warmheart craft blog

This card has been handstamped using Hero Arts CL290 Printed Flowers and CL272 All Occasion clear stamps. I designed this card for the Hero Arts challenge this week.

• First I made a 14cm cream base card and distressed the edges by rubbing them along a Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad.
• Stamp "Thank you very much" with the same ink pad onto the same cream card. Trim and distress the edges in the same way.
• Make a mat for the stamped message from chocolate card and stick together with double sided tape. Also cut a mat 12cm square from the chocolate card and set aside.
• To make the distressed background, start with a piece of decorative handwriting paper and stamp flowers over it using the watercolour technique. Ink up the stamp with Antique Linen Distress Ink and before stamping, spritz it with water. (Use a fine mist spray bottle)Randomly stamp over the decorative paper.
• When dry, crumple the decorative paper up into a small ball and then gently unfold it and flatten it out as much as possible. Rub the Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad gently over the crumpled paper to get those dark cracks and highlights. Then tear the edges so that you have about a 11x10cm piece and adhere to the large chocolate mat you put aside with double sided tape.
• Zig-zag stitch along some of the edges with a sewing machine.
• Next get a large cream flower and rub the Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad over it.
• Stamp the Thankyou printed flower stamp with the same distress ink onto mustard card and cut out.
• Stick a piece of decorative ribbon along the bottom edge of the large chocolate mat - see the pics for placement. Use double sided tape and tuck the edges to the back.
• Now layer the flowers and place them on the card mat. Secure them in place with a large chocolate brad.
• Position the stamped and matted "Thank you very much" and stick in place with magic mount.
• Distress the card insert with the Antique Linen Ink Pad. I used Yes paper and gently rubbed the ink pad all over it.

I love distressed cards - they are quick and fun to make.

You must visit the new Hero arts Stamping site - open on Wednesday. They have a great blog which I frequent often and run weekly challenges with great product giveaways. Visit this week for extra prizes and get inspired!

This card was handstamped using Hero Arts H1107 Sunflower Gal and Stamp-it 849C Thanks A Bunch stamps.

• Stamp and emboss in black the Sunflower Gal stamp onto a 7x9.5cm piece of YES card. Stamp and emboss in black again onto a piece of scrap YES card.


• Colour the complete image on the 7x9.5cm card with tombow pens and a blender, then colour just the sunflowers of the second image stamped onto the scrap.


• Cut out the coloured sunflowers and mount them with magic mount onto the complete image on the 7x9.5cm card.
  Stamp Thanks a Bunch with a Walnut Distress Ink Pad onto a Pre-cut Small Tag.


• Cut a piece of pale blue card to 9.5x13.5cm.


• Distress the edges of the pre-cut tag, the pale blue card and the YES card by rubbing the edges along the Walnut Distress Ink Pad.


• Tie some jute string to the tag.


• Using double sided tape, stick all pieces to a plain cream base card - see pictures for placement.

Well our card making workshop was alot of fun and everyone made some lovely cards - even the kids got involved. It has inspired me to get the papercrafts section of my website organised. I have been listing beads but will now get the papercrafts online and hopefully make some time to create some new card designs for you. Time... I never have enough!

I just finished my new prim sheep. I made a few of these from different fabrics but my favourite was an old worn wool blanket. I stressed and dyed it and it makes this little fellow feel so nice. Of course - what better fabric for sheep than wool!



I also made some in towelling, flannel and chenille. They all looked good.

Now I just have to write the pattern up and you will find the pattern ready to download on my website: http://www.allthingscountrynprim.com/