I've been playing around with my blog header. Love this one with the falling snow, but may change it again before Christmas.
I've also been playing around with the Hero Arts Classic Holly stamp. I love it because there are so many different ways to use it! This first card was done in all silver and white. I found the ribbon wrapped around some ornaments that came in with an order for the floral department where I work. I was not going to let it get thrown away!
On the next card, I stamped the holly on a piece of vellum and colored the image with markers. The card base is Hero Hues and is stamped with the Graph Background, using Fired Brick distress ink. I added some Xmas Red Stickles for the berries and also added some red gems here and there. The little green trees are metal accents from The Paper Company with some tiny gems added. I noticed after taking a photo of the card that a gem has fallen off the tree on the left. Why is it that I don't see those things until AFTER everything is uploaded and posted?! :)
I have one last card, using the holly stamp. I used another Hero Hues note card, stamped the holly with VersaMark and white embossed. I gave each leaf some shading with a dark green marker and dotted the berries with a red one. Then I overstamped the Friend Definition using Peeled Paint distress ink, leaving the area clean where the holly is. The red ribbon is also Hero Hues with some added little green gems.
There is some shine on each card, from embossing, to gems to shiny ribbon, so I'll be entering these into this month's Hero Arts challenge.
Thanks for stopping by! I'm hoping to share some photos of the store where I work soon. It's all decorated for the holidays with lots of fun stuff so stay tuned! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, filled with lots of creative time! :)
