Mother's Day Cards

Hope you are having a great week. Here are some Mother's Day Cards for the current Hero Arts Blog challenge. I really like the new sewing-related stamps from Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn, especially since I have been doing some sewing lately.

I used scraps of fabric from a project I am working on to make a quilted background for the first card.

There are vintage snaps on the second card. The pattern piece (stamped on a vintage pattern) and a scrap of fabric (same as above) were cut out and held together with a needle.


























          I placed fabric (same as above) in the window card below and attached the pattern with a tiny pin with a couple of beads on the end. The Lawn Fawn sentiment worked perfectly with the Hero Arts stamps!



Stamp(s): Hero Arts (CL429 Simply Handmade, CL397 Sew Original, CG190 Variety And Quality; CL401 Speckled Ornaments, CG119 Flourish Background); Lawn Fawn (Sew Lovely)
Ink(s): Memories (White); ColorBox (Chestnut Roan); Tsukineko (Rich Cocoa)
Paper(s): Hero Arts (Carnation Folded Card); The Paper Cut (Folded Cards); The Paper Company (Kraft), McCall's (Vintage Pattern Scrap)
Other: Hero Arts (Pearls); JoAnn's (Fabric); Imaginisce.com (Button Brads); Bobbin Ribbon (Ribbon); Singer (Vintage Snaps, Needle)

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

April Card Chain Challenge

This little beauty arrived in my mailbox from Deborah, who hosts our fun Card Chain Challenge. Isn't it adorable? Every little detail is just perfect, from the masking and coloring right down to the flowers and bow. Thanks so much, Deborah! Hope you haven't had any run-ins with glue lately!  ;)

Here is the card I sent to Judy, which arrived in AL last week:

Here is another view (hard to get a good picture with Perfect Pearls):



Stamp(s): Hero Arts (CG181 Bird In Circle, CL380 Truly Appreciated, K5314 Silhouette Fern)
Ink(s): Tsukineko (Rich Cocoa); ColorBox (Chestnut Roan); Ranger (Peeled Paint, Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass)
Paper(s): Hero Arts (Punch Folded Card); Neenah (Classic Crest Solar White)
Other: Recollections (Pearls), Copic (Assorted Markers), Ranger (Perfect Pearls)

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

Our Daily Bread Designs

TGIF!

Here are two free make-and-takes from Our Daily Bread Designs that I made at the Heirloom Productions Indianapolis Rubber Stamp & Paper Festival:

 

And another (belated) Easter card:



Stamp(s): Our Daily Bread

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

Easter Card

Oops, I think I forgot to post this card at Easter. I made four or five of these and sent them to family.

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Stamp(s): Stampendous
Ink(s): Tsukineko (Tuxedo Black)
Paper(s): Neenah (Classic Crest Solar White); Recollections (Folded Note Cards)
Other: Copic (Assorted Markers)
 
Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

Endless Creations Part 2

Here are more cards that I made in the "It's Belts, Buckles and Binders" class with Beth from Endless Creations. If you would like to see Part 1, please click HERE.

I love the blue and brown combo on this off-center gatefold card:




Here is the inside:



Here is an adorable little Easter bunny card:



Here is the inside:



Stamp(s): Endless Creations
Paper(s): The Paper Cut
Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

Endless Creations Part 1

Here are more cards I made at the Heirloom Productions Indianapolis Rubber Stamp & Paper Festival. "It's Belts, Buckles and Binders" was taught by Beth Wagner from Endless Creations.

Here is a sympathy card:
 


Here is the inside, which repeats the pretty punched border:



Here is a lovely matchbook-style Christmas card:



Here is the inside:



Stamp(s): Endless Creations
Paper(s): The Paper Cut

I will share more cards from this class tomorrow. Hope your week is off to a great start!

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

Shaker Cards Part 2

Hope you are having a great Saturday or "Cat"urday if you get to spend it with your kitties like I do! Dusty and Penny were napping sweetly on the floor in my messy craft room for a moment, but that was in between causing havoc! Oddly enough Dusty just jumped off my desk. He must have seen what I typed!

Here are more cards that I made in the "Shake It" class with Sarah from ThePaperCut! If you would like to see Part 1, please click HERE.

This one almost makes me wish it was autumn:



This one is for happy birthday wishes:



This one is for Valentine's Day or everyday:



This one is for a brand new baby:



Stamp(s): Impression Obsession
Paper(s): The Paper Cut

Ok, I really must clean up in here now, including kicking the kitties out of my craft closet! I have been really busy making cards for Operation Write Home. There are cards, stamps, punches and other supplies and stuff everywhere. I think it is time to pack this batch up in a big box and send them on their way next week! Have a great day!

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

Shaker Cards Part 1

TGIF! Hope you are doing well.

In early March I went to the Heirloom Productions Indianapolis Rubber Stamp & Paper Festival. It was a lot of fun and I even had a chance to take a few classes. I promised to share the cards and here is the first set!

This class was called "Shake It" and it was all about shaker cards. Sarah from ThePaperCut was the instructor.

I like these pretty flowers w/ FlowerSoft:



I'm not much of a shoe person (and definitely not high heels), but this was fun to make:



I also made this pretty beach scene:



Stamp(s): Impression Obsession
Paper(s): The Paper Cut

I have another batch of shaker cards to share later (click HERE for Part 2). Have a great weekend!

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

Close To My Heart Card

Happy Wednesday!

This was a free Close To My Heart make-and-take from at the Heirloom Productions Indianapolis Rubber Stamp & Paper Festival:



Stamp(s): Close To My Heart

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

Shabby Chic Bird House

I hope you had a great weekend. I went to Dayton, OH yesterday for two great classes. It was nice so nice to see some sweet people again. I will post more about the classes when I finish up the cards. Big Thanks to hubby for driving and entertaining himself with a movie and shopping while I was busy stamping.

Here is a project I made for the Hero Arts Blog Home and Mother's Day Challenge. I found this unfinished birdhouse for 75% off at Archiver's a couple weekends ago. I think it cost less than $3!

Lots of stamps and supplies on this project. I think I listed them all below. Here are some close-ups:

 

Stamp(s): Hero Arts (CL408, CL402, CG139, CG119, K5313, LP169)
Ink(s): Hero Arts (Grass, Soft Leaf); Ranger (Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Victorian Velvet, Brushed Corduroy); ColorBox (Chestnut Roan); Memories (White)
Paint(s): Ranger (Snow Cap [Dabber], Picket Fence, Broken China, Tattered Rose [Crackle Paints])
Paper(s): Neenah (Classic Crest Solar White); The Paper Company (Kraft)
Other: KaiserCraft (Birdhouse); Hero Arts (CH137 Pearls); Copic (Assorted Markers); Prima (Flowers)

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,


P.S. Anyone have tips or tricks for formatting in Blogger? It always seems to want to add too many and/or not enough line breaks (drives me nuts)! Thanks!

Quilting with Hero Arts Stamps (Cling & Digi)

Have you seen The Brothers Bloom? There is a great line in that movie that sounds a lot like me... "I collect hobbies." Here is a little clip. LOL

Anyway to add to my many hobbies I took a Quilting 101 class on Saturday. Here is the quilt block I made in class:

I couldn't wait to get home and try quilting with some of my Hero Arts stamps for the new "Home" challenge! For this first mini quilt wall hanging (approx. 16" x 5") I stamped the Hero Arts Cling CG134 Large Flower multiple times directly on my fabric. I attached the flowers to some fusible interfacing, cut them out, pieced them back together, and ironed in place on my fabric squares. I used Copic markers on some parts of the flowers for variety and added orange fabric brads in the center.

This next one is my favorite. Not too bad for a beginner! It is a mini wall quilt (slighty larger than 12" x 12") that I made using the Hero Arts Big Blue Owl DigiKit. I just opened the owl stamp in PhotoShop Elements, resized it to fit my center fabric blocks, and then printed four owls on cotton inkjet fabric paper. I followed the same process above to attach the owls to my fabric.

It was lots of fun to make these and I'm already thinking of how to combine more Hero Arts stamps with my new quilting hobby!

Thanks for looking! Comments are appreciated!

Hugs,

April