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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Birthday card

Hi all,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend! I certainly am! :-) It's been a while since my last post now. That's because I got a new job not so long ago and our social calendar has been packed. But this weekend we're just relaxing at home. :-)

Today I would like to share a card I made for my dad's birthday last month. I used lots of stamping, embossing and masking, because I wanted it to look like I had used different strips of patterned paper.

I started by masking off the three strips where I was going to do the embossing one by one, and colored them in with Distress Inks. Then I stamped the two images from Delicate Leaf Clusters in the spaces between. Lastly, I clear embossed the sentiment, colored with Distress Ink and adhered it to the card with pop dots.

I had lots of fun with all the stamping, and I'm very happy with the way it turned out! :-)

Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts S5216 Grid Pattern, CL477 Delicate Leaf Clusters, CL479 Dictionary Greeting, S5507 Envelope Pattern, CL340 Birthday Sayings
Ink: Versamark, Distress Ink Broken China, Faded Jeans Frayed Burlap, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint
Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Pop Dots
 

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Wedding card

This is my second post for today, please scroll down for the first! 

A colleague of mine got married this Friday, and I made this card for the happy couple.

This card is bigger than a standard size card. The background was created by stamping two stamps from the Speckled Ornaments set and the Envelope Pattern in Soft Sand ink. The edges are distressed with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo. The sentiment is stamped in Vintage Photo. I stamped the Fabulous Flourish in VersaMark on the kraft card stock and white embossed. I stamped the Envelope Pattern on the kraft as well for some texture, as well as distressing the edges with Vintage Photo. I matted on a white piece of card stock to match the white embossing, tied a ribbon around and attached to the card with pop dots.
It took a very long time to make, but I'm very happy with how it turned out! :-)

Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts S5449 Fabulous Flourish, S5507 Envelope Pattern, CL401 Speckled Ornaments, CL342 Everyday Sayings
Ink: VersaMark, Hero Arts Soft Sand, Distress Ink Antique Linen and Vintage Photo
Card stock: Hero Arts Eggshell Layering Paper and Kraft
Other: Pop dots, White embossing powder, Pop dots
   

Get Well Soon

A friend of mine came to me and said: I've looked everywhere, but I can't find a card that I like. Could you make a card for me? Well, of course! :-) A friend of hers had hurt himself, so she wanted to send him a get well card. His favorite color is green, he's arty, an actor and he reads stories for kids. It took a while before everything fell into place, but this is what I came up with. My friend loved it. :-)

The background was created by stamping the Friend Definition and the Envelope Pattern in Pumice Stone Distress Ink. Then the Flourish Branch was clear embossed, and the text stamp from Mix and Match Elements white embossed. I also distressed the edges with Pumice Stone. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of paper, rounded two corners and attached with pop dots.

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts CG125 Friend Definition, CL266 Mix and Match Elements, AR135 Flourish Branch, AR130 Handwritten Sentiments, S5507 Envelope Pattern
Ink: VersaMark, Versafine, Distress Ink Pumice Stone
Other: Corner rounder, Pop dots, Clear and white embossing powder

Hero Arts 90 Minute Scramble

Hi everyone,

Hope you are having a nice Sunday!

I participated in the Hero Arts 90 minute scramble yesterday, and the challenge was to use Distress Inks. It was super fun, and this is what I came up with.

Distress Inks: Dusty Concord, Victorian Velvet, Worn Lipstick, and Spun Sugar

Distress Inks: Worn Lipstick, Victorian Velvet, Dusty Concord, Broken China,
 and Tumbled Glass

I first clear embossed the Classic Fabric Design before I added different colors of Distress Inks. Lastly, I stamped the Envelope Pattern over the whole design in one of the darker colors.

It was so much fun to see which new colors I created where the inks overlap each other.

Which one is your favorite? I can't make up my mind.. ;-)

Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts CG245 Classic Fabric Design, S5507 Envelope Pattern
Ink: Distress Inks
Other: Corner rounder
   

Happy Easter

Hi,

I hope you all have had a very happy holiday, and that you are enjoying the last day of easter! :-)

Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts JS158 Happy Everything, Stampendous Retro Alphabet
Ink: VersaFine Smokey Gray, ColorBox Parchment
Other: Color pencils