Thursday, 10 April 2014

Congratulations

Hello!
Today I have a very feminine congratulations card to share with you. I am not sure what I would give it for… maybe an engagement (cards are for the girls really, right? Let's be honest, most men don't give cards much thought… hence my lack of Mother's Day card last weekend. My husband actually said: "I didn't think you'd be bothered about getting a card". Huh!)
Anyway - my card is created with some lovely Simon Says Stamp products, along with some patterned paper from My Mind's Eye's Heirloom collection.
To make the card, I first smeared Translucent Embossing Paste onto a portion of Simon Says Stamp's Repeated Hearts Stencil which was taped onto some of their delicious Cotton Candy Cardstock. After it was dry, I stitched the ends of the panel, then adhered it to a rustic cream card base. The sentiment is from one of their older sets - Banner Sayings (it's one of my faves). I had to do a bit of masking to get just the Congrats word.
Next, I spritzed the whole thing with Calico Shine Mister Huey's.
Finally, I did cut the Paulina Butterfly from two different patterned papers, stitched them together at a slight angle, and added them to the card. 
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The combination of the shiny paste and mists is lovely. 
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Right - that's all for today.
Bye for now.
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Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Sending Smiles...

Hello!
Today I am sharing a card I created for Mama Elephant's current challenge. The prize is awesome… a 6 month term on the Mama Elephant Challenge DT. Amazing, right?
The challenge is simple - create a card inspired by this gorgeous photo:
I was inspired by the lovely combination of aqua and white, plus the bath salts immediately made me think of Rock Candy Distress Glitter. Yum.
For my card, I used the cute teddy from Mama Elephant's Nursery Deco set and a sentiment from Up and Away. I added a little smile to the teddy so it matched the sentiment :) And wiggle eyes… because I love them. :)
The side panel is created with a portion of Simon Says Stamp's Repeated Hearts stencil, to which I added white embossing paste and Rock Candy glitter.
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I also added some glitter to my teddy's tummy.
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I love Mama Elephant's stamps - they are just my cup of tea. Cute and happy. Still waiting for their amazing Panda set to be in stock somewhere… :)
Bye for now.
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Monday, 7 April 2014

Thank You Branch

Today I have a soft and feminine thank you card to share with you that recently appeared on the Hero Arts blog. It is created with some of their cute new products. The first thing I did for this card was to create a shaker tag.  To do this, I die-cut two tags, one from cardstock and one from vellum. I stitched them together, leaving an opening at the top, and then filled it with gold glitter and pink sequins. I then stitched up the rest of the tag. Next I die-cut the gorgeous Spring Branch from some rustic card stock and added it to the tag with some ribbon. Finally, I stamped and embossed my sentiment from Hero Arts Message with Flourish set and misted the background cardstock with Calico Shine Mr. Huey's.
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I am loving all of these new Hero Arts products. So many different styles to design with. Yum. 
See you again soon. 
Bye. 
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Tuesday, 1 April 2014

A Blog Named Hero Blog Hop!

Hello!
Welcome to A Blog Named Hero's 2nd Birthday Blog Hop.
If you are not familiar with ABNH, it is a fabulous and inspiring blog set up by two sweet and talented gals, Mary Dawn and Linda, and devoted to all things Hero Arts. And they are two years old today!! YAY!!
You should have arrived from Sindhura Prajay's blog. If not, (or if you encounter any broken links) head to the start of the hop HERE.
Now, on to my celebratory card. :)
The other day I shared a card created with Hero Arts Bubble Confetti stencil. I had some leftover watercolour paper misted with neon pink ink and I thought it would be fun on a congratulations card.
So I used an owl from Hero Arts' Missing You Operation Write Home set, and a couple of sentiments from their new Yay! set, and voila, a simple but super bright congratulations card. 
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I really really love this neon spray. I can't wait to try out some of the other colours too. 
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Huge congratulations Mary Dawn and Linda - I'm so pleased for you.

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Leave a comment here and you could win a prize package from either Hero Arts or Simon Says Stamp. Winners will be chosen randomly from all the comments on all the blogs, so I suggest you leave a comment on every blog in the hop. :)

And now I'm thrilled to link you up to your next stop on the hop - the owner of ABNH:
Mary Dawn Quirindongo 
who is certain to have something AMAZING to show you. :)
Enjoy!!!
Bye for now.
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