Play Date Cafe Challenge # 22

I am so excited to share the colors for Play Date Cafe Challenge #22 selected by Julie Ranae.

I went into my pile of papers and I have this lovely set I haven't ever used with vintage prints including a bunny who looks a little like the Mad Hatter. (Prima Marketing Inc., Nursery Tales) I decided to create a vintage Easter card.

I took pictures of this card every which way (natural light, shadow box, with flash, without flash) and couldn't get the true colors to reflect even with some editing. :) Trust me when I say that they are a distressed version of the challenge colors.

The lovely tree with eggs is a stamp from Memory Box from the Easter Release. I stamped it using Versamark and heat embossed using white embossing powder. The tree is fun because it has the eggs dangling from the branches and you get to pick your colors. I used a watercolor pencil to color them in and added polka dots using my white gel pen. I then stickled them to give them the glisten.

The eggs on the ground were drawn using my white gel pen and they were colored and sparkled up just like the tree. Wouldn't it be great if the Easter bunny were able to pull all his eggs from a a tree? (already decorated even)

The front of the card was stamped using Hero Arts Raindrop Design Block. Stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The sentiment was stamped using Versacolor Burgandy on the pattern paper. I then cut it to make a little banner. The Stickles were added to give it a little glimmer.

Everything else was just layering of the paper. I did emboss the taupe paper with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Take a peek at all the other design team members, you won't be disappointed.

Sarah Anderson
Stephanie Kraft
Ruby 2 Shoes
Savannah O'Gwynn
Mona Pendleton
Julie Ranae
Lisa Somerville

and our fabulous guest designer this month...

Jean F Banks

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks as always for stopping by!

P.S. I am pleased that the Hero Apronettes (including me) are taking over the Hero Arts Blog today as well. If you get a chance pop over there. I promise it will be egg-citing!

Suzz

Tag Tuesday Challenge # 44- Black & White

Louise's Tag challenge this week is to create a tag using only black and white...



I was looking forward to trying this out... I had visions of using the diamond pattern or a split image. Instead.....

I ended up using a mask and sponging on black dye ink. I liked the effect. The mask was one I have had for a long time and never used so I was happy to try it out.

I had a hard time finding a white Prima flower in my bin. I found four that were too large for my tag so I had to fold them over and create my flowers using that method.

The butterfly was embossed using the Zing black glitter embossing powder. I didn't think it had enough zing so I applied glitter with a glue pen around the edges.

The shape of my tag is very much inspired by Jacqueline's gorgeous tags that you can admire here. (The best part is she sent me some of them and they are hanging up in my craft room and they are beautiful!!!)

I took one set of pictures with no background paper and you couldn't see the white frame, so I re-took the pictures with my favorite Memory Box pattern paper (Happenstance).

Products:

• Hero Arts - Friends Definition
• Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Versafine - Onyx Black
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels 8
• Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Mini Masks - Floret
• Hero Arts - Gems
• Prima Flowers
• Hero Arts - Butterfly with Ferns
• American Craft - Zing - Black glitter embossing powder

Hope you are having a lovely Tuesday...

Suzz

Report Card Time

I don't think I would mind getting a report card like this... I had originally thought to make this a tag but the size would have required a tag card and I loved the report card image. So it just turned into a card. The background is from a package of goodies I purchased and I think it is 7 Gypsies Ephemera.



I was playing around with my Hero Arts Silhouette Grass and decided to use the report card background. The Grass is stamped with toffee mixed with vintage sepia. The dragonflies are from the Antique Engravings set from Hero Arts as well. They are stamped using a light green dye ink and I added some distress stickles. The bodies are Memory Box pearls and they are the perfect golden color to match the Toffee. The lace along the top is Stampers Anonymous and in the same lovely green dye ink.



Hope you have a lovely Sunday and that it is peaceful.



Suzz

Spring Maybe? and a few challenges

We just had such a beautiful week of warm spring weather. Then this morning we wake up with about an inch of snow on the ground and a light swirling snow and grey skies. That is our spring. :)

Louise's Tuesday Tag Challenge # 43 is to create a spring tag. The Moxie Fab World challenge is about Doily and Lace. So I put the two together following up on my card from yesterday and came up with this:

Can you tell I was experimenting with stamping the doily in different colors? I loved how the new Ranger Distress Ink Bundled Sage looked on the scrap cardstock that I turned it into my tag for the spring challenge. For me the indicator that spring started was the sighting of a Robin our backyard. So my tag is based on the birds and the nests.

Then I liked the effect of the sage lace so much I decided to create a card using the same concept.

The card uses a little bit of real lace for the nest with a little twine tied in a bow intertwined with the lace. There are a few pearls mixed in my doily. Our birds here are very creative as the last nest that fell had quite a few bits and pieces of thread and other items from the family. I am thinking they were pulling from the dryer trap outside.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Starburst Lace, Bird in Cage, Long Branch, Everyday Sayings
• Impression Obsession - Alesa Baker Design - D6973, Bird on a Candycane
• Ranger Distress Inks - Bundled Sage, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• B Line Design - Bird Silhouette Cube
• Pearls
• Vintage Lace, Twine, Lace Trim
• Marvy Uchida Corner Rounder

Have a fantastic day and hope the sun is shining by you.... (FYI my teenage son just got up and said "More Snow?" with a grimace which tells you we are done with snow as the kids always want more snow.)

Suzz

Moxie Fab Challenge - Doily and Lace

Who doesn't love a little lace or doily on their cards? This card is for the Moxie Fab Challenge Diggin on Doilies and Lace.

I am loving the Starburst Lace stamp from Hero Arts. I decided to use the Hero Arts soft shadow ink Soft Lilac (Shadow Ink) for the background. The flowers are from Penny Black 3360K Curlicue stamp and stamped using Versafine Royal Purple ink.

The ribbon is glued down using tape gun and glue dots. I started with a stripe of glue across the front of the card. I folded it over and glue dotted it down and repeated across the front. Very time consuming and if I had an ounce of sewing skills probably would be a lot easier. :)

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Play Date Cafe Challenge #21

The Play Date Cafe Challenge this week is a combination of yummy pinks and yellow. Look at these fantastic colors:

I played around with these colors and decided to go with my yellow sky again and some lovely pink flowers waving in the wind.

We have been having some fabulous sunny and warmer days and it feels like spring has finally sprung. That inspired this happy little scene.

Come on over and join in the challenge!

Suzz

Happy St. Patty's Day

Happy St. Patty's Day!

This was a tag I made awhile ago and never shared. I thought why not share it with you today as it is St. Patty's Day!

I also am going to share one of the cards I made for my BIL/SIL who have St. Patty's Day birthdays and are celebrating their 50th birthday today! Happy birthday Linda and Dave!

I tried stamping on my foil using my StaZon and apparently it is all dried up. So I improvised and did some dry embossing on the foil. Which I actually liked the effect.

So sorry I have been very busy with lots of different things and hopefully will be able to share a few of those other projects as the week goes on!

Have a wonderful day!

Suzz