I'm Feeling All Christmassy

I wanted to enter A Blog Named Hero's Christmas in July Challenge and so I used one of my favorite dies from Hero Arts—the Layering Bear die on a white card. 

This die doesn't cut out the bear unless you use the outline die too, but I just put him straight on the card front. I used a glitter pen to add sparkle and a little pink and black paint to watercolor him. I added some snowflake "sequins" from Kat Scrapiness as accents. You can see the glittery part better in the second photo.

 

For the Lawn Fawn Challenge, Little Things, I kept on in the Christmas mode and made a tag with the little bulbs from the Trim the Tree stamp set and words from Peace, Joy, Love set. I love all things mini, so this challenge was right up my alley.

Hope you'll join me in both these challenges!

And click here to enter my August Crafty Giveaway!

Happy Weekend!

Chark

Favorite Hero Arts Layered Stamp

I'm joining in on A Blog Named Hero's challenge this month to create a project with your favorite Hero Arts product. I already entered with this dragonfly card here, because I am IN LOVE with this dragonfly die, but I thought I'd use my favorite layered stamp for another entry.

I am not the best layered stamper...it's best to be pretty precise with layered stamps to get the look right, but this Layered Peacock stamp looks good even if you're close enough, like I tend to be.

First I stamped the peacock in layers with the ink cubes that came with the set and then fussy cut the bird since I didn't have the matching dies. Then I mounted it on an oval from old book paper that I stenciled (Hero Arts Diamond Stencil) with blue, pink and gold ink. The So Pretty die cut is from an Echo Park I'd Rather Be Crafting prize I won. 

The striped card behind it is leftover from a card kit from Stampin' Up. I think it looks classy with the florals.

If you want to join in the challenge at A Blog Named Hero, you still have some time.

Happy Saturday!

Chark

Coffee Hopping

Happy Spring Coffee Lovers Hop, my caffeinated friends! Here's my first coffee card using Hero Arts digi coffee stamps, Tombow markers as watercolors and Amy Tangerine paper. The steam is cut from a printed coffee filter and the flowers are Hero Arts. 

Caffeine Fix digis
Hero Arts Paper Flowers
Amy Tangerine Paper 6x6 
Neon Blue Ink Spray
She Art Printed Coffee Filters


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BLOG CANDY ALERT! Leave a comment here or any of the posts I make between now and March 25 and be entered to win five digital stamps from 2 Cute Ink of your choice. Open to all. All you need is an email address and a printer to print these out and then color as you like. I'm loving these little guys. Here are a couple you could win.

I'm also entering this one over at A Blog Named Hero for the Rainbow Challenge. You'll see the rainbow colors on the coffee sleeve made with my Tombow markers and a water pen, with just a touch of purple in the top left and green on the bottom right.

Happy Friday!
Chark

Finally, A Shaker I Can Love

You may know I keep trying shaker cards...love them in theory, but never in practice. Guess what? I finally made a shaker card/tag that didn't take me all day and actually works and that didn't cause me to tear out my hair! 

I used a package lid from some nail art bottles (that I'll use as glitter for cards). Now, I know exactly how to make this a technique I love—use raised plastic packaging.

 

The lid had a lip on the edge, so I just placed it on top of the cardstock and used glitter tape to seal it. So, so easy! No need to sandwich things together and use foam to elevate, since it was already elevated. 

Here's a close-up and you can see the tape sealing the edge of the plastic lid. I found the nail art bottles at the Dollar Tree, so I'll be purchasing more just for the packaging. The glitter bits are just extras!

I added tons of sequins and stamped stars and hearts from this stamp set.

I stamped "Mary" on the background cardstock and added the number 8 that I trimmed out as part of the shaker bits. This would be great for, say, Mary's 8th Birthday or her infinity birthday, since the eight on its side is the symbol for infinity...which I noticed after shaking  :) I used this alpha set, but any would work.

The glitter tape is Darice and I have it in blue, silver and gold because it's awesome and no glitter comes off at all! My fave kind of glitter (see blog name)!

I'm entering this over at A Blog Named Hero, where the theme is Happy. Nothing says Happy Birthday like sequins and shakers imo! They're partnering with Pretty Pink Posh and if you haven't seen their site, run there now, it's fab!

I'm also entering this over at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, where the theme is Use a Technique You Love. I've always loved shaker cards, but never the technique until now—I just had to find the right product that made it easy for me to do. Get ready, family, for an influx of shaker cards!

Happy Monday!
Chark
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