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Today I am back with a fun tutorial featuring a fun digi from Power Poppy and colored with Spectrum Noir Products

Products:  TriBlends:

Dull Green Tri-Blend, Citrus Green Tri-Blend, Jade Green Tri-Blend, Citrus Tri-Blend, Ice Grey Tri-Blend, Brown Grey Tri-Blend

Classiques: TB1, TB3, TB5

Harmony Water Reactive Ink- Midnight

Neenah Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock

Other- cardstock, pattern paper and enamel dots

Digi- Power Poppy: Layer Cake Digital Stamp

Typically when I start any project I pick my stamp or image (in this case I used a digital stamp) and then I pick out my papers and embellishments.  This helps me choose the colors I want to use to color my image.  

Below I show my papers with my colored image.   

I printed my image on Neenah Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock. 

Next I used the Citrus Blend Tri-Blend Marker to color my cake frosting.

Next I used the Citrus Green Tri-Blend to on some of my cake embellishments.

Then I used some Classiques- TB1, TB3, TB5

Next - Jade Tri-Blend was used for some of the dots on my cake.  

Lastly for the cake dots I used my Dull Green Tri-Blend.   

I continued to work back and forth with the above color combinations until I had all of the dots colored. 

Next I used the Citrus Green Tri-Blend to color my banner.   

Next I used the Ice Grey Tri-Blend - lightest color (IG2) and lightly stippled in color on my cake.   I wanted white cake, but it needed a bit of color.

Lastly for my image I used the Brown Grey Tri-Blend to color the plate and banner holders.  

Next I inked the edges of my pattern paper and cardstock with Harmony Water Reactive Ink in Midnight.    I fussy cut my image, assembled my card and then added some enamel dots and inked my sentiment strip.  

And here you have it the finished product!

I hope you enjoyed!

See you soon!

Fangs for the Memories

Today I am back with a fun card featuring Vampy Wishes from CC Designs.  You can also get the outline die.     

I stamped my image on Neenah Classic Crest Card Pack  with Finesse by Spectrum Noir Alcohol Proof ink pad- Noir Black.   

I then colored my image with Spectrum Noir Markers:

Triblends: Ice Grey Blend, Fair Skin Blend, Dark Red Blend, 

Classiques: IG2, IG5, IG7, 

Originals: IG9

Next I ran the stamp through my Gemini with the die that coordinates with the stamp set.  

I used the Halloween Die from CC Designs for my Spider Web and spider and bat.

I used pattern paper from Authentique and cardstock from my stash to create the card layers.

I placed a few glittery enamel dots from Doodlebug in the corners. 

I used Harmony Water Reactive Ink - Chinese Red to ink my sentiment strip.

I hope you enjoyed.

See you soon!

Brew It Anya from Greeting Farm and Spectrum Noir

It's International Coffee Day so I couldn't let the day go without a card.    Sharing Brew it Anya from the Greeting Farm and colored with Spectrum Noir products.  

I used Tri Blend- Brown Grey Blend, and Fair Skin Blend.   Also used the original markers- TB1, TB3, TB5, TB7, MB1, MB3, DR1, DR3, DR5, DR7, BG1, Colorless Blender and then Illustrators- TN1, TN3, TN 5.


I used some coffee themed paper from my stash that I had gotten from Club Scrap.   I used a real coffee jacket for behind the image.   I also used a paper doily from my stash, and some heart shaped gems also added great finishing touches.


I hope you enjoyed.   See you soon!

Butterfly Meadow from Crafter's Companion

I read a quote once that really resonated for me- "without change there would be no butterflies"- this is so very true.    I love butterflies so I was so excited to color this stamp up from Crafter's Companion- Butterfly Meadow.

I stamped the butterfly 2x with Finesse by Spectrum Noir- Alcohol Proof Ink in Noir Black on Neenah Solar White Classic Crest Card Pack.   

I colored with Spectrum Noir Original Coloring System markers:  BT1, BT3, BT4, BT6, IG3, IG5

I added the Crafter's companion Scalloped Filligree border die and added it in between my 2 butterflies, which I fussy cut out of the cardstock.


I also used some Black Matt Cardstock from Crafter's Companion which is my hands down favorite black cardstock.

I used some teal cardstocks from my stash, as well as a few gems from Studio Katia to add the finishing touches.

I hope you enjoyed!


See you soon!

The Black Widow from Simpy B. Stamps and Spectrum Noir

I am back!   I took about a month off from blogging as I underwent a hysterectomy last month and the recovery definitely took some time.  Although I still have a ways to go, I am so excited to be back to my craft room more and able to do more blogging!

Today I share The Black Widow Digi from Simply B. Stamps.  This is my favorite time of year.   I love Fall, Halloween and Christmas and I am so excited to get into full gear on all of these projects.

I used Spectrum Noir Original markers:
FS9, FS4, FS1
IG1,IG3, IG5, IG6, IG10
PP2, PP5
IG8
LG2,LG5
Triblends: Purple Blend, Brown Grey Blend--- If you haven't yet tried these markers- they are amazing!!

Sparkle Pens: Emerald Green, Soft Jade (fpr her glass) Harvest moon (I used this to add a bit more color to the spider) and Orchid for the Bat.

The pink and the orange paper are Crafter's Companion Luxury Cardstock 

I also used Crafter's companion Black Matt paper and Neenah Classic Crest for the image.

I used some pinstripe pattern paper from my stash.

I used some ribbon and some enamel dots and glitter spider button to add the finishing touches to my card.

I hope that you enjoyed!   See you soon with another fun card!

Minnow from Sweet November Stamps and 7 Kids Crafts

Today I am back with a fun image from this month's release from Sweet November Stamps and 7 Kids Crafts- Minnow.

I colored her up with my Spectrum Noir Triblend Makers and Spectrum Noir Markers:

Skin: CR2, FS5, FS1, FS2, FS8

Triblends:   Blue Turquoise Blend, Citrus Green Blend, Purple Blend, Brown Grey Blend

I used pattern paper from my stash and several charms and twine to add the finishing touches.

I hope you enjoyed,

See you soon!

ATC's with 7 Kids Crafts and Spectrum Noir

Today I am back with a fun project for 7 Kids Crafts and Spectrum Noir.   Every month 7 Kids Crafts does an ATC Swap.  This month is using a silhouette stamp.  I used Moon Fairy from Lavinia Stamps. 

I love making ATC cards and blending with Spectrum Noir Harmony Water Reactive Ink.

I cut my paper down to 2.5 x 3.5

I used 3 colors of SN Harmony Water Reactive Ink:   Lemon Tonic, Honey Pot and Chinese Red.

I started with Chinese Red

I like to use my ink blender and put a bit of ink on my Glass mat.  I just like the blend that I get.

Once I put a base of Chinese Red down I moved to Honey Pot and repeated the same steps.

Don't worry about having the perfect blend just yet as you will work back and forth with your ink.

Repeat those steps with Lemon Tonic your lightest color.

Once I had all of the colors applied, I worked backwards and blended each color out.   

Now that I have my base and am happy with it for the effects I want to get I inked up my stamp and stamped my image. 

Next I spritzed my cards with water to allow my ink to react.

Because these need to not be very bulky I can't add a lot embellishment wise so I decided to use a few gems from Pretty Pink Posh.   I put a few drops of wet glue down and used my gem tool to place my gems.

I absolutely love how these turned out and had so much fun.  

I hope that you will check out the ATC Swap over at 7 Kids and all of the great inks from Spectrum Noir.   

See you soon!