A Winning Combination

This month

A Blog Named Hero  is collaborating with Simon Says Stamp!

Talk about a winning combination!

I'd love it if you stopped by to see what I made with these...

Here's some naked cards...hahaha

Stop by A Blog Named Hero for the details!

Hope to see you there.

Mahalo!!

Fun with STENCILS!

Happy Wednesday!

Today I'm over at 

A Blog Named Hero 

with my solo post for this month!

I used this gorgeous stencil below with some fun

techniques!

(Hero Arts Medallion Patterned Stencil Basic Grey)

 Stop on by...

click HERE to check it out!

I'd love it if you left me some comment love too ;o)

MAHALO!!!

Hero Arts and Clearly Besotted...LOVE

Happy Hump Day everyone!

Today I'm over at

A Blog Named Hero

and would love it if you stopped on by.

Here's a little sneaky peak of one of my cards...

We're collaborating with the very generous

Clearly Besotted!!

I hope you like them as much as I liked creating them!

MAHALO!!

Woo hoo...another card!

Making this short as I realized I only have 2 more hours to enter the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Stencil It!

The card...

Hero Arts Bubble Confetti Stencil, Hero Arts Live Life, 

Shadow inks in Pool, Tide Pool and Stone Wash

Hero Hues ink in Unicorn, Lawn Fawn Into the Woods pattern paper, 

white embossing powder

I was going for the bokeh effect for the next A Blog Named Hero Challenge as well.  Started with the Unicorn ink and then slightly moved the stencil for the ombre effect of inks.  The panel is foam taped to the card front for dimension.

It feels good to start up card making again!  Mahalo for stopping by!!

Special Thanks!

I'm screaming from Hawaii...can you hear me!?

I could not believe it when I received 

the most amazing e-mail 

from thee Holly Anderson of Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking 

magazine!

I've been chosen as an honorable mention for the 10th annual Stamping Royalty

amongst some INCREDIBLE paper crafters.

Me?!?

So my card will be published in the July edition of Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking and I'm hoping it'll get your attention enough to vote!

I would sure appreciate it!

I want to thank all the lovely people that visit my blog and the amazing comments you all leave me!

It is because of you all that I had the courage to take the chance and submit. 

The card below is to show my sincerest gratitude...

Hero Arts Bubble Confetti stencil, Simon Says Stamps Thanks Word Die,

 Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade and Peacock Feathers

white embossing powder, black cardstock and Wink of Stella clear glitter pen

This was a fun one to do!  I used the stencil and a sponge dauber inked with Versamark to create the panel and cover in white embossing powder then heat set. 

I took the different distress inks and created the emboss resist distress background.

Then I placed the panel onto the card base along with the stencil to match the pattern.  Taking the same distress ink colors to match the area, sponge daubered inside the stencil to create the surrounding card panel.

Fun and easy!

Have you checked out the 2nd challenge for Virginia's View? It's all about stencils and I'll be entering this card in it.  Also entering A Blog Named Hero: Build a Background....

As always MAHALO for stopping by and I hope you'll check out my Honorable Mention Card in Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine in July and vote!!!