Hero Arts 90 Minute Scramble

Here's this week's 90 minute card scramble challenge....

Create a card in under 90 minutes using a Hero Arts stamp, a background stamp, and a border punch!
(And get it or them tagged and posted in the Hero Arts Flickr group within the 90 minutes).

Materials:Stamps: HA - Snow Dots, Holiday Clear Sentiments, and Greatest Gift, Memento - Paris Dusk, Versamark, Colorbox - Frost White
Cutting/Embossing: PTI - tiny tag, EK success border punch
Misc: Twine from The Twinery, Perfect Pearls mist
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock 

Two views of this one -- trying to capture all the sparkle.

Materials:
Stamps/Inks - HA: Snow Dots and Clear Holiday greetings, Versamark, Memento - Love Letter
Punches/Cutting/Embossing: Holographic embossing powder, warm glitter ritz, ek success snowflake punch, Wplus9 - snowflake and heart dies
Misc: Dimensional adhesive and American Crafts glitter tape
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White

Holiday Card Workshop Day 9

Second to last day, sad! What will I do with the extra time...catch up on knit projects?

Topic: Cards with Sentiment Stamps

Technique 1: Faux Metal Sentiment Stamping

LOVED this technique.

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, StazOn Black Ink, Verve - Peace on Earth
Cutting/Embossing: Silver Embossing Powder, Sizzix die, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Technique 2: Sentiment Background

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Various Memento inks, Verve - Joyous Noel, Holiday Greetings, and Merry & Bright

Technique 3: Multicolor Stamping

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White, Echo Park - Very Merry Christmas
Stamps/Inks: Various Memento and Hero Arts Shadow Mid-Tone inks, Lawn Fawn - Let it Snow

Holiday Card Workshop Day 8

Day 8 is here...

Topic: Cards Using Dies

Technique: Simple Die Cutting/Distressed Background with Inks

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments and O Christmas Tree, TH Distress Inks - Iced Spruce, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bought; Memento - Rich Cocoa and blue, Versafine - Onyx Black
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Nested Pennants
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

Holiday Card Class - Day 7

Day 7... class is just flying by.

Day 7 – Cards with Reverse Stamps

Technique: Color Blending plus Layering

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Peacock feathers, iced spruce, black soot; Colorbox - Frost White, Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Hero Arts -Winter Tree, LOTV - Christmas grungy sentiments, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, stardust stickles

Technique: Inner Masking Alternative
Frankly, I found that masking and using two embossing powders to be impossible. I just embossed two sheets of paper, cut out the tree, and then adhered it so that it matched the pattern. Much less stressful. I couldn't get my mask to stick properly to the versamark, and it resulted in a huge mess.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Love Letter, Versamark, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments, Wplus9 - Fair Isle Backgrounds
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Scalloped Rectangles, Wplus9 Pretty Patches - Tree, Silver embossing powder

Technique: DIY Reverse Stamping
I loved this technique! Very simple one-layer card.

Materials: 
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Back side of LOTV circle holiday sentiments, Mama Elephant - Polar Pals (ornament strings and sentiment), Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Amuse Studio - Evergreen and Cranberry Ink, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Provincial Gray, Memento - Tuxedo Black

Holiday Card Class - Day 6

Over halfway through the class, because now we're on the sixth day!

Topic: Cards with Inking Techniques

Technique 1: Masking and Ghost Stamping

Materials:
Paper: Neenah Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, American Crafts - Christmas Snowy Sidewalks
Stamps/Inks: Colorbox - Frost White, TH Distress Inks: Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers; Hero Arts - CL 343 Holiday Sayings and background stamp
Cutting/Embossing: Memory Box Frostyville Border
Misc.: Dimensional Adhesive

Technique 2: 

Materials:
Paper: Neenah Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Impress - Raindrop Tree, Memento - Love Letter, Hero Arts - CL343 Holiday Sayings
Cutting/Embossing: Zing white embossing powder, Sizzix embossing folder
Misc.: TH Distress markers, dimensional adhesive, pearl embellishments

Holiday Card Class - Bonus Day 2

Another bonus day!!!

Topic: Cards using Non-Holiday Stamps

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Fresh Inks - Provincial Gray, TH Distress Inks - Faded Jeans, Shaded Lilac, and Dusty Concord, Penny Black - Winter Berries, Cosmo Cricket - PS0670
Cutting/Embossing: Silver embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive


What's a long weekend without a little knitting?

I made a few more of these -- not all this weekend, though. Just finally got around to weaving in ends and photographing.

Pattern: One Row Eyelet Cowl
Needles: Size 11 Circular
Yarn: Misti Alpaca Handpaint Chunky (1 skein each)

I have to be honest, the whole reason I made this headband tonight was because I saw one on Lemon Breeland. And I really liked it. Very quick and easy (and free!) pattern that was very simple to complete in one evening.

Pattern: Turban(d)
Needles: Size 10
Yarn: Dream in Color Classy - Happy Forest

Holiday Card Class -- Bonus Day

Bonus day!

Featuring

Unique Holiday Color Combos

My card:

 Materials:

Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstocks, Neenah - Solar white

Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Ink - Antique linen and Peacock Feathers, PTI - Winter Snow Globe Stamp Set

Cutting/Embossing: Cuttlebug Provocraft embossing folder, Movers and Shapers dies - Snowflakes

Misc.: White picket fence distress stain, distress markers, copic markers, dimensional adhesive, pearl embellishments, glossy accents