Hugs

Background made with various inks, smooshed about a bit with a spray of water.

'Hugs' die is by Simon Says Stamp. I've layered three or four of the die-cuts, heat-embossed with gold powder, and then covered with Glossy Accents.

Hugs

My kind friend Maria sent me some tag-shaped cards recently.
I've used Tilda paper and die-cuts and added some stitching and seam-binding.
'Hugs' die is Simon Says Stamp

Hugs

Die is by Simon Says Stamp
I used it to cut some double-sided adhesive sheet attached to a piece of card. I gradually pulled back a section of the release/ backing sheet at a time and added one colour of glitter before pulling back another section and adding the next colour.

Thought this would make a nice notelet card rather than a specific occasion card.

Hugs

Sentiment die is Simon Says Stamp
Doily die is X-Cut
Spritzing ink is gold Artiste by Docrafts

Hugs

This is the die-cut related to the previous post, die is by Simon Says Stamp.
I used spritzing ink by Docrafts and the left side of the card had a heavier layer of ink so I chopped it off and re-mounted it to the right for a bit of interest before adding some sequins.

Hugs

The 'Hugs' sentiment was made by spraying ink through the negative of a die-cut.
The die itself is by Simon Says Stamp, I'd cut it to use on another card but rather than throw the negative away I was experimenting with a new bottle of spritzing ink.

The ink is from Docrafts Artiste, colour is 'mint', and it has a lovely shimmer to it that the photograph does not show. It's the first time I'd used this product, I think it's good value at £4.95 a bottle.

I know some people aren't keen on Docrafts, when I first started crafting it was so readily available that I bought a lot of it (Anita's peel-offs and rubber stamps that I couldn't stamp without getting a halo round each image!). My local garden centre is just over a mile away from our house and they stock Docrafts so it's really handy for nipping in for basics.

The other dies I used for layering are by Quickutz and the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.