I made three similar, but slightly different, Easter cards. I stenciled the kraft card bases with HA white pigment ink and then stenciled pieces of dotted vellum with different colors of distress ink. I stamped and cut banners, fussy cut flower bouquets from patterned paper, and added punched, glitter butterflies.

I am entering my cards in Virginia's View Challenge Stenciling, the current Styling with Stencils Challenge at Moxie Fab World and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Happy Easter. Thanks for looking.

Supplies: Hero Arts Large Lotus Pattern Stencil (SA001), Hero Arts Sunshine (CL734), BasicGrey Fresh Cut patterned paper, Hero Arts White pigment ink, Ranger Distress Ink and Neenah vellum.

Based on a sketch challenge at The Studio. Papers are Basic Grey.

I signed up for the She Art class and it seems to be crossing into my Whimsy Winter Angel. I feel happy about this canvas because she reminds me of my beautiful Mom, who is an Angel now, too. So, I hope you like her. (Papers are Basic Grey, stamps by Inkadinkadoo and Hero Arts, rub-ons are Fancy Pants, tissue tape by Tim Holtz.)

Hero Arts April 2013 Just for Her and Sketch Challenge

I decided to use this month's sketch on a smaller portion of my card only, rather than on the entire card front. Thanks for looking.

Supplies: Hero Arts Circle Design (CG219), Hero Arts Tropical Leaf (B5724), Hero Arts Essential Messages (CL371), Hero Arts Best of the Best (CL614), Hero Arts Shallows Layering Paper (PS655), Hero Arts Tide Pool Shadow Ink, Versa Mark Ink, white embossing powder, Ranger Distress Ink (Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick) and BasicGrey Candy Buttons.

arrived : Tuesday December 15, 2015

26 new colours of Basic Grey Grunge

Origins by Basic Grey for Moda.

Easy Bake pattern by Cluck Cluck Sew.

Minkee backing.

I wanted to send some goodies to a friend of mine, whose name begins with an N, and the idea just fit with this week's LittleThings challenge.

Materials used:

* American Crafts ribbon from the Celebrations - Soiree set (I found it individually)

* Basic Grey Two Scoops 6"x6" paper pad ("Swirl" pattern)

* cardstock: white and textured pink

* Die Cuts with a View (DCWV) metallic 12"x12" paper stack

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* EK Success 3D-Dots: 1/16" squares

* Hero Arts CL186 Sparkle Clear Home ("Hello" sentiment)

* Hero Arts CL192 Sparkle Clear: C (label shape)

* Hero Arts CL203 Sparkle Clear: N

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking!

arrived : Tuesday December 15, 2015

26 new colours of Basic Grey Grunge

Close up of Twisting With The Stars border detail. Pattern now available in my etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/littlelouisequilts

Fabric used "Jovial by Basic Grey for Moda.

Materials & Tools:

* "Die Cuts With A View" - Tin Accordion Album - Square White, Size 6X6"

* "Basic grey" paper pad 6X6 - Bittersweet

* "Bazzill" cardstocks

* "Maya Road" bird Chipboard

* "American Crafts" ribbons

* "Prima" flowers

* "Junkitz" Expressionz rubons

* "Die Cuts With A View" - Rub on Quote Stack 'Friendship'

* "Making Memories" SWEETS - Cheeky Hearts

* "Making Memories" Clears FLOWERS - White

* "Maya Road" - OFFICE SHEER Journaling

* Cuttlebug Machine

* spellbinders dies

I stamped the butterfly on paper splattered with purple acrylic paint then added glittery dots and Hero Arts accent pearls.

The flower stamps are by Lavinia Stamps and the papers are BasicGrey Eva.

More details on my blog:

paperobsession.typepad.co.uk/paper_obsession/2009/10/two-...

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View of the box open with cards inside.

An elegant Origami folded box I made using a new Hero Arts quatro stamp set. I used only the inside part of the stamps so they are small and I think that they qualify for this week's HA "little stamps" challenge. My cards inside the box are 4" x 4".

I used the beautiful new Basic Grey Porcelain paper. On the cover I used the small butterfly from one of the 4 stamps and the large butterfly. Love those butterflies. I covered the large one with Diamond Stickles. I did not stamp any sentiment on the card, because I want to add it when I know what I need : Thank you or For you or Happy Birthday....

Recipe:

Basic Grey Paper

Prism CS

May Arts Ribbon

LP141

F5158

arrived : Tuesday December 15, 2015

26 new colours of Basic Grey Grunge

Materials & Tools:

* "Die Cuts With A View" - Tin Accordion Album - Square White, Size 6X6"

* "Basic grey" paper pad 6X6 - Bittersweet

* "Bazzill" cardstocks

* "Maya Road" bird Chipboard

* "American Crafts" ribbons

* "Prima" flowers

* "Junkitz" Expressionz rubons

* "Die Cuts With A View" - Rub on Quote Stack 'Friendship'

* "Making Memories" SWEETS - Cheeky Hearts

* "Making Memories" Clears FLOWERS - White

* "Maya Road" - OFFICE SHEER Journaling

* Cuttlebug Machine

* spellbinders dies

Layout with BasicGrey's Fact collection. For more information, check out my blog: bestamped.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/summer-party-basicgrey...

Outtakes from the cover photo shoot for my Toes in the Sand quilt. www.jaybirdquilts.com/2012/10/introducing-toes-in-sand-bl...

The finished top!!! I LOVE the way this quilt turned out.

Fabric: Basic Grey Origins

This card was inspired by this weeks CardPatterns design. 4.bp.blogspot.com/_VCdzh29cmaU/Sbssh3cPLdI/AAAAAAAABUI/Gh...

The birds' nest is a paper flower folded in half.

I thought I would resubmit this card for the Distress challenge this week. TFL

The flower is on the left side, because the card was sent in Hebrew, and that's where the card opens.

Hello everyone!

Today I’m sharing a card that I love a lot… I love this dark rich brown and this tone of blue to go with. I must say that the star of the show here are again my favorite and versatile papers. Every time I peruse those papers I find something perfect to go with whatever I’m doing at the time :). For this card I created a really busy and involving study/research work environment… of course coffee had to be present in such place. I water colored the mug “inside and outside” with Distress markers and gold Ecoline respectively. To give the idea of transparent glass I removed some of the previous water coloring and added just a little bit of very diluted white Ecoline; also used a white gel pen to accent the border of the mug. The pattern paper in the bg is from an invitation to my sister’s school anniversary that I kept for “just” nine years, because it's beautiful… and also because I knew I would use it some day :).

I’m entering three challenges:

The Paper Players #218 - use silver or gold - introduced by Deepti (Dee’s Art Utopia), thank you again, Deepti - thepaperplayers.blogspot.pt/2014/10/paper-players-218-san....

SSS Monday Challenge - Anything Goes - www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=2106.

And SSS Flickr Challenge #4.

Supplies:

Stamps: SSS - What’s Brewing?

Dies: WPlus9 - Seasonal Sentiments.

Coloring: VersaMark; HA white EP; Distress Inks - gathered twigs; Distress Markers; VersaMagic - wheat; Royal Talens Ecoline - gold, white.

Others: Brown cardstock; Watercolor paper; BasicGrey "Grand Bazaar" 6”x6” paper pad; MME "Now and Then Mildred" 6”x6” paper pad; October Afternoon "Public Library" 8”x4” pattern paper and stickers; Simple Stories “Daily Grind” 3”x4” Journaling Card Elements.

ETA - I’m also submitting this card, as my 2nd entry, to Stories of Stamps, Paper and… Challenge #9. Theme: Color Combos - storieditimbricartae.blogspot.pt/2014/10/challenge-9-comb....

Thank you for visiting.

TFL!! A layout with BasicGrey's Fiction collection. For more information and a video, check out my blog: bestamped.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/miracle-basicgrey-fict...

Hi there! I made this trio of friendship cards with three, specific, online blogging friends in mind. Just wanted to make something cheerful to celebrate our friendships. It will be fun to send them snail mail for a change! :-)

Friends: This card is for a special blogging friend. We visit each other's blogs often and she always brightens my day!

You're Special: This card is for another blogging friend who has become very special to me!

You Made My Day: This card is for a third blogging friend. She really made my day the other day ... and I want to celebrate and recognize that!

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* Trio of Friendship Cards

* Friends card

* You're Special card

* You Made My Day card

Materials used:

* Basic Grey Two Scoops 6"x6" paper pad

* Bazzill Basics 8.5"x11" cardstock: Ocean Breeze

cardstock: aqua (slightly darker than Bazzill), dark turquoise, and white

* Clearsnap/ColorBox Cat's Eye pigment ink: Peacock

* EK Success 3D-Dots: 1/8" squares and 1/16" squares

* eyelets, silver

* Heidi Grace double-sided cardstock: Frost Blvd./Stitch Stripe (discontinued)

* Hero Arts CL130 Frames and Messages

* Hero Arts CL129 Anytime Messages ("you made my day" sentiment)

* Hero Arts CL151 Share Laughter ("friends" sentiment)

* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black

* ribbon, white and pale green

Also for Deloris' NIFTS Challenge (Need Ideas For This Stamp).

Thanks for looking!

A Quilt I designed that is featured in the November/December 2010 issue of McCall’s Quilting

Quilted by Natalia of Piece N Quilt

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I thought that I would share the card that I made for Barb to thank her for the amazing prize that she sent me after her scramble several weeks ago. The patterned paper was part of the prize! :)

I used an older Hero Arts stamp, but the stamp is a new addition to my collection. Thanks for looking!

Supplies: Hero Arts CardArt Decorative Birds (K4892), Hero Arts Classic Messages (CL414), Hero Arts Thinking of You (CL140), BasicGrey Kneehighs patterned paper, and Ranger Distress Markers.

I completely copied a card Jennifer McGuire featured on her blog awhile back. Just thought I'd get that out in the open first. :)

The flourish stamp is BasicGrey. Flowers are Hero Arts and Prima. I inked them up with Distress Inks and sprayed them with Perfect Pearls mixed with water (a la Jennifer McGuire!).

Buttons are BasicGrey. Cardstock is Bazzill.

Thanks for looking!

I found some poinsettias in this beautiful flower pattern stamp!

Well, at least it looked like poinsettia to me. :)

To make the poinsettias, I stamped flower pattern on red patterned paper ( it's from EchoPark Season's greetings 6x6 ) using VersaMark ink, then I heated it up using clear embossing powder.

After cutting out those flowers I added some red gemstones and pearl to the center area.

*Supply list*

-CG380 BasicGrey Large Flower Pattern /// VersaMark ink, Clear embossing powder

-S5507 Envelope Pattern /// Coffee bean dye ink

-S4878 Old Letter Writing /// Color box Frost White Pigment ink

-CL543 Very Merry Christmas /// used "Merriest wishes" /// Vintage photo Distress ink

-Patterned paper

EchoPark Season's Greetings 6x6

EchoPark Dots&Stripe 6x6

*TFL!!* :)

A card made using a tag cut on the Silhouette Cameo and Hero Arts BasicGrey Flower Dot Pattern background stamp, as well as an oldie but goodie Hero Arts set called Holiday Sentiments.

Blogged here: melstampz.blogspot.ca/2013/12/gift-box-tag-card.html

The free tag cut file is here: melstampz.blogspot.ca/2013/12/free-christmas-tag-cutting-...

And the silver is added using this quick silver-leafing technique: melstampz.blogspot.ca/2013/12/gilded-paper-tutorial-on.html

Happy Crafting!

:-)

Mel

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20 FQ of Basic Grey Gunge fabrics from Moda and Fat Quarter Shop Fizz pattern. Quilted with Aurifil 2600 50wt cotton.

Blogged here: touchofcreation.blogspot.com/

Made from Figgy Pudding by Basic Grey

Love how this turned out!

blogged at aquiltingjewel.blogspot.com

I'm resubmitting this card for this week's challenge. These words are all from the same set. I just mixed them up a bit!

The girl stamp "Glimmering Hope" is by Stampotique.

Sentiments are Hero Arts Anytime Messages.

Patterned paper is Basic Grey's Fusion and Ambrosia, and K& Co.

Colored using Marvy markers

Eyes highlighted with Lime Green Stickles. (My first time to use stickles!)

Thanks for looking!

Supplies: Hero Arts My Favorite (AC030), Hero Arts Father's Day (LP281), Hero Arts Graph Background (S5435), Hero Arts Red Gemstones (CH159), Hero Arts Shadow Inks (Navy, Red Royal), Ranger Distress Ink (Faded Jeans), and BasicGrey Aspen Frost patterned paper.

Your design would have lots of flying geese in it. ;-) But I see a totally happy scrappy design. Could you envision this with the creme background?

by Kelly Marie Alvarez at lawn fawn cards

SPCC color challenge #14. Come play along with us at: spcolorcombos.blogspot.com/2009/09/spcc-14.html

details at: lawnfawn.blogspot.com/2009/09/spcc-14.html

my blog: lawnfawn.blogspot.com

I've decided to downsize my collection of older stamps so before I get rid of this stamp (from 1994), I decided to ink it up one last time. I paired it with this fun sentiment (Thanks again, Sarah!) and paper-pieced the image with patterned papers from BasicGrey.

Hero Arts Butterfly Bookmark (H922) and Hero Arts Crafty Friends (H5943)

papers: Love Me Do by Jady Day Studio

cutting files for scalloped border: made by myself

cutting files for butterflies: 'Butterflies Set1' by The Cutting Files

sketch is Card Patterns #102

thanks for looking!

To make this card, I stamped Hero Arts S5485 Many Petals twice onto 140# cold pressed watercolor paper, using Ranger Archival waterproof black ink. After the ink dried, I used Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils and water to watercolor paint the flowers.

I cut the center flower out of one, and curled the edges of the flower petals backward. Then I adhered it to the other flower using foam squares for dimension. I added two watercolor leaves from Hero Arts CG148 Blossoms and three pearls from Hero Arts CH216 Sunshine Mixed Accents. Ranger Stickles glitter glue in Crystal added to the flower center. (See close-up).

The card base is made from Little Yellow Bicycle's Vita Bella Collection: VB-101 Green Distressed. I stamped the "enjoy" sentiment from Hero Arts CL520 Live and Laugh using VersaMark watermark ink and then heat embossed it with Ranger seafoam white embossing powder. I added matching rick rack ribbon from Basic Grey.

Thanks for looking! :-)

Top using Elizabeth Hartman's pattern from "The Practical Guide to Patchwork"

Fabric is April Cornell's Prayer Flag & basicgrey grunge in Elaphin as the yellow sashing (www.fishskinfabric.com)

Sharing a Miss You card using Hero Arts daubers to create a map looking background. TFL! www.zrobysama.com.ua/?p=46155&lang=en

——— S U P P L I E S ———

• Hero Arts Snow Layering Papers PS610 —— goo.gl/Jk3PJG

• Hero Arts BasicGrey City Map Background Cling Stamp CG649 —— goo.gl/Kmf75B

• Hero Arts Clear Stamps MISS YOU SO MUCH Studio Calico Snippets 331484 —— goo.gl/pFXXP5

• Fiskars 4 Acrylic Blocks with Storage —— goo.gl/ZeY62L

• Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD —— goo.gl/euHIOz

• Hero Arts EMBOSS GOLD EMBOSSING POWDER —— goo.gl/9hKPtT

• Hero Arts Neon Blue Ink Dauber AD006 —— goo.gl/u1Xy3k

• Hero Arts Forever Green Ink Dauber AD014 —— goo.gl/0F6Vwl

• Hero Arts Green Hills Ink Dauber AD016 —— goo.gl/fvLXk5

• Hero Arts Wet Cement Ink Dauber AD012 —— goo.gl/FSHQSW

• Hero Arts Silver Shimmer Spray WM117 —— goo.gl/xriZ9F

• Ranger Artist Brushes BRU40842 —— goo.gl/mSX2wO

• Ranger .5 Oz. Mini Multi Matte Medium Adhesive —— goo.gl/oWJURg

• Studio Calico STARS Essentials Wood Veneer Shapes 332114 —— goo.gl/CPDjdd

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The book is in Hebrew.

The idea is from this fabulous Flickr

Card inspired by Kristina Werner on Online Holiday Card Workshop Day 5. More details on my blog, TFL!

ceciliacards.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/hcw5.html

Basic Sketch, details blogged, TFL!

ceciliacards.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/aspen-christmas-1.html

Really wanting another one...hopefully soon!

Avalon quilt pattern featuring Sweet Serenade by BasicGrey. blogged duringquiettime.blogspot.com/2013/05/sweet-serenade-quilt...