This is a “just because” card. I was playing with the new Hero Arts alphabet dies and decided to make a tic-tac-toe board for the x’s and o’s. I created the grid in Photoshop, as my perfectionism prevented me from drawing it freehand!
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Category: Hero Arts
Color Blocking
After making this card, I decided to make a similar one inspired by this gorgeous color-blocked card by Maile Belles for the CLASSroom at Ellen Hutson’s. Maile Belles is a phenomenal cardmaker/stamper whose work never ceases to inspire me!
I played around with the ratios of the colors a bit and found that the card design was most appealing when the three colors were used in different amounts.
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Retrosketches #46 with Hero Arts stamps
The sketch at Retrosketches this week presented a terrific design challenge of balancing pattern and color.
The ever-so-slightly longer days here in the Pacific Northwest have me thinking about spring and led to my choice of bright-colored cardstock and a floral motif for my card.
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (yellow); Colorbox white pigment ink; May Arts twine; My Mind’s Eye button
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A Few of My Favorite Things
Today I’m sharing a card inspired by two cards – one by Kelley Eubanks and the other by Kelly Rasmussen. The two cards were featured side-by-side in the March/April 2012 Paper Crafts magazine.
As the holiday cardmaking season comes to a close, I’m reflecting on some of my favorites from this year. To begin with, I find inspiration on a regular basis from the Paper Crafts magazine! I’ve reached for the Hero Arts music background again and again. (In the card shown above, I stamped it with VersaMark ink.) I’ve already mentioned how much I like the “Warm Wishes” sentiment from the Hero Arts/Studio Calico set. And the color combination of light blue, red and kraft always makes me happy!
Supplies: Stampin’ Up embossing powder; ColorBox ink (white); VersaColor ink (bamboo)
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Hero Arts 2013 Debut
As soon as I saw the new Hero Arts stamps, I knew exactly the card I wanted to make first! I revisited the tag I’d made for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge based on Jennifer McGuire’s tag. At some point I plan to stamp the bird onto watercolor paper and color with paint. For this card, I simply stamped the image with Versafine ink on kraft cardstock and heat embossed it.
I combined the poinsettia die’s center section as a flower with the branch die.
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock; Fiskars border punch
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