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....and so do i! loving the Heroarts 'antique engraving' set. posted these cards on the flickr heroblog site some time back but don't believe i've shared then here yet. so here they are:
sentiments are also from heroarts as well, short & sweet today. thanks for stopping by!
Hi peeps! Here's a card I made with my new fave polka dot embossing folder from Quickutz...it has bigger dots than the swiss dots embossing folder from cuttlebug & I love them both! The sentiment is from Heroart's 'everyday sayings' stamp set. Another one of my faves :)
The butterfly image is from this new Heroarts stamp set, which I finally decided to get because I just couldn't resist!! The image is stamped with dark brown Stazon ink onto some Claudine Hellmusth sticky-back canvas, cut out with a sharp pair of fabric scissors & then sponged on some Tim Holtz 'fired brick' & 'spiced marmalade' distress inks. The butterfly is then glimmer misted with 'silver bells'...Love the effect!
The canvas butterfly is mounted on 2 circles (punched out with 1.5" & 1.75"). The smaller vanilla circle has Papertreyink's 'background basic:text style' stamped on it with Tim holtz 'old paper' distress ink.
The stamps on the papertreink vanilla cardstock are from unity stamp co. The green patterned card base is actually a newer Papertreyink cardstock colour (don't recall the name of it) and the patterns are stamped with pti's 'guidelines' set. They carry a guidelines 2 set now as well, I've got both sets and they're so fun to play with!
Here's my take on the sketch, I didnt think i was late posting this but I went over to the Card Patterns blog and it was already up! Remember to hop over and join in the fun :)
Here's a close up of the accent, I'm seriously in love with those berry sweet K & co papers :
And they're giving away a GORGEOUS butter set with every June Kit of the Month! So what are you waiting for?? Go post your take on the sketch on this post now to stand a chance to win the stamp/ be our guest designer :)
Good luck and thanks for stopping by!
So I coloured in the dude with watercolour pencils, paper-toled the part where he holds the money bag & then 'glossy accented' it. The base scallop is cut out with my Colluzle & the green layer is just cut around with a patterned scissors.
I love the bead accent pinned to the ribbon :) All in all, I had fun although I think it's a little too thick and heavy AND too much work for my liking. ah, and the patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye!
Here's a card I made some time back, I had some Hambly leftover so i used it for this card which shape I cut out with my Cuttlebug & Labels One Nestabilities dies. I then cut another inward layer to mat the shape with the same dies only 1 size down. There's a video I made on how to do something similar like this if you wanna see :) Here it is.
Isn't it cute??? The finishing inside isn't too fab but OK for a first try i guess :) And the ugly stitching on the front from attaching the handles? Just cover' em up with some matching ribbon. GLUED ON bwahahaha
Not sure what I'm going to use it for yet, maybe store punches or something along that line teehee. I took inspiration from here & here if you wanna check it out. Do hop around to the 2nd link, Elizabeth's got lotsa great tutorials over there ;)
With so many things I want to do but the lack of time, all i can do is just simply go buy some lovely confections from the nearby bakery. (instant gratification, yeay!) 
I was totally channeling Lisa Johnson for this card, love her style! [pinch your fingers & say 'OOHMM'] Sometimes when we look at others for inspiration, we try to emulate them and yet always come out with something different calling them our own :) It can also be challenging to stretch our creative boundaries which I find enjoyable! [as long as you don't find yourself sitting there with a blank look & mind]I'm heading off to Bali for a meeting of sorts, it's only going to be an overnighter so I'll be back to blogging on Saturday just in time for the Card Patterns launch. Remember to pop by CP to join in the fun then, I'll be sharing my take on their sketch too; here as well as over there :)
Have a great day!
card supplies: cardstock: papertreyink, stamps: PTI 'polka dot basics & 'green thumb' , buttons: basic grey & local store, ribbon: Papertreyink berry sorbet , others: white embossing powder, stylised flowers cuttlebug embossing folder
This is a small card [3" x 3"] and it was fun to use the scraps I had left over. The cute doggy image is a stamp i picked up from Artfriends some time back, i then coloured it in with Copics.
On the other hand, don't you just love it when new stuff arrives?? Especially if it's from Papertrey! Yipppeeee, I'm a happy girl this weekend :)
I took some photos of my scrap area, hopefully I'll get to show them to you soon . Thanks for stopping by, have a great day! :)
I love the sky blue colour on dark brown, looks simply delicious to me :)
I haven't been playing with my favourite colour (pink!) for some time now, just had to make this one. I stamped the light pink paper with polkies & embossed Heroart's snowflakes with white embossing powder. I then finished off the look with some sticky diamonds :)
The Red House card i stamped using PTI's board & beams, then coloured it in with markers. The set also comes with a good assortment of house related sentiments e.g. 'Just moved' & 'There's no place like home. 
Here's a closer look:
supplies:
Heroarts is having a challenge to use your stamped scrap to make thank you cards. go check it out here. I scraplifted this card from Sugarbuffet & gave it my own twist, thanks so much for the inspo :)
This is another one i made. I keep my stamped scraps in a zipped bag, just got them out and pieced everything together. thanks for popping by, pls leave a comment :)
Hi all! Here's a card i made with the Amuse-saltbox studios clear stamps i got the other day. And i really like using 6x6 paper pads too, so perfect for cards.
