Category: Hero Arts

OCC Stenciled: Day Four

Today I CASEd Julie Ebersole’s card in the Online Card Classes Stenciled Class. I’ve been waiting for that card since I first saw the class sneaks!

OCC Stenciled: Day Four

I just love the stencil pattern, the colors, the card design and the bird! I dry-embossed the white linen cardstock with the stencil, and then, with the template in place, the distress inks were applied. The effect of the dry embossing is subtle.

I made very few changes to Julie’s design, although I did use a different, but similar sentiment. I don’t own Worn Lipstick Distress Ink (how did that happen?) but combined Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry for the pink. I did make a boo boo – I used MT washi tape, which must not be as wide as the Lifestyle Crafts sticky tape she used. At any rate, I had to cut the embossed/inked panel even more, so I ended up shortening the card as well. It’s about 3 3/4″ wide by 5″ tall. Next time, I’ll measure the tape before I cut!

Supplies:
Hero Arts Bird Stamp
Crafters Workshop Echoes 6×6 Template
Hero Arts All Occasion Messages
Distress Inks

OCC Stenciled: Day Three

Today’s lesson in the Online Card Classes Stenciled Class focused on using embossing pastes with stencils. I followed one of the cards shown by Debby Hughes.

OCC Stenciled: Day Three

I made several modifications and simplifications on my card. For one, I didn’t use any mist on the card panel like Debby did. I can see how doing so would lend a little more softness and color. Instead I used a colored  card base rather than white. I used vellum, die cut with the Poppystamps Lorelai Leaf, as a substitute for one of the elements Debby used. The “hello” die cut is from Simon Says Stamp. The butterfly is cut with the Memory Box Vivienne Butterfly die cut. Like Debby, I used white embossing paste with the Hero Arts Tweed Pattern stencil.

This class is going by quickly! Right now my goal is to make a card each day and in the next several weeks I’ll revisit the techniques and designs.

OCC Stenciled: Day One

The Online Card Classes Stenciled Class began today. It’s the perfect way to head into the weekend!

For my card, I followed the one shown by Debby Hughes. Her cards are always perfection! Debby used a different stencil and sentiment (neither of which I own).

OCC Stenciled: Day One
Yes, white on white with a vellum overlay is difficult to photograph! My sentiment doesn’t take up the tag space as much as the one Debby used (she used one from a SSS set and it’s just beautiful). Because the sentiment I used talks about “brighter days” I chose yellow and orange inks for the tweed pattern stencil. The biggest issue was adhering the vellum to the card front. I placed clear foam adhesive behind the heat-embossed sentiment in a couple of spots. Obviously, if the sentiment was larger, I would have had more spots to hide the adhesive!

Have a fabulous weekend!

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Revisiting “Tiny Flags”

Happy Monday! I had so much fun using the Tiny Flags background stamp in this post that I decided to make some more cards with it. 🙂

For my first card, I paired a clear-embossed background with a die cut from the My Favorite Things “Celebrate” set for a black-and-white card.

CelebrateTinyFlags

Following the double-stamping technique shown by Jennifer McGuire with the Tiny Flags stamp in this post, I created another card pairing a double-stamped background and another die cut from the MFT set. I used a Stamp-a-ma-Jig to help line up the stamp when I shifted it for the second impression.

HappyTinyFlagsSupplies:

Ready for Color

Now that the new year is upon us, I’m craving color, quite possibly because it’s still winter (and dark and cold)!

Ready for Color

I added pattern to this card by clear embossing the new Hero Arts Tiny Flags background stamp. The sentiment is from one of my favorite Hero Arts sets – “Heydey Sentiments.” I really like the fonts in that set, especially to add graphic punch.

After finishing that card, I saw this card by Jennifer McGuire and created something similar (albeit simpler) heat embossing the Tiny Flags background with Hero Arts Sparkle embossing powder. (The sparkle doesn’t show up particularly well in the photo, but it lends a subtle shimmer.) I used the Hero Arts “My Favorite” set for the sentiment.

Ready for Color

Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (pink)