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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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!

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,

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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