It's Me, JD

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Beach Distress Oxide Blending Card

Beach Distress Oxide Ink Blending Card

Distress Oxide Inks are quickly becoming my new favorite medium. I was inspired by the “endless summer” logo and knowing that summer is just a few months away, I wanted to make a summer-inspired card. I used round mini ink blending tools to blend each color. TIP: The clarity brushes work better with distress inks, […] Read more…

Distress Oxide Ink Blending Cards

distress oxide, ink, cards, cardmaking

Distress Oxide inks are so much fun to use. I cannot wait until they come out with more colors. It’s just so quick and easy to use. With the full coverage, I’m not using as much elbow grease as I was with distress inks. I made two quick cards to see how the colors blended […] Read more…

YAAAAS Card

If only they made a stamp sentiment that said “YAAAAAS”, I would be all about it. Sadly, they don’t, but thankfully, I have plenty of alphabet stamps to create that phrase. The hard part in creating your own sentiment is making sure things align properly. You want to center it AND make sure it’s straight. […] Read more…

One Layer Valentine’s Day Card

Valentine’s Day is one of a cardmaker’s dream holidays.It’s a happy crafting time for those who love sharing handmade cards of kindness, love, and friendship. My first card is a quick and simple one layer card using a stencil and stamp and one ink pad. I stamped the image first using ink from Altenew (my […] Read more…