A Little of This and That

Playing with a very old stamp set by Hero Arts.  I think it may have been one of my very first set of stamps, 15+ years ago.  I used water color paper and my water brushed markers by Marvy and Tombow.  I used some water to pull in the color to give a water color look to some of the cards. I also used other colored makers to color in some of the cat images yellow.  I used embossing folders and some heat embossing also.  These were boxed up and given to my favorite Veterinarian.

 Three cards that I submitted for the  Take Ten Card challenge.  Following the example layout that was in the latest magazine. I used some left over scraps of pattern paper, miscellaneous stamps, ribbon, sequins, die cut pieces and stickers.  It was fun to rummage through my stash of supplies and find new ways to use them.  I really love making card using simple embellishments and very little stamping.  Let the papers to all the work. That was a beautiful paper pad by DCWV and I am happy to say that I used every bit it too.  Now I will be on the lookout for another beautiful paper pad. ❤️

 Here are some girly looking cards using a very old 6" x 6" paper pad by Lasting Impressions called "Just The Girls".  Wink of Stella shimmer pen was used to the center of the flowers.  After  I added clear Nuvo drops to give some dimensional look to the centers of the flowers.  I added some hand drawn lines around the sentiment stamp.  It gives a new look to my stamp. A layer of vellum gives a nice base to add some embellishments that would have been lost on a  busy pattern paper.  The paper pad had a couple of sheet with sweet cut outs.   Using leftover strip for these last two cards.  This collection would make great Mother's Day cards too.

 A couple more cards using Papertrey Inks, " Brushed Blooms stamps set ".  I used inks from Hero Arts (Passion Flower, Fresh Lawn), My Favorite Things (Banana Split) and Memento (Grape Jelly, Cottage Ivy).  Embossing folders from Sizzix (small dots) and We R Memory Keepers (larger dots). I used BAZZILL card stock in colors "Jelly Bean" and "Gummy Bear".  The label die cut used on the top card is a new die from Spellbinders called "Venise Lace" from their Designer Series.  Sentiment from Hero Arts. I hope to do more cards using this set real soon.