Dahlia Birthday

Today it's a birthday card using the Dahlia image from Penny Black.

I was inspired by Lin's Flowery Card at Simon Says Stamp.  She used a Penny Black dotted flower image and embossed it, and so did I.  I'm entering this card at Simon Says Stamptember Blog Candy Bonanza for being inspired by a Stamptember project.

I black embossed the flower, added some colour to the petals with Memento ink and used the clear Wink of Stella pen on top.  The four panels were clear embossed and adhered to black glossy card stock and the sentiment is black embossed on vellum and wrapped around one of the panels.

Thanks for visiting today.

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First Christmas Card

Eeek, it's my first Christmas card of the season.  A bit early for me.  I usually don't start making holiday cards until Halloween but I wanted to play in Hero Arts Inspiration Challenge which requires that you use a product from one of the two latest catalogues and somehow a Christmas card was born.

Many of the new stamps from Hero Arts are styled more for scrapbooking or journaling and have a grungier or more artsy feel to them.  I was inspired to try and combine some of those stamps with more traditional ones to show how well they work with each other.

For the snow at the bottom of the card I stamped and white embossed a brush stroke image (from the Brush Strokes set), slightly curving it and rotating it each time I stamped with it.  I also used a circle image spot stamp from the same set for the moon.

The Christmas trees were stamped with three different background stamps (the more traditional images) and I flicked on white paint for the snow.  I finished off with a few red pearls and a red star for pops of colour.

It's been a fun Stamptember so far over at Simon Says Stamp.  It's great to see the designers using stamps in unexpected ways (they are so clever) and I tried to incorporate that into my card. So I'm entering this card for the Stamptember Blog Candy Bonanza!

Wishing you an inky day!

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I'm Up At A Blog Named Hero

I have a post up at A Blog Named Hero. Please stop by and check it out here.

Here's a little peek.

Tweet Tweet

My card today uses four stamps from one stamp set.  It's not too often that I only use one stamp set on a project.  I usually like to mix it up but the Tweet Tweet set from Penny Black had everything I wanted for my card creation.

I cut a frame and made a window with a Spellbinders die and stamped the leafy image on the inside and outside of the frame.  I wanted the bird to pop so I glittered him with Distress Stickles Glitter in Lagoon, it is such a pretty colour.  I then added Glossy Accents on top to give some dimension.  Unfortunately he didn't photograph very well.  That always seems to be the case for me when I'm trying to capture glitter.

Thanks for visiting today!

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Linda's Popped Blog Hop

We're having a hop today for the wonderful Linda Trace who is one of the co-founders of A Blog Named Hero.  She just gave birth to sweet Olivia so we are celebrating with a hop.

I created a fun Welcome Baby card using some Hero Arts stamps and Hero Arts cut files from Silhouette. Love that cutie elephant.

We wish mom and baby all the best!

Now your next stop on the Pop Hop is the talented Melissa Shea.

If you get lost along the way, here's a list of all the blogs participating today.

Mary Dawn Quirindongo
Chari Moss
Danielle Walls
Leslie Hanna
Sue McRae
Melissa Shea
Stephanie Britt
Kelly Latevola
Lisa Spangler
Lucy Newton
Cristina Martinez
Michelle Lupton
Tina Basa
Michelle Liimatainen
Cheiron Brandon
Libby Hickson
Wanda Guess
Jennifer McGuire

I'm also entering this card for Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.

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