Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Monday, March 8, 2010

Spring flowers and a butterfly!

Stamps: HA C2899,C2901,F2661, F2897, CG120
Sentiment is by Impression Obsession
Bazzill papers (pastel collection)
inks: Ranger distress spiced marmalade, spun sugar, Marvy Yellow
SU modern label punch
Hemp Twine

Here is my second card made for the Hero Arts Spring challenge. I pulled out a bunch of my favorite silhouette stamps and inked them up using more of my Distress inks and regular dye inks as well. I came back and added some of the green inks around the base of the flowers using my distressing tool. Stamped a portion of the big BG Antique Writing stamp and then stamped the butterfly again and poppped it up for some dimension! All paper on this card is by Bazzill other than the tag, my dear friend Cheryl sent me a bunch of those pretty label tags to play with.

Our weather here in WI is been beautiful and sunny- we almost got up to 50 degrees yesterday and the snow is melting quickly- I can even see some grass poking out and I spied the first few tips of daffodils poking up as well- yeah spring is on it's way!

Anne

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Hero Arts February challenge card

This months contest at the Hero Arts blog is to create a card using flowers or St. Patty's day for the theme. We are also supposed to think bold bright colors- I though "yeah- right up my alley"!! I love bright bold colors with a usual pop of white or black. This layout was inspired by a card I recently recieved from a dear friend (see below in "fun mail" post). I thought pink would be a nice bold color and grabbed my favorite older HA stamps for this. I'm very pleased at the way it turned out! I used my brush markers to color the dill stamp- and then came back over the image with Versmark so I could emboss it and make it pop a bit more. I stamped the long blossom stamp on the scalloped circles and then again on the card base. Wish me luck on the Hero Arts contest-  I keep trying and entering but the talent over there is so incredibly amazing I don't think I stand a chance!
Thanks for stopping by everone! Anne

Supplies used:
Hero Arts F5030 Long Stem Blossom
Hero Arts H3258 Real Dill
Hero Arts LL165 Happy Everything
Recollections CS
Memories ink Coral
Colorbox ink Lipstick red