I'm back with a card and video today. The other day I showed you the new My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts that I absolutely love!!! Then I showed you some cards I made using the kit. I told you I'd be back later in the week with a video on how to make one of the cards, and here it is. I decided to start with the heart shaker because I wanted to show you how the dies work and how I made the background.
I started this card by rubbing my inks across a clear acetate piece and then misting them. These inks don't react well with water, but I was still able to get a pretty cool effect from doing this. I toned it down using the included vellum and I love how it just makes a loud background look so soft :)
Next I created the heart shaker part. For my first card, I only went with one layer of foam, but it doesn't shake very well, so in the video I decided to use 2 layers, and it shakes so much better!!! I ran the shimmer white piece through with the scallop heart die and the inside heart die. Then I traced around the outside of the die on foam, acetate, and Blushing Bride cardstock from Stampin' Up. I put the foam pieces on the vellum and filed it with goodies from the sequin mix included in the kit. Then I covered it with the acetate and heart piece.
I wrapped some old Stampin' Up ribbon around the card layer, then glued it to the card base (the pink card that came in the kit). I stamped a saying from the included stamp set as well and that's it! I love how fun and cute this card turned out!
I'm not sure who I'll give this to, but I had fun playing around with my kit and making this card.
Here's the video :)
Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here soon!
Hi all,
I'm back today with another card video! Valentine's Day is still a month and a half away, but it will be here before you know it! Now if you're like me, you wait until the last minute to make a card you need... or you don't make one at all and just scramble around looking in your stash for the perfect card to give to the person. That's definitely how I am for my family's birthdays. I feel bad, but most of the time I don't make a specialized card just for them. I would love to be able to do that all the time, but I somehow always run out of time.
Well, this time I've made Andy's Valentine's Day card well in advance! I got a bunch of new love themed goodies in from the Papertrey Ink December release, and now that the holidays are over, I couldn't wait to play with all my fun new stuff! I was inspired by a recent blog post by Audrey Tokach here. I just loved the beautiful rainbow she made using the Brushed Off stamp set by Papertrey Ink. So of course I pulled out my Brushed Off stamp and all my new Valentine's Day/Love goodies in order to make a card. I wasn't sure where I was going, but as it went along, I decided that I could use it for Andy's card this year so I wouldn't be rushing around like a mad woman at the last minute.
I played around with some pinks (all the Papertrey Ink pinks in fact), including their beautiful new color Lovely Lady! I just love this gorgeous pale pink. It fits perfectly into their pink spectrum! I originally wanted the card to include a red (Pure Poppy) as well, but in the end it just didn't fit with my color scheme.
I just love the way this card turned out. I want to use my Brushed Off stamp set to make a ton more cards! But then everyone would get bored with seeing only Brushed Off... But who knows, you might see some more of it again soon... It's pretty much my new favorite stamp set now!
Anyway, I thought I was going to do some in-lay die cutting with the word Love, but after fiddling around with the heart die cuts, I decided to in-lay the hearts instead. I had originally wanted to used the solid colored inside hearts inside the outlines, just mix and match the colors, but I decided to try popping the stamped pieces back into place and voila! I loved what came from it :) The hearts and love word are die cut from Papertrey Ink's XOXO die set that matches their XOXO stamp set. I cut the word love out 4 times from True Black cardstock and layered them all together to give it dimension. I covered it with some wink of stella and then coated it with glossy accents. At the bottom, I just tied a bow using some small black ribbon that I had in my stash.
You can see the beautiful shine on the hearts at the top.
On the inside, I used a saying from Sending My Love by Papertrey Ink as well as the Happy Valentine's Day from Be Mine, Valentine (also PTI). I stamped one of the open hearts from XOXO behind the words.
On the video I showed in my card, I decided not to make a second Valentine's Day card because who would I give it to? Instead I turned it into a wedding card using the new set Tucked In: Wedding by Dawn McVey. I just love all the beautiful inside sentiments she has been releasing over the past year. They just look so nice on the inside of cards, and they take up a good amount of space so you don't have to write as much! (Always a plus when you don't know what to write but feel the need to give a card to someone)
I didn't take a picture of the inside of the second card, but you can see it in the following video :)
Anyway, that's my card. Thank you for stopping by today and check back soon for a planner layout video :)
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe New Year!! May 2012 bring love and happiness to all :)
Also, I wanted to post a picture of this super cool Stamp Pad holder I found for Stampin' Up ink pads. Andy and I are going tomorrow to get the stuff so that he can make it... (not me, but him, thanks Andy!) As of now, all my stamp pads are in a drawer... But I'd like to make it easier to assess them and here we go! This is made from Foam board, so it costs a lot less to make than to buy the ink holder from Stampin' Up! Yay :)
This was made by a lady named Karen, and there instructions are here.
Also, here is a picture of a Valentine's Day card that I made for my niece... Video to follow in a couple days. It's already filmed, I just have to wait to post it because I showed the new Stampin' Up products in it. I know Valentine's Day is still a ways away, but I though I'd get a jump start :) Enjoy!!
I used lots of goodies on this one... Look for the video soon!
