Thank you Card.

Here is my Thank you card to the Die Cut Divas sponsor, Hero Arts.  I made the background for another card and didn't like it as the background for that card, but found it perfect for this one.  The note card is actually a very dark brown, not a navy blue like it seems to appear in this photo.  Hope you enjoyed February.

Supplies:

An old Hero Arts butterfly

Elizabeth Craft Designs Cloud embossing folder

Elizabeth Craft Designs Thanks Die

I think the distressing ink is frayed burlap

Copic markers

Just Flitting By

These new butterflies are flying all over the place and I hope you like these as I was trying out some colors and I hope I can remember them.  I took the same distress inks to sponge the white note card.

Be sure to visit Die Cut Divas for the February challenge.

Close-up of the embossing which is not evident from the card photo.  I wanted the embossing to enhance the image and not take over.  Sometimes a little bit is better.

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Color Layering Butterflies at a2z Scrapbooking
• Hero Arts Color Layering Butterflies Frame Cuts at a2Z Scrapbooking   (DI135 dies match CL867)
• Distress Inks Worn Lipstick & Ripe Persimmon
• Memento Tuxedo Black
• Clear Embossing powder
• Die-namics stitched Rec STAX

Strawberry Time Yet?

I picked up the new Strawberries from Elizabeth Craft Designs at my LSS (The Stamp Art Shoppe) in Roseville on Saturday and had to play right away.  I hadn't played with this particular Accordion card style for a while and it took a bit of time to decide on paper and such, but I love the results.  I also love those strawberries.  I took red, green, yellow and brown papers, but sponged them darker (except for the yellow paper) with distress inks and tried Copic markers on the second card, very similar results as to shading that I wanted.

I cut several strawberries, so you're sure to see them as I craft and find some time to work with my new dies.  I got the wheel barrow too, I know it's been out for some time, but I just got it in a shipment of dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs because the clearance is fantastic on the older dies and such.

Front of Card

Card when open.  Kaisercraft sentiment from a friend.

Here's how I used the wheel barrow.  I know the wheel barrow is too small for the strawberry, but I think it turned out quite cute with this sentiment by Hero Arts.

Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs Accordion Fancy Label (out of stock at this time)
Elizabeth Craft Designs Strawberries
Elizabeth Craft Designs Fancy Frame Edges on first card
Elizabeth Craft Designs Wheel Barrow
Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Fruit
Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Fruit at a2z Scrapbooking on sale and remember.
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Quick Hero Arts Card

Remember that Die Cut Divas is having a challenge here.

A quick post from the Hero Arts Scramble on Saturday, February 20th.  I thought I'd post it to let you know we can do a card in 90 minutes, including uploading.

Supplies

HA Color Layering Butterflies CL867

HA Color Layering Butterflies Frame Cuts DI135

HA Hello Flowers CL774

HA Enjoy Today CL759 - (hey)

Distress Inks Worn Lipstick & Fired Brick

Copic markers G40, G82, V00, V17, RV 11, RV13, 

Cuttlebug

Mask This

I used a die-cut to mask off the white space on the front of my card.  Sponging the card front with Distress Inks, Ground Espresso first, followed by Carved Pumpkin with a sponging of Broken China on top created this eye-catching frame.  I stamped a sentiment and now I have a birthday card for my son.

I took the die-cut I used to cover the front of the card and moved it to the inside where I think it's a surprise for the recipient.

 

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Enjoy Today clear set CL759 (front of card)
• Hero Arts Happy Birthday to You wood stamp F6068 (stamp on die-cut)
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Katie Label Accordion Card die
• Ground Espresso, Carved Pumpkin and Broken China
• Cuttlebug

You can check out this example for a2z Scrapbooking here.

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Hope you’ll join in our January Challenge of Fireworks  with your Hero Arts stamps, dies and stencils. And, if you need some new supplies, don’t forget to shop at a2z Scrapbooking..  Happy Holidays to you and yours from Arlene at A Bit of This and That.

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You Make My Heart Flutter

I love matching die and stamp sets.  That gives you so many options.  When I think of February's challenge at Die Cut Divas, I think pink, whirling butterflies, and that fluttering feeling in the tummy.  My sentiment continues from the outside to the inside.  "YOU MAKE my heart flutter" is the sentiment, but I divided it to fit part on the outside and part inside.  Take a look at the outside.  And yes, the black and white is from a up-cycled tissue box.

I think this card has a feminine, but modern feel to it.  Someone gave me a tissue box that reminds me of a zebra and I couldn't resist using it.

Close-up of central panel

Close-up of butterfly (second layer of butterflies are clear embossed)

Supplies:

Hero Arts Color Layering Butterflies (CL867)

Hero Arts  (DI135)

Color Layering Butterflies Frame Cuts

Distress Inks  worn lipstick & ripe persimmon

Cuttlebug

Why Don't We Add Flowers?

Morgan's ArtWorld and February

The challenge begins.  Add flowers.  This is my sample for the Morgan's ArtWorld challenge for February.  I love this image, but I had to take a step back to decide how I wanted to color the flowers in the image.  I went to Facebook to see if I could find this image and I did!  I love Christine Ingram's card and the way she colored the flowers.  I only hope I have done something close to the level of beauty that Christine put into coloring the image. Here is the blog post by Christine. Thanks to Christine's coloring, I was able to make the flowers look like flowers.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you too, will love this image like I do.

Supplies
Morgan's Artworld Cameo Fae
Lifestylcrafts.com rectangles dies
Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch 1 1/2" & Mini Roses
Copic markers

Flowers with Love

This is not a tag, but a tag card (A2 size).  I masked the flowers and decided to use some flower colors I don't normally use, such as brown on the tips of the flowers.  I didn't want an ombre background, but used a piece of torn paper to make the background masking each layer below.  I was going for a mountain, wild type of background and I like this.  I plucked a ladybug and put it on one of the flowers.   

Supplies:

• Hero Arts Hello Flowers CL774
• Copic markers E57, Y08,YR07, YR14
• Distress inks Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amer and I put the inks away and I don't remember the exact color of green at the bottom
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Ladybug
• Cuttlebug

You can check out my post at a2z Scrapbooking.

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Hope you’ll join in our January Challenge of Fireworks  with your Hero Arts stamps, dies and stencils. And, if you need some new supplies, don’t forget to shop at a2z Scrapbooking..  Happy Holidays to you and yours from Arlene at A Bit of This and That.

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You Stole My Heart

A valentine card does not have to be red.  I chose this wonderful distress ink color, Lucky Clover to make what look to me like bubbles.  When I thought of masking, this die came to mind.  I have used it once, maybe.  I wanted to see if I could make a background and I really like it.  Because the die is thin, I can't sponge, but rather press the sponger onto the card and die-cut.  It was worth a try and I like the way it turned out.  It's a bit whimsical and I don't think I've really done whimsical all that many times.

Close-up of tag

 Photo of card without the die-cut itself.  I think the addition of the die-cut itself made a big difference 

Supplies:

Hero Arts Baby Animals Stamp and Cut (sentiments put together) at a2z Scrapbooking

Distress Ink Lucky Clover

Glossy Accents

Memory Box Loopy Rings

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• Hope you’ll join in our February Challenge of Masking with your Hero Arts stamps, dies and stencils. And, if you need some new supplies, don’t forget to shop at a2z Scrapbooking..  You can find me at  a2z Scrapbooking here.
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