Thank you ~fall color~

I made a "Thank you" card using fall colors, 

referred color palette of Hero Arts September contest.

http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/september-2012-contest-details/

This is my card.

I did water coloring again! and this time I also used perfect pearls for the flowers.
They are shinning in real life. Here is the closer look.

Oh, and I put glossy accents on the hearts. :)

By the way, I love woodgrain stamp! It's so versatile!

*Supplies*

Stamps (all from Hero Arts):

CL500 Love Every Day

S5208 Designer Woodgrain

CG409 Keep Calm (Thank you sentiment)

Clear embossing powder (from Hero Arts)

Inks : Black dye ink (Hero Hues), Iris Chalk ink (Hero Hues), Peeled paint Distress ink (from Ranger), Chicken Feed dye ink (from Jenni bowlin for Ranger), Lavender Sachet dye ink (from Jenni bowlin for Ranger) 

Perfect Pearls (from Ranger)

Brown Suede ribbon, Green Satin ribbon

Thank you for looking my project! :) 

DAZZLING DAY! ~birthday card~

It's time for challenging Hero Arts contest!

I decided to stretch some holiday stamps this time and made a birthday card.

I used Swirl Christmas CL469 and Magical background CL211.

And I chosen "WISHING YOU A DAZZLING DAY!" sentiment from Many birthday message CL611. It's perfectly matching well with those holiday stamps isn't it? :)

I love Hero Arts inks too! They are all great...

I picked up soft blossom shadow ink, Iris chalk ink for stars, and Cup O' Joe mid-tone ink for magical background. I thought it's still something missing for my background image... so I added Newspaper background too and applied two distress ink colors (Vintage Photo, Antique Linen)  to finish up my background.

Thank for looking my card! :)

It's a birthday parade!

It's time for challenging an another A Blog Named Hero challenge!

This time is "Freestyle"!! which means I can make anything I want!

http://www.ablognamedhero.blogspot.jp/2012/08/challenge-9-freestyle.html

So I made birthday card which I use the most throughout the year.

I picked up "It's A Parade" stamp to celebrate birthday and I found the perfect sentiment for this stamp. It's perfect matching I think! ;)

And when I was watching Olympic swimming, one particular national flag caught my eyes!

Which country??? It's USA! and I totally got inspired!! :)

By the way my favorite swimming Olympian is Ryan Lochet♥ 

*Supplies*
Stamp: It's A Parade (Hero Arts:G5469)
          Many Birthday Messages (Hero Arts:CL611)
White embossing powder : Hero Arts
Pattern paper : Echo Park "Dots&Stripes" Christmas collection 6x6

Photo frame card

This card is entering Hero Arts July contest.

The theme is "Creating Paper Flowers".

I made bunch of mini spiral roses using "Newspaper Background" stamp.

I stamped image on white cardstock with pink and yellow ink and colored around the edges with the same inks. Some of the pink roses are white embossed. 

Here is the closer look of mini spiral roses.

The photo frame has clear plastic panel, it's adhered to behind the woodgrain frame.

I printed "Woodgrain Pattern" (it's digital from Hero Arts) onto kraft cardstock,

I then trimmed it to look like a polaroid shape. 

*Supplies*
Stamp:Newspaper Background (S5601)
Digital kit:Woodgrain pattern (available at Two Peas in a bucket)
Designer Paper:Earth (PS633 Hero Hues)
Inks:Chewing Gum (Pink), Malted Milk (Yellow) both from Jenni bowlin for Ranger
     :Soft blossom(Hero Arts Shadow ink), Antique Linen (Distress ink from Ranger)
Doily lace paper
White lace ribbon
White organdy ribbon
Ivory satin ribbon
Some peal and brown stones

Thinking of you

This card is entering Hero Arts June contest "Thinking of you".

I used one of the great sketches which is Hero Arts designed for the contest, I love circles!

and thought one of the digital kits I have from Hero Arts 

would perfectly work. The digital kit I used for this card is "HA Circlets"

I printed some circles ( all circles are same size ) onto white cardstock, I then cut out circle shapes slightly smaller than printed circles and used 3D form tapes, so you can see all the circle images through the windows. :) I also added some wood veneer stars from Studio Calico. 

http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/june-2012-contest-details/

*Supplies*

HA Circlets (Digital kit is available over at Two Peas in a bucket)

Stamp:CG211 (Magical Background, white embossing)

         CL476 (sentiment: Thinking of you)

Wood Veneer from Studio Calico

Lawn Fawn

An another card challenge!

It's Simon Says Stamp "Clean and Simple" challenge.

I only have a few Lawn Fawn stamps but I definitely keep collecting their stamps.

Because they are all adorable! 

The stamp set I used for this card is one of their Christmas collections,

but it's very versatile. 

*Supplies*

Stamp: Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum (Lawn Fawn)

          Stella and Rose "Remember" (My Mind's Eye)

          Take the cake B-day bash collection (Imaginisce)

Paper: Tea for two 6x6 pad from Cosmo Cricket

Others: layered arches punch from Martha Stewart

You're the Best

I made a card for entering A blog named Hero Challenge #4: Dust 'Em Off.

http://ablognamedhero.blogspot.jp/2012/05/challenge-4-dust-em-off.html

I used HeroArts Artistic Circles background stamp to make main element.

I bought this stamp last year around holiday season and haven't used it

 since holidays were over.

It was fun to be able to play along with my favorite ink pads and perfect pearls.

And an another new addiction? It's Studio Calico!

These little stars are wood veneer. 

*Supplies*

Stamp: Artistic Circles (HeroArts/S5530) 

         Sending Smiles (HeroArts/CL490) 

Paper: Classic Calico 6x6 pad from Studio Calico

         Dot's&Stripes 6x6 pad from Echo Park

Others: Perfect pearls form Ranger

          Wood veneer from Studio Calico

          Silver glitter