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Thinking of You Butterflies

May 28, 2010
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Hello! Today I’d like to share a pretty card with butterflies! To make this card, I started with a piece of Fadeless Art Board, which is like posterboard. It has a coated surface on one side, like a manilla shipping tag or like glossy cardstock, that accepts dye inks well. Distress Inks are a type [...]

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Shiny Thank You Butterflies

May 24, 2010
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Hi there! Today I’d like to share a butterfly card with a background made using alcohol inks. The background of this card is made from glossy cardstock with various colors of alcohol inks applied to it, including silver. Then Hero Arts CG153 Dandelion Frame was stamped over top using Ranger Archival black ink. The butterflies [...]

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Acetate Butterflies Mother’s Day Card

May 14, 2010
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(Click here to view the image larger.) Hi there! By now, mothers have received their cards and gifts, so I can share the Mother’s Day cards with you. To make this card, I started with an acetate card base. I stamped Hero Arts CG153 Dandelion Frame onto the acetate using Staz-on Opaque Cotton White permanent [...]

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Love Always Anniversary Card

May 10, 2010
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Hello! Today I’d like to share an anniversary card that I made for a friend. To make this card, I started with the pretty Valentine’s 2010 ribbon from American Crafts with the multi-colored hearts. I decided to use this as a jumping off point for my color scheme. I selected a chocolate brown cardstock to [...]

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Congrats Monkeys

May 7, 2010
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(Click here to view the image larger.) Hello! Today I’d like to share a card that I made for one of my cousins, who recently gave birth to twin baby boys. During the pregnancy, she and her hubby referred to them as their “Two Little Monkeys.” That is the inspiration for this card. Because they [...]

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Friends are Special Treasures Hippo

April 21, 2010
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(Click here to view the image larger.) Hello! Today I’d like to share a card I made during Winterfest 2010 at Two Peas in a Bucket. To make this card, I started with glossy cardstock. I used VersaMark watermark ink to stamp Hero Arts CG119 Flourish Background onto the glossy cardstock. Then I heat embossed [...]

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Owls on Twig

April 19, 2010
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(Click here to view the image larger.) Hi there! Today I’d like to share a card I made recently featuring two owls on a real twig. To make this card, I started with a piece of watercolor paper. I swirled Broken China Distress Ink on top, using Ranger’s Blending Tool and Foam. Then I sprayed [...]

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Dragonfly Friend

April 16, 2010
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(Click here to see the image larger.) Hello! Today I’d like to share a card that I made for a good friend. It is similar to a card I shared last November, but this time it features a dragonfly instead of a butterfly. The background is made using Tsukineko Brilliance pearlescent pigment ink in Sky [...]

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Friends Stamped Card

March 31, 2010
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(Click for a larger version.) I really like the Hero Arts K5185 Wallpaper Flowers stamp. I have found it to be very versatile. The Hero Arts Flickr pool has several other examples of this stamp. Some of the ladies have even cut out the tiny flowers! To make this card, I stamped the Wallpaper Flowers [...]

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Fab Five: Butterfly Thinking of You Card

February 4, 2010

Hello! Today I’d like to share a fun card I recently made featuring a butterfly and Hero Arts’ new Dandelion Frame cling stamp. It was selected as one of the Fab Five for the second part of January on the Hero Arts blog today. This is my favorite stamp from their 2010 catalog. Butterfly Thinking [...]

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