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    SN Roses Card with fun Background Design
    • Aug 15, 2019

    SN Roses Card with fun Background Design

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you this fun card design for which I used the Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers, both on the roses and on the background! Let's get started! Step 1: I started my card by stamping the rose image from the Kennedy Grace Creations stamp set called “Splendid Roses” onto some Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface Paper using Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and clear heat embossing afterwards. Then I added my first colour to the paper using a Spectrum Noir Aq
    Roses Card with Derwent Inktense
    • May 16, 2019

    Roses Card with Derwent Inktense

    Hi everyone, today I have a fun and bright card to share with you using the two editions of the Derwent Inktense Paint Pan Travel Sets. Step 1: I started my card project by stamping the flower image from the Kennedy Grace Creations “Splendid Roses” stamp set onto Clairefontaine Multi-Techiques á Grain paper (the blue one) using Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and clear heat embossing afterwards. Then I started colouring the image with the Fuchsia colour from the second Travel Set,
    A Sweet Birthday
    • Feb 21, 2018

    A Sweet Birthday

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you my take on the Lindy’s Stamp Gang February 2018 Challenge theme. You can find all the details about this challenge here: https://lindysgang.blog/2018/02/01/february-2018-challenge/ For this challenge we’re given a Mood Board with lots of pinks and the theme is Sweet, if you like to ad an extra element to it! I started my project by stamping the flowers from the Altenew stamp set called “Persian Motifs“ onto watercolour paper using V
    Layered vintage roses Birthday Card
    • Dec 25, 2017

    Layered vintage roses Birthday Card

    First of all I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and lots of fun and laughter with family and friends during this holiday season! Today I would like to show you my last project as a design team member for the Kennedy Grace Creations team. I'm stepping down from the team with a heavy heart but I feel that my creative road leads me elsewhere! So, today I have this vintage roses birthday card with different layers for a 3D like effect to show you. To get this card st
    Lots of Flowers
    • Oct 2, 2017

    Lots of Flowers

    Hi everyone, today I’m on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog with a card featuring a lot of flowers! As of October every KGC design team member will create one card per month using a mood board. This is the mood board for October, isn’t it beautiful? It just screams autumn to me!: I liked all the different flowers and the yellowy, orange colours with a splash of green. That inspired me to create a card using a combination of different stamp sets. To get this card started I stam
    Elegant Kennedy Grace Creations Card
    • Aug 19, 2017

    Elegant Kennedy Grace Creations Card

    Hi everyone, today I have a fairly quick and elegant card for you all that is suitable for all kinds of occasions! I started by stamping one of the flower images from the Kennedy Grace Creations “Grace’s Little Note” stamp set twice on Copic friendly paper with Memento “Tuxedo Black” ink. Next I coloured the images with my Copic Sketch Markers. I wanted the result to be fairly light so I didn’t put on to many layers. I used the following marker colours: RV10 and RV02, G40, YG
    Almost one layer card with Roses
    • Jul 19, 2017

    Almost one layer card with Roses

    Hi everyone, today I'm on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog with this easy and fun roses card: I started this card by stamping the roses from the awesome Kennedy Grace Creations “Splendid Roses” stamp set onto Cornwall Aquarel paper (Grain Fin, bright white) after die cutting a stitched rectangle with one of my nesting dies. For stamping I used Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and my MISTI stamping tool (this aquarel paper is fairly smooth but to get even black lines I needed to ink
    Gold Quatrefoil Roses Card
    • May 23, 2017

    Gold Quatrefoil Roses Card

    Hi everyone! Today I have a fun and quick but elegant card for you all. To get this card started I stamped the roses from the beautiful Kennedy Grace Creations “Splendid Roses” stamp set on Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface paper with Versafine “Vintage Sepia” ink. I clear heat embossed afterwards. Then I started colouring with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and my Pentel waterbrush. I used the following colours: Tea Rose, Pink Flamingo, Mid Green, Olive Green and Haze

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