Wildflower Bouquet ~ Stampin' Up! & Hero Arts

I've been having a little play with my Stampin' Up! 'Pocket Silhouettes', Hero Arts and My Silhouette Die Cuts and the result is this simple Card.

The Wildflowers are stamped with Versamagic .......... I stamped the edge of my green Bazzill with a Versamark Ink Pad and just one of the Wildflower Stamps and finished off with the Birthday Wishes Stamp from the Sincere Salutations Set.

The Brown Bazzill has been Versamark Stamped with Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain.

My centre piece is raised with Foam Pads and I threaded the Ribbon (Recycled hanging up ties cut from a top.) so that I could tie it in a bow at the front.

Quick Recipe List:

My Silhouette Frames

Hero Arts ~ S5208 Designer Woodgrain.

Stampin' Up! ~ Pocket Silhouettes

Stampin' Up! ~ Sincere Salutations

Versamagic Ink Pad~ Tea Leaves, Red Brick, Sahara Sand & Jumbo Java

Versamark Ink Pad

Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch.

Parakeet Green & Brown Bazzill

Recycled Ribbon from my Stash

Many thanks for looking

'Blooming Daisies'

I managed to get hold of a great little bargain on ebay last week. A great little Hero Arts set from 2002 called 'Daisies Bloom' ............... Immaculate Box, one Stamp had been inked with silver ............ gave them a good clean and it's like a brand new set and all under £5 (Am very pleased).

Had to have another go at the 'Learning' Challenge over at Hero Arts. I've never really tried masking but thought I'd give it a go and this is what came out of it.
I stamped Daisies over the background, punched out circles to place over the top of them and then used my Dots and Flowers Background over the top.

I really loved the effect it created and I've dotted the inside Flower with Opal Liquid Pearls ........ Hope you can see the effect as it's really delicate.

Daisies were Inked with Jumbo Java Versamagic and coloured/blended using Sansodor .... they and the Wizard Die Cuts have been applied with 3D Foam Pads.

Of course it wouldn't be one of my Cards now without the stitching lol!

Recipe List:Hero Arts ~ LL741 Daisies Bloom

Hero Arts ~ S5213 Dots & Flowers

Hero Arts ~ LL807 Messages ~ Happy Birthday

Hero Arts ~ Soft Sand Shadow Ink

Versamagic ~ Jumbo Java

Opal Liquid Pearls

Spellbinder Wizard Nesties

Embroidery Thread & Chiffon Ribbon from my Stash

Hope you like it and many thanks for looking.

'Brocade Anniversary'

I've had this beautiful Brocade Background Stamp for a little while now. As you may have seen from the recent Cards I've made, it's a current favourite, so I just had to get the Elegant Brocade Stamp that sits with it.

I've teamed it with the beautiful Spellbinder Wizard Flowers and Quickutz Flourishes to add a little interest.

Recipe List:

Hero Arts ~ S5264 Antique Flower Background

Hero Arts ~ F5243 Elegant Brocade

PSX ~ Happy Anniversary

Versafine Black Ink Pad

Fired Brick Distress Ink

Versamark & White Embossing Powder
Quickutz Flourish

Spellbinder Wizard Flowers

Small Freebie Flower Punch

Ribbons & Brads from my Stash

Many thanks for looking

'Dragonfly Delight'

Hero Arts are featuring a 'In Celebration of Learning Week' this week to showcase what people have learned from visiting the Site. Well, if you've visited me before you know by now that I don't tend to use a great deal of bought backing papers and tend to create my own with all the Fab Rubber Stamps out there. I haven't bought any Hero Arts for years but seem to be making up for it now as there are such tempting ones available at the moment.

Well after that waffle where was I? ................ 'Learning Week' I've used this technique once before and it's great so this is my entry for this weeks Challenge and if you want to know how to do this technique the link is Here.

The Dragonfly Background Stamp I picked up from Ebay a couple of weeks ago ........... £4 Brand New ..... Bargain.

I created the Dragonfly Die Cut on my Silhouette so it would sit with the Background ........... Love the Heart Butterfly but I don't think they've created a Dragonfly yet.

I've stamped the base bit with the Fancy Designer Flourish Border using the same technique as the Dragonfly Background and whizzed it through the Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.

Recipe List:

Hero Arts ~ H2413 Dragonfly Background

Hero Arts ~ H5227 Fancy Designer Flourish

Hero Arts ~ LL987 Special Words

Distress Inks ~ Broken China, Shabby Shutters & Scattered Straw

Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl Embossing Folder

Embroidery Thread, Pearls and Grosgrain Ribbon from my Stash

Many thanks for looking

For A Little Fun ....... Geckos On The Run.

One for the Boys ................. I never know what to put together so I thought I'd have a play.

I've used my Adirondack Espresso Ink Pad and Embossing Powder together with my Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain Block so it's textured and very touchy feely ............ I can't believe what a Fab effect it's created. I don't think I've ever used them together (Had the whole kit from QVC years ago) I think I might be using these together more often.

The little lizards are made from a Quickutz Die (discontinued now but I managed to get it as a bargain from ebay years ago) I coloured them and embossed them along with the leaves so that they curve above the Card.

Recipe List: Just so you know what I've used.

Hero Arts ~ S5208 Designer Woodgrain

Hero Arts ~ S5055 Floating Leaf Pattern

Hero Arts ~ K5192 Dots

Funstamps ~ Happy Birthday

Spellbinder Wizard Nestie Circles

Quickutz Lizard Die

Adirondack Espresso Ink Pad & Embossing Powder

Adirondack Butterscotch Ink Pad

Versamagic ~ Tea Leaves Ink Pad

Tea Dye Distress Ink Pad

Lizard Shaded with an assortment of Inks ~ Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Butterscotch, Tea Leaves

Bazzill Brown Card ~ Sorry don't know Shade.

Pebeo Chocolate Gloss Touch

Embroidery Thread from my Stash.

Many thanks for looking

Birthday Wishes Butterfly

I just love the different looks you can achieve with these new Hero Arts Stamps ............. they're just so versatile.

I'm not going to waffle too much so here is the

Recipe List:

My Silhouette Frame (This is a different version of the Oriental Frame from the Hibiscus Flowers)

Hero Arts ~ S5264 Antique Flower Background

Hero Arts ~ F5042 Leaf Flourish

Stampin' Up! ~ Sincere Salutations ~ Birthday Wishes

Spellbinder Wizard Flowers.

Quickutz Butterfly Die

Fancy Scissors ~ I then embellished with a hole punch and a pricking tool

Small Freebie Punch

Versamagic Red Brick Ink Pad

Hero Arts ~ Soft Sand Shadow Ink

Tea Dye Distress Ink on the Frame, Fancy Border and Card Edge

Embroidery Thread, Pearls & Grosgrain Ribbon from my Stash

Many thanks for looking

Thinking Of You ~ Soft Flowers & Butterfly

I've been playing with Distress Inks and White Embossing Powder so I thought I'd better share with you.

I'm really loving the Hero Arts Stamps at the moment ............. you can probably tell from the new ones you keep seeing.



Here's the close up just to show some of the detail better ................. Of course there had to be stitching and some pearls for added interest.

Recipe List:
My Silhouette Frame (See Here)
Hero Arts ~ S5264 Antique Flower Background
Hero Arts ~ S5101 Raindrop Background
Hero Arts ~ F5158 Heart Winged Butterfly
Stampin' Up! ~ Sincere Salutations ~ Thinking of You
Stampin' Up! ~ Simply Said ~ Flowers
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Quickutz Flourish Die
Tea Dye Distress Ink
Pebeo White Volume Touch
White Embossing Powder
Grosgrain Ribbon, Pearls & Embroidery Thread from my Stash.
Many Thanks for looking

Hibiscus Flower Blossom Tutorial

I had a request on how I produced the Hibiscus Flowers so here it is, I hope it's clear.............any questions please come back and ask.

If you haven't seen the original Card and would like to see what it looked like ...... please see Here.

As there are so many Pics I have created a little Movie (unfortunately Slideshow wouldn't work).

Here is the info to go with the Pics ....

• Quickutz Die Cut Shapes cut in White and Bazzill Hilary (Green) Card with Quickutz Squeeze (it's not necessary to have Squeeze, any System, Cuttlebug, Big Shot etc will do) Die Cut Dies are KS-0163 (Hibiscus Doublekutz) & RS-0039 (Leaves Singlekutz).

Hibiscus Shape with Pencil lines to show my cut lines.

Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Colour position to show how I shaded the Die Cut Shape.

Fired Brick Distress Ink Colour position ............... While the Worn Lipstick Shade is still wet, only colour the tips of the Flower Petals ............... blend the colours together slightly .......... you might want to add a little more colour at the edges so they are darker ............ oops! forgot to show you the Inside Flower Die Cut Shape (its on the next Pic lol!)

On the Inside Flower Die Cut Shape, I coloured it with the Fired Brick Distress Ink, let it dry and then went over it again so it had a really dark tone ............. You also need to dot the Flower Petals with the Black Pen at this stage .................... Once dry you can cut your pencil lines with a sharp blade.

Next comes the Flower Petal Shape Embossing ............. The Pic shows some of the Petals Embossed and the Tool I used.

You can now see the completed Embossed Flower with all the Flower Petals Embossed.

All I've done on this Pic is place my Big Ball Embossing Tool in the centre of the Flower so that it indents the centre and the Petals Bloom.

Next comes the Leaves ................. I again used the Big Ball Embossing Tool and have just outlined one side of the leaves at this stage so you can see the effect. (The completed leaves have been embossed on both sides)

Now my Inside Flower Shape is dry you can see I've used a smaller Ball Embossing Tool and have just indented the round sections ............... the centre section has been indented with the Big Ball Embossing Tool so that it now raises all the previously indented sections to give definition.

All the pieces ready to essemble.

Completed glued together Flower.

Hope all is clear and easy to understand
Thanks for looking