Hello, sweet friends!

I hope your summer is off to a great start. I plan to use this time to learn a few techniques to apply to my card-making and memory-keeping projects. Learning to watercolor is at the top of my list. 

This month, I am guest designing for Pigment Craft Co. Ivana, the owner and AMAZING designer of Pigment Craft Co., creates lovely craft goodies. Today's card features the Fruity stamp and die set. What I enjoyed about this set was the ability to use my ink cubes to create lovely layers of color for my stamped images. 

The Fruit stamp set is comprised of solid stamp images, which makes abstract inking a fun technique to use with this set. For example, I inked the peach image using shades of orange first by applying a light orange dye ink and then going back and adding a darker shade of orange to the edges. Using ink cubes, instead of full-size pads makes it easier to do this technique. I continued the same steps with the other fruit from the set and also used the strawberries from the Berry Patch stamp/die set, a favorite for sure. The Pattern Builder: Budding Branches stamp makes adding background images a breeze. A simple sentiment completes this card. I feel as if this card is busting with fruity happiness!

Thank you for visiting! I hope you have a chance to visit Pigment Craft Co. and see some of the other lovely stamps from the June Release. And as always, don't forget to make something beautiful!

Happy Crafting,

Keia 

Good morning, Crafty Friends!

Today is Pigment Craft Company's June release. This release is filled with wonderful stamps and dies that evoke memories of spring and summer. Imagine u-pick farms and fresh berries bursting with flavor shared with family and friends. 

To create this card, I started by stamping the Berry Patch stamp in three shades of red to give a depth of color. The leaves are stamped in a rich green. I then diecut the image and used scissors to cut apart the diecut image so I could arrange the colorful strawberries in the stacked bowls. I used the alphabets from the Dashing Outline Fonts to create the "Hello" and then used the Simply Sentiments Hello "Sweet Friend" to complete my card. 

Pigment Craft Co. is hosting an Instagram Hop to celebrate their new June release. Please make sure to check out the amazing creations from the other guest designers on their Instagram feeds, Ilda Dias @ilovedoingallthingscrafty and Leica Palma @leica_crafts. And as with each release, Pigment Craft Co. is spreading happiness by offering a chance to win gift cards. To win, follow Pigment Craft Co. and each guest designer on Instagram and leave a comment for a chance to win. And don't forget to tag your friends in the comments for more chances to win!

And as with each release, Pigment Craft Co. is offering FREE shipping on ALL orders over $150. Five dollars ($5) off on orders over $50 (5OFFJUNERELEASE) or $20 off on ALL orders over $300 (20OFFNEWRELEASE). These codes are valid from May 20th, 9 a.m. CST through May 28th, 12:59 a.m. CST.

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to visit this AMAZING new company, Pigment Craft Co. 

Happy Crafting,

Keia