New inspiration

Hello, friends,

My wonderful husband gave me a gift of new Hero Arts stamps and books. I am so busy with kids and keeping the priorities of my life right that there's not much time left for stamping. I had an idea for the tulip card for 1-2 days in my head before I had time to sit down and make it. A slight mistake was obvious to me but I decided I had no time to redo it and when ahead. Do you see it?

There's a little stamping secret here. I wanted a long card and stamped the tulips twice, masking the top with paper and covering the seam with a scalloped border by recycling some wrapping craft paper. It's amazing that though there're so many various stamps have been used, the card does not look too busy.




I made quite a few of these flower cards for the upcoming spring Women's day as thank you cards for teachers. Applying distress inks and stamping with Happy definition make it a fun and quick project. The sentiment "From all my heart" is stamped with StazOn on green vellum. The golden border is a sticker.

I am very satisfied with the books. I just love The Mission to motherhood by Sally Clarkson It is so deep and nurturing to my spirit. I may share more about the book when I finish.

Friendship and Valentine cards

I have finally found some free time to make a card using new supplies. I wanted to learn how to use alcohol inks and realized I needed special glossy paper to use them. I also died some vellum paper (I used in other projects). For these cards I embossed one of my favorite and most versatile stamps Silhouette Grass by Hero Arts in gold. The sentiment is from Friends and Treasures.

Here's the two cads I made.



The Russian sentiment says "from all my heart". This is a Valentine card in masculine colors for my dear husband.


I enter the Friendship card into Hero Arts February contest.

New Year collage

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

С Новым годом и Рождеством Христовым!

Hand-made ornaments

I came up with this fun idea for my son's kindergarten group. I cut all the shapes with my Big Shot. There is a picture of the kid on one side in the scalloped circle frame and the back side is a place to write down a wish. I enjoyed taking pictures of the kids observing their personalities. Some like to pose for a picture, other don't.

Для детей из садовской группы Тимофея придумала вот такие украшения на елку. С одной стороны - фотография в круглой рамке, с другой - место для новогоднего желания. Все вырезано при помощи машинки для вырубки. Мне понравилось фотографировать детей. Кто-то любит фотографироваться и подходит дважды, кто-то не очень.


While I was working on the ornaments, my son willingly shared about his friends. It was a good opportunity for me to listen and learn. The teachers were very satisfied with this idea. The kids' faces turned out to be great decorations for the tree and later the kids could take the ornaments home as a gift.



Пока вырезала, клеила и сшивала, много узнала о каждом ребенке. Тимофей охотно комментировал.
Воспитатели остались очень довольны, детские мордашки украсили елку, а потом каждый ребенок смог забрать себе портрет на память.

Christmas tags

I had leftover circles from a sketch which never worked out and I turned them into fun tags. The circles bases are lefovers from Christmas window cards. Together with Starbucks matrioshka coffee cups they were packed in my husband's suitcase just in time for him to leave on his business trip to California. The inner circles are poped up for dimention. I thought it first it was my idea, but remembered that I saw this frugal use of paper scraps at Betsy Veldman's blog.


Рождественские ярлычки для близких друзей. Я успела закончить наборы открыток, ярлычков в подарок друзьям, и вместе с чашками-матрёшками из Старбакса они уехали в Калифорнию. Все штампы - Hero Arts. Приятно, что сегодня дизайнер компании отметил эту фотографию в твиттере. Основа для мини открыток - остатки от открыток с окошками, таким образом все пошло в дело. Мне показалось, что это я сама придумала, а потом вспомнила, что подобное рачительное использование остатков видела в блоге у дизайнера Betsy Veldman.

I enter these mini cards into Hero Arts December challenge.

My card making class

This is my first try at using Hero Arts digital butterlies. It is inspired by Lucy's cards . I printed four card panels on one page, adding a sentiment. The butterflies were printed on various designer papers. I cut them out, distressed adges, added glossy accents on the wings and colored the bodies with pens. The papers are from DCWV and K&Company.

Special thanks to Marina for the beautifully created digital sentiments which she shares for free on her blog.

Two weeks ago I taught a class at a church retreat on how to make this card. I enjoyed it so much, so did the ladies!

TFL!

Hero Arts fall card exchange

It takes me so long to post about the Flicker HA group fall card exchange. I love these exchanges as you get to connect with crafters from all over the world and make new friends. I love how his bright autumn card has turned out. It was safely delivered to Marijke in Holland. Is it a miracle or what? It took about a week to reach Holland! I am still expecting a card from my exchange partner.



The background is made with distress inks and spritzed water on watercolor paper. Easy and fun way to create a custom-made background with in any color rage! I applied Glossy Accents on the flower, so it is masked and applied inks and stamping.

Supplies:
K5376 Hydrangea (Hero Arts)
S4878 Old Letter Writing (HA)
Classic Fabric Design CG245(HA)

TFL!