*Scrap 'n Stamp Perfect Pearls Blog Hop*

Welcome to the Perfect Pearls Blog Hop with the team at Scrap 'n Stamp Canada!!!  For this hop, we are playing with Perfect Pearls!  There are SO many things you can do with Perfect Pearls so I tried to find something I hadn't done before.  Sadly, my picture taking skills suck so you can't see the wonderful shimmer along the side of this card. 

We'd love to see the cards you create with Perfect Pearls... head on over to our FB Group to share them with us.

Also be sure to hop along with us over the next two weeks ... leave comments on each of the blogs for your chance to win a $50 gift card from Scrap'n Stamp.  We will announce the winner near the middle of the month!

AND, this weekend only (until Midnight Sunday), all Perfect Pearls products are 10% off at the Scrap 'n Stamp store!

Now, on to my card... as I said, you can't see the awesome shimmer that Perfect Pearls creates in my photo... sorry about that!

For this card, I started with the smaller white panel and used purple tape to not only adhere a Tim Holtz stencil to my cardstock, but to also protect the right side of the panel from ink and Perfect Pearls.  I then used the Life Changing Blending Brushes to add Versamark ink over the stencil.  While it was still sticky, I used a big fluffy brush that came with my Perfect Pearls in blue and gold, to put the powder on different areas of the stencil and rubbed it around.  I removed the stencil, added the dark blue layer using the We R Memory Keepers Layers Guide and put it all on a white card.  I then used my Gemini Jr to cut out this wonderful die from Picket Fence and added it to the front of the card.  I love being able to use stencils and powders and things from different companies to create my signature clean and simple style.

And since I didn't love how this card turned out, I decided you'd get a two for one today!

For this card, I used Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink on a white card panel, creating an ombre effect by using more layers of ink on one corner and feathering it out to a lighter shade in the opposite corner.  Distress Inks stay wet a little longer than most dye inks (and less long than pigment ink) which is why they are so awesome for blending... and also the reason I could use Confetti White Perfect Pearls over top of it.  I rubbed off the excess before putting the white panel through my Big Shot with an embossing folder.  What you can't see in the photo is how using the embossing folder makes the Perfect Pearls jump out at you at different angles.  I adhered the embossed panel to a white card and added the Picket Fence Studios Hello Word Die in black to the front of the card.

I can't wait to see what you create!

For now, be sure to hop along with the rest of the team (and remember to leave comments so your name will be entered in the draw to win a gift card from Scrap 'n Stamp!

Tara

Deborah

Kia

Chala

Susan

Laurie

Nancy

*You Are My Happy*

I wanted to play with the technique is used in this card, something I saw Jennifer McGuire do with inks, Perfect Pearls and and embossing folder.  I played with this technique in the spring but simply did rectangles in the centre of my card but I wanted to play with something different.

So I started by cutting a MFT heart out of printer paper and using the piece of paper without the heart as a mask.  I used a Picket Fence Studios Life Changing Blender Brush and a few shades of pinks and purples from Catherine Pooler to create a heart on a white card panel.  While the ink was still a little damp and blend-able (and before I removed my stencil), I brushed on some of the white Perfect Pearls with a soft brush and then burnished it all on with a soft cloth.  Once it was all dry, I sent the panel through my Big Shot with an embossing folder.

At this point, I left my card to sit for a while cuz I just didn't know what I wanted to do.  Literally, a few days later, I put the card back in front of me and added a black pen line around the heart to make it stand out more.  I layered the panel to the front of a card and stamped my sentiment from MFT on a piece of white cardstock with black VersaFine ink and trimmed it up to create the banner and I attached it to the front of my card with some Lawn Fawn glue.

While this card took my days to complete, it was really a quick and easy card....  it just took time for my brain to figure out what I wanted to do!