Loving Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kits!

I've purchased a few Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kits but sadly haven't been posting much. This one is from December 2018 and I was sold as soon as I saw this mouse. I chose to make him a brown harvest mouse with some pink on toes and tail. The cool frame is from another August 2017 kit. That's one of the things that attracted me to these kits. Besides the wonderful stamps, they include really awesome dies!

This also gave me the chance to try out my new Picket Fence embossing brushes. I never could quite get a consistently smooth look with my other blending tools and these worked great!

The other new technique I discovered is for using gamsol and Prismacolor pencils. Jennifer McQuire recently posted info about putting the gamsol in a refillable alcohol ink pen instead of using stumps.I didn't have this pen so decided to try some Ranger ice resin brushes that I had. They are rubber, angled and flexible plus the perfect size for detail work. And they worked great! I'm looking forward to trying them again for more coloring with pencils as I love the blending you can achieve.

Thanks so much for dropping by,

Sharron

Supplies:

Stamps and Dies: Hero Arts MMH Kits

Cardstock: PTI White and Smoky Shadow

Patterned Paper: Autumn Dreams (Recollections)

Stencil: MFT Mini Cloud Edges

Misc: Prismacolor colored pencils; gamsol; Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss; Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder; Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls EF

TCP Tuesday Challenge #327: THE OUTDOORS

Summer fun and a day at the beach! Little bunny is having a great day making his castle, pretty good don't you think! I absolutely love all the images in this Live More set that was released last month at The Cat's Pajamas. I was even lucky enough to win a gift certificate during the release too. I had purchased a pad of paper at Michael's ages ago with wonderful ocean patterns that were perfect for my cards. Both are colored with Prismacolor pencils. And both sentiments are from Hero Arts Monthly Kit June 2018. 

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Supplies:

Stamps: Live More (The Cat's Pajamas), Sentiments from Hero Arts Monthly Kit-June 2018

Papers: Stamper's Select White, Kraft,  Weathervane (PTI); Coastal (DCWV); Red from stash

Dies: Fancy Circle (Studio Katia); Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker)

Additional: Wink of Stella Clear

(Please excuse my slight slip with my die on card two. I'd already done all the coloring so felt it had to do!)

Thank you so much for paying a visit. There is still time for you to participate in the challenge and it's a great way to celebrate summer!

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Holidays: July

It's that time again!! The last day of the month is that special day when each member of the 12 Kits group gets to share what they made with the fantastic supplies that were mailed out the first of the month. We are now on the 19th month with this amazing concept and I feel just as excited each month when my kit arrives as I did the first time. This month the theme is Birthdays and our wonderful hostess is Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts. Thanks, Christina, for making this month seem like a party! Your kit was awesome!!

The photo below, taken by our very talented photographer, Kara, gives you a snapshot of the gorgeous goodies we received. I LOVED the papers and all the great elements--every one so perfect for a birthday celebration. I instantly had so many ideas of things to make and only time kept me from making more cards than I have posted.

PHOTO BY KARA

Christina send us several sentiments with parts embossed in gold. I wish the gold on the 'SPECIAL' photographed better but it is gorgeous IRL! I had seen a similar card, which I loved, using banners with a sentiment and using wood hearts some time ago . Unfortunately I can't remember where and on whose blog but to whoever you are, thanks for the inspiration!

My last two cards are almost alike but still I bit different. I made these for our granddaughers' birthday. They were 10 on Sunday!! 

You can find a complete list of supplies on Christina's blog. I did add a few items: the wood veneer butterflies, the sentiment on the third card which is from PTI Strictly Sentiments-Birthdays and the tiny bow on the last two cards. It is from Lil' Inkers Flip Flop dies.

Below is the list of all the other 12 Kits participants. Don't miss any of the blogs. There is always wonderful things to see. 

Thanks so much for visiting! We'll see you next month when our hostess will be Amy, Stamp-N-Paradise.

 Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea

   Renee, It's a Patchwork Life

   Tracey, In My Creative Opinion

  Sharron, On Papillon Wings  You are here!

Marybeth, Marybeth's Time for Paper

Jeanne, A Kept Life

Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts

Amy, Stamp-N-Paradise

Kim, Cupcakes, Cards and Kim

Kara, KandRdesigns

  Kelly, Gingham Girl

Jessica, The Paper Parade

Monday Mood Board #10

Hi all! Below is the wonderful inspiration board that Dawn posted for this week's challenge. Love the soft colors and watercolor look.

I feel like I might be cheating a bit though since I didn't use any technique for my paper! I have had this patterned piece from a pad that I bought probably 4-5 years ago at Michael's. I couldn't help but think it was the perfect thing to use for my card. Plus it reminds me of our recent vacation in Florida too! 

A couple of clouds from Heartfelt Mix were stamped in the sky with Versamark. The sentiment is from that set also. And the sun from A Pocketful was stamped on half of a doily. The shells were in a Hero Arts set called Antique Engravings, a set I bought for the butterflies and had yet to try out the shells.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Our forecasted sunny day has not yet arrived so I'm able to spend more crafty time inside!

Thanks for visiting,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: A Pocketful, Heartfelt Mix (WPlus9); Antique Engravings (Hero Arts)

Cardstock: Baja Breeze (Stampin' Up); SS White (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Pathways-Illuminations (Provo Craft)

Additional: Doily (Martha Stewart); Ink (Dandelion and Cantaloupe-Memento), Toffee and Slate-Amuse), Versamark

Play Date Cafe Challenge #166

I switched gears this morning when some happy mail included this Memory Box Trellis die. It's hard not to want every new die that comes out! And since I now have the Memory Box Metal Adaptor Plate, everything cuts like a dream.  

The PDCC this week is a Color Splash--black and white and this time a splash of emerald green. These were as close I could get. The butterfly's body and tips of the wings have green and I used New Leaf cardstock for the trellis insets. Kara at KandRdesigns has such an amazing talents for creating patterns. So when I first cut the trellis out, and after seeing her blog yesterday, I started thinking about designs I could create. Hopefully the green gives the abstract look of a vine. I thought the added flower gemstone might help. I like to do dimensional butterflies so I stamped one on the cardstock and stamped and cut out the body and wings of another one to layer on top.

Just a note about supplies. Two of my mainstays are Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive and Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive. I prefer Tombow to glue most everything on my cards. The V2 adhesive is a spray and perfect for adding vellum or clear cardstock plus things like the trellis. It's so easy to spray something that isn't solid. Then I added very small dots of Tombow in the openings where I added the green--really fast and easy!

Perhaps this will make you think of Spring!

Have a wonderfully creative week,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Antique Engravings (Hero Arts); Half and Half (PTI)

Cardstock: Soft Stone, Stamper's Select White, New Leaf (PTI)

Dies: Trellis (Memory Box)

Additional: Gemstone (Hobby Lobby); Tuxedo Black Ink (Memento); Copics

A Study in Beauty--Play Date Cafe Challenge #165

COLORS: Plum, Mustard, Rose

I was afraid I wasn't going to get this posted on time. I knew immediately I wanted to use this butterfly for this week's PDCC but had a bit of trouble with how to use mustard. Then after going through my 6x6 pads (I have a few!!), I found this paper from Bo Bunny! I've also had a package of these embellishments for ages so I was glad to finally be able to use one of them too.

The 'love' is a die cut from a WPlus9 Christmas set. Actually it was a pretty quick card to make once I decided to use the paper!

I've also gotten a little behind on visiting blogs. Hope to spend some time today!!

Happy Monday!

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Antique Engravings (Hero Arts)

Cardstock: Oatmeal (WPlus9); Vintage Cream, Plum Pudding (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Country Garden Collection (Bo Bunny)

Dies: Seasonal Sentiments (WPlus9)

Additional: Cameos (WeR Memory Keepers); Corner Punch (EK Success): Copics