my card designs. I spent hours on Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and even bought a bunch of new crafty stuff… that I have NO IDEA how to use.
For the first card, I stepped away from the very busy scrapbooking paper that I usually use (which I am sure Rachel is still pleasantly surprised by) and made my own background instead. No worries, scrapbooking paper is incorporated in one of my other cards…HAHA. For this background though, I used an acrylic block and hand stamped the sentiment “you can be anything” just randomly in different directions.
I finished the card off with this pair of furry friends, a strip of carrot washi tape, and a cute orange bow embellishment.
Next, I created a few tags! When making these tags I knew I had the perfect washi tape to use: carrots (which, by the way, hubby had told me I would never use). However, I freaked out because I couldn’t find my it anywhere for several days, but ended up finding it just in time for pictures! I was SO excited to incorporate into this project. I used a tag die cut with a flap, and hand cut out some plain colored card stock and glued it on the back so I could add my “hop to it” sentiment.
This woven ribbon technique was an AMAZING Pinterest find! I included the link below. Essentially you use glue dots for each strand on each end. Once you have three on one side, move onto the next and weave the ribbon in and out (don’t forget those glue dots!).
I used some retired Stampin’ Up paper behind the ribbon and stamped sentiment directly on it. I added another set of my furry friends to finish it off!
Hopefully you enjoyed my projects, and maybe even learned a new trick! The entire Kindred Stamps November release will be available Friday, November 9th at 8am PST/11am EST. Be sure to check out the Kindred Stamps blog on Friday for the full product release as well as the complete line up of all the Kindred Stamps Design Team projects from release week! If you visit and comment on all of the designers’ blogs this week, you could win $15 in Kindred Stamps shop credit! So join the Fan Club and release event, show the design team some love, and get ready to empty those wallets this Friday!
As always, Happy Crafting!
Nice job on the cards – beautiful coloring.
I flipped out when I saw this set… You did a great job and it’s not even in your comfort zone! awesome.
Way to go on proving your hubby wrong. I just made a bunch cards and used a ton of materials I have had for years. So satisfying. Cute cards.
So much cuteness! I love how you colored the critters!
What fun cards and tag! Love the coloring and techniques you shared
Beautiful work! Love the weaving technique, I actually used it to wrap some of my presents this year!
Nice work Molly! Great idea to get Pinterest inspiration to help with your funk. 🙂 we all have them so know you’re not alone!
What fabulous cards! Kudos, too, for stepping outside of your comfort zone. I hope you agree that you rocked it!
They are all amazing Molly. Thank you for sharing your talent with us!!
Great job on these, Molly! And bravo to you on stepping out of your comfort zone. It’s a tough thing to do!