Monday, January 6, 2014

Look What's Coming Soon! Updated!

Hi everyone!

I've got some exciting news! It is gonna be so fun! Can ya guess what's coming? 

Here's some hints: Hostesses. The middle of January every year. Hero Arts. 

Yup! You guessed it! A Hero Arts Hostess blog hop! Please stay tuned for the exact dates!

The Hero Arts Hostess Alumnae have all gotten together for another fabulous blog hop! We are so excited to share our creations with you, using the newest Hero Arts stamps from their 2014 catalog!

I can't wait to show you what I've made with these awesome, new stamps and I'm eager to see what my fellow hostesses have come up with too!

So, please keep an eye out for the dates coming soon and plan on joining us for a fun-filled hop!

Friday, January 3, 2014

Yummy Pink and Green

Hi there!

If you know me at all, you know I love the combination of pink and green. These two colors are just so pretty together, don't ya think? Anyway, I've got two cards to share today. The first one is very simple and uses a gorgeous rose stamp which I received from my secret Santa, Sally.


I colored the rose with watercolor pencils, cut it out, mounted it to the card base with dimensional adhesives and added some dashed lines with a white gel pen. The small, adorable sentiment was also from Sally. Thank you, Sally! ♥

My second card uses the beautiful, new die from Simon Says Stamp called, Clustered Leaves. It's a huge die and so fun to play with! 


I also used their Small Love You die. I cut it out five times and layered it up for some dimension. The leaves were cut several times too, from the mint green and pink cardstocks, and also from vellum. I love the softness from overlaying the vellum! I couldn't help but add a bit of shimmer with a Wink of Stella pen.



It's been bitter cold here lately. Our temps have been down right scary-cold and they say it's gonna be even colder by the beginning of next week - yikes!  When I woke up this morning, our temp was -13 below zero and windy. With the windchill, they say it was -25 below zero! I must admit though - I would rather have the cold air than the huge amounts of snow that some of my friends are getting in other parts of the country. Here's hoping the rest of winter goes by REALLY fast!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope it's warmer where you are! ♥