My first Hero Arts Digi card!

I finally jumped on the Digi craze bandwagon and got my first set of Hero Arts Digi prints (Winged Friends). You can get them here at 2 Peas.........and they are so easy to use and resize in a simple Word document.

So Hero Arts is having a weekend challenge to make a card using any of their stamps to celebrate 30,000 entries on their Flickr pool! Wow- 30,000 amazing creations to gaze at.The ladies over there have some serious talent- there is always something for me to be inspired by.

I printed a whole sheet of the butterfly's in assorted sizes (more to have on hand for other cards), and colored them using my Distress inks (Wild Honey) and Copic markers. I love the colors of this whole card......so warm. The Sentiment is from Unity Stamps and I just love how they go together so well.

What do you think- like it or hate it?

Anne

More bright & cheery cards...

First up is a card where I forced myself to play with some more yummy patterned paper. I kind of have a hard time with patterned paper.........I find it hard to part with (I'd rather just sit and look at it) and if it doesn't coordinated then I'm totally lost.....I'm more of a direct ink to paper kind of gal.

 But this paper is all coordinated thankfully.....and I  really really love it. As you can tell I'm still in that "get winter out of here I want some springtime" kind of mood. The setiment is by Impression Obsession, paper by K&Co.   

Next up is a sketch challenge over at ISC hosted by Robin.

I decided to break in my new Martha Stewart punch and create something bright and hopefully might cheery!

I used my Copic glitter markers on the bee for a bit of shimmer and shine. Hope you can see the details up close. The sun is shining here so maybe all this wishfull thinking is actually working!

Thanks for popping in friends!  Anne

Pretty Paper and thoughts of Spring

Patterned paper by Stampin up (Sweet Pea)

Sentiment by Impression Obsession

Copic Spica Glitter markers Clear & Chocolate

As soon as I saw this paper I was in love with it and could think of nothing other than Spring- and thought why not try making a grid kind of card. I also wanted to add some sparkle and shine to it using my new Copic Spica glitter markers. I know it's very hard to see (my lighting stinks!)  but I added some glittery white/clear to the white dots on the butterfly's wings and did the edges of the brown cardstock in brown glitter marker as well. I also traced around the butterfly's brown edge to try to get them to stand out a bit more. It looks so darn pretty in real life, especially when the sun hits it!

I'm sooooo ready for Spring here.....the winters in Wisconsin are long and cold! Hope this card gets you in the mood for green grass, flowers blooming, birds chirping, and warm sunny days!

Anne

3x3 Thank You cards

I just whipped up these super quick and simple thank you cards last night. I recently sold some crafting supplies (ya know- that stuff you will never ever use again) and I thought I would include a small thank you card in the package. I used the cute deer from Stampin Up " Forest Friends" and a Stampin Up sentiment as well. I don't normally make smaller cards like this but it was fun to try something different. I might make some more smaller cards today just for the heck of it in brighter colors!



I thought I would list  the last few stamps sets I was selling on here as well! I also have more crafting stuff I'm weeding out listed here over on SCS!

This set is from Stampin Up- "Figures of Speech"

I'm asking $9.00- most of the stamps have

never even been inked!

Another very old Stampin Up set " Borders Mini"  $3.00

I used 2 of the stamps once -so basically brand new!

If you are interested in either of these please shoot me an email at yamaha6@somtel.net.

Thanks everyone and have a super day! Anne

Finally some Mojo!

Stamp: Hero Arts K4887

K&Co. papers

Basic Grey pearls

I finally got some mojo back and made this quick card playing with some flowersoft that my gal pal Heather sent me a few weeks ago and some new papers I recieved from the super amazing - on fire Carol-ish!  I used Glossy Accents as the glue to hold it down and added some delicious Basic Grey pink pearls to this as well. This layout is one I have used before with this stamp- I guess it's fave of mine.

 I have been uber obsessed with the Olympics since they started so I have not really made much time to craft! Heck- they are only one once every 4 years- and I'm not missing any of it! Crafting can just wait for a while!

 Everything from watching mens snowboarding (Shawn White you are freaking awesome) to womens downhill (Lindsey Vonn you are amazing and fearless) and I can't take my eyes off Anton Apollo Ohno- {wow} !!

I'll be glued to the TV over the weekend and chanting "GO USA"- I can't wait for the upcoming US-Canadian mens hockey game- should be a {keep ya on the edge of your seat game}!

See you later lovely ladies and friends!

Anne