A Card for A Hero

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I made this card last evening for the current hero arts challenge and also to include it with my cards (for “any Hero” along with a note of encouragement) that I will be mailing today to the Operation Write Home organization.

I stamped the apples in black Memento ink onto a 3 x 3-inch piece of confetti cardstock Stampin Up (I stamped one apple and then masked it so that it looked like one apple was in back.) Then I made a mask to cover both apples so that I could distress and stamp the background. The background was masked so that I could distress the apples with barn door, dried marigold and wild honey distress inks. The image was placed on a 3 ¼ x 3 ¼-inch piece of night of navy cardstock and then placed on top of a 1 ½ x 5 ½ piece of Really Rust Cardstock (cardstock by Stampin Up!) I cut a 4 ¼ x 5 ½-inch piece of plaid pattern paper to cover the front of the card base. I added ribbon to the long panel and then put it all together.

Any Hero Card

This was a fun card to make and I enjoyed every minute making this card and was lost in my work and the time slipped by very quickly. When I was finished creating, there was a big mess on my desk. But, I guess that is the fun part about creating.

My inspiration came from this picture of a piece of fabric that I saw at Wal Mart. It is not the best picture that I have ever taken, but I wanted to focus on the apples as my main inspiration.

Inspiration

The stamps that I used are Hero Arts:

Design Block Tree S5037
Grid Pattern S5216
Engraved Fruit CL433

So Kind So Thoughtful

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I made this card last evening and I am not really sure if I like it or not. I did not intend for the colors to come out so dark. Even though I am not 100% happy with this card, I am still entering it in the Hero Arts Challenge for September. (The camera makes this card look lighter in color.) I distress white paper with Wild Honey, Barn Door, Walnut Stain, and Rustic Hinge. Then I stamped with the Design Block Thank You (S5026) in Rustic Hinge distress ink and then stamped the Real Leaves (CL457) stamp set in Walnut Stain distress ink. I roughed up the edges of the image and applied walnut stain ink to the roughed up edges with my blending tool. I added a ribbon and attached the stamped image to a 4 ¼ x 5 ½ mat that was stamped with Walnut stain ink using the Designer Wood Grain stamp (S5208). The last step was to attach the image to an egg shell color card base.

Note: I think that the Thank You stamp (S5026) could be discontinued because I could not find it on the Hero Arts site.

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Thanksgiving Bag

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I was inspired by yesterdays (9/8/2010) Hero Arts video that showed how to make a small bag using felt. I didn’t have any felt, so I thought that I would use unbleached muslin and line the bag with some Fall themed orange colored fabric. I cut 5 squares from muslin and 5 squares from orange fabric (lining) each 4 ¼-inch square. Then I stamped 4 of the muslin squares with images from the So Thankful Stamp Set CL466 using Tuxedo Back Memento Ink. When the stamping was completed, I colored in the images with fabric crayons and heat set the ink and crayon. I sew each section on my sewing machine with orange thread using a zigzag stitch. I didn’t want a clean look, so I frayed the edges of the bag and sewed on ribbon handles and attached buttons. The buttons originally were white, but I colored them with a Sunset Orange Bic Mark-It permanent non-toxic marker.

Front of Bag

Side of Bag

(A turkey on both sides)

Back of Bag

This little bag is the perfect size to hold 4 x 4-inch note paper. When I started making this bag, I didn’t know what I would use it for or who I would give it to. Then I saw my multi colored note pad cube sitting on my desk and I thought that this bag would be a perfect place for that paper. So, it sits on my desk holding the note paper.

Please Note: The Front of the Bag is: Happy Thanksgiving and 4 pumpkins, both sides of the bag each has a turkey and the back of the bag is the pilgrim girl and boy.

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Gift Bag for A Gift

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Here is a gift bag that I made to put my friend’s birthday gift in. I also made and attached a small gift tag. Inside the bag is a set of cards that I made a few weeks ago. I also included a birthday card that I made last week. I have entered this gift bag in the September challenge over at hero arts. Everything for her gift is sewing related because she loves to sew.


I took a 9 x 12-inch white envelope and scored 1½-inches on two of the long sides and scored 1½-inches on the bottom. I cut ¾-inch off from the top part of the envelope to create the opening. I distressed the front and back of the envelope in Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, and Spun Sugar distress inks. Then I randomly stamped spools of thread and buttons all over the envelope with Rusty Hinges distress ink. I stamped extra buttons on yellow textured cardstock and attached them to the stamped buttons on the gift bag. I did the same with the gift tag, but used a pin cushion in place of the buttons.

The stamps used are Hero Arts
Sew Artsy CL446
Sew Original 2x3 CL397
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Quilted Birthday Card

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I made this card for my friend who is having a birthday this month. She loves to sew and I thought that the pin cushion and thread would be perfect for the front of the card. I stamped individual squares so that the front of the card would look like a quilt. I tried to use fall colors because of my friends’ birthday being in September and also because of this months theme for the Hero Arts Challenge. I did not have any room for the "Happy Birthday" sentiment on the front so I stamped the setiment inside.

I cut out six 1 1/2-inch squares of confetti white cardstock (stampin up) and stamped 3 squares with the pin cushion stamp and 3 squares with the thread stamp. I masked each image and then destressed around each image withd estress ink and stamped over each image with a background stamp. After I finished the stamping and destressing, I colored each image with copic markers.

The following copic markers were used to color in the pin cushions and the thread: Light Prawn R22, Garnet R39, Salmon Red Ro5, Sky Blue B24, Golden Yellow Y17, Salad YG05, and Powder Blue B41.

Stamps used: Hero Arts Sew Artsy CL446, Large Plaid Pattern S5447, Grid Pattern S5216, and Textures and Patterns LL635--I think that LL635 is a discontinued product.

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Autumn Redbud

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Here is a card that I made last night for the Hero Arts current challenge. This is an inspiration from Jennifer McGuire's card (here ) that she did on Wednesday of this week (September 1, 2010). I used the same color inks that Jennifer used but with a slightly different card design. Thanks Jennifer for showing this easy technique--it was lots of fun. The leaf doesn't look shinny in the picture--the card looks so much better in real life.


Stamps used are:
Hero Arts Small Redbud E2253 (I think that this stamp is discontinued)
Hero Arts Friend definition CG125
Hero Arts Leaf Flourish F5042
Background stamp is from Stampin Up

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Autumn Gift Bag

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It is good to be a part of the Hero Arts Monthly challenges. I missed most of the August challenge due to our Family vacation. But sometimes a person just needs to get away from it all for awhile.

This gift bag is my first entry for the September Hero Arts challenge. I used a 9 x 12-inch white envelope that are found in office supply stores. I sealed the flap and then cut about 1/8" off. Then I destressed both sides of the envelope with Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, and barn door. The Fern was stamped with Walnut stain ink. The sentiment was destressed with Wild Honey and Barn door with a touch of Rusty Hinge and the words are stamped with van dyke brown ink.

The stamps used are Hero Art.

Three Ferns S5154

Fall Memories E3375 (I think that this stamp has been discontinued).

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