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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Radiant Orchid mt Washi Tape Set

Hi and Happy Friday!

Let me introduce you to the newest addition to my shop: the Radiant Orchid mt Washi Tape Set!

As you probably know already, Radiant Orchid is Pantone's color of the year 2014, and in this washi tape set you get two shades of this beautiful purple color. Each roll is 15 meters long, not the usual 10 meters! So you get a total of 30 meters of high quality Japanese mt washi tape.

I have limited quantities of this beautiful set, so get yours while supplies last!

Have a great weekend! :-)

Love,

Tone

    

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Instagram Card Shares

Hi lovelies!

How are you? I hope you're doing well!

I have shared some cards over on Instagram that I would like to share with you as well. You can click on each picture to see it on Instagram.

This first one is for you today: I'm sending lots of happy thoughts your way! :-)

The flowers are from a great new stamp set by Hero Arts and BasicGrey, the lovely stencil is by Heidi Swapp, and the sentiment is from an older Hero Arts set. The ink colors are Soft Purple and Soft Vanilla by Hero Arts.

I think it's always hard to make sympathy cards. This was for the mom of a friend of mine, so it was extra sad having to make it. I took inspiration from the funeral card, and I think it turned out really nice. 

The butterflies are from a Papertrey Ink set and are stamped in Hero Arts silver ink and clear embossed. The flowers and sentiment stamps are from Hero Arts.

I've also been working on some more birthday cards. That seems to be the type of card I need, or that people order from me, most often.

To make these cards I'm using an awesome background stamp by Hero Arts & BasicGrey and a really great sentiment set by Mama Elephant. If you don't have these two already, you should get them right away! :-)
And it's so hard for me to not use this ink color on every single card that I make, haha! Definitely my favorite color right now!

Are you on Instagram?

Inky hugs,
Tone

Challenge: Hero Arts One Layer Challenge

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Are you on Instagram?

Hi!

I've recently started using Instagram, and I would love to connect with you there! Look me up here, or leave me your link in the comments!

Work in progress for an order. Lots of coloring and fussy cutting, but it's worth it cause these cards will be fabulous!

I also have an Instagram for my shop, which you can find here.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you on Instagram! :-)

Hugs,
Tone

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Happy Balloon Card

Today's card is made with just one stamp set, the Whole Lotta' Happy set from WPlus9. First time I saw it, I knew I had to have it! :-) I love the balloon and star images, and the set has so many great sentiments.

I love the large "happy" stamps in this set, and I've used the one with a shadow on this card. I stamped it in Memento Luxe Sweet Plum ink and clear embossed it. The shadow is stamped in Hero Arts Silver ink.

For the balloons I used three colors of Memento Luxe inks, covered them with the Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, and added a thick coat of Glossy Accents. I love how they turned out! :-)
I made the background by stamping the stars in Hero Arts Soft Yellow and Silver inks.

Have a great day!

XoXo,
Tone

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Challenges: A Blog Named Hero: #44: You're the (em) Boss, Crazy for CAS: Balloons
 

Color Blocking... Twice

Hi and happy Tuesday!

I hope you're having a wonderful day! :-)

Today's cards are made with some leftover card stock strips and only one stamp.

I took two strips of each color and made a color blocking background with them. I was so happy to find that the four strips lined up and covered the front of a card perfectly, no extra trimming was needed! :-)

For my first card, I went with yellow and purple for the background and the flower image stamped in black and clear embossed for extra detail.

The second card has a softer feel with light yellow and light pool card stock strips. I stamped the flower image in grey ink instead of black to match the softer background. My placement is a bit off on this card, but I still like it. ;-)

I really like how both cards turned out! Which one do you like the best?  :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Tone

Challenge: CASE Study Challenge #154

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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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Good Friends are the Best!

Hi there!

How are you today?

It's been a while since I last posted a card, so it was about time, I thought! :-)

I started by stamping the script on my card base and distressing the edges. For the stamped panel, I made my own patterned paper by randomly stamping the little flowers from the Hexagons set in different colors of Hero Arts shadow inks. The edges are distressed slightly to match with the card base. Lastly, I stamped the frame and the sentiment and added it to the card with pop dots.

The font of this sentiment is absolutely fabulous! I love it! All the sentiments in the Good Friends stamp set have this font, and the set is an absolute must have! :-)

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Love,
Tone

Challenges: Hero Arts: Just for Her, Simon Says: Anything Goes, Simon Says Stamp & Show: Color

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Elegant Anniversary Card

Hello hello!

Today's card was for a colleague of mine. He wanted to give his wife a special card for their anniversary, and they both really liked the card I made! :-)

This is a larger card: 5.5 by 8.5 inches (one piece of card stock folded in half). I first stamped and heat embossed the Heart Flourish several times, then stamped the script in white over it and distressed the edges with white. The butterflies are stamped in Dusty Concord Distress Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Smokey Gray and also clear embossed. Lastly, I added all the pieces to the stamped panel and adhered that to the card front.

Here is a close up for you, so you can see the lovely dimension of the butterflies better.

Thank you so much for visiting! :-)

Have a wonderful day!

Love,
Tone

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

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