Flower Card

Hello and Happy Monday!

Today's card was inspired by a tag that Laura Bassen made on Day 6 of Stretch Your Stamps 2 using outline stamps.

To make sure that the ink of my stamped flower would not smudge when making the Distress Ink background, I first inked the flower with Versamark and then with Hero Arts Navy ink before I stamped and clear embossed it.
This worked perfectly, as I would not have been able to heat emboss the Hero Arts ink by itself.

For the background I used Milled Lavender and Bundled Sage Distress Ink. I also sprayed some of this fantastic mist for a lovely shine. The shine doesn't show up very well in the pictures, but it is lovely in real life.

To finish off the card, I added a navy blue mat around the stamped panel.

The color scheme was inspired by Color Throwdown #306 (CTD306). I think these colors look really pretty together, and it's a combination that I would not have thought of myself.

Thank you so much for visiting! :-)

Love,
Tone

Challenges: Color Throwdown #306 (CTD306),  Addicted to Stamps & More #109: CAS 

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Masculine Love Card with Washi Tape Hearts

My second card is also a masculine one, this time with punched out washi tape hearts.

[Card #1 Masculine Washi Tape Card and Card #3 Gold & Pink CAS Washi Tape Card]

I stamped the background and the heart in different blue inks from Hero Arts. For the hearts I chose some washi tapes from my shop that I though would matched well. To anchor the stamped heart, I added a strip of the With Love Washi Tape.

How to make washi tape heart stickers

To make the hearts, add strips of washi tapes to parchment paper and use heart punches to punch out the shapes. 

Tip: If you're using larger punches, make sure your strips overlap a little so the shapes will not fall apart when you go to add them to your card.

Hugs,

Tone

Challenges: Gallery Idol Competition, Hero Arts Challenge (Sketch #3)

Supplies from my shop 

Masculine Congrats Chalkboard Card

Hi!

I would like to wish you a very happy, healthy and creative 2014! :)

It's really been a long time since I posted anything here on the blog.. Sorry about that!
But that does not mean that I haven't been making cards! Quite the contrary! ;-)

I've been having some fun with the chalkboard technique again. You can see two cards I made previously with this technique here and here.

How to
For this masculine birthday card, I first white embossed the Hero Arts Watch Gears and the sentiment. I did not remove all of the excess embossing powder, so you can see little white speckles on the black pieces. I think that is a nice added detail.
To create the shadow effect, I stamped both again in Hero Arts White Dye Ink, offsetting the stamps a little from the first stamping. I used Colorbox White Frost Ink to distress the black pieces and drew the border with a white colored pencil.
On the card base I stamped the Hero Arts Pinstripe Background, which adds to the masculine feel of the card.

Have you been creative in the new year already? I'd love to see what you have made, so please leave me a link in the comments so I can check it out! :)

Hugs,
Tone

Challenges: Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Ice Inspiration, Simon Says Monday Challenge: Blues

Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts Watch Gears CG421, Hero Arts Congrats CL488, Hero Arts Pinstripe Background CG503
Ink: Versamark, Hero Arts White Dye Ink, Colorbox White Frost Ink
Other: Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Dimensional Adhesive
   

Lots of Hearts

Today's third card is a large heart made up of many smaller ones, and I made it for my boyfriend. :-)
[Card #1: Chalkboard Technique and Card #2: Hugs & Kisses Chalkboard]

I traced a heart with a pencil on the front of a large card base and stamped all the little hearts inside it. The hearts are stamped in different colors of Hero Arts Shadow Inks. Love how smooth the images turn out with this ink. When I was done with all the stamping, I erased the pencil drawn heart and was left with this! :-)

Which card is your favorite of the three?

If you have any questions about the cards or about the supplies, please let me know in the comments or send me an e-mail! :-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Love,
Tone

Challenges:  Hero Arts: Love & Lace, Simon Says: Anything Goes

Supplies for all three cards

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Wedding Card

Hi there!

Today I'm sharing a wedding card I made for a friend who just got married.

There are three challenges right now about using something new. The Starburst Lace stamp is new for me. I finally got it! It's perfect for wedding cards, I think.
I also tried a new card size. The card is 8.5 by 4.25 inches, so it fits perfectly inside a business envelope.

Tomorrow I have some super exciting news to share with you! Did someone say Giveaway... ;-)

Have a wonderful day, and don't forget to check back tomorrow!

Love,
Tone

Supplies:

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You're Fabulous

Hi everyone,

Today's card is an updated version of a card I made last year (follow the link to see it). A colleague of mine needed a card for a friend who had just recovered from a serious illness, and she loved the colors and design of this card and the stamp I had used on my Velveteen Stamping Card. So I changed out the background stamp and added the sentiment she wanted.

A little tip
Instead of throwing away the little strip I'm left with after cutting down my stamped panel, I like to add it to the inside of the card. I think it adds a nice finishing touch!

Thank you for visiting! :-)

Hugs,
Tone


I'm entering this into A Blog Named Hero's Challenge #11: Who's The Boss, to use embossing, and Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog: Put A Stamp On It.


Supplies:

Blue Birthday Card

Hi there,

Today's 90 minute Hero Arts scramble was to make a card with a photo as our inspiration. On the picture was a flower in a wonderful blue color, so that's what I went with for my card.

To make the background, I first white embossed the Flower Dot Pattern stamp. Then I applied Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Ink with my ink blending tool. Love to see the image emerge when I apply the ink! :-)
The sentiment is also white embossed with some Salty Ocean Distress Ink over it.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! :-)

Hugs,
Tone


Supplies:

Butterfly Birthday Card

Hi hi,

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! I'm relaxing, making cards and tidying up the house. No other plans, and I'm enjoying it! :-)

The color inspiration for this card came from the sky here in Holland one evening. It went from pink to this really nice blue-gray color.

I started by stamping the Butterfly Wallpaper and clear embossing it. Then I added Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Weathered Wood distress ink over it. The text stamped in Pumice Stone is from Cloud 9. A scrip stamp from Hero Arts is very high on my wish list... ;-)
I did the same with the sentiment, stamped the Envelope Pattern over it, matted with white and added it to the card with pop dots.

I also decorated the inside of this card and the envelope with the butterfly stamp from the Butterflies and Lace set.  Here's a picture of the inside.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! :-)

Love, Tone

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