HELLO on newsprint

Sometimes a simple card just makes the best impact ...

- the red flower (which is a Hero Arts silhouette stamp from the Sweet Threads Thank You stamp set) was first stamped on white card 
- then a mask of the flower was stamped and cut, and with mask in place, I then proceeded to stamp the background (using Hero Arts - Newspaper Background stamp) in sepia ink
- final touches include affixing the 'hello' die-cut from Paper Smooches - Quote Tag (which has been embossed in copper powder) and some rhinestones on the flower centre and across the card 
- with the edges of the white card distressed and coloured with distress ink, it was all ready to go onto the brown card base

and it was great to know that the card was noticed in the Hero Arts Flickr group, and was tweeted by myheroarts .... wheeeeee!

Thinking of You

Thinking of You, a photo by eatzycath on Flickr.

Another card made for the 1-layer card challenge at the Hero Arts flickr group - CAS cards are really quite addictive as we grapple with the challenge of not adding layers to a card!

* first, I used a Labels Sixteen die-cut from Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut out the label from plain white paper

* using the negative part of the white paper placed over the white cardstock, I then colored the inner unmasked portion with dye ink of different colors

* the 'thinking of you' sentiment comes from Hero Arts - Made with Love stamp set - this was stamped in red ink in the center of the colored space and clear-embossed

* with negative mask removed, I then placed the die back onto card in a slightly offset position and outlined the die in black ink, once with a thicker nib and then a second time in a different offset position with a thinner nib

* I then replaced the label mask and stamped in black using the whirly flower stamp from Hero Arts-Basic Grey Sweet Threads Thank You clear stamp collection at opposite corners of the label

* with label mask still in place, the card was then misted using Glimmer Mist

* dabs of glitter glue were then added to the petals of the swirly flower design