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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Wednesdays with Heartfelt Creations

Happy news to share with you today, I get to stay on the HC design team for another 6 months, yay!!  


Today at Heartfelt Creations we are wishing a fond farewell to 9 of the current design team members: Clare Curcio, Debbie Seyer, Peggy Cain, Selma Stevenson, Gini Cagle, Linda Payne, Dee Jackson, Rosemary Dennis, and Anita Hovey. We wish you a double blessing on all of your future creative endeavors. Visit their blogs and please thank each one of them for all the creative projects they have shared featuring Heartfelt Creations projects.

Ten of the current Heartfelt Creations design team members will continue for another 6 month term: Lisa Gregory,Angelica Turner, Kristina King, Olga Jewell, Lisa Somerville, Cheryl Walker, Giovana Smith, Loretta Lock, Olena Levchenko, and Kerry Urbatch. We are excited for another creative term with these ladies.

We would also like to extend a warm welcome to 10 new design team finalists that will be joining the Heartfelt Creations design team for the next 6 months: Glenda Brooks, Therese Broman, Carla Suto, Lori Leng, Jan Hennings, Heidi Erickson, Lisa Lynne Wright, Marsha Sanderlin, Sue Walsh, and Joelle Hancox. Congrats Ladies! We look forward to working with you and taking the paper-crafting industry to new heights of inspiration.


I've got a card to share with you that I made recently, it totally fits my Spring mood as I've been watching the flowers start and the birds come back.



Distressed Leaves PreCut Set HCPC 3376
 
 
Instructions:
 
Stamp music background on white card stock using light coloured ink diagonally on the base card stock.  Then create a mask with another piece of paper by cutting out the centre with the nestie die cut.  Use this mask to add orange colour to the centre of the card as shown.  This can be done with sponges, however in this case I used E97 and Y000 with the Copic airgun, concentrating on the outside edges of the circle.  Then I
stamped the image of the bird in the centre using black memento, and coloured with Copics.  After that I used the sewing machine to add stitching to the edges, distressed the edges too, then assembled over layers as shown in photo.
The flowers and leaves on the edges were stamped on coloured card stock and cut out using die cuts.  Then, I used my scissors to quickly cut off the edges of the flowers so that they had straight edges rather than rounded edges, to coordinate better with the  flowers in the bird image, and added rhinestones to the centres.  The flowers and leaves were adhered with various heights of dimensionals/pop up dots.

18 comments:

  1. How pretty, the masking of the spellbinder die looks great with this image!

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  2. absolutely beautiful!!!! and I can case it cause I have those stamps LOL

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  3. Love the spotlight effect of the masking - great job! I'm so grateful spring is here!

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  4. I love the masking!!!!!! Brilliant idea!

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  5. Gorgeous card, Kristina! I love the masked frame and all the wonderful details! I look forward to working with you on the HC DT!

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  6. beautiful Kristina! Love how you made the background with the script stamp and masking!

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  7. This is a gorgeous card, so colourful and perfect for spring!
    Clairex

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  8. Your masking technique rocks my socks....love this card...and congrats on another term!

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  9. Congratulations to you too Kristina.....your work is beautiful! I'm looking forward to working with you and all the HFC girls. x

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  10. Kristina, this is just fabulous - love your bright colors and masking technique! Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm looking foward to working with you again too!
    Hugs,
    Marsha

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  11. Great technique and beautiful work!

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  12. That pop of orange really makes the focal point stand out. Fantastic card. Congrats on continuing your term.

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  13. Absolutely beautiful, Kristina! Love the look of the "faux layer". ( I bought the air gun kit to use with my Copics and have never used it, as I'm afraid of it! Isn't that weird...) After seeing this beauty, I hope to give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  14. Thanks for your comments Kristina, appreaciate them!

    Love this card, the bird is stunning with the amazing grace music stamp behind, thats really pretty and effective!

    Great flowers and leaves too, loving the heartfelt creations stuff I see you do, really admire it!

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  15. Oh, oh, oh, what a beauty. xxx

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  16. your card is absolutely stunning!

    love the masking and the bird-image!

    hugs and kisses from germany,
    silvi xoxo

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  17. Love the masking technique. Your card looks super great. Very beautiful !

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  18. Love your card and the inking on the background paper!!! Just beautiful.

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