April Stay Crafty Challenge at A Blog Named Hero!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for our new monthly Stay Crafty Challenge at A Blog Named Hero. In April our theme is "Oppsites Attract" which means we want to see either opposite colors on the color wheel or mirror images.

I went with mirror images and used a new Hero Arts floral die Morning Glory. I cut and colored it with Copics twice and made the die cuts face each other on top of the Hero Arts Trellis Window die. The sentiment comes from an older springy stamp set called Tulip Bouquet. 

Copic coloring die cuts is fast, easy and fun! With the Morning Glory die I added shading to the outlines of the die and the indented lines of the die. I've also added some gel pens to the flower centers for added fun! 

Shop the Hero Arts products I used:

Morning Glory fancy die from the in the Garden Collection 

Trellis Window die from the In the Garden Collection 

Tulip Bouquet Bundle

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you playing along! Our randomly chosen winner will win a $50 gift card to Hero Arts, woot woot!! 

I'd like to join:

Die Cut Divas April Challenge: Flowers

Allsorts: Spring Flowers

 

A Reminder for March Challenge at A Blog Named Hero!

Hi friends!

I'm here to share my reminder card for the March Challenge at A Blog Named Hero. The challenge this month is a nice and easy one -create a card and mail it in March! So basically it's almost an Anything Goes challenge. :) Make sure to use Hero Arts products in your project for a chance to be our randomly chosen winner of $50 gift card to Hero Arts store! 

I made a shiny spring card to send to a friend. I used gold mirror card and scraps of pastel colored glittery card stocks from my stash in addition to basic Neenah solar white card stock. I love how this turned out! I'm using a bunch of fun Hero Arts products for die cutting:

Happy Easter Stamp and Cut XL sentiment stamp and die set

Small Flower Layering Fancy Dies from the Friendship Blooms Collection

Large Flower Layering Fancy Dies from the Friendship Blooms Collection

Swirls Confetti Dies

All of these dies are so detailed and fun that I didn't have to use any additional embellishments! I simply cut a bunch of flowers to go with my die cut and stamp sentiment, made an arrangement with them to frame the sentiment and voila, my card was done! :) Various sizes of foam dots made the card assembly very easy. 

If you haven't played along already, I'd love to see you joining us! Click HERE for all the challenge details, lots of DT inspiration and for adding your project to the gallery! Happy Crafting! 

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Layer it Up

Everybody Art Challenge: Lots of Layers

Tuesday Taggers: Spring Fling

A Cut Above: Anything Die Cut Goes

Allsorts Challenge: Feminine

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

 

New Challenge at A Blog Named Hero!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the March challenge at A Blog Named Hero! The challenge is now open and runs for about one month. The theme is a fun and easy one: something you'll mail in March. 

I decided to have a look at all sorts of festivities and happenings that take place in March and realized the World Book Day is celebrated on 6th of March... which was yesterday! I found some wonderful products from my Hero Arts stash to make this fairytale inspired card:

Literary Quotes Stamp Set

Fairy Window Fancy Die

Large Sprinkled Dots Stencil

Unicorn White Pigment Ink

Hero Hues Pitch Black Ink

I cut the Fairy Window die from two types of cardstock: white glitter card and red mirror card. I placed the red mirror card slightly off set behind the white glitter version and glued them together. 

My background is a bokeh-inspired and created with the Large Sprinkled Dots stencil and Hero Arts's white pigment ink that has been my go-to white pigment ink for years. You just can't beat that stuff!! 

After the background was dry I stamped the sentiment and attached the double die cut on top. I did have to cut a small portion of the die cut away to make more room for the sentiment... But I think it still works nicely! A very simple card but quite effective too with the different finishes!

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Use Your Favorite Technique (die cutting)

Die Cut Divas: Critters (I have a fairy, I'm not 100% sure if she counts as a critter... If not, simply ignore my card lol!) 

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us! 

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

At Time Out Challenges we have a unique photo challenge for you... In the photo you'll see a purse by Running Stitch Design... And the winner of the challenge will receive this purse as a prize! Make sure to click HERE for all the challenge details and lots of DT inspiration. 

In my card I focused on the black background and white snowflakes... Along with red accents. I used mainly products by Honey Bee Stamps, apart from the sentiment die that comes from STAMPlorations. I dry embossed the Snowflakes 3d embossing folder for the background on black card and swiped white pigment ink on the raised areas to make the snowflakes pop. I then cut some flowers and branches from Mini Holiday Florals and placed them on top of a vellum oval, created with a die from Lovely Layers: Posted. The white frame is also cut with a die from the Posted set. 

I hope you like and thank you for popping by! 

 

 

Exciting News... Joining the team at Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero!

Hi friends!

I couldn't be more excited to let you know that I'm joining the Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero Design Team!! I've been a big Hero Arts fan since starting to join their Stamp Alongs several years ago... And I love the clean lines of their products and designs. Joining this extremely talented design team and challenge blog is certainly a crafty dream come true!

Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero is a monthly challenge blog. All products are welcome, but if you want to be in with a chance to win, please use at least one Hero Arts designed product (stamp, stencil, die, rub-on, hot foil or letterpress plate). There will be a $50 gift card for one random winner for grabs!

The theme for February is to create a flower themed project. My favorite kind of theme! 

In my card I've used two floral stamps by Hero Arts, the Sweetest stamp with matching die and Flowers and Bees Bold Prints for the background. (clickable links below). The Sweetest stamp I've colored with Copics, pencils and gel pens... And the background stamp is white heat embossed on black card stock. The Sweetest flower was a joy to color in!

Below is the list of Hero Arts products used. These links are affiliate, which means that if you use these links to buy something, I may earn a commission at no cost to you. 

The Sweetest Bundle

Flowers and Bees Bold Prints

Everyday Sentiment Strips

Nesting Circle Infinity Dies

I hope I'll see you joining the challenge! Thank you for popping by! 

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Time Out Challenges! The challenge is a new type of challenge in our rota of challenges and we are calling it "Pick Two". We provide you with a list of 6 words and your task is to pick two (or more) words and incorporate them to your project! This time the words are:

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of DT inspiration. Our winner will receive a gift certificate to Newton's Nook and will also be called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our talented guest is Marcia Hill. Make sure to check out her card and leave her blog some love! 

I chose Stitch, Layer, Heart and Love. I used a very old Concord and 9th heart shaped floral stamp and colored the image with Copics and colored pencils. I cut the panel in two faux stitched rectangles and raised the inner one up to create more dimension. The sentiment die is one of my favorites, it's from Textures by Lou Collins. 

Thank you for popping by! I hope to see you joining us, Happy Crafting! 

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Time Out... It is to be Inspired by Your Favorite Thing to Do in January! There's lots of inspiration on how to interpret this theme in our challenge blog... Along with all the other challenge details and guidelines. Don't miss any of it, click HERE! By playing along you could win a prize from Lawn Fawn and you could also be called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our guest is Verena with a super fun CAS card! 

I live in Finland and January is one of our most wintry months. When it comes to card making in January, I usually try to make cards that reflect that and are wintry without being Christmas cards... And that can be sometimes tricky! Also the upcoming Valentine's Day is celebrated as a Friendship Day in Finland and I do like sending those cards... So most of my January cards are made for friends. 

I used a Waffle Flower cover plate and created 3 different white on white cards (there's a white on white theme in Simon Says Stamp Instagram challenge which gave me this idea). The "Hello Friend"-cards are a "two for one design" where I used paper with handmade quality (it has some small color variations) combined with white glitter card in the other and pearly white shimmery card in the other. The pearly white is an inlaid design and is maybe my favorite -after inlaying the pieces I ran the whole thing through my die cutiing machine with the embossing plates (I protected it with a folded piece of copy paper) and it just looks so smooth and lovely IRL! In the "Hello"-card I've embossed the die on white card and also then "flattened" it with the same method than the pearl card -love how that looks too. The white glitter version is simply a die cut panel glued on glitter card. It looks nice too, but the two other ones are more special! :) 

I hope to see you joining us and than you for popping by! xxx