Inspired By - A Blog Named Hero Challenge

It's been a long time since I have participated in a challenge at A Blog Named Hero.  Maybe it means I mean some more Hero Arts stamps to inspire me :) The September challenge is: inspired by another crafter . I was inspired by Caren Bartholomew's card which was inspired by Jill Hawkins.

What inspired me in Caren's card was the watercoloured background over a heat embossed background stamp.  I pulled out a Hero Arts background stamp that I bought last year but hadn't used yet - shocking! A little funny side note: I thought the stamp was called Hello Darling because it had a label on it.  Turns out that it was just a Wordfetti sticker that had stuck to it LOL.

After heat embossing the background, I pulled out my new Vicki Boutin watercolour pens to watercolur a background.  In August, I attended Creative Adventure Downunder and took mixed media classes with Vicki.  I now feel more confident to give watercolour and mixed media a go.   I even watercoloured the white string and the card base - look at me go! You could say I was also inspired by Vicki Boutin for this challenge criteria.  Here's my card:

As mentioned above, I am entering this card at the September challenge at A Blog Named Hero - Inspired by Another Crafter

Materials:
Stamps: Hero Arts
Embossing Powder: Wow and Celebrations of Australia
Embossing ink: Ranger
Watercolour Pens: Vicki Boutin (American Crafts) and Momento
Washi: Mambi
Edger Punch: Martha Stewart
Other: string, scrap cardstock, Watercolour paper

S is for ...

S is for Anything Goes! Ok, not really, but I thought I'd try and get away with it. 😊

There are two challenges that I am entering a card for over at Simon Stays Stamp blog. The first one is Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. That criteria is simple to meet.  The second challenge is at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and it is S is for . S is for SEPTEMBER which is a big birthday month (3 birthdays) so I need birthday cards. S is also for new SUPPLIES and techniques which I pulled out to play with. And S is for SOMEONE SPECIAL who is the recipient of this birthday card. Lastly S is for STENCIL which I used.

 And now the inside:

At Creative Adventure Downunder recently I had the pleasure of taking mixed media classes from Vicki Bouton. She is super cool. I wanted to try out the techniques straight away so that I could lock them in to my memory. Which is why I started making my card with a watercoloured base - I always wanted to be able to do this and now I've learned how. I wanted to use my new Pink and Main 'happy birthday' die which is really cool. The rest of the card came together after that.

Materials:
Vicki Bouton - art crayons, stencil and rose gold glaze
Mambi washi tape
Pink & Main die
Penny Black Stamp (inside)
Ranger Archival ink (inside)
American Crafts Sticker (Pink Paisley)
Cardstock scraps