Raspberry and Lime

Unexpected Colors for holiday cards is the Hero Arts Challenge this week. This is a simple little card.

I started with this fabulous ribbon from May Arts. I had some of this ribbon awhile ago and used it all up. Just purchased some more and decided to use it for my inspiration point.

Love the little penguin in his pink and green outfit. Hand me downs from his older sister I am sure. :)

Have a fabulous fall day...

Suzz

Snowy Christmas

Look at this gorgeous paper... It looks like snow falling and I couldn't resist creating a little scene using it as my sky with snow. I have had this verse for awhile and haven't had the chance to use it on a card. Now doesn't that just fit this quiet scene?

The paper is Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly. The Hero Arts Challenge this week is tearing paper. I tore the snowy ground and stamped on the Hero Arts tree. You don't get the full effect of the tree as I used the puffy Ranger Embossing powder to give it texture. The birds are B Line design. The verse is from Northwoods.

Hope you have a lovely day...

Suzz

Triple the bling...

I ran out of gems in the right colors to finish this card and ended up having to run out to get the exact same gems.
When you look at my card you can see why I had to run out. :)

I have 3 fantabulous buttons that look like these gems. I had originally planned on them being my ornaments. Unfortunately when I put them on the card they were way too heavy! That's okay because I will definitely use them in the future on separate cards.

This is for the Hero Arts Add On Challenge where you were to create a holiday card and add on an accessory.

I think I have met the accessory requirement. :)

All stamps are Hero Arts. The embossing powder is one of my favorites from Ranger called Queen's Gold. The gems are from Basic Grey Bling It.

I did punch out a circle to provide a template to fill with gems. The gems are a lovely dark blue and lighter teal blue.

I was very excited today to go over to the Hero Arts Blog and see my piecing card with the butterfly was selected as a third place win. The best part is being able to pick out more Hero Arts stamps.

Thanks for stopping by..

Suzz

Clean up of the desk...

I started three cards and tried to finish them up... Here is another card from that batch.. You can tell because they are all using the same color scheme.

I had a picture of white dandelions on a olive green background. I decided to do the reverse and used green embossing powder to put the Angathapus onto a white background.

Recipe:

1. Stamp flowers on white background using Versamark Ink.
2. Emboss with green embossing powder.
3. Dry emboss marsh embossing folder over the top of stamped images.
4. Sponge with brown dye ink to highlight embossing.
5. Drip water on stamped images and sponged background.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Antique Brocade
• Stampendous - Angathapus Cluster
• Hero Arts - Anytime Sayings
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Ranger Distress Inks - Corduroy Brown, Antique Linen
• Ranger Embossing Powder - Lettuce
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Twine, Button Unknown
  

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Odds and Ends

I decided yesterday to pull out all my scraps and try to put something together. This consists in a pile that could cover my entire desktop. So I sorted through and pulled some shapes and colors that could work together and came up with this.

Not everything was a scrap but many of the individual pieces were. :)

Products:

• Hero Arts - Heart Winged Butterfly
• Cornish Heritage Farms - Silhouette
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Hero Arts - Raindrop Background
• Memento - Rich Cocoa
• Ranger - Embossing Powder - Lettuce
• Ranger Distress Inks - Peeled Paint
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• QuicKutz - Die Cuts
• Fiskars Shape Template - Ovals

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

and as my youngest is saying now... Peace Out...

Suzz

Thinking Inking - Crackle Distress

Jennifer McGuire has been hosting videos and classes on 2 Pea's using all different types of Ranger Inking projects. The videos can all be found here... http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=list&forum_id=52.

This weeks class is about crackle paint. I don't have any but I have a crackle finish which I used in place of the crackle paint.

I combined this with a vacation/travel challenge on the Hero Arts Blog this week. I only have one stamp for Hero Arts which is a travel type of stamp so I used that to create my tag.

Tag Recipe:

1. Smear multiple colors of acryclic dabbers on a piece of acetate.
2. Use a makeup sponge mix parts of the color together (this is in one of the videos Jennifer has up on 2 Peas)
3. Smear on white cardstock to create a background.
4. Let that dry and then stamp the image onto the paint background using a pigment ink.
5. Clear emboss the stamped image.
6. Layer on the crackle gloss finish. I put it on and then smeared it around with another makeup sponge. I put two layers on.

The butterfly is made from grunge paper and I applied the same finish but with a really thick layer and attempted to dry it using the heat gun. It didn't crackle but gave it a beautiful glossy finish. :)

The background of the card is made from distress inks smeared onto acetate and spritzed with water until they became very watery.

Everything else is a combination of stamping with brown pigment ink and embossing with gold embossing powders.

Products:

• Ranger Acryclic Paint Dabbers - Gold, Stream, Juniper
• Ranger Queens Gold Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Ranger Crackle Glaze
• Hero Arts - Heart Winged Butterfly,
• Inkadinkado - 94010-N
• B Line Designs - Paris
• Hero Arts - Collage Take Time
• Stampers Anonymous - French Market
• Stampers Anonymous - Lined Paper
• Ranger Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Broken China

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Wedding Card

This was a wedding card that I needed to create yesterday and get sent off today. The card is for a fellow stamper who is very sweet. I am pretty sure she isn't visiting my blog so I am safe to share the card here.

The color is actually Enchanted Gold Embossing powder and it is gorgeous and I am sorry to say that you can't see the shimmer here and really appreciate the lovely color.



The flourishes and flowers are embossed with the gold embossing powder as well as the sentiment.

The flowers are from that lace flower stamp from Hero Arts which I really do love. I cut out the flowers and layered them.

The card is scored above and below the ribbon which doesn't show up on this picture either. :(

Products:

• Hero Arts - Lace Flower Cluster
• Hero Arts - Everyday Sayings
• Hero Arts - Heart Flourish
• Ranger - Enchanted Gold Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• EK Success - Border Punch
• Ribbon, Pearls Unknown

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Another inspired by card...

A week of casing and inspiration! This card was inspired by Jacqueline and Lucy both were featured this week on the Hero Arts Blog.

Jacqueline has done several cards in pink inks and a little gold. I decided to follow that lead and tried to blend some gold accents into the card.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Pop Stems Flower
• White Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Ranger - Queens Gold Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by..

Suzz

Father's Day Cards

The challenge at HA this week was to create Manly Cards. I decided it was a good opportunity to create the Father's day cards for my dad and my DH.

The fun part of this was I die cut the smaller shapes from the letters and used them to trace an outline to create the border on the top and bottom.

Products:

• Cornish Heritage Farms - Flower Grid
• Hero Arts - Letters, Bolt, Wood Finish
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Zing -Brown Embossing Powder
• Versamark
• Spellbinders Nestabilitites
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Twine, Brads
  

This is for my husband... I love using the Ranger Distress Powder Vintage Photo because it gives a texture to the embossing. I had this idea of creating wood shakes like the side of the house. Of course I did and then I didn't know where to go next. hee hee.

So just lots of bits and pieces including the tools as my husband is very handy with fixing things. I will stamp the inside with the Hero Arts Sentiment "to a Dad who can fix anything"

Lots of fun making my wood shakes or shingles.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Wood Finish
• Hero Arts - Clear Design - Happy Dad's Day \
• Ranger Distress Embossing Powder - Vintage Photo
• Prisma Color - Color Pencils

Glad to finish these cards off as you know masculine cards can be more difficult as no real embellishments allowed. :)

Have a nice day...

Suzz

Alcohol Ink Dots

I am working on an Alcohol Ink class for my LSS. This is one of the ideas I had that I thought would be fun. Create polka dots with my Alcohol inks. I was so excited when I found out that the colors from the Adirondack Bright Ink pads were going to be released from Ranger. I used them in this card. I really love bright colors and this card has a lot of umph!

I just realized this was my second polka dot card... Must mean there is a third one that I need to create.

Products:

• Hero Arts Designblock - Birthday
• Hero Arts Clear Design - Birthday Expressions
• Ranger Alcohol Inks - Brights Red, Yellow, Orange (So glad he released the brights colors!)
• Versafine - Habenero
• Versamark
• Ranger - Embossing Powder - Wild Plum
  

Thanks for stopping by.. We are going to have warm weather today! Gorgeous spring day for us and although my spring flowers aren't out yet, my neighbors are and they are beautiful!

Suzz

Playing with masking and embossing...

After I made the gold embossed anniversary card, I decided to continue on with that theme and came up with this...

The card is not actually mounted on the purple background. I took my picture with the purple background. This is another one layer card from a paper perspective. The butterflies were masked on the paper before I stamped the design block.

I added smaller flourishes on the butterflies which are difficult to see because of the purple dye ink.

I think the tag might break the single layer rule. But I wanted to have a little pop of color on the ribbon.

Products:

• Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Butterflies 2
• Hero Arts - Designblock - Flourishes
• Ranger Distress Ink - Dusty Concord
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Ranger Queens Bee Embossing Powder
• Hero Arts - Always and Forever
• Hero Arts - Flourish Borders

Thanks for stopping by..

P.S. More possible snow on Monday... Will spring ever arrive?

Suzz

50th Anniversary...

We are invited to a 50th wedding anniversary... They are my MIL's cousin and his wife. I am so happy that we can go and celebrate this with them and their family. I find one of the hardest things with getting older is losing our loved ones. I am happy that they have 50 wonderful years together and are going strong.

I asked for some ideas, suggestions and inspirations over at the Flickr group and got some wonderful ideas which inspired me to create this card:

Products:

• Hero Arts Design Block - Wavy Leaf Pattern
• Verses - Love Bears All
• Ranger Embossing Powder - Queens Bee
• Ribbon, Flowers - Unknown
• DCWV - Patterned Paper. (I have had this forever and multiple sheets, not sure why I purchased them but it looks lovely behind the vellum)

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

OCC Challenge - Clear Thinking

The challenge at OCC http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/ this week is clear thinking. Use something clear on a card. I thought I was going to do a card for both this challenge and the Hero Arts Challenge which is to make a thank you card. But this card came out as a sweetheart card instead.

I thought it would be fun to make a card half clear and half card. What I didn't think about was having to cover all the areas they connect. I have lace on the front and back outside of the card and a beautiful velvet ribbon on the inside. I also put a backing on the scalloped rectangle on the inside to hide the pop up dots.

The card is much softer in real life. It doesn't transfer in the picture but it is a nice contrast to have the clear, lace and brown paper all in one project.

Products:

• Hero Arts Designblock - Wavy Leaf
• Hero Arts Designblock - Poinsettias & Birds (birds)
• Hero Arts Clear Design - Anytime Messages
• Hero Arts - Delicate Leaves
• Ranger Embossing Powder - Lettuce
• StazOn - Olive Green
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Versafine Olympia Green
• Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangle, Ovals
• Kaisers - Pearls
• Hobby Lobby - Lace Trim

Thanks for stopping by..

Suzz