gratitude

I misplaced a set of stamps. I remember putting it somewhere, thinking I was going to see it when I opened up wherever it was that I put them, but I really can't find them. I've looked everywhere. Even my daughter helped me. Still, no stamps.

I did find this set of Creative Layers stamps by Claudine Hellmuth that I bought a while ago from Inspiration Emporium. There are two sets--a foam set and an outline one. You can just use the outline set and color in the images, or use them together with the foam set. Stamping the outline over the foam image isn't perfect. It's a little offset stamping for a retro look. 

Claudine suggests using acrylic paints on the foam stamps, but I used distress inks and created this card.

Once I started, I couldn't stop. I stamped, overstamped, distressed, and Stickled the card and it was FUN! When was the last time you made a card just for fun?

And no, I didn't find the stamps yet, but it was a productive afternoon nonetheless.

Thanks for visiting today! Have a great week....

Stamps: Claudine Hellmuth Creative Layers, Hero Arts dots, Impress sentiment, Unity flower background
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Purple Onion Designs stitch stamp
Ink: Ranger distress inks (Black Soot, Victorian Velvet, Scattered Straw, Crushed Olive, Walnut Stain)
Other: Stickles, white pigment pen, rayon seam binding dyed by me

Faux canvas flowers and a giveaway!

As soon as I saw Kristina Werner use some canvas flowers by Jillibean Soup in her video, a little light bulb went off and I had to try and make my own.

I stamped the Dots background on Claudine Hellmuth's wonderful sticky back canvas, using the new Hero Hues chalk ink in Punch. After letting it dry, I used a Nestabilities flower set and cut them out. Added a button and I was quite pleased with the result!

I wish that I used some type of acrylic paint so the dots would be darker, and maybe YOU can try and make some.

Yep, I'm giving away a pack of sticky back canvas and a Dot background cling stamp to one lucky person.

Just leave me a comment and tell me a "feel good" thing that happened recently.

Even if you don't make these faux Jillibean Soup flowers, the canvas is a great surface to stamp on and takes all types of medium really well. And the Nestabilities cuts through the canvas cleanly, too. I'm also planning to die cut some butterflies soon...

The deadline to leave a comment is Friday, April 2nd at 11:59pm Hawaii standard time. Check the little clock on my blog's sidebar. I will announce the winner on Sunday's post. And I will ship internationally, too, so spread the word!

Stamps: Pure Innocence from My Favorite Things; Hero Arts

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink white, Gina K

Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye

Ink: Memento, Versafine, Colorbox

Other: Nestabilities, corner rounder, Copics,

Sticky back canvas, button