Balloons and Birthdays

Balloons, cake and party hats! That's what I think of when I think of birthdays. Here is another entry for the Hero Arts monthly contest.

I used the Wish Big set again for this one. Stamped the balloons several times on different color card stock and paper pieced. Glossy Accents on the balloons. Colored the seam binding with copic marker.

HA CL576

Thank you for stopping by and have a glorious day!

Thought For The Day:

"And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us."

1 John 5:14

This Was Different

This month's themes on the Hero Arts Blog are Birthdays along with a Color Challenge and the technique is Interactive Cards. So here is my first entry.

I recently purchased the Dot Flower Pattern (CG335) and stamped it with black ink to see what I wanted to do with the flowers. Since the stamp is slightly smaller than a standard 4.25 x 5.5 card base it left a white border. I changed my mind about coloring the flowers yet the background looked pretty blah to me. I decided to sue some of the special Target Colored Tape that Susan sent me. I used a solid color and striped one in the gold/orange and laid the tape diagonal across the background and VOILA!

Cupcake: HA CL576 (Wish Big) - paper pieced the cupcake and glossy accents on the heart.

Sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Ribbon is seam binding colored with copic marker.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

Thought For The Day:

"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."

Psalm 51:10

My First Shaped Card

I do not have a lot of large dies to choose from but this is one of my favorites so I chose it to try my first shaped class. I am part of the online class "A Cut Above". It's not too late to sign up.Enjoying the videos to see how everyone else has been using their dies.

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 18
Flower Stamp: HA CG172 Garden Bouquet (White embossed)

Glad you stopped by!

Thought For the Day:

"Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, 

for the Lord our God will be with you wherever you go."

Joshua 1:9

Fun With Target Tape

Thanks to Susan sharing some of papertape from Target since I was unable to find any at my local store. The ladies in the Flickr Hero Arts group are so kind and complimentary and encouraging! It has been fun getting to know them.

I have made several of these cards because I fell in love with this fantastic Newspaper Flower stamp from Hero Arts using this basic layout just in slightly different variations. So here it is again. The background stamp is a must have Hero Arts stamp too!  I was able to add that sweet papertape from Target that Susan shared.

So glad you stopped by!

I white embossed the Hero Arts Leaf and Floral Background stamp (CG405) on a yellow textured card from DCWV.

The Hero Arts Newspaper Flower stamp (CG412) was stamped on orange and green cardstock and then cut out and layered with pop dots between to give them dimension.

The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

My wonderful banner strip is the papertape Susan shared with me from Target. I  LOVE IT! Thanks again Susan!

Thought for the day:

"Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you."

Deuteronomy 31:6

So Excited

I made this card using some ideas from some lovely women who share their talent on cardmaking sites. I was so excited that they actually worked for me! Most of the time I am not as proficient in my skills and I am DEFINITELY a hands-on person, therefore, I am very thankful for the video demonstrated age :)

Here is the result:

By the way ~ SO glad you stopped by!

I watched the video by Julie Ebersole on the Hero Arts blog for the coloring technique - did all my "huffing" too :) I used the inspiration from Jill Foster on shading the white label while leaving it in the frame so that the label would have a framing effect. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tumbled Glass. AND  I took some white seam binding and colored it with one of my copics to dye it to blend with my other shades of blue. Marcy clued me in on where everyone buys their seam binding - thanks Marcy. Last but not least - I watched a video on how to tie the perfect bow!!!!!  I was one "high-tech" woman for a day!!! Love the results.

Materials:

Flower: Sizzix Hero Arts 657776

Memento Markers: Flower-Dandelion, Tangelo; Stem~New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves

Labels: Spellbinders Labels 14

Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass, Wild Honey (for the sentiment label)

Seam Binding: Zipper Stop (White)

Sentiment: Hero Arts CL177 Sparkle Clear: Hello Birdie

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Copic Marker and BLING 

Another card - but not all the techniques :)

Thought For The Day:

Create in me a clean heart, Oh God; and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."

Psalm 51:1-12

Dotted Flowers

Had fun with one of my older Hero Arts Stamps - Dotted Flowers! It is always so much fun to work with.
Spring has sprung here in the south so I took a photo of my card among my azaleas. Since we had that last hard cold, the blooms are nearly as plentiful as in years past but they are still pretty.

So glad you stopped by.

Used Memento Tangelo, Hero Hues Poppy, and Tsukineko Versa Magic Thatched Straw to create the background.
Stamped all 3 sizes of Hero Arts CG291 Dotted Flowers in Memento Tangelo on the background.
Stampabilities Labels 18: Larger size actually some printed Zig Zag paper from Recollections Bright and Basic
Sentiment: Hero Arts CL305
Flower: Hero Arts CG291 Dotted Flowers colored in Copics YR18, YR15, and YR12; curled and layered with pop dots.
Leaves are Sizzix 654999
"Bow" is hemp cord
And always have to have a little bling :)

Thought For The Day:

"He said, 'The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, "though seeing, they my not see; though hearing, they my not understand.'"

Luke 8:9-10

Today, I will listen with my heart.

Velveteen Stamping

I was really pleased with the effect of Velveteen Stamping but it took me several tries to find the right background and then stamps. Thanks to Shari Carroll for sharing this with us on the Hero Arts Blog.

Not sure that I could get a photo that shows the effect as well as seeing it up close and in the right kind of light. The stamping seemed to do better with certain stamps and inks.

Thank you for stopping by and looking!

Background HA CG405 (Leaf and Floral Background) stamped in ColorBox White.
Flower stamps: HA CL508 (Luscious Patterned Flowers) and Sizzix/Hero Arts 657851
Sentiment: HA CL283
The ColorBox White shows through much better in the yellow stamp if you look closely.
Inks for flowers: Jenni Bowlin #14 (Speckled Egg) and #4 (Lemon Drops)

My second attempt:

Background HA CG405 (Zig Background) stamped in ColorBox White.
Flower stamps: HA CG303 (Luscious Bold Flowers)
Sentiment: HA CL283
The ColorBox White shows through much better in the green stamp on this card if you look closely.
Inks for flowers: Memento Bamboo Leaves for the green flower and Jenni Bowlin #4 Lemon Drops for the yellow flower.

Thought for the day:

"For I am Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and say, Do not fear; I will take care of you."

Isaiah 41:13