Happy birthday for Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero

 The current Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero is all about birthdays - this card is very textured, as I used Hero Paste over the top of yupo.  

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Craft Roulette #161

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 I played along with Craft Roulette Episode 161 today.

The parameters were: 

Project: Dutch door

Colors: Campfire

Element: Hat(s) or cap(s)

Random: Book Page

 

Sadly, the stamp set that the fox and sentiment are from has been discontinued. 

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Instagram Hop with the Hero Arts Global Team

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The Hero Arts Global Team is hopping on Instagram today - to be in with a chance to win a $25 Hero Arts voucher, make sure you leave a comment on my Instagram post!

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Rainbow stained glass

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 I am very lucky to have some crafty friends who let me borrow their goodies! I had supreme luck recently when one friend let me borrow this hot foil plate, and then a different friend came over on a different day and let me borrow the matching stencils! Thanks, Deb and Melissa!

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Thanks for being there for Paper Rose

 Today, I'm sharing a thank you card I made for Paper Rose Studio.

I started by embossing a top folding card base using the Hand Stitching 2 embossing folder. I cut the Spring Blooms dies from matte gold cardstock. I also took some white cardstock and used the same dies to make an impression into the cardstock. I fussy cut the white cardstock around the shape of the die, then ink blended over the white pieces in pink, orange and green inks. I adhered the gold die cuts over the ink blended pieces, before adhering them to my embossed card base. I finished with a printed sentiment adhered with foam adhesive.

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Craft Roulette #160

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 I played along with Craft Roulette yesterday!

The parameters were:

Project: Your card choice

Colors: Strawberry fields (red and green)

Element: Chair (the fairy is using the toadstool as a chair)

Random: Gingham or plaid (the fairy's dress is gingham - you just have to look closely!)

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Guest post for Scrappy Tails

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Today, I am excited to be the guest of Scrappy Tails! Their recent release included these stunning butterfly stamps, so I went all rainbow with them (well, almost a rainbow - no green today!)

On this card, I embossed the butterflies onto vellum and coloured the back side of the vellum with Copic markers to match the ink blending I did on the bard base underneath.

 

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More leftovers from Online Card Class

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Using up more leftover panels from the recent Online Card Class "Stenciled 2" 

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Leftover background panel

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During the most recent Online Card Class, Jennifer McGuire demonstrated a technique using lots of ink and a baby wipe. The technique results in two background panels - this was the 2nd!

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The sentiment dies are discontinued, but any birthday sentiment die could be substituted.

Rainbow stripes and alcohol lift ink

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A week and a half ago, I posted a photo on Instagram of a bunch of pieces of Yupo that I'd coloured with alcohol inks - each piece was two similar colours. I'll have a few cards over the next few weeks using up some of these panels :)

I used alcohol lift ink on the first card, so the 2nd card came from stamping the alcohol ink off onto plain cardstock

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Pink birthday for Paper Rose

 Today, I'm sharing a card for Paper Rose Studio.

I started with a panel of yupo and added pink alcohol inks and alcohol pearls. I die cut the Happy Days coverplate from white cardstock and adhered it over the yupo panel, then adhere the whole panel to a top folding white card base. I cut the birthday sentiment from pink cardstock and white cardstock and adhered it using foam adhesive to the centre of the card. 

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Hello there bold flowers for Hero Arts

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 Today, I'm sharing a card I made using the Color Layering Bold Flowers stencils set from Hero Arts.

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Delicate Floral Hummingbirds from Spellbinders

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Today, I'm sharing two cards I made using a new die set from the Bibi's Hummingbirds release from Spellbinders. The Delicate Floral Hummingbirds set includes a large 5x7 background die, plus coordinating detailed layering dies. I used parts of the large die on each of these two standard sized cards.

 

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Golden birthday wishes

 With every hot foiled background, there is a negative that I can make a 2nd card from (gotta love a good two-for-one moment!)

 

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Bibi's Hummingbirds - new release from Spellbinders

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The new release from Spellbinders is called Bibi's Hummingbirds. It includes heaps of gorgeous dies - I used the Hummingbird and Lily dies on this card.  

Instead of die cutting heaps of different colours, I cut all of the pieces from white cardstock and added my own colour using Distress Oxide inks.

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