Thursday, February 6, 2025

Ink Blending & Die Cutting Creates a Pretty Card

If you like making pretty, quick cards, do some ink blending and die cutting.


Hey there! Today I'm sharing a card project for CutCardStock
I like the look of cards with ink blending, but it is not something I do a lot of. 
It’s a pretty easy technique and can be done in many ways with
 different kinds of inks and blending tools. 
Inking on plain card stock is a great alternative to patterned papers. 


Materials

I am using this card stock for this card: Cougar Natural Card StockGold Bright Foil Card Stock and DCS Discount Amaranth Pink Card Stock.

Also using inks, blending tool, dies, and adhesives.

Inking

Choose three inks to blend. I am going with a pink, orange and yellow. A panel of Cougar Natural Card Stock is the base and blending is done with a brush.



Die Cutting

Die cut three rectangular panels. Cut two panels from the inked card stock and one from a plain piece of the Cougar Natural Card Stock.




The Gold Bright Foil Card Stock is perfect for focal and sentiment die cuts.


Next, adhere the two inked panels to a piece of the gold card stock and the plain natural panel to a piece of gold foil.


Constructing the Card

Cut a piece of DCS Discount Amaranth Pink Card Stock to 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Score fold along the 10 inch side at 5 inches to form a 5 x 6 1/2 inch card base. Adhere the larger gold panel to the card base.





Center the smaller panel over the larger and adhere with foam tape.


Add the focal die cuts to the center.





The sentiment goes on the bottom of the card.


Embellish the focal die cut with tiny pink pearls to complete the card.


I appreciate you taking a look at my card featuring ink blending and die cutting. I hope you give this technique a try!


Join us over on the CutCardStock Facebook Page and the newly revamped Facebook Group Creating with CutCardStock for more inspiration.


And even more inspiration can be found on the CutCardStock Creative Blog.













Lovely Bouquet with Ink Blending


Okay, I have a confession. Ink blending is not something I do a lot of. But, after putting this card together I may just be doing a lot more of it!

It's Judy V here with my Pajama Crafter Stamps inspiration project for this week. And, yes I did some ink blending combined with the Lovely Bouquet Stamps.


This is a quick and easy card.

I simply cut a white card stock panel. Next, I masked off a corner. Then I chose 3 colors of ink in the burgundy to orange range. Using a foam blender and some Dye Ink Blending Solution, I blended the darker color to the lightest.

The mask was removed and I stamped the large floral image from the stamp set in black ink. I adhered the panel to a black card base, leaving a border all around. The sentiment was die cut with a shadow and added to the card. I finished up by adding some black pearls from Night Out Pearl Embellishments

I hope you like my ink blending with Lovely Bouquet Stamps card project. If you need a quick and easy card, give this a try! I'm glad I did!

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Linking up to:
A Place to Start - playing ATG
613 Avenue Create - playing ATG


Monday, February 3, 2025

Vintage Mini Tag Album

Hi there! I'm here today with a vintage themed mini tag album project created for 

Clear Scraps.



I’m working with the Mini Tag Album.  This album includes 5 acrylic  pages that measure approximately 3 inches tall and a ring. Clip on a purse, a tote bag, or even clip a mini on the outside of a bigger stand alone album!



Start with the five individual pages and remove the protective film from the backside of each.


Antique parchment colored acrylic paint is added to each page. But you can also add ink, paper or leave clear.



To decorate the pages I pulled out a book of vintage themed ephemera. 




I die cut small oval frames and lightly applied some gold gilding wax for an aged effect.

Stickers were chosen to add to the back of each page. The frames were added.


I turned each page over to the front side, removed the protective film and added stickers.



The book ring was added to the five pages. I attached some ribbons, lace and a charm to finish.







I can attach as a decorative element to a bag.



Or add to an album, notebook or a planner.




Thanks for checking out my project! I hope I’ve given you some inspiration.


Be sure and check out more Clear Scraps inspiration 

by following on social media

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Clear Scraps Facebook

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Saturday, February 1, 2025

Feb Challenge at Morgan's ArtWorld

Happy Saturday and 1st of February!
 Already one month down for the year 2025!
I do not know where time goes?

With that being said, it is time for a new challenge at
If you enjoy entering challenges and have not joined us please do.
It's always ANYTHING GOES and you can enter with 
any images from any company.

For my DT project this time around I am using



I colored the image in muted tones with Castle Arts Harmonious Pencils.
My 6 x 6 inch card base is a metallic card stock.
I added a patterned panel from a Recollections paper pad.
On top of this panel is a die cut circle out of the same card stock as the card base.
Then added a plain white rectangular panel on which my
fussy cut image was popped with foam tape.
I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment which is from Crafter's Companion.
Ribbon was added to the left side of the card and a gem sticker was applied.

Thanks for stopping by, it is always appreciated.




Paper Weaving Valentine Card

 Hello there!
Sharing an inspiration card created for this month's

The challenge is running until February 6th with the theme
ANYTHING GOES.
You are welcome to enter using images from any company.

PRIZES: 
1 x $50 RANDOM PRIZE from all entries: $50 voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything.
3 x $10 PRIZE from all entries - we will pick our favourite Top 3 entries to win a $10 voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything.

You can enter 4 times with new projects
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The DT was asked to created a Valentine project with paper weaving.


 My card was created with
I stamped the roses and leaves and colored with
Spectrum Noir Markers before die cutting.
A paper weaved panel was added to the white background.
I used 4 different card stocks cut into 1/4 inch strips weaved diagonally.
The die cut roses and leaves were adhered to the background.
My sentiment was stamped with the Splendored Love Stamp Set from

Thanks for checking out my project!

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Creative Knockouts - Something to Say
Little Red Wagon - A is for ATG
Addicted to Stamps and More - Die Cuts and/or Stencils
Shopping Our Stash - Crafty Remnants (paper scraps were used for the paper weaving)
Dream Valley Challenge - Use Pink or Red

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Beautiful Braids in My Hair

 Hello there!
Popping in one more time this month to share inspiration for

I have used one of my favorite digis


My card is a simple design.
I used a set of Spellbinders dies to frame the digi which
I colored with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.
The frame was adhered  with foam tape for a little dimension.
The digi was set inside the frame and glued with wet glue.
I stamped and heat embossed the "Beautiful" sentiment.
6 white pearls were added to complete.


Be sure and visit Conie's Etsy Shop for this digi and a whole lot more.


Also, I hope you'll join us over on Facebook at
We'd love to see your creations using Conie Fong digis there!

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Conie Fong now has a You Tube Channel where she teaches drawing simple images 
in easy step-by-step drawing tutorials.


Also, we invite you to join the Draw with Conie Facebook Group.
You'll find info on new videos there and inspiration projects from the Design Team. 


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend ahead!




Tuesday, January 28, 2025

My Cup of Tea Printer Tray

Hi there!

I'm happy to share a home decor project created for Clear Scraps.



This is a tea themed printer tray using the Square Printer Tray and the new Mini Shaker Teapot.




I started this project by pulling out the 5 pieces of the printer tray.


2 of the chipboard cutout pieces were glued together.


I applied double sided tape to the edges of the chipboard back piece.

A piece of 12 x 12 inch card stock was adhered to the back.


Gold gilding wax was applied to the 3rd chipboard cutout piece and set aside.



I pulled out a coordinating paper pad and an assortment of dies from Crafter’s Companion to use for decorating the tray.


Die cutting was done.


Patterned papers were cut to 4 x 4 inches for some of the squares of the tray.


I started adding the patterned papers.



The die cuts were added to each section of the tray.



The protective film was removed from the acrylic divider.




The acrylic divider and top chipboard cutout piece were adhered to the tray.




The last part of the project is to put the shaker together.

I started by painting the chipboard pieces with acrylic paint.


Adhere 2 of the 3 chipboard forms together.


This piece is then adhered to the chipboard back.


Next, add shaker pieces.


Remove protective film from both sides of the acrylic piece.


Adhere the acrylic to the chipboard filled with shaker pieces.


Add the top chipboard piece to the acrylic.



I added some gold gilding wax to the teapot.



The teapot was added to the lower right fray front to finish.




I love the way this “My Cup of Tea” Printer Tray project came out and hope you do too!


Be sure and check out more Clear Scraps inspiration 

by following on social media

Clear Scraps Blog

Clear Scraps Facebook

Clear Scraps Instagram

Clear Scraps Pinterest  


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Linking up to:

A Cut Above - ATG w/a die cut

Dream Valley Challenge - Use Pink or Red

A Place to Start - playing ATG

613 Avenue Create - playing ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG option

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - ATG

Die Cut Divas - New (Teapot Shaker & Printer Tray)

The Creative Crafters - ATG

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Something Old, Something New

(Old dies and DP, new printers tray & teapot shaker)


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Challenge Recognition