simon says... anything goes! and a winner!

Hi, friends! How's your week going so far? Can you believe it's almost September?! Time's a-flyin'... as usual.

Time for another Simon Says Stamp challenge!


This one is always s fave - it's Anything Goes! And as always, your participation puts you in the draw for a very generous gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp superstore!


This week, the DT was asked to use Hero Arts on our projects - YAY! Love me some Hero! ;) We'd love to see you use Hero Arts on your creations as well, but of course it's not mandatory. :) Anyway, my card:

Just something simple and kinda elegant, using a stamp set called Speckled Ornaments. Stamped tone-on-tone (Hero's punch ink on punch layering paper), then over that in black, a script sentiment, some bling, and it's done. :)

So get creating! "Anything goes" is always a fun challenge, because with no guidelines, everyone's personal style really shines through. :) Love seeing the diversity in the entries, and I will be out leaving comments! Just upload HERE by next Wednesday morning, and you could be spending $50 at Simon Says Stamp!



Be sure to go HERE as well, so my fellow teamies can blow you away with their creations! ;)

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And now on to my give away winner from last week! Drumroll....

Random.org says the winner is comment 14, and that comment belongs to...



Congratulations, Kimmy! :D Please email me (see the 'contact' tab at the top of my blog) so I can get your goodies out to you. :)

Thanks for peekin' today. Be back soon!

SUPPLIES

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a card a day in may - 5/28: I'M SORRY

Hi, friends! Time for another ACADIM post, once again. :)


I know this design is very similar to the last card I made.. it seems that sometimes when I'm make a lot of cards all at once, designs tend to cross over from one card to the next, slowly morphing and eventually changing. Does that ever happen to you? Plus, I have a bunch of other projects I'm working on at the moment that I just can't show yet and because of that, I think my creative mojo is about tapped out for now. Anyway, super simple one here, I just used that Impress Leafy Stem again and a little generation stamping with some Stampin' Up inks. Not sure how I feel about this one yet... I like it, but sometimes I think there's something missing..... ??

Alrighty, thanks for checkin' in today! Only a few more days to go, can you believe it?! See you tomorrow!

SUPPLIES
papers: GP (white) and SU" (celery)
stamps: Impress 5169E and Hero Arts CL342
inks: Stampin' Up (celery and choco chip)
other: Hero Arts pearls

a card a day in may - 5/27: THANKS

Hello again! Time for another ACADIM post. :)


Just a quick one, this time with a little embossing from a PTI impression plate, and one of the gorgeous images from the Hero Arts Untitled Word Shadow set. I love this set, along with Untitled Love... I don't know, I guess I have a thing for reverse images and bold geometric shapes. ;) Here, I stamped the image with VersaFine, which is excellent when it comes to detailed images like these. I still had the black pearls on my desk from yesterday, so those made it onto the card as well.

Thank you for reading, and as always, thank you for your amazing comments. They are appreciated more than you know! See you tomorrow!

SUPPLIES
paper: GP (white), JoAnn's (black), and PTI (kraft)
stamps: Hero Arts AC005
inks: VersaFine (black)
other: PTI Woodgrain impression plate, Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles dies, Hero Arts black pearls

a card a day in may - 5/26: BEST WISHES

Hiya, peeps! How's your weekend going so far? Mine is abnormally busy... and that's sayin' somethin'! LOL So let's get to the ACADIM post, shall we? :)


I really wasn't sure about posting this one today, seeing as how I have made several black and red cards lately... but it's what I could get the best photo of at the moment. I used a great dotted border stamp from Mint Motif called 'Beyond Borders', and it is just the coolest, muti-purpose set! I've never used Mint Motif stamps before, but they're excellent quality, and designed by my super sweet friend, Kimberly Crawford. :) Can't wait to use them more!

Here, I just did some generation stamping again with Hero's chalk ink (in 'Punch')... it seems to give the best second - and even third! - impressions (the third impression on this card is kinda difficult to see in the photo, but you can definitely see it IRL).

Anyhoo, thanks again for stopping by tonight! See you tomorrow with another card. :)

SUPPLIES
paper: Hero Arts mixed layering papers (Blush), JoAnn's (black), and GP (white)
stamps: Mint Motif (Beyond Borders) and Hero Arts CG277
inks: Memories (black) and Hero Arts chalk ink (Punch)
other: Hero Arts black pearls and pop dots

a card a day in may 5/23: FRIEND

Hi, friends. A real quick and simple one today, as once again, it's late. It was a long, busy day, full of appointments and errands. No energy to even think... so this one was was simply inspired by scraps and ink colors still left on my desk from the last project:


I wanted to mask off the rectangle area, and lightly sponge on the Pool shadow ink to give a soft sky-like background. However, in the interest of saving time, ;) I used an old Lisa Spangler trick, and just used the back of the "Friend" dictionary image to stamp the Pool background ink on there instead. You could also use a small acrylic block, too, but the backing of the dictionary stamp I was going to use anyway was obviously the perfect size already. ;) "Lotus Leaves" was still sitting on my desk, too... that's where the flower came from.

Super duper tired tonight... having some tea, then heading to bed. Thanks for peekin'! See you again tomorrow! :)

SUPPLIES
paper: Georgia Pacific
stamps: Hero Arts CL542, CL487, and CL479
inks: Memories (black), Hero Arts Pool shadow, VersaMagic (Red Magic & Tea Leaves)

a card a day in may - 5/20: JUST SAYING HELLO

Hi, friends! Hope you had a lovely weekend. :) I know it's super late, AGAIN, but better late than never, right?! Weekends are just such a spontaneous time for us... I never quite know when I'll get to sit down stamp/write up a blog post. ;) Anyway, here's another ACADIM post for ya (sorry for the bad photo):


Another really simple one, but a much more cohesive look this time. :) Once again, I just put this together using some scraps that were left on my desk. I really love stamping images with Memories white dye ink these days... such a subtle look:


This was really quick to put together... and it would make a great set if you just changed out card stock colors and sentiments!

As always, thanks for looking. ♥ See you again tomorrow with a very special post! ;)

SUPPLIES
paper: Hero Arts mixed layering papers ('Floral'), Georgia Pacific (white) and JoAnn's (black)
stamps: Hero Arts/Studio Calico #331067 'Chevron' and Hero Arts CL342
inks: Memories dye (in black and white)
other: Hero Arts lavender gemstones

a card a day in may - 5/19: YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL

Hello, friends. Hope you are having a lovely weekend! I know it's late, but I finally have my ACADIM post ready to go:


It's not great... *sigh* I've been working really hard on some projects for next week and I think I just ran out of creative steam today. :/ Plus, I have a LOT of other things going on in my life at the moment, and of course I'm not sleeping well, either... blahblahblah. LOL Sorry to complain. :) It'll all level out soon. I hope! :) Anyway, I just tossed this together from a bunch of recent scraps/stamps/inks that were already out on my desk. I used the Sakura Stardust gelly roll pen on the leaves... of course the camera doesn't pick it up all that well, but it's very pretty IRL.

I just realized that there is not one pop dot or piece of foam tape ANYWHERE on this card. Huh. So apparently I CAN make a card without dimensionals! ;)

Thank you very much for peekin' in today. I think I'm going to go grab a cup of tea and call it a day. See you tomorrow, though! :)

SUPPLIES
papers: Hero Arts Layering Papers multi-pack (Foliage) and Georgia Pacific (white)
stamps: Hero Arts CL477 and CL490
ink: Hero Arts mid-tone shadow in Green Hills, and Memories black
other: Sakura Stardust gelly roll pen, WRMK Corner Chomper

a card a day in may - 5/18: CONGRATULATIONS

Hello again, stampy friends! It's FRIDAY... AGAIN. Where does it go?? I know, I keep asking that. LOL Anyway, another ACADIM post. This one is super simple, taking maybe just ten minutes to do. I'm not sure I'm sold on it... what do you think?


I think since making Jen McGuire's baby card, I've got baby cards on the brain! This particular ric-rac image (another new stamp from Impress) is AWESOME... it's 7 inches long, so it completely covers a card very easily! Not to mention that it would work great on scrapbook pages, too. I thought it might look neat stamped kinda like a plaid baby blanket, so that's what I did. The ink colors are a little softer in real life, I didn't have a lot of time to edit the photo. I'm not sure this is quite what I had pictured in my mind's eye when I started this card, but it's what came out. LOL I made a stampy boo-boo over to the left side, so I needed to cover it up with some ribbon. But, I wanted to still be able to see the ric-rac, so I used sheer ribbon. The sentiment is an OLD one from Hero Arts... like, vintage old. ;) I think it's one of the first clear sets that Hero ever put out! I wish I would've stamped it better... oh well.

Whew! That's a lot of chit-chat about a card that I'm not even sure I like! LOL

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I will see you again tomorrow! Thanks for reading. :)

SUPPLIES
paper: Georgia Pacific
stamps: Impress Ric-Rac Border 3134H and Hero Arts CL047
inks: all VersaMagic chalk inks (Aloe Vera, Pink Petunia, Aspen Mist, Thatched Straw, and Spring Pansy)
other: sheer ribbon unknown

a card a day in may - 5/15: SENDING SMILES

Hello again, stampers! Back with another very special card for my A Card A Day In May series. :) This one was made for the fabulous Mary Dawn. The ABNH DT decided to get together and maker her cards to encourage her and just all-around brighten her day. :)


This card was most definitely inspired by Mary Dawn! I absolutely LOVED the card she posted HERE, and went with similar colors for my card. :) It's difficult to see, but I stamped the Hero Arts Envelope Pattern on to the green panel with Memories white dye ink, which is much more subtle than using a pigment ink, and unfortunately doesn't show up well in pictures. LOL Maybe a close up?


The yellow scallops were made with an image from the Hero Arts Many Dots set, and then punched out with a circle punch. Click HERE to head on over to fellow DT member Michelle's blog to see the rest of the DT's cards for Mary Dawn... we lurrrve you, MD! :D

Thank you for checkin' in and for your sweet comments. They truly make my day! See you tomorrow with anther card!

SUPPLIES
paper: Hero Arts Mixed Layering Papers (Foliage) and Georgia Pacific (white)
stamps: Hero Arts S5507, CL519, and CL490
inks: Hero Arts (Butter Bar) and Memories dye (black and white)
other: 1" circle punch, Hero Arts black gemstones, and pop dots

a card a day in may - 5/13: THINKING OF YOU

Hi, friends! Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I know my post is REALLY late... sorry about that. It's 11:30pm here, so I'm getting this in just under the wire! ;) The card I originally planned to show you today was for a special post that I recently learned I'm just not allowed to put up yet. So I had to hurry up and race home (we've been out & about all afternoon/evening) and get another one photographed to put up in its place. Whew! :)


This was made with another Impress image that I just LOVE! It's a huge stamp... pretty much covers the entire front of a card when left whole! Here, I used Punch chalk ink and stamped off on some scrap paper first, then on my card stock. It's that generation stamping again. ;) I wanted the flower to have the same Punch ink color, but not be so intense that the sentiment had to compete with it. Generation stamping fixes that. :) After stamping my flower, I stamped the sentiment, and then trimmed around the whole thing. A black border punch on one side balances out the heavy sentiment.

See you again tomorrow! Can you believe I'm almost at the half-way point?! I know, me either! LOL Thanks for peekin'... inky hugs!

SUPPLIES
paper: Hero Arts Mixed Layering Papers (blush), Georgia Pacific (wht), and JoAnn's (blk)
stamps: Impress Chrysanthemum Solid and Hero Arts CL491
inks: Hero Arts (punch) and Memories (blk)
other: Stampin' Up scallop border punch and pop dots

a card a day in may - 5/12: THINKING OF YOU

Happy Weekend, friends! Once again, time for my Card A Day In May post. :) I've got another really basic one here... nothing special. That's the thing with me and blogging every card I make - they're not all going to be... *ahem* favorites. ;) Sorry. My strokes of creative luck are few and far between! LOL


I remember making this one right after getting the Hero Arts/Sizzix "Floral" stamp/die combo set. I love how easy the dies are to use with the stamps! I've since made another card using this set that has a little more oomph to it, ;) and you can see that card HERE.

Thanks for reading and for your most lovely comments. They mean the world to me. ♥ See you tomorrow with a very special card! :)

SUPPLIES
paper - The Paper Studio (kraft) and Georgia Pacific (wht)
stamps - Hero Arts 'Floral' #657776 /4.4
inks - Colorbox chalk inks
other - black pen (faux stitching), Corner Chomper, Ranger Enamel Accents (flower center), and pop dots

a card a day in may - 5/11: LOVE

Hi, friends.. TGIF! :) Back again with another Card A Day In May post for you, and this time, one of my most favorite that I've made recently. I remember when I first saw the Hero Arts 'Untitled Love' cling set I HAD to have it... it was my #1 pick from the 2012 Catalog. Mostly because of this reverse butterfly "Love" image:


I knew it would go perfectly with the Heart Winged Butterfly (also from Hero), and I've been trying to come up with a design incorporating the two for a while now. I realized that I was just over thinking it a bit (can anyone relate?) and that's when the design finally came to me. What do you think? :)

I absolutely LOVE this set. :) I know I'll be reaching for it time and time again. To see other cards I've made with its images, you can go HERE and HERE.

As always, thank you so much for taking the time to read my little ol' blog. Your comments are so appreciated and I am humbled by every one of them. ♥ See you tomorrow... "Same Bat time, same Bat channel!" Heehee!

SUPPLIES
paper: Hero Arts Pool Mixed Layering Papers (pool) and Georgia Pacific (wht)
stamps: Hero Arts AC004 and F5158
inks: VersaMagic (Turquoise Gem) and Hero Arts Shadow Ink (Soft Pool)
other: Hero Arts pearls and pop dots

a card a day in may - 5/10: WITH GRATITUDE (and a winner!)

Hello, friends! How's your week going so far? Mine's been super busy, but a good super busy. :) We went and saw "The Avengers" in 3D yesterday... WOW, what an incredible movie! Have you seen it yet?

And now, on to the winner of my giveaway! I let random.org pick my winner, and that winner is...

SUE!!! Congratulations! :D I'll email you for your contact info. And thank you once again to everyone who left such wonderful suggestions... you gave me a lot of food for thought! :)

Now for today's A Card A Day In May card. Another new one, this time with a fabulous chevron stamp from Savvy:



There are so many chevron stamps out there these days, but a lot of them are large, like for backgrounds or edge-to-edge stamping, which is great! But I also like how this one is smaller... it already has that "masked" look, but without the work. ;) And how about those Mark Richards "Fluerettes"?! Adorable little silk flower stickers that come in such lovely colors and patterns. They're a kind of pricey embellishment at $4/pack of 4, but Hobby Lobby carries them now and they're much more economical when you can use a 40% off coupon! ;) This is my first time using them, and I think they work really well. The adhesive on the back is nice and strong. They're also made with a very thin material that lies almost totally flat for mailing (about the thickness of a pop dot), but still pops up when opened. Sooo cute!

Anyway, as you might've guessed, this was a VERY quick card. ;) Would make a great set - just change up the colors of either the chevron background or the flower!

Whew... lots of chatter from me today! See you tomorrow with another card. As always, thanks for reading! :)

SUPPLIES
paper - Georgia Pacific
stamps - Savvy #1252i Chevron Background and Papertrey Ink Lovely Leaves (sentiment)
inks - Fabrico cool Gray
other: Mark Richards Fluerettes

a card a day in may - 5/5: THANK YOU

Hi, again! Happy Cinco de Mayo! And happy National Scrapbooking Day! Wow, it's a busy weekend, isn't it? :) Time for another A Card A Day In May post. This is an older one from way back, made on World Card Making Day. Some of you international friends might recognize this design as the one I used for my holiday cards. ;) It's quick and easy to duplicate multiple times, with any sentiment:


I love the Hero Arts Congrats set... very pretty frames with interchangeable sentiments. Just stamp it once on the card base in a tone-on-tone ink, and again in black ink on white card stock. Add your greeting, cut out just the frame, then adhere it with pop dots over the tone-on-tone frame image. I think I even embellished the tiny dots above and below with some gems or Enamel Accents :)

I really appreciate your comments...♥ Don't forget to leave me a comment HERE with your suggestion on what you'd like to see in a card making video, and you'll be entered into a drawing for some brand new Hero Arts goodies!

Thanks for peekin'. Hope you're enjoying your weekend. I'm going to go make myself a frosty margarita and head back to my scrap room... ;) See you tomorrow!

SUPPLIES
paper - Stampin' Up (Rust) & Georgia Pacific
stamps - Hero Arts CL488
inks - Stampin' Up and Memories black
other - black gems & pop dots

more old cards - a set

Hello, again! Thank you so very much for your sweet comments on my last card... they truly mean so much to me. :) I'm back today with a few more cards that I forgot to post... this time, a colorful, springy group I made to send out to some long distance friends. :) Whether I need to make a lot of cards all at once or a gift set for just one person, I tend to make all the cards of the same design, and just change up the (ink/card stock) colors, based on the recipients' styles/preferences. Makes things go quickly and easily... and I'm all about the quick and easy! ;)


I LOVE this huge Hero Arts Engraved Daisy! It's gorgeous if you color it, gorgeous if you keep it monochromatic, it's just gorgeous! Here, I used it as a kind of sub-focal point, stamping in a light shade to compliment the card base color. The sentiment can then really pop, being placed on top of the flower and stamped in dramatic back ink. For these cards, each of the sentiments were a little bit different, depending on who was receiving each card, but they are all generally clean and graphic like the top one here... to keep with the clean and graphic look of the cards. A thin black mat ties it all together. :)

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Can't believe it's less than a week now until Thanksgiving... that's just CRAZY! I am definitely thankful for many things, one of them being my stamping friends. :) You all warm my heart and make me smile, more than you could ever know. xoxo

SUPPLIES:
Hero Arts CG142 and CL342 stamps. Memories Black ink. SU! inks and card stock in Cool Caribbean, Regal Rose, and River Rock. Pop dots.

back again! - OWH B-Day Bash challenge and a virtual card-making party

Hi there! I know it's been a while, hasn't it? Thank you for sticking with me. :) So much has happened since moving here to Tennessee, you wouldn't believe it. I found myself pretty overwhelmed, needing a long, guilt-free blog break. But I'm back, with a card for the Operation Write Home Birthday Bash!


And to help celebrate, this weekend, Hero Arts is throwing a virtual card-making party over at the Hero Arts Flickr pool, complete with challenges and prizes galore (prizes will also be offered by OWH). The goal is to make 500 cards to send in to OWH, and one of the challenges - offered by my fellow Hero Arts Hostess alumni and me - is The Punch Your Art Out Challenge, requiring you to use at least one punch or die on your card. So here's my submission:


Pretty simple and straight-forward. :) I used the Nestabilities Label 4 die... cut and embossed. A little trick about getting that thin black mat: after cutting and embossing your image, adhere it to black card stock, and then reposition your die back around it . Using a craft knife, carefully cut around the edge of the die and voila - a nice, slim mat without using a second, larger die. :)



Hope you enjoy! Be sure to participate in this fun event, all for a wonderful cause (links above). Here's to hoping that life has finally decided to settle down so I can start posting again... if so, I'll see you soon! xo

SUPPLIES:
Hero Arts stamps S5264, CL401, and CL380.. SU Bashful Blue, and Memories black and white dye inks.. Nestabilities Label 4 die and popdots.

long time no chat! (new stamps, masking examples, & a question...)

Hello, again! Remember me? Ha. I know, it's been a while since my last post. Many of those New Year Resolutions I made have kept me quite busy! ;) I've definitely kept the one about stamping more often as well, just haven't had the time - or, quite frankly, the desire - to photograph much of what I've made. Just between you and me, photographing my cards is the thing I like the least... might even borderline despise. LOL If you've read my blog for a while now, you know this, as I've lamented about it many times. :P However, practice does make perfect, right? Although in my case, I'd be happy with 'decent'. :P

Anyway, while a handful of my cards made recently have already found their way into the hands of friends and family (in other words, weren't photographed before being sent - oops), I still have some left that I can share here. :) These are made with some newer Hero Arts stamps that I just got first of the year (click to enlarge):

As you can see, some masking done here. One of my favorite techniques for keeping things clean, simple, and less bulky, but yet still unique.


Create a window with a circle punch, and then stamp a little something on the inside that shows through... it's easy to do, but looks complex and is quite engaging for the recipient.


Maybe even add an embellishment with a pop dot for a little dimension. This is a great way to make both the front AND the inside of your card fun and interesting, all at the same time!

Thanks so much for looking... and for sticking around these last couple of months! :) I do hope your new year is shaping up to be the best so far. Before you go, I do have a quick question... I know there are sooo many bloggers out there who do videos, and there really isn't anything that has yet to be done. However, I've thought about giving it a go myself this year, and wondered if there was anything you all would like to see? Let me know in the comments, or drop me an email (over there in the sidebar -->)... maybe if we put our heads together we can come up with some fun ideas. ;)

Thanks again for reading. Hope to see you soon!

SUPPLIES: all stamps Hero Arts (friend text, butterfly, sentiments, flourishes), Memories and Stampin' Up! inks, Copics, Stampin' Up! card stock, EK Success punches, & pop dots.

river rock thank you

Hey, everybody! Told you I'd be back. :) I made this card for my super sweet friend, Diana. She did a very nice thing for me right before our move, and I wanted to thank her (and be sure to check out her awesome photography website HERE... the woman is GIFTED!):



Sorry for the crummy photo. The khaki color used here is River Rock - one of SU's retired "In Colors" from last year, I think? A very versatile color... can be classy or casual. Since it retired, I've been seriously hoarding my stash of RR, but Diana is TOTALLY worth it. ;) That's a QuicKutz embossing folder I used there, and the matching flora stamp is also SU. And yes, I bought the folder to go with the stamp... or maybe vice versa. LOL. Not too sure which came first, but I knew I definitely had to have them both so I could use them together. ;) Anyone else matchy-matchy like that?

Well, it's almost the weekend... it's almost THANKSGIVING! Can you believe it?! Where did 2009 go? I love this time of year, but it just came up on me a little too soon. With the move and all, I'm just too tired to start decorating right now. How about you... started putting up your holiday decorations yet?

Thanks so much for peeking... see you soon! :)

SUPPLIES: stamps are SU (flora) and Hero Arts (sentiment), ink and card stocks are SU (River Rock), QuicKutz embossing folder, and May Arts ribbon.

Christmas in July

Hey there! I've been noticing on a lot of other blogs and websites doing "Christmas in July" posts... cards for the holidays posted now, during the dog days of summer. Anything to help us forget about the heat for a moment, right? ;)

It just so happens that I have a couple of cards from last year's holiday that I've yet to share. The first one is from the December issue of SNR and features the emboss resist technique:



The large snowflake was stamped with white ink and embossed with white EP on the white card base, and then navy ink was sponged over it to bring it out. Smaller snowflakes were stamped with the same navy ink around the main image. I also used my Quickie glue pen and drew some swirls which were then sprinkled with iridescent glitter. Very simple, fun, winter-time card. :)

This next card was also featured over at SNR... I can't remember if it was for our World Cardmaking Day crop or the Winter Wonderland Card Crop, but I do know it was for a photo inspiration challenge that I was hostessing. LOL The photo was of a lovely bedding ensemble from JC Penny that had a gorgeous color-blocked comforter with patches of navy and silver fabric. I wish I still had the photo, but my computer has crashed since then and I lost all my photos, including that one. :( Anyway, here's what I went with:



Simple lines, to compliment the graphic feel of the color-blocked comforter, and simple color scheme. I think this wise man stamp is from Stampabilities... he was stamped and heat embossed in silver, with Hero gemstones put in his crown. I wasn't overly fond of the ribbon treatment, but it needed something. I eventually just took the bow out and left it a plain knot, which looked a little better. I just didn't have any silver ribbon that looked NICE (this one is white with silver). Why is it all the silver ribbons out there look so cheap and "plasitc-y"? Anyhoo, another pretty simple one. I was quite busy around that time last year and cards had to be quick and easy. LOL ;)

Speaking of SNR, I am no longer on staff over at the magazine. Just FYI. :)

Sorry I don't have anything new or exciting to share... I haven't been feeling very well and I think wherever my health may be, that my mojo is there with it, too. :P So no stamping for me lately. I'm also getting started on my sister's wedding favors... a SUPER fun project that comes with LOTS of stress! LOL They gotta be just right, ya know... it's my sis. ;) But I hope to have some new projects to share soon.

Thanks for stopping by today. See you later! :)

SUPPLIES:
Winter's Butterfly - Hero Arts and SU! stamps, white pigment ink and navy dye ink are SU!, Art Institute Crystal Ultrafine glitter.
Wise Men - Stamp is Stampabilities, card stock is SU!, Colorbox pigment ink, Ranger embossing powder, Hero gemstones, unknown ribbon

love for Hero Arts

Back again! :) Guess what? There's some pretty amazing stuff about to happen over at Hero Arts! The website's getting a whole new look, the shopping area is being expanded... just some REALLY awesome things in the works! And to help celebrate, now through July 15th, they're offering 20% off all kits, and FREE USPS Priority Shipping on all orders of $35 or more! AMAZING. And if all that weren't enough, Hero is now on Twitter! Be sure to sign up and follow for chances to win prizes! Also, be sure to stop by the Hero Arts Blog post HERE for all the details and to learn how to pick up the Hero Arts blinkie (seen above and in my sidebar to the right) and add it to YOUR blog for even MORE chances to win prizes! (Please DO NOT link your blinkie directly from my blog. Thanks! :) ) WHEW... there's just SO much excitement, I can't hardly stand it! :D

And speaking of Hero Arts and all things exciting, last month, my very first article over at Scrapbook News and Review published! And it just so happens that it was a review on Hero Arts stamps. ;) If you subscribe to SNR, be sure to check it out and let me know what you think! It's in the May issue under "Stamps On Review". Here's a card I made to include with the review:



Just some very simple layered stamping in order to let the wonderful images shine all on their own. All products are Hero, minus the black and white card stocks (which are SU!). The finished card had a bit of a masculine feel to me, so I gave it to my hubster, to thank him for all of his wonderful support when it comes to my little "hobby". ;)

Well, Mr. Brown should be ringin' my doorbell aaaaaany minute now with a big ol' box of brand new SU! goodies. Off to stalk. ;) Thanks for reading and have a great, SAFE 4th of July weekend!

SUPPLIES: all Hero Arts stamps (S5100, H5011, and CL156), inks are Memories (black) and Colorbox chalk (Chocolates & Blueberry Queue), kraft note card and pearls also Hero. :)