Flowers and Bees

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I made this card for the Hero Arts Hostess challenge 1. The inspirational pictures and the directions for this challenge may be found here. I used Mustard Seed and Barn Door distress inks for my background colors. The two large flowers were embossed on white vellum with white embossing powder. Then I used Memento markers (Dandelion and Lady Bug) to color the flowers. I wanted the colors in the background to resemble the colors of the flower in Sally's picture.

The stamps are Hero Arts: Flower Wallpaper CG123, Messages CG132, and Artistic Borders CL322.

I wanted to submit my Hugs and Kisses card (pictured below) to the second part of the Hero Arts Challenge, but I didn't finish it on time. I was inspired by a card that I saw over on the Penny Black web site and this is my take on the inspirational card. The author of the inspirational card is Elizabeth Allen (Her Bio is the last one on the page.) and her video is here.

The stamps that were used are Hero Arts: Be Happy CL377, and Dots & Flowers S5213.


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Butterflies and Flowers

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I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week. So far, this week has been good and I had some time to make a few cards. I am entering these cards into the Hero Arts Flickr Group challenge.

This first card was inspired by Jennifer McGuire. I used her smooching technique that she demonstrated last week. To see her technique, please check here. I used the following Hero Arts Stamps: Hero Arts Stamps were used: Designer Butterflies CL115, Envelope Pattern S5507, and Friends CL351
This next card, I decided to go with a Friendship theme. I stamped the background with Poppy Chalk ink and the flower was stamped with grass green chalk ink. The flowers were embossed and then adhered with dimensional adhesive. Hero Arts Stamps used are: Antique Flower Background S5264, Four Blossoms H5256, and Gratitude A3079.
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Flower Kissed Cards

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I haven’t posted anything in a few days and today was the only chance that I had to post these two cards. This has been a rough week for me and I am hoping that the next week will be better.
I inked the large Blossom stamp (CG271) with soft apricot and inked the box plaid stamp (S5369) with weathered wood distress ink and kissed the two stamps together then stamped the large blossom stamp on white paper. The sentiment was embossed with clear embossing ink that was stamped with black soot distress ink. When the weathered wood ink and the soft apricot ink were combined on the box plaid stamp, it changed the color to look like an olive green. I thought that using the Box plaid stamp with the large blossom stamp made the flowers look like they were growing on a trellis. Stamps used for this card are Hero Arts: The Flowing Flowers stamp (CG146) was used for the background of the card, the Envelope Pattern (S5507) was used on the tag, and the sentiment comes from the Be Happy stamp set (CL377).

For this next card, I used Pearlescent sky blue ink on the Flower medley stamp (K5361) and inked the Flourish Background stamp (CG119) with chipped Sapphire Distress ink and then stamped the flower medley stamp on white paper. The sentiment comes from the Truly Appreciated stamp set (CL380).
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Valentine for my Husband

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This is the Valentine’s card that I gave to my husband yesterday. I am finally able to post this card to my blog; I didn’t want to post it yesterday because I didn’t want my husband to see it before I gave the card to him. I wanted to keep it as simple as possible, so I didn’t put any ribbon or embellishments on it.

I used the kiss technique for this card and I like the way that it turned out. I inked the Love Confetti stamp (E3730) with Victorian Velvet distress ink and the Antique Brocade (CG102) with Forest Moss distress ink and “kissed” them together and then stamped the Love confetti stamp onto white cardstock. I decided that the “with love” stamp and the sentiment stamp went together perfectly. The stamp used on the scalloped panel is the Envelope Pattern S5507 and the sentiment is Wavy From My Heart F3912. I am entering this in the Hero Arts Flickr group monthly challenge, February2011B.

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Friend Sentiment Card

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I have wanted to make a card that I could enter into the Make it Monday challenge that is sponsored by papertreyink.com. It has taken me about 4 days to finally sit down and create my card. To learn of the details of this contest, please click here. I am also entering this card in the Hero Arts flickr group for the February2011B challenge. The stamps that I used are Hero Arts: Friends CL351, thoughtful Messages CL184, Envelope Pattern S5507. I stamped the sentiments with warm red chalk inks by color box.

This was a fun card to make and I was very surprised at myself that it did not take me two days to figure out how I wanted my card to look. Everything came together very quickly and I like it when that happens. Normally, I over think what I want to do and therefore, that causes me to take way to much time to come up with a design.

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Sympathy Cards

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My Church Family has had some very sad news this week. My Pastor’s wife father died yesterday from a very long battle with pneumonia. This person who died was loved very much by everyone. Our whole church is devastative by this news. I did not know what to do for the family that is suffering from this loss. I know that they are in deep pain and I thought that a card would give a little comfort. This first card is for Lora, (Pastor’s wife) and this second card is for Lora’s Mom.

Card for Lora

The stamp sets used for this card are: Garden Bouquet CG172, Flourish Background CG119, and Flower Bird Garden CG270. I used the kiss technique for the panel portion of the card. The flower bird Garden image was inked with westeria chalk ink and the Garden bouquet was inked with forest moss destress ink. The sentiment is computer generated.

Card for Lora's Mom

I used the Tall Flower Stamp set K5431 for this card. The flower was stamped with Lime Pastel chalk ink (color Box). I stamped the flower a second time and embossed the blossom with white embossing power and colored it with a lavender marker and then paper pieced the blossom. the blossom is attached with dementional adhesive. Pearls were added as a finishing touch.

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Wishing You

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This was a very quick and simple card to make. Actually, I was in Michaels yesterday in the stamping section and I found a project sheet and decided to make my version of the card that was on the project sheet. The project card that I CASED is called “Peony Border Card” by Debi Hammons (project sheet #26024). I used the same design but with different stamps and I used a paper clip to attach the ribbon. (The original design has a picture hanger attached with a brad.) I also cut the image and the sentiment slightly larger.

I stamped the Classic Design stamp CG245 with Wisteria Chalk ink by Color Box. I cut the image down to 4 ¼” x 1 ¾” and then matted it with two colors. The sentiment comes from an old Hero Arts stamp “Smiles and laughter” F2361 and was stamped with black ink. The sentiment is attached with dimensional foam adhesive to give it some depth.

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Thinking of You and Valentine's

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I am finally able to get back to making cards again. Two weeks ago I caught a very nasty cold and it did not want to go away. I thought that I would be down for only a few days, but I was wrong. It tuned out that I was still trying to get rid of this cold all last week. So, that resulted in not getting any cards made. I started feeling better on Friday (2/4) and I made a set of 4 cards and one card using the “kissing” technique. It sure feels good to be feeling normal again and being back in the swing of making cards.

The stamps that I used for the set of cards are: Together LP141 and Envelope Pattern S5507. I wanted to keep the cards clean and simple and I hope that I succeeded in doing so. I used Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink “Warm Red” to stamp all of the images. I used Hero Hues White Dye Ink to stamp the envelope background on the mat. To finish off the cards I added ribbon and pearls. I love the clean, smooth look of the chalk ink.

For the thinking of you card I used the “kissing” technique for the center panel. To see how the kiss technique is done, please check here. I inked the Floating flowers Stamp CG124 with Ice Blue Chalk Ink by Color Box. I inked the swirl Frame stamp K5355 with Tangelo Ink by Memento and “kissed” this stamp to the Floating flowers stamp and then stamped the floating flowers stamp to the paper. Before I attempted this technique, I practiced it about 12 times with different color inks so that I could see what the results would look like. I wanted a hint of another color besides the blue and I thought that the orange color would be good. I like the combination of blue and orange and a hint of dark blue. When I first tried this technique I was not sure if I would like it or not. I guess it takes practice (for me anyway) for something to turn out nice. The inside of the card and the panels are stamped in Summer Sky by Memento using the Dots & Flowers Stamp S5213. The sentiment is sunny thinking C4072 (This stamp is part of a Hero Arts stamp set that was released in 2006; could not find it on Hero Arts Web site.) stamped with Paris Dusk ink by Memento.

The stamps that I used for this set of cards are: Together LP141 and Envelope Pattern S5507. I wanted to keep the cards clean and simple and I hope that I succeeded in doing so. I used Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink “Warm Red” to stamp all of the images. I used Hero Hues White Dye Ink to stamp the envelope background on the mat. To finish off the cards I added ribbon and pearls. I love the clean, smooth look of the chalk ink.

These cards will be entered in the Hero Arts Flickr group challenge (february2011A) and I plan on making more cards before the first half of the challenge ends. Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comments. Take care and have a great day.