Happy Valentine’s Day and Card Kit Reveal day!!!

We are looking for to warmer weather, so to kick off Spring, we have put together an awesome card kit “Some Bunny” with Echo Parks Celebrate Easter 6×6 Papers which go with the Simon Says Stamp Clear Stamp Set “Some Bunny” and Simon Says Stamp Oval of Flowers Stencil. As something special we’ve include which are 3 Tonic mini Nuvo Mousses in Pure Platinum, Peony Pink and Aquamarine. These mousses can be used with the included Ranger Blending Foam, Ranger Mini Mister or Ranger Palette knife. We’ve also include a Translucent Simon Says Stamp Envelope and cardstocks in Ivory, Orange Peel, (New) Bright Yellow, Green Apple and Slate.

We have a few cards to share from our designers. First up are a couple of cards from Yana using the chick and bunny images from the stamp set with watercolor details.

Debby Hughes also used the stamp images where she has masked them to create a beautiful watercolor Easter scene.

Heather Hoffman used the Aquamarine Mousse together with the Oval of Flower stencil. The color of the mouse goes well with the pattern papers!

I’ve filmed the walkthrough video of our kit which you can view below or on our YouTube channel HERE.

The Some Bunny stamp set and Oval of Flowers Stencil are also available for individual purchase in our store!

Remember, you can SUBSCRIBE to our no obligation kits and receive them monthly for $ 24.95, or purchase them each month for $ 29.95 (while supplies last).

If you are a subscriber who used Paypal to purchase your subscription, please be sure to pay the invoice that we send you within 3 business days. We have a limited number of this card kit in stock and don’t want you to miss out. For easier and quicker monthly processing, please contact us via email or telephone and we will put your credit card on file as a courtesy for you. Card kits bill and ship between the 17th and 27th days of every month.

Be sure to check out our card kit galleries for additional inspiration using our kits. Thanks for reading today!

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! Its Nina-Marie with you today, sharing the latest installment of my Studio Monday series. This week I wanted to share tips for creating with mood/color boards. I’ll also be featuring some newer products from Hero Arts.

Mood boards, or also known as color boards, are a collection of images that share a common color scheme. You could also use a mood board for a collection of images that share a similar style, theme or subject. I personally love them for color combos. When I decided to use the Destination Paris wood block stamp with the Postage Stamp dies on these cards, I headed over to Pinterest to see what kind of color schemes I wanted to use.

I started my search by looking up “Paris, France”. Because the stamp I was used in these cards is depicting this particular location, I felt it was a natural place to begin. Looking through the vast array of options in my search results, I focused on finding three images that REALLY caught my eye. Here’s a look at the three color boards I created for these cards:

Once I had decided upon the three main images, I then searched for other images that shared the same predominant colors. For example, let’s look at the photo of the Eiffel Tower in the rain. The primary colors in the image are red and gray. By searching Pinterest for “red and gray”, I was able to discover other images with the same shared color palettes.

Now, the idea of searching for additional images may seem pointless.  I already had my color combos picked out by the initial image search I had done, so why choose more? Because selecting a few additional photos for my boards is SO handy! They might help me draw inspiration for a certain texture, accent, theme or feel. I also save these boards for future use, so having the additional photos included in the board provides further inspiration.

In the video, I will be sharing how I created the partial die cut card-front using the Postage Stamp dies from Hero Arts. These dies are SO versatile. If you follow me often, you’ll have noticed how much I have been using them lately. I love that I am getting so much use out of these particular dies.

One of the things that I love about the Destination Paris stamp is the clean, graphic style of it. I wanted to make sure I carried that same feel into my finished cards, so you’ll notice the “minimalist” appearance. This is actually quite trendy these days! By utilizing clean lines, flat color and some hand drawn elements, I was able to let the modern feel of the stamp shine beautifully.

I am particularly fond of the pink and gray color scheme. The pop of gold also accents those two colors nicely!

Another thing I wanted to point out: This card design is perfect for those of you that are not into coloring as much as other crafters. I personally would -and will!- color almost anything I lay my hands on. But its fun to break out of the norm every so often and do something a bit outside of your usual style.

If I had skipped adding some color with my Copics and simply used the stamped image as-is, it still would have looked amazing. Had I done so, I would have still added the additional hand drawn details with the gold, silver and black gel pens. You can see those details in the finished cards.

Be sure to check out the video below to see how I put these cards together! You’ll also learn a bit more about working with mood/color boards. I will be talking about that in the beginning of the video and I hope it is of help to you! I love referencing things such as color boards when I am in a creative rut. I never know what kind of spark it will ignite by seeing something totally unrelated to papercrafting!

Thanks for stopping by and spending a bit of your Monday with me… I will be back again next week with another Studio Monday video for you!

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Hi friends! Thanks for tuning into the latest edition of Doodling with Debby with Debby Hughes! Today she has made this adorable sheep card with a gorgeous handmade watercolored background with Gansai Tambi Kuretake watercolors. Be sure to watch the video and enjoy!

Hi it’s Debby here today with this month’s Doodling With Debby feature. After my recent blog post for the Hey Love Blog Hop where I watercolored a red and grey plaid I got a lot of requests to see a video. Credit must go to the fabulous Kristina Werner who kick started my love of watercolor plaid/tartan. As my previous plaid had been rich dark colors I thought I’d switch things up today with a pastel spring plaid.

Using the Gansai Tambi set I mixed up a dilute coral/pink and rich yellow. On a piece of watercolor card I started with a wide flat ended brush and painted a broad pastel pink stripe diagonally. Before starting the next stripe you either need to let the paint dry or dry it with a heat tool. If you don’t then one color will bleed in to the next. I followed up the with a narrower second stripe of the yellow. A good brush set with a couple of flat ended ones included is this Ranger set and at a really reasonable price for 7 brushes. I continued painting the stripes diagonally across the card and leaving the odd gap between stripes too. I then turned the card and painted stripes in the other direction, again drying between touching stripes. For a final accent I use the Moon Gold color in the Finetec set to add a few narrow champagne gold stripes.

I cut the completed watercolored plaid with a Stitched Rectangle and wrapped it with Lawn Fawn twine. I thought the plaid would make a great background when combined with the lamb from Melody’s Easter for a spring or new baby card. I stamped the lamb in Versafine Onyx Black ink and lightly watercolored with the Gansai Tambi paints before cutting out with the matching die. I also cut a Stitched Circle from watercolor card to mount the lamb on and prevent it getting lost in the busy background.
For the sentiment I used the I See You set and stamped the speech bubble outline in Versafine Onyx Black. I then stamped the ‘baaah’ word from Melody’s Easter three times using Rosie Cheeks and Melon inks which toned well with the plaid before die cutting the speech bubble with the matching die. All the elements are foam mounted on an Ivory card base and then accented with sequins from Little Things From Lucy’s Cards.

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