Hero Arts Spring Catalog Blog Hop and Giveaway

 

Hello, friends! I am so excited to be joining the Hero Arts Spring Catalog Blog Hop today! If you came from Jenn Shurkus' blog, you are off to a great start! If not, feel free to jump over to the Hero Arts Blog to get the full hop list! This catalog is stuffed with SO many amazing new designs and it includes some less new designs you may not have noticed before, too, so be sure to check it out! AND.... guess what?! There is actually a second catalog available now, as well! The Creative Essentials catalog is full of all of the most essential craft supplies you could possibly desire from Hero Arts. It's pretty amazing. 

I actually have TWO cards to share with you using the beautiful new Wonderful Day bundle and a few other fantastic things from this catalog. 

For this card, I used the new Overlapping Circles stencil as my background and then used the Wonderful Day stamps, stencils, and dies to create a CAS design that is loaded with color! The sentiment comes from the Every Day Sentiment strips stamp set cut with the sentiment strips die. 

AND...I have a surprise! I made my first ever card making video. Please be kind, it is literally my first and I have no idea what I am doing, but it was wicked fun to create! I will grow with it. I promise. LOL!

I loved this set so much I had to make another card with it right away! For this one, I used the full collection of gorgeous flowers and went with lots of color and a bit of glitter! I used the sentiment strip die to emboss the background, giving it a very deep, pronounced striped look. 

Thank you for stopping by today! Your next stop is Jennifer Kotas. You can find the complete hop list on the Hero Arts Blog! 

GIVEAWAY! 

Leave a comment to enter!

Hero Arts will be giving away two $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left along the hop. Comment on all the blogs for more chances to win! You have until Sunday, February 26 at 11:59pm to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.

Just a Little Note

Hello, friends! I have a brand new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps card to share with you using the new Pretty Posies stamp set! I am IN LOVE with these stamps and dies! In. Love. I tell ya.



I colored the flowers with Copics and then die cut them. I adhered them to my card and trimmed the edges for a fun border look. Shhh... don't tell anyone, but I only used two flowers total - time saving AND awesome looking! WHAT?! Totes. For reals.



I used a bit of adhesive on the base of the leaves so I could curl up the tips a bit. I love how that adds a natural, finished look to them!

These stamps are currently out of stock, but check out the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog for info on how to secure yours now!

Also, don't forget that you can save 15% off your CAS-ual Fridays Stamps order using code JINGLE2016. That is one heck of a good deal, ya'll!

Easy Chalkboard Place Cards with Spellbinders

Hello, friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and I hope those of you in the US enjoyed your Mother's Day weekend! It was a gorgeous weekend here and I was lucky enough to spend LOTS of time outside! Love that!

I have a super fun tutorial over on the Spellbinders® blog to share with you today! I created these fun place cards using a couple of die sets and the popular chalkboard look!



Seriously, you guys. These are SO MUCH FUN to create and they would be perfect for a garden party, wedding, shower, and so much more! Head on over to check them out and let me know what you think!

Have a Happy!

Friends for a Lifetime

I love when supplies make a pretty card so easy to pull together. That is exactly how this particular design came to be. I pulled out the Urban Blooms die set from Spellbinders® along with the gorgeous Doily Art embossing folder to create the layers and texture on my card.



I die cut the three layers of the flower and then colored them with Chameleon markers. This allowed me to do the color fade SUPER quickly and easily. LOVE THAT! The background uses the embossing folder. I love how Spellbinders embossing folders give AMAZEBALLS dimension. For reals, though, you guys. They are awesome. Totally, dude.



The sentiment is from a Fancy Pants ephemera pack...I think. LOL! I added a simple enamel dot to the flower center for a pop of yellow. Bright and shiny makes me happy! YAY!

P.S. So does Chocolate Peanut Butter iced coffee.

Have a Happy!

You Were Meant To SHINE!

It is ANYTHING GOES week this week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! This week the Design Team is using Clearly Besotted and/or Lil' Inker Designs products on our projects. You don't have to use them to play along, but if you've got some we'd love to see them! I chose a super pretty stamp set from Clearly Besotted that I had in my studio just WAITING to be inked. I love it!



I combined the gorgeous flowers from the Celebrating You stamp set with the super cute Bella Rouge collection from Pink Paislee. This is one of my favorites right now! I absolutely LOVE it! Just look at that BOW!!! LOVE IT!



I colored the flowers with Spectrum Noir pens and die cut the Spellbinders tag to layer over free-hand cut papers. A bit of ribbon and string help to add accent color and then... THAT BOW! *sigh* I love that bow. You can find my complete supply list below.

Now it's YOUR TURN! Create a NEW project and link it up to the ANYTHING GOES challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! WHAT?! Yup. Totally.

Supply List (Note that links are affiliate links. Your support is always appreciated!)

White Cardstock: Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White

Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee Bella Rouge 6x6 Paper Pad

Stamp Set: Clearly Besotted Celebrating You

Sequin Bow: Pink Paislee Bella Rouge Sequin Butterflies

Die Cut Sentiment: Pink Paislee Bella Rouge Ephemera

Markers: Spectrum Noir

Die: Spellbinders Build A Tag Two Set

String: DMC Metallic Thread Trio

Stapler/Staples: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Ink: My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink in Black Licorice

Have a Happy!!!

You're a Good Egg, CAS-ually Speaking

It is time for a brand new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge and this one is fun!  It's the GOOD EGG challenge - we want to see you use ovals in your design!  I will be honest, I don't use much in the way of ovals, so this was genuinely a challenge for me, but I was SO glad I pushed myself because this card turned out to be a beauty!



Yup.  *sigh*  It makes me happy.  I created the darker background behind the vellum by layering a dark grey cardstock beneath the white panel.  I used foam tape to pop up the white panel with the vellum window so there is still space between them giving it a darker, but super airy and pretty look.  I am happy with it.  Quitely so, actually.



Be sure to head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the team has come up with for this one.  I think you are going to be ready to dig some ovals out of your stash pretty quickly!!!  Good stuff, I tell ya!

Anyway...you can find links to the goodies I used on this one below.  Thanks for reading, you guys.  Sometimes I don't think I say that enough, but I really do appreciate your visits and your comments.  They pretty much make my day.  For reals.

Have a Happy!

*CAS-ual Fridays CASUAL ELEGENCE Clear Stamps *CAS-ual Fridays OVAL TAG Fri-Dies *Copic Sketch Marker R20 BLUSH Pink Flesh Skin *Crafter's Companion GREENS SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 404638 *Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD *Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *Bazzill WHITE 40 LB VELLUM 8.5"" x 11"" 25 Sheets *Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE WHITE EPJ36678 *Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 *American Crafts FOAM DOTS Adhesive Circles 61709 This to That *Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal 657900

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Petaloo and the Runway!

***This is my second post of the day. Be sure to check out my Simon Says Stamp Challenge post below or CLICK HERE!***

I am super excited to be Guest Designing over at Petaloo today!!! I have two super fun cards up over on their blog! I will share one of them with you today, as it is also the card I am entering in the Runway Inspired Challenge! Woot! Woot! Here is the inspiration photo for the challenge...


And here is my card using absolutely GORGEOUS embellishments from Petaloo and some beautiful Authentique papers. I had so much fun playing with all of these amazing textures! LOVE!!!!


LOVE the yellow, the black, and even the flowers! This was SUCH a fun card to create!


AND....Petaloo is offering a super fabulous giveaway over on their blog today AND you get to see the other pretty card I created!!! LOTS of fun stuff going on over there, so be sure to head on over to check it out!!!

Have A Happy!!!

Jingle Out!

Simon Says Stamp Thinking of You/Sympathy Challenge

There is a new challenge up over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog today!  We are inspiring you with beautiful Sympathy and Thinking of You cards.  While sympathy cards aren't always the most fun to make, I find that if I make them when I don't need them so I have them on hand when I DO need them, very pretty cards often result.

I created a simple, pretty floral card to share with you today.



I stamped the background and then paper pieced the flower and leaves, accenting just a bit with a white pen.



One lucky challenge winner will win a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!  YAY!

So head on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog and link up your Sympathy or Thinking of You card to participate in this week's challenge!

The products I have used for my card can be found via the links below!

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