Sending Hugs

Happy New Year everyone! I'm here with a card using Poppystamps products. This card could be used for Valentine's Day or just to send someone a paper hug.

I cut strips of scrap card stock to create a colourful background for the Grid Heart Frame and really like how it turned out!

For more info please visit Poppystamps here.

I'm entering this for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge here and the Wednesday Challenge here, Something New. 

Have a great weekend!

It's All New At A Blog Named Hero

Welcome to my first challenge of 2014 with A Blog Named Hero.  This challenge is about anything that's new to you.  New stamp, new products, new colour.

For my card I'm using a new stamp, Hero Arts Tiny Flags and a new technique to me, chalkboard.  To challenge myself even further, I wanted to make a masculine Valentine's Day card.  In my house that means no glitter, sparkle, gems, frills, lace or pink.


For the large heart I took the Tiny Flags stamp, inked it in Mint Julep and stamped it on white paper. Then I inked the stamp in navy and stamped it slightly off  from the green triangles, so they are slightly overlapping.

For the small heart I stamped the image in Mint Julep on Shallow Layering Paper, flipped the stamp around and inked it in navy and stamped.  This has the triangles pointing in two different directions while on the large heart they are pointing in the same direction but offset a bit.

It's hard to see it on the hearts but here's a close-up of the stamped papers.

I white embossed the sentiment and stamped the XOXO's and heart in Memories White Dye and Pigment inks and used my fingers and a cloth to smear some of the ink around and lighten the stamped images.  For a pop of colour I added a red heart paper clip in the corner (it's from a dollar store).

So now it's your turn to make a project using something "new".  You can link up your projects here and a random winner will be chosen to receive a gift voucher from the fabulous Simon Says Stamp.

Happy crafting and thanks for visiting today!

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It's Lawn Fawn Week At A Blog Named Hero

This week at A Blog Named Hero we are collaborating with Lawn Fawn.

If you're not familiar with Lawn Fawn, they make a lot of cute stamps and very fun paper packs and embellishments.  You can check them out here.

I played around with Lawn Fawn's new Petite Paper Pack called Peace Love Joy.  It's part of Lawn Fawn's Christmas release but I wanted to show how these papers can be used all year long, not just for the holidays.

I covered my card front with the tiny heart pattern paper and made an envelope out of another one of the papers. The bird strip is from a page in the pad that has 12 borders just ready to cut out and add to a card. I clear embossed the Hero Arts Sentiment with my new Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink and  die cut a bunch of hearts from some glitter paper.

Thanks so much for visiting during Lawn Fawn week.  Please stop by ABNH to see the fabulous projects created by the other design team members.

And there's still time to play in our current Shaped Card Challenge here.

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May Arts and A Blog Named Hero

This week A Blog Named Hero is showcasing some wonderful projects using fabulous ribbon from May Arts.

When I saw this Metallic Velvet May Arts Ribbon I knew I wanted it to take centre stage on my card.

Don't you just love all the sparkle and the rich fuchsia colour? Sooo fun!

I covered some card stock with the ribbon and die cut it on my Vagabond. I also used some black and white ribbon that has a tiny pattern in it.

Here's a close-up of the glittery goodness.

Please stop by and visit the blog to see all the projects created by the other talented design team members.

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