Explore Hero Arts’ May Collections

Hero Arts has a couple new May Collections: I’m featuring products from the You’ve Got a Friend Collection: Today’s card features: I also snuck in a sentiment from an earlier release: I used a bunch of Hero Arts inks: The stenciling was done on ColorWheel cardstock: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

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Creative Shibori Card Making with Handmade Paper

Did you catch my earlier post about my Shibori Weekend with my girl? This is one of the things we worked on: My girl brought handmade cotton paper that she found at ReCreative. I dipped it into the dye vats. I couldn’t wait to use one of the panels for a card. I combined these Hero

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Shibori Weekend | Pratt Fine Arts Center

Last weekend my girl treated me to Shibori classes on Saturday + Sunday via Pratt. A big thank you to Kentaro Kojima for such a great class. The definition of Shibori: Shibori is a traditional Japanese, manual “shaped-resist” dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting, stitching, or compressing fabric to create intricate patterns. Derived from the

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Hello Duo | Waffle Flower

I’m back with a card duo featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: There are so many amazing new products! Let’s chat about the submarine card first: This card features: I snuck in an earlier released sentiment from: I stenciled the background with these Distress Oxides: My other card mixes: *previously released I

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Mint to Be | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Coffee Date with Laurel | Coffee Loving Papercrafters + Giveaway!

My teamie Laurel Seabrook and I are having a coffee date! We both used her monthly challenge: To see Laurel’s fabulous card, hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! Here’s how I was inspired: I had all kinds of ideas swirling around and then decided to go with that sweet bunny. These are the

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Friend | Alex Syberia Designs

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vases I was inspired by the sketch colors +theme. My card features the following Alex Syberia Designs products: That cork is from my stash and I love how it adds to the design. I can’t wait to see how you’re

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Under the Sea | Waffle Flower Release + Giveaway

Edited to add winner: The random winner is: @buzybunny Congrats Julia! I’m going to send you a DM! 🎉INSTAGRAM Giveaway 🎉 In celebrating the new Waffle Flower Under the Sea release, I’ve partnered with @waffleflowercrafts to give One lucky winner a $20 gift certificate to Waffleflower.com! Giveaway Rules: Open internationally, except where prohibited by law; 18+

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Wish Big | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #53

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Concord & 9th: My overall color palette is I snuck in the Pretty Pink Posh – Wish Big Script | die I did a

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I am here for you | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Clothes Pins I was inspired by the sketch. My card features the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: *These products are on sale right now! All Brass & Bliss Craft Co sentiments + dies are 30% off. Today is

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April Edition | Woodblock Wednesday + Guest Designer

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Becca Yahrling Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, June 24. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a

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Happy Birthday | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Best Wishes | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: April Showers May Flowers I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following Spellbinders products: The cardstock I used: The drink interior has been cut from watercolor paper and blended with these distress oxides: The olives

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Trust the Detours | Brass & Bliss Craft Co –

Here’s how I was inspired today: These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I used: I used the Martini Shaker as my vases. I have a super old swiss dot embossing folder in my stash that I used on both of the vases. I’ve been on a big kick thrifting and picking up

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Happy Trails | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out the newest release by Catherine Pooler – Trail Mix – it is now available in the shop! Check out today’s card: My card combines: *previously released I had to use my silver cardstock that I have in my stash with the Glamper Life dies, can you say Airstream? In case you

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First Coffee | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out this weeks new release by Catherine Pooler – Trail Mix – it is now available in the shop! Check out today’s card: Those Forest Friends! My card combines: *previously released I used the direct to paper technique with the new Getaway ink color. Then I die cut the Pet Specs die.

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Golden Poppies | Hero Arts

I caught the Hero Arts Golden Poppies set over on their Social Media and loved it. I finally inked it up and have so many color combo ideas. First up, here are the products I used: *on sale! We’ve been sending cards to my husband’s maternal Aunt that has cancer. She lives in a different

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Oh, Quack | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Balloons I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: *These products are on sale right now! The new Petals & Promises along with the last release – Botanical Daydreams

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Catherine Pooler | Trail Mix

Today is the day…the Catherine Pooler – Trail Mix is now available in the shop! I designed these especially for today: Let’s chat about the First Coffee card: I had so much fun with the new products! Here is what I combined for this card: *previously released The Catherine Pooler ink I used: Of course

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Life | Brass & Bliss Craft Co – Petals & Promises Release

We’re celebrating the beautiful new Brass & Bliss Craft Co –  Petals & Promises release!!  SAVE 20% on the Petals & Promises Collection! These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I combined for today: *previously released Here’s today’s card recipe. I use affiliate links at no extra cost to you: I stenciled the large

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