Rainbow Foil and Die Cuts

Jennifer McGuire did a video where she used foil as a background for a die, without actually foiling. I loved the look so I tried it with this Leaf Medallion die from Altenew, rainbow foil from Decofoil and a sentiment die from Stamplorations.

I also used a thin piece of double-sided tape at the bottom and actually foiled it with the same foil. It really sticks well to tape. Here's a close-up. So, if you don't have a laminating machine, you can still use the gorgeous foils out there for your cardmaking. You can check out Jennifer's video here that inspired me.

Happy Friday!

Chark

Kindred Stamps in Oz

So I adore the style at Kindred Stamps, and I want several of the Pop Culture sets. I don't have any yet, but I do have some of their little sticker sheets. I think these would be perfect for planners, but I intend to use them on envelopes and tags too. Here's my first tag. I used alcohol inks to drip down some glossy paper in rainbow order.

Then I stamped OZ all over it in Staz-On ink and added stenciling in Sharpie marker...the swirl stencil is a background maker stencils with clouds from Honeybee Stamps. All that was left was to add the stickers. They come in two sizes so I put the little ones at the bottom and had the witches in the sky. "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" "I'm not a witch at all!"

Happy Monday!

Chark

Color Galore

First up, I want to share my sunrise pic from today, the colors were absolutely gorgeous and if you didn't happen to be up at 7:20 am, this is what you missed. :) I love how the black branches look against a colorful sky and I'm going to have to try to recreate this in a card.

Second up, I have three coloring pages from a free mini coloring book I got from Adornit. If you hop over to their page here, you can see where you can get three free mini books. You just pay for shipping and it's so worth it. I can't remember what I paid, but it was less than $10. I used Arteza markers and Prismacolor pencils for these. The paper they're printed on is a nice thick watercolor paper and these are just right for pocket scrap pages or the front of cards. 

Here's a close-up.

And lastly, the color item I have to share is this colorful dessert. Yum! Please make these and send them to me at your earliest possible convenience...lol.

Happy Monday!

Chark

Coffee Hopping

Happy Spring Coffee Lovers Hop, my caffeinated friends! Here's my first coffee card using Hero Arts digi coffee stamps, Tombow markers as watercolors and Amy Tangerine paper. The steam is cut from a printed coffee filter and the flowers are Hero Arts. 

Caffeine Fix digis
Hero Arts Paper Flowers
Amy Tangerine Paper 6x6 
Neon Blue Ink Spray
She Art Printed Coffee Filters


For my blog readers, a2z Scrapbooking offers a 15% code to the store. Just use CHARK15 on orders of $25+up before shipping to get your discount!

BLOG CANDY ALERT! Leave a comment here or any of the posts I make between now and March 25 and be entered to win five digital stamps from 2 Cute Ink of your choice. Open to all. All you need is an email address and a printer to print these out and then color as you like. I'm loving these little guys. Here are a couple you could win.

I'm also entering this one over at A Blog Named Hero for the Rainbow Challenge. You'll see the rainbow colors on the coffee sleeve made with my Tombow markers and a water pen, with just a touch of purple in the top left and green on the bottom right.

Happy Friday!
Chark