A Deep Dive into Hero Arts + 2 More Cards

This week I pulled out my MMH kit from April, 2019 and set to work playing around with this kit to make a bunch of cards that I will enter in the Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #10: Create a Scene.  I was so excited to get this kit last year, but haven't done much with it....until this week.


This card is kind of busy, so I left a sentiment off.  I will stamp something inside when I send it.  I had Venice at night in mind for this scene.

I decided to leave the background white on this next card, another scene from Venice, this one during the day.

Next up are some cards I am also entering at A Blog Named Hero to Combine Old and New.

On this card, a scene in a Venice neighborhood, the new is the Venetian Neighborhood cling and old is the happy birthday sentiment from Chalkboard Birthday.

On this Venice scene, the new(ish)  is the MMH April, 2019 kit and old is the birthday sentiment from Chalkboard Birthday.

On this birthday card, the old is the Paper Layering Neighborhood die and the new is the dog and balloon from Birthday Paw-ty.

OK, the last of my Hero Arts cards for today....this one uses the Venice dies as new and the sentiment from Birthday Messages as old (This birthday messages is one of the very first stamps I ever bought, and I still pull it out to use all the time.)

I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #394: Clean and Simple.

Moving on, this card was inspired by the colors and black and white stripes in the inspiration photo at Inspired By...Fresh Morning, the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #377 and Addicted to Stamps and More #394: Clean and Simple.

 Last up is a card to send a friend off onto a road trip adventure.  I made this card using stamped and die cut bits sent to me by my bestie, Kim, so I am entering it at Shopping Our Stash #422: UFO's.  I am also playing along at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Summer Fun (roadtrip adventure) and Addicted to Stamps and More #394: Clean and Simple.

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One More Card

I thought I was done for the day, but as I was cleaning up, an idea came to me and I just had to make one last card.  I used MFT Sketch Challenge #493 and MFT Color Challenge #143 and MFT Good Friends stamps.  I am also linking this up at Cupcake Inspirations #495: Friendship.

Now I am truly done for the day, and must clean up the mess on my desk.

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My Crafty Weekend

Happy Sunday, and I am just starting to dig through the mess on my desk, from having been so crafty.

First up is a card using some MFT bears to play along with the MFT Color Challenge #143 and MFT Sketch Challenge #493.  My friends Kim and Tracey and I have decided to try to take these MFT bears on some adventures together, so I will be excited to see what they post also.  I am also linking this card up at Simon Says Monday Challenge: It's a Man Thing.

Next up is a challenge inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #439 and the colors at Just Add Ink #509 (can you see the yellow sprinkles in the background?).  I am also entering this at Seize the Birthday #192: All About Summer (because...Popsicles!!)

This next card is for my mom, who loves pandas, tap dancing and Broadway musicals.  I know that she will love this chorus line of dancing pandas, inspired by the challenge at Less is More #421: Borders.

This next card will be my final and third entry at Poppystamps #69: Clean and Simple challenge, my go to style of card making.  I chose to feature these adorable Whittle Mice in some bright and summery colors.  I am also entering this card at Just Us Girls #540: Frame It, CAS on Friday #182: Sunshine, Inkspirational #215: Yellow Paint and  Seize the Birthday #192: All About Summer.

Another birthday card for my stash, featuring the colors from Color Throwdown #597.

How about a bunch of cute dogs all squeezing together for the sake of friendship?  I am entering this card at Inky Paws #125, Cupcake Inspirations #495: Friendship, and Just Us Girls #540: Frame It.

Last but not least, a card inspired by the challenge at Stay Crafty with Hero #10: Build a Scene,  Seize the Birthday #192: All About Summer (we always go to the fair in the summer), and SOSS #162: T is for Technique (ink blending).

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Happy Friday

Hello and happy Friday.  I am popping in with a quick post to share some cards I've made this week.  First up is a card I made for the challenge at Poppystamps #69: Clean and Simple using the colors from Color Throwdown #597.  I used the Poppystamps Happy Birthday cover plate, one of my old favorites, and kept the card CAS by only adding pops of color for the 'happy birthday' at the bottom.

My next card is inspired by the challenge at The Flower Challenge #45 to use navy and one other color.  I used navy card stock with white embossing, and my other color is PTI Berry Sorbet.  

I have a tip for stamping a curved sentiment...I put my cardstock in my MISTI, and used a washable marker to draw the shape of the curve on the cover of the MISTI.  Then, I opened the cover and stuck the stamp to the inside cover along the line I wrote.  I tested it out before stamping on my actual card.

I saw an interesting tutorial on this week's Splitcoast Stamper newsletter on how to make a card inspired by quilting.  I have a friend who quilts, and I thought it would be a great birthday card for her.  I used papers from a Simple Stories pad.  I am also entering this card at Seize the Birthday #192 without toppings.  It was so easy and I like how it came out.  I may make a few more, using other patterned paper scraps.  The tutorial showed using a leaf die cut for the candle flame.  I didn't have an appropriate leaf die, so I used a leaf stamp that I inked in light yellow and then rolled a little in a darker yellow.

There is a fabulous challenge over at Shopping Stash #422: UnFinished Objects that had me pulling out an almost complete card to finish.  Actually, 2 of them that were very similar.  I will also enter at Cupcake Inspirations #422: Friendship.

Last of all, a very CAS card for Addicted to Stamps and More #393:  Holiday, using some knitting themed stamps I borrowed from Tracey.

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