SIP #195 - A Walk with Nature - Hero Arts MMH Kit December 2018

Hi There!  It's Tuesday again and time for another Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge.  This week it's a Walk With Nature.  There are so many possibilies with this one!

As I was going through my stamps I realized that I had never used any of the Images from My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts in December 2018.  So of course, I used it today.

I'm also entering this card in the #ablognamedhero challenge.

Here's my Clean and Simple Nature Themed Card.....

I went super clean and simple by stamping the mouse with the Dandelion in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto SU Whsiper White Cardstock.  I used my SU Blends Alchol Markers to add just a little color.  I also stamped one of the little dandelion fibers twice so that it would look like the mouse had just blown them off the dandelion.  I used a T-Ruler to add some black dotted lines under the mouse to ground him.   The sentiment was stamped in Versafine Black Onyx Ink and clear embossed.  I used my SU Stitched Rectangle (2nd from the largest) to cut out the panel and then matted with a thin layer of SU Basic Black Cardstock.  I also added just a little FSJ Sparkle Silk to add some interest.  After adhering to a SU Basic Gray A2 Card Base, I added some silver cord to the fold and tied it in the upper right to balance the card out just a bit.  I think it turned out super cute.  I couldn't believe I hadn't used this kit earlier.  I need to make a few cards out of it while it's out.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #172 - Sketch Challenge with Hero Arts October 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  As usual on Tuesdays, I'm over with my freinds at Stamp, Ink, Paper.  This week we have a fun sketch challenge for you!

I used my new My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts for this fun sketch!  

I made a snow globe of sorts by cutting a circle and then slicing the very bottom off of it and giving it a woodgrain base (a small circle backing the larger one with the bottom of it cut off as well.  I did some really quick copic coloring on this... nothing too complicated.  I added some glass seed beads for snow and adhered it to a stitched rectangle panel in Granny Apple Green and layered on Whisper White and then mounted the panels on one of the Glitter Card Bases that was included in the kit.   I heat embossed the happy tidings sentiment on the front panel in white and added 3 snowflake sequins to finish it off!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Hero Arts MMH Kit September 2018

Hi Friends.. Just a quick share.  I received my September My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts today and had to play a little.  Not only does the kit has some beautiful images and dies but it contained a sample of Daniel Smith Watercolors.  

I love watercoloring.. it is so relaxing!  Such a fun day ink blending distress inks for the background and watercoloring the awesome images.  Have a blessed day!

PCC #305 Sketch Challenge with Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit August 2018

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  I'm over with my friends at the Paper Craft Crew with my take on a new sketch and using some new My Monthly Hero Kit Stamps and Dies!

My friends know how excited I was when I received my Hero Arts August kit because this is all about coffee and I LOVE all things coffee!

There are sooooo many coffee images in this cool set and just as many super cool sentiments!  I stamped my coffee image in Versafile Black Ink onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock and then clear embossed it.  I used Zig Clean Color Markers to color it!  I love how the zig clean color blends on Bristol Smooth... so beautiful for an amateur watercolorer like me!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #154 Sketch Challenge with Hero Arts My Monthly Hero June 2018

Hello Friends and Happy Tuesday!  Hope you are having a blessed week so far!  It's been super hot here in Middle Tennessee lately but this week we're having some rainy days.  Hopefully the rain will cool it off just a bit!  I think I'm beginning to get too old for extreme heat!  I spent Saturday at my 6 year old granddaughter's softball tournament and felt like I was having a heat stroke by the time the day was over.  Is that crazy or what?  All I was doing was watching them.  I can only imagine how those little girls felt out there playing ball all day long in the heat!  

So of course it's Tuesday... that means another SIP Challenge and this week we have a cool sketch!

Do you look at sketches and immediately see something?  I usually do and this time I saw either a sunrise or sunset.   Lucky for me I just received my Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit and had some fun stamps to make my vision come to life.

These are soooo many cool things about this set!  I love the multilayer water scene.  Oh and that sand embossing powder is awesome!  I see many cards in this set's future!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

PCC292 Sketch Challenge with Hero Arts May 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit!

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  I'm spending the day off with Jeff today!  He's on vacation all week so I picked a couple of slow work days to take off with him.  I'm thinking we may get caught up on a little work on our landscaping.  He really enjoys working outside and always loves when I am out there with him!  Jeff really loves rose bushes.  He's always finding another spot we can put one! 

Well since today is Wednesday, it's time for another Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  I didn't get a card made in time for last week's challenge so I'm happy I was able to create a design team card for this one!  It's a fun sketch of a square card and I love square cards :)

I was thrilled to get my Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit a few days ago and so of course I pulled it out for this fun sketch!

I love trees and I love silhouettes so this is a super fun stamp set for me.  There are literally so many awesome stamps and dies in this kit!  I should have a blast creating.  I used some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink as well as Broken China Distress Ink to create the background of my card as well as the background of the focal image and even the strip used on the sentiment.  Of course I can't use Distress Inks without misting and dabbing for that cool speckled look.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero April 2018

Even though I haven't felt well the last couple of days I had to take just a little bit of time to play with my Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for April!  I absolutely adore Cactus anything so this is definitely the kit for me!  This one is a winner!

I did some ink blending with two of the inks included in the kit (Fiesta red and yellow)  as well as some Walnut Stain Distress Ink toward the bottom.  All of the Cacti as well as the Bird were stamped in Memento onto Neenah Classic 110# Crest Solar White Cardstock and colored with Copics.  I used the coordinating dies in the kits to cut everything out and adhered some with Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive and some with Foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped in the upper right using Versafine Black Onyx Ink and then clear embossed.  I added some Burlap Ribbon strips on the top upper left with tear tape.  The black mini sequin trim was added with Multi Medium Matt Adhesive.

That was it for this one.  Time to take my medicine and hit the bed.

Thanks for stopping by!   Blessings, Tina

SIP #138 Card Maker's Choice with My Monthly Hero February 2018 Kit

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Jeff and I had a wonderful anniversary weekend and honestly I hated for it to end.  But... all good things must come to an end and so do weekends! lol  Monday was back to work as was Tuesday but I did have a little crafty time because as usual Tuesday means it's time for another Stamp, Ink, Paper Design Team project!  This week is my very favorite challenge of all challenges..... Card Maker's Choice!  I have to chuckle at the Challenge Graphic since it says Make a card using your favoirte stamp set, ink colors and paper.  I mean seriously can anyone have a favorite?  I love them ALL!!  

Well I do have a favorite new set because I just received the February Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit and since Jeff and I love birds.. it's going to be a favorite for sure!

Since these birds are mostly sihouettes and not a lot of stamp detail, I decided to use the Baby Wipe Technique to achieve the muted colors.  I folded up some baby wipes and dotted on a few reinkers and used it as a stamp pad.   I love the blue and greens achieved in using this technique.  For the front panel, I used a piece of watercolor paper and used the distress ink smooshing technique to achieve the background.  The distress ink colors were Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, and Mustard Seed.  It's a bit hard to see the yellow in the photograph since it's pretty light but in person it really looks pretty.  I stamped the  "Sending You Sunshine" sentiment from the kit in the upper right corner using SU Crushed Curry Ink.   I added the panel to one of the Dark Brown Woodgrain Card bases that was in the kit.  The cool bird's nest was from a die in the kit and was cut out in Crumb Cake cardstock and I sponged some Crumb Cake Ink onto it to add a little dimension and interest.  The limb was inked with markers so that I could achieve the green and brown exactly where I wanted them.  I used the coordinating die to cut out the limb and adhered it to the front panel with Tombow Multipurpose Glue.  I also adhered my bird's nest at the very top and very bottom with Tombow, allowing the middle slit to open so the birds could be tucked into the nest.  The bird on the left side as glued with Tombow and the bird on the right was adhered with a Dimensional.  I finished this with three SU Glitter Enamel Dots in Yellow.  This was fairly simple but so pretty.

Thanks so much for stopping by!   Blessings, Tina

SIP #135 - All You Need Is Love with My Monthly Hero

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope your week is going great so far!  It's been really hectic for me but I'm always happy to come home from my crazy busy day job and have some relaxing time in my craft room!  Crafting is my happy place!  

So this week over at Stamp, Ink, Paper it's all about Love!  Hope you'll take some time to head over and link up your own love themed card!

I decided to use my Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit from January as it was still sitting in my craft room begging to be unboxed!  lol

I loved the pink shimmery cardstock that was included in the kit.  I decided to use part of it for a front layer with that cool heart die cut out of the middle of it.  Once I die cut the heart I poked out all of the cut out pieces and then added the heart shape back into the piece of cardstock.  I added some Multi Medium Matt adhesive on the back side of it and then added a scrap piece of basic black cardstock to the back of the panel.  My card  base was an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of 110# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.  I added a beautiful a 5 1/2  x 4 1/4" piece of SU Petal Passion DSP to the front of the card base... I LOVE the black and white!  I then added my shimmery pink front panel onto the top of the Petal Passion with foam tape.  I heat embossed the sending love sentiment from the MMH kit in white onto a small strip of Basic Black cardstock and added it to the front.  I added three of the sequins from the kit and then topped them with glass seed beads.  I added two additional glass seed beads directly to the card front.  I finished this one off by adding some black and white twine across the top by tying it in a bow and curling the ends.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP Challenge #127 - Wrap It Up! Tags My Monthly Hero November 2017 Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I hope you had a wonderful and hopefully long Thanksgiving Weekend!  I had a wonderful and super long holiday and I am so thankful we were able to spend it with most of our children and grandchildren.  We are truly blessed! 

This week's challenge at Stamp, Ink, Paper is All Wrapped Up and is all about packaging or tags.  For me this was a really cool challenge because I had recently received my November My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts that had lots of tag stamps and dies along with a ton of sentiments!

Here are my super cute tags....

I adore these little tags.  They are so cute, they could be ornaments!  I made most of them into shakers as the dies in the kit had shapes that were perfect to cut out the inside.  For the tree, I used some Lucy's Things "Little Things Rainbow Jewels"  that I thought worked perfectly for the ornaments.  The kit was wrapped up with some twine that I used for some of the tags.. for the others I used some Red and White twine from my stash.  

Here's a look at the back of the tags.... 

I kept the back simple in that I stamped the exact image as the front but added the To and From Shape to the back so that I can write the names on it.  I have lots more of these to make but I love how these first few turned out!  I hope you love them too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP Challenge #126 - Thankful with My Monthly Hero from Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I hope you're ready for Thanksgiving because it's just 2 days away!  This week's Challenge over at Stamp, Ink, Paper is all about Thankful, Grateful, and Blessed.  I decided since I was finished with my Thanksgiving Cards that I would make a Thank You.  After all when you are Thankful for someone or something, you often say Thank you, right??  

Finally I used the My Monthly Hero Kit from July 2017.  I had previously only used one image and wasn't exactly sure how much I liked it.  Well ..... I LOVE it!  Some of the cutest images!  I just adore this little pitcher and the bouquet of flowers is just perfect in it.  I honestly had part of this card already made.  I have a drawer that I keep half made cards in.  Am I the only one that starts a card and then gets on a completely different track and ends up with partially made cards?  Well I do it a lot.  For this one I had the Early Espresso Base done with a layer of Old Olive embossed with the Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder.  I also had the strip of the Early Espresso Chevron DSP matted in Early Espresso Cardstock on the partially done card.  So what I did was add some of the light pink DSP matted on a scrap of Early Espresso.  I used my bone folder to pry open a section of the already adhered strip so I had room to tuck the new strip under the old one.  Once through, I adhered the right side down first.  I then added some Natural thread on the left side three times around and then tied it into a bow.  I used some Multi Medium Matt to adhere the bow down and then used some craft glue to adhere the left side of the new strip down.  I heat embossed my Thank You sentiment in White on the top of the Chevron Strip.  Both the flowers and the pot were first inked with Versamark and then with Soft Suede Ink onto Neenah Classic Solar White Cardstock.  I then clear embossed them.  I used my Stampin' Blends to color both the flowers, leaves and the planter and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I adhered them all with 3M Foam Tape.  Finally I decided that the planter needed grounding so I cut a small section of a White Doily and adhered it with Multi Medium Matt.  I finished it off with 3 Espresso Pretty Pink Posh Sequins!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

PCC #261 Color Challenge with Hero Arts My Monthly Hero September 2017 Kit

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  You've made it this far so just keep pushing through!  I'm over with the Paper Craft Crew with a card for a color challenge that was indeed a bit of a challenge for me.  I was NOT feeling these colors at all!  Once I decided to use my September 2017 My Monthly Hero Kit and realized I could do some color layering to make them work, it turned out ok.. I hope!  lol  I'm sure you can think of something more fabulous than I did so please head over to Paper Craft Crew for some inspiration and to link up a card of your own!

And here's my card.. 

So for this one I started with a 11" x 4 1/4" sheet of SU Calypso Coral Cardstock.  I added a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of SU Early Espresso Cardstock over the Coral.  Next I used the SU Pinewood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of 3 3/4" x 5" piece of 80# Neenah White Cardstock and added it to the Early Espresso Layer.  Then on another piece of 80# Neenah White Cardstock I stamped my stem and leaves SU Lemon Lime Twist for the bottom layer and Tranquil Tide for the detailed layer.   My Flower was stamped in SU Calypso Coral for the base layer. The first detail layer was stamped in SU Cajun Craze and the second detail layer was stamped twice in Cajun Craze to darken that layer.  The center of the flower was stamped in SU Crumb Cake first and then Gina K Designs Black Onyx Ink.  (Note.. somehow I have lost my Versafine Tuxedo Black Ink.. how does one loose an entire ink pad?????)   I stamped two of the flowers exactly alike using my Misti so that I could layer them.  I used the coordinating dies to cut out the stem with leaves and the two flower images.  The top layer was handcut between some of the petals to allow more dimension.  I used a bone folder to bend the layers out.  I added the top flower with foam squares and added some FSJ Journey Glaze to the flower for some shine and drama!  Concord and 9th's Pineapple Perfection Bundle was used for the sentiment and banner.  I cut out the banner die first in SU Early Espresso and Stamped the "Thinking of You" in Versamark Ink and then heat embossed it in White. Some Natural Thread hoops were added with a small foam square in the middle and then the banner was added over the thread with small foam squares on each end.  It was finished off with Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Espresso Sequins.  I hope you like what I came up with!  I ended up loving it!

Have a blessed day!  Tina

PCC Challenge #259 - Inspiration Challenge with Hero Arts My Monthly Hero February 2017 Kit

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  I'm super excited about this week's Paper Craft Crew Challenge because I love umbrellas.  I seriously have about 5 stamp sets that all involve umbrellas and rain!  Is that wild?  I didn't realize until I tried to decide which stamp to use.  I must have a thing for umbrellas, or rain, or storms!  lol

Lately I've been on a kick to use some of the stamp sets or kits that I haven't used yet.  I have quite a few so this will take quite some time.  For this card I decided to use a Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit from February 2017.  Now I have used the add-on stamp sets from the February Release but not the actual kit... so today's the day!  

For my background I decided to use a trick that I learned from the awesome Gina K of Gina K Designs.  I scored a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of 110# Neenah Classic Solar White cardstock every 1/4" on a Scoring Board.  After the cardstock was scored, I ran a SU Soft Sky Ink Pad directly to the cardstock for a distressed wood planking look.  I really love the look and can't wait to try it with other colors.  I cut my window from the February Kit out of 110# Neenah Classic Solar White as well.  The background of my window scene was created by Ink Blending Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink onto a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  After I completed my ink blending, I used a distress sprayer to spritz some water on it and then placed a paper towel over it to absorb the drops of ink that lifted.  I stamped my girl with the umbrella as well as the other umbrella onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.  After it was dry, I used Zig Clean Color Markers and an Aqua Brush to color in my images.  The cloud was stamped in Iced Spruce Distress Ink and the Lightning was stamped in Onyx Black Ink onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock as well.  I used a silver Zig Clean Color marker to color in the Lightning.  I used my Misti to stamp the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black Ink in the upper left corner of the window. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings, Tina

SIP Challenge #116 Clean and Simple Fall Card with Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit September 2017

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I waited until the last minute to make my SIP card this week which turned out to be a good thing... Why?? Because I received my Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit when I arrived home from work on Monday.  How cool was that?  It was perfect to make a clean and simple fall card.  The color layering pumpkins and sunflowers in the September kit are gorgeous!  I love clean and simple although it's not usually my style.  It was sure fun to try to make one and believe it or not, I actually made a one layer card.. Wow!  Can you believe it??  It you have an awesome idea for a Fall theme CAS card head on over to Stamp, Ink, Paper and link it up!

Here's my card using the largest pumpkin from the My Monthly Hero Kit..

I really did keep this one simple.  I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" Card Base of 110# Neenah Classic Solar White cardstock, scored at 5 1/2".  I used Stampin' Up! Embossing Paste and Brick Wall Stencil to add the brick texture on the bottom of the card.  I considered adding some Crumb Cake reinker to make the brick wall a little darker but I decided to go with white on white.  I may make another one with the reinker to see if I like it better!  I stamped the pumpkin, stem and leaves seperately on more of the 110# Neenah Classic Solar White.  The pumpkin was stamped with Stampin' Up! Peek-A-Boo Peach for the base and then used the Hero Arts small inks in Hero Arts Pumpkin Pie and Orange Soda for the details.  The stem was stamped in Hero Arts Pumpkin Pie and the detail was added in Cup O'Joe Ink.  The leaves were stamped in SU Pear Pizzazz Ink and the detail was added in SU Old Olive Ink.  I added the pumpkin with foam squares and then added the twine at the top and twirled the tails to hang down on the left side.  The sentiments in the set were curved but since I didn't want it to go around the pumpkin, I stretched it over a ruler until straight and then picked it up with the lid of my Misti.  I then stamped the Autumn Greetings sentiment in Hero Arts Cup O'Joe Ink straight on the upper right side of the card.  That was it!  I seriously thought about adding sequins.. but then said to myself... No!  Keep it Simple!  Why is that always so hard? lol

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #115 Color Challenge with FSJ An Adventure Stamp Set

Hello and Happy Tuesday... but it feels like Monday!  I really enjoyed being off Labor Day but it sure puts a damper on Tuesday!  So of course Tuesday means another Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge and this is probably my favorite Color Challenge that we've had... Aqua, Gray and Light Yellow!  I immediately thought of an ocean scene and that brought me to this super cute stamp set from Fun Stampers Journey called An Adventure!  It's an adorable ATS (Artist Trading Stamp) that is only $8.95..  What a deal!!!  This is my first time to use it and I really am loving it!

So for this one I started with a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  I used a ink blending tool and Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Broken China and Cracked Pistachio for the Ink Blended Background.  This is the first time I had used the Distress Oxides and they are awesome!  Seriously they blend so smooth on the Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  I started with Cracked Pistachio on the bottom and Broken China on the top and then blended it down into the Pistachio.  After I had it all blended I spritzed it with my Distress Water Mister and then laid a paper towel over it to absorb the ink.  It made such a lovely ocean background!  Next I stamped the Submarine from the An Adventure Stamp Set onto some Watercolor Paper.. this was a mistake.  Although it all turned out well, I should have used Bristol Smooth for the Submarine.  My Brother Scan-n-Cut cut out the Submarine for me since I had not purchased the coordinating die for the stamp set.  I used Zig Clean Color Markers to color it in and this is where I noticed that watercolor paper does not blend like Bristol Smooth.  It took several layers of color and Clear Wink of Stella to make it look right.  I really should have just stamped it again on Bristol but I was determined to make it work.  I'm seriously hard-headed like that!  lol  Once I decided where I wanted my Submarine I used my Misti to stamp the sentiment in just the right spot.  I love the Misti because I can continue to stamp in the exact same place several times.  I stamped the sentiment with FSJ Black Licorice Ink and then clear embossed it.   Ok, so you know that I can't make a card with just one stamp set.. right??  So I wanted to add some fish so  I stamped the Fish and Seahorse from a Hero Arts May 2017 My Monthly Hero Set.  They were just the right size to go with my Submarine!  I stamped them in Versafine Black Onyx Ink onto a scrap of Bristol Smooth Cardstock (lesson learned!) and then clear embossed them.  I used Zig Clean Color Markers and an Aqua Painter to color then.  I used the coordinating dies to cut them out but then decided there was too much white showing so I fussy cut right up to the black line on them.   I attached them to my background with Ranger Multi Medium in Matt Finish.  My Submarine was then attached with Foam Tape....... and a LOT of it!  I matted this in my very favorite Yellow Cardstock.... FSJ Banana Cream.  I LOVE this color!!  I then matted that with FSJ River Stone Cardstock and then mounted the entire panel on an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Banana Cream scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card base. Last but certainly not least I added some Lucy's Cards Rainbow Sparkle Mix Jewels with Ranger Multi Medium Matt!   I adore all things Nautical but I think this is one of my favorites of all of the ones I've made!   I can't wait to make more Under the Sea backgrounds... I'm heading to do that now!  If you haven't given it a try.. go do it!  It's a blast!

Blessings, Tina

PCC255 Sketch Challenge with Hero Arts July 2017 My Monthly Hero Kit

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  I've been missing in action the last couple of weeks over at Paper Craft Crew but this week I'm back with a Design Team Card for a new fun sketch!  

I was super excited for this week's card because I finally got a chance to use my July 2017 My Monthly Hero Kit by Hero Arts!  

 

I started with a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" 80# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock.  I inked up the Hero Arts Background Tribal Stripes Bold Prints (July Kit Add on set) with Mustard Seed Distress Ink and added some Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink with a dauber and then sprayed the stamp with some water before stamping it on the white panel.  Once dry, I stamped the grassy strip in FSJ Black Licorice Fusion Ink.  I then cut out the sun in a scrap piece of SU Pumpkin Pie Cardstock.  I wanted to diecut a white circle to go behind the sun but I didn't have a circle big enough so I used my largest circle framelit to cut out a piece of 80# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock and then I used the same circle to reduce the size of my sun just a little so that they would matt correctly.  I glued them together with FSJ craft glue and then used the same craft glue to adhere it to my cardfront.  Next I stamped the elephant silhouette in FSJ Black Licorice Ink onto a scrap of the Neenah white cardstock and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I attached it to the front with foam tape.  I used my Misti to stamp the "Huge Thanks" sentiment in more of the FSJ Black Licorice Ink and then clear embossed it.  I then matted this layer with a piece of SU Basic Black cardstock that measured 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  I used some Journey Natural Thread to run around both of those layers and tied it at the top of the card leaving the tails long enough to curl with the edge of my scissors.  I mounted these panels on a 11" x 4 1/2" piece of 110# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock that was scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card base.  I was super happy with how it turned out and can't wait to use this kit some more!  I think I'll try some blues and purples in the background next time.. What do you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Hero Arts March 2017 My Monthly Hero - you're somebunny special

One of the best things I've ever done was to subscribe to Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit!  It is such a fabulous value!  March has been a crazy busy month and today I finally made a super quick and easy card with this month's My Monthly Hero Kit!  It is super adorable!

  

The kit even included the adorable dies that created the fence and the garden.  The little garden die has little slits to tuck the vegetables down into it.  I used Black Versamfine ink to stamp my images onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  I used Zig Clean Color Markers and an aqua painter to color in the images.  I loved that the bunnies only needed a hint of light pink in the ears and checks.  I also used the Hero Arts Cloud Infinity Dies that were an Add on for an early kit!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina