My Monthly Hero October kit

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 Today, I'm sharing a card I made with elements in the October My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.

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Release day at Picket Fence Studios

It's the 14th of the month, which means it's release day at Picket Fence Studios! Today, I'm sharing cards I made using some of the stencils in today's release. Just so you know, this release is full of Christmas and Halloween goodies, so be prepared for some festive fare! There's a list of all the new products at the bottom of this post.

For this card, I stamped part of the image from Baby it's Cold Outside, coloured it with Copic markers and then masked it. I then inked the sky using Distress Oxide inks, then added the Field of Snowy Trees Stencil and added Nuvo glimmer paste over three of the trees. I finished with some sequins and a sentiment from Inside Sentiments: Christmas.

For my 2nd card, I used the Brocade stencil.

I started with a panel of white cardstock and swiped it with Distress Oxide inkpads in a series of blues. I then added the Brocade stencil and sprayed over the top with Perfect Pearls in water. This made the ink oxidise and also added some gorgeous shine. I stamped the sentiment from Baby It's Cold Outside and added some Gin and Tonic mix sequins.

For my last card, I used The Flower of Life stencil.

I inked over the stencil selectively with blue and grey Distress Oxide inks using my Life Changing Blender Brushes. I used the small snowflake stamps to add a snowflake to the middle of the more heavily inked parts of the stencil, and embossed the smaller snowflakes with WOW embossing glitter. I added some sequins and a white embossed sentiment from Inside Quotes.

Did you know?

You can get a free Picket Fence Studios stamp from Simon Says Stamp!

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Addicted to CAS - Codeword: Dots

Hi, all!  Time for another ATCAS codeword - this time, it's "Dots".

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Playing along with Hero Arts

 A little wintery card for you today. 

I made this card using products from Simon Says Stamp (two stencils with Wendy Vecchi embossing paste), Papertrey Ink (snowman stamp coloured with Copics), as well as a sentiment from Hero Arts.  (One of my favourite things about Hero Arts is all their sentiment stamps.  I love the phrases used, I love the fonts used, I love the variety of styles and sizes, everything about them is just fab!)

 I'll be sharing this card over at the Hero Arts Holiday Challenge, in the "Anything Goes" category. 

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Lawnscaping Winter Blog Hop!!

Hi, all, 

I was supposed to be a part of Lawnscaping's fun Winter Blog Hop today. Due to a brain fade on my part, this post, which I wrote weeks ago, did not go live at the correct time, so is not part of the hop, unfortunately.  I sincerely apologise to Laurel at Lawnscaping, and particularly to Heidi H at Stamping, Knitting, Etc, and to Shannon Martel of Shannon's Creations, who were before and after me in the hop.

Please visit Lawnscaping  to find the list of hoppers.  Make sure to comment on each of the hoppers' posts as there are HEAPS of prizes to be won!!   All the details about the sponsors and prizes can be found at Lawnscaping. You have until 11:59pm US Eastern Standard Time on Sunday to leave a comment to be eligible for a prize! 

Here's my wintry card:

This is a 3 layer card - there is a standard card with the trees on the front (the inside is blank), and then there is an acetate window over the top.  I just left about an inch of cardstock above the window piece, and folded it over to glue to the back of the main card.

I used the tree and a snowflake stamp from Lawn Fawn's "Peace, Love, Joy" set, and some patterned paper from the "Peace, Love, Joy" 6X6 paper pad. I also used another snowflake and the sentiment from "Ornate Ornaments".  I stamped the snowflakes in white StazOn ink onto acetate, and made this into a window with patterned paper bordering the window.  I then stamped the trees in 2 different Hero Arts shadow inks (Soft Pool and Cornflower), and 2 Stampin' Up inks (Bermuda Bay and Wild Wasabi).  I wanted the trees to look like they were on a snowy hill, so I added some Star Dust Stickles to the card front (behind the window), and some Wink of Stella glitter brush to the trees. 

Some inks bleed more than others, so you can see that the stripes on some of the trees have been lost, but I quite like the variety it provides! 

My sincere apologies to anyone who tried to take part in the hop earlier. 

Thanks to Lyndal I thought I'd submit this card to  CASE Study #170, CASology CueCard Snowflake Challenge,   CASual Friday Let it Snow Challenge, and Simon Says Stamp Let it Snow Challenge.

 

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