So Many Books

Hello.  Here with a book mark for the "Anything But a Card Challenge" at A Blog Named Hero.

I applied chalk through the Every Which Way Stencil using a small makeup brush to a piece of smooth bristol paper.

After adding the chalk I spritzed on glimmer mist.  Then I spread on some transparent embossing paste.  I removed the stencil after adding the paste.

I embossed the sentiment, from the stamp set In the Study,  on a piece of velum then adhered all of the layers together.

Thank you for stopping by.  

Birthday Tag

Hello!  So where I live the schools have been closed.  Social distancing is recommended and most things are closed to the public.  I am at home and so are my four kids so I don't actually have a lot of free time.  I created a quick tag to share with you for the current A Blog Named Hero Challenge.

 

I blended Distress Oxide Inks on a diecut tag using a make up brush.  I then spattered it with water and dabbed of the water to make some splotches.  Once the tag was dry (I used a heat tool to dry it)  I embossed the sentiment and the confetti (Hero Arts Cheeky Birthday Set).  I felt the tag needed something so I used a stencil (Starry Nights Stencil) and some water to remove some ink.  Before removing the stencil I sprayed the tag with some glimmer spray.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope to see your projects at the current challenge.

Oceans of Joy

Hello, this is my second card for the Birthday challenge at A Blog Named Hero.  There is still a few days left in the challenge.

I used a diecut circle mask I made to cover the center of a piece of black cardstock.  The background was embossed using the Hero Arts Abstract Waves background stamp and Sparkling Sea Embossing Powder.  Next I blended distress Oxide inks over the embossed image.  I removed the mask and embossed the lighthouse in white (From the Vault Beach and Sea).

Thank you for stopping by, hope you share your work at our challenge.

Birthday Cake

Hi All!  This month's challenge theme is a useful one, "Birthday".

For this card I made a stencil using a piece of acetate.  I diecut a circle from the acetate and sprayed the negative with Pixie Spray,  This is my first time using Pixie Spray it worked wonderfully in holding the stencil in place.  I adhered the stencil to a A4 size of cardstock and blended three different Distress Inks blending the colors until nice and vibrant.  I sprinkled with water and dabbed off for some splotches in the background.  Next I sprayed on some glitter spray.  I removed the stencil and let it dry overnight.  The Birthday cake (from a Hero Arts 25th Anniversary stamp set) was stamped with Versafine ink then embossed in clear.   I also stamped and embossed the sentiment. I cut down the cardstock and layered it with fun foam.

Hope to see your entries at A Blog Named Hero.

Butterfly Birthday

New challenge at A blog Named Hero is Anything Goes. I played with my alcohol inks to create a pretty background.

I used the butterfly dies from the January My Monthly Hero Kit.  This kit sold out quickly.  Hero Arts has several butterfly stamps and dies that would also work well.

Thanks for coming to see my card.

Muted Snowflakes

Everyday my five year old asks me what the date is and how many days until Christmas.  It's coming so quickly, but not fast enough for her.  This Christmas card was made for the challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

The products from Hero Arts used in making this card are the Christmas Messages Stamp Set, Graphic Snowflake Stencil, Charcoal Midtone Ink and Paper Layering Snowflake.

Thank you for reading my post, I hope you are inspired to play along with the challenge.

Wishing Joy

Hi!  Here with a card for the challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

I used Hero Arts Reactive Inks in Pool Party and Blue Hawaii for the background.  I smooshed the inks on a craft mat then softened the colors by spritzing them with some white paint spray.

I swiped a piece of watercolor paper through the ink.  I applied the color in layers by drying in between applications with my heat tool.

Once the background was dry I diecut Joy from it (Hero Arts Joy Stamp and Cut).  I also stamped the wishing you sentiment above the negative diecut.  I then diecut joy three more times from white cardstock.  I stacked the Joy's together adhering between the layers with liquid glue.  

For the snowflakes I used the Snowflake Fancy Edge Die.  I embossed a couple layers of the Sparkling Sea Embossing Powder on the Snowflakes.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you share your work at our current challenge.

At Christmas

Hello.  Now that Halloween it feels like I need to get serious about making Christmas cards.  This one is inspired by the Nature theme at A Blog Named Hero.

I used the Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp set from Hero Arts on the tag.  I added some sparkle to the tree with a gel pen and some silver Nuvo drops.  The star is one I have had for awhile.

For the red background I used the  sponged red ink through the Graphic Snowflake stencil.  I adhered the tag with some foam tape for some dimension.  

A few days left to share your creations at A Blog Named Hero.

Simple Holiday Card

Hello!  I am here with my first card for the "Nature" challenge at A Blog Named Hero.  

For this card I made an easy to reproduce and easy to mail Christmas card.  I used the Hero Arts stamp sets "Winter Time Fun", "Merry and Bright Messages" and "Winter Forest Animals".

I started by stamping the background.  I colored in the images using Copic Markers.  I went around the edge of this layer with a cold leafing marker.  Then I die cut a circle and heat embossed the sentiment on it.  Adhered it all the layers to a card base and was done.  Very quick.

Thanks for stopping by, head to A Blog Named Hero to play along with the current challenge.

Happy Chameleon

My card today is for the A Blog Named Hero Challenge.

For this challenge the inspiration possibilities are endless!  So many crafter's share their work online.  To inspire myself I went to the Hero Arts Blog.  I found this striking card by Michelle Short and thought  there were so many stamp sets that I could use with her layout.  For my card I used the Hero Arts Chameleon Stamp and Cut set.

I colored the chameleon and branch with Copic Markers.  To add some scaly looking texture to the Chameleon I wet a cloth with some Copic blending solution and dabbed the image with it.

The background was created on a piece of smooth bristol cardstock.  I blended three colors of Hero Arts Reactive Inks (Blue Hawaii, Pool Party and Blue Raspberry).  I sprinkled the blended inks with some water and blotted it dry with a paper towel to make the splotches.

I hope you are inspired to play along with the challenge.  Thanks for stopping by.

Three Thank You Cards

I am in need of a bunch of Thank You cards and I had none in my stash.  The theme at A Blog Named Hero is "Stretch Your Stamps" and it is perfect for creating multiple cards.

I used the "Kaleidoscope Floral Cling" for these cards.  I positioned it in my stamp press so it was easy to stamp and heat emboss the image three times.

On this card I stamped on watercolor paper and used Nuvo Shimmer powders sprayed with water.  Once dry I used an x-acto knife to cut out the image.  Next to pop up the image I adhered fun foam behind the image.

This card I used craft colored paper and colored in the image with pencil crayons.

On the third  card I did some ink blending of three shades of Distress Oxide inks.  I splattered with water.  I highlighted parts of the image by painting areas with water and removing the ink with paper towel.  Finally I added some subtle glitter with Wink of Stella on part of the image.

Thanks for stopping by I hope you are inspired to join our challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

Stretch your Stamps

The challenge for you at A Blog Named Hero is to "Stretch Your Stamps".

For inspiration for this challenge I turned to the Online Card Classes Stretch Yous stamps lessons.  A lesson in which Jennifer McGuire used a background stamp gave me the idea for these cards.  For these cards I used the Jellyfish Party Background stamp.  I stamped the image with Hero Arts Embossing ink on dark card stock.  Next I brushed on three different shades of Pearl Ex powder.  I die cut a circle from this and used it for the focal point on my second card.

I stamped the Pearl Strings Bold Print Background stamp on light blue card stock.  I used the Happy Stamp and Cut set for the sentiment.

On my second card I brushed Pool Hero Arts Reactive Ink through the Crossing Waves Stencil.  Next I misted some Shimmer Spritz on the background.

I would enjoy seeing how you stretch your stamps please share your work at our latest challenge.

Christmas in July with A Blog Named Hero

Hello!  A quick post today with my second card for the Christmas in July challenge.  For this card I created a alcohol ink background on Yupo Paper.  While the ink was still tacky I pressed a scrap of heat transfer foil onto it and the silver did stick to the background in some places.  I used the fabulous Hero Arts Snowflake Confetti die to die cut the snowflakes.  I kept the cut out snowflakes for other projects, they were too pretty to throw away.  The sentiment was created using the Hero Arts Merry Stamp and Cut.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you are inspired to create a project to enter in the A Blog Named Hero "Christmas in July" challenge.

'Tis The Season

In the weeks before Christmas I usually can never have enough time.  It works well for me to work on my Christmas cards throughout the year when I feel inspired.  The current theme at A Blog Named Hero is "Christmas in July".

This color layering stamp isn't currently available but the "Color Layering Cardinal" stamp set would also work well for this card.  I went with a softer color palette for this card.  I made the frame for this card using the "Wood Frame Infinity Dies".  I die cut several frames and adhered them together to create a thick frame.  A piece of acetate was adhered behind the final layer of the frame to create the window.

Inside the shaker I used some snowflakes that were from a die cut alcohol ink background.  I used the "Snowflake Confetti Infinity Die" to create a background for another background and the leftover snowflakes were too pretty to throw away.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are inspired to work on your holiday cards and play along with the current A Blog Named Hero challenge.

Butterfly Sympathy

Unfortunately sympathy cards are a good thing to have on hand, .  When I need to send a sympathy card I don't usually feel up to making one.  This months challenge theme at A Blog Named Hero is "Sympathy".

For my card I colored some white embossing paste with a blue re inker and applied it through the "Spiral Petals" stencil.  I had applied Brusho paint powders to watercolor card stock for another project and used the left over piece for the butterflies.  I heat embossed the butterflies from "New Day Butterfly" and fussy cut them.  I made little antennas for the butterflies by coiling some black wire.  I sprinkled the dry embossed background with some black alcohol ink before stamping the sentiment and adding the butterflies.

Thanks for coming by to see my card.  I will have a second card for this challenge at the beginning of July.

Fabulous Dolls

My second card for the Celebrate challenge at A Blog Named Hero.  This card features the cute Hero Arts photopolymer stamp set "Four Dolls"  from 2009.  I used my MISTI stamp tool to stamp the doll images and colored one with Copic Markers.  I embossed the sentiment from the "Birthday Messages" stamp set in gold on velum.  My grandfather made many business trips to Japan and he would sometimes bring me back a Kokeshi doll, that is why I purchased and love the stamp set.

Still a few days to join our Celebrate challenge.  I would enjoy seeing some of your favorite products from Hero Arts shared to celebrate their anniversary.