Tiny Treasure Workshop

Hello everyone! I’m back to share another card for my AECP Level 1 Journey. This card is inspired by the “Seasonal Scene Building” class taught by Nichol Magouirk (Spohr). Building scenes is definitely something I struggle with! I very rarely make cards like this so it was nice to step out of my comfort zone! For this card, I used the Mountain Scene Stencil  as the focal point. I ink blended the mountain landscape and to frame the scene I took a tip from the course, and made a window!! I didn’t have a window die so I just made my own using scraps of white cardstock and I think it worked perfectly. To finish off the card, I used one of my favorite sentiment sets, Label Love, and added a cute sentiment that I thought was very appropriate (and pun-ny) for the mountain scene!  Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill

 Hello all! Happy Monday! I’m sharing this super fun card inspired by “Pop Art” today. I used stamps from the Electronic Icons stampset and colored them in with alcohol markers. I arranged them on coordinating Brutus Monroe cardstock and toppped it off with a sentiment from the “You are” stampset. This came together quickly but think it’s a super fun technique that I’ll be using more often! BRU Codes: BRU5451 "Brutus Monroe | Cardstock | 8.5""x11"" | Buttercream"                         BRU5505 "Brutus Monroe | Cardstock | 8.5""x11"" | Poison Apple"                         BRU6540 "Brutus Monroe | Cardstock | 8.5""x11"" | Flamingo"                        BRU5550 "Brutus Monroe | Cardstock | 8.5""x11"" | Heather"                    ...

Hello everyone! I’ve been working away diligently on the AECP courses and loving every minute. This card is inspired by the “Ink Blending Techniques” course taught by Amy Lee.  First I masked off a border from the card panel, so that when I ink blend I would be left with a thick white border. I combined a few techniques discussed in the course such as the emboss resist and ink blending the background panel. I embossed the flowers from the “Charming Flowers” stampset in white. This might be an exclusive stampset from the “SCT Crop and Create” event since I am not finding it on the website.  Then I ink blended Distress Oxides in Picked Raspberry, Seedless Grapes, and Blueprint Sketch on top. I chose darker colors to really show a strong contrast against the white embossing. It looks stunning! Next, I cut out the “Hello Friend” sentiment from the  Craft Your Life Project Kit: Sunshine Flowers . I did the background in vellum to soften the look and did the sentime...

Hello everyone! Today’s card showcases my final card after the “Celebration Stencil Techniques” class taught by Laurel Beard for  the  Altenew Educator Certification Program ! I will admit that I don’t use stencils as much as I should..and when I do it is the very basic ink blending use that they are typically used for. I was delighted (and maybe a little scared?!) to see the various ways to use techniques in this class!  The main one I wanted to focus on was using embossing in the background. I used a gorgeous Rose gold embossing powder on the  Deco Wallpaper Stencil . I decided to give it a more “grungy” look by not embossing the whole panel and letting it fade out towards the top. I love how it turned out. I am all for adding as much shine and shimmer as possible so I love this technique.  Next I used the  Craft Your Life Project Kit: Sunshine Flowers  stamp and stencil to create the floral images. I used the layering stencil and love ho...

  2CuteInk is the amazing sponsor this week at  Passionate Paper Crafters and Family Facebook Group ! We have lots of fun over on the group and lots of inspiration and projects are constantly shared! Come join us! There is a special sale going on now!  Halloween spirit is in FULL swing! I love this cute little images from 2CuteInk. I decided to make a fun halloween birthday card! I used my Cricut to cut out a film strip in black cardstock. After coloring the images with alcohol markers I arranged them in the film strip. I cut out the sentiments and mounted them on purple cardstock and propped them up with foam squares! I embellished with some purple and orange enamel dots! Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill

  I loved this floral bouquet stamp included in the SSS September Card Kit! I colored it in with my alcohol markers and mounted it on some green cardstock that was included in the kit. I also mounted the Tim Holtz sentiment sticker on the same green cardstock. I used a bright yellow cardstock as as the slimline card base. I decided to use these gold seed beads in the flower centers for some added fun and dimension! I entered this card in the following challenges: Crafting Happiness Ch 114 Make My Monday: #157 Autumn/Fall Card Crafty Catz #564- Anything Goes Polkadoodles: Wk 38 Anything Goes Colour Crazy Challenge: Week 37 Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill  

   Hey everyone! We have another lovely challenge at  The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog ! The theme for this challenge is "Favorite Color Combination sponsored by  Sheepski Designs . I chose this "Little Wish" digital stamp and printed it in white cardstock. I thought this image was PERFECT for young kids or babies! My favorite color combination is turquoise and gold! Leave a comment below to tell me your fave color combo! I printed the image twice and cut one out as a mask so I could color the background. I used Catherine Pooler Ink in "All That Jazz" with a blending sponge to create the soft background. I used alcohol markers to color in the elephants and then heat embossed the heart in gold. I layered some striped gold patterned paper with a turquoise background and cut out the "baby" sentiment using my Cricut. I am loving using my Cricut to do quick word sentiments! I added the word on top of some gold glitter washi tape!  I entered this card ...

  CC Designs is the lovely sponsor this week at  Passionate Paper Crafters and Family Facebook Group ! Make sure to check out the Facebook Group for a special sale going on now! This stampset is PERFECT for the fall season ahead. I love the images and variety of sentiments! I decided to use a few of the images and make a mini autumn scene. I colored in the images with alcohol markers and then fussy cut them out and arranged them. For the background, I inkblended yellow and blue distress ink using my SSS cloud stencil. I love how this turned out and especially love how all the colors play together! I entered this card in the following challenges: Creative Knockouts #418 Through the Purple Haze: #184 CCC Digi Challenge #129 No Patterned Paper Creative Moments Challenge #222 - Anything Goes Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill

A new month means a new challenge at the  Get Creative Challenges  Blog! The theme for this month is "Anything Goes" and my image, "Me & My Snowman", was sponsored by Star Stampz . Head over to the challenge blog to see the Design Team's lovely creations and submit one of your own! I tend to gravitate towards the same layouts so I looked around for some sketch inspiration and came across this one from "Make the Cards Challenge"! Thought it was unique and fun so decided to follow along! I usually color first and then find matching cardstock, but for this one, I knew I wanted to use my "Farmhouse Christmas" from Echo Park, so I chose the papers first and then colored! I embellished with some opaque colored dots.  I entered this card in the following challenges: QKR Challenge #427 Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #411 Penny's Challenge #504 Crafty creations September Challenge (#425) - Through the Purple Haze: #184 Thanks for ...

Another lovely image from All Dressed Up for this card! I was still in the mood to play around with my distress oxides so I ink blended the background and stamped some fun white embossed elements.  I colored the image using colored pencils and mounted it on a patterned cardstock that had silver diagonal stripes. I used the "Happy Holiday" sentiment from a wooden stamp I had in my stash and used a piece of bow to embellish it! Lastly, added some winter-y sequins to top it all off! Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill

Rachelle Ann Miller is a wonderful sponsor over at the  Passionate Paper Crafters and Family Facebook Group  and graciously shared a freebie on her site! I love the sketchy doodle effect and decided to turn this into a mini card. I colored in the image with my alcohol markers and used Nuvo drops in pink to embellish the centers of the flowers. Pink opaque Nuvo drop for the flower centers for some added dimension I had this sentiment in my stash so I stamped it on some white cardstock and mounted it on a green cardstock. I love the simple clean effect of this card, so decided to keep it as is without extra embellishments! Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill  

Sassy and Crafty is the lovely sponsor this week at  Passionate Paper Crafters and Family Facebook Group !  Fall is right around the corner (even though summer felt like 0.2 seconds) so I am definitely getting in the Fall cozy mode. I got this perfectly Fall themed stamp set from Sassy and Crafty "Pumpkin Spice". I colored all the images using alcohol markers and arranged them on the corner of some patterned cardstock. I used some  twine to add some more interest and used opaque yellow and gold dots to embellish. I stamped the sentiment with gold powder on some green cardstock and used twine to make a bow and attached it to the card. Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill 

Sassy and Crafty is the lovely sponsor this week at  Passionate Paper Crafters and Family Facebook Group ! We have lots of fun and a special discount just for this promo!  There were so many stamps to choose from- I decided on the  "Never Grow Up" stampset! I also chose the "Mermaid Tails" Stencil! I though this was perfect for many scenes, like beach, ocean or a fantasy/fairy theme like this card! The first thing I did was use Catherine Pooler Ink in "All that Jazz" and the "Mermaid" stencil to make the background. I used the stencil again and embossed over with a blue powder to give it some depth and dimension. I colored the fairy stamped image with alcohol markers and fussy cut it out. On some blue cardstock, I used silver embossing powder and stamped the stars and then stamped the sentiment in a black ink. I arranged the images on a pink cardstock for some contrast and attached it to a card panel :). Love how fun this card turned out! I ent...

  Sassy and Crafty is the lovely sponsor this week at  Passionate Paper Crafters and Family Facebook Group ! We have lots of fun and a special discount just for this promo!  There were so many stamps to choose from- I decided on the  "Never Grow Up"  stampset!  When I saw this set, I started to imagine lots of shine and glitter.  Enter--> Foiling!  I don't have a foiling machine..nor I do I plan to buy one soon but I came across lots of no-heat foiling techniques using  iCraft Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo . I used the "Mermaid Tails" Stencil and applied the Transfer Gel Duo. After letting it dry until it was clear, I took pink foil and laid it on top then peeled it off. I like the textured effect this gave, to give a more solid look, I think I would need to add more gel. I wanted to go for a "no line" coloring effect. So I stamped the two fairies in a light brown/tan ink from Stampin' Up. I colored the images in with colored pencil and fussy...

Sweet Sentiment  has a new release! How FUN is this stamp set?! I haven't seen one like this before so it was so much to create with. I loved the different nuts that were included and the first thing that came to mind was SHAKER CARD! I printed the nuts multiple times along with the chipmunks and colored them in using alcohol markers. I used a cloud stencil to create a soft sky wash in the background of the card. I attached "The World has gone NUTS" sentiment to the upper right corner of my window shaker panel. I scattered some of the colored nuts and glued them down. I originally wanted the nuts to be my shaker elements but sometimes they would flip upside down and exposed the back of paper-it wasn't too pretty! So decided to glue them down and use seed beads and sequins as my shaker elements. I attached the colored chipmunks around the window shaker pan and added some more nuts too. I think this card is just too fun!   I entered this card in the following challenges...

 I had this "Quilter's Sampler"stampset from PaperTray Ink in my collection and haven't played around with it recently so decided to give it a shot today. I stamped a pattern in black ink and colored it in using Prismacolor colored pencils. I cut it out and mounted in on some orange cardstock for some contrast. I decided to make the whole card panel a royal blue to complement the orange. I had this washi tape in my collection which I felt filled the blank space underneath the stamped image nicely. Lastly, I embellished with these enamel dots that I just bought and I love these almost as much as sequins. Almost :). Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill 

  I've seen so many beautiful projects using Distress Oxides and I finally got my hands on some! I ink blended the background using Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint and Weathered Wood. I splattered some water to create a fun effect. I stamped Stampin Up "Festival Trees" in Intense Black and attached a white circle around it as a frame. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock. I think white embossing on black is one of my favorite techniques! I embellished with white opaque Nuvo Drops and also with some clear and white sequins. I entered the card in the following challenges: Crafting Happiness Ch 109 Ally's Angel Challenge #49 TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill

 Hey everyone! We have another lovely challenge at  The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog ! The theme for this challenge is FANTASY sponsored by  Chubby Mermaid . I chose this "Cute Witch Halloween" digital stamp and printed it in white cardstock. I colored it with my alcohol markers.  I looked all around my stash for the right sentiment, but couldn't find one. So I made my own! I took my embossing pen and wrote my sentiment and then embossed in gold glitter. Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill

 I came across this "Beautiful Mermaids" stampset in my collection from Simon Says Stamp. Gorgeous images and perfect for coloring! I made the background by tearing cardstock sheets. The white core of the cardstock really was the perfect touch when tearing, because it gave the effect of the white "foam" that the ocean waves have. I just loved this! I colored the mermaid images with my alcohol markers alongside with the fish, pineapple and starfish. I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and propped it up with some foam squares! Finally, I embellished with sequins :) I submitted this card to the following challenges: Crafting Happiness Challenge #108 Simon Says: Heat Emboss Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #409 613 Avenue Create:August 2021 - Challenge #8 Dare 2B Artyzy: August Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill 

 I recently organized my clear stamps in a much more easy to find method (head over to my Instagram to see it) and I came across this lovely "Woodland Creatures" stamp set I had from HeroArts. I never used this to make a card so decided to finally put it to use! These mushrooms were colored with my colored pencils and I propped the blue mushroom with some foam tape. I stamped the sentiment (also from the stampset) and added it on some blue cardstock with foam squares. I am ALL ABOUT dimension! I decided to keep it simple and embellished with some Opaque white Nuvo drops!  I have entered this card in the following challenges: QKR Stampede-Anything goes ABMTTC Extra #August Challenge - Anything Goes Color It!Create It! Show it off! August Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #408 - Ruby's Memory  Thanks for stopping by! Follow me on  Instagram  for more cards, reels and crafty fun! Jill