Patterned Papered Dreams

Color Cue

Hello! About a month ago I discovered yet another inspiring artist, Maile Belles. I just love her clean, simple and colorful style, and the amazing ways she has to use stamps in a creative way I would have never imagined!

So this weekend I visited Maile's blog and learned about this challenge in the WPlus9 Studio blog. The colors are so beautiful that I just had to play :)

My card features Hero Arts and PTI stamps, and the colors I used were PTI Melon Berry and Summer Sunrise, Versamagic Mango Madness, Colorbox Ice Blue and a dash of Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for the edges of the focal die.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Supplies: Cardstock: White from own stash, PTI Summer Sunrise; Stamps: PTI Beautiful Blooms II, Hero Arts (Woodgrain background, sentiment); Ink: PTI, Versamagic, Colorbox, Distress Ink; Other: Nestabilities Labels II, diamond Stickles.

I just discovered...

...this blog: A Passion for Papertrey. It's a great meeting point for PTI stampers from Europe and UK. I'm really glad I found it! Maybe I can find someone from Spain who will want to place shared orders to cut on shipping costs. And even some friends too. Nobody around me shares my love for stamps and paper, so it would be great to meet some close by PTI lovers :)

In A Passion for PTI they also host challenges, so here's my go for the current one: A spring themed card. I'm sorry for the crappy pic, in real life the glitter is much lighter and matches perfectly with the Spring Moss tone.

Supplies: Cardstock from stash and PTI Spring Moss; Stamps: All PTI: Background Basics (Tin Types, Diamonds), Blooming Button Bits (leaves), My Punny Valentine (sentiment); Ink: PTI Fresh Snow, Melon Berry, Spring Moss; Other: Fiskars border punch, Nesties, Glitter, Fun Flock, PTI button, crochet thread.

Thanks for visiting!

I {HEART} HERO ARTS BLOG HOP

I'm back! This is my card for the Hero Arts Blog Hop organised by Ashley M. I used one of the critters stamps because I love how cute are ALL this animal sets, not just this one. I chose this because it happened to have two animals perfect for holding the banner ;)
And here are the answers to the Blog Hop questions:

1. Tell us your Hero Arts story. How did you get started using Hero Arts products?

Well, I've discovered HA very recently. I've been following Kristina Werner's blog for a while and she uses a lot of HA stamps in her cards, and I liked each and every of the designs she showed. And I'm also a big fan of Jennifer McGuire, who happens to be one of the HA Design Team members. So when I began buiding my stamps stash (also recently) I began ordering HA sets. Now I can't stop! Good quality, versatility and cuteness are some of their unbeatable qualities.

2. Hero Arts is full of great people. Tell us why you are thankful for Hero Arts!

That's easy: the education and the great customer community they've raised! I'm really thankful for their blog, so full of good ideas, techniques and challenges. I feel that they do care for the customers after they've purchased their products, not just until they do, like many other brands do. And the challenges are giving me the chance to learn a lot, try a ton of new techniques...

So that's it!
Thanks for stopping by, bloghoppers!!!

Supplies: White cardstock; Stamps: HA CL155 Playful Animals, CL153 Happy Day Animals, CL291 Hello Circles, CL137 Small Variety Alphabets; Ink: Distress Inks in Broken China and Shabby Shutters, Colorbox Primary Elements, Ranger Archival Coffee; PP: DCVW Citrus Stack; Other: Toothpicks, blender pen.

Another kind of stamp...

... was given to my blog by lovely and talented Ine from Argentina. Her blog is a must, really clean and inspired.

So, according to the rules, now I have to tell you five things I like to do:

- Staring in amaze at my son everytime he does something new. And when he doesn't too ;)
- Welcoming my husband every night with a cold glass of sparkling white wine and toast to the three of us. It's becoming a family tradition since we arrived to Uruguay!
- Crafting! Papercrafts are my main addiction, but anything crafty is really appealing to me. Anything!
- I also love to gather with friends to catch up. And I really mean this, because my best friends are in Spain, thousands of miles away, so our gatherings are a real luxury when they happen.
- And lastly, I like to discover. New places, new blogs, new techniques, new people, new recipes... I just love the fluttering feeling of finding something I like.

And of course, I have to pass this cute stamp on to ten blogs and tell the bloggers about it. And the stamp goes to... -I'm trying to fake Penelope's Cruz voice now, like when she gave the Oscar to Almodovar-:

- Traveling Mama
- How About Orange
- Creativity Prompt
- Society of Stamps and Scrapaholics
- It's the stuff I love
- My Favourite Things
- Kristina Werner Design
- Jennifer McGuire Ink
- Stitches and others
- Hello I'm Heather

Thanks a lot, Ine!
Will be back later with a new card, because... my 1st four distress inks arrived!!!!
Thanks for stopping by :D
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