Howdy and welcome to my little stop on the Hero Arts 2010 Catalog Blog Hop! Hope you’ve enjoyed the hop so far — how do you like all the NEW stamps?
I’m so excited that you finally get to see what we’ve been working on all these months — woo hoo! I originally planned to use the Clear Design Sweet Wonderful You (CL381) set from Sneak Peek #6, and share how I colored the girls, along with a video…
But then I had surgery to fix a torn ligament in my ankle, and I discovered that stamping is hard to do when you’re on crutches — doh! So, the video will have to wait until later. You can subscribe to my blog (over there in the sidebar) so that you don’t miss it.
In the meantime, I thought you’d like to see these sketches that I did when I was trying to figure out hair and skin colors. Notice anything different about the girls? Yep, they have no mouths! It’s all part of the process of making a Hero Arts Stamp — Jackie, the founder of Hero Arts and Creative Director doesn’t stop until she’s absolutely perfected a design.
After I decided that the girls were a no-go for now, I reached for one of my favorite new doily stamps to make a super fast card trio!
I’ve loved this doily stamp from the second I saw it — so pretty. I had an idea to turn it into flowers and use leaves from the Clear Design Speckled Ornaments (CL401) set — it has lots of distress marks as part of the design, so I decided to distress my doily flowers, too! Hero Arts’ notecards are white core, so they are perfect for distressing.
Here’s my finished trio — these really did come together in a jiffy
Supplies: Hero Arts Starburst (F5318, the doily), Clear Design Truly Appreciated (CL380, the messages), Speckled Ornaments (CL401, for the leaves), Hero Arts notecards, small and medium Accent Pearls, sandpaper, Tim Holtz paper distressor, circle punches (large is Marvy pink case, small is EK Success Whale of a Punch), Mega Nestabilities Curved Rectangles (Spellbinders).
And! I’d like to give a little shout-out to my handsome hubby J for helping me with these cards — he got out my die cut machine for me, cut out the card bases, setup a chair to keep my ankle propped up on, kept me supplied with an ice pack and pain medicine, and even helped me photograph the cards! Love ya J!
Now, hop on over to Kelly’s blog! I just love her fabulous, elegant style. Remember, as you hop from blog to blog be sure to leave a comment on each one — the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!
Happy hopping,
You are a trooper! And those cards that you just whipped up are super cute!
Thanks to both of you for showing us these gorgeous cards. Hope the ankle is better soon.
Merry Christmas
Love you cards, you can see your thoughtfullness.
Happy Holidays
Those are gorgeous shabby chic flower cards. And yay for a husband that will help with the crafting ;)
Oh! Yey! I couldn’t wait to come over to your blog while doing the blog hop! I kept saying in the back of my head “i’m almost close to Lisa’s blog”. So sorry about your surgery!! Get better! Can’t wait to see the video!!!
These are so adorable Lisa! Like always you are so creative!!! You go girl!!!
Happy Holidays!!
Yaneri
love the trio-flower cards, so pretty
oh, lisa… i’m so sorry to hear about your ankle – OUCH! :( nice to hear that J is doing a good job taking care of you… hee! :)
LOVE what you did with that doily stamp! it’s a must-have on my list, too… so bold and graphic and pretty. :) your trio is just beautiful!
hope you’re on the mend real soon. and thank you for always being a constant source of inspiration… you guys at hero are simply amazing and it’s no suprise that jackie is a stickler with detail and quality. it shows in absolutely everything hero does. :) lots of big (yet gentle – lol) hugs!
Hi Lisa,
Hope the ankle is better very soon!
Love what you made with that doily stamp. Very creative!
Hope your ankle is better soon! Love the flowers you made
xoxo
I need to get me some of those girls. I just love them. Thank you for sharing with us all. :)
The starburst and speckled ornaments go together so well. I love the distressing you incorporated on the end of the image.
Love the flowers. So cool that they’re distressed.
Such wonderful projects – will need to add these on my wish list! LOL!
TFS!
I love how you think outside of the box
I absolutely love what you did with the speckled ornament stamp. Distressing them and using it as a flower is a great idea. I am adding that to my list as well!! :)
Lovely cards! Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Your card is wonderful, I love the rough edged flower, thank you for sharing!
Cute cards Lisa! I hope you ankle heals up quickly!
Hi Lisa, I love the little dolls you colored in–looking forward to seeing what you do with them. I am also really loving the doily set–clever idea to use it as a flower. Hope your ankle heals quickly. Cheers!
Very creative and wonderful stamps! Thanks so much!