Love this new dot flower pattern background from Hero Arts. Decided to give Kathy's color challenge at Lily Pad Cards another try:
Used a pink that is a bit deeper than the color swatch; but Kathy does give us permission to interpret the colors in our own way. I used some white embossing and colored pencil to detail the background. The Martha Stewart butterfly punch is one of my favorites. And, the new Hero Arts Say it All sentiments are so versatile.
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edit: also entering this in the Hero Arts March challenge.
Lime green, red and gray are certainly not my go to colors for cardmaking. Here is the challenge photo for Play Date Cafe:
My card features stamps from Hero Arts.
The fabric background stamp and the sentiment were stamped with Ranger Adirondack slate ink. I heat embossed the flowers and added red gems to the centers. The lace accents are from Hero Arts also. A nestabilities die was mounted on red cardstock, which is brighter IRL than in this scan.
This was indeed a challenge, but a lot of fun.
TFL!
Lisa's "make it and mail it" challenge must have sparked some card-making energy back into me. Yesterday I was looking through some patterned paper pads and decided to use this pinky-plum paisley Basic Grey Eva paper to make a simple card to send out to another friend of mine.
A large scallop nestabilitie die was used for the Hero Arts sentiment, which was stamped with Adirondack wild plum ink. The die cut itself was edged with the same ink and three gems added (they are a pale lilac in color). I love this particular piece of lace from Hero Arts the best - the width is such a nice size, isn't it?
Will be mailing this one out today - hope she likes it!
TFL!
I have been missing in action for a couple of weeks - just busy with a lot of different things. I am in awe of you gals who can keep up with a myriad of challenges, groups, design teams, making comments on blogs, etc., and actually making lots of cards and creating blog posts, too!
Anyway, here is a card I made for my son-in-law's 50th birthday which is coming up soon.
I used one of the sketches Shari provided on the Hero Arts blog and some strips of paper from the Basic Grey Hello Luscious pad. And, for the background, I actually dared to cut the word "Celebrate" from a Hero Arts clear phrase to use alone, which was the first time I attempted that! The number stamps are from an old Hero Arts set that I have had for ages.
I didn't want this card to become too fussy, so I just popped the circles up from the background layer, and then popped that layer up from the folded kraft card. A bit of Stickles platinum glitter was added around the circle for a bit of bling.
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Stamps and supplies used:
Hero Arts CL497 Find Joy
Basic Grey Hello Luscious 6 x 6 pad
Ranger Stickles platinum glitter
I have been missing in action for awhile - sometimes it is impossible to find time to stamp. And, then, it is even harder to come up with a design I actually like!!
Here is a card I made today using the envelope pattern with the long stem poppies:
The poppies were colored with Prismacolor pencils and then overstamped with the envelope pattern using peeled paint distress ink. I layered the image on black and green cardstock. On the top folded base card, I stamped the envelope pattern again at the top with Adirondack meadow rose ink. Patterned paper was adhered to the bottom of the card and a strip of Hero Arts lace trim was added along the seam; pearls placed above. The sentiment was black heat embossed and layered to black cardstock. I mounted the focal image with dimensional squares and added one to the right side of the sentiment to lift it from the card base too.
So glad I finally got the woodblock envelope pattern. It makes such a cool background, doesn't it??
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