Hero Tones...

Hi everybody,

I'm sharing another card I have made for the current challenge going on over at the awesome A Blog Named Hero, where this time round the theme is 'Tone On Tone'.

And here's my card...

I'm slightly obsessed with trying to create the perfect spearmint colour using my Distress Inks at the minute as there just isn't one in the family so far (come on Tim - gimme a spearmint!), so went with that as my chosen tone.

  

I started by mixing my Distress Inks (Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, & Tumbled Glass), with water, and washing my card through them, making sure to create interesting spots of pools and splashes, and left to dry.  I then mixed some transparent texture paste with the remaining ink to create my own,matching tone, translucent paste; it's so cool, almost like a seaglass!  I then applied my pretty paste onto my card panel using Hero Arts Triangle Pattern stencil.  Whilst that was drying I dry inked another piece of card, using the same mix of colours, to use as my back piece, and cut 3 of these pretty little doily shapes using a Spellbinders die.  I then cut a small banner flag from my card panel and one of the die-cuts, and adhered the die over-top, then adding the remaining dies to the top and bottom of my piece, trimming accordingly to create a continuation pattern.  I lined up my aperture to allow me to see where I wanted to stamp my sentiment, which is from Hero Arts Essential Messages set, stamped through using Versafine Onyx black ink, and clear heat embossed.  I adhered my panel to my background using foam tape to give dimension, making more of a feature of my aperture sentiment, and added a couple of pieces of ribbon cut into a flag and a tag.  

I embellished with a scattering of enamel dots, and there you have it.

I really hope you like it and would love to read your comments so please feel free to leave them :)

See you next time.

Jillxxx

One layer of leaves and copper...

Hi everybody,

I hope you are well.

I'd like to share a card with you which I have made for the current challenge going on over at A Blog Named Hero, where this time round, the challenge is to make a 'One Layer Card'.

And here's my offering...

I used Hero Arts Graphic Leaves background stamp to make my card. 

 I started by masking off the whole of the back of my card blank so as not to get it covered in ink, and also masked an inch strip along the front of my card to leave a space for my sentiment. I then stamped out my Graphic leaves background in Pine Needles Distress Ink, and clear heat embossed.  Once cool, I coloured all my different leaves using different shades of green Distress (Evergreen Bough, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio, Shabby Shutters), using the inks as watercolour, and left to dry.  Once dry, i stamped out a thin strip at the top and bottom of my masked area, in Versamark ink, and heat embossed in copper.  I then took my sentiment from Hero Art's Essential Messages, and again, heat embossed in copper.  The copper looked so pretty against the green, and because I was making a 'one layer card' I knew I wouldn't be embellishing - so decided to add a little extra detail - I took a Perfect Medium bullet nib pen, and traced around a few of my background leaves, and also heat embossed them in copper.

And there you have it. 

I really hope you like it and would love to read your comments, so please feel free to leave one :)

See you next time.

Jillx