A Card For Maddy

Hi there!

I have a card to share today for a very special girl. I'm sure you've seen the "Cards For Maddy" campaign but if you haven't, please check out this post here. 

All the information you need is there, and it would be wonderful if you could send this brave, young girl a hand made card. I can't even imagine what she and her family are going through.

I wanted my card for Maddy to be bright, happy and fun - hoping it will cheer her up, even just a little. So I pulled out a clear set from Simon Says Stamp and used one of the rose images. 

I also used some of the tiny, open dot images which are included in the set. I stamped them with black ink on the orange panel, then filled in the little circles with a white gel pen. The papers are all from the, "Fruit Stand" 6x6 paper pad from Doodlebug Design.

PLEASE consider making a card for Maddy if you haven't already done so.

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Stamp Your Story Fun!

Hey there!

I've been playing with some of the new, Stamp Your Story stamps from Hero Arts and having lots of fun!

First up, a card with lots of summery colors and popped up little flowers.

 

Those circles were stamped with lots of different Hero Arts Shadow and Dye Inks. It's one of the fun, artsy stamps which comes in the new, Brush Strokes cling set. I white embossed the small flower several times, cut them out and popped them up for some dimension. That little flower stamp is from another new cling set called, Remember, and that fabulous sentiment is from the same set - LOVE the font!

Next up is a card with a background created by repeatedly stamping one of the Brush Strokes stamps in Bundled Sage Distress Ink. 

Then I did a little masking with the tulip stamp from Hero Arts' Antique Flower Engravings set and colored them with Copics. The "BE" is from their Alphabet Uppercase die set and the rest of the sentiment is from the new, My Words set.

And my last card uses a new woodblock stamp. It's called, Three Brushed Flowers. 

I know, I know - same pink and green color combo - can't help it - I love them together! Lots of Distress Inks and Stains on the background with some script stamping too. The main image was stamped using Distress Markers and a spritz of water before stamping, and another sentiment from the My Words set.

I sure am enjoying this new stamp release - tons of possibilities!

I really appreciate your visit - so glad you stopped by! Hope everyone has a great week! :)