Still loving my Hero Arts Deer Stamp set and dies

I love this set….deerly

hee hee!

In all seriousness I can't get enough of seeing this deer stamp set come to life as you put together the layered images. I do recommend stamping in a dark ink first to 'stain' your stamps to make the images easier to see. First time it took me many times to get one I was happy with but this time with my stained stamps it was no trouble at all!

My card is made with the Hero Arts stamp set and dies and MME Comfort and Joy papers. Here's another tip. I did not take apart my dies in the kit as there were many little ones I was sure to lose. Instead when I stamped the deer I arranged the dies to cut out the deer perfectly on a larger piece of paper. This also allowed me to cut out all the small pieces without taking it apart. Now I tried lining up the stamps to stamp on the die cuts but it was hard to see on my light desktop. So I got a piece of dark paper and put the die cuts on it. This made the white die cuts easy to see on the black paper and so easy to now line up with the stamps and make them perfect!

How are your Christmas cards coming along? I've got 4 down and 30 to go LOL!

Cheers, Andrea

"Fawning" over Hero Arts Deer stamp set!

Seriously…Seriously!!!!

I'm in love with the Hero Arts Deer Stamp set and dies. It is a layering set so you get a dimensional look to your image. Here's a tip when using clear layering stamps if you are having trouble seeing the image to layer them. Stamp them in a black ink first to 'stain' the stamp. Makes lining it up even easier!

I paired it up with My Mind's Eye (MME) Comfort & Joy line of paper. This paper has a gorgeous rustic Christmas look. I can't get enough of it! A few sequins and BAM! A gorgeous card. At least I think so LOL. 

And sending out a big hello to all the ladies at SGD's Fall Retreat. Wish I was there!

Cheers, Andrea

Crazy 4 Challenges is getting Negative!

Yep it's true. C4C is VERY negative this week. Frances our hostess with the mostess has challenged us to use the negative space left over from punches or die cuts. How fun is that!!!

I kinda cheated and used a MFT die that cuts out the four circles above and leaves a negative space for you. So no I didn't get out the ruler and use my punches and creative this perfectly lined up piece. Thank you MFT for saving my sanity ;)

I also used this cute stamp set by Hero Arts that also uses the 'negative' space to show the design. How smart am I!! Frances should be proud! hee hee! I then filled in the remaining circles with items from my stash and added a ribbon. I am thinking it is almost impossible for me to NOT add ribbon to a card. Hope no one challenges me to do that for awhile. 

To see how the rest of the Crazies got negative for Frances hop on over to the Crazy for Challenges blog and join us!

Cheers, Andrea

Crazy 4 Challenges- Colour Challenge!

Saturday means another awesome Crazy 4 Challenges inspiration! Silke has given us a fun one this week- use yellow/green/pink/blue on your cards. As well we have a sponsor for our challenge- The Greeting Farm! 

I used a TGF image I have had and enjoyed for years. I have to admit this colour challenge had me stumped until I spotted the paper I had just used on my card the other day that I posted- score! If I had of cleaned up my work area I may not have realized what perfect paper it was. So basically I have just justified not cleaning my craft room for another week lol!

I have an oops that I have to share as well. I forgot to post my card for last week's challenge as I had a crazy busy weekend that I wasn't expecting but I wanted to post. This was for last week's white on white card with a hint of colour using a cute Hero Arts set:

Great challenges so far this month Silke! Hop on over to the C4C site to see more amazing inspiration from the Crazies and the full deets to join us!

Cheers, Andrea

Crazy for Challenges asks 'Whoooo's birthday is it?'

Crazy for Challenges wants to know Whoooo's birthday is it? Why it is our own Owl lover Frances!! Happy Birthday Frances!!! It gave me a reason to use my new Hero Arts owl stamp as the current challenge is to use an owl on your card.

This card is another attempt at clean and simple. This is seriously like my 8th try for this card. Seriously. I had no idea that the simpler the card...the harder it would be for me. But for Frances...well it's worth the extra ink hee hee!

So come on and get your Owl on and join us Crazies as we wish the amazingly talented and soooo sweet Frances a Happy Birthday weekend!!!!

All the Best Frances! xoxo

Andi 

Playing with Hero Arts and Color Me Creative

I love this card. Love it. The fact that I made it is just a bonus. Loooooovvvee it. Might have something to do with my addiction to hot drinks and donuts. 

I wanted something fun and funky for my 3rd contribution for Color Me Creative DT posts and when this Hero Arts set hit SGD I had visions of sugar plums dancing in my head. Actually it was double chocolate donuts, jelly donuts, French crullers and my fave chocolate walnut crunches dancing in my head hee hee!

So with this 'Have a Donut' set in my hands I stamped the images in Memento tuxedo black to get them ready for my copics. I then used the following copic colours to keep it simple:

R-24, 27, 29, 39

E-23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 50

WG-3

I used my scor-buddy to add dimension to my white card by scoring just around the inside of the card. I have been seeing this more and more on cards especially with the resurgence lately of the clean and simple card style which I am trying to do along with my over the top cards I still love doing lol. 

If you are unfamiliar with the CMC (Color Me Creative) site I talk about click here to be introduced to a colorers dream haven! We have tons of online courses for you to take and lots of fun amazing like minded crafters who love to chat it up and give each other suggestions and support. Come and join us!!

Cheers, Andi