New stamps and a few birthday cards

I recently got some yummy new Hero Arts stamps and sat down to play and made a birthday card using my favorite colors: orange- yellow- brown. I used the envelope pattern and the life of the party dots and a few other HA stamps to create this.




I used several distress inks on the dots background (scattered straw-brushed corduroy- spiced marmalade) and the flower was colored using distress inks as well (spiced marmalade). The envelope pattern was stamped using antique linen right on top of the dots. I added a few pearls in both dark drown and orange and that is pretty much it. Pretty quick and easy- yeah! I like how subtle the envelope pattern shows up here.

Here is another birthday card I made last week but never blogged about......another  card using more of my favorite Hero Arts stamps. Again the envelope pattern and the Hero Arts birthday definition behind a tulip digi image from Plain Jane.



Thanks for stopping bye and hope you all have a great crafty-relaxing weekend!

Inky Hugs, Anne 

Another CR84FN18 card!

I'm still loving these orange, yellow, and kraft colors so I sat down and made one more card for the CR84FN18 challenge!

This time I tried a new technique of using alcohol inks on vellum. I found this video by Sue on the Hero Arts Flicker site and just had to give it a try.



I used the colors of Sunset orange and Sunshine yellow alcohol inks on the vellum. I stamped the flower using Brilliance Moonlight white and embossed with white detail powder.

Here is a close up of the flowers- you can really see the fun marbled look of the alcohol ink. 

 I used these 2 stamp sets.........and had this card made in under 30 minutes- a rather quick and easy card :)

Now I've got a sympathy card on hand should I ever need it. This technique of using the alcohol inks on the vellum is really fun and quick- plus it looks so cool too!I think I'll try it again using some other colors and stamps.

Thanks all for stopping in and have a blessed day!

Inky Hugs........Anne

CR84FN18 Color challenge

I was playing a bit this weekend with some of my favorite Hero Arts flowers stamps and was inspired by the current color challenge over at CR84FN. Don't you just love the colors this week- some of my all time favorites to create with!

I really have "Spring Fever" bad, and would give anything to see some green grass and flowers right now......but with another 3 inches of fresh snow that isn't going to happen anytime soon......so I'll just  have to settle for just making my own little make believe flower garden for now...ha ha! 



I stamped the script here first, then came along and stamped the flowers in layers.  The dill stamp was inked up using 2 shades of distress ink, and then the violet stamp got inked up with 2 different colors as well. They were all lightly misted with water before stamping. I gave the whole image a shot of watered down gold paint mixture as well for a little more warmth and some shimmer (you really can't see the nice shine here....my lighting is just horrible today).

                                                  
                                             Here are the ink colors I used on the violet stamp.

                                        And these distress inks on the dill stamp and for the edge. 

Then I happened to find the sweetest little button in my stash to go with it all. I just love the shimmer and colors of it!

I think I am also going to go enter this card into the current Hero Arts monthly challenge for stamp layering!



Thank everyone for stopping bye and hope you all have a great crafty week.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Spring will arrive someday soon......I don't think I can take much more of this snow and cold!


Inky Hugs..............Anne