Summer Card Camp Week 1

Hi there! Hope you are doing well.

I finally had a little time to play for Summer Card Camp Week 1. Here are the cards I made based on Jennifer McGuire’s card from class. Lots of fun with Hero Arts stamps and Ranger Distress Inks.

Stamps: Hero Arts (CL383, CG170, S5316); Inks: Ranger (Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord); Tsukineko (Versa mark); Papers: Canson (Watercolor); Hero Arts (Eggshell Notecard), Papertrey Ink (White Notecard); Other: Ranger (Perfect Pearls Mist); American Crafts (White Embossing Powder) 

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Hugs,
Joy

5 & Dime Cards

Hope you are having a great weekend! I’m leaving soon to teach a card class at my church!

Here are some cards I made recently with the October afternoon 5 & Dime collection. The top one is my favorite.

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Hugs,
Joy

Belated Father’s Day Post

Hope you are having a good week. Here is the card I sent to my Dad for Father’s Day.

I don’t know who made the bear stamp. I couldn’t read the name on the wood block. I colored the image with Copic markers. The graph background is by Hero Arts. On the inside is the bear’s hat (someone forgot to take a picture, though).

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Hugs,
Joy

Kitty Plays with Her iPad

Hi everyone. I’m Dustypenny’s (Joy’s) husband, and she asked that I post this video of our cat Penny playing with the iPad. This is a game from Friskies’ website. It took Penny a while to figure out how to play, but she became a real pro after she got the hang of it.
Click on the picture below and a new window/page will open with the video.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Oh, and I think I’m supposed to ask for comments and give you guys HUGS!
- Stephen (Mr. Dustypenny)

Watercolor Canvas

Hello. How are you?

Here is my entry for the first round of the current Hero Arts Challenge.

First I white embossed the Classic Bloom stamp six times. Then I water-colored the flowers with Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls Mist. Finally I cut them out and adhered them to the canvas (8” x 10”) with Glossy Accents.

I haven’t been blogging lately. Did you even notice I was gone? 

I have been really busy at work and at home. We saw Glee (live), we had our heating and air conditioning replaced (expensive!), a plumber was here to fix the guest room shower (the same day Stephen’s parent’s arrived from North Carolina for a visit!) and more.

I’ve taken at least eight (!) classes in the last month or so, seven of them featuring Hero Arts stamps:

• Two card classes with the talented Shari Carroll in Dyer, Indiana.
• Four classes with the dynamic duo of Jennifer McGuire and Shari Carroll in Dayton, Ohio.
• One Archiver’s class, Bold Backgrounds.
• One painting class, Poppies.

Hope I haven’t shared too much. I usually don’t have this much to say! I will post more pictures soon.

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Hugs,
Joy

Patterned Paper Cards

Hero Arts stamps and notecards, BasicGrey paper, Jillibean Soup paper

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Hugs,
Joy

June