To My Mama Bear – Happy Birthday

My mom and I always joke around calling each other Baby Bear and Mama Bear. So even if my mom’s birthday is still far away, I jumped on the chance to make this card using the Lil Hoot set from Hero Arts.

I am entering this card for the A Blog Named Hero Interactive Card Challenge sponsored by Chibitronics. Chibitronics is not required for this challenge but the card had to be interactive. So after a lot of thought on what kind of interactive card I wanted to make, I settled on a spinner card.

Here is my card —

I started this card with a the Neenah Textured card stock in blue and stamped the Hero Arts Magical Background using Versamark ink and embossed in American Crafts Zing Clear Embossing powder. I wanted it to haver stitched edges but I didn’t have a big enough die, so I used the straight line die cute from Pretty Pink Posh on each side. I cut the circle on both the panel and card base at the same time. For the image, since the bear from Lil Hoot wasn’t symmetrical, I had to do mirror image stamping to get the the back side of the image for the spinner.

For the sentiment, I used one of the smaller dies from the My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangles Stax. I used Milo’s ABC from Lawn Fawn to create the mama bear sentiment and a happy birthday sentiment from the It’s Your Day set from Hero Arts.

Here is a short clip of the spinner card in action —

For information on the tools and products used, here is the supply list

SUPPLY LIST:

1. Neenah Solar White Card stock
2. Neenah Light Blue Textured card stock
3. Hero Arts Magical Background
4. Hero Arts Lil Hoot
5. Hero Arts It’s Your Day
6. Lawn Fawn Milo’s ABC’s
7. My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Stax
8. Sizzix ThinLits Circle Die
9. Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2
10. Versafine Onyx Black ink
11. Versamark ink
12. American Crafts Zing Clear Embossing Powder
13. Prismacolors Colored Pencils
14. Masterpiece Odorless Mineral Spirit
15. The Paper Studio Paper Blending Stump
16. Be Creative Double Sided Tape
17. Coats Grey Thread

That’s it for this card. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy You’re My Friend

Hi everyone! Im here with another card I am entering for a couple challenges. I will link the challenges below.

Here is my card —

I started this card with a panel of Neenah Solar White card stock and I stamped flowers in coral and aqua inks. Then I accented the centers and blank spaces with grey ink. I cut the stamped panel to 4 x 5 1/4 and then used a curved border die to cut the panel on a curve.

On a standard size card base, I attached a grey striped paper from My Mind’s Eye. I curved the sentiment to match the curve of the panel and stamped it with Versamark and embossed it with a silver embossing powder. To finish the card, I attached the curved panel with foam adhesive.

I am entering this card to the following challenges –

CAS-ual Fridays – Color Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – use patterned paper

For information on the tools and products I used, please refer to the supply list below –

SUPPLY LIST

1. Neenah Solar White Card stock
2. My Mind’s Eye Chalk Studio Collection 6×6 paper pad
3. Simon Says Stamp Flowers On My Mind stamp set
4. Hero Arts Shadow Inks  – Fresh Peach and Soft Granite
5. Simon Says Stamp Ink – Audrey Blue
6. Versamark ink
7. American Crafts Zing Silver Embossing Powder
8. Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 1
9. Elmer’s Glue Dot Runner
10. Scotch Foam Tape

That’s it for this card. Thank you for reading.

Sending You A Latte Thanks

Hi everyone! I’m back with a card today using the emboss/resist technique.

Here is my card —  (I’m still trying to figure out lighting, so please forgive this very dark picture)

I started this card with a panel of Neenah Solar White cardstock and I stamped the Hero Arts Tiny Flags background set using some WOW Clear Embossing powder. After embossing, I cut the paper in half and tried to resist some colors. I used some distress inks in rainbow order.

For the image, the sketch challenge I had an object to the right side of the card, so I used the Coffee Cup die cut from Simon Says Stamp.

I adhered the coffee cup and stamped my sentients from the What’s Brewing set also from Simon Says stamp.

This card is an entry for the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Emboss It2. CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge 

Here is the sketch —

3. AAA Challenge – the theme was Resist

Thank you for  reading.

SUPPLY LIST:

1. Neenah Solar White  80lb cardstock
2. Hero Arts Tiny Flags background stamp
3. Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine 6×6 paper pad
4. Simon Says Stamp – What’s Brewing
5. Simon Says Stamp – Coffee Cup Die
6. My Favorite Things DieNamics Stitched Stax Rectangles
7. Versafine Onyx black ink
8. Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Cracked Pistachio
9. WoW Embossing Powder – clear
10. American Crafts Heating Tool
11. Scotch Foam Tape
12. Elmer’s Dot Runner

Wishing You The Most Beautiful Day

Hi everyone. I’m back with a card using supplies from the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero box. When I saw the stamp and die included, I fell in love and ordered it right away. We can never have too much flower stamps. Plus the sentiments are amazing.

Here is my card —

I started this card with a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock and I stamped the flower and leaf images from the set with Versafine Onyx black ink using some masking techniques to make it look realisitc. I used shades of purple/violet to color the flowers and shades of green to color the leaves from the Prismacolor pencil set.

For the sentiment, I stamped it with the same black ink and allowed it to dry. I cut the panel using the largest stitched rectangle from My Favorite Things to frame the design. I attached the stitched panel on to a 4 Bar  cardbase of Hero Arts layering paper. To finish the card, I embellished with some black gems from Hero Arts.

That’s it for this card.

This card is an entry for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. The theme for this week is FLOWERS.

For a complete list of products I used, please check the supply list below.

Thanks for reading.

 

I am unable to link to any of the Hero Arts products because the April Box of the Monthly Hero is already sold out.

SUPPLY LIST:

 

Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82 Prismacolor PREMIER COLORED PENCILS 48 Set Lot 3598 My Favorite Things STITCHED RECTANGLE STAX Die-Namics MFT MFT506 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

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Sending You Buckets of Love

Hi everyone! I’m here today with a  card for the Casology Challenge this week.

The Cue Word this week is vehicle. Here is my card —

 

I am not really into clean and simple cards – honestly I don’t know my style yet but I like trying different ones and just being quite diverse. I definitely know that I am a modern card maker. I don’t fancy the vintage look that much.

With this card, the started with smooth white card stock from Simon Says Stamp. I masked the sky and grassy hills and colored it in with distress inks. I used Broken China for the sky and Mowed Lawn for the grassy hill. For the vehicle image, I used the Hero Arts Father’s Day set (I think it’s discontinued). There was a truck image with a heart and I loved it. I stamped additional hearts from Lawn Fawn’s Milo’s ABC to have some hearts falling of the truck. I colored the images with a combination of Copic and Spectrum Noir  markers. For the sentiment, I used a stamp from Simon Says Stamp in Versafine onyx black ink. I cut the entire panel from the My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Stax and adhered that panel on to another white card base.

That’s it for this card. I will update this post later with the supply list.

Thanks for reading.

 

 

Celebrate Today, and Everyday

Hi everyone! I’m here today with a new card using some Paper Smooches products.

Here is my card —

I started this card with a Core’dinations yellow card base which I cut to a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card. Then I cut a piece of Neenah Solar white to 4×4 to be the front panel. For the images, I used some free digi images from the Paper Smooches blog. I colored the feathers with Copic markers (check the supply list for all the colors I used).

For the border strip, I cut the scallop punch from American Crafts on Simon Says Stamp Smoke card stock. I adhered that to the left side of the front panel. On top of the strip, I placed a bunch of feathers, which I tied with some black twine from Doodlebug, I finished the bow with a gem Hero Arts.

For the sentiment, I used the Pretty Phrases from Paper Smooches and embossed it on Black Licorice card stock from Bazzil.

To finish the card, I added some stitch lines on the setiment strip and added more gems from Hero Arts around the card.

That’s it for this card. Thank you for reading.

For a full list of products and tools I used, please check the supply list below: (InLinkz to follow)

1. Core’dinations Bright Smooth A2  cards and envelope (yellow)
2. Neenah Solar White card stock
3. Simon Says Stamp Smoke card stock
4. Bazzil black licorice card stock
5. American Crafts Knock Outs – scalloped punch
6. Paper Smooches Pretty Phrases
7. Paper Smooches Feather freebie
8.  Copic Markers – (PINK – RV000, RV52, RV55 BLUE – B01, B04, B06 YELLOW Y00, Y13, Y18)
9. Doodlebug Black Twine
10. AC Zing White embossing powder
11. Sakura Gelly Roll white pen
12. Hero Arts white / black gemstones
13. Tombow tape runner
14. Scotch foam tape

Happy Birthday! – Get Sketchy Challenge with Joni

Hi everyone. I’m here with a card for the Get Sketchy Challenge with Joni.

I love this sketch and I love Joni’s work so I was inspired to join this challenge.

Here is my card –

 

I also made a video where you can watch the process of me making my card. You can watch it here or on YouTube

The supply list will be up shortly.

Thanks for reading!

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You Are My Sunshine

This is my second post for the day. To check out my first post, click here. 

My second card for the day is also for the CASology Challenge. I am using the same CUE CARD which is MUSIC. This was the first card I made, so I decided to share and enter it as well.

Here is my card —

I started this card with some Neenah Solar white card stock and I die cut the largest stitched rectangle from My Favorite Things. I stamped the sentiment using Lawn Fawn’s Milo’s ABC and Simon Says Stamp Color and Sunshine using Versafine Onyx Black ink and Hero Arts shadow ink in Butter Bar. For the sun, I die cut a sun from the You & Me set from Sizzix with a paper from the Doodlebug Lemonade Stand 6×6 paper pack.

I adhered the panel on a piece of Simon Says Stamp Sunshine cards stock that is a standard size top folding card. To finish the card, I used some Pretty Pink Posh sequins. I also covered the sun with some clear Wink of Stella pen and covered with with Glossy Accents.

That’s it for this card. For a complete list of the all the products and tools I used, check out the supply list below.

Thanks for reading.

SUPPLY LIST:

Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SUNSHINE SS9 *Simon Says Clear Stamps COLOR AND SUNSHINE sss101399 Lawn Fawn MILO’S ABC’s Clear Stamps Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82 Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad BUTTER BAR Mid-Tone AF207 Bo Bunny 6 x 6 LEMONADE STAND Paper Pad 16317403 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK – You & Me My Favorite Things STITCHED RECTANGLE STAX Die-Namics MFT MFT506 *American Crafts Zing! CLEAR Embossing Powder 27170 Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001 Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear 6mm Sequins Pretty Pink Posh Lemon Drop 6mm sequins *Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive

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DO RE MI-ssing You

Hi everyone! I’m here today with a card for the CAS-ology Challenge. The CUE CARD for this week is MUSIC.

I was trying to think of a way to interpret music and I had a “You Are My Sunshine” card at back of my head. But I definitely wanted to try and think outside the box. Then an idea hit me, and I think this could be one of my favorite card I’ve made. The card came out exactly how I imagined it which is rare for me. It may not be clean and simple with a lot of white space, but i think grey is pretty close. 🙂

Here is my card —

I die cut the letters / words DO, RE, MISSING, and YOU from different colors using the My Favorite Things Bright Lights Alphabet. I wanted to create a pun on words so I created a space between MI and ssing. For an accent image, I didn’t have any large music note stamp or die cut, so I found a clip art online and cut it. I emembellishedhe note with some Clear Wink of Stella pen and then layered with Glossy Accents.

For the card base, I used a standard size top folding card in Simon Says Stamp Smoke card stock. I stamped the music notes stamp from the Teeny Tiny Backdrops from Lawn Fawn is Hero Arts Soft Granite ink.

That’s it for this card.

For a complete list of all the tools and products I used, please check the supply list below.

Thanks for reading.

SUPPLY LIST:

Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SMOKE Gray SM28 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SUNSHINE SS9 *Bazzill LICORICE TWIST Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock *Bazzill CANDY NECKLACE Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock *Bazzill CANDY HEARTS Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock *My Favorite Things BRIGHT LIGHTS ALPHABET Die-Namics MFT Lawn Fawn TEENY TINY BACKDROPS Clear Stamps Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT GRANITE Mid-Tone AF226 ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320 *Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive Tombow MONO Adhesive PERMANENT Tape Dispenser 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

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I’m Back!!!!! and a new card

Hi everyone! It’s been almost two and a half months since my last post and since I made a card. My life these past two months were far from uneventful. My uncle came into town and stayed for a month and I spent most of my time with him. After he left, I just couldn’t get back into the swing of things. I felt pressured to make a card and every time I sat down to make one, my creative juices were completely dried up. I gave up and did something else and that happened pretty much everyday for the next month or so. I tried so hard but nothing worked. So I decided to give it some time and step away. Then today, I was watching a video tutorial on YT and I felt like creating. So here we are….

I started with the different challenge blogs I frequently join and listed the ones I wanted to join. This brings us to today’s post…

Here is my card –

 

I started this card with some Hero Arts Snow layering paper cut to a card base measuring 5 x 3 3/4 inches. I masked off a 1 inch column vertically towards the left of the card stock. I stamped the different flowers from the Truly Appreciated set from Hero Arts. I decided to use Versafine Onyx Black ink so I could clear emboss the flowers. For the shading, the wanted to have an ombre effect, I used the following inks – Hero Arts Soft Pool, Hero Arts Tide Pool, and Simon Says Stamp Audrey Blue. For the sentiment, I used one of the greetings from the Little Hoot set from Hero Arts again stamping it in Versafine Onyx black and clear embossing powder.

To finish the card, I added some enamel dots from My Minds Eye and black gemstones from Hero Arts.

That’s it for this card.

This card is an entry for the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Clean and Simple featuring Hero Arts products

2. A Blog Named Hero – One Layer Challenge

 

3. CAS-ology Challenge – CUE CARD-Ombre

 

For complete list of the products and tools I used, please check the Supply List below.

Thank you for stopping by and I will be back soon with another card.

SUPPLY LIST: 

Hero Arts Layering Papers SNOW PS610 *Hero Arts Clear Stamps TRULY APPRECIATED CL380 Hero Arts Clear Stamps LIL HOOT cl755 Hero Arts SHADOW Ink Pad SOFT POOL Aqua AF146 Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad TIDE POOL Mid-Tone AF223 *Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad AUDREY BLUE ink018 Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82 *American Crafts Zing! CLEAR Embossing Powder 27170 *My Mind’s Eye WITH YOU Enamel Dots Now & Then Mildred NT1074 Hero Arts Bling BLACK Gemstones Gems ch139 Tombow MONO ADHESIVE DOTS DISPENSER Permanent

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