Retro Birthday Card

Hi!

On Day 8 of  Stretch Your Stamps 2, Nichol Magouirk made a card using graphic stamps that inspired me to finally ink up this great stamp set from Papertrey Ink.

This card was a bit of a challenge for me. I always love the cards that other people make with graphic stamps, but somehow I don't tend to choose these stamps myself when I sit down to make a card.

If I would make this card again, I would probably change out the light yellow color. I still think the card looks cute as it is in real life, but you can barely see the yellow outline shapes in the picture.

I stamped all the shapes in three summery colors of Hero Arts shadow inks (Mint Julep, Passion Flower and Soft Yellow). The Hero Arts inks are by far my favorite inks! I stamped the birthday with Versamark Ink and heat embossed using this amazing embossing powder.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,
Tone

Challenges: Simon Monday Challenge: Anything Goes, Simon Wednesday Challenge: Summer, Addicted to CAS: # 45 Geometric, Cure For The Monday Blues Challenge #27 (colors on the vases), One-Layer Simplicity Challenge #8: Shades of Summer (Shades of Summer #5)

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Butterfly Card

Hi there!

Today's scramble over at the Hero Arts Flickr Group was butterflies or rainbows or both. I went for butterflies.

This card is a little bit smaller than a standard size card. The background is stamped in Hero Arts Wet Cement Mid-Tone Ink, and the butterflies are stamped in Bubble Gum, Raspberry Jam and Grape Juice Mid-Tone inks. Can you tell I love these inks? ;-)

These two stamps are some of my favorites at the moment. The Heart Butterfly is so cute, and I think the Wood Background matches so well with the little hearts in the pattern.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful day! :-)

Hugs,
Tone

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Stripe & Polka Dot Birthday Card

Hello hello!

Today's card is made for The Embellish Color Trends Challange - Stripe & Polka Dot.
You can see the stripes in the label, as well as in the smallest yellow flower if you look closely. The background and the butterfly have polka dots.

I started by stamping the background in Iced Spruce Distress Ink. My polka dot stamp doesn't cover a whole card front, so I had to stamp it multiple times. It's always annoying to me when I don't line things up perfectly, but I'm trying to ignore it this time! ;-)

The label, the butterfly and the flowers are stamped and cut out. The biggest flower is white heat embossed with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink applied over the embossing.

I added the cut out pieces to the card with multiple layers of pop dots.

Here's a close-up so you can see all the layers.

This is the inspiration photo for The Embellish Color Trends Challange - Stripe & Polka Dot. There is still time to enter, so why don't you hop on over and participate as well!

I was so happy to see that my Pastel Birthday Card got an honorable mention today over at The Play Date Cafe: "The Cream in our Coffe"!  Yeeey! :-) This was my first time entering one of their challenges.

I think this dotted card turned out so cute! What do you think? :-)

Inky hugs,
Tone


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Pastel Birthday Card

Hi there!

The inspiration for this card came from the The Play Date Cafe Challenge #149.

All the stamped images are white embossed. Love how delicate that looks! :-)

Here's a close-up:

This is the inspiration photo from The Play Date Cafe Challenge #149, and I'm entering the card into the challenge.

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

Hugs,
Tone


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Fall Colors CAS Card

Hello!

How are you?

The scramble this weekend over at the Hero Arts' Flickr group was to use fall colors. That's not colors I usually pick myself, so it was definitely a challenge for me!
I really enjoyed making this card, because it seemed to just happen by itself! Love when that happens! :-)

Firstly, I white embossed the Vine Background on a scrap piece of paper. Then I applied different shades of yellow and orange Distress Inks with my Ink Blending Tool.
It needed a bit more interest, so I stamped the script over it in Frayed Burlap and inked the edges with the same color. I placed the stamped panel off center on the card with pop dots.

I was debating back and forth whether to add a sentiment. I have a Thanks stamp that goes vertically. But eventually I decided that I thought the card looked beautiful just the way it was, without a sentiment! :-)

What do you think about making cards without sentiments?

Hugs,
Tone


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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


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Teal Bookmark Card

Hello!

The theme of this month's Hero Arts contest was right up my alley: Clean and Simple Stamping! 

One of the sketches in the challenge inspired me to make this card with a bookmark.

On the front of the bookmark, I stamped the Flower Dot Pattern in Hero Arts Splash Chalk Ink. I made the border by masking it off and applying Peacock Feathers Distress Ink with my ink blending tool. The two colors match really nicely!

To add the bookmark to the card, I cut a slit at the top of the card. The bookmark is held in place with some matching twine. 

A similar stamped panel is adhered directly onto the card so it still looks nice after the recipient removes the bookmark.

The sketch that inspired me to make this card, is the bottom right one below.

The color of this card was inspired by all the lovely minty inspiration from The Minty Fresh Challenge in the Moxy Fab World, and I'm entering it into the challenge. Why don't you head on over there to get inspired as well? There is still some time to enter!

What do you think of my bookmark card? Have you ever added a gift for the recipient on your cards?

Hugs,

Tone

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Hero Arts Scramble

Today's scramble was all about making your own sentiment or mixing and matching sentiments. I went for the mixing and matching.

I first stamped the birthday stamp from Untitled Word Shadow in Hero Arts Cup O' Joe Ink. When it was dry, I inked up only the second part of the "Warm Wishes" sentiment from Frames and Messages in Memories White Ink. The background is also stamped in Memories White Ink on kraft. I love the soft look this gives! I added some string to anchor the sentiment and adhered both the kraft piece and the sentiment with pop dots.

Thank you for stopping by today! :-)

Hugs,
Tone

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Hero Arts Scramble

Today's 90 minute Hero Arts scramble was to make a card for yourself, using your favorites and having fun! I had some new stamps that I was dying to ink up, so this challenge was just perfect! :-)

Here is the card I made:

I used some of my favorites right now: new stamps, butterflies, script, kraft, teal and small square cards.

This little CAS card with it's huge butterfly simply makes me happy!

Hope you like it as well! :-)


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