Happy Monday crafty friends! Kim with you today featuring another Monochromatic card! That’s the challenge this month and you still have time to play along!

For my project I chose the Warm Hogs set by Hero Arts 🙂 I have always wanted a pet pig! I think I started bugging my parents for one when I was five (LONG time ago…) So my Mom decided to start a porcelain pig collection for me, lol! I still have not given up on having one of my own one day!

I started by die cutting a piece of Strathmore Bristol paper with one of my Rounded Rectangle dies so that I could do some ink blending using the Hero Arts Graphic Snowflake stencil and some Tattered Rose and Spun Sugar Distress Ink in the centre of the panel.

I then stamped and coloured my piggy with my Copic Sketch markers using R20, R01 and R000 and used the accompanying die.

I die cut my Hero Arts Christmas sentiment using Tonic mirror card stock. I lined up my die cut so that I could stamp the secondary sentiments and the snowflakes using Rose Gold embossing powder. Once that was complete I glued my die cut and my piggy to the card base.

To finish off I added some sequins to the panel and glued it to fun foam and placed it on the card base! You still have time to enter the challenge!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

 

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Happy Friday crafty friends! Kim with you this morning inspired by the current challenge theme Sparkle and Shine!

I really wanted to use the Sunburst Bold Prints background stamp on this project, I love the design of this stamp. I decided to go with a tone on tone background in colors that make me feel like summer!

I used Pale Tomato Shadow Ink for the tone on tone look and decided to use Kraft paper as the card base to offset the look. That inspired my choice of colored pencils for the Blossoms for Coloring all, also stamped on Kraft paper. I chose a mix of pinks and corals for the flowers and some yellows for the flower centres. I used my white colored pencil for highlights. I love the look of colored pencils on Kraft!

I then placed my colored flowers and leaves back in my stamp positioner and stamped them with Versamark ink and used some gold sparkle embossing powder on top. I love the effect! I die cut my flowers with the accompanying dies.

I then used the twine that was in the Hero Arts July card kit (If my memory serves) to unify the Kraft look. I popped-up my flowers and leaves with foam tape over the twine and added some glossy accents to the centres.

Once I was happy with the flower placement, I chose my sentiments. All from the Hero Arts Wonderful Stamp and Cut set. For the Wonderful die, I sandwiched some StickIt, Fun Foam and gold glitter paper to give it dimension. I simply stamped the accompanying sentiments on Kraft paper with some Hero Arts black die ink. I really liked the way this project turned out.

 

You still have time to join in on the fun at the challenge! 

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

 

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Happy Tuesday crafty friends! Kim with you this morning sharing a quick and easy Birthday card as the challenge this month is all about birthdays!

I decided to use the beautiful Butterfly Pair Stamp and Cut for my card today. I love the detail in these butterflies! I randomly stamped the two butterflies from this set on white cardstock.

I chose a rainbow array of Copic markers and colored them in order from top right down to the bottom left.

Once that was complete I die cut my panel with one of the Hero Arts Rounded Rectangle Dies and added some white gel pen detail on the centres and the wings of the butterflies.

I chose the fantastic Happy Stamp and cut for my sentiment and die cut it from black cardstock and fun foam. I felt the sentiment was lost with all the black so I chose this gold glitter paper and added that on top of the sentiment at an angle. I then white embossed the birthday from the Butterfly Pair set on black cardstock. I finished by adding some sequins. This card was quite simple and quick to put together.

Go check out the challenge you still have time to enter!

Kim

 

 

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Happy Sunday crafty friends! Kim with you this morning sharing a summer inspired flower card!

Like many of you I am sure, I adore summer. The beach, the sun, the smell of freshly cut grass and the beauty of gorgeous summer flowers!

I really wanted to use the the Blossoms for Coloring set (CM255), I love the modern clean lines of these blossoms. I decided to color them with my Copic markers in rainbow colors. I used the accompanying dies. I then took my panel and die cut it with he Hero Arts Rounded Rectangle dies.

I decided the panel needed a little color so I used my Every Which Way stencil selectively coloring certain spots with my Soft Pool Ink and my ink blending tool. I then lined up my sentiment from the Hand Drawn Everyday Messages and stamped it with my Hero Arts Black Die Ink.

I used a mix of foam tape and glue to place my flowers and leaves on the panel and cut the excess off the sides. I finished it all off with various embellishments!

Thanks for taking the time, go check out the fun Summertime Fun Challenge you still have time to enter!

Kim

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Happy Thursday! Kim with you here this morning sharing a fun watercolor card!

I decided to use one of my favorite Hero Arts flowers the Antique Rose Stem.

I stamped it repeatedly on my watercolor card stock with my Versamark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I heat set the flowers each time I stamped to make it easier to see my next stamping section.

I then colored my flowers with my paints, this is such a fun and relaxing project watching them come together as you build layers with the color. I decided on a rainbow, who doesn’t love a rainbow and I added a wash of light blue over the background.

I added my Hero Arts Thank You sentiment die cut from woodgrain paper and the sub-sentiment from the Hello Stamp and Cut. I had originally wanted to add black paint splatters but I forgot… So I simply added a few black dots with the dot from the Happy Stamp and Cut.

 

Thanks for taking the time! Go check out the challenge!

Kim

 

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