Summer Card Camp Week 4

Since it is the last week of Summer Camp, don't you think we should get S'mores? Come on! If not, I might just short sheet your bed.

Well, yes, it is the final week of my online Summer Card Camp - thank you, Jennifer and Kristina! It has been so amazing. This week's color combo is dear to my heart - ocean colors! You all know that I am a true mermaid gal, so I am in my wet glory.

In addition to the colors, Jennifer provided us with a video just bursting with ideas and techniques. I have incorporated a couple of them here, the acetate window and the letterpress techniques. Jennifer made this look so easy, but I had some troubles! After all, she is the brilliant professional.

It was difficult to photograph, but there is a strip of clear acetate (a Hero Arts clear acetate card) on the front of the card. It is stamped with Hero Arts "Magical Background" stamp (which I think looks like waves) using Stazon Ink. Doesn't it look like the turtle and the mermaid are floating in the water? For the letterpress effect I used Royal Blue Colorbox Ink in the Cuttlebug embossing folder with the wave design. It all makes a big splash!
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The turtle is Hero Arts E996, the mermaid (don't you love her tan?) is A Muse 1-6134D and the shell is Crafty Secrets SL26 - all colored with Copic pens and highlighted with Stickles. The funny sentiment is from Memory Box, embossed in white. The seaweed is from a sweet Die-namics die and it is inked with Distress Inks. The tag is from Spellbinders "Ribbon Tag Trio", the pearls are from my stash, and the ribbon is a gift from my sweet crafty and Hero Arts flickr group pal, Barb!

Wow! What a line-up, eh? Maybe we should call this card the manufacturer's buffet, since so many different ones have been served up!

Summer Card Camp has been a truly great getaway - lots of fun and inspiration. Thanks again to everyone who taught us and for all the crafty pals who played along. Is that "Kumbya" I hear in the background?

One Ringy Dingy!

Hello! One last post for this week and it is for the Summer Card Camp weekly color challenge. Here are the colors – monochromatic with a splash of red. A real challenge!

I immediately thought of one of my favorite Hero Arts stamp sets, “Just Saying Hi (CL502)”. I stamped the phone image in Memories “mink” pigment ink and clear embossed it for the perfect shine. I used an ek border punch along the edge. I decided not to use Distress Inks this time – I wanted to keep the look fresh and clean.

The card back is stamped with my brand new Hero Arts “Flower Dot Pattern (CG330)” background stamp using VersaMark Dazzle Ink. It may be difficult to see because it is so subtle, but I think it adds some richness. I can’t wait to use this stamp again.

The strip is from a real phone book (just hope we don’t need to call anyone with the last name of Lin!). To the corner (for balance, as we learned from Kristina) I added a cute little punched heart with lots of Stickles.

Jennifer taught us how to make this cool stepped sentiment banner in this week’s Camp video. Don’t you love how it pops off the page? I added some vintage buttons from my stash for an extra punch of red.

That is it for this week. Thanks to all the happy campers for the continued support and inspiration! Have a great weekend.

It's Flippin' Summer!

Hope you all had a great weekend! I thought that I would post a card that I made for the on-line Summer Card Camp that I am "attending". Every week there is a new color challenge. This week's was to use these colors in a card. Fun and summery, eh?

I decided to really get my toes wet, so to speak. I used some great patterned paper from Pink Paislee called "Hometown Summer". Perfect. The stamp set is Hero Arts CL512. I embossed the flip-flops (can you believe it - we used to call them thongs?!) in white onto some of the printed paper. The banners are made by cutting some paper that I had punched out with an ek border punch. Easy! Some twine and tiny vellum flowers (K&Company) were added. Finally, for extra fun and texture, I added some Tahaiti Beach "sand" by Muddpuddles. It comes in a little jar and you just spread it on.

Because I used a border punch for the banners I plan to enter this is Moxie Fab World's Beautiful Borders challenge. Thanks for looking and have a great week!

My Buddy Barb

As some of you know, I am participating in the Summer Card Camp which is hosted by Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner. Super-amazing and talented gals. It is a great class. This is the Week One Color Challenge. Not my comfort level colors, even though I consider myself an island girl and these are very tropical.

I made this card using the colors and a new water color technique for my final entry in Hero Arts' monthly contest.

The nifty technique is to scribble water color crayon (they are so much fun!) onto an acrylic block, mist it with water and stamp it onto water color paper. I love the look. The stamps are Hero Arts(CG298 and CL490).

The twine, button and pearls are from my stash. That is a brad new EK Success border punch - love it!

And the adorable flower? Well, that is from my wonderful friend Barb! Isn't this world amazing how we can develop relationships with folks from everywhere? Barb has become such a special friend through the Hero Arts flickr group, our blogs and so many "places" and interests we share. She is the dearest lady - always a kind word for everyone, just full of joyful talent, most inspirational, lots of fun and tireless energy! I can't tell you how delighted I am to have found her - I so enjoy her! I feel so close to her, yet we have never met. Ain't life grand?!

Anyway, Barb recently did a neat thing on her blog where she made a beautiful series cards that was inspired by the work of another talented gal. They had a contest where names were drawn from all the comments they received. Barb drew my name and I won her lovely prize!  Random?

Can you believe this fantastic orange gift that arrived in my mail? Not only was it chuck full of flowers in the most wonderful colors and lots of ribbon to simply die for - she made me a super-adorable card! Just for me! A Barb original! Don't you just love that glittery center and that gorgeous lace! Such a special gift! Thanks so much, Barb - you continue to amaze me.