Hero Art Cocktail Congrats

Today is the last day of February so it's the final day as Hero Arts as a Sponsor for Die Cut Divas.  Some of the team are sharing their cards.

I have a Congrats card  made using two Hero Arts Stamp and Die sets.

I started by die cutting a tag (Pretty Pink Posh) and then cutting out the champagne glass.  I cut the top off and coloured the bottom and inlaid.  The rest of the glass was made a shaker with some clear sequins.  I used a embossing folder to add some interest to the base card.   I used some red glimmer card to die cut the congrats.

There have been some incredible entries this month... Thanks to everyone who has played along.  Hope  you have had fun.

Birthday cards for some little people...

My friend asked me to make her some cards for her grandchildren.  The twins, Odin and Sophie, are turning 5 on  the 28th and are having a Pirate and Fairy party so she asked that the cards be one of each!  Plus her son's god-daughter turns 5 as well, so she wanted a "girly" card.

I made that one first...

I found some PP in my drawer that already had the lovely cup cake on it so that was my starting point.  I then chose a really old Hero Arts set that had this little cutie on it.  I stamped and coloured her and then fussy cut.  I cut down the panel and mounted it on some pinky/purple card.  I used the same colour to die cut the Kaisercraft number die.  Added some Crackle Accent for dimension. 

Next one was for Odin.  I had a Mo Manning Captain Hugh which I thought would be perfect

I used Copics to colour then fussy cut.  I found the treasure map on Google and printed it onto some lined kraft paper.  The sentiment is one from Hero Arts .

And for my Fairy card for Sophie, I used one of The Greeting Farm fairies.

Some more Copic colouring and fussy cutting together with some more PP.  I added Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to the wings and the cupcakes plus Glossy Accents to the hearts. 

I'm now trying to get ahead with some of my DT work as I'm away from the 8th to the 13th March.  I'm catching up with my family in Australia.  We are having a bit of a reunion on the Sunshine Coast.  Daughter, Son-in-law and wee Archie are coming across from Perth, my parents are traveling up from the Gold Coast and my son and his girlfriend are traveling with Hubby and I .  So looking forward to catching up.  Archie is now 10 months so it's been 6 months since I've seen him.  He'll have grown soooo much.  We get almost daily photos and videos of him, but to cuddle him for real is going to be so special.  Can't wait!!!!

Have an awesome weekend all

MFT Sketch Challenge... Sending Birthday Wishes

I get the MFT blog posts via my e-mail feed and today the latest sketch called to me.  I need a card for one of my stamp group ladies who has her birthday 1 March.

 My winnings from Altenew arrived this week and I had stamped, coloured and die cut a Daffodil from Wishing You set.

I had stamped the daffodil in Altenew Ink - Industrial Diamond.  Not as harsh as black ink.  I then used Copic markers to colour the image.  I die cut the flower and then I had put it aside as I had orders for 4 cards last night.  So this evening I saw the MFT sketch and knew that it would be perfect to use the Daffodil with.  I used some light yellow card to die cut a circle frame and the small scalloped piece.  The green PP was sitting on my desk and again seemed to fit perfectly,   Added the sentiment from the Wishing You set as well.  Finished with a few sequins.

I'm entering this into the Sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenge and the Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp

Hero Arts Orchid Birthday

It's my turn to share at A2Z Scrapbooking today and I've made a red and pink birthday card.  I used the same design as I used last week,



I have used Hero Arts CL946 Color Layering Orchid in a Pot, stamping with a variety of pinky/red inks.  The leaves are stamped with three tones of green inks.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts CL738 Messages with Flourish (no longer available)  Finished it off with some sequins.

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Text background

Last night I was commenting on the fabulous creations on the Hero Arts Flickr scramble and saw this card from Lin

 

Isn't it gorgeous.  I loved how she double stamped the floral stamp.   I decided that I was going to CASE this card.  

I used Catherine Pooler inks - Aquatini and Something Borrowed to make my panel. I used two layers of fun foam to layer it for dimension,  I stamped the Text stamp in the Something Borrowed.  My die cut is from CAS-ual Fridays and I covered it with glossy accents.    I didn't get it photographed in time for the scramble.  Thanks Lin for the inspiration

Another Altenew Inspired card and Hero Arts Scramble...

I have seen my bloggy friend Virginia use Alcohol inks with her stamps and I decided that I would use some Altenew stamps with the inks to make another card for the Inspiration challenge for Februray

 

I used Beautiful Day stamp set and black embossed the glossy card and the used Alcohol inks on the images.  I then die cut the flowers and leaves.  My patterned paper is from Kaisercraft.    This was such a fun card to make and so quick to make.  

 This morning I also hit the craft room to join the Hero Arts 90 min scramble.  It was a 24hr one, so you just crafted at any time within the 24 hrs and make and photo your card within 90 mins.  I took 1 hour 20mins to make this one.  Our theme was to make a background.

A very busy background.  I used a HA stamp called Flower Medley.  It reminded me of the colouring book pages that are popular at the moment.  I used Zig Markers and water to colour them flowers.  As it was sooo busy, I chose to use vellum to add a sentiment.     I had fun doing this one too. 

It has been a very hot day, so my stints in the craft room cooled me down as my room is on the cooler side of the house. 

Pink and gold for Altenew February inspiration

I LOVE my Altenew flowers and this month inspiration photo is simply beautiful.

 

Who doesn't love pink flowers.  For my card I have used the sketch from February's Card Chain Challenge together with my flowers and leaves

I foiled some double sided tape for a touch of cold.  My flowers are from the Adore You set as is the sentiment.  I used some Zig Real Brush Markers to color my flowers and then fussy cut and added to my card with some foam tape. I left the rest of the card CAS with no other embellishments.  

I have entered this into the February challenge at Altenew and the Fantastic Florals at Simon Says Stamp.

Just getting this done quickly prior to lunch.  We are going out this evening into the city for Dinner and then onto the Jimmy Barnes show.  Looking forward to this. 

Just a note

I've been home today with a sore throat so after having a sleep in the morning, I decided to get a head of my DT work.   While I had some Hero Arts stamps out, I also grabbed some Catherine Pooler Party inks... Rocking Red, Party Dress, Green Skirt and Lime Rickey and made a card

I started with Party Dress and stamped off the first layer to get my lightest layer.  Next layer was full Party Dress and then Rocking Red for the final layer.    I used some Lime Ricky for the first layer of leaves and Grass Skirt for the second layer.  I added the sentiment in Rocking Red and the little heart outlines.  I used the ink to watercolour inside the hearts.  To get the green matching the leaves, I did direct to paper with the Lime Rickey and added a small piece to each side.

Entering into the challenge at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Fantastic Florals
A Blog Named Hero - CAS