Tag: Hero Arts
WWC255 – Marsha\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twis
I am entering this card in:
Allsorts Challenge #555 – More than a single word. I wanted the emphasis on the words so I used two sentiments for this card.
Always Fun Challenges The challenge this week is use your favorite stamp so I used my favorite background stamp. Masculine cards are always a bit harder for me and I find this bold background stamp works well for a lot of cards for the men in my life.
Shopping Our Stash – Winter Blues Lots of blue on this card. I just received Catherine Pooler\’s Blue Suede Shoes ink and wanted to try it out.
Sisterhood of Crafters \”New\” Challenge I just received Catherine Pooler\’s Blue Suede shoes ink and wanted to give it a try on a card.
Update: I was so pleased to discover that this card was a \”winner\” in the Always Fun Challenge.

WWC232 – Anything Goes Challenge

Handcrafted Easel Card
I came up with an idea to combine two of my favorite Hero Arts sets: My Monthly Hero January 2019 kit and Hero Arts Fun in the Rain.
The pup from this set looks like my mini-Aussie so I colored her with markings like my \”Scout\”. I think it is so cute that she has a raincoat on and I thought this would be perfect for a Spring card.
Since this is an easel card, I die cut some thick leathery textured paper from The Paper Company. I used black paper to simulate a blackboard and then heat embossed with a bold birthday sentiment to get that chalkboard look.
I am really pleased with the way this card came together.
I am entering this card in:
A Blog Named Hero Embossing Challenge
Cardz4Guyz \”Let\’s Get Messy\” – For me, I always make the biggest mess with embossing powder. No matter how neat I try to be, little bits of powder wind up all over my work surface!
The Male Room \”Spring\” Challenge – This cute pup is sporting her raincoat for the spring showers.
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
Puffer Fish
Tri-color Puffer Fish birthday card. This is a versatile card that I think would be perfect for a beach loving girlfriend or child\’s birthday. I love the happy whimsical fish from The Hero Arts I Am Puffer For You Stamp set.
I mounted three fish on an acrylic block and hand stamped the pattern. I knew I wanted to use three colors so I next worked out which fish would be which color. I didn\’t want stripes of color so I went with the combination above. I then heat embossed the sentiments on gravel cardstock and loosely fussy-cut the words. I then mounted the base on a \”gravel\” colored card from Paper Source.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Paper Sweeties 6th Birthday Challenge
Always Happy Birthday \”Water\” Challenge
UPDATE: I am very pleased my card received \”Top Pick\” Honors at Pause Dream and Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
Birthday Bird in Red, White and Blue
I wanted to do a birthday card featuring this cute whimsical bird and decided a bold background would be fun. Since it is The 4th of July, I used Red, White and Blue as my color inspiration. I started by stamping the Hero Arts Tribal Stripes Bold Print Background Stamp with Ranger Denim ink. Next I stamped the bird from one of my favorite stamp sets, Simon Says Stamp Stacking Animals.
I used the same denim ink for the bird and sentiment to tie the card together. I colored the bird with Copic markers and then added Tonic Nuvo Glaze to the birds beak. I trimmed the smaller panel down and mounted (with foam tape) on the blue background,. I then mounted the background on a white card and stamped a birthday sentiment inside the card.
