Penny Black - Big 18th Birthday

My Sister-in-Law asked me for an 18th Birthday card for her niece.  I love working with these PB ladies, they are classy and fun!

Products used:

All stamps from Penny Black

Hello Gorgeous - 30-097

Sentiment: Sweet Wishes - 30-104

Background flowers: Glory of Modesty - 40-206

Polka Dots: Dots in Space - 40-144

Inks:

Hero Arts Mid-Tone - Grape Juice, Charcoal and

Versafine Onyx Black

Zing CLear Embossing Powder

 Grey Polka Dot Pattern Paper - American Crafts - My Girl 6x6 paper pack

American Crafts Thickers

Thanks for taking the time!!

Kim

Easter Smooches - CAS-ual Fridays

***Edit, this was the selected winner for the Paper Smooches Sparks for the week submitted***

Happy Easter! This is the tag that I made for my nieces and nephews Easter chocolate bags.  I am submitting it for the Paper Smooches Sparks - Picture Perfect Challenge and the CAS-ual Fridays - CFC96: Funny Bunny (anything but a card challenge).

Products used:

Paper Smooches stamp sets - Chubby Chums and A Little Lovin'

Ink - Hero Arts Mid-Tone - Cornflower

and Versafine Onyx Black

Die cut buttons - Impression Obsession dies.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Hero Arts - Hello Spring!

So this is the second part of the month-long Hero Arts contest over at Flickr.  The theme and colours were such fun to work with at the tail-end of the winter that wouldn't go away! But, on a really positive note, spring has finally sprung in Montreal! Snow is melting, sun is shinning and my dogs need a bath after every walk lol!  So, here are my last two for the March contest:

I was playing with my dies following the partial die cut from the Hero Arts blog. :)

Products used above:

Stamps all Hero Arts

Leafy Vines: S5634

Sentiment: Say it all - CL574

Alphabet Uppercase Dies- Hero Arts - D1061

Butter Bar Mid-Tone ink, Hero Arts

Field Green Mid-Tone ink, Hero Arts

Cornflower Mid-Tone ink, Hero Arts

Butter Zing Embossing Powder

Hero Arts flowers

And playing with my Inktense pencils on this one.

Products:

Hero Arts, Antique Engravings- CL383

Sentiment, Find Joy - CL497

Hero Arts notecard

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Paper Smooches Sparks Color Challenge

This one is for this weeks Paper Smooches Sparks Color Challenge.

Products used:

All stamps Paper Smooches

Woofers and Tweeters - DES128

Sentiment Sampler - A1S013

Lifestyle Embossing Folder

America Crafts Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic 6x6 paper pack (Green)

American Crafts Shoreline 6x6 paper pack (Yellow)

My Minds Eye Enamel Dots

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

CAS-ual Fridays - CFC95: No Stamps

This one is for the CAS-ual Fridays No Stamps challenge, you don't realize how much you rely on your stamps! This is what I came up with:

Products used:

Lawn Cuts Heart Dies

Studio Calico wood veneers

Cuttlebug James' Set Embossing folder

Pattern Paper - Cosmo Cricket, Summer Love 8x8 pack

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

New Lawn Fawn Dies

My Scrapbook Store (Scrapbook Centrale, DDO, Québec) received the new Lawn Fawn Dies last week. I was impatiently waiting for those! Here is one for my cousin's daughters birthday.  

Products used:

Lawn Fawn - Say Cheese Die

Lawn Fawn - Critters Down Under

Lawn Fawn - Bannerific with matching die

My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots

Inks:

Distress: Tumbled GLass, Broken China and Peacock Feathers

Versamark Onyx Black

Memories Tuxedo Black

Hero Arts - Mid-Tone Tide Pool

Copics, Washi Tape

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Penny Black - Graceful

This is the last one of the day! Can you tell that I was watching the provincial Liberal leadership convention this afternoon! Lol. I so fell in love with this daisy Penny Black stamp.  Felt like going with blue, my candidate didn't win!

Products used:

Stamps: Penny Black, Graceful - 4313J

Sentiment: Penny Black, To You - 30-067

Inktense watercolor pencils

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Hero Arts Note Card.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Lawn Fawn Crocodile

Made this one for my nephews birthday.  Love this set by Lawn Fawn.

Products used:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters Down Under and A Birdie Told Me (with matching die)

Basic Grey wood flags - Kneehighs and Bowties

Hero Arts folded cards

Lawn Trimmings Retro

Versafine Onyx Black Ink and CLear embossing powder

Copics

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

CAS-ual Fridays - CFC94: Chipboard

I haven't submitted to the CAS-ual Fridays blog in a couple of weeks, felt good to try another.  I rarely use chipboard on my cards but I like the way this one turned out.

Products used:

Lifestyle Quick Kutz Embossing folder

Chipboard: My Mind's Eye "Happy Days"

Stamp: Hero Arts, Love every day - CL500

Studio Calico wood veneer flowers

Ink: Fired Brick Distress, Antique Linen Distress, Tide Pool - Hero Arts Mid-Tone and Versafine Onyx Black

Teresa Collins black enamel dot.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Paper Smooches Sparks

This one is for this weeks Paper Smooches Sparks - sketch challenge. I used My Mind's Eye "Unforgettable" paper pack and the sweet "Nine Lives" Paper Smooches stamps.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Hero Arts Mason Jar

I was anxious to play with this new set.  I am so looking forward to summer and I guess that colour palette represents that mood! :)

Stamps:

Hero Arts Love Jar (CL673) and Live Life (CL493) and Many Dots (CL519), note card also Hero Arts (Snow) and yellow layering paper as well.  Inks Mid-Tone Butter Bar, Pale Tomato and Memories Black.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Sunday Smooches

Quiet Sunday = Time to play in my space.  I do love these Paper Smooches stamps. I will enter this one in the Paper Smooches Sparks (all about smiles this week) and the Runway Inspired Challenge which, offered up a Kate Spade as the inspiration.  Both inspiration photos can be found at the end of this post.

Stamps: Paper Smooches "Good Gab" and "Sentiment Sampler"

Inks: Hero Arts Mid-Tone Bubble Gum and Neon Pink

Copic markers for the smiley bee

Thanks for taking the time! 

Kim

Finally signs of Spring!

Well, a happy Saturday it is! It's 8 degrees (celsius) and sunny, can't tell you how much that helps the mood :) So working with the colours from this months Hero Arts contest was refreshing!

Both feature Hero Arts note cards and inks.

Above:

Hero Arts Jumping Flower (G5750) and

Sentiment from Find Joy (CL497)

Embossed with white powder then stamped with Hero Arts Soft Purple

Sentiment was stamped with Hero Arts Charcoal Gray Mid-Tone ink

Hero Arts Six Petal Flower (F5728) and

Sentiment from Sending smiles (CL490)

Inks all Hero Arts Butter Bar, Soft Purple, a mix of Cornflower and Sky Blue and Charcoal Gray.

Thanks for taking the time and have a great weekend!

Kim

Hero Arts - Hello Spring

Happy Sunday! Over at Hero Arts this month it's all about Spring (can't wait for that!) The theme is Hello Spring, colour challenge or the featured letter tiles technique.  I had a nice quiet long weekend from the office so I had time to play.  I really like the colours chosen for the challenge so both are around that and one features letter tiles.

On the one above,  I used the new Hero Arts Alphabet uppercase - D1061

Background: Hero Arts: Looped Circle, S5633

Ink HA Mid-Tone - Green Hills and Charcoal

Cuttlebug embossing folder - polka dots

Perfect Pearls

I like the size of these sentiments, makes it easy to make them the focus.

Butterflies and sentiment from Hera Arts, Made with love - CL491

Charcoal mid-tone ink, Green Hills and Soft green Shadow ink.

Some washi and pearls.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Hero Arts - Fleurettes

I wanted to start using my watercolor pencils and I was inspired by a card done by Jill Foster. I used Hero Arts stamps.

Products used:

Stamps: Hero Arts

Flower - Fleurettes, K5597

Sentiment - Say it all, CL574

Text background also Hero Arts...But I lost the wrapper

Distress inks: Pumice stone and Vintage photo

White gel pen Uni-ballsigno broad

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim