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Canvas bookmarks

August 27, 2013

Hi, crafty friends!
I love reading as much as I love crafting, so today I have a set of bookmarks to share with you.

I wanted something nostalgic, so I decided to use canvas and paint along with stamps and inks. This is how I made them.
– I adhered the canvas on heavy cardstock and die cut the bookmark shapes.
– I colored them with acrylic paint (Distress pain).
– Once they were dry I stamped the script image using the Distress inks and the flourish image with white acrylic paint. I also distressed the edges with the white paint.
– I stamped the flowers on canvas,die cut them and adhered them on bookmarks.
– If the back side gets to messy, adhere another cardstock die cut.

And a little close-up to show the texture.
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Thanks for stopping by, I am sending you nicest wishes from Slovenia.
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Background stamp, 3 ways

August 23, 2013

Hi, everyone!  Michelle Lupton back again as a guest designer, this time covering for Michelle Liimatainen.

I love my background stamps.  I have quite a few (but you can never have enough, right!?), but there are a couple that I just keep coming back to.  “Flower dot pattern” is one of the ones I just adore – it is by Hero Arts and Basic Grey.

I thought I’d start with a piece of watercolour paper (half US letter size) and see what I could come up with.

 The starting point – some Stampin’ Up watercolour paper.

 The tools – stamp, Versamark ink, Hero Arts embossing powder (and 3 distress inks – colours are in the Inlinkz list below).

I heat embossed the stamped image in white, then I put some Distress Inks onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and dunked the paper into the ink.  Dried it with my heat tool, then cut some panels ready for my cards. 

For the first card, I used the largest panel and used it as a background.

 The sentiment banner looked a little lost by itself, so I swiped some white cardstock with Broken China Distress Ink and cut the borders for the top and bottom of the banner.

 
I used the smallest panel for the 2nd card, and I added some Perfect Pearls to parts of the image. 
 For the 3rd card (my personal favourite of the three), I fussy cut a portion of the background image, then I added some extra colour along with some Perfect Pearls Mists.

Have you checked out our latest challenge? There’s still time!!

 There’s a voucher for Simon Says Stamp for one lucky winner!

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day 🙂

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I’m Back . . . .with Flair!

August 22, 2013

Hello crafters!
 It’s Kelly, remember me?! I sure hope so 🙂
I’m sneaking in just before my official ABNH maternity leave is over to share two projects I made using some goodies from A Flair for Buttons!

These things are so cool I couldn’t resist playing along! The set I used is called Boy Toys 1 but since I never use anything the way I’m supposed to I also made you a girl card too 🙂

When I first saw these little guys I immediately thought of cards for teens. Specifically teens celebrating their “sweet” milestone with some wheels! I didn’t get my license when I was sixteen and my first car was anything but sweet! I pretended to be super cool in my 1993 teal tempo four door 🙂

Anywho, I like to think the wheels on these cards are way prettier than mine was!

I love the orange/teal combo for this truck card! I think it really sets off the flair while some glossy accents really make it shine.

To make my bug a little more girlie I covered it in glitter and added a bow next to my flair.

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Now that I’ll be around a lot more often I can’t wait to see what you make! I have missed you all so 🙂



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*Hero Arts Clear Stamps FIND JOY 2011 CL497
*Hero Arts Clear Stamps GOING 2011 CL478
*Hero Arts Clear Stamps CALICO BORDERS Studio Calico 2012 331074
*Hero Arts Clear Stamps MY HAPPY Studio Calico 2011 ST508
*American WHITE TAGS #8 15 Pack Tim Holtz 12 Days of Christmas 6 1/4 by 3 1/8 21318
*Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK AIP31468
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD RIPE PERSIMMON Ranger FALL
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger SUMMER
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger SPRING
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD BLACK SOOT Ranger
*Ranger STICKLES STAR DUST Stardust White Clear Glitter Glue
Aqua Blue and White
Timeless Twine Raspberry Pink and White
Tuxedo Black and White
Boy Toys A Flair for Buttons
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Background Text Stamping!

August 19, 2013

Hey friends! Today’s post has some sadness to it, as this is my last post as a member of the super awesome A Blog Named Hero Design Team. The past seven months have been such a fun experience! I have so enjoyed getting to stamp with these fabulous ladies. The whole design team is so funny (hilarious actually), generous, creative, talented, crazy, and just plain old awesome! Thank you to Linda and Mary Dawn for allowing me to be a part of this blog journey. I’m so happy to have joined you! I will always be a fan of A Blog Named Hero! I will miss you! XOXO 

Today’s cards are made with a fun technique of making your own background text paper. I love combining sentiments and I love text papers. They are the perfect neutral background. Today I took a bunch of different stamp sets from Hero Arts (of course!), that have the same font, and stamped away. I made a couple of retro ‘friend’ cards perfect to send our gal pals. Love the cute typewriter and phone! 

Aqua and olive green always mean retro to me. I really like the “typewriter” font for an old fashioned flair too. The first card was stamped with black ink…And the second card was stamped in brown ink… I couldn’t decide which one I liked better! This technique is cool and creative. You can be as wild or as mild as you want. For today’s cards I chose all the same font. This is also really fun when you combine colors and different font types.

I got out my background paper… my stamps…

I just started stamping away!

And more stamping…..

And more stamping….

Then I finally got it the way I liked it…so I cut it! LOL. All that work, just to slice it into an oval… Cool though, right? 

 I used one of the sentiments to stamp hi! on my typewriter paper too.

 
I really Hope that you enjoyed this little project and idea – and hope you’ll give it a try! 
Thank you so much to everyone at A BLOG NAMED HERO for making this such a fun 
Design Team Opportunity!   Love you guys! 

InLinkz.com

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Shades of Grey

August 17, 2013

Ardyth here, bringing you a very shady post! I have always loved grey (don’t even ask how many grey sweaters I have in my closet!) and I’m thrilled that it’s so trendy these days. 
I’ve seen people colour their images with only shades of grey – if you have Copic markers, you’re in luck, because they make about a million different shades of grey and that makes it really easy to achieve some interesting shading effects.
For my first two cards, I simply stamped an image in black ink and then shaded with Cool Grey tones. The results are moody and metallic and (in the case of the butterfly at least, a little Steampunk). I added some coloured bling for sparkle and contrast.
For my third card, I used the Warm Grey shades, and added more colour. The result is a real emphasis on the fun ornaments and the tree itself definitely takes a bit of a back seat.

It’s a different way to colour images and definitely gives a dramatic look – give it a try!
Don’t forget about our current challenge Victorious Vellum, running until August 31 for a chance to win a $25 gift voucher from our sponsor Simon Says Stamp!

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*Hero Arts Rubber Stamp ARTISTS BUTTERFLY Summer
*Hero Arts Rubber Stamp ETCHED DAISY 2013 f5741
*Hero Arts Rubber Stamp DECORATED TREE k5440 Christmas
*Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK
*Ranger STICKLES STAR DUST Stardust White Clear Glitter Glue
*Copic Sketch MARKER C9 COOL GRAY Grey
*Copic Sketch MARKER C7 COOL GRAY Grey
*Copic Sketch MARKER C5 COOL GRAY Grey
*Copic Sketch MARKER C3 COOL GRAY Grey
*Copic Sketch Marker C1 COOL GRAY Grey
*Copic Sketch Marker W9 WARM GRAY NO.9 Dark Blend Blending
*Copic Marker REFILL W7 WARM GRAY Original Sketch & Ciao
*Copic Marker REFILL W5 WARM GRAY Original Sketch & Ciao
*Copic Sketch MARKER W3 WARM GRAY Grey
*Copic Marker REFILL W1 WARM GRAY Original Sketch & Ciao
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Thank you to everyone who participated in our birt Thank you to everyone who participated in our birthday celebration Instagram Hop last week! It was so lovely to celebrate with past and present design team members. The winner has been chosen randomly from comments on day 2, stop 7, and the winner is @waterlily57 ! Congratulations! I will send you a DM to let you know how you can collect your prize!
This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is celebrating the 9th anniversary of our first challenge! To help us celebrate, we have invited some design team alumni and special guests to join us for an Instagram hop over two days! We also have one $50 Hero Arts gift card to be won! This will be drawn from all the comments on all the stops, so the more you hop and comment, the better your chance to win.
The full hop list can be found at the bottom of this post, and you next stop is @art_of_albara
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This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is This month, the design team at @ablognamedhero is celebrating the 9th anniversary of our first challenge! To help us celebrate, we have invited some design team alumni and special guests to join us for an Instagram hop over two days! We also have one $50 Hero Arts gift card to be won! This will be drawn from all the comments on all the stops, so the more you hop and comment, the better your chance to win.
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The full hop list can be found at the bottom of this post, and you next stop is @lindatracedesigns
Rules:
-Follow @ablognamedhero. Please don’t follow just to unfollow after the giveaway is over.
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-Optional: tag your friends - one per comment.
-Entries accepted until April 7th, and the winner will be announced on the @ablognamedhero page and in the IG stories.
-No giveaway accounts.
By entering the giveaway, you confirm that you are over 13 years of age, and agree with Instagram’s terms and conditions, as well as release Instagram and Facebook of any responsibility. This giveaway is not sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram or Facebook.
***Good luck, have fun, and make sure you come back tomorrow for day 2!
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Gale here! We're gearing up for the 9th Anniversa Gale here!  We're gearing up for the 9th Anniversary celebration of our blog!  Be sure to visit Instagram for our giveaway hop on April 1st-2nd filled with stops from your favorite Hero Arts artists!  For more info on this easy and fun project, please visit thedarbycreekdiaries.com
Hello! Michelle here sharing a card at #ablognamed Hello! Michelle here sharing a card at #ablognamedherofacebookpage  for the floral challenge at #ablognamedhero 
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What is better than Birthday cake? Birthday cake w What is better than Birthday cake? Birthday cake with flowers 🙂 There are still a few days left on our Floral challenge and you can see details of my card on my blog. Have a great day, Mateja M
https://apocketfulofstamps.blogspot.com/2021/03/floral-birthday.html
Hi! @jenniferkotas here with another card for the Hi! @jenniferkotas here with another card for the Floral Challenge. There’s still a few more days to enter your own project. More info on my blog. #ablognamedhero #ablognamedherofacebookpage #heroarts
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Here's easy and elegant inspiration for the "A Blog Named Hero's" current floral challenge! The details are on my blog (link in bio!). Enjoy!
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Michelle here today, and I'm sharing a floral card Michelle here today, and I'm sharing a floral card on the #ablognamedherofacebookpage  for the floral challenge at #ablognamedhero 
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