Fantastical fun

 

This card is in honor of my nephew, who loves fantasy. I used the Waffle Flower Open Book die, Dragon Castle coloring stencil, and Open Book Sentiments stamp set. I used Gina K. inks in Blue Denim, Red Hot, and Sweet Corn for the dragon and book. The gold accents are done with Simon Hurley’s Lunar Paste in Slippery When Wet and the background is Hero Arts Bold Script. All the black ink is Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black.

Quatrefoil fun

 I combined a stencil and stamp set to make this card, and used another set for the sentiment. The inks used were Gina K. Passionate Pink, Wild Lilac, and Red Velvet, and the stamp/stencil set was from Scrapbook and Cards Today. The sentiment is by Hero Arts. A somewhat unconventional Valentine!

Heart of Hearts

 This card combines a stencil from Brutus Monroe with a stamp from Hero Arts. I started with pink cardstock and then stenciled with a darker pink, red, and purple. I added white splatters for some texture. The text stamp is embossed with white embossing powder on a slightly darker pink cardstock and fussy cut, then popped up on foam tape. The “sending love” sentiment is white heat embossed as well, but it thankfully has a die to cut the words out.

It's May!

 This card was done while playing Craft Roulette, which is a YouTube show on Friday nights. I'd actually never seen it before because I have a standing date with my daughter on Fridays, but she was sick so I happened to see this one. In Craft Roulette, you have to make a project that incorporates four elements that are spun for on a wheel. Last night the elements were: 3 tags, rose colors, May, and masking. I immediately thought of the song from the musical Camelot, where the court goes a-Maying. They sing, of course, this being a musical, and the beginning of the song is, "Tra-la, it's May..." If you want to know the rest of the song, I suggest you search it on the web. My mother's favorite flowers were yellow roses, and it being ten years since we lost her, I decided I wanted to use yellow as one of my rose colors. I picked peach to go with it because we had a peach rosebush in front of the house I used to live in and I always liked it. I masked off the checkerboard design on the tags with Gina K. Masking Magic Strips. The letters in May are cut with Henry's ABCs from Lawn Fawn, and the stamped letters are from a Hero Arts set. The tags are all dies from Sizzix, and the flower buds are Taylored Expressions Buds and Blossoms set. The tra la is stamped in Concord & 9th Grapefruit.

Thanks, Mom!

 

An entry for the Stay Crafty With Hero Challenge, although I suspect I'll see it again as a Mother's Day card (my youngest loves handmade cards, she just doesn't like to make them herself.) I used Hero Arts cardstock in Mist and Paradise and cut them in strips of varying widths. Then I adhered them diagonally, along with strips of silver matte cardstock, to the front of a top fold A2 card. I cut the Hero Arts thanks die out of the same silver cardstock and glued it on top. I stamped the cats and small sentiment from the Hero Arts Mother and Father Animals set and colored the cats with Copic markers C1, C3, and R21. I die cut the cates and trimmed the sentiment. I glued the sentiment on and popped the cats up on some foam tape. I then added some silver sequins. Unfortunately, I posted the non-sequined version to Instagram. I think I like this one better.

Cat Lovers Hop is here again!

 

I made this fun kitten ornament for the 2022 Cat Lovers Hop. Last year was the first year I participated, and I was only on Instagram. This year I like my entry much better-it's amazing what you can learn in a year. I used a Hero Arts ornament die to cut it out of some light blue linen textured cardstock and used Lawn Fawn's Snow Flurries stencil and Fairy Dust paste to add some sparkle to the background. The stamp is also from Lawn Fawn-it was a gift with purchase earlier this fall and does not have a coordinating die, which left me fussy cutting it-I don't like fussy cutting, for the record.  I think it came out fairly well. I colored it with Copic markers and used Wink of Stella on the white part of the stocking for more sparkle. I'm so sorry! I've tried and tried to add the badge, but I'm doing something wrong and it won't let me. I hope Orlando is not too mad at me!

Sending hugs!

This card was made for the "Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero" March challenge. The theme was "Send a Hug", and this card does just that. Whether the recipient has had a recent loss, an illness, or just a bad week, this cheery rainbow will lift their spirits. I started with a Neenah white card stock base and ink blended Distess Ink Tumbled Glass across it to give the background a sky look. I then took Hero Arts Infinity Rainbow die and cut the rainbow, sun, and clouds from some scraps of cardstock I had. I stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts Remember set using Distress Oxide Broken China onto a scrap of Neenah white and trimmed it using my paper trimmer. I then rounded the corners. All the cutouts were affixed to the front of the card with Lawn Fawn liquid glue. 

I won't be posting on Thursday this week because I'll be out of town. I may squeeze in an extra post at the beginning of the week and my Sunday post may be moved to Monday. The joys of Spring Break with school age children!