Hola, Bonjour, Hello....

 For this card, I decided that I wanted to use the Hero Arts Cats and Dogs clear stamp set in a totally different way - by leaving out the Cats and Dogs!

I stamped the green card blank with the Hero Arts Arrow background cling stamp

using Versamagic ink and set aside to dry.

There is a really cute speech bubble in the Hero Arts Cats and Dogs stamp set

which I stamped onto three different shades of green cardstock.
I stamped the three greetings into the speech bubbles and cut them out by hand.

I arranged the speech bubbles on my card front until I was happy with the positioning. The Hola was glued flat to the card, the Hello was mounted on one layer of foam tape, and the Bonjour was mounted on two layers of foam tape - so that the speech bubble overlapped each other nicely.

Using a selection of green buttons from my stash, I glued them in between the bubbles to add interest and texture.

I think this is a quick, fun card which could be sent to anyone!
Mel xxx

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Hot Dog, Its your birthday!

I have been having a great time playing with the new release from Hero Arts.

This cute card was made for a dog lover using the Hero Arts Cats and Dogs clear stamp set

I started with an A6 Kraft card blank. I cut some cream card stock slightly narrower than the card blank for my front panel. I stamped my birthday sentiment directly onto the card blank in Rich Cocoa Memento.

Using a Spellbinders square die (you could use a punch here) I cut an aperture into the cream front panel.

On a spare scrap of the  cream card, I marked in pencil the shape of the aperture. Using the pencil marks as a guide, I stamped out my little scene, first stamping the silhouettes of the dogs in a pale brown, then overstamping the outlines of the dogs in a darker brown. I blended a little ink under their feet to ground them and stamped the "Woof!" sentiment in dark brown.

Taking my original cream panel, I tied a piece of twine through the aperture and round the outside edge, finishing it with a button. With some foam tape, I attached the doggy scene behind my aperture and mounted the whole panel to the card front.

Really cute I think - and can be repeated with the cats from the same stamp set for cat lovers.

Mel xx Pin It Now!

Birds of a Feather .....

This card was made for today's CRAFT challenge.

The theme was sewing/stitches, and as you can probably gather from my submission - sewing is not my strong point!

To start, I took a white card blank and stamped it with the Hero Arts Arrows cling background stamp in Versamagic ink (Wheat). This ink gives a lovely subtle background.

I set the card blank aside to dry.

Using the new Hero Arts clear stamp set "Sundrifter Love This" I stamped the circle onto a strip of Kraft cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder. I stamped and embossed three feathers onto the circle to give the look of a Dreamcatcher.

At the top and bottom of the circle I stamped "you" and "me" in Memento Rich Cocoa.

To create the scalloped bottom edge I used Spellbinders Labels Thirteen.  I trimmed the Kraft cardstock slightly narrower than the die so that I could slide just the bottom of the card under the cutting edge and die cut it.

I took some scrap vellum and stamped and embossed my sentiment. I trimmed the vellum to fit the width of my Kraft panel. Using some repositionable glue, I positioned the vellum on the Kraft panel and poked some stitching holes with a piercing tool. I then used these holes to sew my vellum strip onto the Kraft cardstock.

To decorate, I used some twine, a wooden button and some 3mm white pearls from Creative Expressions.

I attached the panel to the front of the card with foam tape.

I hope you like this card, with its neutral colours I think it is suitable for a man or a woman.
Mel xxx



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The new Hero Arts range....

....has just arrived at Crimson Cloud.

Including the latest wood, cling and clear stamp sets.

Here are just a few to whet your appetite!

Looking forward to making some demos with this little lot!
Hope you like them too.
Mel xxx

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Winter Sale Now on at Crimson Cloud

Our winter sale is now on with bargains such as 

Spellbinders die sets from only £10 - click here

Creative Expressions A5 stamp sets from only £5.50 - click here

Penny Black stamps from only £3 - click here

Hero Arts stamps from only £5.50 - click here

Martha Stewart punches from only £9.50 - click here

Zipper Roses only £1.50 per pack - click here

And many more massive bargains - click here

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