hero arts blog birthday challenge

Hello. :) Here's a card I did way back in December during my blogging hiatus... one of, I think, maybe two total. LOL I didn't stamp much because it was still too painful. But, it was right after Christmas and I needed a couple of really special thank you cards.

I love this little Hero Arts thank you tree. Lots of possibilities with it, such as masking/reverse masking and punches, etc. Here, I did some reverse masking:



Please excuse the poor photo quality. I don't have the time, strength, or patience anymore to stress about it too much. :/ The heart is a punch that was covered with red glitter and popped up on dimensionals, everything else is pretty self explanatory.

This week, the Hero Arts Blog is celebrating its first birthday with a one layer card challenge. I decided to just replicate the above card, but modify it to fit the challenge:



This time, for the heart, I used the negative of the punched out heart as a template to draw a red heart directly on to the tree, which was then traced with a glue pen and covered with red glitter. On the first card, the tree was semi-grounded by the red ribbon. Here, I just used a row of irregular polka dots from the Sparkle Clear "Just Wanted" set as the ground. This card has such a simple, clean feel to it that I really love. :) It's been a long time since I've participated in a Hero Arts challenge, but this week's seemed right up my alley. I'm looking forward to participating in them again.

In an effort to save time and strain, I have to start making my supply lists as short and sweet as possible. I'm just going on the assumption that everyone can pretty much tell what products I've used, but if there's ever anything that you'd like to know more about, by all means, please feel free to email me. :)

Oh, and thank you for your input regarding my pub'ed cards. I'll be posting those as soon as I can get them re-photographed.

Thanks for stopping by today. Stay tuned for a give-away soon! ;)

SUPPLIES:
Card 1 - stamp is Hero Arts, inks and card stock are SU!, Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success heart punch, May Arts ribbon, Art Institute glitter, and pop dots.
Card 2 - stamps are Hero Arts, inks are SU!, glitter is Art Insitute.