Watercolor Clouds

Hello all! Today I'm participating in the February My Monthly Hero blog hop and sharing a fun Pinterest inspired card!

I used the add-on, Raining Cats and Dogs, to create a fun background, inspired by THIS pin...

I started off by stamping the clouds in Versamark, then heat embossing in white. I had to do a little masking here and there for the overlapping clouds, but nothing too intense. ;)

After I had heat embossed the clouds, I quickly colored them in using my ZIG pens. Because the color was a bit too intense with just the pen, I added some water to the clouds, then dabbed at it with a paper towel. The paper towel picked up some of the color, leaving a less intensely colored version of the clouds. 

Just be careful with the paper you use whenever you add water - watercolor paper works best, and if not, I find that thicker, uncoated cardstock works decently as long as you don't add too much water.

I adhered my grey panel to the card base, then white heat embossed a sentiment from You're So Lovely on black, and adhered the sentiment to the card base. To top everything off, I used some of the gorgeous new Hero Arts sequins - I think these sequins are my new favorite thing. ;) I used Ocean, Blue and Purple to match my clouds.

THE KIT

The kit contains:

• 1 4X6 clear stamp set
• 20 coordinating dies
• 1 coordinating stencil, with several cutouts included
• 1 Soft Sky ink cube
• 1 sponge for daubing 
• 2 thin rolls of glitter washi tape in blue and silver 
• 1 skein silver embroidery thread
• Vellum in blue and patterned white 

The kit value is $65, an amazing deal at $34.99.
There are also some amazing add-on stamps (such as the one I used today) and dies, so be sure to check out the Hero Arts blog for information on them.

BLOG HOP

For loads of inspiration and a chance to win one of these kits, follow this hop! The amazing Kathy Racoosin would be next on the hop, after me:

The Hero Arts Blog 

Jennifer McGuire 

Yana Smakula 

Wanda Guess 

Amy Tsuruta 

Clare Prezzia 

Kathy Racoosin 

Debby Hughes 

Kelly Latevola 

Lydia Fiedler 

May Park 

Jessica Frost-Ballas 

Libby Hickson 

Michelle Short

Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader - selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop.

The kit is available for a limited time only - once it's gone, it's gone. However, you can subscribe to receive the kit monthly and never have to worry about missing it! More details on the subscription HERE.

SUPPLIES

Cardstock: Canson watercolor, Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock
Stamps: Hero Arts Raining Cats and Dogs and You're So Lovely
Ink: Versamark, ZIG pens
Other: Hero Arts White embossing powder and Ocean, Blue and Purple sequins

Tools: Cuttlebug, heat gun

You Age Well

I have a punny little card on the Hero Arts blog today...

Check it out for more details!

Pool Lovin' // Hero Arts

Hello everyone! Today I'm participating in the January My Monthly Hero blog hop with a super bright card! You may want to put your sunglasses on. ;)

I started out by stamping the solid part of the heart bouquet (from the main kit stamp set) in Soft Vanilla, then the outline layer with Versamark and Butter Bar.

Because I inked up my stamp with Versamark before Butter Bar, I was able to add some clear embossing powder to the heart without contaminating any ink pads and only stamping once.
I repeated this step twice, die cut the bouquet using the coordinating dies, and then layered my small and large flower.

I stamped the tissue paper in Tide Pool on some minty layering paper, and the bow in Ocean. I die cut both, topped the bow off with a gem, and adhered them together with the bouquet and a white cardstock strip. 

For the sentiment, I heat embossed my sentiment in white, then used the newest Infinity Die set - Nesting Postage Stamps! These are so fun to play with!

Finally, I layered everything on a pool card base that I stamped using the add-on, Love Notes, and heat embossed with some clear Sparkle embossing powder (because no My Monthly Hero post from me is complete without it ;))

My sister says this card has too much Pool in it, but I'm already so tired of this winter and looking forward to summer, that the bright colors make me happy. Even if there is a lot of it. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping in today and enjoy the rest of the hop!

KIT DETAILS

The kit contains:

► A 6"x8" clear stamp set
► A set of 18 coordinating Frame Cuts dies that match the stamp set
► Five ink cubes: Tide Pool, Mint Julep, Soft Pink, Bubble Gum and Strawberry
► 2 Wood grain Size A1 Envelopes
► 2 Wood grain Size A2 Envelopes
► 4 half sheets of Wood grain card stock
► 2 Pool colored Envelopes
► 2 Tide colored Envelopes
► 2 Shallows colored envelopes
► Red Wax cord - 8 yards

The kit value is more than $70, an amazing deal at $34.99.

BLOG HOP

For loads of inspiration and a chance to win one of these kits, follow this hop!

The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Yana Smakula
Shari Carroll from Simon Says Stamp
Wanda Guess
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Julie Ebersole at Ellen Hutson’s CLASSroom
May Park
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Libby Hickson

Hero Arts is giving away one kit as a prize to one blog reader - selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop.

The kit is available for a limited time only - once it's gone, it's gone.

SUPPLIES

Cardstock: Hero Arts Pool Layering paper, Michaels white cardstock
Stamps: Hero Arts January My Monthly Hero and Love Notes
Ink: Hero Arts Soft Vanilla, Butter Bar, Tide Pool, Ocean, Versamark
Other: Hero Arts clear Sparkle and white embossing powders, Hero Arts Pool gem

Tools: heat gun, Hero Arts main kit stamp set and Nesting Postage Stamps Infinity dies

Same Color Layered Stamping // Hero Arts

It's taking me a good while to get my first card post in for 2017, but it's a fun one! I'm on the Hero Arts blog today, with some cards using the fabulous stamps that are part of this month's My Monthly Hero...

Check out the Hero Arts blog for more details, and thanks for stopping in!

BIG DESTASH

ALL SOLD! Thank you so much, everyone!!!

I'm going to be moving! (again!) So that means I have to send off a lot of product that isn't getting any love from me - everything here has gotta go!

Small priority box #1 and #2: SOLD

Medium priority boxes: SOLD

Flat rate envelopes #1 and #2: SOLD

I'm not trying to make a profit here - any costs are there to partially pay for the what I paid for the stamps originally (at full price), and to cover any time/gas/packing materials I spend getting the bundle ready for you. Also, a big reason why I don't charge much is because some of the stamps were given to me as part of design team work (i.e, a My Monthly Hero exclusive stamp set/die), and so that passes on to you free of charge. :)

PayPal friends & family. Free Shipping! Leave me a comment here or e-mail me if you'd like one!

E-mail me at ctprezzia15@gmail.com for questions.

NOTE FOR HERO ARTS STAMPS: The stamps that I am selling are ones that I won/purchased, not stamps that I have been Hero Arts provided me with to create projects as part of their Creative Team - any creative team provided stamps are just added into the boxes and envelopes rather hackey sack as a little bonus, since I'm not using them and would like them to have loving homes. ;)