The newest challenge at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero is Smooth – try some ink blending. I ink blended a cardstock panel using the Distress Oxide Ink equivalent of the the ink colors in The Paper Players Challenge and gave the panel a spritz of Hero Arts Frost Shimmer Mist (it got … Read more
When I saw several challenges featuring Balloons, I decided to use Copper Foil with my brand-spanking-new Pinkfresh Studio Make a Wish BetterPress Plate (I was thrilled when I saw you could also use it with the Glimmer Foil Machine, which is what I did for my card). I attached two strips of metallic … Read more
The plan this morning was to sleep in, but my body had other ideas and woke up like it was a Monday morning work day. I know when it does that, there's no fighting it, so I got out of bed. Then mid-morning, it felt like I might be able to get a little nap, … Read more
It's been one of those days in the studio where everything I touched seemed to be a mess. I literally tried six times to foil these Hero Arts Snowflake Pattern. I even went to watch a video to make sure I had everything lined up correctly, but the foil just wasn't adhering. Finally after I … Read more
This morning, I wanted to make a card for the December #TEMakerChallenge at Taylored Expressions. The December challenge is a sketch that I decided to turn into a Tag. I used the foil with double-sided tape technique that we used in last weeks Online Card Class, taking my inspiration from my Share Joy Pick-up Sticker … Read more
I'm resting & relaxing with Jennifer Maguire and Cathy Zielske this morning in the Online Card Classes Relax & Reward card class. Jennifer shared a number of ways to use different adhesives with foil, so I did a twist on one of them for this card. Rather than use cardstock, I used Pinkfresh Studios Happy … Read more
Somehow our weather seems to have gone straight from Summer to Winter, which makes me side since the cooler fall temps are my favorite. We had to bundle up in coats, gloves and hats to walk to breakfast today. So it seemed appropriate to create with snowflakes this afternoon for the #staycraftychallenge at Hero Arts … Read more
The September Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is All Things Fall. I started by using Orange Foil on the Unity/Therm-o-Web Circles a Plenty Card Front (so hard to photogram, but you can see a bit of the sparkle where the light hit it at the top of the card). I went through my … Read more
The current Memory Box Challenge is Crazy for Orange. I knew I wanted to die cut some scribble leaves from Orange Gelliprints, so when I didn't find any in my stash, I pulled out the paints and made some. I discovered I could use Therm-o-Web Gold Foil to add a bit of gold … Read more
After making my first Wings & Things card for the Unity Stamp Company July Challenge, I couldn't put everything back in the drawer without making one more. I decided to foil-up the Unity Stamp Company Butterfly Fly Away Toner Card Fronts using Therm-o-Web Summer Rainbow foil. I took some inspiration from … Read more