Hello everyone… there will be more that one blog posts today since it is the first of the month 😀 Let’s start with the new challenge this month!

If you love Hero Arts products, then this challenge is for you! a2z Scrapbooking will give a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner who play long and follow the rules (read it here). You can spend the gift card at a2z Scrapbooking Store that packed with amazing Hero Arts products.

And this month theme is: ANY SHADE OF RED. The Design Team share their projects for this month challenge on the blog here. We hope to see your projects with Hero Arts and link it up here until the end of February.

I created a mixed media card using Hero Arts Color Layering Dear, Christmas Clear StampHero Arts Antique Rose Wood Stamp, and Hero Arts Tiny Flags Wood Stamp.

The background I created using Tomboa Dual Brush Pens with smooshing technique using acetate plastic and water to build the shade of red background. I dried it well with craft heater and then I heat-embossed the tiny flags with WOW! Bonding powder and DecoFoil Gold transfer sheet.

I stamped the flower with Versafine onyx black on a white cardstock and using craft knife, I cut out some of the petals. I added some 3D foam adhesive on the cut out petals and GlueDots on the other petals so when I added it on the card some of the petals will pop up to create a 3D look flower.

I finished the card with some clear gems in the middle of the flower and added the sentiment paper strip with 3D foam tape on it.

Here is the full list of supplies:

• Hero Arts Color Layering Dear, Christmas Clear Stamp
• Hero Arts Antique Rose Wood Stamp
• Hero Arts Tiny Flags Wood Stamp
• Tombow Dual Brush Pens: 847, 800, 755, 772
• Canson watercolor paper
• Acetate plastic
• water spray
• Tim Holtz Distress Crayons – Candid Apple
• Versamark ink pad
• WOW Bonding Embossing Powder
• CTMH White Embossing Powder
• iCraft DecoFoil Fold transfer sheet
• Versafine Onyx Black ink pad
• CTMH Archival Ink Pad
• CTMH White Daisy Cardstock p
• CTMH Black Cardstock
• Clear Gems
• WRMK craft knife
• WRMK mini magnetic craft board
• Fiskar paper trimmer
• CTMH craft heater
• ekTool nonstick micro tip scissors
• Tombow mono permanent adhesive runner
• 3D foam tape
• GlueDots
• CTMH Liquid Glass glue

THANK YOU so much for visiting me today and have a fabulous day!

I also play along at:

Anything Goes Challenge Week 268 – 269

Simon Says: The Color of Love

HLS February Watercolor Challenge

Hello everyone! I have been wanting to use my newest addition to my coffee stamps and dies stash… And today I have a CAS, Mixed Media coffee card that I would like to share with you 🙂

I use my new coffee stamp set and die, Anywhere There’s Coffee Stamps & Die Set that I got back in December. For the coffee cup, firts I cut out the cup with white cardstock and then stamped the cup and sentiment with black archival ink. The clear stamp makes it easier to stamp on a die cut becuase we can see through it. For the sentiment,  I use the CUTplorations – Coffee Word Die that I cut out the kraft cardstock 3 times and stacked them together to create a coffee sentiment chipboard.

The background I created with mixed medium. First, I added some Vintage Photo distress ink on Tim Holtz – On The Go Cup and sprayed it with some water, then I added a piece of watercolor paper, and run it through my die cutting machine to emboss it. Then I added some thin layers of homemade white gesso on it.

I added some of the green and yellow Caribbean Color Bursts on it, and then sprayed it with Perfect Pearl mixture. That gives the pearly and sparkly look on the background. Using my craft heater, I dried that background and once it dried, I added some of the Vintage Photo distress ink all around the edges.

I added a cream cardstock on a black card base as a mat, then I added the watercolored, embossed panel on it. Using 3D foam tape, I added the cup and the sentiment chipboard.

Today’s card is a CASE card. I CASE Kathy’s Card, one of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers DT 🙂 Here’s her card:

THANKS A LATTE for visiting me today and I hope you all have a fabulous and caffeinated weekend! 🙂

I am playing along at:

CASEing DT Link Up Party #9 – CASE DT Kathy’s Card

CUTplorations January Challenge

STAMPlorations – Never Ending Anything Goes

HLS Mixed Media January Challenge

HLS Anything Goes With Dies Challenge January

NBUS Challenge 9

Simon Says: Anything Goes

Hello everyone… LOVE is in the air.. can you feel it now? Valentine’s day is getting closer… Today I am sharing another mixed media Valentine’s Day card with you all 🙂

On this card today I am using the Our Daily Bread January New Release stamp set and die sets and my new coloring medium – Color Burst set.

I have been having fun with the Caribbean set to create my background on this card. I sprinkle the warm color pallete on a piece of watercolor paper, and sprayed with some water. It is so much fun to see how the pigment powder react with the water. Then I added some splatter of Gold Paint from Finetec Gold Palette set and Black paint from Koi Watercolors Travel set.

When the background panel dried well, I die cut the center of the panel with the new ODBD Custom Tulip Heart Die, and die cut the panel again with the ODBD Custom Double Stitch Rectangle Dies, and then inlaid them back in. I added them on the card with strong adhesive.

I die cut the purple heart out of one of the ODBD Plum Pizzazz Paper Pad using ODBD Custom Layering Heart Dies. And I stamped the sentiment from the new ODBD February Pre-Order Bundle, Let Love Grow stamp set. I added the purple heart die cut on top of the Tulip Heart die cut.

I die cut the flowers and leaves using the ODBD Custom Bitty Blossom Dies out of Plum Pizzazz Paper Pad and Boho Bolds Paper Pad. I added them on the heart with glue dots.

I finished my CAS Mixed Media card with some clear gems. And using my finger I added some of the Seedless Preserve Distress Crayon on the edges of the card.

I hope you are inspired to create more Valentine’s Day cards to share the love! Thanks for visiting me today!

Today I am playing along at:

Addicted To Stamps and More – Challenge 226

WAW Anything Goes Challenge Week 266 – 267

ODBD Color Challenge – ODBDSLC282

The Mixed Media Card Challenge – January

Paru’s Card Making Challenges – January

HLS January Watercolor Challenge

Hello everyone… It is in the middle of the January already! Time flies so fast, do not forget to stop and enjoy the moment. It is very easy for us to get trapped in the busyness every day.

And today, I would like to share a mixed media card with you 🙂

I am inspired by the Theme and Sketch from STAMPlorations January Challenge:

First, I created the background using the Peony Number One – ARTplorations Stencil with the Color Burst Caribbean set and Perfect Pearl spray mix. I totally enjoy the fun time playing with these color powder and pearl spray mix. You can see that pearly shine on the card 🙂 I also did some splatters on the panel and dabbed it off with paper towel for extra texture on it.

Once the panel dried really well, I put back the Peony stencil and trace it using Faber-Castel PITT Pen.

Then I stamped randomly the bubble wrap and text from the Mixed Media Grunge stamp set on the panel with Ranger Archival Ink pad. I set aside the panel for the ink to dry while I was working on the card and sentiment.

I stamped the sentiment from Smile – Dee’s Artsy Impressions stamp set on a piece of white cardstock with the archival ink, cut it out and added some shading with the Faber-Castell grey brush pen.

I added the 1/4″ Scor-Pal tape on the side of the black card base and added some Thermo-Web Gold Foil on it to create the gold strip.

I added some White Gelatos on around the edge of the panel to give extra shading, too. Then I added it on the card with lots of adhesive 🙂 I added the sentiment panel on the card with 3D foam adhesive and finished my mixed media card with some pearl gems.

Check out more inspirations from the Design Team for this Mid-Month January Reminder. You still have time to play along with the January Theme and Sketch Challenge. Go to here to link up your project! And you also can link up your card using any of the STAMPlorations products at their Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge.

And… you can get 20% off on all STAMPlorations stamps, stencils, and dies by using this code: STAMPGIRLHELEN when you check out, it is a sensitive case, please copy and paste the code. You can use the code to get discounts on all regular and sale-priced items in the store, but can not combine your code with any other discount codes.

Hope to see your project there! Thank you for visiting me today and have a fabulous day!

I also play along at:

HLS Watercolor Challenge

Anything Goes – Challenge Weeks #266-267

ATSM Challenge #225 – Photo Inspiration

The Mixed Media Card Challenge – January

Challenge #193 – Anything Goes