New images at Tiffany Doodles!

 There are two new releases over at the Tiffany Doodles today 3DHeart and Sweet Butterfly.  I have chosen the Sweet Butterfly image to make two cards. The top one I have made into a butterfly shape mini card or tag, I have coloured the image with copics, added a wire antennae and then white highlight dots with a gel pen.

This second card has been paper pieced and I have added more wire antennae.
Check out the other fabulous cards made by the design team and also guest designer Tiffany Ervin, for one week this image is 10% off so grab it while its cheap!!

Tiffany Doodles July Challenge!

Its the 7th of the month and time for a new challenge over on the Tiffany Doodles blog, this month the challenge is "All creatures Great and Small".  The design team have made some really cute cards with some of the great images Tiffany has for sale, check out the blog for some inspiration!

I have decided to use this pretty butterfly image.  I have re sized the butterfly four times and printed out on some patterned paper then I have added extra highlights with my copics.  The background is made using two stamps from Hero Arts, the Classic Fabric design and the Envelope Pattern and stamping with Wild Honey distress ink.

I have added some pearls for a bit of sparkle. You have until 21st July to add your cards,  Tiffany has a sale on at the moment buy 10 digi's and get 20% off your order!!  I can't wait to see your cards.

Hero Arts July Challenge

 This months theme over at Hero Arts is "Summertime and Parties",  I am always inspired by Suzanne's cards and the way she makes beautiful scenes with alot of detail, so far from the CAS style that I have been trying lately.

Here is my attempt at that style, I decided to dust off a few older Hero Arts stamps and have a play.

I started by stamping and embossing in black the silhouette grass stamp, I then made a mask for the sun and distressed with lots of Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade and Forest Moss ink.  Then I removed the mask and gently applied Scattered straw ink to the sun. 

For the poppies I stamped and embossed in black again on some bright red card, I cut out the poppies and added the seed beads. The butterflies are stamped and embossed on vellum.

A Gift Set!

 I needed a small gift for a friend so decided I would have a go at my first gift card set.  I was really pleased with the effect on this card so decided to use the same stamps, this time though I made a mask for the frame so these are almost one layer cards. I have just added the images to Kraft cards.

First I stamped the Old Letter stamp on the white card and embossed in white, for the five cards I have used five different colourways using various distress inks blended together.  Lastly I added the Hydrangea  and the sentiment.

To finish off the set I have made a Pizza Box using this tutorial, only before sticking together I used the spellbinders label die to cut a hole in the lid and added acetate for a window.

The front of the box is also distressed and stamped with Old letter writing.

Its a beautiful day today and we are off to a family barbeque, hope all my American visitors are having a fun holiday weekend.

Supplies: Various colours of distress inks.  Hero Arts stamps, S4878 Old Letter Writing. CG197 Old Letter.K5378 Hydrangea. CL342 Everyday Sayings. CL272 All Occasion Sayings.

Curly labels!!

Its Friday so release day over at the Tiffany Doodles blog,  when I first saw these Curly Label images I knew it was time I re organised my craft room ( I have been meaning to do it for ages and these images inspired me)

I decided to label my storage jars, these are my special Antique buttons and I re sized and printed the labels, cut them out, then distressed the edges and stamped lightly with the Envelope Pattern stamp from Hero Arts.
As you can see I have also added lace and some new buttons to the lid for decoration.

I was so pleased with the result that I also decorated my ribbon and flower jars!

If you check out the Tiffany Doodles site you will see that Tiffany and Anette have created some amazing cards using these labels, they really are very versatile!!!!

Watercolour Flowers

After watching Shari's video yesterday with her watercolour snowflakes, I had chance to make one more card for this months Hero Arts Challenge and was inspired to use her technique.
I have used Distress inks spritzed with water on the Sweet Threads flower, the end result reminds me of fireworks exploding in the sky, perfect for a celebration card.
Looking forward to tomorrow to find out what the challenge for July is! 

CAS Friday challenge #8

Another quick post today, just wanted to add my card for this weeks CAS-ual Friday challenge, this week its " Getting Edgy"

This week we are Getting Edgy! Use your border punches, rip some cardstock, whatever your pleasure to add a fun edge to your Clean And Simple project!

Not a great photo of my card, but here it is and I am now quite enjoying the challenge of making Clean and Simple cards.  The words are from Hero Arts Dictionary Greetings set and I have embossed them in gold, next just added a black punched border with added red ribbon and red pearls.

The sun has been shining here today so we have been trying to clean the tents up after a very muddy time at Glastonbury.  Luckily the sun did come out for them in the end and they both had a fantastic time!

Win some Hero Arts Stamps.

No cards today I am afraid, hopefully I will post tomorrow as I have a day off work, I just wanted to let you know that there are Hero Arts stamps up for grabs over at The Lily Pad Blog here .

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“I became a Member of Lily Pad Cards today! Go become a member for a chance to win a collection of Hero Arts stamps. Contest closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, July 15!”

Wedding Card

Its an absolutely beautiful day here in Surrey ( about time after all the rain we have been having) and before I go into the garden I wanted to post this card that I have made for the current Hero Arts challenge which is Weddings and Congratulation cards.
For the heart I stamped Floral Brocade with Tea Dye distress ink then I cut the heart shape and added the dots of liquid pearls. Next I have embossed three times with thick embossing powder. The background is made with the Musical Collage Background stamp and Old Paper distress ink.

Hope its a lovely day where you are.

Tiffany Doodles new releases!!

There are two new releases over at the Tiffany Doodles blog today and I have used the Flower Vase image to make two cards.  For the first card I have made a reverse mask of the flower and vase and then stamped the vase with the Lace Background stamp from Hero Arts.  I love Blue and White patterned china and have used this inspiration on my vase.  I have also  masked the flower and Vase as well so that I could stamp the background with the Envelope patterned stamp.The flower has been cut out coloured with copics and then pop dotted to the image. The patterned background paper is from Basic Grey.

For my  second card I have  used  the same masking technique but have printed three images. This time my flowers are coloured with distress inks used as watercolours.

Looking forward to better weather this weekend and more time in the garden, hope you have a great weekend.