Friday 31 March 2023

Tiffany blue birthday card

I made this card a few weeks ago for a friend of my niece. She wanted an elegant card in Tiffany blue.

 


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Wednesday 29 March 2023

IG hop with the Hero Arts Global Team

 Today, the Hero Arts Global Team is hopping on Instagram, sharing inspiration from the March release from Hero Arts.

 
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Tuesday 28 March 2023

Online Card Classes: Stenciled2 Day 10

 Day 10 of Stenciled 2 at Online Card Classes had a lesson from Yana Smakula. I've just purchased the die she used in her card, but it hasn't arrived yet, but this blossom die from Paper Rose fit the bill perfectly! 

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Monday 27 March 2023

Online Card Classes: Stenciled 2 Day 9

Kristina Werner's technique from Day 9 of the Online Card Class Stenciled 2 is one of my favourites from the class.


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Sunday 26 March 2023

Online Card Classes: Stenciled 2 day 8


 

I had a bit of a setback in completing my homework for Online Card Classes (it's difficult to make cards while wearing a brace on your hand) but I'm catching up now!

I made these two cards following Jennifer McGuire and Shari Carroll's lessons on Day 8. 

 I used a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop on this card that is sadly discontinued
 
 

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Sweet Berries for Hero Arts

Yesterday, I went with some friends to the Queen Victoria Market here in Melbourne (for those of you who are not Australian, the Queen Vic is the largest outdoor market in the southern hemisphere).  I saw plenty of strawberries, but didn't actually buy any, so I will have to make do with these berries from Hero Arts!

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Saturday 25 March 2023

Elephant and teacups for Paper Rose

 Today, I'm sharing a quick and easy card using die cut images from Paper Rose.

I started with a piece of Peony cardstock from Hero Arts and embossed it with the Baby Blue embossing folder, and adhered it to a white card base. I popped out five diecut teacup images from the Sending Hugs diecut set, and adhered them across the card (I popped the one with the elephant  up with foam tape). I finished with a sentiment from the Rainbow Poppies sentiment set.

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Thursday 23 March 2023

Online Card Class: Stenciled 2 Day 7

Online Card Classes Stenciled 2 Day 7 was about using stamps with stencils. 

My first two cards are from Jennifer McGuire's lesson using emboss resist: 



My third card is from Daniel West's class, stamping through a stencil.

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Wednesday 22 March 2023

Online Card Class: Stenciled 2 Day 6

Day 6 was all about dry embossing with stencils. For Kristina Werner Hansen's class, I pulled out a stencil from Tim Holtz that I haven't used in a VERY long time.

For Caly Person's class, I used a mandala stencil from Paper Rose in the background and some flowers and a die cut sentiment from Altenew over the top. 


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Tuesday 21 March 2023

Rainbow floral shaker for Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the "Somewhere over the Rainbow" Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero challenge. 

 

I made a shaker card using the Bee Florals Window Fancy Die from Hero Arts, with the matching layering stencils, and a sentiment from the Friendly Messages bundle.

 

 
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Monday 20 March 2023

Craft Roulette #155

Craft Roulette Episode 155 - I missed the actual show, so I'm playing catch up this week. 

Project: 5" x 7" card
Colors: Spring
Element: Starts with "G" (gold embossing)
Random: Outside the line (ink smooshing outside the image lines, and part of the image outside the line of the gold embossing. 


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Sunday 19 March 2023

Rainbow alcohol pearls

Last month, I had a couple of crafty friends, Deb and Donna, over for a day of fun and friendship. Honestly, we just talked and talked and talked, but got a little bit of crafty stuff done as well. It was fabulous!

Both of my friends brought products with them that I could play with, so I put some of them together on this card.

 


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Saturday 18 March 2023

Colorado Craft Company - free shipping days

Colorado Craft has free shipping today and tomorrow! SO if you were thinking of buying anything from the latest release, now would be a great time for you!

 



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Online Card Classes: Stenciled 2 Day 4

Day 4 of the current Online Card Class was about layering stencils. Jennifer McGuire used layering stencils on coloured cardstock, and Dawn Woleslagle used foiling on one of her stencil layers. 

I don't have a very large selection of layering stencils, so I used what I had!


 
 
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