Sharing

I wanted to share a couple of cards made recently for 2 different challenges.  This first one is for this week's Penny Black Blog challenge, to lift one of the design team's cards.  Lots and lots of inspiration there, but I knew immediately that I wanted to do a lift of Peet's card.  Did she not bring that stamp to life?  I went with a more pastel theme, but totally lifted her card:

supplies:  aqua cardstock, K&Company Brianna Block Collage dp, Girls Paperie Vintage Whimsey and Jubilee dps, Penny Black stamp #4182K Butterfly Suite, aqua pearls

And this next one was made for the Hero Arts blog challenge for this month.  One of the themes we have is flowers, so I'm a happy girl and I'll be submitting lots this month!   

supplies: white cardstock, Hero Hues Grass and Punch Layering Papers, Hero Arts CG291 Three Dotted Flowers, S5055 Floating Leaf Pattern, H5029 Flowering Flourish, CL380 Truly Appreciated, Grass chalk ink, Versamark ink and white embossing powder
For anyone who may not be familiar with the Hero Arts challenges and their Flickr group, I encourage you to find yourself some Hero stamps (you just need to use one to enter), and come and jump into the pool there.  This is the kindest, closely knit community you will ever find and I know you'll be welcomed with open arms.  Hero Arts is amazingly generous, giving away $50.00 shopping sprees  to 10 lucky people each month!  Here's a link to the blog, where you can see an example 5 days a week from their amazingly talented artists.  I just happened to be beginning my card making about the time that the Blog was born, and I have learned almost everything from them!  Please consider joining us!  Also, another little wonderful thing about the Hero Flickr site is that if you have a Hero Arts stamp, just plug the stamp number into the search bar in the pool area, and you will get lots and lots of ideas for how to use that particular stamp.  It's a wonderful tool that I use often! (Edited to add that the stamp numbers are added as tags on flickr)