Moxie Fab World - Cityscapes Are On the Rise

I'm entering this card in the Cityscapes Are On the Rise challenge over at the Moxie Fab World blog. This sillyscape stamp from Hero Arts is one of my all time favs. I also love their new Going stamp set which includes this little car.

Hope you're having a great week! It's almost the weekend, yeah!  :)

supplies: Hero Arts stamps, Basic Grey paper, Glossy Accents, EK Success border punch, Copic markers.

Color Layering

After watching the color layering technique video on the Hero Arts blog, I decide to try it out. This is what I came up with. I used distress inks for the Garden Bouquet stamp and also used the Friend definition stamp. I paired it with lace and some Basic Grey paper, added a butterfly with pearls and called it done.  

Hope you're having a great week! I'm still waiting for spring to show up here!  :)

March Scrapbook Stamping Class

I was so thrilled when Nichol Magouirk asked me to play along and create a guest project for the Scrapbook Stamping monthly class at Two Peas in a Bucket.  Nichol is my scrapbooking idol.  :)  The March class focused on using woodblock stamps. I used several Hero Arts woodblock stamps on my layout (Dogwood flower, Tall Flower, Leaf Border, Striped Canvas, Plaid Background).

All 4 girls in the picture are my nieces and each of them are from a different sibling so none of them are sisters. I love when they can all get together which isn't all that often because they don't live in the same town/city. The younger girls love to be around their older girl cousins. :)  That's so nice to see. Anyway, here is the layout I created.

Thanks for stopping by. If you'd like to see the video and PDF file for Nichol's Scrapbook Stamping class, check it out here. 

supplies:  Hero Arts stamps, Silhouette, Heidi Grace papers, Marvy punches, Fiskars border punch, Bazill papers, TH distress inks

Motorcycles and Palm Trees...

I made this card for my husband's birthday. He rides a motorcycle and we both love warm weather, sunshine and palm trees.  We don't have warm weather or sunshine in Indiana today and we never have palm trees, but I wanted him to think of all good things on his birthday.  :)   I used several Hero Arts stamp sets on this card including the new Going set. I also used some paper from Basic Grey's Hopscotch collection. I used a Galaxy sparkle pen to color in the wheels, engine, and pipes, etc. Makes them look like chrome. :)

Hope you have a great week! :)

supplies: Hero Arts stamps, Basic Grey paper, Silhouette sun, Galaxy sparkle pen



Love

I was so excited to see my Valentine's Day card featured on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog today. I may also enter this card into the Hero Arts February contest. I love that silly scape stamp. It's one of my favs! I also love the Cuttlebug embossed heart folder.

Hope you're having a great week!  It's supposed to warm up and get into the 30s tomorrow and maybe 40 this weekend. Can't wait since it's only 1 degree here today!

supplies:  Hero Arts stamps and gem, Basic Grey paper and letters, My Mind's Eye paper, Cuttlebug embossing folder 

Flowers for Friends

Quick post today. Come to think of it, it seems that I always say that and I'm not sure why because almost all of my posts are quick. :)  I got this new Hero Arts stamp and decided to make a quick card. I stamped and embossed it with black Zing embossing powder on kraft paper. I then used colored pencils to color in the flowers. I love the way the white shows up on kraft. I added a sentiment from an older Hero Arts set and then stamped the grass using a chalk ink. Then I added Hero Arts gems and pearls and called it done. I'm thinking of entering it in the Hero Arts contest this month.

Hope you're having a great Sunday! Are you voting for the Steelers or the Packers?

supplies: Hero Arts stamps, gems, pearls, kraft paper, colored pencils, fiskars border punch

Back from Florida and a Birthday Owl

Well I'm back. We've returned from Florida on Friday the 28th, but we've had major ice storms here. We're wishing we could have stayed in FL for another week....or month!  :)  Anyway, I did have a chance to pull out a couple of my older Hero Arts stamps and create this birthday card.  I used my Copics to color in the big owl and then cut it out. I used Basic Grey paper/leaf and a chipboard flower.  This is a 5x5 square card.  I was so glad to hear that Hero Arts and Basic Grey are teaming up! Can't wait for their new releases! They are 2 of my favorite companies! 

I hope you're warm and safe!  And I hope it's warmer than it is here wherever you are!  :)

supplies:  Hero Arts stamps, Basic Grey card, chipboard flower, leaf sticker, scallop, Copic markers