Hi everyone,

Today I have a set of butterfly cards to share with you. If you have followed my blog for a while you will recognise that I have made this card before – in the turquoise colour, but I thought that it needed some friends. I am really happy with the results. They are coloured in with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. Beware, there are quite a few photos….

And then one showing all the colours together! Not sure which colour I like best…but I am partial to the turquoise, pink and blue ones!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Engravings
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), turquoise, mustard, pink, dark blue, purple and orange Bazzill card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, stubbs, Kaisercraft pearls – pearl and snow, TLC Quik words and Kaisercraft rubons.

I love making sets…there is something complete about it! It appeals to my sense of ordered-ness!

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

 

 

 

Update April-11

This card placed in the Hero Arts Fab 5!

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Good evening,

Here are some more cards using my new “Kiss from the Sun” stamp set from Hero Arts. Can you half tell that it is new?? One is for my mother-in-law for her birthday next week and the other one is to go into the stash for when I need it!

I made two versions but not sure which one I like the best! I know it is similar to my last post – but I REALLY like my new set and I am having fun and that is what this hobby is all about – isn’t it?

Supplies:

[Pink Spotty Birdhouses]

Stamps: Hero Arts “Kiss from the Sun” (CL439) Hero Arts “Magic of Christmas” (CL 462) (branches), Practicing Creativity Designs – “You’re Dandy” (clouds), Inkadinkado – Birthday sentiment
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor cube – Atlantic, Green tea
Card: Regal Craft Card (white single fold), white Regal Craft Card (textured), Blue bazzill
Other Supplies: Pink spotty cotton paper (no idea what brand but it is an Australian made cotton paper), Sponge dauber, Copic markers, glossy accents, Pink DMC thread, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, felt marker

[Red Gingham Birdhouses]

Stamps: Hero Arts “Kiss from the Sun” (CL439) Hero Arts “Magic of Christmas” (CL 462) (branches), Practicing Creativity Designs – “You’re Dandy” (clouds), Inkadinkado – Birthday sentiment
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor cube – Atlantic, Green tea
Card: Regal Craft Card (white single fold), white Regal Craft Card (textured), Blue bazzill
Other Supplies: Creative Memories Red gingham paper, Sponge dauber, Copic markers, fiskars scallop border punch, glossy accents, thin white ribbon, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, felt marker

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening/day.

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Hi there,

Here is another card using the Hero Arts Kiss from the Sun stamp set….I’m loving it as it makes me smile!

Here it is…

I did a little paper piecing on the bird house and added some glossy accents to the window and door. The little bird trio are paper pieced as well.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts “Kiss from the Sun” (CL439), Hero Arts “Classic Messages” stamp(CL414),  Practicing Creativity Designs – “You’re Dandy”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor cube – Atlantic
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), Blue and yellow bazzill card
Other Supplies: Creative Memories red gingham paper, Sponge dauber, Copic markers, glossy accents, kitchen twine, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, felt marker

Thanks for stopping by,

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Good evening!

Tonight I have a birthday card to share with you that I have made for a little friend of my son who will be turning 3 this week. This is the first card I have made in a while that I can say ‘it just worked out’ and best of all – I like it! It uses the Hero Arts Kiss from the Sun set. So cute and so many possibilities so I can’t wait to keep playing with it!

A close up of the bunting showing the Glossy Accents I put on the dots. I stamped the clouds (from You’re Dandy – Practicing Creativity stamp set) with white ink onto some blue card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Kiss from the Sun (CL439), Practicing Creativity Designs – You’re Dandy
Ink: VersaMagic – Cloud White, Memento -Tuxedo Black, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), Blue bazzill card, X-press It white blending card
Other Supplies: Copic markers, glossy accents, kitchen twine, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft ‘Happy Birthday’ rub-on, Kaisercraft pearls – snow

I think it makes a cute little birthday card…and it was my husband’s idea to put the birdie on it and it worked out beautifully! Thanks honey!

Have a good night,

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Good evening!

I recently got some new Hero Arts stamps that have been waiting patiently to be inked up….and I also tried the ‘kissing technique‘ that has been shown on the Hero Arts blog of late. Such fun! I am definitely in love with my new HA Envelope pattern woodblock stamp!

I would love to say that I came up with the  layout for this card…but alas, I did not! I cased this card from Kerry Cox…I loved the simplicity and elegance of her card.

and a close up of the “kissing”…

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Flower Bird Garden (CG270), Hero Arts Envelope Pattern (S5507)
Ink: Versacolor cubes – Opera Pink and Bark
Card: Regal Craft Card (square white single fold), White bazzill card
Other Supplies: Carl Craft punch – Kikyou, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Fiskars cutting board and scoring stylus, Spellbinder nesties – label 2, cuttlebug, embossing mat, foam dimensionals.

This is first time I have used an embossing mat with my nesties! I now have 2 sets…and am wanting more!!

Thanks for looking,

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Baby girls seem to be the flavour of the month in my world so I searched through my papers for some pretty pinks and this is what I came up with! The cute image is a digistamp from a set called Simply Baby Collection from the Digistamp Boutique. Cute digis with so many possibilities.

I am loving the simplicity of this first one – I printed the image and the sentiment straight onto the card and then a little paper pieced dress with some pearls and some scored lines – done!! The pink dotty paper is so beautiful – I bought it from my local craft shop but have no idea of the brand – it is an Australian made cotton paper – so soft and fun to play with!!

A close up of the paper piecing.

And the second one…I am not a huge  fan of this one, but I’ll post it anyway! I added some kindyglitz to make it sparkle!

I am entering both of these cards into the DigiStamp Boutique February competition.

Supplies:

[Welcome Sophie]

Stamps: Digistamp – Simply Baby Collection from the DigiStamp Boutique
Ink: Bubble jet printer
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), Australian made cotton pink dotty paper (no idea of brand)
Other Supplies: Kaisercraft pearls – Hot pink, foam dimensionals, Computer font “Freehand591 BT”, Fiskars cutting board and scoring stylus, WRMK corner chomper

[Welcome Sweet Baby]

Stamps: Digistamp – Simply Baby Collection from the DigiStamp Boutique
Ink: Bubble jet printer
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), Australian made cotton pink dotty paper (no idea of brand), pink cardboard, white card
Other Supplies: Kaisercraft pearls – Hot pink, foam dimensionals, Computer font “CAC Pinafore”, Cuttlebug embossing folder – Polka Dots, prismacolor pencils, gamsol, Kindyglitz – Crystalina, Kaisercraft pink grosgrain ribbon

Until next time,

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Hi,

Just sharing a quick card that I made with some scraps I found in my stash. I used my fiskars cutting board and scoring stylus to create the diamond background. Sorry about the not-so-great photo…still working on the that side of things!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Practicing Creativity – Just Dandy
Ink: VersaMark Watermark Ink, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), Turquoise Bazzill card – 2 shades
Other Supplies: Nestabilities -Labels 4, American Craft White embossing powder, heat gun, Kaisercraft brown grosgrain ribbon, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Fiskars cutting board, scoring stylus, foam dimensionals.

Hope you are having a great day. Thanks for stopping by.

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