Wow! It’s Friday! We had a nice day at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store. I worked on some projects and Renee rearranged things! She does that every once in a while. My Parent’s stopped in for a visit which is always fun! After work I stopped home and chanegd into jeans before heading over to Heather’s. She had some pizza and a glass of wine waiting for me, she’s the best! Stephanie came by and we left to go to the Softball game. We had a nice time even if they did loose. We laughed and I chased Stephanie around the field! Here is a picture of the three of us on the bleachers…
We look like we are having fun don’t we?! Today I have to get a little more organized at the store, I have started to create piles on my desk and that is never a good thing!
I have a bunch of new Hero Arts goodies from the last release that are just begging to be played with so I used one of them for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge…
My card base is Ivory 110lb Card Stock. For the background I heat embossed the script from the Hero Arts Vintage Post Stamp & Cut Combo Set in Hero Arts Brass Embossing Powder onto a piece of Black 110lb. It’s adhered to the card with Black Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. My cardinal, poinsettia and pine cones, all from the same set, are all double stamped onto Arches 140lb Watercolor Paper in Hero Arts Intense Black using my Mini MISTI. The pine branch and holly are stamped in Hero Arts Pine Hybrid. I used Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Mowed Lawn and Gathered Twigs Distress and a Waterbrush to color them in. They are all cut out with the Coordinating Dies and adhered to the card with Black 3D Foam Squares and Dot Runner Adhesive. My greeting is from the same set and is heat embossed in more Brass onto a piece of Chinese Red and adhered with more Black 3D Foam Squares. Yup, I added a few Pretty Pink Posh Rose Gold, Concord & 9th Birthday Bash Mix and Christmas Mix Sequins to the card to give it a little bling! I love that Vintage Post Set, so many nice images, great for collage cards! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thanks for visiting me today! Have a fun Friday! 🙂
Products used:
Stamp Set: Vintage Post Stamp & Die Combo (Hero Arts)
Ink: Intense Black and Pine Hybrid (Hero Arts) Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Mowed Lawn and Gathered Twigs Distress (Ranger-Tim Holtz)
Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark
Embossing Powder: Brass (Hero Arts)
Card Stock: Ivory and Black 110lb (Recollections) Chinese Red (My Colors)
Specialty Paper: Arches 140lb Watercolor
Dies: Vintage Post Stamp & Cut Combo (Hero Arts)
Embellishments: Rose Gold, Concord & 9th Birthday Bash Mix and Christmas Mix Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), Dot Runner (Tombo) 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)
Tools: Artisan X-plorer (Spellbinders), Heat Tool (Hero Arts), Mini MISTI, Crystal Katana and Fun Foam