Masked Flower Card

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Here is yet another card... Are you sick of them yet??? They sure are fun to make!

I used my trusty set of Hero Arts flower stamps again, and colored them in with colored pencil.

Technique Tip: First I stamped the big yellow flower, then created a mask for it from scratch paper and positioned it with temporary adhesive. Then I stamped the next flower, masked it, and so on.

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Shalvi

Butterfly Card Blues

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Here is another colored pencil card, showcasing a Hero Arts digital image.

Technique Tip: I resized the butterfly to fit on my card, and blended three colors on each one, leaving the white as a highlight.

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Shalvi

A Card to Share

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Here is another card I made inspired by Jill Foster and her beautiful coloring and distressing.

The stamp is from Mindy's Flowers by Autumn Leaves, and I hand drew the leaves with a sharpie pen. I used my colored pencils to color it all in, and accented the flowers with contrasting buttons. I have been enjoying using unexpected color combinations, and liking the results!

What do you think?

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Thanks,

Shalvi

Hello Friend Card

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Here is a card I made recently, that is one of my favorite color combinations.

It is heavily inspired by one of my favorite card makers, Jill Foster.

I used my new spellbinders die for the first time for that inverted scallop circle, and I have certainly been giving my colored pencils a workout lately and I'm loving it!

Technique tip: To get the string to wrap around the card, I cut a small slit in the spine of the card, and threaded the twine through it.

I don't have a lot of flower stamps, so I have been experimenting using the same stamps over again in different ways to get different looks. Stamping off-center like this is one way to get a new look from an old stamp.

For this card, because the base is darker, I added a white piece to the inside to give place to write, and decorated it with more of the same stamp.

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Quick and Simple

Here is a very quick and easy card I made the other day, using some papers from Basic Grey Green at Heart again. I really love this paper pad!

The flower was cut from some craft store felt- I just hand drew it with a pen, and cut it out. The leaves are also hand cut, and the polka dots are a strip of decorative tape.

Thanks a Lot Card

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Here is another card I made using Basic Grey's Green at Heart paper. I really love this paper pad, but it has a lot of purple in it, and that is a color I find very hard to work with, as I am not drawn to it automatically. I thought I would challenge myself here to use purple, and I think I managed!

Technique Tip: I colored in the flower and the leaves using colored pencils. I used three colors for the flower and two for the leaves, blending using the lightest color until I got the look I wanted. It is easy to color small areas like these using colored pencils.
The flower is a stamp by Hero Arts, but I don't have a leaf stamp, so I hand drew those. The sentiment is also hand written. I layered everything with foam tape to add dimension.

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Shabbat Shalom Card

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Today I have another card to share.

The inspiration for this one came from my new Dymo (thanks Enid!) and October Afternoon Fly a Kite paper.

I sat down to create, and really felt like pulling out my colored pencils, which I have not done in a while. So out they came, and I chose two colors that coordinate with my paper, and used a simple blending technique on a Hero Arts flower stamp.

Technique Tip: I stamped, cut and colored the flower image twice, and layered them with some dimensional tape to get a cute 3D embellishment. I topped it off with Diamond Glaze and three half pearls.

Inside, I let each of my girls draw a little picture for their Granny, who is hosting us for lunch on Shabbat.

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