CAS(E) this Sketch 111

Here's CAS(E) this Sketch 111, brought to you by our former teammate Lesley.

And here's my take on it.

 
Yep, I turned it 90 degrees and flipped it. Totally rogue.
The stag head that was laying on my craft table finally found a home
on the card. I masked off, then ink distressed a contrasting color under him.
The gold embossed sentiment is from Savvy Stamps and the sequins are Pretty Pink Posh.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the design team interpreted the sketch
and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, February 26th,
and as a winner, you may be joining us as a guest designer!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Hero Hostesses Blog Hop!

Welcome to Hero Arts 2015 Spring Catalog Blog Hop! 

All this week the Hero Hostesses will be sharing projects featuring fabulous stamps
from the new Spring release. If you've been following along, you should have arrived
here from the blog of the effervescent Judy Jung.

Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn comments.
For a chance to win, simply comment on ANY blog post on ANY day, including each day's
starting post at the Hero Arts blog. And the more comments you leave, the better your chance
of winning! You can find today's master hop list here.

Now it's time to meet my card.
Earlier on Instagram, I shared a shot of my ink smooshed background, ala Laurafadora.
It was all dressed up with nowhere to go.

When I saw Absolutely Awesome, I knew that it belonged on my card.

I love the mixed fonts on the sentiment, with the cool handwriting of our own
Kelly Rasmussen. I'm hoping to see more original sentiments from Kelly in the future.

After white embossing Lines Background on watercolor paper, I inked various colors of
Distress inks on an acrylic block, spritzed some water, and then "smooshed" the block
onto the card. I love how the colors pooled in certain areas of the design.

The sentiment was gold embossed on vellum and I used spray adhesive to attach it to the card.
 Some gold sequins finished off the card.

Next up is my hostess sista, Lin. I can't wait to see what she's created!

Remember that all products shown on the hop are now on sale in the Hero Arts Online Store.

Happy hopping, and happy shopping!

ALTENEW February 2015 Blog Hop

  Welcome to Altenew's first 2015 Release Blog Hop!

You should have arrived here from the amazing Kristina Werner's blog. If not,
start here at the beginning and be sure to leave comments along the way to win prizes!

Not yet a year old, this company was launched in April 2014, and has quickly gained

recognition among paper crafters. All stamps are available for purchase in the Altenew store

and for pre-order at Simon Says Stamp.

  I was thrilled with the invitation to join the hop with such a stellar line up! Before I tell you
about the awesome prizes, let me share my cards with you.

 The first uses To the Moon, a unique set with lunar images and an assortment
of coordinating sentiments.

After white embossing the moon and sentiment, I ink distressed over it with

three different Distress inks. I spattered the surface with water and white ink

and finished off the card with some glittery stars.

The next two cards use a flower from Floral Motifs, colored in two different ways.

 For this card, I gold embossed the flower and colored it in with Copics.
I added some watercolored squiggles on the side and finished off with a sentiment
from Birthday Greetings. Isn't that a gorgeous font?

  My last card is an homage to Tasnim and her "no line" watercoloring that she shares
here on You Tube. Please don't stare too closely as I'm still a novice when it comes
to the technique and out of the dozen that I tried, this one looked the best.
The sentiment is also from Birthday Greetings.

Now about those prizes...
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away five stamp sets of choice to 
three lucky winners! The winners will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

And there's more! I will choose a winner from comments left on this post
and the prize will be two stamp sets of your choice! How awesome is that?

You have until Friday, February 20th, at 11:59pm EST to leave your comments.
You may enter up to two comments:
1. Comment on the project or the stamps.
2. "Like" Altenew on Facebook and let us know.

 The winner will be announced on Saturday, February 21st at 9:00am EST.

Now hop over to Amy's fab blog to see her projects and don't forget to leave comments!

Happy Hopping and Good Luck!

Mini Pet Notecards

Today I'm up on the Hero Arts blog sharing some playful pet notecards

that feature matching toys and accessories. Here's a look at one of the cards.
 

The dog bone and other accessories come with matching dies--a big plus

for the scissors challenged (like me!). And I turned a background stamp 90 degrees

for a totally different look.
 

Visit the Hero Arts blog to see more pets and accessories and find out

what background stamp I used. Hint: It's nautical.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Tag You're It Challenge 15

This week's inspiration photo for Tag You're It #15 is a card that I designed but never shared.
It features the "no line" watercoloring technique that Tasnim shared a while back.

And here's my tag.

I was inspired by the colors of the origami fish, and inked up the jewels and sentiment
from WPlus9. All the jewels were colored with Copics and I added a sprinkling of sequins
and finished off the tag with a bit of washi tape.

Visit Tag You're It to see how my teammates were inspired, and join us if you can.
You have until Wednesday, February 25th to enter your tag(s) and the winner
will have the opportunity to guest design on a future challenge!

Hope to see you in the gallery!
 

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CAS(E) this Sketch 110

Here's CAS(E) this Sketch 110, brought to you by our teammie Leigh.

And here's my take on it.

I was tempted to flip the sketch but stayed true to it this time.
After inking a piece of watercolor paper with Distress inks, I die cut Hero Arts
gorgeous chrysanthemum and attached and trimmed it to nestle the corner.
The hybrid sentiment is by Papertrey Ink and Studio Calico.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of my teammates interpreted the sketch
and join us if you can. Link up your project(s) by Thursday, February 19th.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
 

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CAS(E) this Sketch 109

Are you ready for CAS(E) this Sketch 109? Here it is, brought to you by Sam.

And here's my take on it.

I'm smitten with the Mama Elephant chickies. After coloring them with Copics,
I die cut and attached them to the card along with some dotty paper
from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from WPlus9.

Please stop by CAS(E) this Sketch to see how my teammates interpreted the sketch
and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, February 12th.

Thanks for stopping by!
 

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Thankful

Today on the Hero Arts blog I'm sharing a card using the stencil + water technique.

Here's a glimpse of the card.

Visit Hero Arts for the full card reveal and instructions 

on how the card was made.

All products from the Hero Arts 2015 Spring Catalog have been shipped

to retail stores and will be in the Hero Arts online store on February 17th.

Thanks for stopping by today!