Sometimes a stamp set has so much artistic beauty details that to do it justice is to best leave it as is.  Uncolored.  I know.  It sounds like an excuse to not color up an image.  But just take a look at this Power Poppy's Move the Soul clear stamp set by artist and owner of Power Poppy - Marcella Hawley here for example.  Isn't the details in her artwork astonishing?  I have this stamp set for awhile now and finally had a chance to ink it up. 

All supplies used for this project is listed in the thumbnails at the end of this post, linked to the shops where I have purchased them from.  If an item becomes unavailable at the purchased shop, I'll do my best to link to other shops that do carry it to save you time from searching around.

To start,  I made my A2 (4.25x5.5) card base using the Recollections heavyweight 110# cream cardstock.  Next I stamped on the biker with Lawn Fawn premium black LICORICE dye ink follow by the "thinking of you" sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Hand Lettered Winter Wishes stamp set.  

To complete the card, I stamped a trail of heart in Memento Luxe Love Letter ink with the Simon Says Stamp Tons of Hearts set.

Thanks for stopping by,  May you have a lovely rest of your week.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the thumbnail picture or wording to take you directly to the product. 

Power Poppy's Move the Soul	SSS Hand-Lettered Winter Wishes	SSS Tons of Hearts	Memento Luxe Love Letter Ink Pad
Lawn Fawn Black LICORICE Premium Dye Ink

Hello!  Thanks for stopping by.  Today's card is a clean & simple one featuring my newest drawing "Heart Panda" along with products from My Favorite Things, Tim Holtz, Taylored Expressions and SugarPea Designs.  This post is also part of the current Hug a Heart Card Drive for heart patients at Nationwide Children's Hospital.  For the complete card donation guidelines (with lots of prize giveaways), please see my blog post HERE or this page HERE on my blog.

All supplies used for this project will be listed in the thumbnail at the end of this post, linked to shops where I purchased them from.  If an item become unavailable at the purchased shop, I will do my best to linked to other shops that do carry it to save you time from searching around.

I started out by creating my A2 (4.25"x5.5") white base card first using Bazzill Marshmallow heavyweight cardstock.  Next, I embossed heart onto a piece of leftover blue cardstock (80#) with the Taylored Expressions' Swiss Hearts and adhered to my base card.

I did not have the right sentiment.  So I created one, "sending you hugs and wishing you a beautiful day!" using picmonkey and saved it as a png file. 

Next, in Microsoft Word program, I dragged in the Heart Panda and the sentiment, resize and then printed onto gina K. designs' white layering cardstock.   I color the heart with the red Zig Wink of Stella and just water-colored a light blush to the panda's cheeks with Ranger's distress marker - Spun Sugar.  Next, I added faux stitches to the layer with the SugarPea Designs' Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle SugarCut Dies and the MFT Die-Namics Stitched Scallop Basic Edges 2.

To complete the card, I adhered on hearts leftover from previous projects and colored them red with the Zig Wink of Stella.

RECEIVE "HEART PANDA" AS FREEBIE

I am offering my "Heart Panda" drawing as freebie to everyone that send in cards for the Hug a Heart Card Drive.  There will be other prizes as well, including a $50 Simon Says Stamp gift certificate grand prize drawing.  For the complete details about the card donation guidelines, please see my blog post HERE or this page HERE on my blog.

I hope that you will be able to join me in this heartfelt cause. The cards you donate will not only brighten a heart patient’s day during this Heart Month, but will positively impact that child’s life beyond what you can imagine.   

CHALLENGES I'M PLAYING ALONG IN

I would like to support the following challenges by playing along in their current challenge with my Heart Panda card.

• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes challenge #266-267
• SugarPea Designs - Mix It Up Challenge #27
• Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge Group - Include An Animal
• Crafty Sentiments Designs- Anything Goes 17 
• QKR Stampede - Anything Goes Or One For The Kids

Thank you for taking time to visit me.  May you have a lovely rest of your weekend.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the thumbnail picture or wording to take you directly to the product.  If an item become unavailable at the purchased shop, I will do my best to linked to other shops that do carry it to save you time from searching around.

Heart Panda Digi by Christina Hor	TE Swiss Hearts Embossing Folder	MFT Die-Namics Stitched Scallop Basic Edges 2	SugarPea Designs Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles SugarCuts Dies
Zig Wink of Stella-RED	Tonic Max 12" Guillotine Paper Trimmer	Sizzix Big Shot Express	gina K. designs layering cardstock-WHITE
Bazzill Card Ship Cardstock-Marshmallow	Distress Marker - Spun Sugar	Tim Holtz Water Brush

PIN

I would love if you pin this Heart Panda "Sending You Hug" card summary photo and be my pinterest buddy :)

Hello and happy Tuesday!  It is so nice to be back and sharing projects with you again.  For my project today I want to share one way you can use your leftover scraps of cardstock to create a quick and super FUN kid's card.  This technique is great for other card types too.  Not just kid's card.  Also, today's card was made for the Hug a Heart Card Drive.  For  the complete details about the card drive, you can see it on this page HERE on my blog or in my blog post HERE.  

For supplies use in this project, please see the thumbnail at the end of this post, linked to the shop where I purchased them from.  If an item is unavailable at the purchased shop, I will try my best to link to other shops that do carry it to save you time from searching around.

I started by creating my A2 (4.25"x5.50") base card first using the gina K. designs' Turquoise Sea heavyweight cardstock.  Next I die cut out the cloud from the MFT Stitched Cloud Edges onto the gina K. designs' white layering cardstock and adhered that to the base card. 

I combined leftover strips of cardstock from old projects with the Simon Says Stamp Nested Hearts wafer dies to create the rainbow heart balloon.  Since this card is going to a young child, I thought it would be fun to add googly eyes to the balloon   I couldn't stop there.  I was having too much fun.  So I adhere a small red heart on for the nose and piped in a smile with Ranger enamel accent - white.  How CUTE is that!

The "Thinking of You" sentiment is from the Clearly Besotted Brushed Greetings II.  I stamped it with the Lawn Fawn Black Licorice premium dye ink.

To complete the card, I drew on the string for the balloon with Copic multiliner pen, colored with Wink of Stella - red and pop a small pearl embellishment to the center of the bow.

One last look at the card.

I would like to support the following challenge with my heart balloon card entry: Word Art Wednesday (Anything Goes #264-265).

Thank you for stopping by and sharing your day with me.  May you have a lovely rest of your week.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the thumbnail picture or wording to take you directly to the product. If the item is unavailable at the purchased shop, I will try my best to link to other shops that do carry it to save you time from searching around.

MFT Stitched Cloud Edges	Brush Greetings II	SSS Nested Hearts Wafer Dies	Sizzix Big Shot Express
Lawn Fawn Black LICORICE Premium Dye Ink Pad	Tonic Max 12" Guillotine Paper Trimmer	MISTI	Ranger Enamel Accents-Glacier White
Zig Wink of Sella - RED	gina K. designs - WHITE layering Cardstock	gina K. designs - Turquoise Sea	Copic multiliner pen 0.1mm