This is a greeting card that I made for a friend some years ago who needed some encouragement. I think we all could use some of that right now. Glad I took a picture of it before I sent it to her. HSoS!

(Smile on Saturday Group Theme: Postcards and Greeting Cards)

(For any stampers, this was my "recipe" for this card: I embossed several prints of the eagle using an eagle rubber stamp, black pigment ink, embossing powder, embossing heat gun and then cut out different parts of the eagle and layered them to give it a 3-D look (which unfortunately you cannot really detect from this photo of the card). I then embossed the scripture with gold embossing powder on vellum paper. The last step for the background, rather than use a rubber stamp was the result from experimenting with fusible webbing, gold embossing powder and the embossing heat gun.)

Used:

K5058 Friendship Writing.

LL171 Handwritten For You.

CL430 Real Garden Petals.

F4321 Graceful Leaves.

Pink Embossingpowder By Judy Kins.

(Heindesign)

I just had to make another one :) of these cards. Hopefully the light is better to see all the details. TFL

I made this card for the new Hero Arts Holiday Challenge contest. heroarts.com/blogs/club/2013/10/13/new-holiday-challenge/

I have chosen two categories, Deck the Cards and A Few of My Favourite Things.

I love to stamp and emboss and I was able to use some flower sequins I received in my mystery box I got in July.

Supplies CG215 Wreath of Leaves, CL343 Holiday Sayings, CH119 Flower Sequins, Pale Tomato Shadow Ink, H/A Gold Embossing pwd Brilliance Galaxy Gold Ink, Gold Stickles.

TFL

Made from watercolor paper, mounted onto a white reporter-fold card base. To make the background, I placed a piece of 140# cold-pressed watercolor paper on my non-stick craft sheet. Then I used a blending tool and foam to swirl on Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, & Dusty Concord Distress Inks.

Next, I stamped Hero Arts G3316 Harlequin Pattern Block over top, using Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink. Then I stamped Hero Arts K5192 Dots over top of that with Tea Dye Distress Ink. Then I dripped water droplets onto the background and dried them with a heat tool.

Next I stamped the "thanks" definition from the Hero Arts CL479 Dictionary Greeting set using Rusty Hinge Distress Ink. I inked the stamp up a second time and misted it with water and stamped it again along the right edge.

I stamped Hero Arts H5261 Flourish Trio over the purple part using VersaMark watermark ink and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. Then I stamped the "thanks so much" greeting from Hero Arts CL142 Thank You Messages using VersaMark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I used Fiskars Upper Crest border punch along the right edge and rounded the corners on the left side and the card base using a 1/4" Corner Chomper. Then I "edged" the watercolor panel with Rusty Hinge and Dusty Concord Distress Inks. Next I wrapped metallic gold cord around the watercolor panel and adhered it to the card base.

For the intaglio heart (see close-up here), I used a Fiskars heart punch to punch a heart from a cracker box. On the chipboard side of the punched heart, I covered it first with Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Then I applied a very thin layer of titanium white acrylic paint and allowed it to dry. The Dusty Concord ink mixed with the paint, making a lighter tint of purple for the background.

When the paint was dry, I again covered it with Dusty Concord Distress Ink and then heat embossed it with 5 layers of UTEE, adding Misty Lavender Pearl Ex powder to three of the layers. I coated my Flourish Trio stamp very well with VersaMark ink and then pressed the heart piece into it while the UTEE was still warm. After it cooled, I removed it from the stamp and adhered it to the card base using foam squares for dimension.

Thanks for looking! :-)

Prompt: Greed

Journaling reads: I've recently realized I'm an all or nothing kind of gal. Totally in or totally out. No middle ground. I think my scrapping supplies can prove it :)

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BTW - Made my own background paper - CFW "stemplate" with Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Seriously LOVE making my own backgrounds. Totally don't know why I buy so much patterned paper! : )

On this card I tried the resist technique wich Jennifer showed us in last wednesday's video.

Used:

H2141 Manuscript Background

E3373 Spring Memories

E2758 Meadow Petals

White embossingpowder.

Ranger distress ink and Vivid ink

CL184 Thoughtful Messages

Resubmitting for the Spring challenge! :-)

One of my friends has triplets that are about to turn one year old. So I decided to make a fun card in the shape of the number 1 for their birthday! This is the resulting card and matching envelope. There is just a bit of pale green dye sponged between the bunnies on the envelope to give that hint of grass!

When making this card, I selected a very thick patterned cardstock by BoBunny for the card base. And because the main part of the card is so narrow, I didn't want to add a lot of bulk to the front that would make it imbalanced and not stand up well for display. That's why I decided to keep things simple with paper piercing and embossing, and why I adhered the bunnies directly to the card without pop dots.

Materials used:

* A2 envelope (to hold 4.25" x 5.5" card)

* bone folder

* BoBunny Double Dot double-sided cardstock: Wasabi (green)

* cardstock: white

* chipboard from food product to make template

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Hero Arts CL139 Birthday Messages ("happy birthday")

* Hero Arts CL153 Happy Day Animals (bunnies)

* Hero Arts CL155 Playful Animals ("hip hip hooray")

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Giga punch (purple): 3" circle (when making template)

* mousepad

* needle

* Odorless mineral spirits (OMS) - Mona Lisa brand (Michael's)

* pencil

* Prismacolor Premier colored pencils

* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* ruler

* Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop (dye ink): new sprout (pale green)

* Tsukineko Sponge Daubers (I **love** these!)

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking!

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Edited to add:

The triplets were born on Easter Sunday last year (March 23rd) which is why I used the bunnies! :-)

You can download a template for this card from my blog, Gaal Creative.

Thanks for looking!

I made this pop-up card using two sheets of 8.5" x 11" 140# cold pressed watercolor paper (Canson Montval). I cut the first sheet in half vertically. One side I used to make the back, and the hills and valleys to attach the other pieces. The other side I cut in half and used to make the waves.

I used the second piece in my printer, to print dolphins from Hero Arts Sea Life - Dolphins Digikit. I used Photoshop to size the dolphins and then I printed them on the watercolor paper. Next I applied Milled Lavender Distress Ink to the dolphins using a blending tool and foam over my non-stick craft sheet. Next, I cut them out.

Then I applied Dusty Concord Distress Ink along the top edge of each cut-out dolphin, and Weathered Wood (gray) along the bottom edge, using Tsukineko Sponge Daubers (Hero Arts MI002). Then I blended that in using the Milled Lavender on the blending tool. I spritzed both dolphins with a mixture of water and Ranger Perfect Pearls (in pearl) and let them dry. Then I added googly eyes for dimension.

To make the back, I masked off the area that would become the hills and valleys. I stamped Hero Arts S5146 Bold Flourish using VersaMark watermark ink (Hero Arts VC250). Then I embossed with Ranger seafoam white embossing powder and my Heat It craft tool.

Next I cut a piece of Eclipse mask tape larger than the Bold Flourish stamp and stuck it temporarily to my craft sheet. I stamped the Bold Flourish on top using VersaFine onyx black pigment ink and let it dry. Then I cut out the stamped image - leaving some white space around the edges - and used the negative piece (not stamped) to mask the top white area of the card.

I used Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks, applied with blending tool and foam and/or sponge daubers to color the area around the embossed flourish. I also stamped and embossed the flourish two more times on other pieces of watercolor paper, cut them out, and applied Distress Inks to make the rest of the waves. I spritzed all the wave layers with water and dried the droplets with my heat tool to get a splotchy watercolor effect.

Then I assembled the card. I attached both dolphins with foam tape, to give even more dimension. To finish it off, I added several Hero Arts CH181 Clear Gemstones.

Side view showing dimension.

Closeup showing the effect of the Perfect Pearls.

Thanks for looking! :-)

This card is my first attempt at the kissing technique and was inspired by this week's Tuesday Trigger on Moxie Fab World www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/02/tuesday-trigger-comfy-cozy....

More details are on my blog stampingandstitching.blogspot.com/2011/02/imperfect-kiss....

Supplies:

S5507 Envelope Pattern

CG140 Poppy Background

CG186 Ancient Motif

CL342 Everyday Sayings

CH173 Hearts Accent Pearls

Distress inks (broken china & faded jeans), white embossing powder, beads, button, yarn and vellum.

Resubmitting for "distress" week...

Hi there! I just can't get enough of the Hero Arts Four Dolls clear set! :-)

Materials used:

* cardstock: white and lime green

* Clearsnap/ColorBox Cat's Eye fluid chalk ink: blue iris

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

* Creative Memories corner rounder (this is the only one that works for me)

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Fadeless art board (like posterboard)

* Hero Arts CL297 Four Dolls

* Hero Arts S1832 Italian Poetry Background

* Hero Arts CL142 Thank You Messages

* odorless mineral spirits (OMS) - Mona Lisa brand (Michael's)

* Origami paper with Chiyogami pattern (found at Michael's)

* pencil

* Plaid All Night Media Pop Dots

* Prismacolor Premier colored pencils

* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black

* Ranger Distress Ink: faded jeans

* Ranger embossing powder: clear

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool (heat gun)

* Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue: fruit punch

* Ranger Inkssentials Opaque White Pen

* ribbon

* Therm O Web Zots Small (3/16" glue dots)

* Tsukineko Sponge Daubers

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

For more information about this card, please see my blog: Gaal Creative.

Thanks for looking! :-)

Just a handful of beads I made a while ago. Crayon shavings and embossing powder in translucent polymer clay.

I blogged this technique here.

Inspiriert wurde ich durch Lisa Crowders Emaillearbeiten www.pinterest.com/pin/506584658061122918/

I was inspired by www.pinterest.com/pin/506584658061122918/ Lisa Crowder enamels

Hello! This is a card that I made for my sweetie!

The heart has been cut out and adhered with pop dots for dimension. I colored in the flowers and the rest of the border using a glitter gel pen. It really shines in person!

I also used two colors of ink on the heart. The second color is applied just around the edges for a bit of vignetting. It is a bit hard to see in the photo, but it is there!

Materials used:

* cardstock: white

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Hero Arts CL301 Hugs and Hearts

* Hero Arts PS507 Kraft Notecards with Envelopes

* Hero Arts F5042 Leaf Flourish (mine is from AR135 an Archiver's exclusive clear stamp set & is slighty bigger than F5042)

* Hero Arts CL288 Scallop Borders

* Plaid All Night Media Pop Dots

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool (heat gun)

* Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust (sparkle/glitter) rollerball gel pen: Rose

* Tsukineko VersaFine pigment ink: Vintage Sepia

* Tsukienko VersaMagic Dew Drop pigment ink: Persimmon (orange) and Pink Grapefruit

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking! :-)

Resubmitting for "manly" week...

I made this card for a distinguished elder gentleman in my life. It combines traditionally masculine elements such as dark rich colors with not so traditional ones for some contrast that I like. He is also an artist, so I think he will especially appreciate all the elements and details.

Hero Arts C4633 Fabulous Birthday stamp. Flourish stamps by Fancy Pants Designs.

Thanks for looking!

Hi there! I love my Hero Arts G4917 Dandelion stamp. It is one of my all-time faves.

Materials used:

* Basic Grey Two Scoops 6"x6" paper pad

* cardstock: kraft

* Clearsnap/Colorbox Chalk Queue: Chocolates and Blueberries (dark brown) - available through Hero Arts

* EK Success 3/4" Circle medium nesting punch

* Hero Arts CH129 Teal Gemstones

* Hero Arts CL129 Anytime Messages ("spread sunshine" sentiment)

* Hero Arts G4917 Dandelion

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool

* ribbon

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking!

For this card I first stamped with my Hero Arts woodgrain stamp and then embossed the snowflakes with clear embossingpowder. After that I distressed the background and stamped the deers.

Blogged here: chezparmentier.blogspot.nl/2013/10/pti-make-it-monday-135...

Background: alcohol inks, rubber stamp, white puff embossing powder. Bird and flowers: Staz On on acetate, beads, glitter.

I made this for the latest Die Cut Diva's challenge. I have used two different things on this card that you could say where recycled. The music paper background & the circle. TFL xoxoxoxo

Hi! I made this card as a special thank you to Hero Arts for all that they do ... and to thank them for starting the Hero Arts Blog and Flickr pool. I love this community!

Front of card

Inside of card

Materials used:

* cardstock: kraft, textured red

* Die Cuts with a View (DCWV) The Green Stack (70% recycled): 4.5" x 6.5" mat stack

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Hero Arts CL106 Fantastic Flourishes

* Hero Arts CL272 All Occasion Messages

* K & Company Urban Rhapsody Naked Chipboard Tag Pad

* pencil

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool (heat gun)

* ribbon

* Tsukineko VersaMagic Dew Drop pigment ink: Oasis Green

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

For more information about the card or to see my "thank you Hero Arts!" blog post, please visit my blog, Gaal Creative.

Thanks for looking!

The background is on glossy paper with Stream, Lettuce and Butterscotch alcohol inks. Then I clear embossed the Floating Leaf image and wiped a thin layer of white acrylic paint over top. The Butterfly with Ferns is stamped in Brilliance pearlescent gold ink. The sentiment is stamped with the same ink and then clear embossed.

Thanks for looking! :-)

Resubmitting for "distress" week...

Hi! I was so excited to read about Deloris' Catalog CASE challenge! It sounded like so much fun, and I had just acquired the Heart Flourish stamp and was dying to use it!

I selected the tag on page 71 of the Hero Arts 2009 catalog to CASE. The tag was made by Sally Traidman and features the Heart Flourish stamp. I started with Sally's tag as my inspiration, but I decided to change the colors and make the tag into a card. I love the pink and orange color combo of Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks and decided to use that as my color theme.

Materials used:

* Avery pre-strung shipping tag: manilla

* cardstock: kraft

* chipboard circle, 1 3/4" diameter

* gemstones, large red (unknown brand)

* Hero Arts K5153 Heart Flourish

* Hero Arts CL288 Scallop Borders

* Hero Arts CL142 Thank You Messages

* Plaid Apple Barrel craft paint: 20219 Banana (yellow)

* Ranger Distress Ink: Worn Lipstick (pink) and Spiced Marmalade (orange)

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool (heat gun)

* Ranger Inkssentials Mini-Mister

* Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet

* Ranger Inkssentials Opaque White Pen

* ribbon

* Tsukineko VersaFine pigment ink: Vintage Sepia

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking! :-)

I was inspired to make this card after seeing Anette Hjerpaasen's fabulous One-Layer Hello Card that she sent to Dawn.

I used 140# watercolor paper as my card base, so it would still feel thick and luxurious, even though it is only one layer. I stamped Hero Arts S5146 Bold Flourish twice on the card front using VersaMark watermark ink and then heat embossed with Ranger seafoam white embossing powder.

Then I used Eclipse Tape to mask off the horizontal bands. I used Tsukineko sponge daubers to apply Distress Inks to each band. The top has Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans. The middle has Dried Marigold and Rusty Hinge. And the bottom has Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint. For each band, I applied the lighter color first, a single stripe of the darker color, and then blended that in with more of the lighter color to give the graduated effect.

I removed the masking. Then I stamped the "happy thoughts" sentiment from Hero Arts CL267 Card Messages using Ranger Archival Ink in jet black. Then I added three different sized pearls to the darker edge of each band from Hero Arts CH213 Sea Mixed Accents (blue), CH216 Sunshine Mixed Accents (orange), and CH214 Earth Mixed Accents (bronzy green).

To finish the card, I stamped and embossed the Bold Flourish design on the back of the card, too. (If you try this, be sure to lay the card out flat when you emboss, or you will heat the embossing on the front side and may stick it to your work surface or smudge the original embossing!)

Thanks for looking! :-)

Hello! This card was made using only two colors of Distress Ink: Spiced Marmalade (orange) and Broken China (blue). The other colors, like the green, are a result of the inks blending.

Materials used:

* cardstock: cream, aqua, and textured burnt orange

* Fadeless art board (like posterboard)

* Hero Arts K5153 Heart Flourish

* metallic elastic stretch cord

* Ranger Distress Ink: Spiced Marmalade (orange) and Broken China (blue)

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool (heat gun)

* Ranger Inkssentials Mini-Mister

* Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking! :-)

Anybody sees the beach??? It seems that we are caught in waters!!

Size: 33cm x 25cm

Crumpled and painted brown paper, gesso, sea shells, handmade lace beads, painted lace, glass beads, metallic net, glitter, embossing powders, stamping, UTEE...

Papier kraft froisse et peint, gesso, coquillages, perles dentelles fait main, perles de rocaille, dentelle peinte, paillettes, filet metallique, poudres a embosser, tampons, UTEE

In Greek mythology, Myrrha is the daughter of Cinyras king of Cyprus. Cinyras wants to get her daughter married, but Myrrha is secretly in love with her father. With the help of her servant, she gets in her father’s bed, and makes love to him a few nights. When the father discover the face of her aughter, he tries to kill her. Myrrha, now pregnant from her father escaped in the woods where she stays for 9 months. She prays for the Gods to punish her, banishing her from the living world as well as the Death’w world. The gods then decides to turn her into a tree. Some say that the myrrh coming out of the tree was her tears.

Myrrha gave birth to a son Adonis by a hole in the bark. Adonis then become a god symbolizes the revival of nature… like this tree that gave its body to become paper, an envelop of paper that travelled around the world before being turned into bark.

Dans la mythologie grecque Myrrha est la fille de Cinyras (roi de Chypre). Cinyras veut marier sa fille, mais celle-ci est en fait éprise de lui en secret. Avec l'aide de sa nourrice elle réussit à rejoindre le lit paternel. Après plusieurs nuits d’amour incestueux, Cinyras découvrit avec effroi le visage de sa propre fille et il voulut la tuer. Myrrha, enceinte de son père, courut, abandonnée à elle-même dans les bois pendant neuf lunes où elle implora les Dieux de la bannir du monde des vivants et de celui des morts. Les dieux écoutèrent sa prière et la transformèrent en arbre à myrrhe. La myrrhe serait ses larmes lors de sa transformation en arbre.

Myrrha accouche d’Adonis par une fente de son écorce. Par la suite, Adonis deviendra un dieu symbolisant la mort et le renouveau de la nature, avant d'être métamorphosé à son tour… Comme cet arbre qui a donne son corps pour devenir papier, puis enveloppe traversant la moitie de la planete pour etre enfin métamorphosée en écorce d’arbre.

Anybody sees the beach??? It seems that we are caught in waters!!

Size: 33cm x 25cm

Crumpled and painted brown paper, gesso, sea shells, handmade lace beads, painted lace, glass beads, metallic net, glitter, embossing powders, stamping, UTEE...

Papier kraft froisse et peint, gesso, coquillages, perles dentelles fait main, perles de rocaille, dentelle peinte, paillettes, filet metallique, poudres a embosser, tampons, UTEE

For more info & a video tutorial check out my blog post: patitudes.blogspot.com/2012/10/cards-video-tutorial.html

Hello there! I made a pair of cards featuring a doll and the Slanted Tree stamp which has flowers on it. One has a silver / grey / lavendar / jade color scheme and the other has an orange / cream / blue / citron / kraft color scheme. The dolls also have flowers on their kimonos and I added flowers to one of the doll's hair. I added Glossy Accents to the dolls' hair and the dolls are raised on pop dots for dimension.

Materials used:

* cardstock: white and kraft

* Die Cuts with a View (DCWV) Far East Mat Stack (4.5" x 6.5")

* Die Cuts with a View (DCWV) Metallic Stack (12" x 12"): gunmetal

* Dress It Up Petals (larger pink flower gemstone)

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

* EK Success Nesting Circle Punch: 3/4"

* Hero Arts CL297 Four Dolls

* Hero Arts gemstones: CH121 clear and CH130 citron

* Hero Arts K5094 Slanted Tree

* Hero Arts small (pink) flower gemstone from Sparkle Clear set

* Odorless mineral spirits (OMS) - Mona Lisa brand (Michael's)

* Prismacolor Premier colored pencils: PC1021 jade green, PC928 blush pink, PC904 light cerulean blue, and PC1005 limepeel

* Provo Craft Cuttlebug

* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents

* ribbon

* Spellbinders embossing pad

* Spellbinders Nestabilities: Classic Scalloped Ovals, Large

* Therm O Web Zots Small (3/16" glue dots to attach larger flower gemstone)

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking! :-)

I was putting my dd to bed last night when I noticed what was on her pillowslip & thought to myself I have to make it into a card. I know I have a problem.........*sigh*. I have used a lot of Kindy glitz on the rainbow & the clouds at the end of the rainbow. The sun & frog I used Hero Arts Clear sparkle embossing powder. TFL

Resubmitting for "distress" week...

Hi there! I made this ATC card for a friend and thought I'd share it here, too.

The colors in these pictures (front and back) are a bit off, but as close as I could get. The colors are a bit softer and more muted in real life.

Front of ATC

Back of ATC

Materials used:cardstock:

* textured sage green

* Creative Memories Corner Rounder (the only one that works for me)

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Fadeless art board (like posterboard)

* Hero Arts F2623 A Real Flower Drooping ("Droopy Flower")

* Hero Arts F5042 Leaf Flourish (mine is from AR135 an Archiver's exclusive clear set)

* Hero Arts S1832 Italian Poetry Background

* old mousepad

* Ranger Distress Inks: Worn Lipstick (pink) and Peeled Paint (green)

* Ranger embossing powder: clear

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool (heat gun)

* Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Permanent Marker: violet

* Tsukineko Memento Dew Drops (dye ink): Angel Pink and New Sprout (green)

* Tsukineko Sponge Daubers

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

For more information about this ATC, please see my blog: Gaal Creative.

Thanks for looking! :-)

This is the first time I've ever made a card in a shape other than an A2 sized rectangle. I've always wanted to, but never have - so I was really excited that this week's challenge was to make shaped cards!

I decided I wanted to make a scalloped circle card using acetate, but it was harder than I thought! My punch wouldn't cut through one layer of the acetate, much less two, so I had to use a piece of scrap paper to make a template, then trace it, and cut it out.

Front of the card

Inside of the card

Materials used:

* bone folder

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

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Grafix Clear Craft Plastic .007 medium weight (acetate)

* Hero Arts S5034 DesignBlock Flourish

* Hero Arts CL184 Thoughtful Messages (sentiment)

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Giga punch (purple): 3" scalloped circle

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Mega punch (pink): 2 1/2" scalloped circle

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Super Jumbo punch (blue): 2" circle

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool

* Ranger Perfect Pen (watermark ink pen)

* Reminisce two-sided patterned paper: Easter Swirls (shimmer)

* ribbon

* scrap paper

* Therm O Web Zots Small (1/8" glue dots)

* Tsukineko StazOn solvent ink: Opaque Cotton White

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking!

I make my own copper colored clay from Gold, Alizarin Crimson and Ultramarine blue Premo clay, Ranger copper and antique gold embossing powder. The resulting color is a really rich copper penny color with a rich patina darkened and aged just a bit by the embossing powder.

I added turquoise acrylic paint treated with copper embossing powder and baked, sanded and buffed.

I needed a variety of new colours to match the Kumihimo cords my Mom made. So got myself a selection of inks, herbs and spices and played !

I wrote down the recipe for each of them.

I sanded and buffed half of each bead so I have a matte and shiny example too.

Resubmitting for "manly" week...

This is a personalized birthday card I made for someone I know, using the Hero Arts DesignBlock Birthday stamp as a background on the popped-up journal block.

Materials used:

* Apple Blossom Studio Loop-de-Loo journal block stamp

* burnt orange, brown, and white cardstock

* Hero Arts S5027-DesignBlock Birthday

* Ranger Seafoam White embossing powder

* silver star-shaped brads

* Sizzix Little Sizzles Earth Tones paper pad (background patterned paper)

* Stampendous SSC007-Storybook Alphabet

* EK Success 3D-Dots

* Tsukineko VersaFine Vintage Sepia pigment ink

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Photo of card

Detail view of card

The card is also shown with more details on my blog Gaal Creative.

Thanks for looking!

2 February 2011

Upon typing my name into eBay's search field, I found many retro dolls with the name Kerry. I've never heard of them, but I went with the vintage feel and colors on some of their dresses for my layout.

I edited my photo to give it a vintage feel and picked some papers that matched. They are a little brighter than what I saw on eBay, but I'm okay with it.

In my gallery, you can see each page individually. Here I have digitally stitched my two pages together.

Journaling reads:

"Murphy is such an incredible little dude! His smile is infectious and that little laugh makes my heart sing! He has such a zest for life-he's fearless, carefree and determined. I want to be like this three year old when I grow up! He is a constant reminder to be happy! For such a little person, he has so much wisdom. I can't wait to watch him learn and grow. I know he'll continue to inspire me...and make me smile! :) 2 February 2011"

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned Papers: Cosmo Cricket, KI Memories

Stamps: Hero Arts [CG276]

Ink: Versamark, Ink It Up!

Embossing Powder: American Crafts

Buttons: Doodlebug

Adhesive: Tombow

Pen: Zig

Corner Rounder: WRMK

Other: Thread

Hi there! I haven't made a scrapbook layout in a long time, so I new I wanted to create one for this week's challenge.

I really love Sarah's journal page showing her kids blowing out birthday candles. As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to use it as my inspiration. I knew that it would work well with some pictures I recently took. They are from a walk in the woods my husband and I shared at a park near our home.

One of my favorite parts of Sarah's layout is the scalloped border all the way around the photo montage. But, I don't own Hero Arts CL288 Scallop Borders yet. (It's on my wishlist!) So, I used my Fiskars Threading Water border punch, instead.

Materials used:

* cardstock, textured: white, rust, blue, and green

* Fiskars Threading Water border punch

* Hero Arts CL123 Whimsical Alphabet (names)

* Hero Arts CL146 Travel Journal ("remember this" journal block)

* Hero Arts CL147 Favorite Journal ("a day in the life of")

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Mega punch (pink): 2 1/2" scalloped circle

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Super Jumbo punch (blue): 2" circle

* photo montage created in Photoshop and printed on photo paper

* Plaid All Night Media Pop Dots

* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop (dye ink): potter's clay

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking!

UPDATE 3/5/09:

Someone asked about the dimensions of the photos in my scrapbook layout. The verticals are approximately 1 3/16" wide x 5 3/8" long ... and the bottom piece (for the page title or sentiment) is approximately 6 13/16" wide by 1 3/16" tall.

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!

This is an example of some of the holiday cards that I made this year. They feature BoBunny Double Dot paper, stamping and embossing, and ribbon. For more information on how I made the cards, please visit my blog, Gaal Creative.

Warm Winter Wishes cards:

* View of a set of cards

* Front of card

* Detail view

* Dimensional view

* Interior view

Materials used:

* BoBunny Double-Dot Paper 12DDD604 Dark Denim Dot (exterior)

* cardstock: white and blue

* Creative Memories corner rounder

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

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Hero Arts CL117 Snowflake Backgrounds

* Hero Arts CL243 Warm Wishes

* Hero Arts CL240 Winter Messages

* odorless mineral spirits (OMS) - Mona Lisa brand from Michael's

* Paper Pizazz Hot Off The Press HOTP-20204 Blue Snowflakes & Swirls (interior)

* Prismacolor Premier colored pencils

* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* ribbon

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking!

I have finally tried digi stuff. The background & owl are digital the rest is HA stamps. I made this card for Jacob, Eric's little brother. TFL

...is Oz.

For Joanne's 'Green' Journal - I had to do a page inspired by the Emerald City. I used loads of inking, painting and embossing to create the backgrounds and the picture is from a vintage children's book.

This is the first time I've ever made a card in a shape other than an A2 sized rectangle. I've always wanted to, but never have - so I was really excited that this week's challenge was to make shaped cards!

I decided I wanted to make a scalloped circle card using acetate, but it was harder than I thought! My punch wouldn't cut through one layer of the acetate, much less two, so I had to use a piece of scrap paper to make a template, then trace it, and cut it out.

Front of the card

Inside of the card

Materials used:

* bone folder

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

* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors

* Grafix Clear Craft Plastic .007 medium weight (acetate)

* Hero Arts S5034 DesignBlock Flourish

* Hero Arts CL184 Thoughtful Messages (sentiment)

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Giga punch (purple): 3" scalloped circle

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Mega punch (pink): 2 1/2" scalloped circle

* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Super Jumbo punch (blue): 2" circle

* Ranger embossing powder: seafoam white

* Ranger Inkssentials Heat-It Craft Tool

* Ranger Perfect Pen (watermark ink pen)

* Reminisce two-sided patterned paper: Easter Swirls (shimmer)

* ribbon

* scrap paper

* Therm O Web Zots Small (1/8" glue dots)

* Tsukineko StazOn solvent ink: Opaque Cotton White

* Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink

Thanks for looking!

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

Embossing, Distress Ink and water, were used for this card. First i embossed the white cardstock with white embossingpowder. Then i added 4 colors of Distress Ink on my acrylic block, sprayed with water on the block, and then i stamped it on the paper. After drying, i stamped the "flowers" with a darker color of Distress ink. (Or take a look on the HA blog to see Shari´s video ;))