True Love copyright Amy Erickson 2008Here is a wedding card I made for some high school friends of ours. They eloped and got married in Mexico. The wedding announcement they sent a little while ago was gorgeous, and made me want to use the blues and greens that make me…

          Love in your heart - Copyright Amy Erickson 2008I really like to use my stamps for many different reasons. I don't care to be "locked in" to using only Christmas stamps for Christmas projects. I like to use non-traditional stamps a lot for various seasons and occasions.Here is an…

Peace on Earth copyright 2008 Amy Erickson

Just like my "believe card", these cards also started out as a puddle of alcohol inks on my craft sheet. Using 3 or 4 alcohol ink colors (be sure to include a metallic mixative!) Splash a small amount of alcohol blending solution into your puddle. Take pieces of glossy cardstock and smoosh and swirl into your puddle of ink. You can use more blending solution to re-wet the leftover ink and continue to make more backgrounds (Tim Holtz has a great step by step tutorial on his blog on this).

Once the glossy alcohol ink background was dry, I stamped the treeline (Y-70)in black and embossed in detail black. I took the word peace (X-JP62) and also embossed that in black.

I then took my speckle brush with white paint and lightly speckled the tree panel to look like snow. I stamped the bird (P-V167)onto black cardstock and embossed with detail silver (again, remember to use the static bag or an old dryer sheet before using the detail powders). I cut the bird out.

I layered the tree panel onto the black, and then onto the card base. Once the card was assembled, I glued the ribbon down, and placed the bird on top. Again, a very appropriate Christmas card, but the stamps are all usable for projects other than Christmas.

Believe copyright 2008 Amy EricksonThis card started out as a puddle of alcohol inks on my craft sheet. Using 3 or 4 alcohol ink colors (be sure to include a metallic mixative!) Splash a small amount of alcohol blending solution into your puddle. Take pieces of glossy cardstock and smoosh…

copyright Amy Erickson 2008I made this card for my grandmother who just found out last month that she has breast cancer. Grandma is very strong, and vows she is going to live to be 94 (she will be 81 in January). I am sure she will be around for a…