Hi,

I have a different card for you tonight…different from my recent run of cute critters that is!

This card uses the Hero Arts ‘Delicate Blossoms’ stamp set. The sentiment is from the Waltzingmouse ‘Teeny Trees’ stamp set. I used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The ribbon was a bit fiddly…not sure how other people do it, but I came up with my own method and I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Delicate Blossoms stamp set (CL449), Waltzingmouse ‘Teeny Trees’ stamp set.
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), White card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Stubs, foam dimensionals, Spellbinders Nesties – Label 4, Cuttlebug, White satin ribbon, Zots clear adhesive dots.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hi! I’m back!

Today I FINALLY got a chance to get creative and make some cards! I have some new stamps that have arrived over the last few weeks and today I christened some. This stamp is one of them. It uses the Hero Arts Tall Flower woodblock stamp. I used Prismacolor pencils to colour in the flower and instead of grabbing the Gamsol (my usual go to) I used a Derwent blending pencil…still some practise is needed! Lots of blending of distress inks on the background with the HA Envelope Pattern stamp lightly over the top.
I am entering this into the current Hero Arts challenge which is to use at least one flower and I also used a coloured pencil technique!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Tall Flower (K5431), Hero Arts Envelope pattern (S5507)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versa Color – Umber, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw and Dried Marigold
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured DL fold), X-Press It blending card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Derwent Blending Pencil, Kaisercraft pearls – pearl, Making Memories Metal ‘Thanks’ tag (which I went over in a black permanent texta), White sheer ribbon,thin green satin ribbon, foam dimensionals, WRMK Corner chomper

Thanks for looking. I hope to have another card to share with you really soon!
Take care,

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Good afternoon,

Here is my entry to the latest Case Study #36 Challenge. The muse is Silke Ledlow. I loved everything about her card. I only decided today to enter into this challenge….and I only had 1.5 hours to make this card and post it…..and I had 3 mins to spare by the time I had finished!! Phew. Hope you like my take. The rose is from the DigiStamp Boutique from a collection called “Rose Collection”. I am also entering this card into the DigiStamp Boutique April Customer Competition. I coloured it in with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.

Supplies:

Stamps: The DigiStamp Boutique “Rose Collection”
Ink: Printer, Versacolor cubes – Petal Pink and Opera Pink
Card: Regal Craft Card (Square textured single fold), white card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, stubbs, Patterned paper (not sure of the brand – but it is an Australian made cotton paper), Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Kaisercraft pink grosgrain ribbon, Jane’s Doodles button, pink DMC floss, Glossy Accents (to adhere bow), Creative Memories Circle cutters, sponge dauber, Copic marker, Happy Mother’s Day sentiment (from a scrapbooking magazine from about 10 years ago – I found it in my stash!)

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Hi everyone,

It is such a beautiful autumn day here today…and I have another gift set to share with you.
It is my very good friend’s birthday today and she just loves my gift sets, so I made an extra special one for her….it has taken me hours, but I am happy with the result! It uses the Hero Arts Stencils Flower cling stamp and the HA Envelope Pattern Woodblock stamp.
I am entering it into Joy Taylor’s inspired by challenge over at her blog, Less is More, where we have to create a project inspired by someone in the crafting world. Well I took my inspiration from the very talented Jill Foster. She is THE master at taking plain white card and turning it into a colourful masterpiece! This is her lovely card where my inspiration came from.

And here are my versions….yes there are quite a few photos!!

And one of them all together (sorry about the photo)

And to top it off I found a snazzy little box from my local Newsagent that they fit into perfectly!!

Phew….that’s it! As you can see I even tried Jill’s water splattering technique that she uses so often on her cards.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Stencil Flower cling stamp (CG194), Hero Arts Envelope Pattern Woodblock stamp (S5507)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Vintage Sepia, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Barn Door, Fired Brick, Dried Marigold, Borken China, Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Worn Lipstick and Old Paper
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square textured single fold), X-Press-It Blending Card, White card
Other Supplies: Uniball white gel pen, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft and TLC Quick Words rubons, Kaisercraft pearls – pearl, TH foam blending tool

Thanks for taking the time to look and ploughing through my mammoth post!

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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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Hi there,

I was meaning to post this last week, but I have returned to teaching (2 days a week) after having 13 months off…so I have been SUPER busy!

My Mum asked me to make a set of cards for her friend who is turning 50, so I made a set of this card I posted recently…I just had fun experimenting with different colours. I also bought a box to put them all in and covered it to match the set. (Originally the box had Disneyland princesses all over it!) I am really pleased with the finished product.

Sorry about all the photos, but I wanted to show you all the different colour combinations I came up with!

And finally the matching box…

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Stencil Flower cling stamp, Practicing Creativity – Just Dandy
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Broken China,  Tumbled Glass, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, Old Paper, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold), X-press It blending card, white card
Other Supplies: Copic markers, uniball white gel pen, foam dimensionals, S.E.I buttons, Kitchen twine, glossy accents (to adhere the buttons), Fiskars cutting board and scoring stylus, box

Well there you have it. We are having a heat wave at the moment….it was 40 degrees here yesterday!!

Until next time,

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