Black & White + One Color

Two cards in this post.  Both using black & white, plus a color.  The first card is one I made for the current One Layer Wednesday challenge (#26), to use black & white plus red.  I made a top fold square card (4.25 x 4.25).  Top fold cards are my favorite to make.  I stamped the Hero Arts cling Classic Holly on the right hand side of the card in black ink.  I then colored the berries red and added some Candy Cane Stickles.  The sentiment, also from Hero Arts, was stamped in red.

The second card is for the current Play Date Cafe challenge (#53) to use black & white plus burgundy.  Well... my card is more like black & burgundy with some white!   This card is also top fold, but a slightly smaller size then a standard A2.  It is actually 4 x 5.5.  Thus allowing for the bit of overhang by the black strip, but not making it necessary to find an odd sized envelope to fit the card in.  Once finished the card is 4.25 x 5.5 - standard A2.  Anyway... I stamped the Daisy Patch background stamp from Heartfelt Creations on the burgundy cardstock using VersaMark watermark ink.   The same was done to the black cardstock strip.  The daisy swirl image (also Heartfelt Creations) was stamped on white cardstock with Stampin Up!'s Bravo Burgundy and the image diecut using a Labels 14 die from Spellbinders.  I ink distressed the edges a bit using the Bravo Burgundy ink.  Another daisy was stamped in BB, trimmed out and adhered over the top of the first daisy with pop dots.  Black Diamond Stickles were added to the swirls.    The sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink, punched out using Stampin Up!'s Word Window punch.   Sorry I don't have the PDCC graphic... I couldn't upload it for some reason.

Thanks for taking a peek... hope everyone has (or had) a happy and safe Halloween!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White & True Black; Stampin Up! Bravo Burgundy; Ink:  PTI True Black; Stampin Up! Bravo Burgundy & Cherry Cobler; VersaMark watermark ink; Stickles:  Candy Cane & Black Diamond; Stamps:  Hero Arts, Heartfelt Creations & PTI; Spellbinder Labels 14 dies

Thinkin' Pink...

A card for two challenges.  The new Stamping In Time (#21) challenge over at ODBD is to use your favorite embellishment and the challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ (#62) is to make a card using pink and ribbon (for breast cancer awareness month).   A happy set of circumstances for me since one of my most favorite things to use on a card is RIBBON!!   I kept things really simple.  I stamped the pink card base (SU! Pretty in Pink) with the Hero Arts Music Background cling (one of my new favorite stamps!) using CTMH's White Daisy ink.  I did some direct to paper inking of the edges using the White Daisy ink.  I stamped the sentiment from the ODBD set From Me to You on cream cardstock and matted it with some kraft.  I tied the bow using SU!'s Pretty in Pink striped ribbon... Yummy!!  I added a few rhinestones for just a bit of bling.

Thanks for taking a peek... hope you are having a wonderful day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream & Kraft; Stampin Up! Pretty in Pink; Stamps:  ODBD From Me to You, Hero Arts Music Background cling; Ink:  Stampin Up! Pretty in Pink;  Ribbon:   Stampin Up! Pretty in Pink Striped  ribbon; Kaiser pink rhinestones; Fiskars Corner Rounder.

Waltzingmouse Sketch #20

I got a card done for the current Waltzingmouse sketch challenge (#20).  I was going to use some WM stamps, but instead decided to use some of my Hero Arts stamps.  I did manage to fit one WM stamp onto the card, though... the little bird cage from the Asian Garden set. 

I stamped the Scroll Vine image on cream cardstock with Ranger's Brushed Corduroy ink and then applied Barn Door & Fired Brick distress inks with the ink tool and foam pads.  I wasn't entirely happy with the color as it seemed way too bright to me.  So, I spritzed it with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch, which toned down the color a bit.  I stamped the kraft cardstock with the Music Background cling using CTMH's Daisy White ink.  The bird cage was also stamped on kraft with the white ink.  Some more Smooch was spritzed on those, as well.   I don't claim to be the best photographer and with it being a gloomy day today, it was extra hard for me to get a good picture. 

Thanks for taking a peek... hope your week has gone well!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream & kraft; Stamps:  WM Asian Garden; Hero Arts:  Scroll Vine & Music Background clings; Ink:  Ranger Brushed Corduroy, Fired Brick & Barn Door distress inks; Vanilla Shimmer Smooch; Stampin Up! hemp twine.

Heartfelt Wednesday

Whew!  I'm so glad that October is almost over!  I have been going a crazy making things for various different projects I got myself involved in.  I finished the last one today and I am ready for a little break in the action!   Today I'm sharing a project I made for the Heartfelt Creations blog.  My goal is to post my Heartfelt Creations design team projects every Wednesday from now on. 

For my card I used the following stamps and dies:  HCPC 3318 (Daisy Patch Flowers); HCPC 3325 (Daisy Patch Bouquet); HCPC3322 (Daisy Patch Background); HCPC 3323 (Large Elegant Word Background) and HCD 703 (Daisy Patch dies).   I used the emboss resist technique for the card.  I won't bore you with the details, but I will say that I enjoyed playing with all the different inks to get the desired effect!  Once everything was assembled, I added some Buttercup yellow Stickles to the centers of the flowers.

Thanks for taking a peek... enjoy your Wednesday!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream & Lemon Tart; Stamps:  Heartfelt Creations; Ink:  Ranger Distress ink:  Tea Dye, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Bundled Sage & Forest Moss; Dies:  Spellbinders Ovals; Daisy dies; Cuttlebug; Ranger's Buttercup Stickles.

Today's the Day!!

What is today??  My day on the Hero Arts blog!!  I have been waiting for this day for a long time.  Well, actually since the oh so talented Sally Traidman announced on July 28, 2010 over at the Hero Arts blog that I was her pick for Win A Day on the blog!  Being picked was something that I had hoped for ever since I joined the Hero Arts Flickr group in January of 2009.   When I found out that I had been picked I was so excited I started shaking all over and could hardly type responses to the congratulatory emails I had received from my Flickr friends, Barb and Robin.  

So, today I have the honor of having some of my projects featured.  I spent a frantic week making my cards and getting them emailed off for Sally to review.  The three she picked you can see here.   I'm going to feature a couple of the cards I made that didn't make the cut.  I love the cards that Sally picked, but I also really liked these two, as well.

For this card I used the new Music Background cling and one of the houses from the Sending Holiday Cheer cling set.  I stamped the music background on some My Minds Eye patterned paper (Snowed In) with white ink.  The house was stamped on kraft cardstock with white ink and trimmed out.  Some Stickles Frosted Lace was added to the roof line.

For this card I used the gorgeous new design block stamp Fabulous Flourish, along with the Antique Writing cling.  I stamped the Antique Writing on white cardstock with Bundled Sage Distress ink.  I then stamped the Fabulous Flourish over the top with VersaMark and clear embossed.   Then I got to work distressing the entire piece with more Bundled Sage ink and Forest Moss Distress ink.  I just love how it turned out.  I stamped the Antique Writing a second time and trimmed out the butterflies and dragonfly.  They were distressed, as well and adhered to the card front.  Finished off the card with some Hero Arts clear rhinestones.

Thanks for taking a peek... I hope you swing by the Hero Arts blog, as well.

Sunday Post

A card for the current ODBDSLC challenge (#34) to use kraft & black plus another color.  I decided to go with kraft, black & cream.  I also made this card for the current Moxie Fab World challenge Perfectly Placed Pleats.  

Last year during the May, 2009 PaperTrey Ink release, Nichole Heady, made a card using the cutest little pleating detail (look here).  She provided a template so that we could recreate the pleats ourselves.  I downloaded the template and have been using it ever since.  

For my card I created two sections of pleating and then adhered them together so that they would fit along the length of the card.  The patterned paper I used is one of my favorites from Close to My Heart, called Silhouette.   The stamps, of course, are from ODBD, the set called As You Graduate.   I stamped the main image on PTI's Vintage Cream cs with PTI's True Black ink.  The piece was matted with True Black cs.  I stamped a 2nd butterfly on Vintage Cream and then trimmed it out.  I sprayed it with some Smooch (Vanilla something), but you can't really see it. 

Thanks for taking a peek... hope you have a wonderful week!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Kraft, Vintage Cream & True Black; Ink:  PTI True Black; Stamps:  ODBD As You Graduate; Smooch; Kaiser clear rhinestones; Close to My Heart patterned paper.