Holly Background

It has been a few weeks since  I  posted.  I don't know where the time has gone and it seems like there is not enough time to work on my crafts.  So, I do as much as I can. 

I am currently taking the Holiday Card Workshop class that Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner are teaching and it is lots of fun.  I never seem to get many cards done during these classes, but I was determened to make at least one Christmas card.

This card was inspired by Julie Ebersole in todays (October 31, 2012) class.  I stamped the background with clear embossing ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  The center image is from the embossing folder by hero arts and Sizzix (Holly Background 657769).  I embossed the image using a thicker piece of white cardstock and then I colored the image in a randomly fashion with copic markers.  Than I went over the image with Picket Fence Distress Stain.  When this was dry, I attached a scalloped oval to my image and attached it to the background.  I wanted to add a sentiment, but felt that there was not enough room to do so, so I will add a sentiment later on the inside of the card.  For the finishing touch I added pearls.

This was very easy to do and was lots of fun.  Thank you for stopping by and I appreciate the comments.

Supplies used:
Hero Arts/Sizzix Holly Background 657769
Nestabilities Classic Ovals, Large
Copic markers:  YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink, BG10 Cool Shadow
VersaMark  Clear ink
Picket Fence Distress Stain
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

Anniversary Hearts (CAS-ual Fridays CFC74)

The hearts were cut from wood veneer paper and then I colored them with a Spectrum Noir pink pen.  After they dried, I stamped in HA Soft Pink shadow ink with antique brocade stamp.  Once the stamping dried, I adhered the hearts together and then attached them to the card.  The sentiment is attached with dimentional adhesive.  The third sketch is from the current Hero Arts challenge was used for this card.  Please go here to learn more about the Hero Arts Challenge.

I am also submitting this card to the Casual Friday CFC74 challenge.  The challenge for Casual Friday this week is to create a clean and simple project with a heart.  I have never stamped and colored wood veneer before and this is something that I have wanted to try for a long time.  It was fun to do and I think that I would do this again. 

Thanks for stopping by and I do appreciate the comments.

Hero Arts Stamps: 

Everyday Sayings CL342

Antique Flower background S5264

Antique Brocade CG102 (used on the hearts.) 

Thinking of You -- CAS-ual Friday CGC72



In this weeks CASual Friday we are to  create a project inspired by our blog header.  The colors of my blog header and the flowers inspired me to come up with this card.  The stamps that I used are Hero Arts: Floral 657776 and Essential Messages CL371.

Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comments.  Hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend.

CAS-UAL Fridays CFC70

It has been a while since I entered the CAS-UAL Fridays challenge and I thought that I would give it a try and I am happy that I did. I purchased this stamp a few months ago and this is the first time that I used it. I thought that it was perfect for a black and white plus one color card. It was very simple to make and it only took about 30 minutes to construct.  I stamped my image on a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of white cardstock with black momento ink and colored the one flower with a copic marker (don't remember the color).  I mounted the image onto a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of black cardstock and added a white pearl and some twine.  Then I mounted this with dimentional adhesive onto a white card base.  (the card base looks tan on camera, but in real life it is white.

The stamp is from Hero Arts: Flower Text S5506.  Thanks for stopping by and I do appreciate the comments.  

Chevron Thank You card

Wow!!!  I can not believe that it has been 2 1/2 months since I posted any cards.  This summer has been very busy for my family and I, but it is good to finally be making cards again.  (I am babysitting this week for my daughter and that takes me away from home.  Hopefully I will get more cards in sometime next week or before the second half of the Hero Arts challenge is over.)  This card is clean and simple and I also used one of the Hero Arts sketches for this months current Hero Arts challenge.  I have the zig zag stamp by hero arts (CG422) and decided to used it to created this chevron panel.  The thank you comes from Hero Arts Be Happy stamp set CL606. 

I was not able to use my camera so I had to use my camera on my phone to take this picture.  I was having a difficult time getting a good picture so I decided to take it outside.  Hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Take care and God bless.

Interactive Cards

This is going to be a short post tonight.  I have been finding all kinds of interactive cards this past month and I have become overwhelmed on which cards to make.  I would love to make them all, but I have realized that there just isn't enough hours in the day to do that.  This first card is called a Diamond Fold Card, to find out how this is made please go here.  The stamps are Hero Arts: Two Birds CG152 and Thinking of You CL140.  The die is from Spellbinders; Lacy Squares.  

This next card is called a Hinge card.  The stamps are Hero Arts:  Birthday Messagtes CL139, Celebrate All CL292.  Paper is from Hero Arts/Basic Grey "Life of the Party".  The blue paper is Hero Arts layering paper.   To see how to make this card please go here.  The sample card in the book is found on page42-43.  The book is edited by Tanya Fox and published by Annies Attic and the book is called "Interactive Cards".

Hinge Card (closed)

 Hinge Card (opened)

Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comments.  Hope that everyone has a wonderful week.



A Blog Named Hero Challenge #4 Dust 'Em Off

The challenge over at "A Blog Named Hero" is to take out any Hero Arts stamps that you have had for awhile, and not used in a long time and create a card or project using these stamps.  To find out more information, please go here. 

 

I have  wanted to enter cards in the challenges over at A Blog Named Hero ever since this blog started, but have never had the chance to do so.  Today, I finally found time to enter a card.   I purchase all of the stamps a long time ago and  never used them until now.  The flower stamps were just sitting in a drawer collecting dust.The background stamp and the sentiment stamps have not been used in a while either.

Hero Arts Stamps:  Flourish Background CG119, Birthday Sayings, CL340, Daisy Style E3272 (2005), Zinnia bloom E3346 (2005), Hibiscus Style E3273 (2005).  I am also entering this card in the current Hero Arts Flickr group challenge.  This is the card that I came up with.

 

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