Friday, April 27, 2012

For the love of Hero Arts...

Hello. LOTS to share today. As many of you know, I love Hero Arts. Their stamps just make me happy so I wanted to share a few different projects highlighting my favorite products from them, old and new. First up is part of my mom's Mother's Day gift. She loves handmade gifts from me so I thought I would make her a card set because she is always sending out cards. Here is the package (box from Target-my happiest place on earth lol) ...


 A closer look at the tag. I used an older Hero Happy Mother's Day Stamp and heat embossed it. I finished it off with some clear gems..

When you open the box, you see this...

That cute black and white pen is from Target too. :) 

Here is the card set...
A closer look at a technique featured on the oh so talented Jennifer McGuire's blog. You can find the technique HERE. I like how she die cuts an image and then puts the image back in so it lays flat for a smooth look.... GREAT for sending cards through the mail. Jennifer used a die cut for this technique but I used a punch instead (Martha Stewart butterfly punch). I inked each butterfly with the ink I used for the background color. Sprayed it heavily with pearlized water-hard to see in real life but GREAT shine! and then glued it on top of a black piece of paper that I taped under the white background. I used a glitter pen in the black holes to give it more shine. I also love using Washi tape to anchor the sides of the die cut....
 The envelopes got fancy too...
I dry embossed the flaps only. Love the look...
Project #2: I wanted to make visual black and white cards for Aiden's crib to give him something to look at...
 I just stamped some of the Hero Background Stamps on white cardstock, cut them to size and lined his crib with them...
 He loves them- just look at that smile...

Project #3- Teacher Appreciation Day is coming up so I made a set of these for my nephews preschool teachers.....
I heat embossed THIS fun background stamp with white embossing powder on black cardstock to resemble a chalkboard. ( I even smudged up the edges to look like it was erased.) I also put glossy accents on the apple to make it shine. The green background was stamped with THIS stamp using THIS ink onto THIS card. ...
I hope you enjoyed these Hero projects. Have a great weekend!

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Love is the Best Medicine..

Hello friends. Back today with a creative share. Remember THIS post (where I made the NICU doctors and nurses card sets)? Well I needed a thank you card to go along with them. Here's what I came up with...
Ingredients: My new Lawnfawn paper pad, some heart punches, Hero Arts notecardsSwiss dot embossing folder, and the greeting from THIS stamp...
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I LOVE to turn a notecard inside out to have color showing on the inside. Some ladies got purple....
 and some pink...
I hear the baby crying...gotta go. Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

I love you because...

A couple of days ago, my sweet step son turned 19...
I wanted to do something to let him know how special he is and how much we love him. So, I decided to go get 19 balloons and tie a tag on each one that says something we love about him. When he went in his bathroom that morning he was greeted with these...
Here are the tags I made and an example of one from each family member...

 This one reads, "You are a giving person." Ted's handwriting is not usually legible. LOL ...
I am so blessed to have this young man in my life. He is one of my greatest joys. I love you Alex. Happy Birthday! :)
Be back soon with a creative share...

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Wishing you a...


Happy Easter! :)

Friday, April 6, 2012

Birth Announcements

My apologies for the lack of posts. The computer that I edit photos on is down. So frustrating. I decided to hop on my hubby's computer to share Aiden's birth announcements. Unfortunately, I can't edit them but wanted to share anyways.....

 I made them all a bit different. The white ones are just the blue cards turned inside out. I like to do that sometimes so the color pops on the inside....
A big shout out to KRISTINA PROFFITT who was sweet enough to design these for me. I love her work. Makes me happy.

Thanks for stopping by!