Recognition

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Beautiful flowers day



Entering this in the Work it Wednesday Challenge to use something new.  I'm having fun playing with the new Hero Arts items I recently bought.  Used Distress ink and Hero Arts Black ink along with Wink of Stella. Stamps are from Hero Arts You're So Lovely set.  Mask made with MFT rectangle die, finished with corner rounder.  I've tried to capture the shine on the flowers and leaves in the extra pics below. Thanks for stopping by!

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Sunday, February 21, 2016

i miss you



Made this card for a family member.....also entering it in several challenges.
Card base has rounded corners on one side, Larger panel was dry embossed with We R Memories Next Level embossing folder to add texture.  Used a few stiched dies and dotted dies from various companies on edges.  Inks colors are aqua, navy, and turquioise for one of the challenges.  All stamps are from Hero Arts new set called "You're So Lovely", used masks to layer the flowers.  Added a tiny punched navy heart with Wink of Stella on it and some Rainstones from Papertrey Ink on the flowers.
Entering in these challenges:




Leap Year Love



Love leap years, and these cute little frogs!  
Entering this in these challenges:  

Here's how I made it.  Watercolored Tim Holtz watercolor paper after masking off the edges and the clouds, with Distress Inks, sprayed and dripped water on it for the splotchy effect - is that a word?  Trimmed top panel and cut black mat and adhered it all to the white cardbase.  The die cut words are from Tim Holtz set, (I stacked black and textured green patterned paper to get some height on the sentiment and then added little black polka dots to the words for interest.  The raindrop bling and the frogs are from the Dollar Store.  I don' have any frog stamps but I did buy these stickers some time ago, thinking they would be cute for one of my grandkids either to play with or to make them a card..............................................
I love to look through my stash to see what I have.

Happy Leap Year!




Have a Beautiful



Charm/tag
3 colors *
Word/number
Texture
Free
Ribbon/washi Tape
Glitter/bling
Die Cut/Punch
Stitching:
Real/Faux
I did middle vertical row, 3 colors, free and die cut.
I used cardstock from Gina K Designs, in white, red and moonlit fog, along with GKD moonlit fog ink.  First I stenciled the polka dot tone on tone on a piece of moonlit fog then cut a strip for the side and a circle for the hole in the middle of the flower.  The stamps all came from the new Hero Arts "So Lovely" set and the flower die is also new from Hero Arts - Paper Layering Mum die cut.  I cut one out all the way and inked over it with pink and red inks, then stamped a background stamps on it with moonlit fog to give it some interest.  Then I curled up the leaves to give the 3D look this die cut is meant to do.   The little heart is a punch and also used red cardstock for a thin strips to anchor the polka dots on the left.  Topped the heart, flower center and parts of the petals with Wink of Stella.

I hope you all have a Beautiful Day!!

Entering this in The Challenge #60 - barely made it in time!





Saturday, February 20, 2016

My Friend



Watercolor background card made for the StampTV Addicts Challenge hosted by Karen Hightower.
I used Blue Lagoon and Applemint inks to watercolor the background on Tim Holtz watercolor paper, then spray it with water, then cut it out with a dotted rectangle die from MFT, cut a mat in the Blue Lagoon cardstock and mounted it on Applemint card base.  I added dots inside the butterfly with a sharpie pen.
I used stamps from the Made With Love StampTV Kit.  Added a few Rainstones from Papertrey Ink.


So Lovely


Used the new Paper Layering Mum Flower Die from Hero Arts and their new set "You're So Lovely" to create this card for The Card Concept #49 Floral Radiance Challenge.  Inks used were all Distress Inks, Masked of floral design by cutting one out and fussy cutting edges that weren't cut by die and sponging background ink, then left mask in place to stamp music note background.  After stamping music, I die cut the flower again, right on the actual card front and popped up all the pretty petals that it cuts.

Added some leaves from the same stamp set with more distress inks and then added sentiment and yellow flower center - bling from my stash.  Mounted on Charcoal Brown GKD cardstock.  Here's a link to that challenge:

I think this style is Clean and Layered....(for The Card Concept)

And entering this in the Work it Wednesday Simon Says Challenge

And here are a few more pics:



Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Hooray!



Entering this card in The Paper Players PP282 Color Challenge from Laurie and The Cats Pajamas Animals Challenge 308  and Paper Smooches Sparks Fun Challengeand planning on sending this to one of my grandkids.  Supplies used were:

Hero Arts stamps:  Hooray Set (older one), Playful Animals stamps and dies
Die Namics Dies:  Stitched Rectangles, Pierced Rectangles
Avery Elle:  Dotted Border Dies
Paper Smooches:  Hearts Dies
Waffle Flower:  Tiny Twine Bow
Also used 1" circle punch for mask, Distress Inks, Spectrum Noir markers, Wink of Stella

Happy Crafting!